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
- AUGUST 11, 2005IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. CONVICTED MURDERER HANGED
an Iranian man who was convicted of murdering a soldier and was known only by his nickname, "The Runaway Shadow," was been hanged in Tehran, the Iran daily reported.
- AUGUST 11, 2005BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING HIS WIFE
the Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal in Rangpur, Bangladeh, sentenced Harun Mia, 30, to death after convicting him of killing his wife.
- AUGUST 11, 2005FranceDEATH PENALTY
FRANCE. PARIS PROTEST OVER IRANIAN HANGING OF TWO GAY TEENAGERS
some 150 protestors rallied in central Paris to condemn the July 19 execution of two teenagers who were sentenced to public hanging in Iran because they were gay, event organizers said. Gathered in front of the Pompidou Centre, demonstrators chanted "Iran
- AUGUST 11, 2005EthiopiaDEATH PENALTY
ETHIOPIA. COURT SENTENCES SENIOR MENGISTU REGIME OFFICIALS TO DIE
two senior officials from Ethiopia's Soviet-backed communist government were sentenced to death for atrocities committed during the 1974 to 1991 rule of dictator Mengistu Haile Mariam.
- AUGUST 11, 2005VietnamDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM. JUSTICE MINISTRY PROPOSES LETHAL INJECTION AS ADDITIONAL EXECUTION METHOD
Vietnam’s justice ministry introduced a draft legislation proposing lethal injection as an alternative method of executing death sentences. The ministry said lethal injection would help relieve executioners of the psychological pressure they suffered whil
- AUGUST 11, 2005AlgeriaDEATH PENALTY
UNITED KINGDOM. DEPORTATION RISK FOR TEN PEOPLE ARRESTED FOR TERRORISM
ten foreign nationals considered to pose a terrorist threat were detained in the last 24 hours by British police, with the intention of deporting them to their home countries.
- AUGUST 11, 2005IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
Iran’s Supreme Court upheld a death by hanging sentence for a young woman
Iran’s Supreme Court upheld a death by hanging sentence for a young woman
- AUGUST 10, 2005DEATH PENALTY
IRAN. SIX HANGINGS, THREE DEATH VERDICTS IN TWO DAYS
six people were hanged by the clerical regime in Tehran and Hamedan (western Iran) on Wednesday and Tuesday respectively, Iranian state-run media reported. Two others in Tehran and another in Karaj (west of Tehran) were sentenced to death.
- AUGUST 10, 2005IranDEATH PENALTY
Sharq daily wrote that three men, Amir-Reza, Mehdi and Akbar, were hanged in Tehran on the charge of murder.
Sharq daily wrote that three men, Amir-Reza, Mehdi and Akbar, were hanged in Tehran on the charge of murder.
- AUGUST 10, 2005TexasDEATH PENALTY
Gary Sterling, 38, was executed in Huntsville.
Gary Sterling, 38, was executed in Huntsville.
- AUGUST 10, 2005MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA. INSURANCE EXECUTIVE SPARED HANGMAN'S NOOSE FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
the Malaysian Court of Appeal commuted the death sentence passed on Denish Madhavan, a 33-year-old insurance executive, for drug trafficking.
- AUGUST 10, 2005ZambiaDEATH PENALTY
ZAMBIA. MAN TO HANG FOR ROBBERY
the Ndola High Court, Zambia, sentenced Emmanuel Mulenga. a 31-year-old man. to death by hanging for aggravated robbery. Passing sentence, Judge Muyinda Wanki said the offence was especially serious due to the use of a firearm.
- AUGUST 10, 2005IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA. CITU LEADER SENTENCED TO DEATH
the Contai fast track court in East Midnapore, India, sentenced to death a prominent Citu leader, Purnendu Patra, and sentenced CPI-Ms Nilpur local committee secretary, Rabindra Jana, to life rigorous imprisonment.
- AUGUST 10, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. GANG CHIEFS GET DEATH FOR SELLING 82 CHILDREN
a Fujian Province court, China, handed down death sentences to the leaders of two gangs that bought more than 80 children from their parents and sold them in Singapore.
- AUGUST 10, 2005JordanDEATH PENALTY
UK. BRITAIN SIGNS DEPORTATION DEAL WITH JORDAN
Britain signed an agreement with Jordan, which allowed British courts to depart Jordanians considered to pose a threat to its national security and public order, the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) confirmed.
