Chronological archive
August 2001
The 178 news items published by Hands Off Cain in August 2001, in chronological order.
A Kampala lawyer, Gerald Kakuba of Kiboijana, and Company...
A Kampala lawyer, Gerald Kakuba of Kiboijana, and Company Advocates told the Constitutional Review Commission that the death penalty should be struck off the Constitution
- AUGUST 31, 2001FloridaDEATH PENALTY
Thomas Thibault, 26, received 3 death sentences from...
Thomas Thibault, 26, received 3 death sentences from Circuit Judge Marvin U
- AUGUST 31, 2001Myanmar (Burma)DEATH PENALTY
The Criminal Court in Thailand condemned Pateutoh,...
The Criminal Court in Thailand condemned Pateutoh, 34, and Shi,18, both from Burma, to death for smuggling 400,000 speed pills from Burma into Tak's Mae Sot district on August 23, 2000
- AUGUST 31, 2001LaosDEATH PENALTY
The Criminal Court in Thailand sentenced Singkham Suwanrit...
The Criminal Court in Thailand sentenced Singkham Suwanrit and Puangkaew Sirisopa, both from Laos nationals, to death for smuggling 359,840 speed pills from Laos into the Thai Peon Pisai district, Nong Khai, on April 20, 2001
- AUGUST 31, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A court in the southern province of Hunan sentenced...
A court in the southern province of Hunan sentenced a woman who blew up her husband and two accomplices to death for killing her husband and four other victims with a home-made bomb
- AUGUST 31, 2001Costa RicaDEATH PENALTY
Costa Rica's Constitutional Court cleared the way for...
Costa Rica's Constitutional Court cleared the way for the expulsion of Ukrainian Nazi Bodan Kosiy Ivanovich, 80, as had been ordered by the government in February 2000
- AUGUST 31, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
An extortionist who set off a home-made bomb in a supermarket...
An extortionist who set off a home-made bomb in a supermarket in China and wounded 27 shoppers was sentenced to death by a court in the northern city of Datong
- AUGUST 31, 2001UkraineDEATH PENALTY
Costa Rica's Constitutional Court cleared the way for...
Costa Rica's Constitutional Court cleared the way for the expulsion of Ukrainian Nazi Bodan Kosiy Ivanovich, 80, as had been ordered by the government in February 2000
- AUGUST 31, 2001ThailandDEATH PENALTY
The Criminal Court sentenced 12 men and five women...
The Criminal Court sentenced 12 men and five women to death on speed smuggling charges in six separate drug cases
- AUGUST 31, 2001PakistanDEATH PENALTY
In a significant ruling, Pakistan's Sindh Provincial...
In a significant ruling, Pakistan's Sindh Provincial High Court set aside the death sentence given [on February 17, 2001] to two activists of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) by an anti-terrorism court for allegedly working for Indian intelligence
- AUGUST 31, 2001UkraineDEATH PENALTY
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Anatoliy Zlenko said the...
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Anatoliy Zlenko said the Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma instructed the Foreign Ministry to strive for the observation of the rights of the Ukrainian citizens Mykola Soltys and Victoria Mamontova by foreign officials, in full
- AUGUST 31, 2001Nord CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
Ronald Wayne Frye (see 8/22/01) was put to death by...
Ronald Wayne Frye (see 8/22/01) was put to death by injection at the Central Prison after the governor denied his request for clemency
- AUGUST 31, 2001IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
In the preceding 18 months , the Tangerang District...
In the preceding 18 months , the Tangerang District Court handed down death sentences to 13 defendants for drug offences
- AUGUST 30, 2001IranDEATH PENALTY
An Iranian sentenced to death for murder was executed...
An Iranian sentenced to death for murder was executed in Tehran's Qasr Prison at dawn
- AUGUST 30, 2001Papua New GuineaDEATH PENALTY
Judah Akesim, MP for Ambunti-Drekikir, wants police...
Judah Akesim, MP for Ambunti-Drekikir, wants police to give licences to all Papua New Guineans so that everyone should have a gun in his possession
- AUGUST 30, 2001GuyanaDEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International (AI) sent an open letter to the...
Amnesty International (AI) sent an open letter to the President of Guyana, Bharrat Jagdeo, about the mid-August shooting to death of a father and his son and his nephew
- AUGUST 30, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Changsha City's Intermediate People's Court carried...
Changsha City's Intermediate People's Court carried out the first trial in a major bombing case, which resulted in five dead and four injured, that occurred in Liuyang City's Dayao Township
- AUGUST 30, 2001TexasDEATH PENALTY
A few years ago, Max Soffar made a fuss when Texas...
A few years ago, Max Soffar made a fuss when Texas prison officials told him that he could not have a rabbi attend him before his execution
- AUGUST 29, 2001UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
Speaking at a parliamentary session Uzbek President...
Speaking at a parliamentary session Uzbek President Islam Karimov put forward some proposals on the ongoing reform of the country's judicial system
- AUGUST 29, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Bakhtar Information Agency reported that a man known...
Bakhtar Information Agency reported that a man known as Adamshah, convicted of murder, was executed
- AUGUST 29, 2001RomaniaDEATH PENALTY
Prime Minister Adrian Nastase presented in Snagov a...
Prime Minister Adrian Nastase presented in Snagov a series of measures for the redress of the economic and social life in Romania including plans to reintroduce the death penalty for drug dealers
- AUGUST 29, 2001TexasDEATH PENALTY
George Rivas, 31, has been sentenced to die by lethal...
