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 3, 2001RwandaDEATH PENALTY
Five Rwandans accused of genocide and other crimes...
Five Rwandans accused of genocide and other crimes against humanity committed in 1994 have been sentenced to death by the western Ruhengeri court in the country
- MARCH 2, 2001United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
Foreign Secretary Robin Cook ordered an urgent review...
Foreign Secretary Robin Cook ordered an urgent review of all cases of Britons facing the death penalty in foreign jails and has strengthened government policy so diplomats and ministers can intervene early in cases in an effort to prevent executions
- MARCH 2, 2001RussiaDEATH PENALTY
The Foreign Ministry of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria...
The Foreign Ministry of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria expressed its deep dissatisfaction with the lack of a proper reaction on the part of the world community to Russia's continuing atrocities against the Chechen people, after the discovery, on Februar
- MARCH 2, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Xu Jie and Du Jiansheng, two officials from the poor...
Xu Jie and Du Jiansheng, two officials from the poor southwestern province of Guizhou were executed for embezzling 72
- MARCH 2, 2001Côte d’IvoireDEATH PENALTY
The US ambassador to Ivory Coast, Georges Mu, said...
The US ambassador to Ivory Coast, Georges Mu, said that the human rights situation markedly improved in 2000 in Cote d'Ivoire
- MARCH 2, 2001CameroonDEATH PENALTY
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- MARCH 2, 2001VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Seven men were sentenced to death for drug trafficking...
Seven men were sentenced to death for drug trafficking and circulating counterfeit U
- MARCH 2, 2001IranDEATH PENALTY
The annual report of the American State Department...
The annual report of the American State Department described the death sentences given to smugglers as being tantamount to human rights' violations in Iran
- MARCH 1, 2001PortugalDEATH PENALTY
The Portuguese Minister of Justice shrugged off an...
The Portuguese Minister of Justice shrugged off an official US report accusing Portugal of human rights abuses
- MARCH 1, 2001PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Judges sent 12 rapists, 10 bribers (see news of 15...
Judges sent 12 rapists, 10 bribers (see news of 15 March) and 8 murderers to death row in March 2001, increasing to 1,720 the tally of Filipinos condemned to death
- MARCH 1, 2001OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
Robert William Clayton was executed by injection for...
Robert William Clayton was executed by injection for the 1985 killing of a Tulsa woman
- MARCH 1, 2001VirginiaDEATH PENALTY
Thomas Wayne Akers, 31, who pleaded guilty to killing...
Thomas Wayne Akers, 31, who pleaded guilty to killing 24-year-old Wesley Smith during a robbery in Roanoke, was pronounced dead at 9:18 p
- MARCH 1, 2001TexasDEATH PENALTY
John Alba was sentenced to death for the 2nd time for...
John Alba was sentenced to death for the 2nd time for the 1991 fatal shooting of his wife
- MARCH 1, 2001IranDEATH PENALTY
Mohammed Reza-Chupari and Daryush Keshavarz , both...
Mohammed Reza-Chupari and Daryush Keshavarz , both Iranians, were hunged in public for murdering three police officers and drug trafficking in the central city of Abadeh
- MARCH 1, 2001IraqDEATH PENALTY
Three officers in the Iraqi air forces, Sa'eed 'Abd...
Three officers in the Iraqi air forces, Sa'eed 'Abd al-Majid 'Abd al-Ilah, Fawzi Hamed al-'Ubaidi and Fares Ahmad al-'Alwan, were executed by firing squad
- MARCH 1, 2001ThailandDEATH PENALTY
The government is considering a move to speed up the...
The government is considering a move to speed up the execution of drug offenders by eliminating the appeals process for Royal clemency
- MARCH 1, 2001BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Motaleb Hawlader was hanged in the Jessore prison,...
Motaleb Hawlader was hanged in the Jessore prison, in Barisal district, for killing his wife
- FEBRUARY 28, 2001FloridaDEATH PENALTY
Prosecutors are investigating whether a top Broward...
Prosecutors are investigating whether a top Broward County sheriff's detective made up evidence against Frank Lee Smith, a Fort Lauderdale man who spent 14 years on Florida's death row for a murder he did not commit
- FEBRUARY 28, 2001TennesseeDEATH PENALTY
A federal judge in Knoxville issued a stay for death...
A federal judge in Knoxville issued a stay for death row inmate Stephen Michael West, less than 10 hours before his scheduled execution by electrocution
- FEBRUARY 28, 2001CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
9 months after he confessed to a 2-month robbery spree...
9 months after he confessed to a 2-month robbery spree that ended in the murder of 2 people, David Scott Daniels was formally sentenced to die by lethal injection
- FEBRUARY 28, 2001PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Haq Nawaz Jhangvi, a Pakistani Islamic activist, was...
Haq Nawaz Jhangvi, a Pakistani Islamic activist, was hanged for the killing of an Iranian official in 1990
- FEBRUARY 27, 2001SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
Puntland police chief, Colonel Hirsi Said Farah, denied...
Puntland police chief, Colonel Hirsi Said Farah, denied news reports that two women were sentenced to death by stoning
- FEBRUARY 27, 2001IraqDEATH PENALTY
The US State Department branded Iraqi President Saddam...
The US State Department branded Iraqi President Saddam Hussein's regime and the military government in Burma as some of the world's most repressive
- FEBRUARY 27, 2001North KoreaDEATH PENALTY
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- FEBRUARY 27, 2001Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
Salim Akra, 37, a Palestinian suspected of collaborating...
Salim Akra, 37, a Palestinian suspected of collaborating with Israel in the killing of a Hamas activist was tortured to death by the Palestinian Authority's military intelligence
- FEBRUARY 27, 2001North KoreaDEATH PENALTY
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- FEBRUARY 27, 2001DEATH PENALTY
CINA
February 27, 2001: China sentenced to death four people and tries former police chief for graft.
- FEBRUARY 26, 2001PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Senator Renato L
Senator Renato L
- FEBRUARY 26, 2001VenezuelaDEATH PENALTY
According to a report released by the U
According to a report released by the U
- FEBRUARY 26, 2001IllinoisDEATH PENALTY
Chicago's Roman Catholic cardinal said that executing...
Chicago's Roman Catholic cardinal said that executing convicted Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh would amount to honouring a request to commit suicide