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
- NOVEMBER 13, 2000United StatesDEATH PENALTY
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) held public...
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) held public hearings in the case Germany v
- NOVEMBER 13, 2000SpainDEATH PENALTY
In a poll, 15% of Spaniards said they support the death...
In a poll, 15% of Spaniards said they support the death penalty for terrorist acts
- NOVEMBER 13, 2000GermanyDEATH PENALTY
Foreigners in the US run the risk of being jailed or...
Foreigners in the US run the risk of being jailed or even executed without help from home unless the International Court of Justice forces the country to respect international law, Germany said in its opening argument at the UN's highest court at The Hagu
- NOVEMBER 12, 2000TanzaniaDEATH PENALTY
An unprecedented victory for the Civic United Front...
An unprecedented victory for the Civic United Front (CUF) occurred when the Zanzibar government unexpectedly withdrew a treason charge against 18 members of the opposition party
- NOVEMBER 11, 2000North CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
Micheal Sexton, 34, black, was executed by lethal injection...
Micheal Sexton, 34, black, was executed by lethal injection in Raleigh's Central Prison
- NOVEMBER 9, 2000DEATH PENALTY
Miguel Flores was executed in Texas despite protests...
Miguel Flores was executed in Texas despite protests from the Mexican government and European Union that Texas authorities violated the article 36 of the Vienna Convention in failing to inform Flores, a Mexican national, of his right to consular assistanc
- NOVEMBER 9, 2000SloveniaDEATH PENALTY
In his address to the committee of ministers of the...
In his address to the committee of ministers of the Council of Europe, State Secretary to the Slovene Foreign Ministry Zorko Pelikan expressed Slovenia's full support for the declaration of a "European Death Penalty-Free Area
- NOVEMBER 9, 2000TajikistanDEATH PENALTY
Two members of a criminal gang responsible for over...
Two members of a criminal gang responsible for over 50 violent crimes were sentenced to death by firing squad
- NOVEMBER 9, 2000TexasDEATH PENALTY
Miguel Flores was executed in Texas despite protests...
Miguel Flores was executed in Texas despite protests from the Mexican government and European Union that Texas authorities violated the article 36 of the Vienna Convention in failing to inform Flores, a Mexican national, of his right to consular assistanc
- NOVEMBER 9, 2000TexasDEATH PENALTY
Miguel Flores, 31, of Hispanic origin, was put to death...
Miguel Flores, 31, of Hispanic origin, was put to death by lethal injection
- NOVEMBER 8, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A Central Discipline Inspection commission and the...
A Central Discipline Inspection commission and the Supervision Ministry said that from September 2000, the Xiamen, Fuzhou, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou and Putian Intermediate People's Courts tried 84 defendants involved in 25 cases
- NOVEMBER 8, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Ying Min, 41, a native of Jinyun county in Zhejiang...
Ying Min, 41, a native of Jinyun county in Zhejiang province, was executed for making out added value tax invoices illegally
- NOVEMBER 8, 2000IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
Ulee Gle was the scene of police firing on convoys...
Ulee Gle was the scene of police firing on convoys of civilians in which at least four people were shot dead although `Serambi' referred to unconfirmed reports that up to 50 were killed and many dozens injured
- NOVEMBER 8, 2000FranceDEATH PENALTY
The Council of Europe (COE) Ministers Committee approved...
The Council of Europe (COE) Ministers Committee approved a statement which targets making Europe a continent totally free of capital punishment
- NOVEMBER 8, 2000TajikistanDEATH PENALTY
Shomakhmad Khasanov (also known as Mowgli) and Validjon...
Shomakhmad Khasanov (also known as Mowgli) and Validjon Khalilov were sentenced to death for committing six murders
- NOVEMBER 8, 2000TajikistanDEATH PENALTY
The Dushanbe City Court sentenced Nasim Qurbonov,...
