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 4, 2000NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
The Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo granted a...
The Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo granted a pardon to convicts waiting more than 20 years for execution
- JANUARY 4, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Special Anti Terrorism Judge Zaheeruddin Kakar sentenced...
Special Anti Terrorism Judge Zaheeruddin Kakar sentenced Muhammad Fayyaz to capital punishment
- JANUARY 4, 2000PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Alex Bartolome, 41, was executed by lethal injection...
Alex Bartolome, 41, was executed by lethal injection shortly after dawn
- JANUARY 4, 2000TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
The Virtue Party [FP] secretary-general Turan Alcelik...
The Virtue Party [FP] secretary-general Turan Alcelik said that on the issue of the execution of terrorist ringleader Ocalan it was necessary to act in line with the wishes of the nation and not those of the EU
- JANUARY 4, 2000Myanmar (Burma)DEATH PENALTY
Hla Win, a 60-year-old Myanmar man was executed in...
Hla Win, a 60-year-old Myanmar man was executed in Thailand for attempting to smuggle 11
- JANUARY 3, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Six men were executed at public rallies after being...
Six men were executed at public rallies after being found guilty of selling 52 women as peasant brides
- JANUARY 3, 2000Marshall IslandsDEATH PENALTY
The Constitution of the Republic of Marshall Island...
The Constitution of the Republic of Marshall Island (1979) under Section 6(1) states: "No crime under the law of the Republic of Marshall Island may be punished by death
- JANUARY 3, 2000IndiaDEATH PENALTY
India's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) said the federal...
India's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) said the federal government should amend the laws dealing with terrorism to give "severe punishment", including capital punishment, to those involved in terrorist activities
- JANUARY 3, 2000TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
"If we want to join the European Union, we must rid...
"If we want to join the European Union, we must rid ourselves of the death penalty," Turkish Prime Minister Bulent Ecevit said in an interview about the [Kurdistan Worker's Party (PKK) leader Abdullah] Ocalan affair
- JANUARY 3, 2000TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Opposition True Path Party [DYP] deputy leader Mehmet...
Opposition True Path Party [DYP] deputy leader Mehmet Saglam declared that his party's stand at the Turkish Grand National Assembly with regard to the execution of terrorist leader Ocalan would be in favour of his execution
- JANUARY 3, 2000TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
The annulment of the death sentence imposed on Ocalan...
The annulment of the death sentence imposed on Ocalan would constitute the first step towards a solution to the Kurdish issue, the Kurdistan Workers' Party said in a statement
- JANUARY 3, 2000TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Tensions were rising between the members of Turkey's...
Tensions were rising between the members of Turkey's coalition government over the fate of Kurdish Workers' Party (PKK) leader Abdullah Ocalan, who had been sentenced to death by a Turkish court
- JANUARY 2, 2000IranDEATH PENALTY
Morteza Amini Moqaddam, a teenager who had been convicted...
Morteza Amini Moqaddam, a teenager who had been convicted of murder, escaped execution after the father of his victim pardoned him
- JANUARY 1, 2000AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
In 1999, at least 14 people, including a woman, were...
In 1999, at least 14 people, including a woman, were publicly executed
- JANUARY 1, 2000MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
Another 212, including 12 foreigners, are on death...
Another 212, including 12 foreigners, are on death row for their sentences to be meted out
- JANUARY 1, 2000BahamasDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty is mandatory for murder
The death penalty is mandatory for murder
- JANUARY 1, 2000ColombiaDEATH PENALTY
Colombia abolished the death penalty in 1910
Colombia abolished the death penalty in 1910
- JANUARY 1, 2000LiechtensteinDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty was abolished for all crimes on January...
The death penalty was abolished for all crimes on January 1, 1989
- JANUARY 1, 2000BahamasDEATH PENALTY
The resumption of hanging in March 1996, after a moratorium...
The resumption of hanging in March 1996, after a moratorium of almost 12 years, appears to have done little to curb murders in the Bahamas
- JANUARY 1, 2000MoroccoDEATH PENALTY
Art. 16 of the Moroccan penal code provides the death...
Art. 16 of the Moroccan penal code provides the death penalty for aggravated murder, torture, armed robbery, arson, treason, desertion and attempt on the King's life. The penalty is subjected to pardon which remains the constitutional prerogative of the S
- JANUARY 1, 2000Guinea-BissauDEATH PENALTY
The Constitution of the Republic of Guinea Bissau (1984)...
The Constitution of the Republic of Guinea Bissau (1984) at Art
- JANUARY 1, 2000Dominican RepublicDEATH PENALTY
The Constitution of the Dominican Republic (1992) at Art
The Constitution of the Dominican Republic (1992) at Art
- JANUARY 1, 2000YemenDEATH PENALTY
Since Yemen passed a law that allows judges to condemn...
Since Yemen passed a law that allows judges to condemn kidnappers to death, at least three people convicted of kidnapping have been executed
- JANUARY 1, 2000DEATH PENALTY
Texas does not forbid the execution of the mentally...
Texas does not forbid the execution of the mentally retarded or juvenile offenders and does not have life without parole
- JANUARY 1, 2000VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Vietnamese courts handed down 208 death sentences and...
Vietnamese courts handed down 208 death sentences and 323 life sentences in 2000
- JANUARY 1, 2000Solomon IslandsDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty was abolished for ordinary crimes in 1966
The death penalty was abolished for ordinary crimes in 1966
- JANUARY 1, 2000Solomon IslandsDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty was abolished for ordinary crimes in 1966
The death penalty was abolished for ordinary crimes in 1966
- JANUARY 1, 2000MadagascarDEATH PENALTY
Offenses against the State are capital crimes
Offenses against the State are capital crimes
- JANUARY 1, 2000MaliDEATH PENALTY
Death sentences are given in Mali for serious crimes...
Death sentences are given in Mali for serious crimes such as assassinations, betrayals, sedition, spying, arsons and destruction with explosives of public buildings, plots against the state and embezzlement of public funds whose amount is equal to or more
- JANUARY 1, 2000BarbadosDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty is mandatory for murder and treason...
The death penalty is mandatory for murder and treason - but not for mutiny