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 2, 2001United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
The Cardiff mother of a young girl indecently assaulted...
The Cardiff mother of a young girl indecently assaulted by rapist Jonathan Richards told the Echo she wishes he had been given the death penalty
- NOVEMBER 2, 2001South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
Kim Gyeong-geun, the head of external affairs for Koreans...
Kim Gyeong-geun, the head of external affairs for Koreans overseas at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, said that he had confirmed the Chinese government's investigation results into the notification procedure regarding the execution of a Korean
- NOVEMBER 2, 2001NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
A pregnant woman sentenced to death by stoning by an...
A pregnant woman sentenced to death by stoning by an Islamic court in Nigeria has fled her home, an official said
- NOVEMBER 2, 2001JapanDEATH PENALTY
Shizuka Kamei, a former policy chief of the ruling...
Shizuka Kamei, a former policy chief of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), was elected head of a group of 76 Diet members who want to abolish the death penalty in Japan
- NOVEMBER 2, 2001MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
Woman witchdoctor, her husband and assistant were hanged...
Woman witchdoctor, her husband and assistant were hanged for the murder of a Malaysian state assemblyman
- NOVEMBER 2, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
One person was sentenced to death and another to long-term...
One person was sentenced to death and another to long-term imprisonment for fraud using value-added tax (VAT) invoices valued at 400m yuan, by a court in Shanwei, south China's Guangdong Province
- NOVEMBER 2, 2001South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
The opposition Grand National Party (GNP) urged President...
The opposition Grand National Party (GNP) urged President Kim Dae-jung to apologize for a diplomatic spat with China and to take action against those who tarnished the country's image in the diplomatic debacle concerning the execution of a Korean drug tra
- NOVEMBER 2, 2001NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
A pregnant woman sentenced to death by stoning by an...
A pregnant woman sentenced to death by stoning by an Islamic court in Nigeria has fled her home, an official said
- NOVEMBER 2, 2001Nord CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
A Johnston County jury sentenced 18-year-old Lamorris J
A Johnston County jury sentenced 18-year-old Lamorris J
- NOVEMBER 2, 2001PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
An official record from the Philippine police show that 9
An official record from the Philippine police show that 9
- NOVEMBER 2, 2001PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
The Justice Department tasked with studying the possibility...
The Justice Department tasked with studying the possibility of de-commuting the death penalty cases defended the Philippines President Gloria Arroyo's turnaround on the death penalty as a matter of duty
- NOVEMBER 2, 2001DEATH PENALTY
TALIBAN CAPTURE FORMER KING’S SUPPORTERS
November 2, 2001: reports from Afghanistan say the Taliban have captured 25 supporters of a top aide to the exiled former king Zahir Shah and will hang them today.
- NOVEMBER 1, 2001CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
In Napa, Judge W
In Napa, Judge W
- NOVEMBER 1, 2001NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Apparently embarrassed by the widespread criticism...
Apparently embarrassed by the widespread criticism of the death sentence passed on a pregnant woman by an Islamic court in Nigeria's northern Sokoto State, the federal government joined in appealing against the ruling
- NOVEMBER 1, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Seoul government asked Beijing to investigate allegations...
The Seoul government asked Beijing to investigate allegations that two South Korean citizens imprisoned in China on drug trafficking charges were denied their rights to due protection from Korean consular offices and one of them was physically abused by C
- NOVEMBER 1, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhu Bangzao called...
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhu Bangzao called on South Korea to conduct a thorough and all-round investigation and verification into the Shin Ok-tu [name as transliterated] case and immediately cease its unfounded allegations against China
- NOVEMBER 1, 2001United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
A jury at the Old Bailey, London's main criminal court,...
A jury at the Old Bailey, London's main criminal court, was given a graphic description of life inside Taliban-controlled Afghanistan by an alleged plane hijacker
- NOVEMBER 1, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
A jury at the Old Bailey, London's main criminal court,...
A jury at the Old Bailey, London's main criminal court, was given a graphic description of life inside Taliban-controlled Afghanistan by an alleged plane hijacker
- NOVEMBER 1, 2001IrelandDEATH PENALTY
The European Commission appointed the Galway-based...
The European Commission appointed the Galway-based Irish Centre for Human Rights to co-ordinate a E1
- NOVEMBER 1, 2001ThailandDEATH PENALTY
The Bangkok Southern Criminal Court sentenced a convicted...
The Bangkok Southern Criminal Court sentenced a convicted Thai drug trader to death and two Burmese to life imprisonment for possessing almost two million amphetamine tablets with intent to sell
- NOVEMBER 1, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Four gang members were sentenced to death for murder,...
Four gang members were sentenced to death for murder, kidnapping, robbery, and illegal detention of other citizens
- NOVEMBER 1, 2001South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
The Seoul government asked Beijing to investigate allegations...
The Seoul government asked Beijing to investigate allegations that two South Korean citizens imprisoned in China on drug trafficking charges were denied their rights to due protection from Korean consular offices and one of them was physically abused by C
- NOVEMBER 1, 2001South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhu Bangzao called...
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhu Bangzao called on South Korea to conduct a thorough and all-round investigation and verification into the Shin Ok-tu [name as transliterated] case and immediately cease its unfounded allegations against China
- NOVEMBER 1, 2001NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Nigeria's Senate president Anyim Pius Anyim condemned...
Nigeria's Senate president Anyim Pius Anyim condemned a ruling by an Islamic court in northern Nigeria that sentenced a woman to death by stoning after finding her guilty of having pre-marital sex, news reports said
- NOVEMBER 1, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The European Commission appointed the Galway-based...
The European Commission appointed the Galway-based Irish Centre for Human Rights to co-ordinate a E1
- NOVEMBER 1, 2001MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
A labourer who was sentenced to death for dadah trafficking...
A labourer who was sentenced to death for dadah trafficking escaped the gallows when the Court of Appeal allowed his appeal
- OCTOBER 31, 2001PennsylvaniaDEATH PENALTY
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In Philadelphia the 3rd U
- OCTOBER 31, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Chief Justice Choi Jong-young expressed his regret...
Chief Justice Choi Jong-young expressed his regret at China's execution of a South Korean national convicted of drug trafficking and Beijing's failure to inform South Korea of the action
- OCTOBER 31, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Four lawmakers of the opposition Grand National Party...
Four lawmakers of the opposition Grand National Party (GNP) visited the Chinese embassy to protest Beijing's failure to give Seoul prior notice of Spetmeber's execution of a Korean national convicted of drug-trafficking
- OCTOBER 31, 2001PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Judge Muhammad Siddique handed down the death sentence...
Judge Muhammad Siddique handed down the death sentence to Liaqat Ali for murder