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 5, 2000South AfricaDEATH PENALTY
Parliament gave the go-ahead for South Africa to conclude...
Parliament gave the go-ahead for South Africa to conclude revamped extradition and anti-crime treaties with the United States geared to swifter action against international crime syndicates and money laundering
- NOVEMBER 4, 2000BulgariaDEATH PENALTY
A Libyan court postponed for the seventh time the trial...
A Libyan court postponed for the seventh time the trial of the six Bulgarian medical staff
- NOVEMBER 4, 2000IraqDEATH PENALTY
A report from the British Foreign Office claimed that...
A report from the British Foreign Office claimed that the Iraqi government was systematically violating the human rights of its citizens
- NOVEMBER 4, 2000Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
A man was executed in Dammam after being convicted...
A man was executed in Dammam after being convicted of shooting and killing a compatriot during a dispute
- NOVEMBER 4, 2000ItalyDEATH PENALTY
The head of the Senate Nicola Mancini declared before...
The head of the Senate Nicola Mancini declared before Pope John Paul II and the 'world parliament' assembly on occasion of the Jubilee of politicians that "the death penalty, which many States still provide for, dissappear from criminal law"
- NOVEMBER 3, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Hunan Changsha Intermediate People's Court sentenced...
The Hunan Changsha Intermediate People's Court sentenced Ou Yang Song, the Director of the Industry and Commerce Bureau of Hunan Province, and Liao Zizhong, the Deputy Director of the Bureau, to death with a two-year reprieve for abuse of power and accept
- NOVEMBER 3, 2000Vatican CityDEATH PENALTY
Pope John Paul said in an address to Ministers from...
Pope John Paul said in an address to Ministers from the 41 countries of the Council of Europe who were in Rome to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the signing of the European Convention on Human Rights, that the Council of Europe has succeeded in having
- NOVEMBER 3, 2000Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
The Islamic Shari'ah Court convicted and sentenced...
The Islamic Shari'ah Court convicted and sentenced to death Ahmad Bin-Mitrik Bin-Abdallah al-Utaybi for killing a compatriot, Humud Bin-Muhammad Bin-Dayfallah al-Utaybi
- NOVEMBER 3, 2000South CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
Kevin Dean Young, 32, black, was executed by lethal...
Kevin Dean Young, 32, black, was executed by lethal injection
- NOVEMBER 3, 2000ItalyDEATH PENALTY
During a ministerial conference on human rights held...
During a ministerial conference on human rights held by the Council of Europe at the Italian Foreign Ministry, it was said that following the signing of the European Convention on Human Rights, the main priorities lay in obtaining the aboltion of the deat
- NOVEMBER 2, 2000EstoniaDEATH PENALTY
The Riigikogu [parliament] speaker, Toomas Savi, said...
The Riigikogu [parliament] speaker, Toomas Savi, said that many EU [European Union] developments approved by politicians were against the will of the majority of people
- NOVEMBER 2, 2000SwedenDEATH PENALTY
Sweden submitted a draft resolution to a U
Sweden submitted a draft resolution to a U
- NOVEMBER 2, 2000Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
A Pakistani man was executed in Riyadh after he was...
A Pakistani man was executed in Riyadh after he was found guilty of smuggling heroin into the country
- NOVEMBER 2, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
A Pakistani man was executed in Riyadh (Saudi Arabia)...
A Pakistani man was executed in Riyadh (Saudi Arabia) after he was found guilty of smuggling heroin into the country
- NOVEMBER 2, 2000CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
According to a Los Angeles Times Poll, support for...
According to a Los Angeles Times Poll, support for capital punishment in California has fallen 20% in the past decade, from 78% in 1990 to 58% in 2000
- NOVEMBER 2, 2000North CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
David Smith, attorney for North Carolina death row...
David Smith, attorney for North Carolina death row inmate Russell Tucker, recently admitted that he purposely tried to sabotage the defence so that his client would be executed
- NOVEMBER 1, 2000CameroonDEATH PENALTY
Two men were killed by the security forces in Cameroon,...
Two men were killed by the security forces in Cameroon, apparently caught up in a controversial crackdown on crime
- NOVEMBER 1, 2000Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Musallat Bin-Abdallah Bin-Musallat al-Mash'abi al-Subay'i...
Musallat Bin-Abdallah Bin-Musallat al-Mash'abi al-Subay'i was executed in Bishah in the Asir after he had been found guilty of murdering another Saudi national, Sa'd Bin-Shari Bin-Mutrik al-Shahrani
- NOVEMBER 1, 2000AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
An Afghan found guilty of murder was executed by the...
An Afghan found guilty of murder was executed by the Taleban authorities in Shanran, the capital of Afghanistan's southeastern Paktika Province
- NOVEMBER 1, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
The Sindh High Court verdict upholding the life sentence...
The Sindh High Court verdict upholding the life sentence for Pakistan's former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in the plane hijacking case will be challenged in the Supreme Court, his wife Kulsoom Nawaz said
- NOVEMBER 1, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Abdul Salam, a drug addict who killed his own mother...
Abdul Salam, a drug addict who killed his own mother was to be hung in the Central Jail of Mach on November 7, following the rejection of his mercy petition by the President of Pakistan
- NOVEMBER 1, 2000DEATH PENALTY
David Paul Hammer, who was scheduled to be the first...
David Paul Hammer, who was scheduled to be the first federal prisoner executed since 1963, was granted a stay to file a federal appeal by January 31, 2001
- NOVEMBER 1, 2000TexasDEATH PENALTY
Jeffery Dillingham, 27, white, was executed by lethal...
Jeffery Dillingham, 27, white, was executed by lethal injection
- NOVEMBER 1, 2000United StatesDEATH PENALTY
First Federal Execution Delayed
First Federal Execution Delayed
- OCTOBER 31, 2000ThailandDEATH PENALTY
The Criminal Court sentenced Anupat Saefan to death...
The Criminal Court sentenced Anupat Saefan to death for possessing 994,000 amphetamine tablets with intent to sell
- OCTOBER 31, 2000RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Russian Deputy Justice Minister Yuri Kalinin said that...
Russian Deputy Justice Minister Yuri Kalinin said that that there are currently over 1,000 prisoners in Russia who have been sentenced to capital punishment
- OCTOBER 31, 2000GambiaDEATH PENALTY
Three convicted former military officers, ex-Lt
Three convicted former military officers, ex-Lt
- OCTOBER 31, 2000SpainDEATH PENALTY
Tens of thousands of Spaniards took to the streets...
Tens of thousands of Spaniards took to the streets of Madrid to protest the killing of supreme court judge Jose Francisco Querol, his bodyguard and his driver by the Basque separatist group ETA
- OCTOBER 31, 2000VietnamDEATH PENALTY
The People's Court in northern Quang Ninh province...
The People's Court in northern Quang Ninh province opened a court hearing of the biggest narcotics trafficking case ever in the province
- OCTOBER 30, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Ningbo City Intermediate People's Court sentenced...
The Ningbo City Intermediate People's Court sentenced Jiang Biming, the Legal Representative of Ningbo Tax Bond Zone Material Supply Company, to death with a reprieve of two years