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 19, 2000UkraineDEATH PENALTY
The substitution of the death penalty with imprisonment...
The substitution of the death penalty with imprisonment for life will raise the efficiency of punishment, Minister of the Interior Yurii Kravchenko said
- JANUARY 19, 2000AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
The Afghanistan's ruling Taliban militia have publicly...
The Afghanistan's ruling Taliban militia have publicly executed a murderer in the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif before thousands of spectators in a sports stadium
- JANUARY 19, 2000TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
The leader of the Turkish Islamist Virtue Party, Recai...
The leader of the Turkish Islamist Virtue Party, Recai Kutan, said that he sees the maintenance of capital punishment as a "vital necessity" if its abolition was not required for Turkey's entry to the EU
- JANUARY 18, 2000TexasDEATH PENALTY
As representative of the Presidency of the European...
As representative of the Presidency of the European Union, Joao da Rocha Paris, Ambassador of Portugal, conveyed to Governor George Bush an urgent humanitarian appeal on behalf of Glen Charles McGinnis, scheduled to be executed on January 25
- JANUARY 18, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The European Parliament passed a resolution deploring...
The European Parliament passed a resolution deploring an increase in the number of executions and criticised the silencing of political dissidents and clampdowns on ethnic and religious minorities
- JANUARY 18, 2000South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
Yi Chong-pin, the Foreign Affairs and Trade Minister,...
Yi Chong-pin, the Foreign Affairs and Trade Minister, expressed deep regret over the repatriation, saying his ministry did not properly cope with the issue
- JANUARY 18, 2000ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
Karabakh's president Arkadiy Ghoukassian signed a decree...
Karabakh's president Arkadiy Ghoukassian signed a decree granting amnesty to 16 prisoners following a petition
- JANUARY 18, 2000BrazilDEATH PENALTY
Lebanese and Brazilian negotiators concluded two draft...
Lebanese and Brazilian negotiators concluded two draft agreements aimed to facilitate the extradition of fugitives and improve judicial co-operation between the two countries
- JANUARY 18, 2000Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
The Chair of the EP Delegation for Relations with the...
The Chair of the EP Delegation for Relations with the Palestinian Legislative Council, Luisa Morgantini insisted that the Palestinians needed to respect human rights, in particular by abolishing the death penalty
- JANUARY 18, 2000UgandaDEATH PENALTY
Sharma Kooky, a Kampala Asian businessman, was convicted...
Sharma Kooky, a Kampala Asian businessman, was convicted and sentenced to death by hanging, for murdering his wife Renu Joshi
- JANUARY 18, 2000Trinidad & TobagoDEATH PENALTY
The Attorney-General of Trinidad and Tobago, Ramesh...
The Attorney-General of Trinidad and Tobago, Ramesh Maharaj, spoke out in favour of a Caribbean Court of Appeal to replace the Privy Council
- JANUARY 18, 2000LebanonDEATH PENALTY
Lebanese and Brazilian negotiators concluded two draft...
Lebanese and Brazilian negotiators concluded two draft agreements to facilitate the extradition of fugitives and improve judicial cooperation between the two countries
- JANUARY 18, 2000TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
A delegation of the Kirikkale Relatives of Martyrs...
A delegation of the Kirikkale Relatives of Martyrs Association led by the chairman Mehmet Gencer, criticized the government's decision to postpone the capital punishment given to Abdullah Ocalan, the head of terrorist organization, during a visit to Presi
- JANUARY 18, 2000IllinoisDEATH PENALTY
Steve Manning became the 13th inmate exonerated in...
Steve Manning became the 13th inmate exonerated in Illinois, when prosecutors announced that they are dropping charges and no longer plan to retry Manning for the 1990 slaying of trucking company owner Jimmy Pellegrino
- JANUARY 18, 2000TexasDEATH PENALTY
Spencer Goodman, 31, white, was executed by lethal injection
Spencer Goodman, 31, white, was executed by lethal injection
- JANUARY 17, 2000JapanDEATH PENALTY
The defence made its closing arguments in the trial...
