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 18, 2001BelarusDEATH PENALTY
The administration of the Northern Cemetery outside...
The administration of the Northern Cemetery outside Minsk denied reports that the cemetery has a special area where the bodies of executed people are buried
- JULY 18, 2001OhioDEATH PENALTY
Reginald Wilkinson, director of the Ohio Department...
Reginald Wilkinson, director of the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation, said that the state should execute condemned inmates by lethal injection only and retire the electric chair because malfunctions could prove too stressful for prison staffers
- JULY 18, 2001ArizonaDEATH PENALTY
A majority of the justices on the Arizona Supreme Court...
A majority of the justices on the Arizona Supreme Court say judges should be allowed to consider any "residual doubt" on their part when imposing sentencing
- JULY 18, 2001YemenDEATH PENALTY
Saeed Salem Mubarak, a Yemeni, executed in public in...
Saeed Salem Mubarak, a Yemeni, executed in public in Hadramawt
- JULY 17, 2001RussiaDEATH PENALTY
The European Union praised Russia's President Vladimir...
The European Union praised Russia's President Vladimir Putin for upholding a moratorium on the death penalty
- JULY 17, 2001Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi Arabia beheaded two Saudi men for abducting and...
Saudi Arabia beheaded two Saudi men for abducting and raping a boy after getting drunk
- JULY 17, 2001OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
In a unanimous ruling, the Oklahoma Court of Criminal...
In a unanimous ruling, the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals struck down the conviction and death sentence handed down against Richard Eugene Glossip in a jury trial before Oklahoma County District Judge Richard W
- JULY 17, 2001OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
Jerald Wayne Harjo, 40, was put to death by injection
Jerald Wayne Harjo, 40, was put to death by injection
- JULY 17, 2001RussiaDEATH PENALTY
The head of the country's Pardons Commission was quoted...
The head of the country's Pardons Commission was quoted as saying that the moratorium on the death penalty in Russia, imposed despite strong public opposition, has not triggered a rise in crime
- JULY 17, 2001NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Nigeria's police chiefs vowed to stamp out the practice...
Nigeria's police chiefs vowed to stamp out the practice by vigilante groups of executing suspected robbers, BBC reported
- JULY 17, 2001DEATH PENALTY
CAMBODIAN SENATE TO DEBATE KHMER ROUGE TRIAL LAW
July 17, 2001: a senior Cambodian official said Cambodian senators are set to debate - and approve - long-awaited legislation early next week to try former leaders of the Khmer Rouge genocide.
- JULY 16, 2001RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Viktor Pokhmelkin, a member of the Union of Rightist...
Viktor Pokhmelkin, a member of the Union of Rightist Forces (SPS), welcomed Vladimir Putin's statement that the death penalty will agian come into force in Russia
- JULY 16, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
A Loya Jirga [assembly of elders] of North Waziristan...
A Loya Jirga [assembly of elders] of North Waziristan tribesman at Ladha Tehsil ordered the execution of an Afghan accused of murder
- JULY 16, 2001PakistanDEATH PENALTY
A Loya Jirga [assembly of elders] of North Waziristan...
A Loya Jirga [assembly of elders] of North Waziristan tribesman at Ladha Tehsil ordered the execution of an Afghan accused of murder
- JULY 15, 2001TajikistanDEATH PENALTY
Iranian radio reported that two men charged with attempting...
Iranian radio reported that two men charged with attempting to kill the mayor of the Tajik capital Dushanbe in February 2000 were sentenced to death
- JULY 15, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Taleban radio reported that two murderers had been...
Taleban radio reported that two murderers had been publicly executed at the Abu Nasar sports field in Farah Province
- JULY 15, 2001Nord CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
"Race and the Death Penalty in North Carolina - An...
"Race and the Death Penalty in North Carolina - An Empirical Analysis: 1993-1997" The study, released earlier this year by researchers from the University of North Carolina, is the most comprehensive review of the death penalty ever conducted in North Car
- JULY 15, 2001PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
The military and the police have arrested 100 suspected...
The military and the police have arrested 100 suspected Abu Sayyaf members and sympathisers in southern Philippines after President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo announced a major crackdown to end a prolonged hostage crisis, a senior official said
- JULY 14, 2001IranDEATH PENALTY
The head of the Fars Province judiciary, Hoseyn'ali...
The head of the Fars Province judiciary, Hoseyn'ali Amiri, told IRNA news agency that Fereydun Gorji, Mohammadyar Zohurirad and Zarqam Kazemi, three members of an armed band, had been sentenced to death by a Shiraz revolutionary court's judge earlier in t
- JULY 13, 2001TajikistanDEATH PENALTY
The Tajik Supreme Court sentenced Mustafakul Boimurodov...
The Tajik Supreme Court sentenced Mustafakul Boimurodov and Sadritdin Fatkhutdinov, the organizers and perpetrators of a terrorist attack on a Korean religious mission to Dushanbe, to death
- JULY 13, 2001United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
A sick internet game which awards points and prizes...
A sick internet game which awards points and prizes for predicting who will die next on Death Row is attracting thousands of contestants, the Scottish Daily Record reported
- JULY 13, 2001United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
The British Embassy in Russia said it "welcomes and...
The British Embassy in Russia said it "welcomes and fully approves" President Vladimir Putin's view that the execution of death sentences on the territory of Russia is unacceptable
- JULY 13, 2001EstoniaDEATH PENALTY
The Eesti Pevaleht newspaper reported that the TOM...
The Eesti Pevaleht newspaper reported that the TOM website, which enables the public to propose law amendments, held the public voting session for the most popular proposals
- JULY 13, 2001ThailandDEATH PENALTY
Kittisak Wongchan and brother-in-law Danai Wongrian...
Kittisak Wongchan and brother-in-law Danai Wongrian were sentenced to death by the Chiang Rai provincial court for possessing approximately one million methamphetamine pills and 20 kilogrammes of heroin
- JULY 13, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Two men convicted of murder were publicly executed...
Two men convicted of murder were publicly executed at the Mazar-e Sharif [Balkh Province, northern Afghanistan] sports ground
- JULY 13, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China exploded jubilantly with fireworks after Beijing...
China exploded jubilantly with fireworks after Beijing won the vote to host the 2008 Olympics, but long-time critics said it would have to improve its human rights record between now and then
- JULY 13, 2001RussiaDEATH PENALTY
The British Embassy [in Russia] said it "welcomes and...
The British Embassy [in Russia] said it "welcomes and fully approves" President Vladimir Putin's view that the execution of death sentences on the territory of Russia is unacceptable
- JULY 13, 2001RussiaDEATH PENALTY
The Yabloko faction in the State Duma fully supported...
The Yabloko faction in the State Duma fully supported the stand of President Vladimir Putin on the impermissibility of capital punishment in Russia
- JULY 13, 2001JamaicaDEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International called on all Jamaicans to oppose...
Amnesty International called on all Jamaicans to oppose the continuing tragedy of inter-community violence and human rights abuses by the security forces, in wake of the recent outbursts of violence in Jamaica
- JULY 12, 2001RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Russia may refuse to pair up with the USA to fight...
Russia may refuse to pair up with the USA to fight terrorism if the Americans persist in keeping the death penalty, Russia's envoy to the European Court of Human Rights Pavel Laptev told reporters