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 24, 2000KyrgyzstanDEATH PENALTY
Taalaybek Beyshembiyev, Vyacheslav Abdrashitov and...
Taalaybek Beyshembiyev, Vyacheslav Abdrashitov and Vitaliy Kurkin were sentenced to death by the Bishkek garrison military court
- JANUARY 24, 2000ThailandDEATH PENALTY
10 Myanmar guerrillas of the God's Army who took over...
10 Myanmar guerrillas of the God's Army who took over a hospital and held 700 people hostage were all found dead, with single gun shot wounds to the head after Thai commandos stormed the building
- JANUARY 24, 2000TurkmenistanDEATH PENALTY
The European Union (EU) welcomed the decision taken...
The European Union (EU) welcomed the decision taken by the authorities of Turkmenistan to abolish the death penalty
- JANUARY 24, 2000IndiaDEATH PENALTY
The United Communist Party of India (UCPI) demanded...
The United Communist Party of India (UCPI) demanded execution "without any change" of the Supreme Court order sentencing to death the four accused in the 1991 Rajiv Gandhi assassination case
- JANUARY 24, 2000TexasDEATH PENALTY
Billy Hughes Jr, 47, white was executed via lethal injection
Billy Hughes Jr, 47, white was executed via lethal injection
- JANUARY 23, 2000South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
A South Korean student studying at the Australian National...
A South Korean student studying at the Australian National University was so frightened to find himself in the same class with fellow students from communist North Korea that he went to his embassy to ask permission to speak to them
- JANUARY 23, 2000VenezuelaDEATH PENALTY
President Hugo Chavez pledged to investigate reports...
President Hugo Chavez pledged to investigate reports of alleged human rights abuses in the aftermath of December 1999's devastating mudslides, charges he first dismissed as irresponsible
- JANUARY 23, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Additional Sessions Judge Sargodha Zafar Iqbal Ahmad...
Additional Sessions Judge Sargodha Zafar Iqbal Ahmad awarded the death sentence to [a person identified only as] Zulfiqar in a murder case
- JANUARY 22, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Ata Mohammad was hung in New Central jail, Multan
Ata Mohammad was hung in New Central jail, Multan
- JANUARY 22, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Mohammad Amjad Mushtaq was to be hung on January 27...
Mohammad Amjad Mushtaq was to be hung on January 27 in New Central Jail, Multan
- JANUARY 21, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A Hong Kong man and his mainland accomplice So Kwai-biu...
A Hong Kong man and his mainland accomplice So Kwai-biu and Chen Wei-cheng, both 38, were executed in Guangzhou for the murder of seven people, including an Australian and an American, in southern China
- JANUARY 21, 2000Hong Kong SAR ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A Hong Kong man and his mainland accomplice, So Kwai-biu...
A Hong Kong man and his mainland accomplice, So Kwai-biu and Chen Wei-cheng, both 38, were executed in Guangzhou for the murder of seven people, including an Australian and an American, in southern China
- JANUARY 21, 2000South AfricaDEATH PENALTY
Family, friends and members of the community staged...
Family, friends and members of the community staged a demonstration in the grounds outside the Port Alfred Magistrate's Court when brothers Tom and Zolani Bongani appeared in connection with the kidnapping and murder of Brenda Fairhead and her 11-year-old
- JANUARY 21, 2000GermanyDEATH PENALTY
German businessman Helmut Hofer returned home from...
German businessman Helmut Hofer returned home from Iran, where he spent two years on death row for having illicit sex with a Moslem woman
- JANUARY 21, 2000DEATH PENALTY
Larry Robinson, 42, white, was executed by lethal injection
Larry Robinson, 42, white, was executed by lethal injection
- JANUARY 20, 2000CyprusDEATH PENALTY
Cyprus ratified the sixth protocol of the European...
Cyprus ratified the sixth protocol of the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, which refers to the abolition of the death penalty
- JANUARY 20, 2000EthiopiaDEATH PENALTY
Deputy President Jacob Zuma asked rhetorically why...
Deputy President Jacob Zuma asked rhetorically why Ethiopia would apply to South Africa for the extradition of its former president Mengistu Haile Mariam when it had not put such a request to Zimbabwe, the refuge of the ousted dictator
- JANUARY 20, 2000GreeceDEATH PENALTY
Following a landmark trip to Turkey, George Papandreou,...
Following a landmark trip to Turkey, George Papandreou, the Greek Foreign Minister, said Greece would not tolerate terrorism, and said "human rights, protection of minorities, and capital punishment are important for us
- JANUARY 20, 2000YemenDEATH PENALTY
Mohammed Thabit al-Sumi was stoned to death in Ibb...
Mohammed Thabit al-Sumi was stoned to death in Ibb for raping and murdering his 12-year-old daughter
- JANUARY 20, 2000South AfricaDEATH PENALTY
More than 30 farm workers gathered in front of the...
More than 30 farm workers gathered in front of the Tzaneen District Court and held up placards demanding the death penalty, when seven suspects accused of killing farmer Bill Bouller appeared in court
- JANUARY 20, 2000IndiaDEATH PENALTY
The District and Sessions Court in Assam handed out...
The District and Sessions Court in Assam handed out the death sentence to Dhaneswar Haloi for a double murder
- JANUARY 20, 2000VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Pham Van Hung, a senior official from Vietnam's National...
Pham Van Hung, a senior official from Vietnam's National Assembly, told a news conference that Vietnam's amended Penal Code cut by a third the number of crimes that carry the death penalty
- JANUARY 20, 2000IranDEATH PENALTY
Alireza Taraghikhah, 26, Mohammad Beigi, Nourkhoda...
Alireza Taraghikhah, 26, Mohammad Beigi, Nourkhoda Mahmoodi and Ali Salehi were executed by hanging in Tehran
- JANUARY 20, 2000IranDEATH PENALTY
The Iranian daily newspaper Entekhab said a woman,...
The Iranian daily newspaper Entekhab said a woman, Masoumeh Fathi, had been executed by hanging in the north-western city of Tabriz, on January 19th, after the Supreme Court upheld her death sentence for murdering a female prison warder while trying to es
- JANUARY 20, 2000IranDEATH PENALTY
The daily newspaper Hamshahri said a woman identified...
The daily newspaper Hamshahri said a woman identified only as Alieh and a male companion, Farhang Moradi, had been executed by hanging in Kermanshah, western Iran, for the murder of Alieh's husband
- JANUARY 20, 2000TexasDEATH PENALTY
Divid Hicks, 38, black, was put to death by lethal injection
Divid Hicks, 38, black, was put to death by lethal injection
- JANUARY 19, 2000TexasDEATH PENALTY
As the representative of the Presidency of the European...
As the representative of the Presidency of the European Union, Portugal conveyed an urgent humanitarian appeal to Governor George Bush on behalf of Mr
- JANUARY 19, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
He Pu, a 29-year-old computer specialist of the People's...
He Pu, a 29-year-old computer specialist of the People's Bank of China, was shot by order of the Xinjiang Higher People's Court in the regional capital of Urumqi, in the northwestern Xinjiang region
- JANUARY 19, 2000United StatesDEATH PENALTY
According to an ABCNEWS
According to an ABCNEWS
- JANUARY 19, 2000VenezuelaDEATH PENALTY
The Venezuelan government admitted that human rights...
The Venezuelan government admitted that human rights violations, including summary executions of looters by troops, might have occurred in the aftermath of the devastating mudslides