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 14, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Zhuo Xiaojun, a Hong Kong national, was sentenced to...
Zhuo Xiaojun, a Hong Kong national, was sentenced to death for murder by the Fuzhou City's Intermediate People's Court
- JANUARY 14, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Two mainland farmers both from the Sichuan Province...
Two mainland farmers both from the Sichuan Province were executed for running a prostitution racket out of a hotel hair salon
- JANUARY 14, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Song Yongyi an American university academic was arrested...
Song Yongyi an American university academic was arrested after he uncovered evidence of atrocities during the Cultural Revolution
- JANUARY 14, 2000South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
President Kim Tae-chung instructed the Foreign Affairs...
President Kim Tae-chung instructed the Foreign Affairs and Trade Minister, Yi Chong-pin, to take all necessary measures to ensure the safety of the repatriated North Korean defectors
- JANUARY 14, 2000Bosnia & HerzegovinaDEATH PENALTY
The International Criminal Tribunal for the Former...
The International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia convicted five ethnic Croats of ethnic cleansing in a 1993 rampage in a Bosnian village which left 116 Muslims dead
- JANUARY 14, 2000SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
Lee Chin Seah, an unemployed 42-year-old Chinese man,...
Lee Chin Seah, an unemployed 42-year-old Chinese man, was sentenced to death by the High Court for drug trafficking
- JANUARY 14, 2000UkraineDEATH PENALTY
The European Union (EU) welcomed the decision of the...
The European Union (EU) welcomed the decision of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine regarding the death penalty as unconstitutional
- JANUARY 14, 2000North KoreaDEATH PENALTY
South Korean President Kim Tae-chung instructed the...
South Korean President Kim Tae-chung instructed the Foreign Affairs and Trade Minister, Yi Chong-pin, to take all necessary measures to ensure the safety of Ho Young Il, 30, and six other North Koreans defectors, whom China had repatriated on January 12
- JANUARY 14, 2000SerbiaDEATH PENALTY
Drago Josipovic, found guilty by virtue of his individual...
Drago Josipovic, found guilty by virtue of his individual criminal responsibility on 3 counts of crimes against humanity by Trial Chamber II, was sentenced to 15 years' imprisonment
- JANUARY 14, 2000SerbiaDEATH PENALTY
Zoran Kupreskic, found guilty by virtue of his individual...
Zoran Kupreskic, found guilty by virtue of his individual criminal responsibility on one count of a crime against humanity by Trial Chamber II, was sentenced to 10 years' imprisonment
- JANUARY 14, 2000SerbiaDEATH PENALTY
Vladimir Santic, found guilty by virtue of his individual...
Vladimir Santic, found guilty by virtue of his individual criminal responsibility on 3 counts of crimes against humanity by Trial Chamber II, was sentenced to 25 years' imprisonment
- JANUARY 14, 2000IranDEATH PENALTY
Four men convicted of murder were executed by hanging...
Four men convicted of murder were executed by hanging at a prison in Iran
- JANUARY 14, 2000IranDEATH PENALTY
Jasem Ebrahimi, 17, was executed by hanging in Gonaveh,...
Jasem Ebrahimi, 17, was executed by hanging in Gonaveh, in southern Iran, after his death sentence was confirmed by the supreme court
- JANUARY 14, 2000TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan said Turkey's...
Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan said Turkey's decision to delay his execution was a step towards its democratisation and European Union membership and called for cool heads to avoid a return to violence
- JANUARY 14, 2000FloridaDEATH PENALTY
The electric chair has ended its days as Florida's...
The electric chair has ended its days as Florida's sole means of execution after a decade that sometimes saw macabre spectacles in the state's death chamber
- JANUARY 14, 2000VirginiaDEATH PENALTY
The representative of the Portugal Presidency of the...
The representative of the Portugal Presidency of the European Union conveyed a humanitarian appeal to Governor James Gilmore on behalf of Mr
- JANUARY 13, 2000South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
South Korea strongly protested China's return of the...
South Korea strongly protested China's return of the seven North Korean defectors to North Korea on January 12
- JANUARY 13, 2000Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
Lebanese Prime Minister Salim Hoss said President Laurent-Desire...
Lebanese Prime Minister Salim Hoss said President Laurent-Desire Kabila commuted the death sentence imposed on Sammi Yassine and Khalil Ghodban, two Lebanese convicted of illegal currency trafficking and spying for rebel forces in the Democratic Republic
- JANUARY 13, 2000IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
A professor of criminology at the Indonesia University...
A professor of criminology at the Indonesia University in Jakarta, Professor Dr
- JANUARY 13, 2000RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman Yevgeny Voronin...
Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman Yevgeny Voronin welcomed the decision of the Turkish government to suspend the death sentence imposed on Kurdish leader Abdullah Ocalan and said: "We regard this decision as the manifestation of the readiness of the Turk
- JANUARY 13, 2000AustriaDEATH PENALTY
Turkey's decision to postpone the execution of the...
Turkey's decision to postpone the execution of the death sentence given to Abdullah Ocalan, leader of the Kurdistan Workers' Party, until the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) decides on his case was welcomed by the Organisation for Security and Co-op
- JANUARY 13, 2000GreeceDEATH PENALTY
The government welcomed Turkey's decision to postpone...
The government welcomed Turkey's decision to postpone the hanging of Abdullah Ocalan, the leader of the PKK( the Kurdistan Workers' Party)
- JANUARY 13, 2000United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
A new environment law foresees the death penalty for...
A new environment law foresees the death penalty for offences involving nuclear waste
- JANUARY 13, 2000GermanyDEATH PENALTY
The Turkish government's decision to suspend the execution...
The Turkish government's decision to suspend the execution of Abdullah Ocalan was seen as a positive sign by the German government
- JANUARY 13, 2000TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Greek government spokesman Dimitris Reppas described...
Greek government spokesman Dimitris Reppas described the Turkish move to postpone the hanging of PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan as a "correct decision," saying that Greece had opposed the PKK leader's execution from the time of his trial
- JANUARY 13, 2000TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
A spokeswoman for EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana...
A spokeswoman for EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana described Turkey's decision to postpone hanging Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan as "a firm step in the right direction" as Ankara tries to join the 15-nation bloc
- JANUARY 13, 2000TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe...
The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) welcomed Turkey's decision to postpone execution of capital punishment given to Abdullah Ocalan, the head of the terrorist organization PKK, until the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) tak
- JANUARY 13, 2000TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
The President of the European Parliament, Mrs Nicole...
The President of the European Parliament, Mrs Nicole Fontaine, defined the decision by the Turkish government to postpone Mr Oecalan's execution as a "small step in the right direction", which proves that the Turkish authorities are more sensitive than be
- JANUARY 13, 2000TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Moscow welcomed the decision of the Turkish government...
Moscow welcomed the decision of the Turkish government to suspend the death sentence imposed on Kurdish leader Abdullah Ocalan
- JANUARY 13, 2000TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
The suspension of the execution of Kurdish leader Abdullah...
The suspension of the execution of Kurdish leader Abdullah Ocalan was received with a sigh of relief in Germany