Archive timeline
2005
The news published by Hands Off Cain in 2005, month by month, with the countries most present that year.
Latest news of 2005
- SEPTEMBER 14, 2005IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
INDONESIA. SECOND MILITANT GETS DEATH FOR JAKARTA EMBASSY BLAST
an Indonesian court sentenced a second Islamic militant to death for helping plot and carry out last year's suicide car bomb attack outside the Australian embassy in Jakarta.
- SEPTEMBER 14, 2005TexasDEATH PENALTY
TEXAS, USA. FRANCES NEWTON EXECUTED IN HUNTSVILLE
Frances Newton, a woman convicted of killing her family, became the first black female to be executed in Texas since before the US Civil War after last-minute legal and political pleas to save her failed.
- SEPTEMBER 14, 2005IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. CONVICTED MURDERER HANGED
Ali Fesahat, an Iranian man convicted of murder, was hanged in a prison in the central province of Yazd, for murdering 22-year-old Ahmad Kheyrandish.
- SEPTEMBER 14, 2005CroatiaDEATH PENALTY
UN TRIBUNAL TRANSFERS FIRST CASES TO CROATIA
the U.N. war crimes tribunal in The Hague decided to transfer to Croatia the cases of two generals charged with killing Serb civilians in 1993, the first such referral to Croatia by the court.
- SEPTEMBER 14, 2005IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA. EIGHT PEOPLE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
the Barrackpore Fast Track First Court, India, sentenced eight people to death in connection with the murder of Archideb Bhattacharya, a private tutor and small-time businessman, in the Kharda police station area of North 24 Parganas district.
- SEPTEMBER 14, 2005IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA. FORMER ARMY MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER OF WIFE
Mission Suklavaidya, 41, a former army man, was sentenced to death by the Hailakandi district and sessions court, after being convicted of murdering his wife under Sections 302 and 201 of the Indian Penal Code. Suklavaidya’s accomplice, Uttam Chakra-borty
- SEPTEMBER 14, 2005PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. FAMILY OF 6 TO BE EXECUTED
Manzoor Ahmad and his son Muhammad Ishaq, Ghulam Mustafa also known as Papoo, Muhammad Ilyas, Muhammad Anwar and Javed Obal, all members of the same family, were due to be executed in prison within the day’s end for shooting three of their relatives to de
- SEPTEMBER 14, 2005PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Arshad Mughal alias Papu was hanged at Kotlakhpat Jail in front of a magistrate and jail authorities.
Arshad Mughal alias Papu was hanged at Kotlakhpat Jail in front of a magistrate and jail authorities.
- SEPTEMBER 13, 2005IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
INDONESIA. JAKARTA COURT SENTENCES EMBASSY BOMBER TO DEATH
an Indonesian court sentenced to death Rois, also known as Iwan Dharmawan, the main defendant on trial over the 2004 suicide car bombing outside the Australian embassy in Jakarta that killed 10 people.
- SEPTEMBER 13, 2005Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA. WOMAN TO BE EXECUTED FOR STOPPING RAPE
a young woman was waiting execution in Saudi Arabia for killing a man who was trying to rape her, the Saudi newspaper Arab News reported.
- SEPTEMBER 13, 2005IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. CONSTRUCTIVE DIALOGUE TO CONTINUE, EUROPEAN COMMISSION
the European Commission shares in the concern on the human rights situation in Iran, particularly with regards to the death penalty, but does not indent to interrupt the politics of constructive dialogue with the regime.
- SEPTEMBER 13, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. THREE MEN EXECUTED FOR ROBBERY AND MURDER OF CAB DRIVERS
China executed three migrant workers in Beijing for robbing taxi drivers and killing four of them, state media reported.
- SEPTEMBER 13, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. BEAUTY PRODUCTS FROM THE SKIN OF EXECUTED PRISONERS
a Chinese cosmetics company was using skin harvested from the corpses of executed convicts to develop beauty products for sale in Europe, an investigation by the UK daily Guardian discovered.
