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
- JUNE 22, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
In Shantou, a port city in Guangdong province, seven...
In Shantou, a port city in Guangdong province, seven people were executed for a variety of crimes including murder and robbery
- JUNE 22, 2001OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
Gov. Frank Keating proposed a higher standard for capital...
Gov. Frank Keating proposed a higher standard for capital murder convictions, saying "moral certainty" would be more defensible than the current "beyond a reasonable doubt." At a speech at the National Press Club, Keating suggested the higher threshold
- JUNE 22, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Baoji Municipal Intermediate People's Court, Shaanxi...
Baoji Municipal Intermediate People's Court, Shaanxi Province, sentenced to death Xu Baosheng and Xia Jialing, managers of Baoji Finance Security Company for embezzlement of public funds and accepting bribes
- JUNE 22, 2001ZambiaDEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International urged the Zambian government...
Amnesty International urged the Zambian government to consider abolishing the death penalty, recalling that the country is signatory to the Universal Declaration of Human rights and the African Charter of Human and Peoples Rights
- JUNE 22, 2001YemenDEATH PENALTY
The family of Zainab Saud Aziz, a student murdered...
The family of Zainab Saud Aziz, a student murdered by the Sana'a Ripper Mohammed Adam Omar stated they were furious they had not been invited to witness the execution of her killer and that they suspect he had not been executed
- JUNE 22, 2001SlovakiaDEATH PENALTY
The Public Opinion Research Institute of the Statistic...
The Public Opinion Research Institute of the Statistic Office in Slovakia found 57 percent are in support of the reintroduction of capital punishment in Slovakia
- JUNE 22, 2001Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
The execution of Saudi national Salim Bin-Majid Bin-Salim...
The execution of Saudi national Salim Bin-Majid Bin-Salim Al Balalayf was carried out in the Al-Aflaj Governorate of Riyadh
- JUNE 22, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Wuzhou Intermediate People's Court sentenced Hong Kong...
Wuzhou Intermediate People's Court sentenced Hong Kong businessman Pan Wensheng to death with two years stay of execution, and Wuzhou resident Luo Yujun to life imprisonment, both on charges of drug trafficking
- JUNE 21, 2001FranceDEATH PENALTY
The first world congress against the death penalty...
The first world congress against the death penalty opened in Strasbourg bringing together politicians, lawyers, human rights workers and former death row inmates
- JUNE 21, 2001United StatesDEATH PENALTY
At the first World Congress Against the Death Penalty,...
At the first World Congress Against the Death Penalty, Walter Schwimmer, the secretary-general of the Council of Europe, denounced the United States' use of capital punishment
- JUNE 21, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Tianjin Municipal Number Two Intermediate People's...
Tianjin Municipal Number Two Intermediate People's Court sentenced to death Deng Chenhui for illegally obtaining insurance funds
- JUNE 21, 2001AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
The execution of triple-murderer Glenn William Holladay...
The execution of triple-murderer Glenn William Holladay was blocked by the U
- JUNE 21, 2001JapanDEATH PENALTY
Sakae Menda, 76, a former Japanese death row inmate...
Sakae Menda, 76, a former Japanese death row inmate who had spent 32 years on death row for a crime he did not commit, appealed to do away with capital punishment worldwide at the opening of the first world congress against the death penalty in Strasbourg
- JUNE 21, 2001PennsylvaniaDEATH PENALTY
After beeing approved by Senate it was referred to...
After beeing approved by Senate it was referred to Judiciary Committee at the House the bill (SB 589) to allow inmates to petition the courts to have DNA tests done on available evidence
- JUNE 21, 2001TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Council of Europe Secretary General Walter Scwimmer...
Council of Europe Secretary General Walter Scwimmer asked Turkey and Russia to sign European Convention of Human Rights protocol no
- JUNE 21, 2001DEATH PENALTY
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- JUNE 21, 2001RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Council of Europe Secretary General Walter Scwimmer...
Council of Europe Secretary General Walter Scwimmer asked Turkey and Russia to sign European Convention of Human Rights protocol no
- JUNE 21, 2001RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Oleg Mironov, Russian human rights ombudsman, called...
Oleg Mironov, Russian human rights ombudsman, called on politicians to give up "populist slogans" calling for the death penalty to be restored
- JUNE 21, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The judicial and public security departments of Jieyang...
The judicial and public security departments of Jieyang city and Jiexi county jointly held a public rally to announce the verdicts for several alleged criminals
- JUNE 20, 2001UgandaDEATH PENALTY
It was revealed that the Uganda Prisons Service recruited...
It was revealed that the Uganda Prisons Service recruited six hangmen to undergo specialised training in carrying out executions
- JUNE 20, 2001EgyptDEATH PENALTY
A Giza criminal court sentenced to death four men who...
A Giza criminal court sentenced to death four men who had raped a woman in front of her husband
- JUNE 20, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Police condemned to death nine drug dealers caught...
Police condemned to death nine drug dealers caught with as little as two ounces of heroin in front of 10,000 spectators at a sports stadium in south China's Nanning City
- JUNE 20, 2001IranDEATH PENALTY
Seven convicted Iranian murderers were to be hanged...
Seven convicted Iranian murderers were to be hanged simultaneously in Tehran's eastern Qasr prison, but three managed to escape death just minutes ahead of the execution
- JUNE 20, 2001YemenDEATH PENALTY
A Sudanese morgue worker who was convicted of kidnapping,...
A Sudanese morgue worker who was convicted of kidnapping, raping and murdering two female students at Sanaa University was executed
- JUNE 20, 2001JapanDEATH PENALTY
The Miyazaki District Court sentenced a 44-year-old...
The Miyazaki District Court sentenced a 44-year-old woman to death for murdering and robbing two women in Miyazaki Prefecture in 1996 and 1997 and abandoning their bodies
- JUNE 20, 2001KyrgyzstanDEATH PENALTY
The Kyrgyz military court sentenced Russian citizen...
The Kyrgyz military court sentenced Russian citizen Ruslan Abdulin and Tajik citizen Ravshan Sharipov to death
- JUNE 20, 2001EgyptDEATH PENALTY
Jordan's criminal court sentenced two Egyptian nationals...
Jordan's criminal court sentenced two Egyptian nationals to death, including one tried in absentia, after convicting them of robbing and murdering a compatriot in Amman in December 1998
- JUNE 20, 2001JordanDEATH PENALTY
Jordan's criminal court sentenced two Egyptian nationals...
Jordan's criminal court sentenced two Egyptian nationals to death, including one tried in absentia, after convicting them of robbing and murdering a compatriot in Amman in December 1998
- JUNE 19, 2001Governo Federale degli Stati UnitiDEATH PENALTY
Juan Raul Garza was executed by lethal injection at...
Juan Raul Garza was executed by lethal injection at the federal prison in Terre Haute, Indiana, eight days after the execution of convicted Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh
- JUNE 19, 2001Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi Arabia executed an Egyptian farm worker who was...
Saudi Arabia executed an Egyptian farm worker who was convicted of beating to death a Pakistani colleague and then setting the corpse on fire, the official Saudi Press Agency reported