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 16, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Both the procuratorate and the court of Mianyang city...
Both the procuratorate and the court of Mianyang city were ordered each to pay 53,528
- JANUARY 16, 2001KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
A Sri Lankan expatriate, Vina Sishabi, was hanged at...
A Sri Lankan expatriate, Vina Sishabi, was hanged at the central prison of Kuwait city
- JANUARY 16, 2001IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
East Timorese leader of the violent militia gang Aitarak...
East Timorese leader of the violent militia gang Aitarak Eurico Guterres, 27, declared to a Jakarta courtroom that he wants to receive the death sentence because he feels rejected by the Indonesian Government
- JANUARY 16, 2001DEATH PENALTY
A man who fatally stabbed, beat and sexually molested...
A man who fatally stabbed, beat and sexually molested a 7-year-old girl in his apartment was executed by fatal injection
- JANUARY 16, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China executed 2 men for murder
China executed 2 men for murder
- JANUARY 16, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China executed a man for drug dealing
China executed a man for drug dealing
- JANUARY 16, 2001DEATH PENALTY
A jury in St
A jury in St
- JANUARY 16, 2001VirginiaDEATH PENALTY
33 Christian, Jewish and Muslim religious leaders from...
33 Christian, Jewish and Muslim religious leaders from around the state released a statement calling on the General Assembly to abolish the death penalty
- JANUARY 16, 2001Rhode IslandDEATH PENALTY
Sen. Raptakis filed SB 73 to reintroduce the death penalty.
Sen. Raptakis filed SB 73 to reintroduce the death penalty.
- JANUARY 16, 2001ColombiaDEATH PENALTY
Twenty gunmen suspected rightist paramilitary members...
Twenty gunmen suspected rightist paramilitary members stopped a bus in western Colombia and executed 10 passengers
- JANUARY 16, 2001Sri LankaDEATH PENALTY
A Sri Lankan expatriate, Vina Sishabi, was hanged at...
A Sri Lankan expatriate, Vina Sishabi, was hanged at the central prison of Kuwait city
- JANUARY 16, 2001DEATH PENALTY
SIT- IN IN ROME: TODAY h. 11 am
Today at 11.00 a.m. the Radical Party is organising a sit-in in front of the Palestinian Authority’s delegation offices in Rome in favour of a moratorium on executions in the territories.
- JANUARY 16, 2001DEATH PENALTY
KUWAIT
January 16, 2001: Vina Sishabi, from Sri Lanka, was hanged at the central prison of Kuwait city.
- JANUARY 15, 2001Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
The European Union, under the Sweden Presidency, voiced...
The European Union, under the Sweden Presidency, voiced regret over the execution of two Palestinians convicted of collaboration with Israel and urged Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat to commute death sentences against two other men, Ali al-Hatib and Husa
- JANUARY 15, 2001Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi Arabia executed two women, a mother and daughter,...
Saudi Arabia executed two women, a mother and daughter, convicted of killing their husband and father and burning his body in the desert
- JANUARY 15, 2001Central African RepublicDEATH PENALTY
Secretary-General Kofi Annan, in a report to the U
Secretary-General Kofi Annan, in a report to the U
- JANUARY 15, 2001ItalyDEATH PENALTY
European Parliamentarian Emma Bonino criticised the...
European Parliamentarian Emma Bonino criticised the Palestinian Authority for the summary death sentences issued after trials lacking deliberation, and without the possibility of appeal or clemency
- JANUARY 15, 2001DEATH PENALTY
The crime of murdering a child would join the list...
The crime of murdering a child would join the list of offenses automatically eligible for the death penalty under legislation filed in the memory of a 9-year-old Spokane girl killed by her father
- JANUARY 14, 2001IraqDEATH PENALTY
Authorities in Baghdad have released hundreds of prisoners...
Authorities in Baghdad have released hundreds of prisoners who were sentenced to death and life imprisonment for murder, kidnapping, armed robbery and rape
- JANUARY 14, 2001Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi Arabia executed a Saudi man for shooting dead...
Saudi Arabia executed a Saudi man for shooting dead a fellow national
- JANUARY 14, 2001DEATH PENALTY
A supervisor at the Illinois State Police crime lab...
A supervisor at the Illinois State Police crime lab gave false testimony in 9 cases, including trials that resulted in wrongful rape convictions of 3 Chicago men, according to an analysis by a leading forensic expert for a lawsuit against the City of Chic
- JANUARY 14, 2001GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
Small counties in South Georgia are going broke prosecuting...
Small counties in South Georgia are going broke prosecuting and defending death penalty cases - even though fewer and fewer murderers are being put to death
- JANUARY 14, 2001IsraelDEATH PENALTY
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak denounced the Palestinian...
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak denounced the Palestinian Authority's execution of two collaborators convicted of helping Israel pinpoint and kill Palestinian activists during the current uprising
- JANUARY 14, 2001Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
After putting 2 men before firing squads and condemning...
After putting 2 men before firing squads and condemning 2 more to death, Palestinian authorities said that more trials - and harsher punishment - are ahead for Palestinians accused of collaborating with Israel
- JANUARY 14, 2001DEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA
January 14, 2001: Saudi Arabia executed two people this weekend
- JANUARY 13, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China executed 26 people convicted of robbery, rape...
China executed 26 people convicted of robbery, rape and murder as the police mounted a drive to rid the streets of criminals and warn potential offenders ahead of the Lunar New Year holidays
- JANUARY 13, 2001OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
The Rev
The Rev
- JANUARY 13, 2001RussiaDEATH PENALTY
It was reported that the Mojahedin Military Command...
It was reported that the Mojahedin Military Command Council had sentenced to death for being enemy conspirators and executed five people who worked in a Russian concentration camp as "torture agents" in the village of Sherkesnov
- JANUARY 13, 2001IraqDEATH PENALTY
A special source reported that the Baghdad regime executed...
A special source reported that the Baghdad regime executed a large number of strugglers in Makasib prison and buried their bodies in a graveyard near Baghdad international airport
- JANUARY 13, 2001PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Abdel-Rahim Shah Qulshawal, a Pakistani national was...
Abdel-Rahim Shah Qulshawal, a Pakistani national was beheaded for heroin smuggling in the town of Al-Khobar