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 16, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
A Northern Alliance fighter described executing five...
A Northern Alliance fighter described executing five Taliban prisoners in revenge for his father and brother's death at Taliban hands
- NOVEMBER 16, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Northern Alliance forces threatened to massacre up...
Northern Alliance forces threatened to massacre up to 6,000 foreigners fighting with the Taleban in the besieged province of Konduz
- NOVEMBER 16, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International is deeply troubled by the Military...
Amnesty International is deeply troubled by the Military Order signed by President George W
- NOVEMBER 16, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
US President George W
US President George W
- NOVEMBER 16, 2001AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
US President George W
US President George W
- NOVEMBER 16, 2001United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
If Osama bin Laden was held in Britain he would not...
If Osama bin Laden was held in Britain he would not be extradited to any country where he could face the death penalty, the government confirmed
- NOVEMBER 16, 2001DEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International is deeply troubled by the Military...
Amnesty International is deeply troubled by the Military Order signed by President George W
- NOVEMBER 16, 2001New JerseyDEATH PENALTY
The brother of murder victim Paul Gale, Mark, said:...
The brother of murder victim Paul Gale, Mark, said: "I believe Marcinski should have got the death penalty
- NOVEMBER 16, 2001DEATH PENALTY
If Osama bin Laden was held in Britain he would not...
If Osama bin Laden was held in Britain he would not be extradited to any country where he could face the death penalty, the government confirmed
- NOVEMBER 16, 2001DEATH PENALTY
US President George W
US President George W
- NOVEMBER 16, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Asma Jahangir, specialist on extrajudicial, summary...
Asma Jahangir, specialist on extrajudicial, summary and arbitrary executions for the 53-nation UN Human Rights Commission said reports of mass executions by warring factions in Afghanistan must be investigated properly and the perpetrators brought to just
- NOVEMBER 16, 2001LebanonDEATH PENALTY
The Military Tribunal convicted 14 people of forming...
The Military Tribunal convicted 14 people of forming an espionage ring and carrying out assassinations for Israel
- NOVEMBER 16, 2001North KoreaDEATH PENALTY
It has been learned that in May and June 2000 a group...
It has been learned that in May and June 2000 a group of more than 30 senior party and company officials, merchants and hooligans were executed in Hyesan City, Jagang province
- NOVEMBER 16, 2001ThailandDEATH PENALTY
Reporters will get a closer look at executions and...
Reporters will get a closer look at executions and more access to death-row convicts, including a close-up look at their warm corpses, if PM's Office Minister General Thamarak Isarangura gets his way
- NOVEMBER 16, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
If captured, Osama bin Laden and other al-Qaeda terrorist...
If captured, Osama bin Laden and other al-Qaeda terrorist leaders could be executed by firing squad on an American warship or military base, according to the man who suggested having them tried by special military tribunals
- NOVEMBER 16, 2001South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
The public debate over the abolition of the death penalty...
The public debate over the abolition of the death penalty was rekindled after a total of 155 lawmakers signed a bill to ban capital punishment in October
- NOVEMBER 16, 2001South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
Lee Jun-yeong, one of 29 artists featured in "Invitation...
Lee Jun-yeong, one of 29 artists featured in "Invitation to Life" at Insa-dong's Hakojae Gallery, described herself as "oriented toward inner revolution" rather than political activism
- NOVEMBER 16, 2001United StatesDEATH PENALTY
If captured, Osama bin Laden and other al-Qaeda terrorist...
If captured, Osama bin Laden and other al-Qaeda terrorist leaders could be executed by firing squad on an American warship or military base, according to the man who suggested having them tried by special military tribunals
- NOVEMBER 16, 2001North KoreaDEATH PENALTY
It has been learned that in May and June 2000 a group...
It has been learned that in May and June 2000 a group of more than 30 senior party and company officials, merchants and hooligans were executed in Hyesan City, Jagang province
- NOVEMBER 15, 2001GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
Fred Marion Gilreath Jr
Fred Marion Gilreath Jr
- NOVEMBER 15, 2001TexasDEATH PENALTY
Emerson Rudd, 31, was pronounced dead at 6:26 p
Emerson Rudd, 31, was pronounced dead at 6:26 p
- NOVEMBER 15, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
A war photographer told how he watched in horror as...
A war photographer told how he watched in horror as Northern Alliance troops executed a Taliban soldier
- NOVEMBER 15, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Five people were executed in Beijing, including a former...
Five people were executed in Beijing, including a former top company executive, the Chinese news agency Xinhua reported
- NOVEMBER 15, 2001AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
Eight Western aid workers, locked in Afghan prisons...
Eight Western aid workers, locked in Afghan prisons and fearing for their lives, were freed by anti-Taliban fighters and spirited to safety aboard U
- NOVEMBER 15, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Eight Western aid workers, locked in Afghan prisons...
Eight Western aid workers, locked in Afghan prisons and fearing for their lives, were freed by anti-Taliban fighters and spirited to safety aboard U
- NOVEMBER 15, 2001MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
Terrorism cannot be abolished by force or military...
Terrorism cannot be abolished by force or military action but by changing the people's minds and the provision of a peaceful and dignified life to all citizens, International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM) lecturer Prof Dr Jamil Farooqui said
- NOVEMBER 15, 2001IraqDEATH PENALTY
The Iraqi Communist Party Human Rights Office said...
The Iraqi Communist Party Human Rights Office said that in a savage Nazi way to eliminate detainees at dictator's prisons, the executioner, Qusay Saddam Husayn, supervised the execution of 15 detainees at the Gas Chamber
- NOVEMBER 15, 2001KyrgyzstanDEATH PENALTY
The Kyrgyz military tribunal confirmed the death penalty...
The Kyrgyz military tribunal confirmed the death penalty handed down earlier to two guerrilla members of the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan
- NOVEMBER 15, 2001ThailandDEATH PENALTY
Executions of major drug traders could soon be televised...
Executions of major drug traders could soon be televised live as a deterrent to other traffickers, PM's Office Minister Thammarak Issarangkura na Ayuthaya said
- NOVEMBER 15, 2001ThailandDEATH PENALTY
Legislation setting penalties for possession and trafficking...
Legislation setting penalties for possession and trafficking in methampethamines was overwhelmingly approved by the House