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
- FEBRUARY 20, 2001IranDEATH PENALTY
The head of Iran's judiciary, Ayatollah Mahmud Hashemi-Shahrudi,...
The head of Iran's judiciary, Ayatollah Mahmud Hashemi-Shahrudi, defended the use of the death penalty to the visiting UN Human Rights High Commissioner Mary Robinson saying most death sentences passed in Iran were drug-related
- FEBRUARY 20, 2001IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
A Thai cabinet minister sent a letter to Indonesian...
A Thai cabinet minister sent a letter to Indonesian President Abdurrahman Wahid asking for clemency for two compatriots, Namsong Sirlak, and Saelaw Praset
- FEBRUARY 19, 2001Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
A Saudi man was executed in the city of Najran for...
A Saudi man was executed in the city of Najran for strangling his sister to death
- FEBRUARY 19, 2001JapanDEATH PENALTY
A delegation from the Council of Europe arrived in...
A delegation from the Council of Europe arrived in Japan to study capital punishment in the country
- FEBRUARY 19, 2001SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
Two women were sentenced to death because they were...
Two women were sentenced to death because they were found to be living in the same residence as husband and wife, they were thus found guilty of "unnatural" behaviour according to Sharia law, which the Somalian Penal Code bases itself on
- FEBRUARY 19, 2001GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
Superior Court Judge Hal Craig imposed the death penalty...
Superior Court Judge Hal Craig imposed the death penalty against Mustafa Raheem, 21, on recommendation from the Henry County jury that heard the case
- FEBRUARY 19, 2001DEATH PENALTY
SOMALIA
February 19, 2001: two women have been sentenced to death for having a lesbian relationship.
- FEBRUARY 18, 2001United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
Prince Charles pleaded with Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince...
Prince Charles pleaded with Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz for the lives of three Britons who face being beheaded in Saudi Arabia, after Arab Ministers vowed to carry out their executions
- FEBRUARY 18, 2001Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Prince Charles pleaded with Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince...
Prince Charles pleaded with Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz for the lives of three Britons who face being beheaded in Saudi Arabia, after Arab Ministers vowed to carry out their executions
- FEBRUARY 18, 2001IranDEATH PENALTY
57 people have been condemned to death in Iran since...
57 people have been condemned to death in Iran since the beginning of the year, according to the National Council for Resistance in Iran (NCRI)
- FEBRUARY 17, 2001TennesseeDEATH PENALTY
Texas parolee Robert Leach, 38, was sentenced to death...
Texas parolee Robert Leach, 38, was sentenced to death for killingSarah McBride, 69, on July 8, 1999
- FEBRUARY 17, 2001IranDEATH PENALTY
Mohammad Ali Qahremani, 45, was publicly executed by...
Mohammad Ali Qahremani, 45, was publicly executed by hanging in Damavand, northwestern Tehran
- FEBRUARY 17, 2001PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Abdul Jabbar and Shafiq, were sentenced to death for...
Abdul Jabbar and Shafiq, were sentenced to death for spying for India by an anti terrorism court
- FEBRUARY 16, 2001CanadaDEATH PENALTY
The Canadian Supreme Court ruling was issued in the...
The Canadian Supreme Court ruling was issued in the Atif Rafay and Sebastian Burns
- FEBRUARY 16, 2001IllinoisDEATH PENALTY
Lee was convicted of gunning down Kankakee patrolman...
Lee was convicted of gunning down Kankakee patrolman Anthony Samfay, 26, during a traffic stop on October 17, 1996
- FEBRUARY 16, 2001ZimbabweDEATH PENALTY
Judge George Smith sentenced Givemore Muoni Katsande,...
Judge George Smith sentenced Givemore Muoni Katsande, 41, a veteran of the pre-1980 liberation struggle and retired army general, to death for murdering Tinashe Chakwenya, 25, a police officer, near the town of Marondera in April 2000
- FEBRUARY 16, 2001Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
A Pakistani man was executed in the sea port city of...
A Pakistani man was executed in the sea port city of Jedah for stabbing to death his Afghan wife
- FEBRUARY 16, 2001PakistanDEATH PENALTY
A Pakistani man was executed in the sea port city of...
A Pakistani man was executed in the sea port city of Jedah for stabbing to death his Afghan wife
- FEBRUARY 16, 2001ThailandDEATH PENALTY
Li Nong Chermeu, 24, and Buatong Santhi, 42, were sentenced...
Li Nong Chermeu, 24, and Buatong Santhi, 42, were sentenced to death for possessing 70,000 speed pills with intent to sell
- FEBRUARY 16, 2001SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
Singapore hanged 52 year old Julaiha Maniam along with...
Singapore hanged 52 year old Julaiha Maniam along with 2 younger men who had helped her to kill her husband, a retired police officer, so that she could then become the sole owner of their $1
- FEBRUARY 16, 2001DEATH PENALTY
CANADA SAYS NO TO EXTRADITION
February 16, 2001:The Canadian Supreme Court decided not to extradite Atif Ratay and Sebastian Burns, two Canadian citizens accused of murder in the United States.
- FEBRUARY 15, 2001FloridaDEATH PENALTY
The Florida Supreme Court overturned the murder conviction...
The Florida Supreme Court overturned the murder conviction of a man on death row for 16 years and ordered a new trial "without delay
- FEBRUARY 15, 2001DEATH PENALTY
Religious leaders in the South and around the nation...
Religious leaders in the South and around the nation are speaking out against capital punishment more loudly than ever, emboldened by a shift in public opinion and cases of innocence on death row
- FEBRUARY 15, 2001TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
The Ankara High Criminal Court no: 3 sentenced two...
The Ankara High Criminal Court no: 3 sentenced two suspects of the "Bahcelievler Case" to capital punishment for the second time
- FEBRUARY 15, 2001DEATH PENALTY
A moratorium bill was introduced by Sen
A moratorium bill was introduced by Sen
- FEBRUARY 15, 2001CanadaDEATH PENALTY
Canada abolished the death penalty for ordinary crimes...
Canada abolished the death penalty for ordinary crimes in 1976 and for military offenses on December 10, 1998
- FEBRUARY 15, 2001DEATH PENALTY
A bill (HB 1013) to impose a one-year moratorium on...
A bill (HB 1013) to impose a one-year moratorium on the imposition of the state's death penalty was defeated in committee
- FEBRUARY 14, 2001United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
Tory Right-wingers will force a free Commons vote on...
Tory Right-wingers will force a free Commons vote on bringing back the death penalty in the wake of a Conservative election victory as soon as MP William Hague has enacted his plan for "English votes on English laws"
- FEBRUARY 14, 2001DEATH PENALTY
The Catholic Diocese of Richmond cannot have the evidence...
The Catholic Diocese of Richmond cannot have the evidence from Derek Barnabei's murder trial, a judge ruled
- FEBRUARY 14, 2001ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
Armenian Kurds protested in Yerevan demanding the resolution...
Armenian Kurds protested in Yerevan demanding the resolution of the Kurdish Cause and the liberation of Kurdish leader Abdullah Ocalan, sentenced to death in Turkey