George Rivas, 31, has been sentenced to die by lethal injection for the killing of police Officer Aubrey Hawkins by a Dallas County jury
- AUGUST 29, 2001IranDEATH PENALTY
A young Iranian bandit, convicted of having stabbed...
A young Iranian bandit, convicted of having stabbed to death his foreman, ended up hanging on the gallows
- AUGUST 28, 2001EthiopiaDEATH PENALTY
Demonstrators in the capital city Addis Ababa requested...
Demonstrators in the capital city Addis Ababa requested the government to impose capital punishment against crimes involving rape, assault and sexual harassment
- AUGUST 28, 2001WashingtonDEATH PENALTY
James Homer Elledge, 58, was pronounced dead at 12:52...
James Homer Elledge, 58, was pronounced dead at 12:52 in the Walla Walla Washington State Penitentiary
- AUGUST 28, 2001OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
Jack Dale Walker, 35, was pronounced dead at 9:09 p
Jack Dale Walker, 35, was pronounced dead at 9:09 p
- AUGUST 28, 2001PakistanDEATH PENALTY
European Member of Parliament Marco Pannella (Italian...
European Member of Parliament Marco Pannella (Italian Radical Party) filed a parliamentary question addressed to the European Commission regarding Mohammad Younus Shaik's case
- AUGUST 28, 2001YemenDEATH PENALTY
Abdul Wali Ali Saleh executed in Sana'a for murder...
Abdul Wali Ali Saleh executed in Sana'a for murder of Nasser Ahmed al-Shagdari
- AUGUST 27, 2001MissouriDEATH PENALTY
St. Louis County Circuit Judge Emmett M. O'Brien sentenced...
St. Louis County Circuit Judge Emmett M. O'Brien sentenced Marcellus Williams to death for the fatal stabbing of former Post-Dispatch reporter Lisha Gayle on Aug
- AUGUST 27, 2001UkraineDEATH PENALTY
The mother of a Ukrainian woman named Viktoriya Mamontova...
The mother of a Ukrainian woman named Viktoriya Mamontova appealed to the Council of Europe in trying to get her death sentence revoked
- AUGUST 27, 2001PennsylvaniaDEATH PENALTY
A Lehigh County judge has granted a new trial and set...
A Lehigh County judge has granted a new trial and set aside a death sentence for a man who was convicted of setting a 1988 fire that killed his 3 children
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- AUGUST 27, 2001MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
Social Development Minister Datuk S
Social Development Minister Datuk S
- AUGUST 27, 2001YemenDEATH PENALTY
Abeed Muhammad Abeed executed in southern Yemen for...
Abeed Muhammad Abeed executed in southern Yemen for murder of Muhammad Ali Muhammad
- AUGUST 26, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Local media reported that four members of a gang in...
Local media reported that four members of a gang in southern China that kidnapped children, mostly babies, and sold them to rural families were executed
- AUGUST 26, 2001BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Abdus Sattar was sentenced to death and six others...
Abdus Sattar was sentenced to death and six others to life imprisonment for murdering Masud Ahmed, son of former MP Samsuddin Ahmed Eshaq
- AUGUST 26, 2001YemenDEATH PENALTY
Abdu Ali Muhammad executed in Ibb province for murder...
Abdu Ali Muhammad executed in Ibb province for murder of Muhammad Mohsen Hassan
- AUGUST 25, 2001IndiaDEATH PENALTY
A Delhi court sentenced to death Devender Pal Singh,...
A Delhi court sentenced to death Devender Pal Singh, a Sikh militant, for exploding a car bomb near the Indian Youth Congress office in 1993, killing nine persons and injuring 29, including the then president of the organisation, Mr
- AUGUST 25, 2001TexasDEATH PENALTY
A Bexar County Judge, Juanita A
A Bexar County Judge, Juanita A
- AUGUST 24, 2001Nord CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
White Clifton Allen was pronounced dead at 2:23 a
White Clifton Allen was pronounced dead at 2:23 a
- AUGUST 24, 2001ThailandDEATH PENALTY
Ampai Saiphoo, 26, was executed by a pistol shot
Ampai Saiphoo, 26, was executed by a pistol shot
- AUGUST 24, 2001IndiaDEATH PENALTY
The official Saudi Press Agency reported that Sayed...
The official Saudi Press Agency reported that Sayed bin Mahboub Sayed Amir, an Indian man, was executed for smuggling heroin into the country
- AUGUST 24, 2001Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
The Saudi news agency SPA reported that Duwayhi Bin-Fuhayd...
The Saudi news agency SPA reported that Duwayhi Bin-Fuhayd Bin-Muhammad al-Qahtani, a Saudi national, was executed on after being found guilty of armed robbery and sexually assaulting young boys
- AUGUST 24, 2001Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
The official Saudi Press Agency reported that Sayed...
The official Saudi Press Agency reported that Sayed bin Mahboub Sayed Amir, an Indian man, was executed for smuggling heroin into the country
- AUGUST 24, 2001FloridaDEATH PENALTY
A death row inmate who was a day away from being lethally...
A death row inmate who was a day away from being lethally injected when a judge stayed his execution was resentenced to life in prison
- AUGUST 23, 2001PolandDEATH PENALTY
A Public Opinion Research Centre poll revealed that...
A Public Opinion Research Centre poll revealed that sixty-six per cent of Poles are in favour of the restoration of the death penalty, 24 per cent are against and 10 per cent had no opinion on the matter
- AUGUST 23, 2001Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
A statement from the Saudi Interior Ministry announced...
