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
- AUGUST 24, 2001Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
The Saudi news agency SPA reported that Duwayhi Bin-Fuhayd...
The Saudi news agency SPA reported that Duwayhi Bin-Fuhayd Bin-Muhammad al-Qahtani, a Saudi national, was executed on after being found guilty of armed robbery and sexually assaulting young boys
- AUGUST 24, 2001Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
The official Saudi Press Agency reported that Sayed...
The official Saudi Press Agency reported that Sayed bin Mahboub Sayed Amir, an Indian man, was executed for smuggling heroin into the country
- AUGUST 24, 2001FloridaDEATH PENALTY
A death row inmate who was a day away from being lethally...
A death row inmate who was a day away from being lethally injected when a judge stayed his execution was resentenced to life in prison
- AUGUST 23, 2001PolandDEATH PENALTY
A Public Opinion Research Centre poll revealed that...
A Public Opinion Research Centre poll revealed that sixty-six per cent of Poles are in favour of the restoration of the death penalty, 24 per cent are against and 10 per cent had no opinion on the matter
- AUGUST 23, 2001Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
A statement from the Saudi Interior Ministry announced...
A statement from the Saudi Interior Ministry announced that Harun Bin-Muhammad Adam, a Sudanese national, was executed after the Islamic Shari'ah Court found him guilty of the murder of Malak Akram, a Pakistani
- AUGUST 23, 2001SudanDEATH PENALTY
A statement from the Saudi Interior Ministry announced...
A statement from the Saudi Interior Ministry announced that Harun Bin-Muhammad Adam, a Sudanese national, was executed after the Islamic Shari'ah Court found him guilty of the murder of Malak Akram, a Pakistani
- AUGUST 23, 2001IdahoDEATH PENALTY
Charles Irvin Fain, who spent over 18 years on Idaho's...
Charles Irvin Fain, who spent over 18 years on Idaho's death row, has been freed with all charges dismissed
- AUGUST 22, 2001ThailandDEATH PENALTY
The Southern Bangkok Criminal Court sentenced to death...
The Southern Bangkok Criminal Court sentenced to death Kang Duay, 40, Nee Khaewa, 27, and Dee Bai, 19, after they were convicted on charges of possessing 60,000 methamphetamine pills with intent to sell
- AUGUST 22, 2001YemenDEATH PENALTY
Ahmed Saleh Diefallah executed in al-Baydah province...
Ahmed Saleh Diefallah executed in al-Baydah province for murder of Ahmed Muhammad Saleh; Fadel Ali Hussein executed in Dali' province for murder of Ahmed Ahmed Khadir
- AUGUST 21, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Xinhua, the official state news agency reported that...
Xinhua, the official state news agency reported that a Guangxi Zhuang, "Falun Gong addict", was sentenced to death for murder by the Intermediate People's Court in the Guangxi Zhuang
- AUGUST 21, 2001DEATH PENALTY
Only 4% of defendants were sentenced to death in Ohio...
Only 4% of defendants were sentenced to death in Ohio in 2000, the lowest percentage since records have been kept
- AUGUST 21, 2001OhioDEATH PENALTY
The state will move executions to earlier in the day...
The state will move executions to earlier in the day to lower costs and improve convenience
- AUGUST 21, 2001YemenDEATH PENALTY
Muhammad Ali Mutiesh executed in Lahij for killing...
Muhammad Ali Mutiesh executed in Lahij for killing Abdullah Saleh Hussein and Saleh Hussein Hajeb
- AUGUST 20, 2001Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
The Saudi Interior Ministry said in a statement that...
The Saudi Interior Ministry said in a statement that Sa'id Bin Nasir Bin Muhammad Bin Jarwan Al-Asmari, a Saudi national, was publicly beheaded for shooting dead a relative during an argument
- AUGUST 20, 2001DEATH PENALTY
Louisiana Victims' Group Supports State Funding for...