- AUGUST 9, 2005IranDEATH PENALTY
the state-controlled daily Etemad reported that three persons...
the state-controlled daily Etemad reported that three persons...
- AUGUST 9, 2005BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. TWO SENTENCED TO DEATH, TWO OTHERS TO LIFE TERM
the Chittagong Metropolitan and Sessions Court, Bangladesh, sentenced two people to death and two others to life term imprisonment for murder. Nasiruddin alias Nasira of Chandanagar and Abdul Malek of Jalalabad were condemned to the death by the court, wh
- AUGUST 9, 2005BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING WIFE
Mollah Mostafa Kamal, Judge of the Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal in Rangpur, Bangladesh, sentenced to death Akinoor Rahman alias Akibul after conviocting him of killing his wife.
- AUGUST 9, 2005OhioDEATH PENALTY
Judge Dennis Helmick of the Hamilton County Common Pleas Court ruled that...
Judge Dennis Helmick of the Hamilton County Common Pleas Court ruled that...
- AUGUST 9, 2005LouisianaDEATH PENALTY
for a 2nd time, a jury chose the death penalty for Len Davis...
for a 2nd time, a jury chose the death penalty for Len Davis...
- AUGUST 9, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. THREE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR HEROIN TRAFFICKING, EXECUTED AFTER PASSING OF SENTENCE
in its final trial, the Foshan City Intermediate People's Court in Guangdong Province, China, upheld the original verdict sentencing Guo Jizong, Zhang Fajian and Peng Guowei to death and Li Shaoze and Wang Jiazhang to life imprisonment for drug traffickin
- AUGUST 8, 2005BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. THREE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
three people were sentenced to death, one in absentia, by a court in Satkhira, Bangladesh, for killing a UP member at Baikari village, Sadar district.
- AUGUST 8, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. MAN GETS DEATH PENALTY FOR TRAFFICKING CHILDREN TO SINGAPORE
Ke Pangjie, a man convicted of running a child trafficking ring that sold 44 children to Singapore over a five-year period, was sentenced in China's southeastern city of Quanzhou, with partners Wu Wenbin and Sheng Zhenzhong getting life imprisonment and 1
- AUGUST 8, 2005BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. TWO YOUNG MEN SENT TO THE GALLOWS
the district court of Munshinganj, Bangladesh, sentenced to death Monir Hossain, 26, for the murder of his elder brother in Nayagaon, Sadar, on August 1, 2005.
- AUGUST 8, 2005RussiaDEATH PENALTY
RUSSIA. DUMA LIKELY TO PASS BILL ABOLISHING DEATH PENALTY
the State Duma planned to pass a bill ratifying the Council of Europe's Protocol No.6 concerning abolition of the death penalty, Duma Legislation Committee Chairman Pavel Krasheninnikov said.
- AUGUST 8, 2005Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA. MAN EXECUTED FOR STRANGLING COMPATRIOT
Saudi Arabia executed a Saudi man who had been found guilty of murdering another man by strangling him, the country’s Interior Ministry said.
- AUGUST 8, 2005IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA. KASHMIR SHUTS DOWN TO DEMAND LIFTING OF DEATH SENTENCE
a one-day strike seeking the lifting of a death sentence on Mohammed Afzal, a man convicted over a deadly 2001 raid on India's parliament, paralysed much of Indian Kashmir, residents said. Most schools, shops, post offices and banks remained closed in the
- AUGUST 8, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. FIVE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR HEROIN TRAFFICKING
in its initial trial, the Haikou City Intermediate People's Court in Hainan Province, China, sentenced Wang Chunliang, Zhou Bing, Huang Bin, LI Haichun and Wu Xiaobo to death for trafficking in more than six kg of narcotics.
- AUGUST 8, 2005TexasDEATH PENALTY
TEXAS, USA. MEXICANS COMPLAIN OF ABUSES ON TEXAS DEATH ROW
several Mexican inmates on death row on the penitentiary in Texas, known as the Polunsky Unit, said their isolation for 23 hours a day in a small cell amounted to cruel and unusual punishment.
- AUGUST 8, 2005IranDEATH PENALTY
Iran’s Supreme Court has given the green light for the hanging of a 16-year-old schoolboy in Tehran
Iran’s Supreme Court has given the green light for the hanging of a 16-year-old schoolboy in Tehran