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 14, 2001Antigua & BarbudaDEATH PENALTY
Antigua and Barbuda signed an agreement during the...
Antigua and Barbuda signed an agreement during the opening of the Caribbean Community and Common Market (Caricom) leaders' 12th inter-sessional summit to establish a Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ)
- FEBRUARY 14, 2001TexasDEATH PENALTY
A man with a lengthy criminal record was sent to death...
A man with a lengthy criminal record was sent to death row a 2nd time for the 1980 slaying of a grocery clerk
- FEBRUARY 14, 2001BelizeDEATH PENALTY
Belize signed an agreement during the opening of the...
Belize signed an agreement during the opening of the Caribbean Community and Common Market (Caricom) leaders' 12th inter-sessional summit to establish a Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ)
- FEBRUARY 14, 2001BarbadosDEATH PENALTY
Barbados signed an agreement during the opening of...
Barbados signed an agreement during the opening of the Caribbean Community and Common Market (Caricom) leaders' 12th inter-sessional summit to establish a Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ)
- FEBRUARY 14, 2001GuyanaDEATH PENALTY
Guyana signed an agreement during the opening of the...
Guyana signed an agreement during the opening of the Caribbean Community and Common Market (Caricom) leaders' 12th inter-sessional summit to establish a Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ)
- FEBRUARY 14, 2001JamaicaDEATH PENALTY
Jamaica signed an agreement during the opening of the...
Jamaica signed an agreement during the opening of the Caribbean Community and Common Market (Caricom) leaders' 12th inter-sessional summit to establish a Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ)
- FEBRUARY 14, 2001GrenadaDEATH PENALTY
Grenada signed an agreement during the opening of the...
Grenada signed an agreement during the opening of the Caribbean Community and Common Market (Caricom) leaders' 12th inter-sessional summit to establish a Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ)
- FEBRUARY 14, 2001St. Kitts & NevisDEATH PENALTY
St. Kitts signed an agreement during the opening of...
St. Kitts signed an agreement during the opening of the Caribbean Community and Common Market (Caricom) leaders' 12th inter-sessional summit to establish a Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ). The CCJ will replace the British Privy Council, which has served
- FEBRUARY 14, 2001Trinidad & TobagoDEATH PENALTY
Trinidad and Tobago signed an agreement during the...
Trinidad and Tobago signed an agreement during the opening of the Caribbean Community and Common Market (Caricom) leaders' 12th inter-sessional summit to establish a Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ)
- FEBRUARY 14, 2001St. LuciaDEATH PENALTY
St. Lucia signed an agreement during the opening of...
St. Lucia signed an agreement during the opening of the Caribbean Community and Common Market (Caricom) leaders' 12th inter-sessional summit to establish a Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ). The CCJ will replace the British Privy Council, which has served
- FEBRUARY 14, 2001SurinameDEATH PENALTY
Suriname signed an agreement during the opening of...
Suriname signed an agreement during the opening of the Caribbean Community and Common Market (Caricom) leaders' 12th inter-sessional summit to establish a Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ)
- FEBRUARY 14, 2001TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Sami Selcuk, president of the Supreme Court of Appeals,...
Sami Selcuk, president of the Supreme Court of Appeals, said that Turkey, which is aiming to achieve full EU membership, should speed up democracy and start by drawing up a new constitution
- FEBRUARY 14, 2001ThailandDEATH PENALTY
Corrections Department director-general Siva Saengmanee...
Corrections Department director-general Siva Saengmanee said that relatives of condemned prisoners may be invited to witness lethal injections
- FEBRUARY 13, 2001United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
A palace spokesman insisted the visit of Prince Charles...
A palace spokesman insisted the visit of Prince Charles in Saudi Arabia this week will not be political
- FEBRUARY 13, 2001VermontDEATH PENALTY
A bill that was introduced in the Vermont House
A bill that was introduced in the Vermont House
- FEBRUARY 13, 2001KenyaDEATH PENALTY
John Otieno Odhiambo, 20, Joseph Kibaki and David Ochieng,...
John Otieno Odhiambo, 20, Joseph Kibaki and David Ochieng, both aged 19, were sentenced to death for raping a woman on October 11, 1999, at the Baba Dogo bus terminus in Nairobi, and robbed her of Sh2,500
- FEBRUARY 13, 2001SwitzerlandDEATH PENALTY
Death row inmate Stanley 'Tookey' Williams was nominated...
Death row inmate Stanley 'Tookey' Williams was nominated for the Nobel prize by a Swiss parliamentarian
- FEBRUARY 13, 2001BahrainDEATH PENALTY
The Bahraini authorities have released all political...
The Bahraini authorities have released all political prisoners
- FEBRUARY 13, 2001Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
A Saudi man was executed in the Qassim region for murdering...
A Saudi man was executed in the Qassim region for murdering a compatriot during a dispute
- FEBRUARY 13, 2001VenezuelaDEATH PENALTY
Extra-judicial killings and arbitrary detentions in...
Extra-judicial killings and arbitrary detentions in Venezuela rose by 68 percent from January to September 2000, compared to the same period in 1999, PROVEA said Raul Cubas human rights group PROVEA's Coordinator-General
- FEBRUARY 13, 2001Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Philippines President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo instructed...
Philippines President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo instructed the Department of Foreign Affairs to appeal the case of six overseas Filipino workers who were sentenced to death in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
- FEBRUARY 13, 2001DEATH PENALTY
HB 250 was introduced by Reps
HB 250 was introduced by Reps
- FEBRUARY 13, 2001PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo instructed the Department...
President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo instructed the Department of Foreign Affairs to appeal the case of six overseas Filipino workers who were sentenced to death in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, a Palace statement said
- FEBRUARY 13, 2001South AfricaDEATH PENALTY
South African Head of Communication in the Foreign...
South African Head of Communication in the Foreign Affairs Unit Ronnie Mamoepa, said that President Thabo Mbeki after being approached by the family of death row inmate Marietta Bosch, "is applying his mind and will and when necessary take the right steps
- FEBRUARY 13, 2001BahrainDEATH PENALTY
The Bahraini authorities have released all political...
The Bahraini authorities have released all political prisoners
- FEBRUARY 13, 2001DEATH PENALTY
BOTSWANA
February 13 2001: Interview with George Bizos.Mr. Bizos was the leader of the team for the South African Government to argue that the death penalty was unconstitutional and counsel for the National Assembly in the Certification of the Constitution by the
- FEBRUARY 12, 2001JapanDEATH PENALTY
The father of murdered British bar hostess Lucie Blackman,...
The father of murdered British bar hostess Lucie Blackman, whose dismembered remains were found on January 9 at the seaside town of Miura by Japanese police, was quoted as saying her killer should face the death penalty
- FEBRUARY 12, 2001United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
The father of murdered British bar hostess Lucie Blackman,...
The father of murdered British bar hostess Lucie Blackman, whose dismembered remains were found on January 9 at the seaside town of Miura by Japanese police, said her killer should face the death penalty
- FEBRUARY 12, 2001New YorkDEATH PENALTY
Kerry Kennedy Cuomo, 41, wife of Andrew Cuomo and daughter...
Kerry Kennedy Cuomo, 41, wife of Andrew Cuomo and daughter of Robert F
- FEBRUARY 12, 2001PennsylvaniaDEATH PENALTY
The Bishops of Pennsylvania have issued a restatement...
The Bishops of Pennsylvania have issued a restatement of their opposition to the death penalty