Louisiana Victims' Group Supports State Funding for Death Row Appeals Victims' advocates in Louisiana want the state to adequately finance capital post-conviction appeals, saying that a sloppy legal process only drags out the appeals
- AUGUST 19, 2001IndiaDEATH PENALTY
The Saudi Press Agency reported that Kanujia Din Dayal,...
The Saudi Press Agency reported that Kanujia Din Dayal, an Indian man, was beheaded for murdering a Saudi national by bashing his head with a rock during an argument
- AUGUST 19, 2001Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
The Saudi Press Agency reported that Kanujia Din Dayal,...
The Saudi Press Agency reported that Kanujia Din Dayal, an Indian man, was beheaded for murdering a Saudi national by bashing his head with a rock during an argument
- AUGUST 19, 2001IranDEATH PENALTY
The Iranian news agency IRNA reported that Abbas Makhyuri,...
The Iranian news agency IRNA reported that Abbas Makhyuri, a man convicted of murdering his cousin and her four-year-old son, was publicly hanged at dawn
- AUGUST 19, 2001PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Mohammed Younus Shaikh a Muslim medical professor was...
Mohammed Younus Shaikh a Muslim medical professor was sentenced to death after a Pakistani court convicted him of blasphemy
- AUGUST 19, 2001YemenDEATH PENALTY
Adel Yehya Saleh al-Matari executed in Amran province...
Adel Yehya Saleh al-Matari executed in Amran province for murder of Qanaf Hussein Zayed
- AUGUST 18, 2001ItalyDEATH PENALTY
The Deputy Speaker of the Chamber of Representatives...
The Deputy Speaker of the Chamber of Representatives Alfredo Biondi (Forza Italia) said he will be presenting a parliamentary question to the Interior Minister to denounce the behaviour of Chinese diplomats, who had been carrying out repressive activities
- AUGUST 18, 2001IranDEATH PENALTY
The Iranian news agency IRNA reported that Hamid Qorbanipur...
The Iranian news agency IRNA reported that Hamid Qorbanipur and Sa'id Moradian, convicted of murdering a teacher, were publicly hanged in the western city of Lorestan
- AUGUST 18, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Six people who robbed a bank in central China's Henan...
Six people who robbed a bank in central China's Henan Province were sentenced to death and deprived of all property
- AUGUST 18, 2001TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
Mr Yumingyu, a 45 year old Taiwanese citizen, was sentenced...
Mr Yumingyu, a 45 year old Taiwanese citizen, was sentenced to death in Myanmar after being caught trying to smuggle 500 grams of heroin out of the country
- AUGUST 18, 2001Myanmar (Burma)DEATH PENALTY
State-owned media reported that the Yangon district...
State-owned media reported that the Yangon district court sentenced Mr Yumingyu, a 45 year old Taiwanese citizen, to death for trying to smuggle heroin out of the country
- AUGUST 18, 2001VietnamDEATH PENALTY
12 drug traffickers were executed by firing squad in Vietnam
12 drug traffickers were executed by firing squad in Vietnam
- AUGUST 17, 2001ThailandDEATH PENALTY
The Thonburi Criminal Court sentenced to death a Ukrainian...
The Thonburi Criminal Court sentenced to death a Ukrainian woman for having 1
- AUGUST 17, 2001AzerbaijanDEATH PENALTY
The Azerbaijani TV station ANS reported that President...
The Azerbaijani TV station ANS reported that President Heydar Aliyev issued a decree pardoning 95 prisoners
- AUGUST 17, 2001VietnamDEATH PENALTY
The People's Court of Thanh Hoa Province in central...
The People's Court of Thanh Hoa Province in central Vietnam handed down 12 death penalty verdicts and seven life sentences to 19 of 24 defendants charged with drug trafficking
- AUGUST 17, 2001UkraineDEATH PENALTY
The Thonburi Criminal Court, in Thailand, sentenced...
The Thonburi Criminal Court, in Thailand, sentenced to death a Ukrainian woman for having 1