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 5, 2001PakistanDEATH PENALTY
The death sentence issued to a Pakistani who tried...
The death sentence issued to a Pakistani who tried to sell Dh4 million worth of hashish to an undercover policeman has been upheld by the Dubai Court of Cassation
- APRIL 5, 2001IranDEATH PENALTY
The death sentences issued to four men who tried in...
The death sentences issued to four men who tried in 1998 to sell Dh4 million worth of hashish to an undercover policeman have been upheld by the Dubai Court of Cassation
- APRIL 5, 2001UkraineDEATH PENALTY
Ukraine's parliament overwhelmingly approved a new...
Ukraine's parliament overwhelmingly approved a new criminal code, abolishing the death penalty
- APRIL 4, 2001NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Nigerian police described the death sentence passed...
Nigerian police described the death sentence passed in April on three mobile policemen as a "good and reliable" judgement
- APRIL 4, 2001ConnecticutDEATH PENALTY
Legislators in Connecticut's House of Representatives...
Legislators in Connecticut's House of Representatives called for a 2-year moratorium on the death penalty
- APRIL 4, 2001DEATH PENALTY
The House passed HB 1705 to ban the execution of those...
The House passed HB 1705 to ban the execution of those who commit capital crimes before the age of 18
- APRIL 4, 2001RwandaDEATH PENALTY
Rwanda will apply a new justice system before the end...
Rwanda will apply a new justice system before the end of 2001
- APRIL 4, 2001YemenDEATH PENALTY
A Yemeni appeals court upheld a death sentence against...
A Yemeni appeals court upheld a death sentence against Mohammad Adam Omar, 52, a Sudanese mortuary worker for murdering two female university students
- APRIL 4, 2001MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
A woman witchdoctor, Mona Fandey, her husband and assistant,...
A woman witchdoctor, Mona Fandey, her husband and assistant, sentenced to death for the grisly murder of a Malaysian lawmaker, lost their final chance for a pardon as the Pahang Pardons Board rejected clemency
- APRIL 4, 2001SerbiaDEATH PENALTY
The UN war crimes tribunal hardened its position on...
The UN war crimes tribunal hardened its position on the future for Slobodan Milosevic, pressing for his immediate and unconditional surrender to The Hague
- APRIL 4, 2001PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
A string of corruption charges have been filed against...
A string of corruption charges have been filed against the former Philippine President, Joseph Estrada, by an anti-corruption ombudsman a day after he was stripped of immunity from prosecution by the Supreme Court
- APRIL 4, 2001BotswanaDEATH PENALTY
Botswana President Festus Mogae reacted to the controversy...
Botswana President Festus Mogae reacted to the controversy sparked off by the execution of Marietta Sonjaleen Bosch by asserting that he was a "retributionist by conviction" who shall always uphold the laws of his country
- APRIL 4, 2001United StatesDEATH PENALTY
International Views: Use of the Death Penalty Could...
International Views: Use of the Death Penalty Could Result in Withdrawal of U
- APRIL 4, 2001LouisianaDEATH PENALTY
The state Senate rejected a 3-year moratorium on executions
The state Senate rejected a 3-year moratorium on executions
- APRIL 4, 2001ThailandDEATH PENALTY
Bunchoo Kesee, his wife Soei Khuan and Montha Khuan...
Bunchoo Kesee, his wife Soei Khuan and Montha Khuan were sentenced to death by the provincial court in Trat for possessing speed pills with intent to sell
- APRIL 4, 2001PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
"It's time to repeal the death penalty law now that...
"It's time to repeal the death penalty law now that President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has adopted the policy of commuting all death sentences", Senate President Aquilino Q
- APRIL 4, 2001OmanDEATH PENALTY
Khalid bin Khamis bin Ali, Mohamed bin Rashid bin Nasser,...
Khalid bin Khamis bin Ali, Mohamed bin Rashid bin Nasser, Khalid bin Thami bin Khalifain and Mahmud bin Marhun bin Hamdan were executed in Oman by firing squad for murder
- APRIL 3, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Swedish Ambassador Johan Molander speaking at the 57th...
Swedish Ambassador Johan Molander speaking at the 57th session of the United Nations' Commission on Human Rights on behalf of the European Union, condemned the use of the death penalty in China
- APRIL 3, 2001SerbiaDEATH PENALTY
Serbian Prime Minister Zoran Djindjic said it is "conceivable"...
Serbian Prime Minister Zoran Djindjic said it is "conceivable" that former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic could be executed
- APRIL 3, 2001Sri LankaDEATH PENALTY
Mohamed Hussain Assar Mohamad and Mohamad Saly Mohamad...
Mohamed Hussain Assar Mohamad and Mohamad Saly Mohamad Faumi, two smugglers who were found guilty of the possession of 223
- APRIL 3, 2001TexasDEATH PENALTY
Convicted murderer Jason Massey apologized profusely,...
Convicted murderer Jason Massey apologized profusely, revealed where he disposed the missing body parts of one of his victims and then prayerfully went to his death for the murders of Christina Benjamin, 13, and her stepbrother, James King, 14 on July 27,
- APRIL 3, 2001PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has commuted to life...
President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has commuted to life imprisonment all death sentences
- APRIL 3, 2001SerbiaDEATH PENALTY
The Yugoslav authorities said that former president...
The Yugoslav authorities said that former president Slobodan Milosevic may face charges that carry the death penalty, and the country's current president, Vojislav Kostunica, ruled out extraditing his predecessor to the UN war crimes tribunal soon
- APRIL 3, 2001United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
Slobodan Milosevic, "the great enemy of the Serb people",...
Slobodan Milosevic, "the great enemy of the Serb people", must face a war crimes trial in The Hague, Robin Cook, the British Foreign Secretary, said
- APRIL 3, 2001SwedenDEATH PENALTY
Swedish Ambassador Johan Molander speaking at the 57th...
Swedish Ambassador Johan Molander speaking at the 57th session of the United Nations' Commission on Human Rights, set out the European Union's stance on the violation of fundamental freedoms perpetrated in some fifty countries and in particular he condemn
- APRIL 3, 2001DEATH PENALTY
CHILE ABOLISHES THE DEATH PENALTY
April 3, 2001: the Chilean parliament voted to abolish the death penalty with a vast majority. The Senate had already approved the bill and the president Ricardo Lagos Escobar is expected to sign the bill into law within days.
- APRIL 2, 2001BotswanaDEATH PENALTY
The pressure group 'Hands Off Cain' criticised the...
The pressure group 'Hands Off Cain' criticised the execution stating that: "it is unacceptable that judges from abolitionist states intervene on behalf of countries that ask them to apply the death penalty
- APRIL 2, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
At least 10 criminals were executed in Shanxi province...
At least 10 criminals were executed in Shanxi province following a public sentencing rally
- APRIL 2, 2001LebanonDEATH PENALTY
The former head of the South Lebanon Army's intelligence...
The former head of the South Lebanon Army's intelligence wing in Bint Jbeil has been sentenced to death by the Military Tribunal for working against the resistance
- APRIL 2, 2001DEATH PENALTY
A majority decision delivered by the Eastern Caribbean...
A majority decision delivered by the Eastern Caribbean Court of Appeal sitting in St Vincent ruled that the mandatory nature of the death penalty is a constitutional violation and the death sentence should be quashed in the seven territories served by the