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 6, 2001Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Hamid bin Makbool bin Muhammad Al Heji Al Safyani was...
Hamid bin Makbool bin Muhammad Al Heji Al Safyani was beheaded for shooting to death his Nigerian wife during an argument
- APRIL 6, 2001UkraineDEATH PENALTY
The Council of Europe's Parliamentary Assembly (PACE)...
The Council of Europe's Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) recommended the suspension of Ukraine from the organization
- APRIL 6, 2001SerbiaDEATH PENALTY
Dragisa Blanusa, director of the Belgrade Central Prison,...
Dragisa Blanusa, director of the Belgrade Central Prison, said the prison houses four death row inmates
- APRIL 6, 2001BotswanaDEATH PENALTY
Lawyers for convicted killer Mariette Bosch, called...
Lawyers for convicted killer Mariette Bosch, called for an independent commission of inquiry into the circumstances surrounding her hanging
- APRIL 6, 2001TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
German Socialist Deputy Ozan Ceyhun, of Turkish origin,...
German Socialist Deputy Ozan Ceyhun, of Turkish origin, said the National Program was a positive step for Turkey's EU membership
- APRIL 6, 2001GreeceDEATH PENALTY
The Parliament ratified the amendment to the Constitution...
The Parliament ratified the amendment to the Constitution proposing the abolition of the death penalty, even in the case of those convicted of crimes committed during the seven year dictatorship (1967-1974)
- APRIL 6, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Relatives of the 58 Chinese migrants who died suffocated...
Relatives of the 58 Chinese migrants who died suffocated in a lorry on ferry-crossing to the United Kingdom were expressing hopes that the driver who deliberately closed the air vent, Perry Wacker, would be sentenced to death
- APRIL 6, 2001GermanyDEATH PENALTY
German Socialist Deputy Ozan Ceyhun, of Turkish origin,...
German Socialist Deputy Ozan Ceyhun, of Turkish origin, said the National Program was a positive step for Turkey's EU membership since the Turkish government had made self criticism on many issues for the first time with this program
- APRIL 6, 2001IraqDEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International said that 'Abd al-Wahad al-Rifa'i...
Amnesty International said that 'Abd al-Wahad al-Rifa'i who was hanged after he had been held in prison without charge or trial for more than two years on suspicion of being in contact with the Iraqi opposition abroad
- APRIL 6, 2001OhioDEATH PENALTY
In Toledo, Ohio, this afternoon, the same 3-judge panel...
In Toledo, Ohio, this afternoon, the same 3-judge panel that gave Joseph Green the death penalty in 1998 sentenced him to life in prison without parole
- APRIL 6, 2001OhioDEATH PENALTY
A federal judge said a man sentenced to die for the...
A federal judge said a man sentenced to die for the slaying of an elderly couple in Warren must be resentenced because his attorneys did a poor job of representing him
- APRIL 6, 2001SyriaDEATH PENALTY
The Human Rights Committee made recommendations to...
The Human Rights Committee made recommendations to Syria to reduce the number of offences punishable by the death penalty and that an independent commission of inquiry be established on allegations of extra-judicial executions and "disappearances" of Syri
- APRIL 6, 2001UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
The UN Human Rights Committee deplored the State party's...
The UN Human Rights Committee deplored the State party's refusal to reveal the number of persons who have been executed or condemned to death
- APRIL 6, 2001VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Vietnamese dissidents in exile accused Hanoi of brutally...
Vietnamese dissidents in exile accused Hanoi of brutally repressing Christians and Buddhists, alleging hill tribe people were attacked and tortured to death after recent protests in the Central Highlands
- APRIL 6, 2001United StatesDEATH PENALTY
Actress Susan Sarandon, star of the film 'Dead Man...
Actress Susan Sarandon, star of the film 'Dead Man Walking' declared the death penalty "expensive, arbitrary and capricious
- APRIL 6, 2001South AfricaDEATH PENALTY
Following Marietta Bosch, the South african woman,...
