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 20, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Four foreign journalists murdered in eastern Afghanistan...
Four foreign journalists murdered in eastern Afghanistan on November 19 were probably the victims of Osama bin Laden's al-Qa'ida network, an anti-Taliban commander said
- NOVEMBER 20, 2001North MacedoniaDEATH PENALTY
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- NOVEMBER 20, 2001South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
The Grand National Party (GNP) announced that its special...
The Grand National Party (GNP) announced that its special investigation group sent to China to probe diplomatic mishaps regarding the execution of a Korean national named Shin and imprisonment of three others, had uncovered more mistakes made by different
- NOVEMBER 20, 2001UgandaDEATH PENALTY
President Yoweri Museveni warned soldiers who will...
President Yoweri Museveni warned soldiers who will be deployed for the Karamoja disarmament exercise to observe maximum discipline
- NOVEMBER 20, 2001NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
ITALIAN ACTIVISTS PROTEST AGAINST SAFIYA’S DEATH SENTENCE
November 20, 2001: Hands off Cain and Italian political parties will stage a protest in Rome tomorrow against the death sentence by stoning handed out to a Nigerian woman for pre-marital sex.
- NOVEMBER 19, 2001PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
The Philippine Supreme Court dealt a crushing blow...
The Philippine Supreme Court dealt a crushing blow to disgraced ex-president Joseph Estrada's hopes when it upheld the plunder law under which he is being tried
- NOVEMBER 19, 2001South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
Following the diplomatic humiliation over the execution...
Following the diplomatic humiliation over the execution of a Korean drug trafficker identified as Shin by the Chinese government, the government summoned home Shin Hyong-geun, general consul at the embassy to China and Jang Seok-chol, head of the consulat
- NOVEMBER 19, 2001IsraelDEATH PENALTY
Fighting was reported in the Palestinian territory...
Fighting was reported in the Palestinian territory of Gaza after three Israeli tanks entered the town of Beit Janun in an apparent operation to arrest Palestinian activists, Palestinian police said
- NOVEMBER 19, 2001South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
The Korean Society in China (KSIC), which represents...
The Korean Society in China (KSIC), which represents some 200,000 nationals residing in China, insisted in a statement that officials at Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, as well as local legation representatives, are responsible for the diplomatic g
- NOVEMBER 19, 2001ThailandDEATH PENALTY
A proposal to televise the execution of convicted drug...
A proposal to televise the execution of convicted drug traffickers may be shelved, the PM's Office minister who floated it said
- NOVEMBER 19, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Six criminals were sentenced to death, including a...
Six criminals were sentenced to death, including a mafia group accused of murder and extortion in Shandong province, the Beijing Youth Daily said
- NOVEMBER 19, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
At the Qala-I-Gulai battlefield outside Kabul, at least...
At the Qala-I-Gulai battlefield outside Kabul, at least half of 30 dead fighters that the International Committee of the Red Cross found had been shot in the head, officials close to the investigation of the deaths said
- NOVEMBER 19, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Reports from stragglers coming out of the besieged...
Reports from stragglers coming out of the besieged northern city of Kunduz said the Arab, Chechen, Uzbek and Pakistani volunteers who have been fighting for Bin Laden's cause are in control of the situation, and have summarily executed hundreds of people
- NOVEMBER 19, 2001KazakhstanDEATH PENALTY
A court in Kazakhstan's northern Kostanay Region sentenced...
A court in Kazakhstan's northern Kostanay Region sentenced a man to death for murder, the Interfax-Kazakhstan news agency reported
- NOVEMBER 19, 2001SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
The High Court dismissed an appeal by a Thai national,...
The High Court dismissed an appeal by a Thai national, who was sentenced to death in August 2001, for the murder of a taxi driver
- NOVEMBER 19, 2001ThailandDEATH PENALTY
The High Court of Singapore dismissed an appeal by...
The High Court of Singapore dismissed an appeal by a Thai national, who was sentenced to death in August 2001, for the murder of a taxi driver
- NOVEMBER 19, 2001DEATH PENALTY
Fighting was reported in the Palestinian territory...
Fighting was reported in the Palestinian territory of Gaza after three Israeli tanks entered the town of Beit Janun in an apparent operation to arrest Palestinian activists, Palestinian police said
- NOVEMBER 19, 2001NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
The House of Representatives Committee on Women and...
The House of Representatives Committee on Women and Youth Development intervened in the case of a woman, Safiya Hussaini sentenced to death by a Sharia court for committing adultery saying it had persuaded the Speaker, Hon
- NOVEMBER 19, 2001NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
A Sharia court in Gusau Local Gov-ernment Area of Zamfara...
A Sharia court in Gusau Local Gov-ernment Area of Zamfara State sentenced a 40-year-old man, Nagogo Kakumi, to 40 strokes of the cane and two months imprisonment for contravening the Sharia law by marrying five wives at the same time
- NOVEMBER 19, 2001United StatesDEATH PENALTY
Nearly 1/5 of doctors in the United States are willing...
Nearly 1/5 of doctors in the United States are willing to participate in the execution of condemned prisoners by administering a lethal injection despite opposition by leading medical societies, according to a study
- NOVEMBER 19, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Four Western journalists were killed in Afghanistan...
Four Western journalists were killed in Afghanistan when a convoy of vehicles was ambushed
- NOVEMBER 19, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
President George W Bush will decide which terror suspects...
President George W Bush will decide which terror suspects are put on trial before controversial secret tribunals
- NOVEMBER 19, 2001United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
David Blunkett, the UK home secretary, came under fire...
David Blunkett, the UK home secretary, came under fire from backbench MPs who voiced opposition to his controversial anti-terrorist legislation, which proposes to detain terrorist suspects without trial
- NOVEMBER 19, 2001ZimbabweDEATH PENALTY
War veterans in Mutare condemned the gruesome killing...
War veterans in Mutare condemned the gruesome killing of Bulawayo war veterans' leader Comrade Cain Nkala, by suspected MDC supporters
- NOVEMBER 19, 2001DEATH PENALTY
President George W Bush will decide which terror suspects...
President George W Bush will decide which terror suspects are put on trial before controversial secret tribunals
- NOVEMBER 18, 2001IllinoisDEATH PENALTY
The Illinois Death Penalty Education Project (IDPEP)...
The Illinois Death Penalty Education Project (IDPEP) today proposed 12 reform measures designed to create a more fair and equitable capital punishment system in Illinois
- NOVEMBER 18, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
The Northern Alliance claimed that 300 Afghans who...
The Northern Alliance claimed that 300 Afghans who tried to flee the besieged northern city of Kunduz and defect from the Taliban were massacred by foreign volunteers they had once fought beside
- NOVEMBER 17, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
The United Nations said it had evidence "clearly indicating"...
The United Nations said it had evidence "clearly indicating" summary executions of unarmed civilians by Taliban and other warring factions in Afghanistan
- NOVEMBER 17, 2001IranDEATH PENALTY
An Iranian hanged for murder was cut down alive from...
An Iranian hanged for murder was cut down alive from the gallows after four minutes, following a pardon granted by his victim's family
- NOVEMBER 16, 2001PakistanDEATH PENALTY
A Wazirabad Additional and District Session Judge Khalid...
A Wazirabad Additional and District Session Judge Khalid Mehmood Malik gave the death sentence to Suleman for axing down his wife on a minor domestic dispute