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 27, 2001South KoreaDEATH 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
- NOVEMBER 27, 2001South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
The Korean government finalized its anti-terrorism...
The Korean government finalized its anti-terrorism bill at the weekly Cabinet meeting chaired by President Kim Dae-jung, calling for at least two-year jail terms for terrorists and those who instigate or connive in related activities
- NOVEMBER 26, 2001UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
An Uzbek court sentenced a 30-year-old man to death...
An Uzbek court sentenced a 30-year-old man to death for premeditated murder and theft in the capital, Tashkent
- NOVEMBER 26, 2001WashingtonDEATH PENALTY
Gov. Gary Locke and Attorney General Christine Gregoire...
Gov. Gary Locke and Attorney General Christine Gregoire proposed legislation aimed at preventing attacks and prosecuting those who might try them. The new law would apply the death penalty to acts of terrorism that kill 1 or more people
- NOVEMBER 26, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
The International Red Cross reported finding up to...
The International Red Cross reported finding up to 200 bodies in Kabul since the Northern Alliance offensives forced the Taliban regime's troops to retreat
- NOVEMBER 26, 2001RussiaDEATH PENALTY
A committee of Russia's lower house of parliament said...
A committee of Russia's lower house of parliament said that it planned to propose replacing death with life imprisonment as the penalty for murder, high treason and other serious crimes
- NOVEMBER 26, 2001EswatiniDEATH PENALTY
Swaziland senators have presented a motion demanding...
Swaziland senators have presented a motion demanding the Ministers of Constitutional Affairs and Justice to eventually fix a date for the execution of 12 death row inmates [four of them have been given a royal pardon]
- NOVEMBER 26, 2001DEATH PENALTY
Conservative Columnist William Safire on military tribunals,...
Conservative Columnist William Safire on military tribunals, especially in capital cases: "The [Uniform Code of Military Justice] demands a public trial, proof beyond reasonable doubt, an accused's voice in the selection of juries and right to choose coun
- NOVEMBER 26, 2001South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
The Korean government and ruling Millennium Democratic...
The Korean government and ruling Millennium Democratic Party agreed on provisions for an anti terrorism bill, which includes sentences of five years to life imprisonment and the death penalty for people engaged in biological or chemical attacks against so
- NOVEMBER 26, 2001South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
The National Human Rights Commission an independent...
The National Human Rights Commission an independent state human rights body, comprising 11 members was launched
- NOVEMBER 25, 2001IraqDEATH PENALTY
The Iraqi authorities were reported to have secretly...
The Iraqi authorities were reported to have secretly executed nine pro-Syrian members of the Baath Party in October
- NOVEMBER 25, 2001IraqDEATH PENALTY
The Iraqi government executed 15 Kurdish oppositionists...
The Iraqi government executed 15 Kurdish oppositionists in Kirkuk
- NOVEMBER 25, 2001North MacedoniaDEATH PENALTY
Workers have found human body parts at an alleged mass...
Workers have found human body parts at an alleged mass grave in northwest Macedonia being excavated under the scrutiny of the U
- NOVEMBER 25, 2001South AfricaDEATH PENALTY
Thousands of men took to the streets in the southern...
Thousands of men took to the streets in the southern city of Cape Town to protest against the continuing violence against women and children in South Africa
- NOVEMBER 25, 2001South AfricaDEATH PENALTY
The New National Party (NNP) called for the death penalty...
The New National Party (NNP) called for the death penalty for baby rapists
- NOVEMBER 24, 2001SudanDEATH PENALTY
Two Sudanese had been executed two weeks earlier in...
Two Sudanese had been executed two weeks earlier in central Sudan
- NOVEMBER 24, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A man has been sentenced to death for killing 20 people...
A man has been sentenced to death for killing 20 people in 15 armed robberies during the past 10 years
- NOVEMBER 24, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
The UN high commissioner for human rights said that...
The UN high commissioner for human rights said that anyone found responsible for atrocities in Afghanistan should not be allowed to participate in any future government
- NOVEMBER 24, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
A mass grave of people believed to have been executed...
A mass grave of people believed to have been executed by the Taleban had been discovered in Herat, western Afghanistan
- NOVEMBER 24, 2001UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
The trial of five people described as terrorists, presided...
The trial of five people described as terrorists, presided over by Judge Rustamov of the Tashkent Regional court, ended on 24 November, the banned Uzbek opposition Birlik web site reported on November 29
- NOVEMBER 23, 2001ThailandDEATH PENALTY
Amorn Wanichwiwatana, a criminologist at the Faculty...
Amorn Wanichwiwatana, a criminologist at the Faculty of Political Science of Chulalongkorn University, said several policies broached by the government are poorly conceived and impractical
- NOVEMBER 23, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
The International Red Cross said they have found between...
The International Red Cross said they have found between 400 and 600 bodies in the northern city of Mazar-e-Sharif following its capture by the Northern Alliance
- NOVEMBER 23, 2001VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Australian woman accused of drug smuggling is facing...
Australian woman accused of drug smuggling is facing the possible death penalty in Vietnam in a case which could strain diplomatic relations between Canberra and Hanoi
- NOVEMBER 23, 2001AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
Australian woman accused of drug smuggling is facing...
Australian woman accused of drug smuggling is facing the possible death penalty in Vietnam in a case which could strain diplomatic relations between Canberra and Hanoi
- NOVEMBER 23, 2001NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
"Safiya Hussaini was in court on November 22," Sokoto...
"Safiya Hussaini was in court on November 22," Sokoto state spokesman Mustapha Shehu told Reuters by phone from Sokoto city
- NOVEMBER 23, 2001South AfricaDEATH PENALTY
Hundreds of people protested outside a South African...
Hundreds of people protested outside a South African court, demanding death sentences for six men charged with raping a nine-month old baby, police said
- NOVEMBER 23, 2001South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
"The establishment of a Human Rights Commission has...
"The establishment of a Human Rights Commission has scope to be a great step forward for human rights protection and promotion in South Korea," Amnesty International said two days ahead of the Commission's inauguration
- NOVEMBER 23, 2001Bosnia & HerzegovinaDEATH PENALTY
The International Tribunal for Crimes in the former...
The International Tribunal for Crimes in the former Yugoslavia indicted former Yugoslav president Slobodan Milosevic for genocide
- NOVEMBER 22, 2001ThailandDEATH PENALTY
The Criminal Court sentenced a Pakistani to death for...
The Criminal Court sentenced a Pakistani to death for possessing about 7
- NOVEMBER 22, 2001PakistanDEATH PENALTY
A Thai Criminal Court sentenced a Pakistani to death...
A Thai Criminal Court sentenced a Pakistani to death for possessing about 7