Archive timeline
2005
The news published by Hands Off Cain in 2005, month by month, with the countries most present that year.
The year in data
- Executions recorded worldwide
- 5,563
- Countries where they were recorded
- 41
- News items in the archive
- 2,252
Latest news of 2005
SEPTEMBER 9, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA. 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 8, 2005MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
Malaysia. Trafficking death penalty commuted
Lim Hock Boon, 40, escaped the gallows for allegedly trafficking in about a kilogram of cannabis because others had access to a car where the drugs were hidden.
- SEPTEMBER 8, 2005CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
a judge ordered the execution of Pravin "Peter" Govin, 35
a judge ordered the execution of Pravin "Peter" Govin, 35, a motel owner who strangled and burned a business rival and her 3 relatives.
SEPTEMBER 8, 2005SudanDEATH PENALTYSUDAN. DETAINEES SUFFER ARBITRARY EXECUTION, HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH
the Sudanese government has executed prisoners who were minors at the time of their arrest, Human Rights Watch said.
- SEPTEMBER 7, 2005KentuckyDEATH PENALTY
the resentencing of Michael St. Clair ended with the same sentence a jury decided on 7 years ago.
the resentencing of Michael St. Clair ended with the same sentence a jury decided on 7 years ago.
- SEPTEMBER 7, 2005FloridaDEATH PENALTY
a jury recommended 2 death sentences for Thomas Eugene Bevel
a jury recommended 2 death sentences for Thomas Eugene Bevel, a man convicted in the February 2004 shooting deaths of Garrick Stringfield and his 13-year-old son, Phillip Sims, to get rid of a witness
SEPTEMBER 7, 2005IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN. KURDISH ACTIVIST HANGED IN PRISON
Mohammad Panj-Bini and Esmail Mohammadi, twoiranian Kurdish activists, were hanged in a prison in the town of Orumieh, northwest Iran, for their opposition to the Iranian regime, opposition websites reported.
SEPTEMBER 7, 2005TaiwanDEATH PENALTYTAIWAN. COUNTRY TO ABOLISH DEATH PENALTY
Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian vowed to the abolish death penalty so that Taiwan could become a country founded on the basis of human rights.
SEPTEMBER 7, 2005United KingdomDEATH PENALTYEUROPEN UNION. HUMAN RIGHTS CONVENTION SHOULD NOT BLOCK EXPULSIONS, UK HOME MINISTER
British Interior Minister Charles Clarke told EU lawmakers that it was necessary to rethink the European Convention of Human Rights on the ban on extraditing people to countries where they risked torture and execution.
- SEPTEMBER 6, 2005IraqDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ. ANTI-TERROR LAWS DEBATED THAT COULD INTRODUCE DEATH PENALTY FOR WIDE RANGE OF OFFENCES
Iraqi MPs debated sweeping anti-terror legislation that would make even crimes such as vandalism subject to the death penalty in a bid to quell the raging insurgency.
- SEPTEMBER 6, 2005PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. INDIAN NATIONAL ON DEATH ROW IN PAKISTAN TO BE SPARED, REPORT
Islamabad assured New Delhi that Sarabjit Singh, an Indian sentenced to be hanged in Pakistan on bombing and spying charges, would be reprieved, the Hindu newspaper said.
- SEPTEMBER 6, 2005IndiaDEATH PENALTY
India. Amnesty protests death penalty
Human rights campaign group Amnesty International called on India to abolish the death penalty, a day before European Union officials were due to meet Indian leaders at a summit to be held in New Delhi.
- SEPTEMBER 6, 2005PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
THE PHILIPPINES. DEATH FOR 4 IN BUSINESSWOMAN'S ABDUCTION
four out of 14 people accused of abducting Chinese-Filipino businesswoman Michelle Siu Ragos were sentenced to death, seven others were sentenced to life, while three were acquitted, according to a decision by Judge Bonifacio Sanz Maceda of the Las Piñas
- SEPTEMBER 6, 2005MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
Malaysia. Man escapes gallows on appeal
a Court of Appeal in Malaysia allowed Mohd Fauzi Ridzwan's appeal against a High Court conviction for trafficking in 4.5kg of ganja.
