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 2, 2000South AfricaDEATH PENALTY
A petition calling for the re-introduction of the death...
A petition calling for the re-introduction of the death penalty was handed to Port Alfred magistrate Walter le Grange just before three men accused of the brutal murder of Cape Town businesswoman Brenda Fairhead and her 11-year-old daughter appeared in co
- FEBRUARY 2, 2000GuatemalaDEATH PENALTY
Three former Guatemalan paramilitary men on massacre...
Three former Guatemalan paramilitary men on massacre charges had their death penalty commuted to 50 years imprisonment for lack of direct evidence
- FEBRUARY 1, 2000IraqDEATH PENALTY
A number of Iraqi officers and soldiers, charged with...
A number of Iraqi officers and soldiers, charged with having contacts with Iraqi opposition, were executed at army Division Four headquarters
- FEBRUARY 1, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
The Additional District and Sessions Judge of Attock,...
The Additional District and Sessions Judge of Attock, Mirza Rafi - u-Zuman meted out the death sentence to Zulfiqar Ahmed of Shakardara, Attock
- FEBRUARY 1, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
A division bench of the Lahore High Court rejected...
A division bench of the Lahore High Court rejected the appeal of Muhammad Aziz and Haroon Rashid against their death sentences
- FEBRUARY 1, 2000PennsylvaniaDEATH PENALTY
Testifying at the Pennsylvania Senate Judiciary Committee...
Testifying at the Pennsylvania Senate Judiciary Committee in the hearing on a bill to impose a 2-year moratorium on the state's death penalty, former state Attorney General Ernie Preate testified in favour of a moratorium, citing the politicisation of the
- JANUARY 31, 2000United StatesDEATH PENALTY
Moratorium on executions declared in Illinois
Moratorium on executions declared in Illinois
- JANUARY 31, 2000AlbaniaDEATH PENALTY
Council of Europe (CE) authorities welcomed the decision...
Council of Europe (CE) authorities welcomed the decision of the Albanian Constitutional Court to abrogate the death penalty
- JANUARY 31, 2000PortugalDEATH PENALTY
The European Union condemned the execution by Uzbekistan...
The European Union condemned the execution by Uzbekistan of six people accused of planting bombs which killed 16 people in Tashkent
- JANUARY 31, 2000RwandaDEATH PENALTY
Participants at a security meeting in Kirundo Prefecture...
Participants at a security meeting in Kirundo Prefecture requested that the government amend the law on sexual abuse, requiring that the death penalty be applied to all cases of criminal sexual abuse
- JANUARY 31, 2000RwandaDEATH PENALTY
Carla Del Ponte, the chief prosecutor of the UN International...
Carla Del Ponte, the chief prosecutor of the UN International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR), was to seek the extradition to the ICTR in Tanzania of Lieutenant-Colonel Tharcisse Muvunyi, a Rwandan genocide suspect living under temporary asylum in Bri
- JANUARY 31, 2000UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
The European Union condemned the execution by Uzbekistan...
The European Union condemned the execution by Uzbekistan of six people accused of planting bombs which killed 16 people in Tashkent
- JANUARY 31, 2000IndiaDEATH PENALTY
Tamizhaga Rajiv Congress (TRC) staged demonstrations...
Tamizhaga Rajiv Congress (TRC) staged demonstrations in Tamil Nadu, demanding the capital punishment awarded to four accused in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case be carried out at the earliest opportunity
- JANUARY 31, 2000VietnamDEATH PENALTY
The National Assembly Standing Committee discussed...
The National Assembly Standing Committee discussed and adopted a resolution on the enforcement of the revised Criminal Code
- JANUARY 31, 2000DEATH PENALTY
Illinois Governor George Ryan declared a moratorium...
Illinois Governor George Ryan declared a moratorium on executions in his state, pending an investigation into the state's capital punishment system
- JANUARY 30, 2000BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
The Bangladeshi Parliament passed the Women and Children...
