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 3, 2001IranDEATH PENALTY
Three armed drug-traffickers, sentenced to death by...
Three armed drug-traffickers, sentenced to death by a revolutionary court, were hanged at dawn in public in the southeastern city of Zahedan, that borders neighbouring leading drug-producer Afghanistan
- JULY 3, 2001IranDEATH PENALTY
An Iranian woman convicted for murder was hanged in...
An Iranian woman convicted for murder was hanged in public in the southwestern Lorestan province, the state IRNA news agency reported
- JULY 3, 2001KenyaDEATH PENALTY
A police inspector and his lover were sentenced to...
A police inspector and his lover were sentenced to death by hanging for the murder of the woman's husband
- JULY 3, 2001TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
The Court of Cassation upheld the death sentences given...
The Court of Cassation upheld the death sentences given to 31 Moslem activists accused of participating in an Islamist riot in 1993 in which 37 people were killed
- JULY 3, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Fifteen female Dafa practitioners died due to "brutal...
Fifteen female Dafa practitioners died due to "brutal torture" in the Wanjia Labour Camp, the Falun Gong said
- JULY 3, 2001DEATH PENALTY
Missouri does not forbid the execution of juvenile...
Missouri does not forbid the execution of juvenile offenders but does have life without parole
- JULY 3, 2001ChadDEATH PENALTY
N'Djamena's criminal court sentenced five people to...
N'Djamena's criminal court sentenced five people to death, including one in absentia after convicting them for armed robbery
- JULY 3, 2001VietnamDEATH PENALTY
The People's Supreme Court has issued a resolution...
The People's Supreme Court has issued a resolution guiding the implementation of six Criminal Law regulations
- JULY 3, 2001VietnamDEATH PENALTY
The punishment imposed on heroin traffickers is to...
The punishment imposed on heroin traffickers is to be reduced, the vice chief justice of the Criminal Court Dinh Van Que said
- JULY 3, 2001RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Thirty-five percent of 1,600 respondents polled by...
Thirty-five percent of 1,600 respondents polled by the All-Russian Public Opinion Research centre said that if Chechen rebel leaders do not put down their arms and are caught by the federal forces, they should be killed without any trial and investigation
- JULY 3, 2001PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
More than 400 bills were filed at the House of Representatives...
More than 400 bills were filed at the House of Representatives on the first working day of the 12th Congress, ranging from proposed constitutional amendments to punishing kidnappers by amputating their legs
- JULY 3, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China's top policeman urged stronger implementation...
China's top policeman urged stronger implementation of a three month-old "strike hard" crackdown on crime that has already resulted in at least 1,300 executions
- JULY 3, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
FALUN GONG ACCUSES CHINA OF TORTURING PRACTITIONERS TO DEATH
July 3, 2001: fifteen female Dafa practitioners died due to “brutal torture” in the Wanjia Labour Camp, the Falun Gong said.
- JULY 2, 2001DEATH PENALTY
Justice Sandra Day O'Connor made a statement to a group...
Justice Sandra Day O'Connor made a statement to a group of women lawyers in Minnesota and said it should further energize the nation's continuing re-examination of capital punishment
- JULY 2, 2001SudanDEATH PENALTY
The official Sudanese news agency, Suna, reported that...
The official Sudanese news agency, Suna, reported that President Umar al-Bashir warned that armed robbers and "outlaws" operating in the Darfur states in western Sudan would face amputations and hanging if caught
- JULY 2, 2001PakistanDEATH PENALTY
The death sentence handed down to owner of The Frontier...
The death sentence handed down to owner of The Frontier Post newspaper Rehmat Shah Afridi aroused only a muted reaction in the Pakistani press
- JULY 2, 2001MissouriDEATH PENALTY
Governor Holden signed a bill approved by th legislature...
Governor Holden signed a bill approved by th legislature onMay 11, 2001 that prohibits the imposition of the death penalty on a defendant who suffers from mental retardation
- JULY 2, 2001South AfricaDEATH PENALTY
The African Christian Democratic Party voted against...
The African Christian Democratic Party voted against the proposed ratification of the Optional Second Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
- JULY 2, 2001NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
The News Agency of Nigeria reported that the Nigerian...
The News Agency of Nigeria reported that the Nigerian government was using all diplomatic channels to plead for clemency for four Nigerians sentenced to death in Libya
- JULY 2, 2001LibyaDEATH PENALTY
The News Agency of Nigeria reported that the Nigerian...
The News Agency of Nigeria reported that the Nigerian government was using all diplomatic channels to plead for clemency for four Nigerians sentenced to death in Libya
- JULY 1, 2001SpainDEATH PENALTY
The Valencia Biennial was the first organisation from...
The Valencia Biennial was the first organisation from the art world to take a stand against the death penalty
- JULY 1, 2001IranDEATH PENALTY
Two Iranians, Mehdi Varmazyari and Safar Shah-Hasanlu,...
Two Iranians, Mehdi Varmazyari and Safar Shah-Hasanlu, were publicly hanged at dawn
- JULY 1, 2001KenyaDEATH PENALTY
Kenyan President Daniel Arap Moi demanded the death...
Kenyan President Daniel Arap Moi demanded the death penalty for people who knowingly infect others with HIV/AIDS, to deter men from passing the disease to vulnerable younger women
- JUNE 29, 2001DEATH PENALTY
A recent poll of North Carolinians found that 70% of...
A recent poll of North Carolinians found that 70% of respondents support a moratorium on executions in the state
- JUNE 29, 2001DEATH PENALTY
Milosevic arrived at The Hague
Milosevic arrived at The Hague
- JUNE 29, 2001VirginiaDEATH PENALTY
The Virginia Supreme Court has issued new guidelines...
The Virginia Supreme Court has issued new guidelines slashing the pay of many court-appointed lawyers in death penalty cases: $125 an hour for in-court work and $75 an hour for out-of-court work
- JUNE 29, 2001Nord CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
A poll of North Carolinians found that 70% of respondents...
A poll of North Carolinians found that 70% of respondents support a moratorium on executions in the state
- JUNE 29, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Eight people, who were found guilty of the crimes for...
Eight people, who were found guilty of the crimes for murder, manslaughter, robbery, blackmail, kidnapping and illegally possessing weapons, were sentenced to death and executed in Chaozhou, a city in south China's Guangdong Province
- JUNE 29, 2001ArizonaDEATH PENALTY
Chief Justice Thomas Zlaket of the Arizona Supreme...
Chief Justice Thomas Zlaket of the Arizona Supreme Court believes some defendants in Arizona have been wrongly convicted
- JUNE 29, 2001KazakhstanDEATH PENALTY
The Zhambyl Regional court sentenced to death Mikhail...
The Zhambyl Regional court sentenced to death Mikhail Vagner, 30, accused of being a rapist and serial killer