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 20, 2001North KoreaDEATH PENALTY
According to reports and analyses released by a South...
According to reports and analyses released by a South Korean government-funded research institute, the Korea Institute for National Unification (KINU), North Korea has a long way to go before its human right standards are on par with the rest of the world
- MARCH 20, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China welcomed the European Union foreign ministers'...
China welcomed the European Union foreign ministers' decision not to co-sponsor a planned US resolution criticising China's human rights record during the UN Commission on Human Rights
- MARCH 20, 2001SudanDEATH 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 Mecca after being found guilty of the murder of a compatriot, Ata al-Minan Bin-Muhammad, following an argument
- MARCH 20, 2001IndonesiaDEATH 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
- MARCH 20, 2001South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
North Korea has a long way to go before its human right...
North Korea has a long way to go before its human right standards are on par with the rest of the world, according to reports and analyses released by a South Korean government-funded research institute
- MARCH 20, 2001North KoreaDEATH PENALTY
According to reports and analyses released by a South...
According to reports and analyses released by a South Korean government-funded research institute, the Korea Institute for National Unification (KINU), North Korea has a long way to go before its human right standards are on par with the rest of the world
- MARCH 19, 2001United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
The House of Lords refused leave for the Indian government...
The House of Lords refused leave for the Indian government to appeal against a High Court refusal to extradite Nadeem Akhtar Saifi, a top Indian movie music director, who could face execution if returned to his homeland and ultimately convicted
- MARCH 19, 2001TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
The European Commission gave a cautious welcome to...
The European Commission gave a cautious welcome to news that Turkey planned to abolish the death penalty to join the European Union
- MARCH 19, 2001IranDEATH PENALTY
Five people, included a woman, involved in a "ring...
Five people, included a woman, involved in a "ring of drug-traffickers" in Tehran's Khak-e Sefid District, were executed in public after being sentenced to death the day before by Branch 27 of Tehran's Islamic Revolution Court
- MARCH 19, 2001TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
The sub-title "Abolition of the Death Penalty" of the...
The sub-title "Abolition of the Death Penalty" of the "Political Criteria" part of the National Programme said, "according to the Constitution, the decision on the execution of a death penalty belongs exclusively to parliament
- MARCH 19, 2001TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Turkey pledged a wholesale reform of its legal system,...
Turkey pledged a wholesale reform of its legal system, promising to abandon the death penalty to join the European Union
- MARCH 19, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The European Union said it would criticise China during...
The European Union said it would criticise China during the U
- MARCH 19, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Higher People's Court of Beijing ordered the execution...
The Higher People's Court of Beijing ordered the execution of two men, Gao Liangyu and Zhang Jinyu, who were convicted of murder
- MARCH 19, 2001South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
The opposition Grand National Party (GNP) blasted the...
The opposition Grand National Party (GNP) blasted the government's "soft" North Korea policy, claiming that a North Korean defector was executed in public recently, after he had been abducted back to Pyongyang in October 2000
- MARCH 19, 2001DEATH PENALTY
There was an hearing in State Affairs on bill HB720...
There was an hearing in State Affairs on bill HB720 by Harold Dutton that enacts a 2 year moratorium and creates a nine-member commission to study the death penalty and report to the Texas Legislature in 2003
- MARCH 19, 2001IdahoDEATH PENALTY
There was the third reading at the House Committee...
There was the third reading at the House Committee on bill HB 242 introduced on February 14, 2001
- MARCH 19, 2001DEATH PENALTY
The Judiciary Committee voted against a bill introduced...
The Judiciary Committee voted against a bill introduced by Sens
- MARCH 19, 2001IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International declared that arbitrary executions...
Amnesty International declared that arbitrary executions and arrests, torture and poor treatment have continued in Indonesia
- MARCH 19, 2001IndiaDEATH PENALTY
The House of Lords refused leave for the Indian government...
The House of Lords refused leave for the Indian government to appeal against a High Court refusal to extradite Nadeem Akhtar Saifi, a top Indian movie music director, who could face execution if returned to his homeland and ultimately convicted
- MARCH 17, 2001EthiopiaDEATH PENALTY
The Sixth Criminal Bench of the Federal High Court...
The Sixth Criminal Bench of the Federal High Court sentenced a genocide convict to death Kefelegn Alemu, who received the death penalty in absentia, for ordering, coordinating and participating in the execution of 101 people
- MARCH 16, 2001KyrgyzstanDEATH PENALTY
A court in southern Kyrgyzstan sentenced four people...
A court in southern Kyrgyzstan sentenced four people to death and a fifth - a Chinese national - to life imprisonment for bomb attacks in 1998 in which five people died
- MARCH 16, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Han Xuegong given the death penalty at a public hearing...
Han Xuegong given the death penalty at a public hearing by the Second Intermediate People's Court of Beijing because he was convicted of murder and illegal gun possession
- MARCH 16, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Hua Min, Hu Guanghua, Zheng Guowei, Luo Jian, Long...
Hua Min, Hu Guanghua, Zheng Guowei, Luo Jian, Long Fengjie and Wu Zhaojun, six men were executed in Nanchang, in Jiangxi province for a bank robbery in which three people were killed
- MARCH 16, 2001BulgariaDEATH PENALTY
Independent MP Hristo Ivanov said that he will move...
Independent MP Hristo Ivanov said that he will move a proposal for the restoration of capital punishment for child murderers as hundreds of taxi drivers gathered before the parliament building in Sofia in protest against the brutal killing of a three-year
- MARCH 15, 2001IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
During the case's 14th court hearing, on the Poso sectarian...
During the case's 14th court hearing, on the Poso sectarian clash between May and September 2000, prosecutor Lantara said that Fabianus Tibo, Dominggus Da Silva and Marinus Riwu were guilty of violating Article 340 of the Criminal Code, relating to premed
- MARCH 15, 2001JapanDEATH PENALTY
The Osaka High Court upheld a death sentence handed...
The Osaka High Court upheld a death sentence handed out by a lower court to Yoshinori Ueda, 46
- MARCH 15, 2001PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Francisco Ovilla, a former chief of the Quezon City...
Francisco Ovilla, a former chief of the Quezon City police and nine other officers were sentenced to death for accepting a total of P650,000 in bribes from alleged drug dealers
- MARCH 15, 2001Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
Sweden's representative, speaking on behalf of the...
Sweden's representative, speaking on behalf of the European Union at the Security Council during an open debate on the situation in the Middle East, said that Israel's policy on extrajudicial killings was unacceptable and encouraged [the Palestinian Auth
- MARCH 15, 2001CubaDEATH PENALTY
Cuban Minister for Foreign Affairs expressed its concern...
Cuban Minister for Foreign Affairs expressed its concern over Panamanian President Mireya Moscoso's indication that her country might not extradite four suspected assassins of Cuban leader Fidel Castro on the grounds that Cuba has the death penalty
- MARCH 15, 2001CzechiaDEATH PENALTY
The number of supporters of capital punishment in the...
The number of supporters of capital punishment in the Czech Republic is decreasing, this year it reached 59 percent, which is the lowest figure since 1992