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 19, 2001IranDEATH PENALTY
Hassab Abbas Hosseinzadeh, convicted of murder and...
Hassab Abbas Hosseinzadeh, convicted of murder and drug trafficking, was hanged in public in the western province of Lorestan
- JUNE 19, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Anti-drug authorities in the Ningxia Hui Autonomous...
Anti-drug authorities in the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region held a grand gathering in front of an audience of 10,000 who witnessed the burning of 31 kg of drugs of various kinds
- JUNE 19, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Hubei Daily reported that twenty convicts, including...
The Hubei Daily reported that twenty convicts, including murderers, were executed in Wuhan after a public sentencing rally attended by thousands of spectators
- JUNE 19, 2001OhioDEATH PENALTY
Conservative Republicans have been speaking out against...
Conservative Republicans have been speaking out against the state's use of capital punishment
- JUNE 19, 2001IranDEATH PENALTY
The Secretariat of the National Council of Resistance...
The Secretariat of the National Council of Resistance of Iran said the number of executions officially announced by the mullah's regime since the beginning of 2001 is 134
- JUNE 19, 2001DEATH PENALTY
Juan Garza second federal victim in 8 days
June 19th: Juan Raul Garza was executed by Federal authorities in Terre Haute, Indiana on Tuesday morning
- JUNE 18, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Mohammad Qasem was publicly executed in the Shindand...
Mohammad Qasem was publicly executed in the Shindand district
- JUNE 18, 2001Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi Arabia executed an Indian man convicted of raping...
Saudi Arabia executed an Indian man convicted of raping and strangling to death a four-year-old girl, the official Saudi Press Agency reported
- JUNE 18, 2001IranDEATH PENALTY
An Afghan sentenced for armed robbery, multiple rape...
An Afghan sentenced for armed robbery, multiple rape and kidnappings and terrorist activities was beheaded in public
- JUNE 18, 2001RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Sverdlovsk region governor Eduard Rossel proposed to...
Sverdlovsk region governor Eduard Rossel proposed to introduce the death penalty for drug trafficking on the entire territory of the Urals Federal District for five to six years
- JUNE 18, 2001ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Hands Off Cain launched its 2001 Reporton the death penalty
Hands Off Cain launched its 2001 Reporton the death penalty
- JUNE 18, 2001YemenDEATH PENALTY
Thabet Abdo Saleh executed by firing squad in al-Dali...
Thabet Abdo Saleh executed by firing squad in al-Dali for killing three people
- JUNE 18, 2001DEATH PENALTY
The death penalty’s dark side revealed
June 18, 2001: the current impasse within the United Nations regarding a resolution on the death penalty must be overcome, declared the Italian Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Margherita Boniver at the launch of the 2001 Report
- JUNE 17, 2001TexasDEATH PENALTY
A bill to prohibit the execution of the mentally retarded...
A bill to prohibit the execution of the mentally retarded in Texas was vetoed by Governor Rick Perry
- JUNE 17, 2001IranDEATH PENALTY
A drug trafficker was hanged for killing a member of...
A drug trafficker was hanged for killing a member of the Islamic Basij militia forces in the northeastern border province of Khorassan, the afternoon Kayhan paper reported
- JUNE 17, 2001KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
Kuwait hanged 24 year old Qadeer Kaleeja, an Indian...
Kuwait hanged 24 year old Qadeer Kaleeja, an Indian maid, for strangling her elderly employer and stealing her jewelry
- JUNE 16, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Abdol Momen was publicly executed for murder in Baghis...
Abdol Momen was publicly executed for murder in Baghis province
- JUNE 16, 2001ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Vasco Rossi, an Italian rock star dedicated its summer...
Vasco Rossi, an Italian rock star dedicated its summer tour to Hands off Cain
- JUNE 16, 2001AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
William Bowen Jr
William Bowen Jr
- JUNE 16, 2001RwandaDEATH PENALTY
Rwanda's justice minister said that a Rwandan court...
Rwanda's justice minister said that a Rwandan court sentenced nine ethnic Hutus to death at a mass trial for more than 100 suspects accused of involvement in the country's 1994 genocide
- JUNE 16, 2001IranDEATH PENALTY
State television reported that twelve drug traffickers...
State television reported that twelve drug traffickers were sentenced to death
- JUNE 16, 2001DEATH PENALTY
Hands Off Cain presents the 2001 Report on the death penalty
June 16, 2001: the most shocking facts on capital executions, the fight for abolition, the UN debate on a resolution for a global moratorium: the 2001 Report gives a comprehensive overview on the practice of the death penalty all over the world.
- JUNE 15, 2001KenyaDEATH PENALTY
Senior Resident Magistrate Kiare Waweru sentenced Evans...
Senior Resident Magistrate Kiare Waweru sentenced Evans Mochache for robbing a child of over 6,000 shillings with the use of a knife
- JUNE 15, 2001Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi Arabia beheaded on four men who were among seven...
Saudi Arabia beheaded on four men who were among seven Saudis convicted of drug trading and killing a policeman, the official Saudi Press Agency reported
- JUNE 15, 2001TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
The All-Party Parliamentary Accord Commission had reached...
The All-Party Parliamentary Accord Commission had reached a consensus on 37 of 51 proposed constitutional amendments
- JUNE 15, 2001KenyaDEATH PENALTY
According to a report released by the standing committee...
According to a report released by the standing committee on human rights the six inmates found dead at Kig'ong'o Prison in September 2000 were murdered by prison guards
- JUNE 15, 2001Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
A Saudi man was beheaded for shooting dead his father,...
A Saudi man was beheaded for shooting dead his father, the official Saudi Press Agency reported
- JUNE 14, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Intermediate People's Courts of Sichuan's Meishan...
The Intermediate People's Courts of Sichuan's Meishan and Nanchong cities, sentenced to death Fang Ji and Lo Xiaolin, the ringleaders of two criminal organizations headed by which operated like criminal syndicates
- JUNE 14, 2001DEATH PENALTY
Jay D
Jay D
- JUNE 14, 2001TexasDEATH PENALTY
Governor Rick Perry signed the Texas Fair Defense Act...
Governor Rick Perry signed the Texas Fair Defense Act approved by the House on May 16 and by Senate in April