A statement from the Saudi Interior Ministry announced that Harun Bin-Muhammad Adam, a Sudanese national, was executed after the Islamic Shari'ah Court found him guilty of the murder of Malak Akram, a Pakistani
- AUGUST 23, 2001SudanDEATH PENALTY
A statement from the Saudi Interior Ministry announced...
A statement from the Saudi Interior Ministry announced that Harun Bin-Muhammad Adam, a Sudanese national, was executed after the Islamic Shari'ah Court found him guilty of the murder of Malak Akram, a Pakistani
- AUGUST 23, 2001IdahoDEATH PENALTY
Charles Irvin Fain, who spent over 18 years on Idaho's...
Charles Irvin Fain, who spent over 18 years on Idaho's death row, has been freed with all charges dismissed
- AUGUST 22, 2001ThailandDEATH PENALTY
The Southern Bangkok Criminal Court sentenced to death...
The Southern Bangkok Criminal Court sentenced to death Kang Duay, 40, Nee Khaewa, 27, and Dee Bai, 19, after they were convicted on charges of possessing 60,000 methamphetamine pills with intent to sell
- AUGUST 22, 2001YemenDEATH PENALTY
Ahmed Saleh Diefallah executed in al-Baydah province...
Ahmed Saleh Diefallah executed in al-Baydah province for murder of Ahmed Muhammad Saleh; Fadel Ali Hussein executed in Dali' province for murder of Ahmed Ahmed Khadir
- AUGUST 21, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Xinhua, the official state news agency reported that...
Xinhua, the official state news agency reported that a Guangxi Zhuang, "Falun Gong addict", was sentenced to death for murder by the Intermediate People's Court in the Guangxi Zhuang
- AUGUST 21, 2001DEATH PENALTY
Only 4% of defendants were sentenced to death in Ohio...
Only 4% of defendants were sentenced to death in Ohio in 2000, the lowest percentage since records have been kept
- AUGUST 21, 2001OhioDEATH PENALTY
The state will move executions to earlier in the day...
The state will move executions to earlier in the day to lower costs and improve convenience
- AUGUST 21, 2001YemenDEATH PENALTY
Muhammad Ali Mutiesh executed in Lahij for killing...
Muhammad Ali Mutiesh executed in Lahij for killing Abdullah Saleh Hussein and Saleh Hussein Hajeb
- AUGUST 20, 2001Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
The Saudi Interior Ministry said in a statement that...
The Saudi Interior Ministry said in a statement that Sa'id Bin Nasir Bin Muhammad Bin Jarwan Al-Asmari, a Saudi national, was publicly beheaded for shooting dead a relative during an argument
- AUGUST 20, 2001DEATH PENALTY
Louisiana Victims' Group Supports State Funding for...
Louisiana Victims' Group Supports State Funding for Death Row Appeals Victims' advocates in Louisiana want the state to adequately finance capital post-conviction appeals, saying that a sloppy legal process only drags out the appeals
- AUGUST 19, 2001IndiaDEATH PENALTY
The Saudi Press Agency reported that Kanujia Din Dayal,...
The Saudi Press Agency reported that Kanujia Din Dayal, an Indian man, was beheaded for murdering a Saudi national by bashing his head with a rock during an argument
- AUGUST 19, 2001Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
The Saudi Press Agency reported that Kanujia Din Dayal,...
The Saudi Press Agency reported that Kanujia Din Dayal, an Indian man, was beheaded for murdering a Saudi national by bashing his head with a rock during an argument
- AUGUST 19, 2001IranDEATH PENALTY
The Iranian news agency IRNA reported that Abbas Makhyuri,...
The Iranian news agency IRNA reported that Abbas Makhyuri, a man convicted of murdering his cousin and her four-year-old son, was publicly hanged at dawn
- AUGUST 19, 2001PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Mohammed Younus Shaikh a Muslim medical professor was...
Mohammed Younus Shaikh a Muslim medical professor was sentenced to death after a Pakistani court convicted him of blasphemy
- AUGUST 19, 2001YemenDEATH PENALTY
Adel Yehya Saleh al-Matari executed in Amran province...
Adel Yehya Saleh al-Matari executed in Amran province for murder of Qanaf Hussein Zayed
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- AUGUST 18, 2001ItalyDEATH PENALTY
The Deputy Speaker of the Chamber of Representatives...
The Deputy Speaker of the Chamber of Representatives Alfredo Biondi (Forza Italia) said he will be presenting a parliamentary question to the Interior Minister to denounce the behaviour of Chinese diplomats, who had been carrying out repressive activities
- AUGUST 18, 2001IranDEATH PENALTY
The Iranian news agency IRNA reported that Hamid Qorbanipur...
The Iranian news agency IRNA reported that Hamid Qorbanipur and Sa'id Moradian, convicted of murdering a teacher, were publicly hanged in the western city of Lorestan
- AUGUST 18, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Six people who robbed a bank in central China's Henan...
Six people who robbed a bank in central China's Henan Province were sentenced to death and deprived of all property
- AUGUST 18, 2001TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
Mr Yumingyu, a 45 year old Taiwanese citizen, was sentenced...
Mr Yumingyu, a 45 year old Taiwanese citizen, was sentenced to death in Myanmar after being caught trying to smuggle 500 grams of heroin out of the country
- AUGUST 18, 2001Myanmar (Burma)DEATH PENALTY
State-owned media reported that the Yangon district...
