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
- DECEMBER 16, 2001ThailandDEATH PENALTY
The Thai Cabinet recently resolved that sentences of...
The Thai Cabinet recently resolved that sentences of execution or life imprisonment for under 18 year olds shall be commuted to 15 years' imprisonment
- DECEMBER 16, 2001DEATH PENALTY
Aaron Patterson, a death row inmate, says police punched...
Aaron Patterson, a death row inmate, says police punched him and suffocated him with a plastic typewriter cover 15 years ago to get a false confession in the killings of an elderly couple
- DECEMBER 16, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A rally gathered in the Hotan sports stadium in October...
A rally gathered in the Hotan sports stadium in October to watch court officials sentence a man to death, a scene that was played out hundreds of times across China in 2001 as part of the Communist Party's latest drive against crime
- DECEMBER 16, 2001PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Renowned international, anti-capital punishment advocate...
Renowned international, anti-capital punishment advocate Roger G
- DECEMBER 15, 2001BelgiumDEATH PENALTY
The President of the European Parliament Nicole Fontaine,...
The President of the European Parliament Nicole Fontaine, in a press conference following her address to the Heads of State and Government of the EU and the European Commission, gathered at the Laeken Summit, said that Parliament's great concern was to th
- DECEMBER 15, 2001PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Arif Hussain Baloch was given capital punishment for...
Arif Hussain Baloch was given capital punishment for drug trafficking by the Special Judge Anti Narcotics Court Syed Kazim Raza Shamsi
- DECEMBER 15, 2001PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Robina Ansari, appealed a ruling of the Lahore High...
Robina Ansari, appealed a ruling of the Lahore High Court dismissing her request for damages to her and her sister Shama Bibi after they both miscarried during an investigation for murder
- DECEMBER 15, 2001TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Turkish Justice Minister Hikmet Sami Turk said that...
Turkish Justice Minister Hikmet Sami Turk said that he cannot give assurances to Germany that Metin Kaplan, would not be executed if Germany decides to extradite him to Turkey
- DECEMBER 15, 2001GermanyDEATH PENALTY
Turkish Justice Minister Hikmet Sami Turk said that...
Turkish Justice Minister Hikmet Sami Turk said that he cannot give assurances to Germany that Metin Kaplan, would not be executed if Germany decides to extradite him to Turkey
- DECEMBER 15, 2001United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
The uncle of murdered Turkish asylum seeker Firsat...
The uncle of murdered Turkish asylum seeker Firsat Dag called for the return of capital punishment, after the High Court in Glasgow condemned Scott Burrell to a minimum of 14 years
- DECEMBER 15, 2001United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
A poll published in the Sunday People newspaper found...
A poll published in the Sunday People newspaper found that four out of five Britons want child sex offenders jailed indefinitely
- DECEMBER 15, 2001South AfricaDEATH PENALTY
Western Cape Premier Peter Marais called for the re-instatement...
Western Cape Premier Peter Marais called for the re-instatement of the death penalty in order to end a spate of murders and rapes, the SABC reported
- DECEMBER 15, 2001Trinidad & TobagoDEATH PENALTY
Under pressure from voters over rising violent crime,...
Under pressure from voters over rising violent crime, several Caribbean governments, including Trinidad, have joined forces to create a regional court to ease the application of the death penalty
- DECEMBER 15, 2001Nord CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
Sherman Elwood Skipper, 59, on North Carolina's death...
Sherman Elwood Skipper, 59, on North Carolina's death row is the 1st in the state to have his sentence reduced under a new state law banning executions for the mentally retarded
- DECEMBER 14, 2001WisconsinDEATH PENALTY
In the past, attempts to reinstate capital punishment...
In the past, attempts to reinstate capital punishment in Wisconsin focused on child killers, cop killers and multiple murderers
- DECEMBER 14, 2001AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
[captured Taliban fighter] David Hicks is unlikely...
[captured Taliban fighter] David Hicks is unlikely ever to be tried for treason
- DECEMBER 14, 2001ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
Armenian MP and member of the PACE [Parliamentary Assembly...
Armenian MP and member of the PACE [Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe] monitoring commission, Armen Rustamyan, noted that the country's president himself guaranteed resolution of the problem regarding the abolishment of capital punishment
- DECEMBER 14, 2001CzechiaDEATH PENALTY
A Czech court set free Muhammad Salih the exiled leader...
A Czech court set free Muhammad Salih the exiled leader of one of Uzbekistan's main opposition parties, saying he should not be extradited to the former Soviet republic, where he faces a long prison sentence
- DECEMBER 14, 2001FranceDEATH PENALTY
France demanded that the US spare the life of one of...
France demanded that the US spare the life of one of its citizens indicted on charges which could lead to his execution in connection with the September 11 terrorist attacks
- DECEMBER 14, 2001UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
A Czech court set free Muhammad Salih the exiled leader...
A Czech court set free Muhammad Salih the exiled leader of one of Uzbekistan's main opposition parties, saying he should not be extradited to the former Soviet republic, where he faces a long prison sentence
- DECEMBER 14, 2001DEATH PENALTY
France demanded that the US spare the life of one of...
France demanded that the US spare the life of one of its citizens indicted on charges which could lead to his execution in connection with the September 11 terrorist attacks
- DECEMBER 14, 2001IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
The South Sumatra High Court imposed the death penalty...
The South Sumatra High Court imposed the death penalty on Kiagus Zainal Abidinagainst, who had previously been sentenced to 18 years in prison by a lower court for possessing 58
- DECEMBER 14, 2001JordanDEATH PENALTY
The Jordanian cabinet changed the law on so-called...
The Jordanian cabinet changed the law on so-called honour crimes - when a man kills a woman relative accused of dishonouring the family - doing away with an exemption from the death penalty for those convicted
- DECEMBER 14, 2001IllinoisDEATH PENALTY
Death row inmate Andrew Maxwell, who has long claimed...
Death row inmate Andrew Maxwell, who has long claimed that police tortured him into confessing the 1986 murder of a cabdriver, pleaded guilty in a deal that spares his life in exchange for dropping those allegations
- DECEMBER 14, 2001United StatesDEATH PENALTY
Executions in the U
Executions in the U
- DECEMBER 14, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Li Yufen, a former manager in Changchun, the capital...
Li Yufen, a former manager in Changchun, the capital of Jilin Province, northeast China, was executed for embezzling over 90 million yuan (11 million U
- DECEMBER 14, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
The Taliban staged so many public executions during...
The Taliban staged so many public executions during their five years in power that Supreme Court Judge Zalmai Payeda lost count
- DECEMBER 13, 2001AlgeriaDEATH PENALTY
Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika commuted the...
Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika commuted the death sentence of 116 prisoners, Algerian radio reported
- DECEMBER 13, 2001AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
Treason was the worst possible crime against Australia,...
Treason was the worst possible crime against Australia, but the Adelaide man caught fighting for the Taliban should not face the death penalty, RSL president Peter Phillips said
- DECEMBER 13, 2001AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
There wide support for David Hick's [an Australian...
There wide support for David Hick's [an Australian captured fighting with the Taliban] execution