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
- MARCH 24, 2001VietnamDEATH PENALTY
A Vietnamese court in Nam Dinh Province, sentenced...
A Vietnamese court in Nam Dinh Province, sentenced to death three defendants for trafficking two kg of heroin and five kg of opium
- MARCH 24, 2001GermanyDEATH PENALTY
Approximately 300 neo-nazi protesters rallied in favour...
Approximately 300 neo-nazi protesters rallied in favour of the re-introduction of capital punishment for paedophiles and child murderers
- MARCH 24, 2001TennesseeDEATH PENALTY
A death row inmate from Memphis will get a new sentencing...
A death row inmate from Memphis will get a new sentencing hearing because his lawyer failed to do anything during sentencing in the man's 1982 trial for a double murder, a federal appeals court said yesterday
- MARCH 24, 2001ThailandDEATH PENALTY
The government supports the execution of drug inmates...
The government supports the execution of drug inmates on death row after they have been tried in three courts, said Interior Minister Purachai Piemsomboon
- MARCH 24, 2001RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Moscow Mayor Yuri Luzhkov told the press that the death...
Moscow Mayor Yuri Luzhkov told the press that the death penalty must be applied in relation to terrorists
- MARCH 23, 2001DEATH PENALTY
It was referred to Committee on Administration of Criminal...
It was referred to Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice a bill (HB675) introduced by Rep
- MARCH 23, 2001KentuckyDEATH PENALTY
A bill (SB38) sponsored by Sen
A bill (SB38) sponsored by Sen
- MARCH 23, 2001TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Justice Minister Hikmet Sami Turk said that if parliament...
Justice Minister Hikmet Sami Turk said that if parliament removes the death penalty from the penal code, it would however, still exist under a military law for treason and espionage and under a forestry protection act which calls for the execution of peop
- MARCH 23, 2001Trinidad & TobagoDEATH PENALTY
Kenrick London, 37, and his wife Chandrouti, 28, were...
Kenrick London, 37, and his wife Chandrouti, 28, were sentenced to hang after they were convicted of killing their 2-year-old daughter by burying her alive in an outhouse cesspit
- MARCH 23, 2001DEATH PENALTY
Jurors who convicted a handyman of killing 2 women,...
Jurors who convicted a handyman of killing 2 women, 1 of them the body double for actress Janet Leigh, deadlocked on whether he should be sentenced to death or life in prison
- MARCH 22, 2001KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
The wife of Kuwait's Crown Prince and Prime Minister...
The wife of Kuwait's Crown Prince and Prime Minister has demanded the death sentence for Khaled Diab al-Azmi a police officer who allegedly confessed to killing Hedayah Sultan al-Salem a Kuwaiti female editor and veteran women's rights campaigner on March
- MARCH 22, 2001JapanDEATH PENALTY
The Osaka District Court sentenced to death Hisashi...
The Osaka District Court sentenced to death Hisashi Eto, a 58-year-old former driver for murdering a man and his wife in 1997 and robbing cash from their home in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture
- MARCH 22, 2001ColoradoDEATH PENALTY
A House panel voted 8-1 in favor of the bill which...
A House panel voted 8-1 in favor of the bill which would make it more difficult for death row inmates to claim they are mentally incompetent for execution
- MARCH 21, 2001United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
Conservative Party leader William Hague says that he...
Conservative Party leader William Hague says that he still supports the death sentence
- MARCH 21, 2001TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
State Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Mesut Yilmaz...
State Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Mesut Yilmaz said that the government should lift the capital punishment in the shortest time frame between one and five years
- MARCH 21, 2001DEATH PENALTY
A bill (HB1111) presented by Rep
A bill (HB1111) presented by Rep
- MARCH 21, 2001JapanDEATH PENALTY
The Tokyo District Court sentenced Hiroki Fukawa, a...
The Tokyo District Court sentenced Hiroki Fukawa, a 35-year-old man to death for murdering and attempting to rob Shin Yamada, 91, and her daughter Hiro, 65, in their home in Edogawa Ward on April 19, 1999 to pay off his hostess girlfriend's club
- MARCH 21, 2001CameroonDEATH PENALTY
President Paul Biya has ordered a thorough investigation...
President Paul Biya has ordered a thorough investigation into the case of nine young men who were picked up by security forces in January in the port city of Douala and subsequently disappeared
- MARCH 21, 2001KenyaDEATH PENALTY
Joan Chebichii Sawe, the widow of former permanent...
Joan Chebichii Sawe, the widow of former permanent secretary Alexander Sawe has filed a notice of appeal in the High Court challenging the death sentence handed to her last on March 17
- MARCH 21, 2001JapanDEATH PENALTY
The Urawa District Court sentenced to death Gen Sekine...
The Urawa District Court sentenced to death Gen Sekine a 59-year-old dog breeder for murdering four people in 1993 and Hiroko Kazama, 44, his former wife for participating in the murder of three of them
- MARCH 21, 2001RussiaDEATH PENALTY
The US-based Human Rights Watch urged European Union...
The US-based Human Rights Watch urged European Union leaders to press Russian President Vladimir Putin on Chechen civilians who disappeared after being in Russian custody
- MARCH 21, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Six men were executed in Beijing for separate crimes
Six men were executed in Beijing for separate crimes
- MARCH 21, 2001Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
Roberto Garreton the U
Roberto Garreton the U
- MARCH 21, 2001ThailandDEATH PENALTY
A Thai national has been sentenced to death for murder...
A Thai national has been sentenced to death for murder in the US by the superior court of Arizona, the Foreign Ministry said
- MARCH 20, 2001VietnamDEATH PENALTY
At a conference on drug addiction, the Vietnam Labor...
At a conference on drug addiction, the Vietnam Labor Confederation reported that around 10,300 cases of drug trafficking, possession and use involving 19,500 culprits were found in the 1999-2000 period
- MARCH 20, 2001VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Judges in the southern Vietnamese provincial capital...
Judges in the southern Vietnamese provincial capital Ca Mau were chased out of court and beaten after failing to hand down a death sentence to a teenager found guilty of rape, robbery and murder
- MARCH 20, 2001Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Abd-al-Ilah Muhammad Bin-Ali al-Sayyid, a Sudanese...
Abd-al-Ilah Muhammad Bin-Ali al-Sayyid, a Sudanese man was executed in the Saudi city of Mecca after being found guilty of the murder of a compatriot, Ata al-Minan Bin-Muhammad, following an argument
- MARCH 20, 2001TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Justice Minister Hikmet Sami Turk said that capital...
Justice Minister Hikmet Sami Turk said that capital punishment did not take place in the new Draft Turkish Penal Code that was prepared
- MARCH 20, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Five convicted armed robbers and murderers were sentenced...
Five convicted armed robbers and murderers were sentenced to death in Sichuan province
- MARCH 20, 2001Hong Kong SAR ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The House of Representatives passed a bill that will...
The House of Representatives passed a bill that will allow the administrations of Indonesia and Hong Kong to surrender fugitives pursued by each country