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 3, 2000TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Libya arrested dozens of suspected Islamist opposition...
Libya arrested dozens of suspected Islamist opposition figures following deportations of dissidents to the north African country, the London-based Islamic Observation Centre said
- MAY 2, 2000South AfricaDEATH PENALTY
Themba Makwanyane and Mvuso Mchunu, who were sentenced...
Themba Makwanyane and Mvuso Mchunu, who were sentenced to death in 1992, had their penalties commuted to life imprisonment in the Appeal Court in Bloemfontein
- MAY 2, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Syed Ali Asghar Shah, a convict in a murder case was...
Syed Ali Asghar Shah, a convict in a murder case was hung at Gujrat District Jail
- MAY 2, 2000VietnamDEATH PENALTY
The Canadian government froze all ministerial ties...
The Canadian government froze all ministerial ties with Vietnam to protest against the execution of Canadian citizen Nguyen Thi Hiep on drug smuggling charges on April 24
- MAY 2, 2000United StatesDEATH PENALTY
Christina Riggs, 28, a former nurse sentenced to death...
Christina Riggs, 28, a former nurse sentenced to death for smothering her two young children was executed in Arkansas
- MAY 2, 2000ArkansasDEATH PENALTY
Christina Marie Riggs, 28, white was executed by lethal...
Christina Marie Riggs, 28, white was executed by lethal injection
- MAY 1, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
In May four convicted murderers, who conspired to kill...
In May four convicted murderers, who conspired to kill a prosecutor in retaliation for putting them in prison, were given death sentences by the Intermediate People's Court of Haikou, capital of south China's Hainan Province
- MAY 1, 2000Central African RepublicDEATH PENALTY
In May 2000 alone, a special anti-crime police squad...
In May 2000 alone, a special anti-crime police squad reportedly executed eight alleged armed robbery suspects without due process
- MAY 1, 2000BurundiDEATH PENALTY
It was reported that there were 155 death row inmates...
It was reported that there were 155 death row inmates who had their appeals exhausted and who could be executed
- MAY 1, 2000Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Amir Layla Huran al-Ruwayli was executed for drug smuggling
Amir Layla Huran al-Ruwayli was executed for drug smuggling
- MAY 1, 2000TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
The Court of Appeals sentenced to death two of the...
The Court of Appeals sentenced to death two of the three men accused of the Tuzla bombing incident in which five people were killed and 36 were injured
- MAY 1, 2000VirginiaDEATH PENALTY
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- MAY 1, 2000United StatesDEATH PENALTY
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- APRIL 30, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Additional District and Sessions court in Jauharabad...
Additional District and Sessions court in Jauharabad condemned Fateh Mohammad and Ali Mohammad to death for a double murder
- APRIL 30, 2000VietnamDEATH PENALTY
A Foreign Affairs Ministry spokesman said the Vietnamese...
A Foreign Affairs Ministry spokesman said the Vietnamese government regretted the reaction from the Canadian government on the execution of Nguyen Thi Hiep
- APRIL 30, 2000IranDEATH PENALTY
Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei approved...
Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei approved the commutation of death sentences against Mehrdad Sohrabi, Ahmad Batebi, Abbas Deldar and Akbar Mohammadi for their part in the student demonstrations in capital Tehran, in July 1999
- APRIL 29, 2000RomaniaDEATH PENALTY
The Jurists' Union of Romania addressed an open letter...
The Jurists' Union of Romania addressed an open letter to Russian President Vladimir Putin, asking him to intervene to secure the prison release of Ilie Ilascu and the members of his group, who were sentenced to death in December 1993 by the separatist au
- APRIL 29, 2000CanadaDEATH PENALTY
Canada recalled its ambassador from Vietnam and cancelled...
Canada recalled its ambassador from Vietnam and cancelled its participation in 25th anniversary festivities for the end of the Vietnam War
- APRIL 29, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China forcibly returned a group of 60 refugees to North...
China forcibly returned a group of 60 refugees to North Korea after they protested and rioted on April 16 over bad treatment in a northeastern Chinese detention centre
- APRIL 29, 2000RussiaDEATH PENALTY
In the village of Tsatsan-yurt Russian took 15 local...
In the village of Tsatsan-yurt Russian took 15 local residents hostage and executed three people for the resistance which the latter offered them
- APRIL 29, 2000North KoreaDEATH PENALTY
China expatriated 60 refugees back to North Korea
China expatriated 60 refugees back to North Korea
- APRIL 29, 2000ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Italian reggae group Africa Unite backed a campaign...
Italian reggae group Africa Unite backed a campaign to gather signatures in favour of a global moratorium on the death penalty by the end of 2000
- APRIL 28, 2000CanadaDEATH PENALTY
Minister Lloyd Axworthy said Ottawa would continue...
Minister Lloyd Axworthy said Ottawa would continue to put pressure on Hanoi unless it explained its actions promptly
- APRIL 28, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China forcibly returned a group of 60 refugees to North...
China forcibly returned a group of 60 refugees to North Korea after they protested and rioted on April 16 over bad treatment in a northeastern Chinese detention center
- APRIL 28, 2000TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
President-elect Chen Shui-bian said that although the...
President-elect Chen Shui-bian said that although the abrogation of the death penalty is a world trend, he would leave the question to the legislature out of respect for the legislative branch of the government
- APRIL 28, 2000RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Chechen Interior Minister Aydamir Abalayev said that...
Chechen Interior Minister Aydamir Abalayev said that the number of Chechen citizens who have been taken hostage and are missing exceeds 10,000 people
- APRIL 28, 2000AzerbaijanDEATH PENALTY
Azerbaijani President Heydar Aliyev was included in...
Azerbaijani President Heydar Aliyev was included in the list of nominees under consideration for the Nobel Peace Prize
- APRIL 28, 2000Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Muhammad Al-Barqawi, a Sudanese man found guilty of...
Muhammad Al-Barqawi, a Sudanese man found guilty of committing sodomy and other crimes, was executed in Makkah
- APRIL 28, 2000Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Koliyil Kunhi Muhammad Abdul Razaq, an Indian, was...
Koliyil Kunhi Muhammad Abdul Razaq, an Indian, was executed in Shaqraa for murdering an elderly Saudi citizen, Abdul Aziz Al-Yousuf
- APRIL 28, 2000JordanDEATH PENALTY
Bilal Musa and his wife, Susan Ibrahim, 31, who posed...
Bilal Musa and his wife, Susan Ibrahim, 31, who posed as sales staff or journalists to bluff their way into homes before robbing and killing the occupants, were sentenced to death by a court in Jordan