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 4, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Four criminals were separately sentenced to death for...
Four criminals were separately sentenced to death for forcing women to engage in prostitution by a court in Minquan County of Shangqiu City, Henan Province
- SEPTEMBER 4, 2001United StatesDEATH PENALTY
American civil rights leader Jesse Jackson said called...
American civil rights leader Jesse Jackson said called on the United States to follow the example of the African National Congress in South Africa, in getting the death penalty abolished
- SEPTEMBER 4, 2001West VirginiaDEATH PENALTY
A once-respected crime lab chemist goes on trial in...
A once-respected crime lab chemist goes on trial in West Virginia for alleged fraud
- SEPTEMBER 4, 2001IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
The Tangerang district court in Indonesia was scheduled...
The Tangerang district court in Indonesia was scheduled to hand down the death penalty to African Namaona Denis, for whom the prosecutor had demanded life imprisonment on August 17, for smuggling 1 kilogram of heroin from Pakistan into the country in Apri
- SEPTEMBER 3, 2001PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Saudi Arabia beheaded a Pakistani man convicted of...
Saudi Arabia beheaded a Pakistani man convicted of smuggling an unspecified amount of hashish into the kingdom
- SEPTEMBER 3, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Abdul Hai, Taliban's deputy minister for Promotion...
Abdul Hai, Taliban's deputy minister for Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice, said that under Islamic laws, converts would be given three days to renounce Christianity and they could be spared the capital punishment if they repented
- SEPTEMBER 3, 2001Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi Arabia beheaded a Pakistani man convicted of...
Saudi Arabia beheaded a Pakistani man convicted of smuggling an unspecified amount of hashish into the kingdom
- SEPTEMBER 3, 2001RussiaDEATH PENALTY
The Chelyabinsk regional legislature submitted draft...
The Chelyabinsk regional legislature submitted draft legislation to the State Duma that would make systematic use of narcotics a criminal offence
- SEPTEMBER 3, 2001MaltaDEATH PENALTY
Mohamed Aly Abbas, a Turkish national suspected of...
Mohamed Aly Abbas, a Turkish national suspected of killing Briton Edgar Fernandes was extradited from Malta to Turkey
- SEPTEMBER 3, 2001TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Mohamed Aly Abbas, a Turkish national suspected of...
Mohamed Aly Abbas, a Turkish national suspected of killing Briton Edgar Fernandes was extradited from Malta to Turkey
- SEPTEMBER 3, 2001United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
Mohamed Aly Abbas, a Turkish national suspected of...
Mohamed Aly Abbas, a Turkish national suspected of killing Briton Edgar Fernandes was extradited from Malta to Turkey
- SEPTEMBER 3, 2001South AfricaDEATH PENALTY
The Freedom Front (FF) called for the reinstallation...
The Freedom Front (FF) called for the reinstallation of the death penalty, saying the killings of white farmers in SA are politically motivated and often triggered by irresponsible comments by politicians
- SEPTEMBER 3, 2001PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Dr. Shaikh Muhammed Younus's last hope of escaping...
Dr. Shaikh Muhammed Younus's last hope of escaping the gallows lies with his petition to a Pakistani high court. The medical professor, 45, was sentenced to death on August 19 on a charge of blasphemy
- SEPTEMBER 3, 2001YemenDEATH PENALTY
Nasser Saleh Hamid executed in Hajjah province for...
Nasser Saleh Hamid executed in Hajjah province for murdering Khaled Hussein Ali
- SEPTEMBER 2, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
The United Nations called for a fair trial of all 24...
The United Nations called for a fair trial of all 24 foreign and Afghan aid workers detained by Afghanistan's Taliban rulers on the charge of promoting Christianity
- SEPTEMBER 1, 2001UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
President Islam Karimov cut the number of offences...
President Islam Karimov cut the number of offences carrying the death penalty from eight to four, but the categories remaining - aggression, genocide, terrorism and premeditated murder with aggravating circumstances - are seen as broad enough to allow a w
- SEPTEMBER 1, 2001UkraineDEATH PENALTY
A new Ukrainian Criminal Code under which the most...
A new Ukrainian Criminal Code under which the most severe crimes are punished by life sentences became effective on September 1, 2001
- SEPTEMBER 1, 2001PennsylvaniaDEATH PENALTY
The Latvian Embassy has asked a judge to spare the...
The Latvian Embassy has asked a judge to spare the life of Richard Baumhammers, 36, who has dual U
- SEPTEMBER 1, 2001UkraineDEATH PENALTY
A new Ukrainian Criminal Code became effective on September...
A new Ukrainian Criminal Code became effective on September 1, 2001
- AUGUST 31, 2001UgandaDEATH PENALTY
A Kampala lawyer, Gerald Kakuba of Kiboijana, and Company...
A Kampala lawyer, Gerald Kakuba of Kiboijana, and Company Advocates told the Constitutional Review Commission that the death penalty should be struck off the Constitution
- AUGUST 31, 2001FloridaDEATH PENALTY
Thomas Thibault, 26, received 3 death sentences from...
Thomas Thibault, 26, received 3 death sentences from Circuit Judge Marvin U
- AUGUST 31, 2001Myanmar (Burma)DEATH PENALTY
The Criminal Court in Thailand condemned Pateutoh,...
The Criminal Court in Thailand condemned Pateutoh, 34, and Shi,18, both from Burma, to death for smuggling 400,000 speed pills from Burma into Tak's Mae Sot district on August 23, 2000
- AUGUST 31, 2001LaosDEATH PENALTY
The Criminal Court in Thailand sentenced Singkham Suwanrit...
The Criminal Court in Thailand sentenced Singkham Suwanrit and Puangkaew Sirisopa, both from Laos nationals, to death for smuggling 359,840 speed pills from Laos into the Thai Peon Pisai district, Nong Khai, on April 20, 2001
- AUGUST 31, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A court in the southern province of Hunan sentenced...
A court in the southern province of Hunan sentenced a woman who blew up her husband and two accomplices to death for killing her husband and four other victims with a home-made bomb
- AUGUST 31, 2001Costa RicaDEATH PENALTY
Costa Rica's Constitutional Court cleared the way for...
Costa Rica's Constitutional Court cleared the way for the expulsion of Ukrainian Nazi Bodan Kosiy Ivanovich, 80, as had been ordered by the government in February 2000
- AUGUST 31, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
An extortionist who set off a home-made bomb in a supermarket...
An extortionist who set off a home-made bomb in a supermarket in China and wounded 27 shoppers was sentenced to death by a court in the northern city of Datong
- AUGUST 31, 2001UkraineDEATH PENALTY
Costa Rica's Constitutional Court cleared the way for...
Costa Rica's Constitutional Court cleared the way for the expulsion of Ukrainian Nazi Bodan Kosiy Ivanovich, 80, as had been ordered by the government in February 2000
- AUGUST 31, 2001ThailandDEATH PENALTY
The Criminal Court sentenced 12 men and five women...
The Criminal Court sentenced 12 men and five women to death on speed smuggling charges in six separate drug cases
- AUGUST 31, 2001PakistanDEATH PENALTY
In a significant ruling, Pakistan's Sindh Provincial...
In a significant ruling, Pakistan's Sindh Provincial High Court set aside the death sentence given [on February 17, 2001] to two activists of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) by an anti-terrorism court for allegedly working for Indian intelligence
- AUGUST 31, 2001UkraineDEATH PENALTY
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Anatoliy Zlenko said the...
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Anatoliy Zlenko said the Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma instructed the Foreign Ministry to strive for the observation of the rights of the Ukrainian citizens Mykola Soltys and Victoria Mamontova by foreign officials, in full