The Bangladeshi Parliament passed the Women and Children Repression Prevention Bill 2000 proposed by Sheikh Hasina's government
- JANUARY 30, 2000ThailandDEATH PENALTY
Non-governmental organisations (NGOs) urged Prime Minister...
Non-governmental organisations (NGOs) urged Prime Minister Chuan Leekpai to set up an independent committee comprising various neutral parties to look into the storming of the Ratchaburi hospital
- JANUARY 30, 2000IranDEATH PENALTY
Afghano Ghafour Jami was shot after spending a year...
Afghano Ghafour Jami was shot after spending a year of imprisonment at Lavasanat on a murder conviction
- JANUARY 30, 2000KenyaDEATH PENALTY
The Catholic Church asked the government to abolish...
The Catholic Church asked the government to abolish the death penalty
- JANUARY 29, 2000ThailandDEATH PENALTY
The bodies of 10 hostage-takers who were killed by...
The bodies of 10 hostage-takers who were killed by Thai commandos on after a 24-hour hospital siege in Ratchaburi are rotting rapidly in temporary crypts instead of being taken to a police hospital where it can be preserved for examination
- JANUARY 28, 2000ColombiaDEATH PENALTY
Right-wing death squads killed at least 11 people in...
Right-wing death squads killed at least 11 people in Santa Cecilia in northern Colombia
- JANUARY 28, 2000CyprusDEATH PENALTY
The Portuguese Presidency made the following declaration...
The Portuguese Presidency made the following declaration on behalf of the EU: "The European Union welcomes the recent decision of the Republic of Cyprus to ratify Protocol No 6 to the European Convention on Human Rights concerning the abolition of the dea
- JANUARY 28, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Supreme People's Court (SPC) approved the death...
The Supreme People's Court (SPC) approved the death sentences handed out by the Guangdong Provincial Higher People's Court and issued the order of execution for 13 pirates
- JANUARY 28, 2000IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
China executed 13 Chinese and Indonesian pirates, including...
China executed 13 Chinese and Indonesian pirates, including one identified as Soni Wee, in South China's Guangdong Province
- JANUARY 28, 2000RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Russian First Deputy Foreign Minister Aleksandr Avdeev...
Russian First Deputy Foreign Minister Aleksandr Avdeev explained that the reason why Moscow did not consider President Maskhadov either the legitimate president of Chechnya or a suitable negotiating partner was that he introduced Islamic law in Chechnya,
- JANUARY 28, 2000PortugalDEATH PENALTY
The Portuguese Presidency made the following declaration...
The Portuguese Presidency made the following declaration on behalf of the EU: "The European Union welcomes the recent decision of the Republic of Cyprus to ratify Protocol No 6 to the European Convention on Human Rights concerning the abolition of the dea
- JANUARY 28, 2000MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
Chan Choon Wai, 20, was sentenced to hang by a court...
Chan Choon Wai, 20, was sentenced to hang by a court in Singapore
- JANUARY 28, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
The additional Session Judge Attock Rao Sultan Ali...
The additional Session Judge Attock Rao Sultan Ali Tahir sentenced to death two brothers, Mohammad Sarfaraz and Mohamad Nawaz, and imprisoned their two cousins, Ikhlaq Hussain and Shafqat Hussain, for 10 years
- JANUARY 28, 2000VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Ho Chi Minh City's People's Court sentenced to death...
Ho Chi Minh City's People's Court sentenced to death three narcotics traffickers, Tran Van Nghia, Nguyen Phuoc Duc and Nguyen Thanh Hai
- JANUARY 28, 2000LebanonDEATH PENALTY
The Permanent Military Court, chaired by Staff Brigadier-General...
The Permanent Military Court, chaired by Staff Brigadier-General Mahir Safiy al-Din issued a verdict of execution for Husayn Ulayyan, Chief Warrant Officer in the Lebanese army, for contacting the Israeli enemy and its agents and revealing security and mi