- SEPTEMBER 6, 2005PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
THE PHILIPPINES. DEATH FOR 4 IN BUSINESSWOMAN'S ABDUCTION
four out of 14 people accused of abducting Chinese-Filipino businesswoman Michelle Siu Ragos were sentenced to death, seven others were sentenced to life, while three were acquitted, according to a decision by Judge Bonifacio Sanz Maceda of the Las Piñas
SEPTEMBER 6, 2005IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ. SADDAM SHOULD BE EXECUTED 20 TIMES A DAY, TALABANI SAYS
ousted Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein "confessed" to releasing orders for executions and a campaign against Kurds in which thousands of people are said to have been killed, President Jalal Talabani said.
SEPTEMBER 6, 2005NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA. 2,987 PEOPLE KILLED UNLAWFULLY IN 2004
the Nigeria Police Forces were indicted as major perpetrators in a rising incidence of unlawful killings in the country, with over 2,980 people killed in 2004, a figure which represented a 400 per cent increase over a corresponding figure of 756 extra-jud
SEPTEMBER 6, 2005AfghanistanDEATH PENALTYIRAN SENTENCES MAN TO EXECUTION, WOMAN TO FLOGGING AND JAIL
a court in Iran sentenced a woman to 100 lashes and 15 years jail time and an Afghan man to execution on charges of murder, Persian-language websites reported.
- SEPTEMBER 5, 2005PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
THE PHILIPPINES. REPEAL OF DEATH PENALTY URGED
despite the death penalty, at least 18 murders were being committed every day in the Philippines.
- SEPTEMBER 5, 2005IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA. JAMA MASJID IMAM URGES PAKISTAN’S MUSHARRAF TO FREE DEATH ROW INMATE SARABJIT SINGH
the Imam of New Delhi's Jama Masjid, Syed Abdullah Bukhari and his son Syed Yahaya Bukhari, who is the President of the Jama Masjid United Front, appealed to Pakistan's President General Pervez Musharraf to release Indian death row inmate Sarabjit Singh o
SEPTEMBER 4, 2005IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ. SADDAM TO GO ON TRIAL OCTOBER 19
former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein and seven of his henchmen would go on trial on October 19 over the massacre of 143 people more than two decades ago, government spokesman Laith Kubba.
- SEPTEMBER 3, 2005IraqDEATH PENALTY
UNITED NATIONS. UN REGRETS IRAQ'S USE OF DEATH PENALTY
reacting to the Iraqi Government's decision to execute by hanging three men accused of kidnapping, killing and rape, the United Nations Assistance Mission for the country (UNAMI) urged that future death penalty sentences be commuted.
SEPTEMBER 3, 2005DEATH PENALTYIRAN. CONVICTED MURDER HANGED
Houshang Bameri, an Iranian man convicted of murder and armed robbery was hanged in the southeastern province of Sistan-Baluchestan.
SEPTEMBER 3, 2005IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN. ISMAYIL MUHEMEDI EXECUTED BY THE IRANIAN AUTHORITIES
the Iranian authorities’ executed the Kurdish political prisoner Ismayil Muhemedi, his brother was reported as telling local media.
SEPTEMBER 3, 2005Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA. SAUDI MAN CONVICTED OF MURDER BEHEADED BY SWORD
Saudi Arabia executed Jameel bin Abdullah bin Safar al-Fahmy, a Saudi man convicted of murdering a compatriot after a feud.
- SEPTEMBER 2, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China. Death penalty for corruption to remain for now
officials with the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC), China's top legislative body, denied discussions were under way to abolish the use of capital punishment for those involved in serious economic crimes.
- SEPTEMBER 2, 2005IraqDEATH PENALTY
EUROPEAN UNION. EU OPPOSES APPLICATION OF DEATH PENALTY IN IRAQ
the European Union adopted a declaration in which it expresses its regret that the death penalty had been applied once more in Iraq.
SEPTEMBER 2, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA. U.N. HUMAN RIGHTS CHIEF CALLS ON CHINA TO RELEASE DATA ON EXECUTIONS
the United Nation's human rights chief, Louise Arbour, has said she is "guardedly optimistic" that China is making progress on human rights. But she questioned Beijing's widespread use of the death penalty, warning that some of those being executed mig
- SEPTEMBER 1, 2005JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN. HIGH COURT REDUCES MAN'S DEATH SENTENCE TO LIFE IN PRISON
the Sendai High Court, Japan, reduced from a death sentence to life in prison the punishment for Kiyoshi Ishii, a man convicted of killing a couple by torching their house in Fukushima Prefecture in 2000, denying he intended to kill.
- SEPTEMBER 1, 2005TexasDEATH PENALTY
a jury sentenced Juan Edwardo Castillo, 24, to death
a jury sentenced Juan Edwardo Castillo, 24, to death