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
- FEBRUARY 29, 2000LatviaDEATH PENALTY
Indulis Berzins, Minister of Foreign Affairs, praised...
Indulis Berzins, Minister of Foreign Affairs, praised the report on the human rights situation worldwide, including Latvia, made by the U
- FEBRUARY 29, 2000PortugalDEATH PENALTY
The EU held in Lisbon a marathon eleven-hour session...
The EU held in Lisbon a marathon eleven-hour session of "dialogue on human rights" with China
- FEBRUARY 29, 2000RwandaDEATH PENALTY
Four people were sentenced to death in Rwanda for their...
Four people were sentenced to death in Rwanda for their involvement in the murder of 120 Tutsis who had taken refuge in a church during the 1994 massacres
- FEBRUARY 29, 2000UkraineDEATH PENALTY
The European Union welcomed the 22 February decision...
The European Union welcomed the 22 February decision of the Parliament of Ukraine to abolish the death penalty and to ratify Protocol 6 to the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms concerning the abolition of the
- FEBRUARY 29, 2000PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
The Supreme Court upheld a death penalty sentence for...
The Supreme Court upheld a death penalty sentence for Henry Lagarto and Ernesto CorderoVictim Alquiza
- FEBRUARY 29, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
The hanging of a convict was stopped at the Kot Lakhpat...
The hanging of a convict was stopped at the Kot Lakhpat Jail as the sister of the deceased forgave him
- FEBRUARY 29, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
A United Arab Emirates Criminal Court of First Instance...
A United Arab Emirates Criminal Court of First Instance sentenced a 30-year-old Pakistani [identified only as] S
- FEBRUARY 29, 2000MauritaniaDEATH PENALTY
Religious leaders from twenty states and 19 religious...
Religious leaders from twenty states and 19 religious organizations sent a letter to Secretary of State Madeleine Albright urging that the U
- FEBRUARY 29, 2000MarylandDEATH PENALTY
Baltimore City Council adopted a resolution urging...
Baltimore City Council adopted a resolution urging his state legislators to impose a moratorium on executions
- FEBRUARY 29, 2000DEATH PENALTY
Baltimore City Council adopted a resolution urging...
Baltimore City Council adopted a resolution urging his state legislators to impose a moratorium on executions
- FEBRUARY 29, 2000IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
Indonesia's State Minister for Women's Affairs Khofifah...
Indonesia's State Minister for Women's Affairs Khofifah Indar Parawansa signed the UN Protocol of the Convention on the Eradication of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW)
- FEBRUARY 28, 2000JapanDEATH PENALTY
Overruling a lower court decision that imposed a life...
Overruling a lower court decision that imposed a life sentence, the Tokyo High Court sentenced Takashi Mochida to death for robbing and murdering a 44-year-old female employee of Japan Tobacco Inc
- FEBRUARY 28, 2000IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
An Indonesian woman, Karteen Karikender, convicted...
An Indonesian woman, Karteen Karikender, convicted of adultery in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) was sentenced to death by stoning under Islamic sharia law
- FEBRUARY 28, 2000FranceDEATH PENALTY
French Prime Minister Lionel Jospin wrote to US presidential...
French Prime Minister Lionel Jospin wrote to US presidential candidate and Texas governor, George W
- FEBRUARY 28, 2000SudanDEATH PENALTY
Hassan Awad al-Zubair was beheaded in Riyadh, Saudi...
Hassan Awad al-Zubair was beheaded in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia for practising "black magic," which harmed the people he claimed to cure
- FEBRUARY 28, 2000Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Mansur ibn Jabir Bin Yahya Hazzazi was beheaded in Riyadh
Mansur ibn Jabir Bin Yahya Hazzazi was beheaded in Riyadh
- FEBRUARY 28, 2000Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
A Sudanese man, Hasan Bin Awad al-Zubayr, was beheaded...
A Sudanese man, Hasan Bin Awad al-Zubayr, was beheaded in Riyadh
- FEBRUARY 28, 2000LebanonDEATH PENALTY
The government rejected Japan's request to extradite...
The government rejected Japan's request to extradite five Japanese Red Army members for trial on terrorism charges, where they could face the death penalty
- FEBRUARY 28, 2000IranDEATH PENALTY
Mohammad Reza Eslampour, 29, was shot in the city of...
Mohammad Reza Eslampour, 29, was shot in the city of Larijan following charges of murder
- FEBRUARY 27, 2000BulgariaDEATH PENALTY
Some 200 Bulgarians prayed and then marched through...
Some 200 Bulgarians prayed and then marched through central Sofia in solidarity for the six Bulgarian medical staff facing trial in Libya
- FEBRUARY 27, 2000SenegalDEATH PENALTY
Senegal's Interior Minister, General Lamine Cisse,...
Senegal's Interior Minister, General Lamine Cisse, said that all measures were taken to ensure free and fair elections
- FEBRUARY 27, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
A District and Sessions Court in Chatta condemned to...
A District and Sessions Court in Chatta condemned to death Mohammad Akram for murder
- FEBRUARY 26, 2000IndiaDEATH PENALTY
India's law minister, Ram Jethmalani strongly favoured...
India's law minister, Ram Jethmalani strongly favoured abolition of capital punishment saying the useless exercise has failed to eradicate crime or act as deterrent
- FEBRUARY 25, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
At bilateral talks it was agreed that a British Foreign...
At bilateral talks it was agreed that a British Foreign Office panel on the death penalty would make an early visit to China
- FEBRUARY 25, 2000RussiaDEATH PENALTY
The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights,...
The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Secretary-General of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe and the Secretary-General of the Council of Europe expressed their deep concern at continuing reports of violations of
- FEBRUARY 25, 2000RussiaDEATH PENALTY
European Union foreign policy chief Javier Solana expressed...
European Union foreign policy chief Javier Solana expressed great concern at reports of mass executions by Russian soldiers in Chechnya and urged Moscow to set up an independent inquiry
- FEBRUARY 25, 2000RussiaDEATH PENALTY
A videotape taken by a German journalist for the N24...
A videotape taken by a German journalist for the N24 network showed Russian troops roughly disposing of the handcuffed bodies of executed Chechen fighters was aired on the BBC and on Russian NTV television
- FEBRUARY 25, 2000UgandaDEATH PENALTY
A USA 1999 country report on human rights practices...
A USA 1999 country report on human rights practices ranked Uganda among the top six African countries where human rights were grossly abused
- FEBRUARY 25, 2000UkraineDEATH PENALTY
In Zhytomyr, signatures were being collected for a...
In Zhytomyr, signatures were being collected for a request addressed to Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma demanding the death penalty for the serial killer Anatoliy Onopriyenko
- FEBRUARY 25, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
District and sessions Judge Muhammad Aslam Khan gave...
District and sessions Judge Muhammad Aslam Khan gave the death sentence to [a person identified only as] Azam involved in a murder case