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 12, 2001JordanDEATH PENALTY
An unidentified man was hanged in Jordan for murder
An unidentified man was hanged in Jordan for murder
- JULY 11, 2001CambodiaDEATH PENALTY
Cambodian lawmakers approved legislation paving the...
Cambodian lawmakers approved legislation paving the way for a long-awaited trial of former leaders of the genocidal Khmer Rouge regime
- JULY 11, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The right-wing opposition Danish People's Party's spokesman...
The right-wing opposition Danish People's Party's spokesman for foreign affairs protested against Beijing's bid to host the 2008 Olympic Games, Danish radio reported
- JULY 11, 2001RwandaDEATH PENALTY
The Hirondelle news agency reported that eleven people...
The Hirondelle news agency reported that eleven people were sentenced to death for involvement in Rwanda's 1994 genocide by a court in Gikongoro, southwest Rwanda
- JULY 11, 2001TexasDEATH PENALTY
James Wilens Jr, 39, was executed by lethal injection
James Wilens Jr, 39, was executed by lethal injection
- JULY 11, 2001DenmarkDEATH PENALTY
The right-wing opposition Danish People's Party's spokesman...
The right-wing opposition Danish People's Party's spokesman for foreign affairs protested against Beijing's bid to host the 2008 Olympic Games, Danish radio reported
- JULY 11, 2001RussiaDEATH PENALTY
The Council of Europe clashed with Russia over Chechnya,...
The Council of Europe clashed with Russia over Chechnya, accusing Moscow of covering up its forces' widespread brutality against detainees in the war-torn breakaway republic
- JULY 11, 2001RussiaDEATH PENALTY
The Kavkaz-Tsentr news agency web site reported that...
The Kavkaz-Tsentr news agency web site reported that mercenaries from the Interior Ministry's internal troops hanged seven people on a gas pipe in the centre of Alkhan-Kale village on June 20
- JULY 11, 2001MissouriDEATH PENALTY
Jerome Mallett, 42, was put to death at 12:06 a
Jerome Mallett, 42, was put to death at 12:06 a
- JULY 11, 2001IranDEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International voiced its outrage at the reported...
Amnesty International voiced its outrage at the reported stoning to death of an Iranian woman at Evin prison in Tehran, despite its worldwide appeals for 30-year-old MaryamAyoubi's death sentence to be commuted
- JULY 11, 2001IranDEATH PENALTY
A woman, sentenced to death for murder and adultery,...
A woman, sentenced to death for murder and adultery, was stoned to death in Tehran's Evin prison, a judiciary source said
- JULY 11, 2001RussiaDEATH PENALTY
President Vladimir Putin's stand against the death...
President Vladimir Putin's stand against the death penalty set off a fresh wave of controversy over whether the country needs the capital punishment
- JULY 11, 2001DEATH PENALTY
MISSOURI EXECUTES 5TH INMATE THIS YEAR
July 11, 2001: Jerome Mallet was executed by lethal injection for killing a state trooper during a traffic stop in 1985. Jerome was one of the four Missouri death row inmates photographed by Oliviero Toscani.
- JULY 10, 2001IraqDEATH PENALTY
The Kyodo news agency reported that Iraq, for the first...
The Kyodo news agency reported that Iraq, for the first time in over a decade, said in a news report it was willing to have a dialogue with the U
- JULY 10, 2001KazakhstanDEATH PENALTY
It was reported on Kazakh television that the country...
It was reported on Kazakh television that the country may lose the opportunity to join the European Community if it did not abolish the death penalty since both the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe and the OSCE had set this condition for ac
- JULY 10, 2001KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
A legislative official said that two Kuwaiti politicians...
A legislative official said that two Kuwaiti politicians presented a controversial draft bill to parliament to amend the Gulf Arab state's penal code to meet Islamic sharia law
- JULY 10, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Sydney lawyer, Rod McGeoch, who led Sydney's successful...
Sydney lawyer, Rod McGeoch, who led Sydney's successful bid to host the 2000 Olympic Games opposed China winning the bid for the 2008 event
- JULY 10, 2001South AfricaDEATH PENALTY
A Federal jury in New York sentenced Tanzanian Khalfan...
A Federal jury in New York sentenced Tanzanian Khalfan Khamis Mohamed to life without parole for the August 1998 bombing of the U
- JULY 10, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The former president of a large state-owned enterprise...
The former president of a large state-owned enterprise based in Guangdong, Chen Shewei, has been executed and two of his accomplices, Wen Haijiao and Tan Baijiao, given hefty jail terms for their roles in embezzling millions of yuan in public funds
- JULY 10, 2001TanzaniaDEATH PENALTY
A Federal jury in New York sentenced Tanzanian Khalfan...
A Federal jury in New York sentenced Tanzanian Khalfan Khamis Mohamed to life without parole for the August 1998 bombing of the U
- JULY 10, 2001BelarusDEATH PENALTY
President Alexander Lukashenko said in an interview...
President Alexander Lukashenko said in an interview with Interfax that Belarus had taken some steps towards limiting the death penalty
- JULY 10, 2001PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Former Philippines president Joseph Estrada made history...
Former Philippines president Joseph Estrada made history as the first Philippine ex-president to be officially accused of having used his position to illegally enrich himself
- JULY 10, 2001FloridaDEATH PENALTY
The state Supreme Court issued new rules designed to...
The state Supreme Court issued new rules designed to streamline and speed up the appeals process for death row inmates
- JULY 10, 2001PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
In order to control the proliferation of squatters...
In order to control the proliferation of squatters in urban areas, Quezon City Rep
- JULY 10, 2001RussiaDEATH PENALTY
A high-ranking official from the Kremlin administration...
A high-ranking official from the Kremlin administration told RIA news agency that no "sharp increase in crime statistics" had been registered in Russia during the five years that have followed the introduction of a moratorium on the death penalty in the c
- JULY 10, 2001RussiaDEATH PENALTY
State Duma deputy speaker Vladimir Zhirinovskiy told...
State Duma deputy speaker Vladimir Zhirinovskiy told Interfax in an interview that Putin's statement about the unacceptability of executions in Russia was "an outright concession to the West"
- JULY 10, 2001United StatesDEATH PENALTY
A federal jury in New York sentenced Khalfan Khamis...
A federal jury in New York sentenced Khalfan Khamis Mohamed to life without parole for the August 1998 bombing of the U
- JULY 10, 2001BelarusDEATH PENALTY
In 1998, 47 death sentences were passed by Belarusian...
In 1998, 47 death sentences were passed by Belarusian courts, and 40 people were executed
- JULY 10, 2001DEATH PENALTY
THEY WILL KILL MY FAVOURITE MODEL!
Rome, July 10, 2001: Jerome Mallet’s execution is scheduled for tomorrow, he was Oliviero Toscani’s favourite “model”. Hands Off Cain continues to fight for a stay of execution
- JULY 9, 2001FijiDEATH PENALTY
George Speight, the indigenous Fijian who held his...
George Speight, the indigenous Fijian who held his ethnic Indian prime minister hostage at gunpoint for 56 days in 2000, appeared in a Suva court charged with treason