Archive timeline
2000
The news published by Hands Off Cain in 2000, month by month, with the countries most present that year.
Latest news of 2000
- MAY 21, 2000Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
A Palestinian military court sentenced Kamal and Husam...
A Palestinian military court sentenced Kamal and Husam Hammad to death in absentia
- MAY 20, 2000SyriaDEATH PENALTY
The Syrian journalist Faysal Sha'bu, who was residing...
The Syrian journalist Faysal Sha'bu, who was residing in Jordan illegally and seeking political asylum, said he faced the death penalty if he decided to return to Syria
- MAY 20, 2000JordanDEATH PENALTY
The Syrian journalist Faysal Sha'bu, who was residing...
The Syrian journalist Faysal Sha'bu, who was residing in Jordan illegally and seeking political asylum, said he faced the death penalty if he decided to return to Syria
- MAY 19, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Following a rally held by the Yinchuan Intermediate...
Following a rally held by the Yinchuan Intermediate People's Court to pronounce their sentences, five convicted criminals were taken to the execution ground and executed by a firing squad
- MAY 19, 2000Sierra LeoneDEATH PENALTY
The New York-based Human Rights Watch said that Sankoh,...
The New York-based Human Rights Watch said that Sankoh, who took up arms in 1991, should not be subjected to "mob rule" and that any trial should be fair, and preferably before an international tribunal
- MAY 19, 2000FijiDEATH PENALTY
Fiji abolished the death penalty for ordinary crimes...
Fiji abolished the death penalty for ordinary crimes in 1979; the last execution was carried out in 1964
- MAY 19, 2000FijiDEATH PENALTY
A coup was staged by George Speight, a mixed race businessman,...
A coup was staged by George Speight, a mixed race businessman, and eight members of the army's Counter Revolutionary Warfare Unit (CRWU), who stormed the Fijian Parliament and captured Prime Minister Mahendra Chaudhry, holding him and about 30 other membe
- MAY 19, 2000RwandaDEATH PENALTY
74 people accused of genocide and crimes against humanity...
74 people accused of genocide and crimes against humanity in Commune Gashora were tried in Kiglai Rural Prefecture
- MAY 19, 2000United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
The Appeals Court upheld the death sentence against...
The Appeals Court upheld the death sentence against a [unidentified] policeman who murdered his two uncles after discovering his brother had secretly married his cousin
- MAY 19, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Mazhar Shah was condemned to death by a District and...
Mazhar Shah was condemned to death by a District and Sessions court in Lala Musa, for gunning down Latif Shah, son of a religious scholar Syed Yaqoob Shah
- MAY 19, 2000United StatesDEATH PENALTY
New Hampshire to abolish the death penalty
New Hampshire to abolish the death penalty
- MAY 19, 2000DEATH PENALTY
A bill to abolish the death penalty
A bill to abolish the death penalty
- MAY 18, 2000IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
Indonesia's first human-rights trial convicted 24 soldiers...
Indonesia's first human-rights trial convicted 24 soldiers and a civilian yesterday of murdering dozens of villagers during a massacre in Aceh's civil war last year
- MAY 18, 2000FranceDEATH PENALTY
Three French former prime ministers accused Teheran...
Three French former prime ministers accused Teheran of rigging the trial of the 13 Iranian Jews
- MAY 18, 2000Sierra LeoneDEATH PENALTY
Human Rights Watch expressed concern about credible...
Human Rights Watch expressed concern about credible reports that government-allied forces in Sierra Leone were torturing and executing suspected members of the Revolutionary United Front (RUF), a rebel group responsible for brutal abuses against civilians
- MAY 18, 2000Sierra LeoneDEATH PENALTY
On a local radio chat show callers vented their anger...
On a local radio chat show callers vented their anger at the man whose brutal rebel movement had caused so much misery and suffering
- MAY 18, 2000ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
Ruben Torosyan, the chairman of the Social Democratic...
Ruben Torosyan, the chairman of the Social Democratic Party of Armenia Human Rights, said that the relevant structures of the CE were postponing the discussion of Armenian membership
- MAY 18, 2000LatviaDEATH PENALTY
The Saeima passed amendments to the Criminal Law that...
The Saeima passed amendments to the Criminal Law that stipulate that murder under unmitigated circumstances during wartime is punishable by death
- MAY 18, 2000PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Paranaque Representative Roilo S
Paranaque Representative Roilo S
- MAY 18, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Ahmad Yara was given a death sentence by the District...
Ahmad Yara was given a death sentence by the District and Session court in Jhang for killing [a person identified only as] Noora for disclosing his guilt of theft
- MAY 18, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
A Division Bench of the Lahore High Court gave death...
A Division Bench of the Lahore High Court gave death sentences to Mohammad Ali, Bashir and Abdur Rasheed for killing four people in Pattoki over an old enmity in 1996
- MAY 18, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Pakistan military ruler General Pervez Musharraf bowed...
Pakistan military ruler General Pervez Musharraf bowed to pressure from religious groups by withdrawing a move to tighten procedures for police registration of blasphemy complaints
- MAY 18, 2000Myanmar (Burma)DEATH PENALTY
Myanmar's military rulers sentenced Saw Tin Oo, a member...
Myanmar's military rulers sentenced Saw Tin Oo, a member of the Kayin ethnic armed group, known as "God's Army," to death for "high treason" following an embassy seizure in Bangkok in October 1999
- MAY 17, 2000IraqDEATH PENALTY
Iraqi authorities executed Shaykh Ali al-Ka'bi, imam...
Iraqi authorities executed Shaykh Ali al-Ka'bi, imam of the Al-Muhsin Mosque in Al-Thawrah (Saddam) City at the Directorate-General of Security in Baghdad
- MAY 17, 2000Sierra LeoneDEATH PENALTY
The International Secretariat of OMCT(?) expressed...
The International Secretariat of OMCT(?) expressed concern over the deterioration of the security situation in Sierra Leone and the continuing violation of human rights and humanitarian law by armed parties, particularly against civilians - mostly women a
- MAY 17, 2000Sierra LeoneDEATH PENALTY
Foday Sankoh, the leader of the Revolutionary United...
Foday Sankoh, the leader of the Revolutionary United Front (RUF), was captured by pro-government forces
- MAY 17, 2000RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Sergey Lavrov, Russia's representative to the United...
Sergey Lavrov, Russia's representative to the United Nations, expressed concern about the execution of prisoners of war and civilians in Afghanistan
- MAY 17, 2000AlgeriaDEATH PENALTY
Portugal's Supreme Court delayed ruling on an appeal...
Portugal's Supreme Court delayed ruling on an appeal against extradition filed by Algerian national Sid Ahmed Rezala, aged 20, accused of killing three women in France, two of them onboard trains
- MAY 17, 2000GuyanaDEATH PENALTY
Roman Catholic bishops from the Caribbean said they...
Roman Catholic bishops from the Caribbean said they want the death penalty to be abolished despite strong support for the measure in some countries
- MAY 17, 2000AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Russia's representative to the United Nations Sergey...
Russia's representative to the United Nations Sergey Lavrov expressed concern about the execution of prisoners of war and civilians in Afghanistan