- SEPTEMBER 13, 2005IndiaDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. PAKISTAN SAYS DEATH-ROW INDIAN SPY'S FATE DEPENDS ON MERCY
it was reported that Pakistan's Foreign Minister Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri told the Hindi news channel Aaj Tak that the fate of Sarabjit Singh, an Indian national on death row in Pakistan convicted as a spy and for setting bombs that killed several people, c
- SEPTEMBER 13, 2005AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
AUSTRALIA. BRITON TO BE SENT BACK TO SINGAPORE FOR MURDER TRIAL
Australia was to extradite British businessman Michael McCrea to Singapore to face trial for a double murder after Australia's highest court rejected his bid to avoid being handed over. McCrea, 46, was accused of murdering his driver and his driver's girl
- SEPTEMBER 12, 2005IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. YOUNG MAN HANGED IN PUBLIC FOR TEENAGE CRIME
a young man was hanged in public in the southern town of Kazeroun, in Fars Province, for a crime he had committed when he was a minor.
- SEPTEMBER 12, 2005IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN TO HANG 19-YEAR-OLD MOTHER
a young Iranian mother was sentenced to execution in the town of Langaroud, northern Iran, the semi-official daily Jomhouri Islami reported.
- SEPTEMBER 12, 2005IraqDEATH PENALTY
KUWAIT. GOVERNMENT DEMANDS DEATH PENALTY FOR SADDAM
Kuwait demanded the death penalty in its indictment against former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein for crimes against the emirate, Justice Minister Ahmad Baqer said.
- SEPTEMBER 12, 2005Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA. COUNTRY TO SET UP HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION
Saudi Arabia's cabinet approved the establishment of a governmental human rights commission, the latest move by the oil-rich kingdom to address accusations of rights abuses.
- SEPTEMBER 12, 2005SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
THE PHILIPPINES. 24 FILIPINOS FACE DEATH PENALTY IN SAUDI, SINGAPORE, MALAYSIA
twenty-four Filipino workers were facing the death penalty for murder and drug-related cases, the Philippines Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said.
- SEPTEMBER 12, 2005MalawiDEATH PENALTY
MALAWI. CIVIL SOCIETY CALLS FOR DEATH PENALTY FOR HUMAN TRAFFICKING
several groups, including the Young Women's Christian Association of Malawi, mounted fresh pressure on MPs asking them to press for legislation on human trafficking, especially of children.
- SEPTEMBER 12, 2005IranDEATH PENALTY
Iran daily reported that death sentences were issued for three persons
Iran daily reported that death sentences were issued for three persons
- SEPTEMBER 11, 2005IranDEATH PENALTY
a Tehran penal court sentenced, a young woman, to death.
a Tehran penal court sentenced, a young woman, to death.
- SEPTEMBER 10, 2005Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA. SAUDI NATIONAL EXECUTED FOR MURDER
Hamad al-Rubli, a Saudi convicted of murder, was beheaded by the sword in Arar on the border with Iraq, the Saudi interior ministry announced.
- SEPTEMBER 10, 2005IndiaDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. PRESIDENT EXAMINING CASE OF INDIAN NATIONAL ON DEATH ROW SARABJIT SINGH
Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf said he had taken no decision yet on the fate of an Indian national sentenced to hang on spying and bombing charges but added he was examining the case
- SEPTEMBER 9, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. TEACHER EXECUTED FOR RAPING 32 SCHOOL GIRLS
Lu Lei, a teacher convicted of raping 32 girls under the age of 14, was executed in southwest China a day before the country marked its annual Teacher's Day.
- SEPTEMBER 9, 2005RussiaDEATH PENALTY
RUSSIA. KOSACHYOV HOPES DUMA WILL OUTLAW CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
it was reported that Konstantin Kosachyov, chairman of the foreign affairs committee of the State Duma, hoped that the Duma would ratify the sixth protocol of the European Convention on Human Rights, which stipulated the abolishment of capital punishment,
- SEPTEMBER 9, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KINDERGARTEN KILLINGS
China sentenced to death Fu Hegong , a 31 year old man convicted of killing a teacher and a 5-year-old student in a kindergarten in a rampage of rape, robbery and acts of lewdness, the Beijing Youth Daily said.
- SEPTEMBER 9, 2005JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN. YAKUZA HITMAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR GANGLAND MURDERS
Kaiichi Yamamoto, a gang boss who gunned down five rivals in a Saitama Prefecture city was sentenced to death by the Saitama District Court, Japan. Yamamoto, 58, the gang boss, was convicted on five counts of murder and for firearms violations following t
- SEPTEMBER 9, 2005JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN. MAN TO FACE GALLOWS FOR MURDERING FRIEND'S SONS
the Utsunomiya District Court, Japan, sentenced Akihiro Shimoyama, a 40-year-old man, to death for murdering two boys in Oyama, Tochigi Prefecture, in 2004.