State-owned media reported that the Yangon district court sentenced Mr Yumingyu, a 45 year old Taiwanese citizen, to death for trying to smuggle heroin out of the country
- AUGUST 18, 2001VietnamDEATH PENALTY
12 drug traffickers were executed by firing squad in Vietnam
12 drug traffickers were executed by firing squad in Vietnam
- AUGUST 17, 2001ThailandDEATH PENALTY
The Thonburi Criminal Court sentenced to death a Ukrainian...
The Thonburi Criminal Court sentenced to death a Ukrainian woman for having 1
- AUGUST 17, 2001AzerbaijanDEATH PENALTY
The Azerbaijani TV station ANS reported that President...
The Azerbaijani TV station ANS reported that President Heydar Aliyev issued a decree pardoning 95 prisoners
- AUGUST 17, 2001VietnamDEATH PENALTY
The People's Court of Thanh Hoa Province in central...
The People's Court of Thanh Hoa Province in central Vietnam handed down 12 death penalty verdicts and seven life sentences to 19 of 24 defendants charged with drug trafficking
- AUGUST 17, 2001UkraineDEATH PENALTY
The Thonburi Criminal Court, in Thailand, sentenced...
The Thonburi Criminal Court, in Thailand, sentenced to death a Ukrainian woman for having 1
- AUGUST 17, 2001United StatesDEATH PENALTY
A July 2001 Harris Interactive survey found that: · 94%...
A July 2001 Harris Interactive survey found that: · 94% of Americans believe innocent people are sometimes convicted of murder · those surveyed believe that, on average, 12% of those convicted of murder are innocent · only 42% believe the death penalty de
- AUGUST 17, 2001DEATH PENALTY
Texas Court Grants Stay for Juvenile Offender
Aug 17: Napoleon Beazley was granted a stay of execution by the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals just hours before his scheduled execution.
- AUGUST 16, 2001IranDEATH PENALTY
Three armed robbers, sentenced to death by a revolutionary...
Three armed robbers, sentenced to death by a revolutionary court, were hanged in public at dawn
- AUGUST 16, 2001TexasDEATH PENALTY
Jeffery Doughtie was executed for he murders of Jerry...
Jeffery Doughtie was executed for he murders of Jerry Dean, 80, and his wife, Sylvia, 76 on Aug
- AUGUST 16, 2001IranDEATH PENALTY
A man named Vali Hezar-Asb, from the Khavaran District...
A man named Vali Hezar-Asb, from the Khavaran District of Tehran, was publicly hanged in a football field opposite the Khavaran cultural centre
- AUGUST 16, 2001Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
Palestinian President Yasser Arafat ordered an inquiry...
Palestinian President Yasser Arafat ordered an inquiry into the death of a Palestinian man who the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) said may have been tortured to death in a Gaza Strip prison run by the Palestinian Authority's military intellige
- AUGUST 15, 2001PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Senator Rodolfo Biazon proposed amending the Death...
Senator Rodolfo Biazon proposed amending the Death Penalty Law to make the selling of firearms and other weapons to enemies of the state by members of the military and police a crime punishable by death through firing squad
- AUGUST 15, 2001Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Three Britons who admitted their guilt for three bomb...
Three Britons who admitted their guilt for three bomb explosions in the kingdom in 2000 could face the death penalty
- AUGUST 15, 2001IranDEATH PENALTY
Reza Nadi, 21, and Kazem Alayemi, 35, were publicly...
Reza Nadi, 21, and Kazem Alayemi, 35, were publicly hanged after being convicted of having murdered three jewellers and one student
- AUGUST 15, 2001TexasDEATH PENALTY
Napoleon Beazley was granted a stay of execution by...
Napoleon Beazley was granted a stay of execution by the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals just four hours before his scheduled execution
- AUGUST 15, 2001YemenDEATH PENALTY
In Sana'a, Abdullah al-Sifyani was executed for the...
In Sana'a, Abdullah al-Sifyani was executed for the murder of Mohammed al-Abhar, and Nasser Saleh al-Matari was executed for the murder of Nabil Naji al-Matari
- AUGUST 14, 2001Antigua & BarbudaDEATH PENALTY
Britain's Privy Council overturned a death sentence...
Britain's Privy Council overturned a death sentence imposed on a citizen of the Dominican Republic, who was convicted of murder because the trial judge did not consider the issue of provocation
- AUGUST 14, 2001DelawareDEATH PENALTY
The Delaware Supreme Court overturned the conviction...
The Delaware Supreme Court overturned the conviction and death sentence given Freddy Flonnory, 22, who was accused as a teen of murdering Angela Farmer, 17, and Danya Adams, 18, on July 14, 1997
- AUGUST 14, 2001OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
A federal court overturned the sentence of Oklahoma...
A federal court overturned the sentence of Oklahoma death row inmate Alfred Brian Mitchell because of the false and misleading testimony by Oklahoma City police chemist Joyce Gilchrist at trial
- AUGUST 14, 2001TexasDEATH PENALTY
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- AUGUST 13, 2001ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Ruling right-wing party MP Alfredo Biondi said he would...
Ruling right-wing party MP Alfredo Biondi said he would address a parliamentary interrogation to the Foreign Minister regarding the initiatives the government intends to take towards the release of the eight western aid-workers arrested in Afghanistan on
- AUGUST 13, 2001ZimbabweDEATH PENALTY
The Tangerang District Court in Indonesia sentenced...
