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 22, 2001SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
Six death-row inmates have had their death sentences...
Six death-row inmates have had their death sentences commuted to life imprisonment since Singapore became independent in 1965
- NOVEMBER 22, 2001SpainDEATH PENALTY
Spain cannot extradite suspected Islamic extremists...
Spain cannot extradite suspected Islamic extremists to the United States while the death penalty is in force there, judicial sources said
- NOVEMBER 22, 2001South AfricaDEATH PENALTY
South Africa Deputy President Jacob Zuma called for...
South Africa Deputy President Jacob Zuma called for a rethink on the way serious crime was being dealt with, saying the country's laws appeared to be no deterrent
- NOVEMBER 22, 2001KenyaDEATH PENALTY
A Kenyan musician who murdered his German lover in...
A Kenyan musician who murdered his German lover in Kwale District in the country's Coastal Province in 1997 was sentenced to death by a Mombasa High Court
- NOVEMBER 22, 2001DEATH PENALTY
Spain cannot extradite suspected Islamic extremists...
Spain cannot extradite suspected Islamic extremists to the United States while the death penalty is in force there, judicial sources said
- NOVEMBER 22, 2001IndiaDEATH PENALTY
A Bill to amend the Explosive Substances Act was introduced...
A Bill to amend the Explosive Substances Act was introduced in the House by the minister of state for the Interior Vidyasagar Rao
- NOVEMBER 22, 2001IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
Indonesia's Supreme Court upheld the death sentences...
Indonesia's Supreme Court upheld the death sentences passed on three leaders of an armed Christian group accused of a series of murders in Sulawesi province
- NOVEMBER 22, 2001UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
An 18-year-old man was sentenced to death for murdering...
An 18-year-old man was sentenced to death for murdering a woman and her son in order to steal money in central Uzbekistan, the Uzbek newspaper Ozbekiston Ovozi reported
- NOVEMBER 22, 2001South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
While a majority of lawmakers favour abolition of the...
While a majority of lawmakers favour abolition of the death penalty, the nation's largest group of attorneys said it opposed the move
- NOVEMBER 22, 2001GermanyDEATH PENALTY
A prominent Islamist in prison in Germany has foregone...
A prominent Islamist in prison in Germany has foregone his privilege of early release, reportedly because he fears deportation to Turkey, where he may face the death sentence
- NOVEMBER 22, 2001TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
A prominent Islamist in prison in Germany has foregone...
A prominent Islamist in prison in Germany has foregone his privilege of early release, reportedly because he fears deportation to Turkey, where he may face the death sentence
- NOVEMBER 22, 2001ZimbabweDEATH PENALTY
Beleaguered Zimbabwe president Robert Mugabe was to...
Beleaguered Zimbabwe president Robert Mugabe was to introduce the death sentence for anyone convicted of trying to overthrow the government
- NOVEMBER 22, 2001UgandaDEATH PENALTY
The former Brigade Commander in Fort-Portal, Major...
The former Brigade Commander in Fort-Portal, Major Smarts Kiggundu, whom the General Court Martial (GCM) sentenced to death in 1995 on robbery charges, was set free by the Court Martial of Appeal (CMA)
- NOVEMBER 21, 2001KentuckyDEATH PENALTY
Sen. Gerald Neal wants a 2-year moratorium on executions...
Sen. Gerald Neal wants a 2-year moratorium on executions while Kentucky studies whether capital punishment is fairly administered. The moratorium will be considered by the 2002 General Assembly
- NOVEMBER 21, 2001KyrgyzstanDEATH PENALTY
Local residents and authorities in Central Asia actively...
Local residents and authorities in Central Asia actively resist attempts by Protestant preachers to convert traditionally Muslim population to Christianity, the Russian newspaper Nezavisimaya Gazeta claimed
- NOVEMBER 21, 2001NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Etim Okpoyo, Nigerian Ambassador to Rome, assured Hands...
