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 11, 2001IranDEATH PENALTY
Tehran's Revolutionary Court opened the biggest political...
Tehran's Revolutionary Court opened the biggest political trial to be held in Iran since the 1979 Islamic revolution, accusing more than 30 members of the banned Freedom Movement, including two former ministers, of anti-state activities
- NOVEMBER 11, 2001IranDEATH PENALTY
A number of Iranian film-makers whose movies have dealt...
A number of Iranian film-makers whose movies have dealt with Iran's revolution and the status of its women, have had their works censored or banned
- NOVEMBER 11, 2001SyriaDEATH PENALTY
Syria has extradited to Egypt the man behind the shooting...
Syria has extradited to Egypt the man behind the shooting of 58 British and other foreign tourists at Luxor in 1997
- NOVEMBER 11, 2001NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
DevNet, a development information NGO, called on the...
DevNet, a development information NGO, called on the Federal Government and the Sokoto State Government to speedily intervene and save Safiya Tungar-Tudu from death by stoning
- NOVEMBER 11, 2001EgyptDEATH PENALTY
Syria has extradited to Egypt the man behind the shooting...
Syria has extradited to Egypt the man behind the shooting of 58 British and other foreign tourists at Luxor in 1997
- NOVEMBER 11, 2001IranDEATH PENALTY
Iran's Supreme Court confirmed the death sentence of...
Iran's Supreme Court confirmed the death sentence of Qolam Reza Ameli, Kayhan newspaper reported
- NOVEMBER 11, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Four Xinjiang people were sentenced to death or given...
Four Xinjiang people were sentenced to death or given suspended death sentences for separatist activities, a human rights group said
- NOVEMBER 11, 2001South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
It is rare for Korean mainstream artists to team up...
It is rare for Korean mainstream artists to team up with some of this country's finest alternative musicians for some serious, thought provoking cause but November 11 presented such a coupling with the "Citizens' Concert" (also known as the "Ku Ka Mu Nar
- NOVEMBER 10, 2001IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
The daily newspaper Waspada reported the discovery...
The daily newspaper Waspada reported the discovery of the bodies of five civilians in North Aceh district, three or possibly four of them from Uteuen Koet village in Muara Dua subdistrict
- NOVEMBER 10, 2001South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
Cardinal Stephen Kim Sou-hwan urged the head of Korean...
Cardinal Stephen Kim Sou-hwan urged the head of Korean legislature to support a special bill aimed at abolishing capital punishment
- NOVEMBER 10, 2001UgandaDEATH PENALTY
A total of 365,285 candidates, including 21 prisoners,...
A total of 365,285 candidates, including 21 prisoners, will sit the 2001's Primary Leaving Examinations (PLE) on November14 and 15, according to the Uganda National Examinations Board (UNEB)
- NOVEMBER 10, 2001LouisianaDEATH PENALTY
In Rayville, Sedrick Clark was convicted in the February...
In Rayville, Sedrick Clark was convicted in the February 2000 killings of his young daughter Mariah Barnes, 8, and the girl's great-grandmother Bertha Anderson, 68
- NOVEMBER 9, 2001BelgiumDEATH PENALTY
At its plenary session in Brussels last week, the Joint...
At its plenary session in Brussels last week, the Joint Parliamentary Assembly urged the Cuban authorities to provide a strong signal of the liberalisation by releasing political prisoners and abolishing the death sentence
- NOVEMBER 9, 2001GermanyDEATH PENALTY
Australian, US and German special forces may mount...
Australian, US and German special forces may mount a risky operation to rescue the eight western aid workers being held hostage by the Taliban in Afghanistan
- NOVEMBER 9, 2001AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
Australian, US and German special forces may mount...
Australian, US and German special forces may mount a risky operation to rescue the eight western aid workers being held hostage by the Taliban in Afghanistan
- NOVEMBER 9, 2001GermanyDEATH PENALTY
Australian, US and German special forces may mount...
Australian, US and German special forces may mount a risky operation to rescue the eight western aid workers being held hostage by the Taliban in Afghanistan
- NOVEMBER 9, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Australian, US and German special forces may mount...
Australian, US and German special forces may mount a risky operation to rescue the eight western aid workers being held hostage by the Taliban in Afghanistan
- NOVEMBER 9, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Taliban fighters in Jalalabad, in the east, arrested...
Taliban fighters in Jalalabad, in the east, arrested 15 Afghan men who were suspected of spying
- NOVEMBER 9, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A man, who embezzled 110m yuan in state funds (13
A man, who embezzled 110m yuan in state funds (13
- NOVEMBER 9, 2001NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
An Islamic court in the northern Nigerian state of...
An Islamic court in the northern Nigerian state of Katsina sentenced a pregnant teenage girl and her lover to 100 lashes each for pre-marital sex
- NOVEMBER 9, 2001CubaDEATH PENALTY
At its plenary session in Brussels last week, the Joint...
At its plenary session in Brussels last week, the Joint Parliamentary Assembly urged the Cuban authorities to provide a strong signal of the liberalisation by releasing political prisoners and abolishing the death sentence
- NOVEMBER 9, 2001GhanaDEATH PENALTY
Three Ghanaian drug dealers were sentenced to death...
Three Ghanaian drug dealers were sentenced to death by hanging at the Klong Prem prison in Bangkok, Thailand
- NOVEMBER 9, 2001ThailandDEATH PENALTY
The Senate panel on justice and human rights proposed...
The Senate panel on justice and human rights proposed banning members of the public from carrying guns
- NOVEMBER 9, 2001ThailandDEATH PENALTY
Three Ghanaian drug dealers were sentenced to death...
Three Ghanaian drug dealers were sentenced to death by hanging at the Klong Prem prison in Bangkok, Thailand
- NOVEMBER 9, 2001ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
The deputy chairman of the Armenian National Assembly...
The deputy chairman of the Armenian National Assembly described his recent visit to London as "extremely packed and useful"
- NOVEMBER 9, 2001RwandaDEATH PENALTY
A Reporters Sans Frontieres (Reporters Without Borders...
A Reporters Sans Frontieres (Reporters Without Borders - RSF) delegation visited Rwanda between 2 and 10 October 2001, to examine the country's press freedom situation, and in particular the new press law, passed on 28 September 2001 by parliament
- NOVEMBER 9, 2001Nord CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
The state Supreme Court ordered a new sentencing hearing...
The state Supreme Court ordered a new sentencing hearing for Michael Lemark Ward, ruling that a lawyer's comment about the defendant's silence violated his rights
- NOVEMBER 9, 2001DEATH PENALTY
LAOS SENTENCES AND DEPORTS RADICAL ACTIVISTS
November 9, 2001: five Radical activists have been given suspended two-year prison terms and ordered to be deported from Laos for mounting a pro-democracy demonstration.
- NOVEMBER 8, 2001IranDEATH PENALTY
Gholamreza Ameli was sentenced to death for the attempted...
Gholamreza Ameli was sentenced to death for the attempted murder of the then head of the Justice Department of Tehran Province, Ali Razini
- NOVEMBER 8, 2001PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Senators are set to resume deliberations on a measure...
Senators are set to resume deliberations on a measure which seeks to repeal the Dangerous Drugs Act of 1972 when Congress resumes session