The Tangerang District Court in Indonesia sentenced to death Ozias Sibanda, 33, after convicting him of trying to smuggle 850 grams of heroin into the country
- AUGUST 13, 2001NepalDEATH PENALTY
The Tangerang District Court in Indonesia sentenced...
The Tangerang District Court in Indonesia sentenced to death Nepalese Indra Bahadur Tamang, 21, after convicting him of trying to smuggle 900 grams of heroin into the country
- AUGUST 13, 2001NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
The Tangerang District Court in Indonesia sentenced...
The Tangerang District Court in Indonesia sentenced to death Okwudili Ayotanze, 21, and Hansen Anthony Nwaliosa, 33, both Nigerian nationals
- AUGUST 13, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Qi Huogui, described by Hong Kong-based news agency...
Qi Huogui, described by Hong Kong-based news agency Zhongguo Tongxun She as "the most serious corrupt official since the founding of Hainan Province," was executed by firing squad
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- AUGUST 13, 2001IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
The Tangerang District Court sentenced to death two...
The Tangerang District Court sentenced to death two Nigerians, a Zimbabwean and a Nepalese man for drug related offences
- AUGUST 13, 2001New JerseyDEATH PENALTY
A report recently released by the New Jersey Supreme...
A report recently released by the New Jersey Supreme Court found that the state's death penalty is more likely to be sought against defendants who kill white victims in white, suburban neighborhoods
- AUGUST 12, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A court in the southern city of Haikou sentenced to...
A court in the southern city of Haikou sentenced to death Wu Yadi, 37, a middle-ranking police officer, who was insulted by a prostitute during sex and was so enraged that he killed her
- AUGUST 12, 2001IranDEATH PENALTY
Iranian news agency IRNA reported that a 31 year old,...
Iranian news agency IRNA reported that a 31 year old, unnamed Iranian man, who had been sentenced to death for murder was publicly hanged at dawn
- AUGUST 12, 2001Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
Palestinian radio reported that the State Security...
Palestinian radio reported that the State Security Court sentenced to death Khalid Sa'id al-'Akkih by firing squad
- AUGUST 11, 2001Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
The official Saudi Press Agency reported that Yahia...
The official Saudi Press Agency reported that Yahia bin Mayyid al-Karni was publicly beheaded in Southern Saudi Arabia after being convicted of shooting dead a young woman from his tribe
- AUGUST 10, 2001ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Hands Off Cain staged a demonstration in front of the...
Hands Off Cain staged a demonstration in front of the Belgian Embassy in Rome, calling for European intervention in favour of 24 aid-workers arrested in Afghanistan on charges of proselytising in favour of Chistianity
- AUGUST 10, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
TV reports stated that Zhuo Changren and Jiang Hongjun,...
TV reports stated that Zhuo Changren and Jiang Hongjun, who were among six Chinese given asylum after hijacking an airliner to South Korea in 1983, were each executed by a gunshot to the back of the head
- AUGUST 10, 2001PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Senator Rodolfo Biazon declared on Philippines GMA...
Senator Rodolfo Biazon declared on Philippines GMA television that he wanted to see the death penalty for members of the military found guilty of conniving with the Abu Sayyaf
- AUGUST 10, 2001TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
Zhuo Changren and Jiang Honjun, two Chinese defectors,...
Zhuo Changren and Jiang Honjun, two Chinese defectors, were executed for kidnapping and murdering a Taiwanese man in 1991
- AUGUST 10, 2001CambodiaDEATH PENALTY
Cambodia's King Norodom Sihanouk signed into law a...
Cambodia's King Norodom Sihanouk signed into law a bill passed by the country's legislature to establish a U
- AUGUST 10, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Zhuo Changren and Jiang Honjun, two Chinese defectors,...
Zhuo Changren and Jiang Honjun, two Chinese defectors, were executed for kidnapping and murdering a Taiwanese man in 1991
- AUGUST 10, 2001PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Munawar Hussain Munj, a former member of the National...
Munawar Hussain Munj, a former member of the National Assembly (lower house) from the central province of Punjab, was sentenced to death for drug trafficking
- AUGUST 10, 2001ThailandDEATH PENALTY
Khwan-on Natthaphon, 27, Was sentenced to death by...
Khwan-on Natthaphon, 27, Was sentenced to death by the High Court after being found guilty of murdering taxi driver Ong Huay Dee
- AUGUST 10, 2001GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
Supreme Court's decision, Petre Gelbakhiani and Irakli...
Supreme Court's decision, Petre Gelbakhiani and Irakli Dokvadze were sentenced to 12 and a half years of imprisonment after a Supreme Court decision
- AUGUST 9, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
It was reported on Afghan Taleban radio that Awlia...
It was reported on Afghan Taleban radio that Awlia Khan was publicly executed in the Sena sports ground in Mazar-e Sharif
- AUGUST 9, 2001Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
A Palestinian security court in the West Bank sentenced...
A Palestinian security court in the West Bank sentenced a 43-year-old Palestinian man to death by firing squad for treason and collaborating with the Israeli military
- AUGUST 9, 2001MissouriDEATH PENALTY
A federal judge ordered a new trial for Missouri death...
A federal judge ordered a new trial for Missouri death row inmate Richard D
- AUGUST 9, 2001MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
Datin Paduka Hajah Seripah Noli Syed Hussin, a government...
Datin Paduka Hajah Seripah Noli Syed Hussin, a government backbencher, called for the death penalty to be imposed on those convicted of incest, stating that the perpetrators of this crime should be given the heaviest punishment for causing their victims t
- AUGUST 8, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
A U.S. official said that Afghanistan's ruling Taliban...
