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 8, 2000IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
A newly-formed non-governmental organization called...
A newly-formed non-governmental organization called the 'Society Concerned about the Safety of Generations' (Mapeksi) has called on the government to introduce legislation enabling drug dealers to be sentenced to death
- APRIL 8, 2000GhanaDEATH PENALTY
President Jerry John Rawlings granted amnesty to 1,000...
President Jerry John Rawlings granted amnesty to 1,000 prisoners, including two soldiers who were convicted in 1983 and 1985 respectively and sentenced to death for subversion
- APRIL 8, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Additional District and Sessions court in Lahore sentenced...
Additional District and Sessions court in Lahore sentenced to death one [identified only as] Latif in a murder case
- APRIL 8, 2000United StatesDEATH PENALTY
Rev. Pat Robertson, speaking at a symposium on religion...
Rev. Pat Robertson, speaking at a symposium on religion and the death penalty at the College of William and Mary, said: "I think a [death penalty] moratorium would indeed be very appropriate."
- APRIL 7, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Kong Jia, an unemployed ex-convict was executed in...
Kong Jia, an unemployed ex-convict was executed in Beijing for bludgeoning his parents to death with an iron bar
- APRIL 7, 2000RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Aide of the Russian president Sergei Yastrzhembsky...
Aide of the Russian president Sergei Yastrzhembsky gave the press the details of an April 4 telephone conversation between terrorist Khattab and Movladi Udugov, the chief ideologist of Chechen guerrillas who was currently in the United Arab Emirates
- APRIL 7, 2000GermanyDEATH PENALTY
President Johannes Rau said that the European Union...
President Johannes Rau said that the European Union (EU) constituted a great perspective for Turkey, adding, "The EU is not only a markets union, first of all it is a union of values
- APRIL 7, 2000TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
German President Johannes Rau said that the European...
German President Johannes Rau said that the European Union (EU) constituted a great perspective for Turkey, adding, "The EU is not only a markets union, first of all it is a union of values
- APRIL 6, 2000RwandaDEATH PENALTY
The Appeals Chamber confirmed the sentence against...
The Appeals Chamber confirmed the sentence against Omar Serushago
- APRIL 6, 2000ColombiaDEATH PENALTY
Suspected paramilitary gunmen executed 21 unarmed residents...
Suspected paramilitary gunmen executed 21 unarmed residents of a small town near the Venezuelan border
- APRIL 6, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Yang Wen, 31, was executed in Taiyuan, the capital...
Yang Wen, 31, was executed in Taiyuan, the capital of Shanxi Province for raping two university students and killing a female postgraduate student during a failed sexual assault
- APRIL 6, 2000RussiaDEATH PENALTY
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe...
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe approved Recommendation 1456 (2000) calling upon the Committee of Ministers to initiate without delay the procedure for suspension of the Russian Federation from its rights of representation in the Counc
- APRIL 6, 2000RussiaDEATH PENALTY
The State Duma committee on legislation approved a...
The State Duma committee on legislation approved a bill on the ratification of Protocol 6 of the European Convention on human rights, which provides for capital punishment to be abolished by law in Russia
- APRIL 6, 2000LibyaDEATH PENALTY
A human rights committee in Britain said that the Libyan...
A human rights committee in Britain said that the Libyan security forces had executed three of the eight Islamists that Jordanian authorities extradited to Libya in January 2000
- APRIL 6, 2000SlovakiaDEATH PENALTY
The reintroduction of the death penalty is supported...
The reintroduction of the death penalty is supported by 62 percent of Slovaks, which is a drop from previous years, according to a March 10-20 poll carried out by the Slovak Statistics Office's Public Opinion Research Institute (UVVM) among 1,234 responde
- APRIL 6, 2000United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
A Ras al-Khaimah sharia court ruled that anyone found...
A Ras al-Khaimah sharia court ruled that anyone found guilty of employing a magician to cast a spell on others will be sentenced to death because the practice violates Islamic law and is therefore blasphemous
- APRIL 6, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
A court in Karachi found ousted prime minister Nawaz...
A court in Karachi found ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif guilty of terrorism and hijacking and sentenced him to life imprisonment
- APRIL 6, 2000JordanDEATH PENALTY
A human rights committee in Britain said that the Libyan...
A human rights committee in Britain said that the Libyan security forces had executed three of the eight Islamists that Jordanian authorities extradited to Libya in January 2000
- APRIL 6, 2000VietnamDEATH PENALTY
The Vietnam Committee for the Defence of Human Rights...
The Vietnam Committee for the Defence of Human Rights accused Vietnam of handing down "an increasing number of death sentences", reaching the "sad record" of 194 last year
- APRIL 6, 2000United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
A Ras al-Khaimah sharia court ruled that anyone found...
A Ras al-Khaimah sharia court ruled that anyone found guilty of employing a magician to cast a spell on others will be sentenced to death because the practice violates Islamic law and is therefore blasphemous
- APRIL 5, 2000IraqDEATH PENALTY
The Iraqi Communist Party accused Iraqi President Saddam...
The Iraqi Communist Party accused Iraqi President Saddam Hussein's government of executing 122 prisoners
- APRIL 5, 2000RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Mary Robinson, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights,...
Mary Robinson, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, presented at the Commission on Human Rights her report, denouncing evidence of mass murder, executions without trial, and looting in the course of the operation in Chechnya
- APRIL 5, 2000RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Chechen rebels said that nine members of the Russian...
Chechen rebels said that nine members of the Russian special-purpose police (OMON) from Perm were executed after the 72 hours provided to Russia for the exchange of prisoners had passed
- APRIL 5, 2000RussiaDEATH PENALTY
By a decision of the Shari'ah Court the mercenaries...
By a decision of the Shari'ah Court the mercenaries who signed contracts with Russian servicemen for six months were sentenced to death
- APRIL 5, 2000PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
President Joseph Estrada said that he wanted the two...
President Joseph Estrada said that he wanted the two soldiers, Marcial Ambulo and Jovy Rubio, who shot dead six innocent civilians in Mindoro Oriental, to be meted the death penalty for their crime
- APRIL 5, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Pakistani President Rafiq Tarar stayed the execution...
Pakistani President Rafiq Tarar stayed the execution of Niaz Ahmed till April 26
- APRIL 5, 2000IndiaDEATH PENALTY
Two men were sentenced to death for the murder of under-trial...
Two men were sentenced to death for the murder of under-trial prisoner Kabeer alias 'LTTE Kabeer'
- APRIL 5, 2000ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Government and opposition senators handed an appeal...
Government and opposition senators handed an appeal to the Iranian president Mohammed Khatami not to impose the death penalty on 13 Iranian Jews on trial on charges of spying for Israel in Teheran
- APRIL 4, 2000RwandaDEATH PENALTY
Justice Minister Jean-de-Dieu Mucyo In Kigali said...
Justice Minister Jean-de-Dieu Mucyo In Kigali said that 50 out of 155 prisoners detained at Kigali central prison on rape charges, would be sentenced to death
- APRIL 4, 2000AlbaniaDEATH PENALTY
Prime Minister Ilir Meta signed Protocol 6 on the death...
Prime Minister Ilir Meta signed Protocol 6 on the death penalty in Strasbourg confirming that his country has abolished capital punishment