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
- DECEMBER 10, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
South African President Thabo Mbeki began his first...
South African President Thabo Mbeki began his first trip to China aimed at building ties and expanding business between two countries which normalized relations less than four years ago
- DECEMBER 10, 2001Papua New GuineaDEATH PENALTY
A group of concerned people in Lae City began a push...
A group of concerned people in Lae City began a push for changes to the serious crime laws to fight the rising lawlessness in the country
- DECEMBER 10, 2001PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
In a bid to stop the illegal practice of "recycling"...
In a bid to stop the illegal practice of "recycling" seized drugs, the Justice department asked the Supreme Court to order judges to keep in custody only the minimum quantity of illegal drugs needed for conviction to be used as evidence against accused dr
- DECEMBER 10, 2001Papua New GuineaDEATH PENALTY
Papua New Guineans must be afforded the right to "have...
Papua New Guineans must be afforded the right to "have a say" on important national issues through referendum votes from time to time, Kokopo MP Sir Rabbie Namaliu said during grievance debate in Parliament
- DECEMBER 10, 2001South AfricaDEATH PENALTY
South African President Thabo Mbeki began his first...
South African President Thabo Mbeki began his first trip to China aimed at building ties and expanding business between two countries which normalized relations less than four years ago
- DECEMBER 10, 2001DEATH PENALTY
Punishment is on the public's agenda when it comes...
Punishment is on the public's agenda when it comes to John Walker, with most Americans favouring criminal charges against the U
- DECEMBER 10, 2001RussiaDEATH PENALTY
In an open letter on International Human Rights Day,...
In an open letter on International Human Rights Day, Amnesty International urged members of the Russian State Duma (parliament) to take steps towards fully abolishing the death penalty
- DECEMBER 10, 2001RussiaDEATH PENALTY
A group of Russian State Duma deputies from the Union...
A group of Russian State Duma deputies from the Union of Right Forces (SPS) faction said it intends to propose a bill to abolish the death penalty from the Criminal Code
- DECEMBER 10, 2001RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Russia's human rights commissioner called for the death...
Russia's human rights commissioner called for the death penalty to be abolished in accordance with requirements of the Council of Europe, of which Russia is a member
- DECEMBER 10, 2001RussiaDEATH PENALTY
The State Duma (lower house) will consider a bill for...
The State Duma (lower house) will consider a bill for the abolition of capital punishment in Russia in January 2002, legislation committee chairman Pavel Krasheninnikov said
- DECEMBER 10, 2001RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Russian Justice Minister Yuri Chaika ruled out the...
Russian Justice Minister Yuri Chaika ruled out the death sentence for Salman Raduyev, who is currently facing terrorism charges in the Dagestani capital of Makhachkala
- DECEMBER 10, 2001DEATH PENALTY
INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS DAY
December 10, 2001: Hands Off Cain has called on Italian online newspapers to mark the International Human Rights Day by hosting HOC’s online appeal for a worldwide moratorium on executions through a UN resolution.
- DECEMBER 9, 2001South AfricaDEATH PENALTY
The Inkatha Freedom Party called on government to bring...
The Inkatha Freedom Party called on government to bring back the death penalty following the death of one of its Soweto branch leaders over the weekend
- DECEMBER 9, 2001United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
Osama bin Laden would be handed to the Americans if...
Osama bin Laden would be handed to the Americans if he was captured alive in Afghanistan, Downing Street revealed
- DECEMBER 9, 2001DEATH PENALTY
Osama bin Laden would be handed to the Americans if...
Osama bin Laden would be handed to the Americans if he was captured alive in Afghanistan, Downing Street revealed
- DECEMBER 9, 2001IsraelDEATH PENALTY
In a contribution to the Washington Post, Emanuel Gross,...
In a contribution to the Washington Post, Emanuel Gross, a professor of law at Haifa University since 1992, who served in the Israel Defence Forces for 25 years, first as a soldier and later as a judge at military tribunals, said capital punishment was no
- DECEMBER 9, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Osama bin Laden would be handed to the Americans if...
Osama bin Laden would be handed to the Americans if he was captured alive in Afghanistan, Downing Street revealed
- DECEMBER 9, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
In August 2000, 300 members of a central government...
In August 2000, 300 members of a central government investigative team - known as Taskforce 807 - descended on Shantou in an effort to eradicate widespread VAT-rebate fraud
- DECEMBER 9, 2001AustriaDEATH PENALTY
A former Iraqi ambassador accused of embezzlement is...
A former Iraqi ambassador accused of embezzlement is in hiding in Austria to avoid a possible death penalty at home, according to the magazine Profil
- DECEMBER 9, 2001New ZealandDEATH PENALTY
Angry members of the Mt Wellington-Panmure RSA want...
Angry members of the Mt Wellington-Panmure RSA want murderers to face the death penalty, after three of their friends were killed in their clubhouse
- DECEMBER 9, 2001IraqDEATH PENALTY
A former Iraqi ambassador accused of embezzlement is...
A former Iraqi ambassador accused of embezzlement is in hiding in Austria to avoid a possible death penalty at home, according to the magazine Profil
- DECEMBER 9, 2001NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Safiya Hussaini said of the death sentence hanging...
Safiya Hussaini said of the death sentence hanging over her: 'I felt sick when the judge passed down the sentence because of the injustice of it all
- DECEMBER 9, 2001United StatesDEATH PENALTY
The wife of a convicted killer who wants to be artificially...
The wife of a convicted killer who wants to be artificially inseminated before her husband's execution is forcing the justice system to clarify what it means to "strip a prisoner of his political and individual rights"
- DECEMBER 9, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The wife of a convicted killer who wants to be artificially...
The wife of a convicted killer who wants to be artificially inseminated before her husband's execution is forcing the justice system to clarify what it means to "strip a prisoner of his political and individual rights"
- DECEMBER 8, 2001MoroccoDEATH PENALTY
A leading human rights group said human rights suffered...
A leading human rights group said human rights suffered a setback in Morocco this year and demanded an independent inquiry into the disappearance of political opponents in the 1960s and 1970s
- DECEMBER 8, 2001SudanDEATH PENALTY
In Sudan an eighteen-year-old girl, Abok Alfa Akok,...
In Sudan an eighteen-year-old girl, Abok Alfa Akok, was condemned to death by stoning for adultery by the Nyala Criminal Court in southern Darfur
- DECEMBER 7, 2001United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
Nine men who lived in Taliban-controlled Afghanistan...
Nine men who lived in Taliban-controlled Afghanistan have been convicted at the Old Bailey [London's main criminal court] of hijacking a jet and flying it to Stansted airport
- DECEMBER 7, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The European Union allocated 840,000 euros in support...
The European Union allocated 840,000 euros in support of small-scale human rights projects in China
- DECEMBER 7, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Hua Ruizhuo, who murdered 14 women, was sentenced to...
Hua Ruizhuo, who murdered 14 women, was sentenced to death by the Second Intermediate People's Court of Beijing
- DECEMBER 7, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Nine men who lived in Taliban-controlled Afghanistan...
Nine men who lived in Taliban-controlled Afghanistan have been convicted at the Old Bailey [London's main criminal court] of hijacking a jet and flying it to Stansted airport