Etim Okpoyo, Nigerian Ambassador to Rome, assured Hands Off Cain that the Federal Government will not allow Safiya Hussaini to be stoned to death
- NOVEMBER 21, 2001TajikistanDEATH PENALTY
Local residents and authorities in Central Asia actively...
Local residents and authorities in Central Asia actively resist attempts by Protestant preachers to convert traditionally Muslim population to Christianity, the Russian newspaper Nezavisimaya Gazeta claimed
- NOVEMBER 21, 2001Nord CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
Pope John Paul II called on North Carolina's governor...
Pope John Paul II called on North Carolina's governor to grant clemency to John Hardy Rose, who is scheduled to be executed Nov
- NOVEMBER 21, 2001PennsylvaniaDEATH PENALTY
In Philadelphia Common Pleas Judge Pamela Dembe refused...
In Philadelphia Common Pleas Judge Pamela Dembe refused to resurrect Mumia Abu-Jamal's state appeal
- NOVEMBER 21, 2001Nord CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
Rep. Paul Luebke, D., who has led efforts for a death...
Rep. Paul Luebke, D., who has led efforts for a death penalty moratorium, said he would try again as another execution date draws near because the state needs to examine whether the death penalty is administered fairly
- NOVEMBER 21, 2001NamibiaDEATH PENALTY
Namibia's National Society for Human Rights (NSHR)...
Namibia's National Society for Human Rights (NSHR) condemned a warning by Defence Minister Erkki Nghimtina that anybody found "collaborating" with Angolan UNITA rebels would be shot on sight
- NOVEMBER 21, 2001BelarusDEATH PENALTY
Lithuanian MP Jonas Cekuolis, head of Lithuanian delegation...
Lithuanian MP Jonas Cekuolis, head of Lithuanian delegation to the Council of Europe's Parliamentary Assembly [PACE], said that the Vilnius forum decided to invite Belarusian delegations formed of both government and opposition representatives
- NOVEMBER 21, 2001LithuaniaDEATH PENALTY
Lithuanian MP Jonas Cekuolis, head of Lithuanian delegation...
Lithuanian MP Jonas Cekuolis, head of Lithuanian delegation to the Council of Europe's Parliamentary Assembly [PACE], said that the Vilnius forum decided to invite Belarusian delegations formed of both government and opposition representatives
- NOVEMBER 21, 2001BelarusDEATH PENALTY
The consultative council of [Belarusian] opposition...
The consultative council of [Belarusian] opposition parties met to express concerns about the recommendations issued by the Council of Europe's Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) to the Belarusian authorities
- NOVEMBER 21, 2001BruneiDEATH PENALTY
The police warned the public that anyone caught lighting...
The police warned the public that anyone caught lighting up fireworks during Hari Raya would face legal action
- NOVEMBER 21, 2001ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Etim Okpoyo, Nigerian Ambassador to Rome, assured Hands...
Etim Okpoyo, Nigerian Ambassador to Rome, assured Hands Off Cain that the Federal Government will not allow Safiya Hussaini to be stoned to death
- NOVEMBER 20, 2001IllinoisDEATH PENALTY
A Kane County jury sentenced Luther Casteel, 43, to...
A Kane County jury sentenced Luther Casteel, 43, to death for killing 2 people and injuring 16 others
- NOVEMBER 20, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Two convicts were executed by lethal injection for...
Two convicts were executed by lethal injection for the first time in northeast China' s Liaoning Province, officials said
- NOVEMBER 20, 2001LebanonDEATH PENALTY
The Military Tribunal condemned to death in absentia...
The Military Tribunal condemned to death in absentia a Lebanese man convicted of collaborating with Israel during its occupation of the South
- NOVEMBER 20, 2001JapanDEATH PENALTY
The Osaka District Court sentenced Susumu Nakayama...
The Osaka District Court sentenced Susumu Nakayama a 53-year-old murderer to death for fatally stabbing Takemitsu Kikugawa, 37, his lover Minako Kobuchi, 40, a restaurant employee, on a street in Toyonaka in the Osaka prefecture, on February 19, 1998 with