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 23, 2001ThailandDEATH PENALTY
The Criminal Court sentenced to death two foreigners...
The Criminal Court sentenced to death two foreigners and a Thai for trafficking heroin
- JULY 23, 2001SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
The Thai Criminal Court sentenced to death a Singaporean,...
The Thai Criminal Court sentenced to death a Singaporean, Tan Wan Kiang, 40, together with a Hong Kong citizen and another from Thailand
- JULY 23, 2001CambodiaDEATH PENALTY
Cambodia's Senate unanimously approved a re-debated...
Cambodia's Senate unanimously approved a re-debated final draft on establishing a UN-assisted tribunal to bring former Khmer Rouge leaders to justice
- JULY 23, 2001Hong Kong SAR ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A Hong Kong woman was sentenced to death by Thailand's...
A Hong Kong woman was sentenced to death by Thailand's main criminal court for trafficking in 6
- JULY 23, 2001United StatesDEATH PENALTY
During his visit in Italy, President Bush was received...
During his visit in Italy, President Bush was received by Pope John Paul II who admonished him for his support of capital punishment, saying the death penalty does not belong in "a free and virtuous society
- JULY 23, 2001WashingtonDEATH PENALTY
The state Supreme Court decided that Henry Lewis Marshall,...
The state Supreme Court decided that Henry Lewis Marshall, condemned to death for the June 18, 1994 killing of Griswold, will get a new trial
- JULY 23, 2001YemenDEATH PENALTY
Yemeni man executed by firing squad in Sana'a province...
Yemeni man executed by firing squad in Sana'a province for murder
- JULY 22, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China has launched a campaign of forced repatriation...
China has launched a campaign of forced repatriation of North Korean refugees, according to the international humanitarian organization, Doctors Without Borders
- JULY 22, 2001North KoreaDEATH PENALTY
China has launched a campaign of forced repatriation...
China has launched a campaign of forced repatriation of North Korean refugees, according to the international humanitarian organization, Doctors Without Borders
- JULY 21, 2001MexicoDEATH PENALTY
Oklahoma Gov
Oklahoma Gov
- JULY 20, 2001DEATH PENALTY
Ira Einhorn, the ex-hippie guru at the centre of a...
Ira Einhorn, the ex-hippie guru at the centre of a controversial extradition case between France and the United States was extradited to the US to face trial for the murder of his former girlfriend
- JULY 20, 2001Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
The official Saudi Press Agency reported that two Saudi...
The official Saudi Press Agency reported that two Saudi brothers were beheaded for raping a woman at knife-point
- JULY 20, 2001North KoreaDEATH PENALTY
Sim Hyong-il, a director of the Supreme People's Assembly's...
Sim Hyong-il, a director of the Supreme People's Assembly's legislation committee, announced at a question-and-answer session on the first of a two-day review of its second periodic report, submitted to the UN Human Rights Committee, that the number of de
- JULY 20, 2001PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Oman sentenced two Pakistanis to death for drug dealing...
Oman sentenced two Pakistanis to death for drug dealing and machineguns possession
- JULY 20, 2001Côte d’IvoireDEATH PENALTY
A U.N. panel investigating political violence in the...
A U.N. panel investigating political violence in the Ivory Coast said that government security forces bore responsibility for hundreds of killings and beatings that took place in the West African nation in October and December 2000
- JULY 20, 2001FranceDEATH PENALTY
Ira Einhorn, the ex-hippie guru at the centre of a...
Ira Einhorn, the ex-hippie guru at the centre of a controversial extradition case between France and the United States arrived back in the US to face trial for the murder of his former girlfriend
- JULY 20, 2001OmanDEATH PENALTY
Oman sentenced two Pakistanis to death for drug dealing...
Oman sentenced two Pakistanis to death for drug dealing and machineguns possession
- JULY 20, 2001MexicoDEATH PENALTY
Oklahoma Gov
Oklahoma Gov
- JULY 20, 2001OmanDEATH PENALTY
Police said that three Pakistanis convicted of drug...
Police said that three Pakistanis convicted of drug trafficking have been executed by firing squad at the main prison in al-Manouwama a suburb in the capital Muscat
- JULY 20, 2001DEATH PENALTY
MASS HANGINGS IN IRAN
July 20, 2001: Iranian and foreign media have reported a mass hanging in a Tehran prison on Wednesday, but gave conflicting reports on the number of people put to death.
- JULY 19, 2001WashingtonDEATH PENALTY
Henry Lewis Marshall will get a new trial, the Washington...
Henry Lewis Marshall will get a new trial, the Washington Supreme Court ruled
- JULY 19, 2001DEATH PENALTY
An inmate sentenced to death for killing a police officer...
An inmate sentenced to death for killing a police officer waited too long before disclosing another man's confession in the 1981 shooting, a judge ruled in refusing to order testimony from the man
- JULY 19, 2001IllinoisDEATH PENALTY
Illinois Governor George H
Illinois Governor George H
- JULY 18, 2001JordanDEATH PENALTY
An unidentified man was hanged in Jordan for murder
An unidentified man was hanged in Jordan for murder
- JULY 18, 2001IranDEATH PENALTY
A convicted murderer was hanged in the southern city...
A convicted murderer was hanged in the southern city of Shiraz, bringing to nine the number of executions made public in Iran on the same day, the conservative Jaam-e Jam paper reported
- JULY 18, 2001IranDEATH PENALTY
Eight Iranians sentenced to death for murder were hanged...
Eight Iranians sentenced to death for murder were hanged at dawn in Tehran's Ghasr prison, jail authorities said
- JULY 18, 2001NamibiaDEATH PENALTY
The Namibian army confirmed that its soldiers shot...
The Namibian army confirmed that its soldiers shot dead a member of the Kxoe community in the last week
- JULY 18, 2001DEATH PENALTY
Circuit Judge P
Circuit Judge P
- JULY 18, 2001ZambiaDEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International (AI)demanded that the Zambian...
Amnesty International (AI)demanded that the Zambian government commute the death sentences given to the 59 soldiers convicted for the 1997 coup attempt
- JULY 18, 2001JordanDEATH PENALTY
A 39-year-old soldier, identified only as A
A 39-year-old soldier, identified only as A