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
- APRIL 13, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Supreme People's Court issued a circular, requiring...
The Supreme People's Court issued a circular, requiring that law courts take severe and quick legal actions against criminal offenders
- APRIL 12, 2001RwandaDEATH PENALTY
Leon Mugesera, 47, an alleged Rwandan war criminal,...
Leon Mugesera, 47, an alleged Rwandan war criminal, temporarily won his appeal against deportation from Canada on but still faces human rights charges here against the ethnic Tutsi minority in his homeland
- APRIL 12, 2001VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Vietnam President Tran Duc Luong commuted the death...
Vietnam President Tran Duc Luong commuted the death sentences for 13 inmates to life imprisonment
- APRIL 12, 2001OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
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The 10th U
- APRIL 12, 2001TexasDEATH PENALTY
Texas Senate Criminal Justice Committee endorsed a...
Texas Senate Criminal Justice Committee endorsed a resolution that would allow voters to decide whether to impose a two-year moratorium on executions while the state's death penalty is studied
- APRIL 12, 2001MoldovaDEATH PENALTY
Moldova's President Vladimir Voronin urged leaders...
Moldova's President Vladimir Voronin urged leaders of the separatist Dnestr region to release Ilie Ilascu, the Romanian Parliamentarian they have held on death row for nine years on terrorism charges
- APRIL 12, 2001CanadaDEATH PENALTY
Leon Mugesera, 47, an alleged Rwandan war criminal,...
Leon Mugesera, 47, an alleged Rwandan war criminal, temporarily won his appeal against deportation from Canada on but still faces human rights charges here against the ethnic Tutsi minority in his homeland
- APRIL 12, 2001IrelandDEATH PENALTY
MP Brendan McGahon was the only defender of the death...
MP Brendan McGahon was the only defender of the death penalty in a debate about removing it from the Constitution
- APRIL 12, 2001AlgeriaDEATH PENALTY
Two men were sentenced to death by the Tébessa criminal...
Two men were sentenced to death by the Tébessa criminal court, 630km from Algiers, for the murder of a business man in January 2000
- APRIL 12, 2001BotswanaDEATH PENALTY
Journalists with Botswana Television (BTV) protested...
Journalists with Botswana Television (BTV) protested the decision by authorities to stop the broadcast of a scheduled documentary on Mariette Bosch
- APRIL 11, 2001DEATH PENALTY
The state Pardons Board temporarily stayed the execution...
The state Pardons Board temporarily stayed the execution of Thomas Nevius to allow for more examinations to determine whether he is mentally retarded
- APRIL 11, 2001North KoreaDEATH PENALTY
People who openly proclaimed their Christian faith...
People who openly proclaimed their Christian faith in North Korea risked persecution and death at the hands of government forces
- APRIL 11, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China executed 89 convicted criminals as part of its...
China executed 89 convicted criminals as part of its nationwide "strike hard" campaign against organised crime
- APRIL 11, 2001IdahoDEATH PENALTY
Donald Manuel Paradis, 52, was released for not killing...
Donald Manuel Paradis, 52, was released for not killing Kimberly Anne Palmer, 19, in 1981
- APRIL 11, 2001ThailandDEATH PENALTY
Somkid Namkaew, a 25-year-old Thai man, was executed...
Somkid Namkaew, a 25-year-old Thai man, was executed for trafficking in methamphetamines
- APRIL 11, 2001YemenDEATH PENALTY
Seven men convicted of separate murders were executed...
Seven men convicted of separate murders were executed by firing squad
- APRIL 10, 2001UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
A court in the Surkhandarya Region sentenced to death...
A court in the Surkhandarya Region sentenced to death Akmal Jumayev after convicting him of robbing and murdering a middle-aged woman
- APRIL 10, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
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The No
- APRIL 10, 2001Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Hibah Bin-Zulan Bin-Jubran Hurubi, a Saudi resident,...
Hibah Bin-Zulan Bin-Jubran Hurubi, a Saudi resident, was beheaded for raping colleague's wife after threatening her with a knife
- APRIL 10, 2001MarylandDEATH PENALTY
Justice Ginsburg Supports Moratorium U
Justice Ginsburg Supports Moratorium U
- APRIL 10, 2001RussiaDEATH PENALTY
A Russian prosecutor called for the death penalty against...
A Russian prosecutor called for the death penalty against a Chechen separatist fighter accused of killing several Russians, including a baby, the ITAR-TASS news agency reported
- APRIL 9, 2001RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Seven people were executed by fighters from Commander...
Seven people were executed by fighters from Commander Arbi Barayev's unit in the village of Valerik of Urus-Martanovskiy District
- APRIL 9, 2001LaosDEATH PENALTY
Laos closed its National Assembly after passing a hotly...
Laos closed its National Assembly after passing a hotly debated amendment to the country´s 1990 criminal code that introduced the death penalty for drug trafficking
- APRIL 9, 2001SerbiaDEATH PENALTY
The Minister of Justice, Vladan Batic, stated that...
The Minister of Justice, Vladan Batic, stated that Serbia would not be abolishing the death penalty in the near future even though such actions would hinder their accession to the Council of Europe
- APRIL 9, 2001BulgariaDEATH PENALTY
The leadership of the Internal Macedonian Revolutionary...
The leadership of the Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization (IMRO) submitted to the National Assembly chairman 150,000 signatures in support of the death penalty for murderers of children and pregnant women
- APRIL 9, 2001OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
In an unprecedented move, Governor Frank Keating granted...
In an unprecedented move, Governor Frank Keating granted clemency to Phillip Smith
- APRIL 9, 2001MarylandDEATH PENALTY
Bills HB 563 and SB 316 died with session end
Bills HB 563 and SB 316 died with session end
- APRIL 8, 2001SyriaDEATH PENALTY
The Deputy Speaker of the Syrian parliament, Abdallah...
The Deputy Speaker of the Syrian parliament, Abdallah Musilli, said a special official committee was formed several years ago to examine the subject of death sentences "and it concluded that capital punishment in Syria is confined to some crimes of a sava
- APRIL 7, 2001AlgeriaDEATH PENALTY
A court sentenced to death Fouad Boulemia, 29, who...
A court sentenced to death Fouad Boulemia, 29, who had been found guilty of the murder of Abdelkader Hachani, a leading member of the outlawed Islamic Salvation Front, in Algiers in 1999
- APRIL 7, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Three people were sentenced to death for their part...
Three people were sentenced to death for their part in a contract killing ordered by a local Communist Party boss which led to two more deaths than planned