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
- JANUARY 29, 2001TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
The European Union's term president, Sweden's Foreign...
The European Union's term president, Sweden's Foreign Minister Anna Lindh, asked Turkey to complete the political reforms regarding also the abolishment of the death penalty
- JANUARY 29, 2001South AfricaDEATH PENALTY
January 29, 20001: about 100 white farmers accompanied...
January 29, 20001: about 100 white farmers accompanied by their children protested outside the Koster Magistrate's Court in the North West where Lazarus Raseroka and Daphnie Mogaswane, two men who allegedly killed a farmer were appearing
- JANUARY 29, 2001JordanDEATH PENALTY
A 24-year-old man, Bilal Mahmud, was sentenced to death...
A 24-year-old man, Bilal Mahmud, was sentenced to death by the Criminal Court after he was found guilty of killing and burning a woman, Kayan Salih, in Irbid on June 23, 2000
- JANUARY 29, 2001TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Austrian Member of the European Parliament Hannes Swoboda,...
Austrian Member of the European Parliament Hannes Swoboda, the special rapporteur of the European Parliament for the EU partnership with Turkey, visited Ankara and said that the abolition of the death penalty by 2004 and a stop to capital punishment in th
- JANUARY 29, 2001LebanonDEATH PENALTY
Diplomats said that the European Union delegation that...
Diplomats said that the European Union delegation that visited President Emile Lahoud discussed scrapping the death penalty in Lebanon
- JANUARY 29, 2001TexasDEATH PENALTY
Caruthers Alexander was executed for raping and strangling...
Caruthers Alexander was executed for raping and strangling 19-year-old Lori Bruch
- JANUARY 29, 2001UtahDEATH PENALTY
A post-conviction DNA testing bill (SB 172) was introduced...
A post-conviction DNA testing bill (SB 172) was introduced in the Utah Senate by Sen
- JANUARY 29, 2001PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
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Senate President Aquilino Q
- JANUARY 29, 2001RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Duma member Vladislav Ignatov suggested introducing...
Duma member Vladislav Ignatov suggested introducing capital punishment for drug dealers and corrupt officials
- JANUARY 29, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
The Afghan Northern Alliance said that the Taleban...
The Afghan Northern Alliance said that the Taleban herded together civilians from the villages of Bodmoshki, Gardigag and Shahar Nik and executed 500 by firing squad the Yakawlang District earlier in the month
- JANUARY 29, 2001South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
Religious and civic groups calling for a ban on capital...
Religious and civic groups calling for a ban on capital punishment are receiving crucial support from politicians as a group of lawmakers are seeking to launch a legislation movement to ban the death penalty
- JANUARY 29, 2001PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
PHILIPPINES
January 29, 2001: 12 people sentenced to death for kidnapping, by a a judge on the central island of Bohol.
- JANUARY 28, 2001PolandDEATH PENALTY
Justice Minister Lech Kaczynski declared his "a staunch...
Justice Minister Lech Kaczynski declared his "a staunch support for the death penalty" and said he would be favourable to the re-introduction of capital punishment in Poland
- JANUARY 27, 2001TanzaniaDEATH PENALTY
The chairman of Tanzania's main opposition Party, Ibrahim...
The chairman of Tanzania's main opposition Party, Ibrahim Lipumba of the Civic United Front said at least 280 people had been killed in violence on Zanzibar on January 26 and 27
- JANUARY 27, 2001IranDEATH PENALTY
Judge Mohammad Reza Aqiqi of the Tehran military court...
Judge Mohammad Reza Aqiqi of the Tehran military court gave death penalty to Ali Roshani, Mahamoud Jafarzadeh and Ali Mohseni three former government agents for the murder of two elderly nationalists, Darioush and his wife Parvaneh Forouhar, and two write
- JANUARY 26, 2001Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
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- JANUARY 26, 2001DEATH PENALTY
Is the death penalty administered fairly? 3/4 of Illinois...
Is the death penalty administered fairly? 3/4 of Illinois residents are concerned that innocent people may have been put to death, according to a new poll
- JANUARY 25, 2001PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Pakistan executed four men who had been sentenced to...
Pakistan executed four men who had been sentenced to death for the 1991 murders of seven people
- JANUARY 25, 2001AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
The director of the Australian Institute of Criminology,...
The director of the Australian Institute of Criminology, Dr Adam Graycar, commenting a report on homicide in 2001 Year Book Australia, released by the Bureau of Statistics, said that capital punishment has no effect on the crime rate
- JANUARY 25, 2001AzerbaijanDEATH PENALTY
Azerbaijan was officially admitted to the Council of Europe
Azerbaijan was officially admitted to the Council of Europe
- JANUARY 25, 2001Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
A Saudi man convicted of murdering a fellow citizen...
A Saudi man convicted of murdering a fellow citizen was beheaded in southern Saudi Arabia
- JANUARY 25, 2001ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
Armenia was officially admitted to the Council of Europe
Armenia was officially admitted to the Council of Europe
- JANUARY 25, 2001BulgariaDEATH PENALTY
Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization (IMRO)...
Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization (IMRO) chairman Krassimir Karakachanov said it is high time the schools, the police and the prosecuting authorities did what is necessary to prevent the victimization of children by criminals and paedophiles
- JANUARY 25, 2001FloridaDEATH PENALTY
The brother of US President George W Bush is to re-examine...
The brother of US President George W Bush is to re-examine the case of a Londoner who has been on death row for 14 years
- JANUARY 25, 2001OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
Billy Ray Fox, 35, was executed by injection for the...
Billy Ray Fox, 35, was executed by injection for the summer 1985 murders of 3 night employees at Wynn's IGA
- JANUARY 25, 2001NepalDEATH PENALTY
The Tangerang District Court in Indonesia condemned...
The Tangerang District Court in Indonesia condemned Nar Bahadur Tamang and Bala Tamang, both Nepalese nationals, to death for drug trafficking
- JANUARY 25, 2001IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
The Tangerang District Court condemned Nar Bahadur...
The Tangerang District Court condemned Nar Bahadur Tamang and Bala Tamang, both Nepalese nationals, to death for drug trafficking
- JANUARY 25, 2001DEATH PENALTY
LEBANON
January 25, 2001: 15 people risk being executed. The European Union called for Lebanon to drop the death penalty and asked Justice Minister Samir Jisr to suspend 15 planned executions for various crimes. Italian Senator urges the Italian Government to int
- JANUARY 24, 2001United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
British Foreign Office Minister Keith Vaz, told Members...
British Foreign Office Minister Keith Vaz, told Members of Parliament that Turkey should not be allowed to join the European Union without huge improvements in its human rights record
- JANUARY 24, 2001AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
Bill Feldman leader of the City Country Alliance, a...
Bill Feldman leader of the City Country Alliance, a political party made up of six former One Nation MPs, has launched its election campaign in the Australian state of Queensland where polls will be held on February 17, with a call for a referendum on the