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
- JANUARY 28, 2000ZimbabweDEATH PENALTY
In Malaysia, Jeffry Nyomi, 31, a Zimbabwean national...
In Malaysia, Jeffry Nyomi, 31, a Zimbabwean national was remanded by the Magistrate's Court for trafficking 2
- JANUARY 27, 2000NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
The Federal Government warned that it would invoke...
The Federal Government warned that it would invoke the death penalty or a 21-year jail term on hoarders of petroleum products
- JANUARY 27, 2000IraqDEATH PENALTY
The opposition Iraqi Communist Party said that Iraqi...
The opposition Iraqi Communist Party said that Iraqi authorities had executed 26 political prisoners in a Baghdad jail and that 13 people had died in a detention centre near Baghdad from torture and poor conditions
- JANUARY 27, 2000ThailandDEATH PENALTY
Human rights groups stepped up the pressure on the...
Human rights groups stepped up the pressure on the Thai government after more hostages, who all escaped unharmed, came forward with evidence that some of the gunmen were summarily executed
- JANUARY 27, 2000RussiaDEATH PENALTY
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe...
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe approved Recommendation 1444 (2000) on the issue of the situation in the Chechen Republic, deciding limiting the credentials of the delegation of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation to the Par
- JANUARY 27, 2000RwandaDEATH PENALTY
Trial Chamber I rendered its judgement on Alfred Musema
Trial Chamber I rendered its judgement on Alfred Musema
- JANUARY 27, 2000AlgeriaDEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International co-ordinator Des Hogan accused...
Amnesty International co-ordinator Des Hogan accused the Australian Government of deporting an Algerian national despite an order by the United Nations Committee Against Torture to defer his deportation until his case could be assessed
- JANUARY 27, 2000AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
Australia's Immigration Minister Phillip Ruddock defended...
Australia's Immigration Minister Phillip Ruddock defended the deportation of an Algerian asylum-seeker
- JANUARY 27, 2000SlovakiaDEATH PENALTY
According to reports from Bratislava Slovakia witnessed...
According to reports from Bratislava Slovakia witnessed an increase in crime rates
- JANUARY 27, 2000ZimbabweDEATH PENALTY
Human Rights Association (ZimRights) chairman Nick...
Human Rights Association (ZimRights) chairman Nick Ndebele, appealed to the Commonwealth Lawyers' Association (CLA) and the Commonwealth Magistrates and Judges' Association (CMJA) in order to seek backing in his campaign against the judiciary
- JANUARY 27, 2000SerbiaDEATH PENALTY
Yugoslav police announced the arrest of Dobrosav Gavric,...
Yugoslav police announced the arrest of Dobrosav Gavric, whom they believed was the lone gunman who fired the shots which killed Zelijko Raznatovic, the Serbian warlord also known as Arkan
- JANUARY 27, 2000TexasDEATH PENALTY
James Moreland, 39, white, was executed by lethal injection
James Moreland, 39, white, was executed by lethal injection
- JANUARY 26, 2000BulgariaDEATH PENALTY
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe...
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) voted on a draft resolution that considered a democratic achievement the abolition of capital punishment in Bulgaria
- JANUARY 26, 2000BelarusDEATH PENALTY
The Council of Europe (CE) Parliamentary Assembly "expressed...
The Council of Europe (CE) Parliamentary Assembly "expressed its profound concern that Belarus continued to fall seriously short of Council of Europe standards as regards pluralist democracy, the rule of law and human rights"
- JANUARY 26, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Five militants were sentenced to death for separatism,...
Five militants were sentenced to death for separatism, murder, robbery and illegally dealing in weapons and ammunition in connection with a two-year spate of separatist activities across China's northwestern territory of Xinjiang
- JANUARY 26, 2000IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
State Minister for Women Affairs Khofifah Indar Parawansa...
State Minister for Women Affairs Khofifah Indar Parawansa condemned the gang rape of a young woman in a taxi and demanded the rapists be sentenced to death if necessary
- JANUARY 26, 2000IraqDEATH PENALTY
The Iraqi Higher Council, one of the opposition factions,...
The Iraqi Higher Council, one of the opposition factions, said in a statement received by `Ukaz' (Saudi Newspaper) that the Iraqi regime aborted a coup attempt by a number of army officers led by Staff Brig-Gen Salim Ali Abd al-Husayn
- JANUARY 26, 2000Antigua & BarbudaDEATH PENALTY
Justice Ephrain Georges, a High Court judge granted...
Justice Ephrain Georges, a High Court judge granted a stay of execution to five convicted murderers scheduled to hang during the week
- JANUARY 26, 2000Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Amash ibn Mohsen Al-Qahtani was executed in Riyadh...
Amash ibn Mohsen Al-Qahtani was executed in Riyadh after he was found guilty of shooting and killing Saleh ibn Muhammad Al-Otaibi, another Saudi man
- JANUARY 26, 2000SerbiaDEATH PENALTY
The Appeals Chamber, joining the appeals against the...
The Appeals Chamber, joining the appeals against the sentence of 14 July 1997 and that of 11 November 1999, reduced the sentence for Dusko Tadic from a maximum of 25 to a maximum of 20 years' imprisonment
- JANUARY 26, 2000IndiaDEATH PENALTY
The Madras High Court upheld the President's order...
The Madras High Court upheld the President's order rejecting the mercy petition of Govindasamy, who had been sentenced to death for murdering five persons in 1984, holding that there had been no inordinate delay in the disposal of his clemency plea
- JANUARY 25, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Twelve convicted felons were sentenced and executed...
Twelve convicted felons were sentenced and executed in central Henan province, as courts embarked on the annual pre-Lunar New Year flurry of executions
- JANUARY 25, 2000ThailandDEATH PENALTY
Thai officials denied allegations that Burmese gunmen...
Thai officials denied allegations that Burmese gunmen holding an estimated 700 hostages at a hospital were shot in cold blood
- JANUARY 25, 2000IraqDEATH PENALTY
Brig.-Gen. Ibrahim Ali, commander of the Iraqi special...
Brig.-Gen. Ibrahim Ali, commander of the Iraqi special forces, was executed after being accused of maintaining connections with hostile parties and revealing military secrets
- JANUARY 25, 2000IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
The Tangerang District Court sentenced two Nepalese...
The Tangerang District Court sentenced two Nepalese nationals Nar Bahadur Tamang, 59, and Bala Tamang, 30, to death for drug trafficking
- JANUARY 25, 2000Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
The European Union's Council of Ministers said it would...
The European Union's Council of Ministers said it would welcome an announcement by the Palestinian Authority of a moratorium on the death penalty
- JANUARY 25, 2000ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
Viktor Dallakian, the chairman of the State Legal Commission...
Viktor Dallakian, the chairman of the State Legal Commission of Armenia's National Assembly, said there were 32 prisoners condemned to death
- JANUARY 25, 2000PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Senator Robert Z
Senator Robert Z
- JANUARY 25, 2000UgandaDEATH PENALTY
President Yoweri Museveni was under mounting pressure...
President Yoweri Museveni was under mounting pressure from church groups and human rights activists to pardon the 271 inmates on death row at the Luzira Maximum Prison, outside the capital city of Kampala
- JANUARY 25, 2000TexasDEATH PENALTY
Glen McGinnis, 27, black was put to death by lethal...
Glen McGinnis, 27, black was put to death by lethal injection