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
- SEPTEMBER 19, 2001New YorkDEATH PENALTY
"Capital Punishment in New York State: Statistics from...
"Capital Punishment in New York State: Statistics from Six Years of Representation" - this report by the New York Capital Defender Office provides statistics showing how the death penalty has been implemented in New York since its reinstatement in 1995
- SEPTEMBER 19, 2001IndiaDEATH PENALTY
India's Representative in Malaya [Malaysia], Mr
India's Representative in Malaya [Malaysia], Mr
- SEPTEMBER 19, 2001MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
India's Representative in Malaya [Malaysia], Mr
India's Representative in Malaya [Malaysia], Mr
- SEPTEMBER 18, 2001IranDEATH PENALTY
An Iranian woman, convicted of murdering her husband...
An Iranian woman, convicted of murdering her husband in complicity with her paramour, has ended up at the gallows in Tehran's Qasr Prison
- SEPTEMBER 18, 2001TexasDEATH PENALTY
James Ray Knox was pronounced dead at 6:28 p
James Ray Knox was pronounced dead at 6:28 p
- SEPTEMBER 18, 2001PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Senator Juan Flavier strongly suggested that law enforcers...
Senator Juan Flavier strongly suggested that law enforcers who fail to testify in drug-related cases should share the same death penalty imposed on drug pushers
- SEPTEMBER 18, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A man was sentenced to death in Henan province for...
A man was sentenced to death in Henan province for murdering his wife, adopted son and another person with poisoned soft drinks
- SEPTEMBER 18, 2001RussiaDEATH PENALTY
The first deputy chairperson of the Russian State Duma,...
The first deputy chairperson of the Russian State Duma, Lyubov Sliska, said many [State Duma] deputies believe that those guilty of large-scale drug trafficking or acts of terrorism leading to the death of dozen thousands of people should be given the de
- SEPTEMBER 18, 2001SerbiaDEATH PENALTY
Yugoslavia could become a full member of the Council...
Yugoslavia could become a full member of the Council of Europe by June 2002, the President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe Lord Russel Johnston said after visiting the Federal Yugoslav Parliament
- SEPTEMBER 18, 2001ThailandDEATH PENALTY
Two men were sentenced to death for possessing 113...
Two men were sentenced to death for possessing 113 kilograms of heroin with intent to sell
- SEPTEMBER 18, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Following an execution order issued by the Higher People's...
Following an execution order issued by the Higher People's Court of Beijing City, the First Intermediate People's Court of Beijing City executed four men for robbery and forcing women into prostitution
- SEPTEMBER 18, 2001New YorkDEATH PENALTY
The New York Legislature convened in a special session...
The New York Legislature convened in a special session where it enacted a broad anti-terrorism law and expanded the scope of the state's death penalty
- SEPTEMBER 18, 2001DEATH PENALTY
AID WORKERS FACING DEATH PENALTY STRANDED IN KABUL
September 18, 2001: eight foreign aid workers locked in a Taliban jail and facing trial on charges of spreading Christianity have been left behind in a rush to leave Afghanistan before a possible U.S. attack.
- SEPTEMBER 17, 2001BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A court in Jessore meted out capital punishment to...
A court in Jessore meted out capital punishment to a housewife found guilty of killing her husband
- SEPTEMBER 17, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Kawasaki branch of Yokohama District Court in Japan...
The Kawasaki branch of Yokohama District Court in Japan sentenced a Chinese man to death for a murder-robbery in 1999 in which three Chinese were stabbed to death and another three injured
- SEPTEMBER 17, 2001JapanDEATH PENALTY
The Kawasaki branch of Yokohama District Court sentenced...
The Kawasaki branch of Yokohama District Court sentenced a Chinese man to death for a murder-robbery in 1999 in which three Chinese were stabbed to death and another three injured
- SEPTEMBER 17, 2001JapanDEATH PENALTY
The families of those killed in June knife killings...
The families of those killed in June knife killings at Ikeda Elementary School in Osaka Prefecture presented prosecutors with a petition of about 620,000 names calling for defendant Mamoru Takuma to be executed, the families said
- SEPTEMBER 17, 2001Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
International human rights NGO Amnesty International...
International human rights NGO Amnesty International and DRC human rights NGO ASADHO (African Association for the Defence of Human Rights) protested the death sentences of eight people issued on September 14 by the Cour d'ordre militaire (COM - Military O
- SEPTEMBER 17, 2001RussiaDEATH PENALTY
A Chechen deputy in the State Duma lower house of parliament...
A Chechen deputy in the State Duma lower house of parliament said that he did not believe possible raids by the USA on Afghanistan would contribute to successful fight against international terrorism
- SEPTEMBER 17, 2001BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A young man, Rakimuddin Rakib, was sentenced to death...
A young man, Rakimuddin Rakib, was sentenced to death by the special court on Women and Child Repression for throwing acid on a housewife and her son
- SEPTEMBER 16, 2001OhioDEATH PENALTY
Condemned now can speak last words - Ohio had restricted...
Condemned now can speak last words - Ohio had restricted it to writing
- SEPTEMBER 16, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
The Pakistani lawyer of eight Western aid workers on...
The Pakistani lawyer of eight Western aid workers on trial in the Afghan capital, Kabul, fears a U
- SEPTEMBER 16, 2001Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
A Saudi man was beheaded for smuggling heroin and hashish...
A Saudi man was beheaded for smuggling heroin and hashish into the kingdom on more than one occasion, the official Saudi Press Agency reported
- SEPTEMBER 16, 2001CanadaDEATH PENALTY
A slight majority of Canadians favoured the death penalty...
A slight majority of Canadians favoured the death penalty last month, suggests an opinion poll
- SEPTEMBER 15, 2001IranDEATH PENALTY
Two Iranians have been sentenced to death and 23 of...
Two Iranians have been sentenced to death and 23 of their accomplices given jail terms for operating a prostitution ring in the holy city of Qom
- SEPTEMBER 15, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A man in the Chinese city of Shanghai was sentenced...
A man in the Chinese city of Shanghai was sentenced to death for killing one of his bosses when he could not get a day off to watch a Manchester United match
- SEPTEMBER 15, 2001UgandaDEATH PENALTY
The Ugandan government officially published the Suppression...
The Ugandan government officially published the Suppression of Terrorism Bill, which imposes a mandatory death penalty for terrorists and any person who aids, abets, finances or supports terrorism
- SEPTEMBER 15, 2001RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Mojahedin from the special purpose Islamic detachment,...
Mojahedin from the special purpose Islamic detachment, commanded by Movsar Barayev, killed a national traitor in Argun
- SEPTEMBER 14, 2001SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
Possession of a gun outside a gun club carries the...
Possession of a gun outside a gun club carries the death penalty
- SEPTEMBER 14, 2001Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi Arabia beheaded a Saudi man for shooting dead...
Saudi Arabia beheaded a Saudi man for shooting dead two compatriots during an argument, the official Saudi Press Agency reported