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 11, 2001YemenDEATH PENALTY
Eight Yemenis executed by firing squad for separate murders
Eight Yemenis executed by firing squad for separate murders
- MAY 11, 2001DEATH PENALTY
McVeigh execution delayed
May 11, 2001: U.S. Attorney General Ashcroft announced Friday a delay of execution as FBI revealed failure to hand over 3,000 pages of documents to McVeigh´s trial defence.
- MAY 10, 2001DEATH PENALTY
The human rights group Amnesty International asked...
The human rights group Amnesty International asked President Bush to commute Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh's death sentence
- MAY 10, 2001AlgeriaDEATH PENALTY
It would be at least 4
It would be at least 4
- MAY 10, 2001United StatesDEATH PENALTY
In line with established EU practice, the Swedish Presidency...
In line with established EU practice, the Swedish Presidency of the European Union on May 10, 2001 made a demarche to the U
- MAY 10, 2001United StatesDEATH PENALTY
An article in the New York times stated that support...
An article in the New York times stated that support for capital punishment in the United State's was dropping
- MAY 10, 2001DEATH PENALTY
Stay of execution for Timothy McVeigh?
May 10, 2001: strong possibility of a stay of execution for McVeigh after the FBI admitted to witholding evidence from the defence during the trial.
- MAY 10, 2001DEATH PENALTY
McVeigh execution delayed
May 10, 2001: the U.S. Attorney General announced Friday that he was delaying the execution because the FBI failed to turn over more than 3,000 pages of documents to McVeigh´s trial defence.
- MAY 9, 2001United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
According to a poll conducted by The Express support...
According to a poll conducted by The Express support for capital punishment is slipping
- MAY 8, 2001JapanDEATH PENALTY
A 37-year-old gay Iranian man who has overstayed his...
A 37-year-old gay Iranian man who has overstayed his visa, is fighting to stay in Japan out of fear of a death sentence if sent back to his home country
- MAY 8, 2001United StatesDEATH PENALTY
Former Assistant Secretary of State Harold Koh, who...
Former Assistant Secretary of State Harold Koh, who led two U
- MAY 8, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Three robbers who sacked 34 temples when disguised...
Three robbers who sacked 34 temples when disguised as police were sentenced to death in southern Fujian Province by the Higher People's Court of Fujian
- MAY 8, 2001ArkansasDEATH PENALTY
The state executed a murderer who said he wouldn't...
The state executed a murderer who said he wouldn't appeal his sentence because it would bring more torment to the families of his 5 victims
- MAY 8, 2001IranDEATH PENALTY
A 37-year-old gay Iranian man who has overstayed his...
A 37-year-old gay Iranian man who has overstayed his visa, is fighting to stay in Japan out of fear of a death sentence if sent back to his home country
- MAY 8, 2001SwedenDEATH PENALTY
Sweden abolished capital punishment in 1921
Sweden abolished capital punishment in 1921
- MAY 8, 2001TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Ercan Kartal, a member of the illegal Revolutionary...
Ercan Kartal, a member of the illegal Revolutionary People's Liberation Party-Front (DHKP-C), was sentenced to capital punishment by an Istanbul State Security Court (DGM) on charges of "attempting to change the constitutional order by using force"
- MAY 8, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A man was sentenced to death by a Guangzhou court as...
A man was sentenced to death by a Guangzhou court as the ringleader of a gang that kidnapped 27 women and sold them as "wives" to peasants, the Procuratorial Daily said
- MAY 8, 2001DEATH PENALTY
The 75 year old writer Gore Vidal was one of three...
The 75 year old writer Gore Vidal was one of three people chosen by MCVeigh to be a witness to his final moments in the death chamber of Terre Haute in Indiana
- MAY 7, 2001New YorkDEATH PENALTY
Andrew Cuomo, whose father repeatedly blocked the death...
Andrew Cuomo, whose father repeatedly blocked the death penalty during his 12 years as governor, is pledging to carry out executions if he becomes governor
- MAY 7, 2001Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi Arabia beheaded an Egyptian man for stabbing...
Saudi Arabia beheaded an Egyptian man for stabbing to death an Egyptian woman and her son after a dispute
- MAY 7, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Information Centre for Human Rights and Democracy,...
The Information Centre for Human Rights and Democracy, a Hong Kong-based human rights watchdog, announced that the Chinese authorities executed 560 convicts between April 1 and 26 alone
- MAY 7, 2001OmanDEATH PENALTY
An Omani court sentenced two [unidentified] Pakistani...
An Omani court sentenced two [unidentified] Pakistani men to death for smuggling one tonne of hashish into the Gulf Arab state
- MAY 7, 2001PakistanDEATH PENALTY
An Omani court sentenced two [unidentified] Pakistani...
An Omani court sentenced two [unidentified] Pakistani men to death for smuggling one tonne of hashish into the Gulf Arab state
- MAY 6, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Chaozhou Intermediate People's Court gave the death...
The Chaozhou Intermediate People's Court gave the death sentence to Huang Minghong and Ruan Junxian, in an open trial
- MAY 6, 2001YemenDEATH PENALTY
Saudi Arabia beheaded a Yemeni man for murdering his...
Saudi Arabia beheaded a Yemeni man for murdering his Saudi employer and wife while trying to rob them
- MAY 6, 2001EgyptDEATH PENALTY
Egypt's parliament approved most of the African Charter...
Egypt's parliament approved most of the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the African Child
- MAY 6, 2001Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi Arabia beheaded a Yemeni man for murdering his...
Saudi Arabia beheaded a Yemeni man for murdering his Saudi employer and wife while trying to rob them
- MAY 5, 2001RomaniaDEATH PENALTY
Authorities in Moldova's separatist Dnestr region unexpectedly...
Authorities in Moldova's separatist Dnestr region unexpectedly freed a Romanian member of parliament after nine years on 'death row'
- MAY 5, 2001MoldovaDEATH PENALTY
Authorities in Moldova's separatist Dnestr region unexpectedly...
Authorities in Moldova's separatist Dnestr region unexpectedly freed a Romanian member of parliament after nine years on 'death row'
- MAY 5, 2001KazakhstanDEATH PENALTY
Aleksandr Okoneshnikov, the leader of a criminal group,...
Aleksandr Okoneshnikov, the leader of a criminal group, was sentenced to death for robbing several currency exchange offices and for brutal killing the director of a poultry farm