A U.S. official said that Afghanistan's ruling Taliban told the United States that a decree issued in June prescribes expulsion, not the death penalty, for foreigners preaching other religions to Afghan Muslims
- AUGUST 8, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Afghanistan's ruling Taliban movement on publicly hanged...
Afghanistan's ruling Taliban movement on publicly hanged the four men convicted of setting off bombs in the capital and strung their bodies from cranes and a traffic tower in Kabul
- AUGUST 8, 2001United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
The UAE introduced environmental laws that include...
The UAE introduced environmental laws that include the death penalty and fines as high as Dh10 million after several vessels ran aground and caused marine environmental disasters in territorial waters
- AUGUST 8, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Anyone found trying to convert Afghan Muslims to Christianity...
Anyone found trying to convert Afghan Muslims to Christianity - or anyone who converts - faces the death penalty under the Taliban's strict interpretation of Islamic Sharia law
- AUGUST 8, 2001RwandaDEATH PENALTY
Former Rwandan mayor Jean Mpambara pleaded not guilty...
Former Rwandan mayor Jean Mpambara pleaded not guilty to genocide before the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR)
- AUGUST 8, 2001LebanonDEATH PENALTY
Anti-capital punishment activists praised the recent...
Anti-capital punishment activists praised the recent amendment of the death sentence "as a step in the right direction" but urged the government to abolish the practice entirely
- AUGUST 8, 2001DEATH PENALTY
AFGHANISTAN: PUBLIC EXECUTIONS IN KABUL
August 9: the ruling Taliban sentenced to death and publicly executed four bandits hanging their bodies from cranes and a traffic tower
- AUGUST 7, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
The head of the Taleban sentenced to death four men...
The head of the Taleban sentenced to death four men for masterminding a number of bomb blasts in the Afghan capital Kabul in November 2000, Afghan Taleban radio said
- AUGUST 7, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Australian Foreign Minister Alexander Downer said the...
Australian Foreign Minister Alexander Downer said the government will do all it can to secure the release of two Australian aid workers, Diana Thomas and Peter Bunch, arrested in Afghanistan on August 6
- AUGUST 7, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales, Lord Woolf,...
The Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales, Lord Woolf, in an unprecedented visit by the most senior judge in Britain to the People's Republic, attended the Celebration of Sino-Legal Exchange, organised by the British Council and the Chinese Ministry of
- AUGUST 7, 2001CambodiaDEATH PENALTY
Cambodia's Constitutional Council approved legislation...
Cambodia's Constitutional Council approved legislation to set up a court to prosecute former leaders of the Khmer Rouge, which was blamed for the deaths of about 1
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- AUGUST 7, 2001Trinidad & TobagoDEATH PENALTY
Ten Trinidadian men were sentenced to death after a...
Ten Trinidadian men were sentenced to death after a jury in Port of Spain found them guilty of killing a man they had kidnapped and held for ransom
- AUGUST 7, 2001United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
The Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales, Lord Woolf,...
The Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales, Lord Woolf, in an unprecedented visit by the most senior judge in Britain to the People's Republic, attended the Celebration of Sino-Legal Exchange, organised by the British Council and the Chinese Ministry of
- AUGUST 7, 2001MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
A labourer who was convicted of murder in 1996 escaped...
A labourer who was convicted of murder in 1996 escaped the gallows after the Court of Appeal found him guilty of a lesser charge of manslaughter
- AUGUST 7, 2001MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
The Attorney-General's Chambers should carry out an...
The Attorney-General's Chambers should carry out an in-depth study before amending the Juvenile Court Act 1948, a lawyer, Karpal Singh, said
- AUGUST 7, 2001AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
Australian Foreign Minister Alexander Downer said the...
Australian Foreign Minister Alexander Downer said the government will do all it can to secure the release of two Australian aid workers, Diana Thomas and Peter Bunch, arrested in Afghanistan on August 6
- AUGUST 6, 2001IranDEATH PENALTY
An Iranian man arrested on suspicion of killing prostitutes...
An Iranian man arrested on suspicion of killing prostitutes in the northeastern city of Mashhad admitted to sexually molesting his victims prior to strangling them to death
- AUGUST 6, 2001UgandaDEATH PENALTY
According to the independent 'Monitor' newspaper, 52...
According to the independent 'Monitor' newspaper, 52 death sentences have been carried out in Uganda since President Yoweri Museveni's National Resistance Movement (NRM) came to power in 1986
- AUGUST 6, 2001UgandaDEATH PENALTY
Leading human rights campaigner Livingstone Sewanyana...
Leading human rights campaigner Livingstone Sewanyana called for the Ugandan government to abolish the death penalty as part of its ongoing constitutional review
- AUGUST 6, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Jealousy and a desire for revenge drove a man to set...
Jealousy and a desire for revenge drove a man to set off a blast which killed 47 people in a northwestern Chinese village of cave dwellings in July, police said
- AUGUST 6, 2001YemenDEATH PENALTY
Rashid Ahmed Saleh executed for killing Hassan Ali...
Rashid Ahmed Saleh executed for killing Hassan Ali Abdullah and Salem Hassan Said
- AUGUST 6, 2001DEATH PENALTY
Afghanistan: Christian aid workers risk death penalty
August 6, 2001: Afghanistan´s Taliban rulers have arrested 24 aid workers, including two Americans, on charges of trying to convert Muslims to Christianity.