The defence made its closing arguments in the trial of thirty year old Yoshihiro Inoue, one of five Aum Shinri Kyo (Supreme Truth Sect) cult members accused of direct involvement in the 1995 sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway system
- JANUARY 17, 2000South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
Analysts said that despite the government's repeated...
Analysts said that despite the government's repeated pledges to guarantee the safety of the seven North Korean defectors, Seoul had few means to prevent the North Korean authorities from executing them
- JANUARY 17, 2000IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
Terror, torture, rape and arbitrary executions had...
Terror, torture, rape and arbitrary executions had increased markedly in the troubled Indonesian province of Aceh, according to Sydney lawyer Hillary Ray of the International Commission of Jurists
- JANUARY 17, 2000TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
A Turkish government commission began its proceedings...
A Turkish government commission began its proceedings to review the death penalty
- JANUARY 16, 2000Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
A Palestinian human rights group demanded that the...
A Palestinian human rights group demanded that the Palestinian Authority cancel 24 death sentences in the West Bank and Gaza Strip
- JANUARY 16, 2000TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Justice Minister Hikmet Sami Turk, said "capital punishment...
Justice Minister Hikmet Sami Turk, said "capital punishment in Turkey would be evaluated within the scope of new penal code
- JANUARY 16, 2000TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Omer Cicek, the Chairman of Adiyaman Relatives of Martyrs...
Omer Cicek, the Chairman of Adiyaman Relatives of Martyrs Solidarity Association, reacted against the coalition partners' decision to postpone execution of capital punishment given to Abdullah Ocalan, the head of terrorist organization PKK
- JANUARY 15, 2000VenezuelaDEATH PENALTY
Human rights groups uncovered a series of executions...
Human rights groups uncovered a series of executions and beatings allegedly carried out by the Venezuelan military in an attempt to stop widespread looting in the wake of the deadly floods and mudslides that rocked Venezuela between December 17 and 30 Dec
- JANUARY 15, 2000Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
Despite a declaration in December 1999 by the Minister...
Despite a declaration in December 1999 by the Minister for Human Rights that the government was observing a moratorium on executions, a 14-year-old child soldier named Kasongo was executed within 30 minutes of his trial by the Cour d'ordre militaire (COM)
- JANUARY 15, 2000SerbiaDEATH PENALTY
A tract, signed by the Albanian National Army, was...
A tract, signed by the Albanian National Army, was found in Podujeve [in northeastern Kosovo]
- JANUARY 15, 2000LebanonDEATH PENALTY
Ali Khalil, Chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee...
Ali Khalil, Chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee at the Lebanese parliament, contacted the Egyptian Ambassador Adel al-Khudari to express his appreciation for Egypt's intervention in the case of two Lebanese nationals sentenced to death in the Cong
- JANUARY 15, 2000TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
The Turkish Industrialists' and Businessmen's Association...
The Turkish Industrialists' and Businessmen's Association (TUSIAD) in its report titled "Rising Democratic Standards in Turkey: Discussions and Latest Developments" included points about "implementing capital punishment only during war and similar situati
- JANUARY 15, 2000TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Turkish Prime Minister Bulent Ecevit warned Abdullah...
Turkish Prime Minister Bulent Ecevit warned Abdullah Ocalan that he was risking his neck by issuing statements from death row
- JANUARY 15, 2000TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
The Kurdistan Workers' Party Central Committee said...
The Kurdistan Workers' Party Central Committee said that the authorities' stay of execution in the case of its leader, Abdullah Ocalan, paved the way for a "democratic republic" in Turkey
- JANUARY 14, 2000BulgariaDEATH PENALTY
European Commission President Romano Prodi said that...
European Commission President Romano Prodi said that Bulgaria had made progress in political and economic reforms but would need to continue its efforts to gain EU membership