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
- JULY 29, 2001JordanDEATH PENALTY
A 22-year-old soldier, convicted of killing two of...
A 22-year-old soldier, convicted of killing two of his colleagues at the military camp in Zarqa, was hanged, according to official sources
- JULY 29, 2001KenyaDEATH PENALTY
Catholic Archbishop Ndingi Mwana a'Nzeki hit out at...
Catholic Archbishop Ndingi Mwana a'Nzeki hit out at the police for their brutality against the public
- JULY 29, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Tianjin People's Higher Court sentenced two security...
The Tianjin People's Higher Court sentenced two security officers and three others to terms ranging from 13 years to a suspended death sentence for trying to place 44 falcons on a foreign-bound Air China flight, the Beijing Youth Daily reported
- JULY 29, 2001YemenDEATH PENALTY
Jameel Jamal Mohammed executed by firing squad in al-Bayda...
Jameel Jamal Mohammed executed by firing squad in al-Bayda province for the murder of Ali Daifallah, the state prosecutor's office said
- JULY 28, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
A convicted murderer was executed at a public meeting...
A convicted murderer was executed at a public meeting in Laghman Province, the Afghan Taleban radio said
- JULY 28, 2001IranDEATH PENALTY
Ahmad Samanzehi, an armed Afghan bandit, sentenced...
Ahmad Samanzehi, an armed Afghan bandit, sentenced to death by an Iranian revolutionary court for illegal possession of prohibited drugs, was hanged at dawn in northeastern Iran
- JULY 28, 2001Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
In the West Bank town of Tulkarm, 3,000 people marched...
In the West Bank town of Tulkarm, 3,000 people marched to demand the death sentence for five Palestinians accused of treason and collaboration with Israel over the killing in December 2000 of Thabet Thabet, a Fatah leader
- JULY 28, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Ahmad Samanzehi, an armed Afghan bandit, sentenced...
Ahmad Samanzehi, an armed Afghan bandit, sentenced to death by an Iranian revolutionary court for illegal possession of prohibited drugs, was hanged at dawn in northeastern Iran
- JULY 27, 2001TexasDEATH PENALTY
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- JULY 27, 2001LebanonDEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International welcomed the Lebanese Parliament's...
Amnesty International welcomed the Lebanese Parliament's repeal of Law 302 which abolished judges' discretion to consider mitigating factors and made capital punishment mandatory for certain offences
- JULY 27, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Abdol Qayum was executed in a sports ground in the...
Abdol Qayum was executed in a sports ground in the western Herat Province
- JULY 27, 2001South AfricaDEATH PENALTY
The High Court in Botswana rejected an appeal by Lehlohonolo...
The High Court in Botswana rejected an appeal by Lehlohonolo Bernard Kobedi, a South African man who had been sentenced to death for murdering a police officer in a shootout
- JULY 27, 2001North KoreaDEATH PENALTY
The UN's Human Rights Committee welcomed the fact that...
The UN's Human Rights Committee welcomed the fact that North Korea had cut the number of offences carrying a death penalty to five from 33 but noted that four of these offences were largely political
- JULY 27, 2001BotswanaDEATH PENALTY
The High Court in Botswana rejected an appeal by Lehlohonolo...
The High Court in Botswana rejected an appeal by Lehlohonolo Bernard Kobedi, a South African man who had been sentenced to death for murdering a police officer in a shootout
- JULY 27, 2001RussiaDEATH PENALTY
The health minister in the rebel Chechen administration,...
The health minister in the rebel Chechen administration, Umar Khanbiyev, who was himself taken prisoner by the Russian forces in Chechnya and tortured, has drawn up a list of the most commonly-used methods of torture employed by the federal forces both in
- JULY 27, 2001ThailandDEATH PENALTY
Amnesty activists should consider the dangers of drugs...
Amnesty activists should consider the dangers of drugs to society before begging for mercy for drug convicts on death row, Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra said
- JULY 27, 2001Congo - BrazzavilleDEATH PENALTY
Congo Republic's exiled former Prime Minister Bernard...
Congo Republic's exiled former Prime Minister Bernard Kolelas vowed to try to return to his homeland soon despite a death sentence passed after he fled a bloody civil war
- JULY 27, 2001KenyaDEATH PENALTY
Kenyan police denied allegations that officers shot...
Kenyan police denied allegations that officers shot dead seven suspected armed robbers in cold blood in one of Nairobi's bloodiest incidents in months
- JULY 27, 2001KenyaDEATH PENALTY
The human rights organisation Amnesty International...
The human rights organisation Amnesty International called for a government inquiry into the alleged police execution of seven people "in cold blood" in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, on July 25
- JULY 27, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Two thieves who murdered many of their victims were...
Two thieves who murdered many of their victims were sentenced to death for killing 12 people and injuring 58 others in Beijing over the past two years
- JULY 27, 2001OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
U.S. District Judge Tim Leonard has overturned the...
U.S. District Judge Tim Leonard has overturned the conviction and death penalty of Tyrone Darks, found guilty in 1995 of murdering his ex-wife
- JULY 27, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Suburban courts around Beijing issued execution orders...
Suburban courts around Beijing issued execution orders for at least five criminals convicted of violent crimes, including a pair of lovers who teamed up to murder one of their spouses, the Beijing Youth Daily reported
- JULY 27, 2001DEATH PENALTY
LEBANON REPEALS MANDATORY DEATH SENTENCE
July 27, 2001: the Lebanese Parliament voted unanimously to repeal a law that made the death penalty mandatory for all premeditated murders.
- JULY 26, 2001LebanonDEATH PENALTY
An opinion Poll of MPs' views on the death penalty...
An opinion Poll of MPs' views on the death penalty conducted jointly by the Movement for People's Rights and Parliament on 94 out of 128 MPs found that 90 percent oppose the death penalty, 39 percent support the immediate cancellation of the death sentenc
- JULY 26, 2001ItalyDEATH PENALTY
The deputy Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies Alfredo...
The deputy Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies Alfredo Biondi and MP Fabrizio Vigni presented the group of deputies against the death penalty to the Chamber
- JULY 26, 2001VietnamDEATH PENALTY
The supreme appeal court in Ho Chi Minh City upheld...
The supreme appeal court in Ho Chi Minh City upheld death penalties against three inmates convicted of drug trafficking, but commuted the sentence of the fourth
- JULY 26, 2001LebanonDEATH PENALTY
The Lebanese Parliament voted unanimously to repeal...
The Lebanese Parliament voted unanimously to repeal a law that made the death penalty mandatory for all premeditated murders
- JULY 26, 2001ThailandDEATH PENALTY
The Criminal Court needed only three months to hand...
The Criminal Court needed only three months to hand down death sentences against 19 convicted drug traffickers because the court had been trying the four cases nonstop, Criminal Court Chief Justice Sombat Tiewissaret said
- JULY 26, 2001ThailandDEATH PENALTY
Death row at Bang Khwang maximum security prison is...
Death row at Bang Khwang maximum security prison is to be expanded to take on more drug convicts, the Corrections Department said
- JULY 26, 2001KenyaDEATH PENALTY
An editorial in the Daily Nation condemned extra-judicial...
An editorial in the Daily Nation condemned extra-judicial killings by police