- AUGUST 5, 2001IranDEATH PENALTY
An armed Afghan bandit, sentenced to death for clashes...
An armed Afghan bandit, sentenced to death for clashes with Iranian police and carrying narcotics, was hanged in the northeastern city of Sabzevar in Khorasan Province, the Persian daily Jam-e Jam said
- AUGUST 5, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
An armed Afghan bandit, sentenced to death for clashes...
An armed Afghan bandit, sentenced to death for clashes with Iranian police and carrying narcotics, was hanged in the northeastern city of Sabzevar in Iran's Khorasan Province
- AUGUST 5, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Afghanistan's Taliban rulers have arrested 24 aid workers,...
Afghanistan's Taliban rulers have arrested 24 aid workers, including two Americans, on charges of trying to convert Muslims to Christianity
- AUGUST 5, 2001PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Pakistan's military regime is due to execute a young,...
Pakistan's military regime is due to execute a young, illiterate female convict this week in the face of protests from human rights groups about the fairness of her trial
- AUGUST 5, 2001YemenDEATH PENALTY
Ali bin Ali Hassan, a Yemeni, executed in Sana'a for...
Ali bin Ali Hassan, a Yemeni, executed in Sana'a for killing Ali Ahmed Saleh
- AUGUST 4, 2001Nord CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
Gov. Michael Easley signed into law the bill that forbids...
Gov. Michael Easley signed into law the bill that forbids the execution of defendants with mental retardation. On July 24, Senate approved execution ban on mentally retarded
- AUGUST 4, 2001ArizonaDEATH PENALTY
A commission appointed last year by Attorney General...
A commission appointed last year by Attorney General Janet Napolitano to study how capital punishment is administered in Arizona released an interim report of their findings
- AUGUST 4, 2001DEATH PENALTY
Nebraska does not forbid the execution of the mentally...
Nebraska does not forbid the execution of the mentally retarded but does forbid the execution of juvenile offenders
- AUGUST 4, 2001IranDEATH PENALTY
A convicted murderer was hanged in the central city...
A convicted murderer was hanged in the central city of Isfahan, the sixth execution made public in less than a week, the conservative Qods daily reported
- AUGUST 4, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A Chinese journalist was sacked after investigating...
A Chinese journalist was sacked after investigating a scandal involving the unauthorised removal of organs from an executed prisoner
- AUGUST 4, 2001MassachusettsDEATH PENALTY
State Senator Stephen F
State Senator Stephen F
- AUGUST 3, 2001SerbiaDEATH PENALTY
The Serbian Justice Ministry has drawn up draft amendments...
The Serbian Justice Ministry has drawn up draft amendments to the Penal Code of Serbia
- AUGUST 3, 2001ThailandDEATH PENALTY
The number of convicts on death row has risen dramatically...
The number of convicts on death row has risen dramatically to 326, the most there has ever been since the Corrections Department was set up
- AUGUST 3, 2001PakistanDEATH PENALTY
In a letter smuggled out of his cell, Rehmat Shah Afridi,...
In a letter smuggled out of his cell, Rehmat Shah Afridi, the former editor of the Frontier Post, said he was tortured and insisted his conviction on June 27 was politically motivated
- AUGUST 3, 2001IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
Eight members of the House of Representatives' Commission...
Eight members of the House of Representatives' Commission II on legal affairs legislators lauded the Tangerang District Court for imposing the death sentence on nine drug traffickers, including five foreigners, over the past months
- AUGUST 3, 2001United StatesDEATH PENALTY
American Bar Association Urges Moratorium on Federal...
American Bar Association Urges Moratorium on Federal Death Penalty; Releases Death Penalty Protocols
- AUGUST 3, 2001DEATH PENALTY
COMMISSION OF HUMAN RIGHTS SET UP BY THE SENATE
The Italian Senate established a commission with the purpose of promoting and safeguarding human rights in Italy and around the world.
- AUGUST 2, 2001ItalyDEATH PENALTY
New death sentences in Palestina, prompted a protest...
New death sentences in Palestina, prompted a protest by Hands Off Cain in Rome, as Arafat visited Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi
- AUGUST 2, 2001Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
The official Saudi Press Agency reported that a Nigerian...
The official Saudi Press Agency reported that a Nigerian man was publicly beheaded in the Red Port city of Jeddah for smuggling cocaine into the country
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- AUGUST 2, 2001Myanmar (Burma)DEATH PENALTY
A Burmese woman was sentenced to death by the South...
A Burmese woman was sentenced to death by the South Bangkok Criminal Court in Thailand for drug trafficking
- AUGUST 2, 2001NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
The official Saudi Press Agency reported that a Nigerian...
The official Saudi Press Agency reported that a Nigerian man was publicly beheaded in the Red Port city of Jeddah for smuggling cocaine into the country
- AUGUST 2, 2001Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
The Security Court in Nablus condemned to death Ahmed...
The Security Court in Nablus condemned to death Ahmed Abu Ayash, 50, on charges of collaborating with Israel in the assassination of a local Hamas leader, Salah Darawesh
- AUGUST 2, 2001NorwayDEATH PENALTY
The American Embassy in Oslo was asked to meet at the...
The American Embassy in Oslo was asked to meet at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, a meeting at which Norway asked the US authorities to pardon Mr
- AUGUST 2, 2001BulgariaDEATH PENALTY
Bulgaria's justice minister said he feared that six...
