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 12, 2000RwandaDEATH PENALTY
The prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal...
The prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR), Carla Del Ponte, emphasised that there was no hope of ever transferring detainees from Arusha to Rwanda since the country still used the death penalty to prisoners
- MAY 12, 2000RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Since the fall of the capital Grozny, in February,...
Since the fall of the capital Grozny, in February, the Chechen forces have staged a series of ambushes against Russian units
- MAY 12, 2000BelgiumDEATH PENALTY
Flanders Liberal Party deputy Hugo Coveliers said that...
Flanders Liberal Party deputy Hugo Coveliers said that Fehriye Erdal, 23, a woman wanted for the alleged killing of businessman Ozdemir Sabanci in 1996, should be extradited to Turkey
- MAY 12, 2000CzechiaDEATH PENALTY
Czech anarchists were to hold demonstrations in Prague...
Czech anarchists were to hold demonstrations in Prague and in the Moravian capital Brno to protest against the planned execution in the US of African-American activist and journalist Mumia Abu Jamal, convicted of murdering a police officer
- MAY 12, 2000Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Hanifah Bin-Hamzah Bubakudi, an Indian national, was...
Hanifah Bin-Hamzah Bubakudi, an Indian national, was executed in the Riyadh after being convicted of smuggling heroin into the country
- MAY 12, 2000Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Mish'al Bin-Hamdan Bin-Hilal al-Harbi, convicted of...
Mish'al Bin-Hamdan Bin-Hilal al-Harbi, convicted of assaulting and raping a girl, was executed in Medina
- MAY 12, 2000AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Abdul Rahim, a 22-year-old Syrian, said he was facing...
Abdul Rahim, a 22-year-old Syrian, said he was facing possible execution in Afghanistan for espionage
- MAY 12, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Ashraf Masih and Nazeer Masih were given capital punishment...
Ashraf Masih and Nazeer Masih were given capital punishment for a dacoity-cum-double-murder case by a Special Judge Anti-Terrorist Court in Lahore
- MAY 12, 2000IndiaDEATH PENALTY
The Mumbai city civil and sessions court sentenced...
The Mumbai city civil and sessions court sentenced Shekhar Kadam and Subhash Bind to death for murder
- MAY 12, 2000IndiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi Arabia executed an Indian man convicted of smuggling...
Saudi Arabia executed an Indian man convicted of smuggling an unspecified quantity of heroin into the Kingdom, the Saudi Interior Ministry said
- MAY 11, 2000United StatesDEATH PENALTY
U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno authorised federal...
U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno authorised federal prosecutors to seek the death penalty against Mohamed Rashed Daoud al-'Owhali, one of the terrorists involved in the bombings of the U
- MAY 11, 2000TanzaniaDEATH PENALTY
U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno authorised federal...
U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno authorised federal prosecutors to seek the death penalty against Mohamed Rashed Daoud al-'Owhali, one of the terrorists involved in the bombings of the U
- MAY 11, 2000Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Falih Bin-Muslih Bin-Hujayj Al-Luhaybi was executed...
Falih Bin-Muslih Bin-Hujayj Al-Luhaybi was executed in Medina
- MAY 11, 2000AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
The Anti-Taleban North Alliance accused the Taleban...
The Anti-Taleban North Alliance accused the Taleban Islamic Movement of executing 198 supporters of the Alliance who had been captured during the conflict
- MAY 11, 2000TexasDEATH PENALTY
Micheal McBride, 38, white, was executed by lethal injection
Micheal McBride, 38, white, was executed by lethal injection
- MAY 11, 2000United StatesDEATH PENALTY
Death penalty supporters became members of the National...
Death penalty supporters became members of the National Committee to Prevent Wrongful Executions formed to address innocence and the death penalty
- MAY 10, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China's Supreme People's Court announced that Lin Laibao...
China's Supreme People's Court announced that Lin Laibao from Lufeng city in Guangdong Province; Bing Guigang and Xie Zhongying from Huishui County in Guizhou Province; and Liang Kunmin from Suiyang County in Guizhou Province, were guilty of trafficking i
- MAY 10, 2000EgyptDEATH PENALTY
Egypt's top religious authority approved the death...
Egypt's top religious authority approved the death sentence for Shaaban Abdel-Ghani, 30
- MAY 10, 2000Vatican CityDEATH PENALTY
Pope John Paul sent a telegram of solidarity to Rwandan...
Pope John Paul sent a telegram of solidarity to Rwandan Bishop Augustin Misago, who was on trial in Rwanda on genocide charges
- MAY 10, 2000RwandaDEATH PENALTY
Pope John Paul sent a telegram of solidarity to Rwandan...
Pope John Paul sent a telegram of solidarity to Rwandan Bishop Augustin Misago, who was on trial in Rwanda on genocide charges
- MAY 10, 2000IranDEATH PENALTY
Hossein Habibpour, 23 and Davoud Zak, also known as...
Hossein Habibpour, 23 and Davoud Zak, also known as Kianoush, were hanged in Qasr prison, Tehran, on charges of murder
- MAY 10, 2000IranDEATH PENALTY
Mahmoud F
Mahmoud F
- MAY 9, 2000AustriaDEATH PENALTY
A 12-year-old boy was arrested for the rape of a girl...
A 12-year-old boy was arrested for the rape of a girl aged five, in Baden, 30 kilometres south of Vienna
- MAY 9, 2000AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
More than 90 non-Pashtu Afghans were shot dead by the...
More than 90 non-Pashtu Afghans were shot dead by the Taleban in a village near Aibak, in the Taleban-controlled Samangan province
- MAY 9, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Additional District and Sessions court in Lahore sentenced...
Additional District and Sessions court in Lahore sentenced Nasir Masih and Wilson Masih for murder
- MAY 9, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Four persons were hung at the Gujrat District Jail
Four persons were hung at the Gujrat District Jail
- MAY 9, 2000IranDEATH PENALTY
Four Iranians were sentenced to death in Kuwait for...
Four Iranians were sentenced to death in Kuwait for drug smuggling
- MAY 9, 2000KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
Four Iranians were sentenced to death for drug smuggling
Four Iranians were sentenced to death for drug smuggling
- MAY 9, 2000TexasDEATH PENALTY
Willam Kitchens, 37, white, was executed by lethal injection
Willam Kitchens, 37, white, was executed by lethal injection
- MAY 8, 2000NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Former military governor of Kaduna State, Col
Former military governor of Kaduna State, Col