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
- APRIL 26, 2000ZimbabweDEATH PENALTY
Zimbabwean Home Affairs Minister Dumiso Dabengwa and U
Zimbabwean Home Affairs Minister Dumiso Dabengwa and U
- APRIL 26, 2000CzechiaDEATH PENALTY
Czech republic cosponsored and voted in favour of the...
Czech republic cosponsored and voted in favour of the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights on April 26 (no
- APRIL 26, 2000UkraineDEATH PENALTY
Ukraine cosponsored the resolution on the death penalty...
Ukraine cosponsored the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights on April 26 (no
- APRIL 26, 2000SudanDEATH PENALTY
Sudan voted against the resolution on the death penalty...
Sudan voted against the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights on April 26 (no
- APRIL 26, 2000EswatiniDEATH PENALTY
Swaziland voted against the resolution on the death...
Swaziland voted against the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights on April 26 (no
- APRIL 26, 2000South AfricaDEATH PENALTY
Anglican Church archbishop Njongonkulu Ndungane criticised...
Anglican Church archbishop Njongonkulu Ndungane criticised community leaders calling for the return of the death penalty
- APRIL 26, 2000PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Philippines abstained from the resolution on the death...
Philippines abstained from the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights on April 26 (no
- APRIL 26, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Pakistan voted against the resolution on the death...
Pakistan voted against the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights on April 26 (no
- APRIL 26, 2000IndiaDEATH PENALTY
India abstained from the resolution on the death penalty...
India abstained from the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights on April 26 (no
- APRIL 26, 2000DenmarkDEATH PENALTY
Denmark cosponsored the resolution on the death penalty...
Denmark cosponsored the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights on April 26 (no
- APRIL 26, 2000GermanyDEATH PENALTY
Germany cosponsored and voted in favour of the resolution...
Germany cosponsored and voted in favour of the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights on April 26 (no
- APRIL 26, 2000HondurasDEATH PENALTY
Honduras cosponsored the resolution on the death penalty...
Honduras cosponsored the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights on April 26 (no
- APRIL 26, 2000IrelandDEATH PENALTY
Ireland cosponsored the resolution on the death penalty...
Ireland cosponsored the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights on April 26 (no
- APRIL 26, 2000Governo Federale degli Stati UnitiDEATH PENALTY
Senators Russell Feingold (D-WI) and Carl Levin (D-MI)...
Senators Russell Feingold (D-WI) and Carl Levin (D-MI) introduced the "National Death Penalty Moratorium Act of 2000
- APRIL 26, 2000United StatesDEATH PENALTY
Federal moratorium on executions (Senate)
Federal moratorium on executions (Senate)
- APRIL 26, 2000ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Italy co-sponsored and voted in favour of the resolution...
Italy co-sponsored and voted in favour of the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission for Human Rights on April 26, 2000
- APRIL 26, 2000ItalyDEATH PENALTY
The UN Human Rights Commission approved a resolution...
The UN Human Rights Commission approved a resolution in favour of a worldwide moratorium on capital punishment proposed by the EU term president Portugal
- APRIL 25, 2000BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Judges Ruhal Amin and Abdul Matin, two High Court judges...
Judges Ruhal Amin and Abdul Matin, two High Court judges have refused to hear the Bangabandhu controversial case
- APRIL 25, 2000RussiaDEATH PENALTY
The U
The U
- APRIL 25, 2000SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
The Shirkoole Islamic court in Southern Mogadishu executed...
The Shirkoole Islamic court in Southern Mogadishu executed Farhan Muhammad Jama' for killing businessman Ahmad Muhammad Ali (Dhabareey), near the Baar Ubax road junction
- APRIL 25, 2000United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
An appeals court in the United Arab Emirates commuted...
An appeals court in the United Arab Emirates commuted a sentence against an Indonesian woman from death by stoning for adultery to one year in prison
- APRIL 25, 2000IndiaDEATH PENALTY
The governor of India's southern state of Tamil Nadu...
The governor of India's southern state of Tamil Nadu commuted the death sentence imposed on Nalini, a main defendant in the 1991 killing of former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi, to life imprisonment
- APRIL 24, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Liu Yong-zhen from Taiwan and Chen Linsong from Fujian...
Liu Yong-zhen from Taiwan and Chen Linsong from Fujian were given death sentences in trials of first instance in Zhangzhou city, in east China's Fujian Province
- APRIL 24, 2000IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
Indonesian migrant worker Kartini binti Karim narrowly...
Indonesian migrant worker Kartini binti Karim narrowly escaped death row after the Islamic high court in the United Arab Emirates town of Fujairah granted her appeal for clemency recently, foreign minister Alwi Shihab said
- APRIL 24, 2000BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Home Minister Mohammad Nasim renewed his plea that...
Home Minister Mohammad Nasim renewed his plea that the Supreme Court verdict in Bangabandhu murder case be executed within the year
- APRIL 24, 2000SudanDEATH PENALTY
A Sudanese man was executed in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia,...
A Sudanese man was executed in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, after being convicted of murdering a fellow Sudanese national
- APRIL 24, 2000South AfricaDEATH PENALTY
South Africa was one of three African countries that...
South Africa was one of three African countries that co-sponsored the resolution at the United Nations Commission on Human Rights to universally abolish the death penalty
- APRIL 24, 2000Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Himmat Bin-Sa'id Himmat Harun, a Sudanese national,...
Himmat Bin-Sa'id Himmat Harun, a Sudanese national, was executed in Riyad after being found guilty of murdering a fellow Sudanese national by striking him on the head with a hatchet
- APRIL 24, 2000VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Nguyen Thi Hiep, a Canadian citizen of Vietnamese origin...
Nguyen Thi Hiep, a Canadian citizen of Vietnamese origin was executed in Hanoi, where she was arrested in 1996 for drug trafficking, a court spokesmen said
- APRIL 23, 2000BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Leaders and activists of the Bangladesh Chhatra League...
Leaders and activists of the Bangladesh Chhatra League observed a hunger strike on the premises of the Shaheed Minar in the town demanding immediate execution of the verdict in Bangabandhu murder case