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
- OCTOBER 13, 2001ArizonaDEATH PENALTY
Warren Summerlin, who has spent nearly 20 years on...
Warren Summerlin, who has spent nearly 20 years on death row in Arizona, is entitled to have his sentence reconsidered because the judge who imposed it was addicted to marijuana at the time
- OCTOBER 12, 2001SerbiaDEATH PENALTY
The Council of Europe warned the Yugoslav republic...
The Council of Europe warned the Yugoslav republic of Montenegro that it could be shut out of the organisation if it carries out a death sentence handed down to two of its citizens
- OCTOBER 12, 2001BelarusDEATH PENALTY
Belarusian Foreign Minister Mikhail Khvastow, questioned...
Belarusian Foreign Minister Mikhail Khvastow, questioned by the Belarusian newspaper Belorusskaya Delovaya Gazeta said "the moratorium on the death penalty is a standard of the European community and we will consider it
- OCTOBER 12, 2001SwedenDEATH PENALTY
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan and the...
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan and the organization he leads were awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for their role in reforming the 56-year-old institution and reshaping the world's post-Cold War pursuit for peace
- OCTOBER 12, 2001Nord CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
David Junior Ward, 39, died by injection at 2:17 a
David Junior Ward, 39, died by injection at 2:17 a
- OCTOBER 12, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Chinese cooperation in the global war on terrorism...
Chinese cooperation in the global war on terrorism depends on Western support and understanding for Beijing's widely criticized attempts to resolve its own Islamic terrorist problem
- OCTOBER 12, 2001SerbiaDEATH PENALTY
Two Montenegrin were condemned to death from a Podgorica...
Two Montenegrin were condemned to death from a Podgorica tribunal, as they killed a Slovenian citizen last February
- OCTOBER 11, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Eleven people were executed in Kunming, capital of...
Eleven people were executed in Kunming, capital of the Yunnan province, the Yunnan Daily reported
- OCTOBER 11, 2001NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
An Islamic court in northern Nigeria sentenced a pregnant...
An Islamic court in northern Nigeria sentenced a pregnant woman to death by stoning for having pre-marital sex, court officials said
- OCTOBER 11, 2001NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
The Civil Liberties Organisation (CLO) called on the...
The Civil Liberties Organisation (CLO) called on the Sokoto State Governor, Alhaji Attahiru Barafawa and the President of the Supreme Council of Islamic Affairs, Sultan Muhammed Maccido to review the death sentence passed on a pregnant woman, Safiya Hussa
- OCTOBER 11, 2001UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
Uzbek authorities have to date failed to publish any...
Uzbek authorities have to date failed to publish any statistics on the use of the death penalty, which remains classified as a state secret, Amensty International said
- OCTOBER 11, 2001FranceDEATH PENALTY
Afghanistan's ruling Taliban militia charged a French...
Afghanistan's ruling Taliban militia charged a French journalist and two Pakistani colleagues with spying, a crime that carries the death penalty
- OCTOBER 11, 2001FranceDEATH PENALTY
President Jacques Chirac came to the defence of a French...
President Jacques Chirac came to the defence of a French reporter held by the Taliban and accused of spying after entering Afghanistan disguised as a woman
- OCTOBER 11, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Afghanistan's ruling Taliban militia charged a French...
Afghanistan's ruling Taliban militia charged a French journalist and two Pakistani colleagues with spying, a crime that carries the death penalty
- OCTOBER 11, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
President Jacques Chirac came to the defence of a French...
President Jacques Chirac came to the defence of a French reporter held by the Taliban and accused of spying after entering Afghanistan disguised as a woman
- OCTOBER 11, 2001MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
A thorough study must be done before the age of a "juvenile...
A thorough study must be done before the age of a "juvenile delinquent" is revised upwards or downwards to facilitate the passing of the death sentence
- OCTOBER 11, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A man who killed his former girlfriend's parents 15...
A man who killed his former girlfriend's parents 15 years ago was captured and sentenced to death by the Beijing Second Intermediate Court
- OCTOBER 11, 2001IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
Indonesian President Megawati Soekarnoputri gave her...
Indonesian President Megawati Soekarnoputri gave her approval for the implementation of the death sentence for drug traffickers
- OCTOBER 11, 2001GuineaDEATH PENALTY
EU special envoy Ange Dagrine, on a mission Guinea,...
EU special envoy Ange Dagrine, on a mission Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia to promote peace efforts in the Mano River area, also discussed human rights and the death penalty with the Guinean minister of foreign affairs, the Speaker of parliament and UN
- OCTOBER 11, 2001ZimbabweDEATH PENALTY
Zimbabwe's Roman Catholic Commission for Justice and...
Zimbabwe's Roman Catholic Commission for Justice and Peace has conducted a prolonged campaign against the death penalty but President Robert Mugabe amended the Constitution to block challenges to hanging of those left languishing on death row
- OCTOBER 11, 2001PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Budbud Osting, a 65-year-old member of the tribal organization...
Budbud Osting, a 65-year-old member of the tribal organization in the Philippine Mindoro Oriental province, was beheaded allegedly by soldiers of the Philippine Army's 16th Infantry Battalion
- OCTOBER 11, 2001JordanDEATH PENALTY
A Jordanian national was hanged in Sawaka jail, south...
A Jordanian national was hanged in Sawaka jail, south of Amman
- OCTOBER 10, 2001PakistanDEATH PENALTY
A Pakistani man sentenced to be strangled, chopped...
A Pakistani man sentenced to be strangled, chopped into 100 pieces and dissolved in acid for the murders of dozens of children was found dead in his cell in an apparent suicide, prison authorities said
- OCTOBER 10, 2001MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
A High Court judge suggested that the provision in...
A High Court judge suggested that the provision in the Juvenile Courts Act barring a juvenile from being sentenced to death be reviewed
- OCTOBER 10, 2001LebanonDEATH PENALTY
Since June 2000, the Military Tribunal has sentenced...
Since June 2000, the Military Tribunal has sentenced more than 3,000 people for collaborating with Israel to jail terms of up to 25 years
- OCTOBER 10, 2001JapanDEATH PENALTY
The Fukuoka High Court upheld a death penalty given...
The Fukuoka High Court upheld a death penalty given to a 63-year-old man for abducting and murdering two elementary school girls in Fukuoka Prefecture in 1992
- OCTOBER 10, 2001FranceDEATH PENALTY
The French journalist who was captured disguised in...
The French journalist who was captured disguised in a burka after entering Afghanistan was pelted with stones as the Taleban paraded him through the streets of Jalalabad
- OCTOBER 10, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
The French journalist who was captured disguised in...
The French journalist who was captured disguised in a burka after entering Afghanistan was pelted with stones as the Taleban paraded him through the streets of Jalalabad
- OCTOBER 10, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China sentenced to death a former vice mayor of the...
China sentenced to death a former vice mayor of the northeastern city of Shenyang for his involvement in a web of corruption around City Hall, state television reported
- OCTOBER 10, 2001YemenDEATH PENALTY
Eight Yemeni men executed for nine murders
Eight Yemeni men executed for nine murders