Following Marietta Bosch, the South african woman, executed in Botswana on March 31 for murder, the South Africa's National Association of Democratic Lawyers said Botswanan President Festus Mogae should commute the sentences of all prisoners in his countr
- APRIL 5, 2001JapanDEATH PENALTY
A survivor of the March 1995 gas attack by the Aum...
A survivor of the March 1995 gas attack by the Aum Shinrikyo religious cult on the Tokyo subway system stated, testifying as a witness, that the cult's founder, Shoko Asahara, should face the death penalty for his crime
- APRIL 5, 2001Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Sheikh Humoud bin Aqla Al Shuabi, a prominent religious...
Sheikh Humoud bin Aqla Al Shuabi, a prominent religious figure in Al Qaseem, Saudi Arabia, has issued a fatwa, calling for famous Kuwaiti artist, Abdullah Al Rwaishid, to be sentenced to death for using a chapter of the Holy Quran in a song
- APRIL 5, 2001SerbiaDEATH PENALTY
Serbia's justice minister, meeting U
Serbia's justice minister, meeting U
- APRIL 5, 2001DEATH PENALTY
The New Hampshire legislature fell just short of the...
The New Hampshire legislature fell just short of the votes it needed to follow through on its move last year to become the 1st state in more than 20 years to repeal a death penalty
- APRIL 5, 2001KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
Sheikh Humoud bin Aqla Al Shuabi, a prominent religious...
Sheikh Humoud bin Aqla Al Shuabi, a prominent religious figure in Al Qaseem, Saudi Arabia, has issued a fatwa, calling for famous Kuwaiti artist, Abdullah Al Rwaishid, to be sentenced to death for using a chapter of the Holy Quran in a song
- APRIL 5, 2001IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
Indonesian court sentenced to death three Christian...
Indonesian court sentenced to death three Christian mob leaders for inciting clashes with Muslims in which hundreds died in the eastern island of Sulawesi
- APRIL 5, 2001CubaDEATH PENALTY
Cuban President Fidel Castro lambasted the USA in an...
Cuban President Fidel Castro lambasted the USA in an address at the 105th Inter-Parliamentary Union conference in Havana
- APRIL 5, 2001NepalDEATH PENALTY
Maoist rebels claimed responsibility for killing 42...
Maoist rebels claimed responsibility for killing 42 Nepalese policemen and wounding 75 others in the deadliest attacks in their five-year war against the constitutional monarchy
- APRIL 5, 2001KentuckyDEATH PENALTY
A federal judge indefinitely postponed the execution...
A federal judge indefinitely postponed the execution of Ralph Baze, who was scheduled to die Tuesday for the slayings of the Powell County sheriff and a deputy in a 1992 ambush
- APRIL 5, 2001FloridaDEATH PENALTY
A death row inmate condemned for the 1996 murders of...
A death row inmate condemned for the 1996 murders of an Air Force technician and her baby must be tried again, the Florida Supreme Court ruled
- APRIL 5, 2001TexasDEATH PENALTY
A federal appeals court threw out Texas death row inmate...
A federal appeals court threw out Texas death row inmate David Allen Gardner's sentence, ruling his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination was violated by a psychiatrist's testimony
- APRIL 5, 2001United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
The death sentences issued to four men who tried to...
The death sentences issued to four men who tried to sell Dh4 million worth of hashish to an undercover policeman have been upheld by the Dubai Court of Cassation
- APRIL 5, 2001OmanDEATH PENALTY
The Dubai Court of Cassation uphold the death sentence...
The Dubai Court of Cassation uphold the death sentence on an Omani, involved with three other people for trying to sell almost 464 kilos of hashish for Dh4 million in April 1998
- APRIL 5, 2001DEATH PENALTY
April 5, 2001 Gov
April 5, 2001 Gov