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 6, 2001DEATH PENALTY
Afghanistan: Christian aid workers risk death penalty
August 6, 2001: Afghanistan´s Taliban rulers have arrested 24 aid workers, including two Americans, on charges of trying to convert Muslims to Christianity.
- AUGUST 5, 2001IranDEATH PENALTY
An armed Afghan bandit, sentenced to death for clashes...
An armed Afghan bandit, sentenced to death for clashes with Iranian police and carrying narcotics, was hanged in the northeastern city of Sabzevar in Khorasan Province, the Persian daily Jam-e Jam said
- AUGUST 5, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
An armed Afghan bandit, sentenced to death for clashes...
An armed Afghan bandit, sentenced to death for clashes with Iranian police and carrying narcotics, was hanged in the northeastern city of Sabzevar in Iran's Khorasan Province
- AUGUST 5, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Afghanistan's Taliban rulers have arrested 24 aid workers,...
Afghanistan's Taliban rulers have arrested 24 aid workers, including two Americans, on charges of trying to convert Muslims to Christianity
- AUGUST 5, 2001PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Pakistan's military regime is due to execute a young,...
Pakistan's military regime is due to execute a young, illiterate female convict this week in the face of protests from human rights groups about the fairness of her trial
- AUGUST 5, 2001YemenDEATH PENALTY
Ali bin Ali Hassan, a Yemeni, executed in Sana'a for...
Ali bin Ali Hassan, a Yemeni, executed in Sana'a for killing Ali Ahmed Saleh
- AUGUST 4, 2001Nord CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
Gov. Michael Easley signed into law the bill that forbids...
Gov. Michael Easley signed into law the bill that forbids the execution of defendants with mental retardation. On July 24, Senate approved execution ban on mentally retarded
- AUGUST 4, 2001ArizonaDEATH PENALTY
A commission appointed last year by Attorney General...
A commission appointed last year by Attorney General Janet Napolitano to study how capital punishment is administered in Arizona released an interim report of their findings
- AUGUST 4, 2001DEATH PENALTY
Nebraska does not forbid the execution of the mentally...
Nebraska does not forbid the execution of the mentally retarded but does forbid the execution of juvenile offenders
- AUGUST 4, 2001IranDEATH PENALTY
A convicted murderer was hanged in the central city...
A convicted murderer was hanged in the central city of Isfahan, the sixth execution made public in less than a week, the conservative Qods daily reported
- AUGUST 4, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A Chinese journalist was sacked after investigating...
A Chinese journalist was sacked after investigating a scandal involving the unauthorised removal of organs from an executed prisoner
- AUGUST 4, 2001MassachusettsDEATH PENALTY
State Senator Stephen F
State Senator Stephen F
- AUGUST 3, 2001SerbiaDEATH PENALTY
The Serbian Justice Ministry has drawn up draft amendments...
The Serbian Justice Ministry has drawn up draft amendments to the Penal Code of Serbia
- AUGUST 3, 2001ThailandDEATH PENALTY
The number of convicts on death row has risen dramatically...
The number of convicts on death row has risen dramatically to 326, the most there has ever been since the Corrections Department was set up
- AUGUST 3, 2001PakistanDEATH PENALTY
In a letter smuggled out of his cell, Rehmat Shah Afridi,...
In a letter smuggled out of his cell, Rehmat Shah Afridi, the former editor of the Frontier Post, said he was tortured and insisted his conviction on June 27 was politically motivated
- AUGUST 3, 2001IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
Eight members of the House of Representatives' Commission...
Eight members of the House of Representatives' Commission II on legal affairs legislators lauded the Tangerang District Court for imposing the death sentence on nine drug traffickers, including five foreigners, over the past months
- AUGUST 3, 2001United StatesDEATH PENALTY
American Bar Association Urges Moratorium on Federal...
American Bar Association Urges Moratorium on Federal Death Penalty; Releases Death Penalty Protocols
- AUGUST 3, 2001DEATH PENALTY
COMMISSION OF HUMAN RIGHTS SET UP BY THE SENATE
The Italian Senate established a commission with the purpose of promoting and safeguarding human rights in Italy and around the world.
- AUGUST 2, 2001ItalyDEATH PENALTY
New death sentences in Palestina, prompted a protest...
New death sentences in Palestina, prompted a protest by Hands Off Cain in Rome, as Arafat visited Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi
- AUGUST 2, 2001Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
The official Saudi Press Agency reported that a Nigerian...
The official Saudi Press Agency reported that a Nigerian man was publicly beheaded in the Red Port city of Jeddah for smuggling cocaine into the country
- AUGUST 2, 2001Myanmar (Burma)DEATH PENALTY
A Burmese woman was sentenced to death by the South...
A Burmese woman was sentenced to death by the South Bangkok Criminal Court in Thailand for drug trafficking
- AUGUST 2, 2001NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
The official Saudi Press Agency reported that a Nigerian...
The official Saudi Press Agency reported that a Nigerian man was publicly beheaded in the Red Port city of Jeddah for smuggling cocaine into the country
- AUGUST 2, 2001Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
The Security Court in Nablus condemned to death Ahmed...
The Security Court in Nablus condemned to death Ahmed Abu Ayash, 50, on charges of collaborating with Israel in the assassination of a local Hamas leader, Salah Darawesh
- AUGUST 2, 2001NorwayDEATH PENALTY
The American Embassy in Oslo was asked to meet at the...
The American Embassy in Oslo was asked to meet at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, a meeting at which Norway asked the US authorities to pardon Mr
- AUGUST 2, 2001BulgariaDEATH PENALTY
Bulgaria's justice minister said he feared that six...
Bulgaria's justice minister said he feared that six Bulgarian medics on trial in Libya for allegedly infecting hundreds of children with HIV could be sentenced to death if found guilty
- AUGUST 2, 2001IranDEATH PENALTY
A gang of five Iranians, sentenced to death for kidnapping...
A gang of five Iranians, sentenced to death for kidnapping and rape, were hanged in Gorgan, in the Golestan province in northern Iran, the official IRNA news agency reported
- AUGUST 2, 2001VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Ho Chi Minh City's People's Court sentenced to death...
Ho Chi Minh City's People's Court sentenced to death a woman, Do Thi My Phuong, on charges of being the ringleader of a major smuggling ring
- AUGUST 2, 2001LibyaDEATH PENALTY
Bulgaria's justice minister said he feared that six...
Bulgaria's justice minister said he feared that six Bulgarian medics on trial in Libya for allegedly infecting hundreds of children with HIV could be sentenced to death if found guilty
- AUGUST 2, 2001ThailandDEATH PENALTY
Four men and a woman were sentenced to death in the...
Four men and a woman were sentenced to death in the South Bangkok Criminal Court for smuggling methamphetamine pills across the border in Chiang Rai to sell at fuel stations in central provinces
- AUGUST 2, 2001ItalyDEATH PENALTY
The Italian Senate approved with unanimous votes the...
The Italian Senate approved with unanimous votes the motion which establishes, for the first time in the history of the Italian Parliament, a special commission for the promotion of human rights