Bulgaria's justice minister said he feared that six Bulgarian medics on trial in Libya for allegedly infecting hundreds of children with HIV could be sentenced to death if found guilty
- AUGUST 2, 2001IranDEATH PENALTY
A gang of five Iranians, sentenced to death for kidnapping...
A gang of five Iranians, sentenced to death for kidnapping and rape, were hanged in Gorgan, in the Golestan province in northern Iran, the official IRNA news agency reported
- AUGUST 2, 2001VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Ho Chi Minh City's People's Court sentenced to death...
Ho Chi Minh City's People's Court sentenced to death a woman, Do Thi My Phuong, on charges of being the ringleader of a major smuggling ring
- AUGUST 2, 2001LibyaDEATH PENALTY
Bulgaria's justice minister said he feared that six...
Bulgaria's justice minister said he feared that six Bulgarian medics on trial in Libya for allegedly infecting hundreds of children with HIV could be sentenced to death if found guilty
- AUGUST 2, 2001ThailandDEATH PENALTY
Four men and a woman were sentenced to death in the...
Four men and a woman were sentenced to death in the South Bangkok Criminal Court for smuggling methamphetamine pills across the border in Chiang Rai to sell at fuel stations in central provinces
- AUGUST 2, 2001ItalyDEATH PENALTY
The Italian Senate approved with unanimous votes the...
The Italian Senate approved with unanimous votes the motion which establishes, for the first time in the history of the Italian Parliament, a special commission for the promotion of human rights
- AUGUST 2, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A court in Fujian Province in eastern China sentenced...
A court in Fujian Province in eastern China sentenced a man to death on two counts of sabotaging a high-voltage power line, the official Chinese news agency Xinhua reported
- AUGUST 2, 2001SerbiaDEATH PENALTY
The International Criminal Tribunal for the former...
The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in The Hague sentenced General Radislav Krstic to 46 years in prison for participating in the genocide of Bosnian Muslims in the Srebrenica enclave
- AUGUST 2, 2001Bosnia & HerzegovinaDEATH PENALTY
The International Criminal Tribunal for the former...
The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in The Hague found General Radislav Krstic guilty of participating in the genocide of Bosnian Muslims in the Srebrenica enclave, a haven that was under United Nations control until it came unde
- AUGUST 1, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Abdol Ghani was executed in Ghazni Province's Qarabagh...
Abdol Ghani was executed in Ghazni Province's Qarabagh District
- AUGUST 1, 2001BotswanaDEATH PENALTY
Four Zimbabwean men are to be extradited to Botswana...
Four Zimbabwean men are to be extradited to Botswana to face a murder charge, Northern Province police said
- AUGUST 1, 2001South AfricaDEATH PENALTY
Four Zimbabwean men are to be extradited to Botswana...
Four Zimbabwean men are to be extradited to Botswana to face a murder charge, Northern Province police said
- AUGUST 1, 2001ZimbabweDEATH PENALTY
Four Zimbabwean men are to be extradited to Botswana...
Four Zimbabwean men are to be extradited to Botswana to face a murder charge, Northern Province police said
- AUGUST 1, 2001DEATH PENALTY
A new study of capital punishment suggests that it...
A new study of capital punishment suggests that it is applied unequally in rural and urban areas and that defendants whose victims are affluent are more likely to get the death penalty
- AUGUST 1, 2001TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Izmir Forestry Regional Directorate's Protection Branch...
Izmir Forestry Regional Directorate's Protection Branch Director Ilhami Alkan said that people who burned down forests for terrorist purposes would be sentenced to 24-30 years in prison and would be fined TL 34
- AUGUST 1, 2001RwandaDEATH PENALTY
Colonel Peter Habimana, leader of the [rebel] Rwandan...
Colonel Peter Habimana, leader of the [rebel] Rwandan Liberation Army, was sentenced to death together with another 14 defendants found guilty of involvement in the 1994 genocide
- AUGUST 1, 2001UgandaDEATH PENALTY
Apollo Makubuya, a human rights researcher, told the...
Apollo Makubuya, a human rights researcher, told the Constitutional Review Commission that 55 prisoners were hanged in the last 10 years for murder, rape or aggravated robbery
- AUGUST 1, 2001Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
Field commanders of the Palestinian intifada declared...
Field commanders of the Palestinian intifada declared open season on suspected traitors in their ranks
- AUGUST 1, 2001UgandaDEATH PENALTY
There are over 200 prisoners on death row in Uganda
There are over 200 prisoners on death row in Uganda
- AUGUST 1, 2001TajikistanDEATH PENALTY
Two students from the Islamic Institute of Dushanbe...
Two students from the Islamic Institute of Dushanbe were convicted and executed for the October 2000 bombing of a Dushanbe Protestant church that killed seven persons
- AUGUST 1, 2001YemenDEATH PENALTY
A case of a man executed although suffering from a...
A case of a man executed although suffering from a mental illness
- AUGUST 1, 2001DEATH PENALTY
MORE DEATH SENTENCES FOR PALESTINIAN COLLABORATORS
August 1, 2001: Hands Off Cain is calling on Palestinian Authority President Yasser Arafat to stop executions after three more Palestinians were condemned to death yesterday. A protest will be held outside the Italian Prime Minister’s Office tomorrow as A
- AUGUST 1, 2001DEATH PENALTY
MORE DEATH SENTENCES FOR PALESTINIAN COLLABORATORS
August 2, 2001: another Palestinian was condemned to death in Nablus for collaborating with Israel. This is the fourth death sentence for collaboration in three days.