Archive timeline
2001
The news published by Hands Off Cain in 2001, month by month, with the countries most present that year.
Latest news of 2001
- NOVEMBER 30, 2001GuyanaDEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International welcomed the unanimous verdict...
Amnesty International welcomed the unanimous verdict returned on 27 November 2001 by an inquest jury that the Guyana police should be held criminally responsible for the death of Mohammed Shafeek, a 47-year old fish-seller, in Brickdam police lock-up betw
- NOVEMBER 30, 2001Nord CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
John Hardy Rose, 43, died at 2:18 a
John Hardy Rose, 43, died at 2:18 a
- NOVEMBER 30, 2001New ZealandDEATH PENALTY
Indonesian Foreign Minister Hassan Wirajuda cited a...
Indonesian Foreign Minister Hassan Wirajuda cited a prosecution call for the death penalty over the killing of a New Zealand soldier as evidence of his Administration's drive for justice
- NOVEMBER 30, 2001IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
Indonesian Foreign Minister Hassan Wirajuda cited a...
Indonesian Foreign Minister Hassan Wirajuda cited a prosecution call for the death penalty over the killing of a New Zealand soldier as evidence of his Administration's drive for justice
- NOVEMBER 30, 2001Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
At the UN Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian and...
At the UN Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian and Cultural) session the representative of Belgium, on behalf of the European Union, introduced a draft resolution on the Situation of Human Rights in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
- NOVEMBER 30, 2001BelgiumDEATH PENALTY
At the UN Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian and...
At the UN Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian and Cultural) session the representative of Belgium, on behalf of the European Union, introduced a draft resolution on the Situation of Human Rights in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
- NOVEMBER 29, 2001UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
If Czech authorities extradite Uzbek dissident Mohammad...
If Czech authorities extradite Uzbek dissident Mohammad Solih to Uzbekistan, it will mean his death, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) spokeswoman Sonia Winter said
- NOVEMBER 29, 2001UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
If Czech authorities extradite Uzbek dissident Mohammad...
If Czech authorities extradite Uzbek dissident Mohammad Solih to Uzbekistan, it will mean his death, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) spokeswoman Sonia Winter said
- NOVEMBER 29, 2001SudanDEATH PENALTY
The representative of Belgium submitted to the UN Third...
The representative of Belgium submitted to the UN Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian and Cultural) a resolution on the situation of human rights in Sudan
- NOVEMBER 29, 2001United StatesDEATH PENALTY
America's proposed use of military tribunals to try...
America's proposed use of military tribunals to try accused terrorists goes against the current trend of international law, which has moved exclusively towards civilian courts, according to the Daily Telegraph
- NOVEMBER 29, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
The Pentagon was investigating reports of the massacre...
The Pentagon was investigating reports of the massacre of about 160 unarmed Taliban prisoners by American and Pakistani-backed opposition forces
- NOVEMBER 29, 2001ThailandDEATH PENALTY
Three men were sentenced to death in Bangkok after...
Three men were sentenced to death in Bangkok after being convicted of possessing 400,000 methamphetamine tablets with intent to sell
- NOVEMBER 29, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
The quashing of the rebellion at Qala-i-Jhangi fort...
The quashing of the rebellion at Qala-i-Jhangi fort in Afghanistan has raised questions on the circumstances surrounding the deaths of hundreds of Taliban fighters and the role played by British and US forces in the killings
- NOVEMBER 29, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Hundreds of Taliban prisoners who had seized rockets...
Hundreds of Taliban prisoners who had seized rockets and mortars in an attempt to take over the Northern Alliance fortress of Qala-e-Jangi near the city of Mazar-i-Sharif, were they were being held captive, died in three days of savage fighting
- NOVEMBER 28, 2001PakistanDEATH PENALTY
The Tangerang district court sentenced to death a Pakistani...
The Tangerang district court sentenced to death a Pakistani man for smuggling 1,050 grams of heroin from Pakistan into Indonesia
- NOVEMBER 28, 2001VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Courts nationwide handed down the death sentence to...
Courts nationwide handed down the death sentence to 77 drug traffickers and life imprisonment to 88 between the fourth quarter of 2000 and first nine months of 2001, reported the An Ninh Thu Do(Capital Security) newspaper
- NOVEMBER 28, 2001IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
The Tangerang district court sentenced to death a Pakistani...
The Tangerang district court sentenced to death a Pakistani man for smuggling 1,050 grams of heroin from Pakistan into Indonesia
- NOVEMBER 28, 2001RwandaDEATH PENALTY
Two former administrative officials have been sentenced...
Two former administrative officials have been sentenced to death by a tribunal of Cyangugu (South-west)
- NOVEMBER 28, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Chinese government officially denied that police...
The Chinese government officially denied that police had tortured South Korean drug traffickers in the process of their investigation
- NOVEMBER 28, 2001South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
The Chinese government officially denied that police...
The Chinese government officially denied that police had tortured South Korean drug traffickers in the process of their investigation
- NOVEMBER 28, 2001VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Courts nationwide handed down the death sentence to...
Courts nationwide handed down the death sentence to 77 drug traffickers and life imprisonment to 88 between the fourth quarter of 2000 and first nine months of 2001, reported the An Ninh Thu Do(Capital Security) newspaper
- NOVEMBER 27, 2001EthiopiaDEATH PENALTY
About 100 ethnic Oromos were executed at the beginning...
About 100 ethnic Oromos were executed at the beginning of November after being detained by EPRDF [Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front, ruling coalition] armed forces
- NOVEMBER 27, 2001Papua New GuineaDEATH PENALTY
Papua New Guinea politicians made renewed calls for...
Papua New Guinea politicians made renewed calls for the death penalty for the most serious cases of rape and murder following the callous killing of a Roman Catholic priest
- NOVEMBER 27, 2001South AfricaDEATH PENALTY
A South African man, Bongani Mkhwanazi, escaped the...
A South African man, Bongani Mkhwanazi, escaped the gallows in Swaziland, SABC radio news reported
- NOVEMBER 27, 2001ItalyDEATH PENALTY
A week of activities to commemorate the abolition of...
A week of activities to commemorate the abolition of the death penalty in the Grand Duchy of Tuscany kicked off in Florence
- NOVEMBER 27, 2001TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
A state security court in Izmir sentenced to death...
A state security court in Izmir sentenced to death three leftist militants convicted of acts of terror - the first such judgment since parliament passed in October a law lifting the death penalty for most crimes
- NOVEMBER 27, 2001NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
As the controversy over the death sentence passed on...
As the controversy over the death sentence passed on Safiya Tungar-Tudu for adultery continued, an Islamic Scholar, Abdulfattai Adeyemi, urged the Sokoto Sharia committee to exercise restraint in carrying out the punishment
- NOVEMBER 27, 2001EswatiniDEATH PENALTY
A South African man, Bongani Mkhwanazi, escaped the...
A South African man, Bongani Mkhwanazi, escaped the gallows in Swaziland, SABC radio news reported
- NOVEMBER 27, 2001MexicoDEATH PENALTY
Ending decades of stonewalling, the Mexican government...
Ending decades of stonewalling, the Mexican government acknowledged that at least 74 officials from 37 government agencies were involved in a campaign of disappearances, torture and executions of leftists in the 1970s and 1980s
- NOVEMBER 27, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
South Korea and China agreed to sign a pact on consular...
South Korea and China agreed to sign a pact on consular affairs obliging both sides to give immediate notification when authorities arrest each other's citizens on criminal charges