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 5, 2001RussiaDEATH PENALTY
The Mayor of Groznyy Bislan Gantamirov has ordered...
The Mayor of Groznyy Bislan Gantamirov has ordered anyone who kills the city's Russian-speaking residents to be shot on the spot if found
- MAY 5, 2001United StatesDEATH PENALTY
An ABC News Poll found that 51% of Americans support...
An ABC News Poll found that 51% of Americans support a nationwide moratorium on executions while a commission studies whether the death penalty is applied fairly
- MAY 5, 2001IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
Samuel Iwu Chekwu Okoye, an African, was sentenced...
Samuel Iwu Chekwu Okoye, an African, was sentenced to death by the Tangerang District Court for drug trafficking
- MAY 5, 2001PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Liaqat Ali, a condemned prisoner of Faqir Walli, Bahawal...
Liaqat Ali, a condemned prisoner of Faqir Walli, Bahawal Nagar district, should be hanged in Faisalabad District Jail on May 8
- MAY 4, 2001United StatesDEATH PENALTY
A nationwide poll released earlier this month by USA...
A nationwide poll released earlier this month by USA Today shows that general support for the death penalty has fallen to 59%
- MAY 4, 2001FloridaDEATH PENALTY
The state legislature passed a measure that will allow...
The state legislature passed a measure that will allow Floridians to have a chance to put the death penalty in the state constitution
- MAY 4, 2001KenyaDEATH PENALTY
Kenyan opposition MP Maina Kamanda was charged with treason
Kenyan opposition MP Maina Kamanda was charged with treason
- MAY 4, 2001Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi Arabia beheaded a Saudi man for killing another...
Saudi Arabia beheaded a Saudi man for killing another national after a dispute
- MAY 4, 2001BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
The Acid Survivors Foundation said that more than 400...
The Acid Survivors Foundation said that more than 400 acid attack incidents were reported during the last two years but only nine people were sentenced to death while 25 were given life imprisonment
- MAY 4, 2001GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
Audio tapes describing executions in Georgia were broadcast...
Audio tapes describing executions in Georgia were broadcast nationally by National Public Radio and ABC-News Nightline on May 2, and by Democracy Now! Pacifica national radio on May 3
- MAY 4, 2001RussiaDEATH PENALTY
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- MAY 2, 2001TajikistanDEATH PENALTY
Two people who blew up the car of Ali Emomnazarov,...
Two people who blew up the car of Ali Emomnazarov, deputy chairman of the Tajik Customs Committee, in 1998, were sentenced to death
- MAY 2, 2001DEATH PENALTY
Gov. James Gilmore signed a bill to allow death row...
Gov. James Gilmore signed a bill to allow death row inmates access to DNA testing after their convictions. The bill creates a significant exception to the state's "21-day rule," which bars appeals based on new evidence any later than 21 days after sentenc
- MAY 2, 2001TajikistanDEATH PENALTY
The Supreme Court sentenced Ikhtier Azimov, who was...
The Supreme Court sentenced Ikhtier Azimov, who was a member of an armed group, to death
- MAY 2, 2001Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
Human Rights Watch (HRW) asks the government to spare...
Human Rights Watch (HRW) asks the government to spare the lives of four children sentenced to death by the country's Court of Military Order, who were between 14 and 16 years of age at the time they were sentenced to death
- MAY 2, 2001Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
Human Rights Watch declared that Congo had not to execute...
Human Rights Watch declared that Congo had not to execute four ne devait pas exécuter child-soldiers
- MAY 1, 2001ThailandDEATH PENALTY
Hands off Cain said in an article published in the...
Hands off Cain said in an article published in the "Bankong Post" it was horrified at Thailand's new policy of making an example of drug traffickers by executing them publicly
- MAY 1, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
In Tibet, seven people were executed late in the month,...
In Tibet, seven people were executed late in the month, the first executions in the region since the strike-hard campaign began in April
- MAY 1, 2001AlgeriaDEATH PENALTY
Algeria's president Abdelaziz Bouteflika promised an...
Algeria's president Abdelaziz Bouteflika promised an independent inquiry after days of rioting by the Berber minority left about 80 people dead
- MAY 1, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Janat Gul, who had consciously killed his wife Bebi...
Janat Gul, who had consciously killed his wife Bebi Ayesha was executed in front of thousands of people in Leva plain, Laghman Province
- MAY 1, 2001AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
Rex Jory, writing on the Advertiser, lashed out against...
Rex Jory, writing on the Advertiser, lashed out against the scheduled execution of American bomber Timothy McVeigh
- MAY 1, 2001DEATH PENALTY
Death row inmates and people convicted of other serious...
Death row inmates and people convicted of other serious crimes will have a new chance to prove their innocence using DNA evidence under legislation the House approved
- MAY 1, 2001OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
Marilyn Plantz was pronounced dead at 9:11 p
Marilyn Plantz was pronounced dead at 9:11 p
- MAY 1, 2001LouisianaDEATH PENALTY
The Senate Judiciary Committee considered bill SB692...
The Senate Judiciary Committee considered bill SB692 by Sen Donald Craind that halts executions until September 1, 2001 and establishes a Louisiana Death Sentence Study Commission to study the death penalty and how it is applied
- APRIL 30, 2001AlgeriaDEATH PENALTY
The International Federation of Human Rights Leagues...
The International Federation of Human Rights Leagues blamed the Algerian authorities for the violence in the Berber region of Kabylie and accused police there of carrying out summary executions that has left at least 40 people dead
- APRIL 30, 2001IndiaDEATH PENALTY
The Andhra Pradesh Congress Committee said it would...
The Andhra Pradesh Congress Committee said it would file a writ petition in the AP High Court seeking a direction to the state government that the guilty in the infants' sale racket be meted out strict punishment
- APRIL 30, 2001BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A High Court in Bangladesh ruled that two army officers...
A High Court in Bangladesh ruled that two army officers Captain Abdul Majed and a non-commissioned officer, Risalder Moslemuddin, should hang, along with 10 sentenced earlier, for killing Sheikh Mujibur Rahman (see 2000)
- APRIL 30, 2001Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
The Islamic Shari'ah Court convicted Saudi national...
The Islamic Shari'ah Court convicted Saudi national Humud Bin-Fahd Bin-Salim al-Naturi of murdering his compatriot Turki Bin-abd-al-Rahman Bin-Mihda al-Shamri
- APRIL 30, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Adding up the official figures from Beijing papers,...
Adding up the official figures from Beijing papers, at least 400 people have been executed during April
- APRIL 30, 2001CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
The California Supreme Court overturned the death sentence...
The California Supreme Court overturned the death sentence of Mauricio Silva, 43