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 20, 2001TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Turkish security forces have killed six people in the...
Turkish security forces have killed six people in the mountainous southeastern province of Bingol, state-controlled Anatolian news agency said
- MAY 20, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Liaoning judicial organs openly tried 38 criminal...
The Liaoning judicial organs openly tried 38 criminal cases in nine cities and executed a number of suspects
- MAY 20, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China executed 29 members of violent gangs, targeting...
China executed 29 members of violent gangs, targeting robbery and murder rings in a "Strike Hard"
- MAY 20, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Chinese foreign ministry spokeswoman Zhang Qiyue said...
Chinese foreign ministry spokeswoman Zhang Qiyue said that Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji, during a visit in Thailand, backed the Thai proposal for an anti-narcotics summit of prime ministers of the two countries, Laos and Myanmar
- MAY 19, 2001PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Senatorial candidate Santanina Rasul proposed legislation...
Senatorial candidate Santanina Rasul proposed legislation that would make election fraud a heinous crime that would make offenders face either a prison term or the execution chamber
- MAY 18, 2001IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
Two convicts sentenced to death for murder were executed...
Two convicts sentenced to death for murder were executed at midnight after their request for a presidential pardon was rejected
- MAY 18, 2001Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Two men were beheaded in the northwestern city of Tabuk...
Two men were beheaded in the northwestern city of Tabuk for murdering a police officer and trafficking in drugs
- MAY 18, 2001Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi Arabia publicly beheaded seven men for gang rape
Saudi Arabia publicly beheaded seven men for gang rape
- MAY 18, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Intermediate People's Court of southwest China's...
The Intermediate People's Court of southwest China's Guizhou Province, sentenced eight child-traffickers to death
- MAY 18, 2001ItalyDEATH PENALTY
During a press conference entitled "China: not only...
During a press conference entitled "China: not only death penalty" organized by Hands off Cain, Erping Zhang, international spokesman for Falun Gong, denounced the abuses against the movement by the Chinese government, which banned Falun Gong from China i
- MAY 18, 2001TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
The Ministry of Justice said Taiwan's first step to...
The Ministry of Justice said Taiwan's first step to phase out capital punishment within the space of three years is to reduce the number of offences that lead only to the death penalty
- MAY 18, 2001DEATH PENALTY
Falun Gong denounce abuses by Chinese authorities
May 18, 2001: “We are not a religion, nor are we a political party or ever intend to become one,” Erping Zhang, international spokesman for Falun Gong, said in Rome
- MAY 18, 2001DEATH PENALTY
Falun Gong denounce abuses by Chinese authorities
May 18, 2001: “We are not a religion, nor are we a political party or ever intend to become one,” Erping Zhang, international spokesman for Falun Gong, said in Rome
- MAY 17, 2001Nord CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
Governor Easley ratified a law approved by the Parliament...
Governor Easley ratified a law approved by the Parliament that would allow prosecutors to seek life in prison without parole for a 1st-degree conviction even when aggravating circumstances are present
- MAY 17, 2001TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
Premier Chang Chun-hsiung said formation of a new policy...
Premier Chang Chun-hsiung said formation of a new policy will require a public consensus
- MAY 17, 2001BotswanaDEATH PENALTY
The High Court ordered Lehlohonolo Bernard Kobedi's...
The High Court ordered Lehlohonolo Bernard Kobedi's retrial, a South African man who was due to hang for murder
- MAY 17, 2001JapanDEATH PENALTY
The Tokyo High Court sentenced Kaoru Okashita, 54,...
The Tokyo High Court sentenced Kaoru Okashita, 54, a former real estate broker, to death for murdering Ume Endo, 82, an apartment owner, in Tokyo on October 1, 1989, after swindling her out of land by forging a sales contract
- MAY 17, 2001TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
Taiwan's Justice Minister Chen Ding-nan said he planned...
Taiwan's Justice Minister Chen Ding-nan said he planned to abolish the death sentence before his term ends in 2004
- MAY 17, 2001FloridaDEATH PENALTY
Circuit Judge Peter Dearing sentenced to death James...
Circuit Judge Peter Dearing sentenced to death James Belcher, 41, for the 1996 death of 29-year-old Jennifer Embry
- MAY 17, 2001CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
San Joaquin County Judge Michael Garrigan sentenced...
San Joaquin County Judge Michael Garrigan sentenced Wesley Shermantine Jr
- MAY 17, 2001CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
Only a handful of California prisoners are taking advantage...
Only a handful of California prisoners are taking advantage of a new state law allowing them to use DNA testing to try to prove their innocence, according to the attorney general's office
- MAY 16, 2001DEATH PENALTY
People sentenced for any criminal offence would be...
People sentenced for any criminal offence would be able to petition a court for a DNA analysis if there is reasonable probability the evidence would clear them or shorten their sentences, under legislation approved by a Senate panel
- MAY 16, 2001AzerbaijanDEATH PENALTY
A new law "On extraditing criminals" adopted by the...
A new law "On extraditing criminals" adopted by the Milli Maclis [parliament] states that "in case of death penalty, a criminal can be extradited only if the demanding country gives enough guarantees that the punishment will not be carried out
- MAY 16, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The court in Zhoushan City in east China's Zhejiang...
The court in Zhoushan City in east China's Zhejiang Province found that a woman, Miao Saixian, 59, cheated 46 people out of a total of 6
- MAY 16, 2001PolandDEATH PENALTY
The European Union Commission and ambassadors of Sweden...
The European Union Commission and ambassadors of Sweden and Belgium have appealed to the governor of Illinois to grant clemency to a Polish citizen awaiting the death sentence for the murder of a Chicago woman
- MAY 16, 2001Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
The European Union Commission and ambassadors of Sweden...
The European Union Commission and ambassadors of Sweden and Belgium have appealed to the governor of Illinois to grant clemency to a Polish citizen awaiting the death sentence for the murder of a Chicago woman
- MAY 16, 2001South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
A South Korean group of government, religious and business...
A South Korean group of government, religious and business leaders presented the UN High Commissioner for Refugees with a petition bearing 11 million signatures that seeks to improve the lot of North Koreans who say they fled their homeland to escape fami
- MAY 16, 2001BurundiDEATH PENALTY
About 20 people were handed sentences ranging from...
About 20 people were handed sentences ranging from 15 years' imprisonment to capital punishment from the Ngozi criminal court (northern Burundi) for "involvement in massacres" in northern Burundi after the assassination of the first democratically-elected
- MAY 16, 2001MaineDEATH PENALTY
The House rejected by a 111-29 vote a proposed legislation...
The House rejected by a 111-29 vote a proposed legislation to reinstate the death penalty for people convicted of killing children 6 years old or younger
- MAY 16, 2001IranDEATH PENALTY
A 38-year-old Iranian woman, identified only by her...
A 38-year-old Iranian woman, identified only by her first name, Robabeh, was sentenced to be stoned to death under Iran's Islamic law for murdering her husband