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
- MAY 25, 2001TajikistanDEATH PENALTY
Farkhod Muqimov was sentenced to death by the Tajik...
Farkhod Muqimov was sentenced to death by the Tajik supreme court
- MAY 25, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Beijing Municipality's Intermediate People's Court...
Beijing Municipality's Intermediate People's Court No 2 held a public meeting to announce punishments for 21 robbery criminals: Zhao Gang and four others were sentenced to death, and another 16 criminals were separately sentenced to death with a two-year
- MAY 25, 2001Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saad bin Ali bin Jam'an al-Dossari was beheaded for murder
Saad bin Ali bin Jam'an al-Dossari was beheaded for murder
- MAY 24, 2001ZimbabweDEATH PENALTY
"Extra-judicial executions and torture are occurring...
"Extra-judicial executions and torture are occurring throughout Zimbabwe" Tor-Hugne Olsen, head of an Amnesty International (AI) research team said
- MAY 24, 2001United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
The British National Party pledged support to the death...
The British National Party pledged support to the death penalty
- MAY 24, 2001RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Following his meeting with Secretary General of the...
Following his meeting with Secretary General of the Council of Europe Walter Schwimmer, Russian Prosecutor General Vladimir Ustinov refused to admit a direct link between the abolishment of the death penalty and commitment to democratic values
- MAY 24, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
A man convicted of being a murderer, thief and adulterer...
A man convicted of being a murderer, thief and adulterer was executed before thousands of citizens in the Aqcha District in Jowzjan
- MAY 24, 2001MarylandDEATH PENALTY
A recent Gonzales/Arscott Research & Communications...
A recent Gonzales/Arscott Research & Communications poll in Maryland found support for the death penalty at 62%, slightly below the national level as reported by Gallup (67% in March 2001)
- MAY 24, 2001MissouriDEATH PENALTY
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Smith fought with prison guards before execution Samuel D
- MAY 24, 2001IllinoisDEATH PENALTY
Citing improper comments made by Cook County prosecutors...
Citing improper comments made by Cook County prosecutors and a Kane County judge, the Illinois Supreme Court vacated the death sentences of 2 men convicted in separate cases
- MAY 23, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Twenty-six-year-old Duan Xiaoping, a peasant from Chongqing,...
Twenty-six-year-old Duan Xiaoping, a peasant from Chongqing, was sentenced to death for splashing sulphuric acid on her lover's ex-wife, Xu, on 1 June 2000
- MAY 23, 2001UgandaDEATH PENALTY
Justice Moses Mukiibi of the High Court sentenced to...
Justice Moses Mukiibi of the High Court sentenced to death Shadrak Magara Rwakasisi one of the two former Makerere University students for murdering Warren Bantariza a fellow student in 1994
- MAY 23, 2001RussiaDEATH PENALTY
The Russian Revival movement announced the beginning...
The Russian Revival movement announced the beginning of a signature-collection campaign to initiate a national referendum on lifting the moratorium on capital punishment for those who organise and carry out terrorist acts
- MAY 22, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Nanning Municipal Intermediate People's Court in...
The Nanning Municipal Intermediate People's Court in Guangxi Province sentenced 10 alleged drug traffickers to death, including Zhong Qiuqi, a peasant from Jinshan
- MAY 22, 2001OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
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- MAY 22, 2001IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International called the execution of Gerson...
Amnesty International called the execution of Gerson Pandie and Fredik Soru - the first since 1995 in Indonesia - a flagrant violation of the right to life
- MAY 22, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji promised that China's most-wanted...
Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji promised that China's most-wanted fugitive Lai Changxing will not be executed if Canada returns him to face trial
- MAY 22, 2001IranDEATH PENALTY
Mohammad Reza Pedram, 56, a former air force officer...
Mohammad Reza Pedram, 56, a former air force officer and an alleged CIA agent was hanged after the supreme court upheld the death sentence passed against him by a military court
- MAY 22, 2001UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
The Tashkent City Court sentenced two men to death...
The Tashkent City Court sentenced two men to death for murder and robbery
- MAY 21, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Shanghai Municipal Intermediate Number One People's...
The Shanghai Municipal Intermediate Number One People's Court sentenced Wang Qibiao to death for tax evasion
- MAY 21, 2001DEATH PENALTY
A 2-year moratorium on executions of death row inmates...
A 2-year moratorium on executions of death row inmates was rejected by the Assembly Judiciary Committee
- MAY 21, 2001Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi Arabia beheaded two Saudi men for the separate...
Saudi Arabia beheaded two Saudi men for the separate murders of compatriots
- MAY 21, 2001LibyaDEATH PENALTY
A Tripoli court sentenced seven people to death for...
A Tripoli court sentenced seven people to death for their involvement in last year's bloody riots that Libyan officials said were part of a plot aimed at derailing Muammar Gaddafi's African unity drive
- MAY 21, 2001UkraineDEATH PENALTY
President Leonid Kuchma signed the Criminal Code that...
President Leonid Kuchma signed the Criminal Code that was recently approved by Parliament, thus ensuring that it will come into force
- MAY 21, 2001TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
The Turkish Industrialists' and Businessmen's Association...
The Turkish Industrialists' and Businessmen's Association (TUSIAD) released its progress report in which it stated a list of objectives for democratisation in Turkey
- MAY 21, 2001QatarDEATH PENALTY
A Qatar appeals court condemned to death Sheikh Hamad...
A Qatar appeals court condemned to death Sheikh Hamad bin Jassem bin Hamad Al Thanin, a cousin of the country's emir, and 18 other defendants for their role in a foiled 1996 coup, overturning a lower court ruling giving the plotters life sentences
- MAY 21, 2001IranDEATH PENALTY
An Iranian woman convicted of acting in pornographic...
An Iranian woman convicted of acting in pornographic films was stoned to death in the prison where she had been held for eight years
- MAY 21, 2001YemenDEATH PENALTY
Shouai Ibrahim al-Matari executed by firing squad in...
Shouai Ibrahim al-Matari executed by firing squad in Hajjah province for murdering an unrelated man, Shouai Shabayn al-Matari, and his daughter, Qamamah
- MAY 21, 2001DEATH PENALTY
Iran resumes death by stoning
May 21, 2001: an Iranian woman accused of acting in pornographic films was stoned to death in Tehran. She was the first convict to be executed by stoning since 1996. Another woman is due to be stoned in public for murdering her husband. Her male accomplic
- MAY 20, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Eight people were sentenced to death in Guizhou province...
Eight people were sentenced to death in Guizhou province for abducting and selling 42 children