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 14, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Pir Muhammad, an Northern Alliance commander, said...
Pir Muhammad, an Northern Alliance commander, said Taliban leaders in Kunduz executed five local commanders who were suspected of negotiating with the alliance
- NOVEMBER 14, 2001South AfricaDEATH PENALTY
South African legislators blamed the apparent increase...
South African legislators blamed the apparent increase in child rape and sex abuse on a belief perpetuated by some traditional healers that having sex with a virgin cures AIDS
- NOVEMBER 14, 2001United StatesDEATH PENALTY
The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops renewed...
The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops renewed their opposition to capital punishment, citing "its sheer inhumanity and its absolute finality, as well as concern about its inequitable use and an imperfect legal system that has condemned innocent
- NOVEMBER 14, 2001RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Chechen guerrillas executed a Russian hostage after...
Chechen guerrillas executed a Russian hostage after Moscow declined to swap him for Chechens arrested earlier by federal forces, the Chechen rebel website Kavkaz
- NOVEMBER 14, 2001DEATH PENALTY
WORLD DAY OF NONVIOLENCE FOR WOMEN IN THE PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT OF AFGHANISTAN
November 14, 2001: Afghanistan: a nonviolent Satyagraha for 24 November entitled "World day of fasting and nonviolence for the women in the Afghani provisional government
- NOVEMBER 13, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
The United Nations reported that more than 100 Taliban...
The United Nations reported that more than 100 Taliban fighters hiding in a school had been executed in Mazar-e-Sharif, which the Northern Alliance captured on November 9
- NOVEMBER 13, 2001Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi national Abdallah Bin-Zafir Bin-Dabban al-Qahtani...
Saudi national Abdallah Bin-Zafir Bin-Dabban al-Qahtani was executed in Abha, according to the Saudi Interior Ministry, the Saudi news agency reported
- NOVEMBER 13, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
British Prime Minister Tony Blair called for the United...
British Prime Minister Tony Blair called for the United Nations to establish a presence in Kabul as soon as possible to fill the power vacuum left after the Taliban fled on the night of November 12
- NOVEMBER 13, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
The Northern Alliance defied the world and roared into...
The Northern Alliance defied the world and roared into Afghan capital Kabul
- NOVEMBER 13, 2001IsraelDEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International's new report 'Broken lives: a...
Amnesty International's new report 'Broken lives: a year of intifada', measured events of one year of the intifada against the universal human rights standards which should govern the actions of those in authority
- NOVEMBER 13, 2001DEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International's new report 'Broken lives: a...
Amnesty International's new report 'Broken lives: a year of intifada', measured events of one year of the intifada against the universal human rights standards which should govern the actions of those in authority
- NOVEMBER 13, 2001BelgiumDEATH PENALTY
The European Union welcomed Turkish steps towards expanding...
The European Union welcomed Turkish steps towards expanding civil liberties, but said in its progress report on candidates that the reforms far from guarantee freedoms required for membership in the bloc
- NOVEMBER 13, 2001NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
The Sokoto State government declared that the Federal...
The Sokoto State government declared that the Federal Government can not change the judgement of death sentence by stoning [for adultery] passed on Hajiya Safiyatu Husseini by the Gwadabawa Upper Sharia Court
- NOVEMBER 13, 2001NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
The Federal Government stepped into the recent death...
The Federal Government stepped into the recent death sentence passed on Safiya Tungar-Tudu, 33, by a Sharia court in Sokoto State, with the Attorney-General of the Federation and Justice Minister, Chief Bola Ige declaring that Abuja would not fold its han
- NOVEMBER 13, 2001DEATH PENALTY
The European Union welcomed Turkish steps towards expanding...
The European Union welcomed Turkish steps towards expanding civil liberties, but said in its progress report on candidates that the reforms far from guarantee freedoms required for membership in the bloc
- NOVEMBER 13, 2001South AfricaDEATH PENALTY
November 13-15, 2001: hundreds of demonstrators protested...
November 13-15, 2001: hundreds of demonstrators protested outside a South African court, demanding the death penalty for six men accused of raping a nine-month-old girl
- NOVEMBER 13, 2001BelgiumDEATH PENALTY
Deputy Prime Minister Mesut Yilmaz said that Turkey...
Deputy Prime Minister Mesut Yilmaz said that Turkey needs to take action as soon as possible to remedy shortcomings pointed out in the recent EU report on Turkey's progress towards membership
- NOVEMBER 13, 2001TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Deputy Prime Minister Mesut Yilmaz said that Turkey...
Deputy Prime Minister Mesut Yilmaz said that Turkey needs to take action as soon as possible to remedy shortcomings pointed out in the recent EU report on Turkey's progress towards membership
- NOVEMBER 13, 2001DEATH PENALTY
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- NOVEMBER 13, 2001IndiaDEATH PENALTY
An Indian court sentenced four men to death for murder
An Indian court sentenced four men to death for murder
- NOVEMBER 12, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Luo Jianyu, former director of the Zhejiang Press and...
Luo Jianyu, former director of the Zhejiang Press and Publication Administration, in east China's Zhejiang Province was sentenced to death by a court at the first trial for accepting bribes totalling 2
- NOVEMBER 12, 2001CambodiaDEATH PENALTY
Cambodia plans to turn the remote jungle hideout of...
Cambodia plans to turn the remote jungle hideout of Pol Pot, the infamous leader of the 1970s Khmer Rouge "Killing Fields" regime, into a tourist spot
- NOVEMBER 12, 2001North MacedoniaDEATH PENALTY
Macedonia's peace process plunged into crisis when...
Macedonia's peace process plunged into crisis when three policemen were reported killed in fighting with ethnic Albanians enraged by arrests of kinfolk in a sudden sweep by special forces over truce lines
- NOVEMBER 12, 2001IraqDEATH PENALTY
Andreas Mavrommatis, Special Rapporteur at the UN Third...
Andreas Mavrommatis, Special Rapporteur at the UN Third Committee, expresses `grave concern' about human rights situation in Iraq
- NOVEMBER 12, 2001IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International urged ASEAN countries meeting...
Amnesty International urged ASEAN countries meeting in Bali, not to erode human rights protection by using the death penalty to fight drug trafficking
- NOVEMBER 12, 2001EgyptDEATH PENALTY
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It was reported that after the Sept
- NOVEMBER 12, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
The United Nations reported that more than 100 Taliban...
The United Nations reported that more than 100 Taliban fighters hiding in a school had been executed in Mazar-e-Sharif, which the Northern Alliance captured on November 9
- NOVEMBER 12, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The one-time deputy general manager of a company under...
The one-time deputy general manager of a company under the oil deposit management bureau in northwestern Shaanxi Province was sentenced to death for massive embezzlement
- NOVEMBER 12, 2001DEATH PENALTY
UK FIGHTS TERRORISM
November 12, 2001: Home Secretary David Blunkett placed an order before the Commons to demand the derogation of Article Five of the Human Rights Act, which guarantees the right to liberty and prohibits detention without trial. However, he admitted that it
- NOVEMBER 11, 2001United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
Home Secretary, David Blunkett brushed aside criticism...
Home Secretary, David Blunkett brushed aside criticism from "airy-fairy" civil rights groups as he prepared to seek approval for unprecedented new powers to allow the internment without trial of suspected terrorists