The Dushanbe City Court sentenced Nasim Qurbonov, a resident of Dushanbe, to death
- NOVEMBER 8, 2000AlgeriaDEATH PENALTY
"A lasting peace in Algeria cannot be built by sacrificing...
"A lasting peace in Algeria cannot be built by sacrificing truth and justice," Amnesty International said in its new report 'Truth and justice obscured by the shadow of impunity'
- NOVEMBER 8, 2000SerbiaDEATH PENALTY
The National Justice Party said it would cooperate...
The National Justice Party said it would cooperate closely with some of the parties in the DOS [Democratic Opposition of Serbia] and that it would support the abolition of police imprisonment and the death penalty
- NOVEMBER 8, 2000KazakhstanDEATH PENALTY
Kazakh Commercial TV reported that a total of 17 people...
Kazakh Commercial TV reported that a total of 17 people had been executed so far in the year 2000
- NOVEMBER 7, 2000AzerbaijanDEATH PENALTY
The Committee of CE Foreign Ministers' Council (permanent...
The Committee of CE Foreign Ministers' Council (permanent representatives of member countries) postponed its decision on the admission of Azerbaijan into the Council of Europe
- NOVEMBER 7, 2000TajikistanDEATH PENALTY
Ilhom Rasulov, Fazliddin Zaripov and Iskandar Sherov...
Ilhom Rasulov, Fazliddin Zaripov and Iskandar Sherov were sentenced to death for their role in three murders and numberous robberies and other crimes committed , from September 1999 to April 2000 in hahr-i Nav, Tursunzoda and Hisor Districts
- NOVEMBER 7, 2000PortugalDEATH PENALTY
President Jorge Sampaio wrote a letter to Texas govenor...
President Jorge Sampaio wrote a letter to Texas govenor George W
- NOVEMBER 6, 2000BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
The Additional Judge of the District and Session Court,...
The Additional Judge of the District and Session Court, Comilla Khan Md Abdul Mannan, sentenced Dulal, son of late Tajir Mia and Bulbul, son of Karamat Ali to death for the murder of advocate Mahiuddin Sharif on August 17, 1997
- NOVEMBER 6, 2000ChileDEATH PENALTY
The Chilean senate voted to end the death penalty and...
The Chilean senate voted to end the death penalty and increase the number of years that must be served under a life sentence
- NOVEMBER 6, 2000CzechiaDEATH PENALTY
It is dangerous to pull out the card of the reintroduction...
It is dangerous to pull out the card of the reintroduction of the death penalty more than ten years after the capital punishment was abolished by the then Czechoslovak parliament, Zemske Noviny (ZN) member Josef Petru wrote in the daily newspaper Pravo
- NOVEMBER 6, 2000IranDEATH PENALTY
Convicted criminal charged with rape, drug trafficking...
Convicted criminal charged with rape, drug trafficking and extortion was hanged in a Tehran prison after the Supreme Court upheld his death sentence
- NOVEMBER 6, 2000VirginiaDEATH PENALTY
A Richmond Times-Dispatch/News-Channel 10 poll found...
A Richmond Times-Dispatch/News-Channel 10 poll found that 58% of Virginians favor a moratorium on executions until issues surrounding the death penalty can be resolved
- NOVEMBER 5, 2000FranceDEATH PENALTY
A state prosecutor in Bali sought the death penalty...
A state prosecutor in Bali sought the death penalty for Frenchman Michael Loic Blanc, who was charged with trying to smuggle in hashish
- NOVEMBER 5, 2000IsraelDEATH PENALTY
The Chechen man who hijacked a Dagestan airliner and...
The Chechen man who hijacked a Dagestan airliner and forced it to land in Israel was handed over to Russian authorities after they pledged not to seek the death penalty for the crime
- NOVEMBER 5, 2000CzechiaDEATH PENALTY
In a televised debate Prime Minister Milos Zeman (Czech...
In a televised debate Prime Minister Milos Zeman (Czech Social Democratic Party) said he was against the death penalty being re-established in the Czech Republic to handle the most serious cases