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
- JULY 17, 2005BulgariaDEATH PENALTY
BULGARIA. OUTGOING FOREIGN MINISTER CONDEMNS DEATH PENALTY
Bulgaria's stand is against death penalty, wherever in the world it is being implemented, Foreign Minster Solomon Passy said.
- JULY 17, 2005BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. THREE PEOPLE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
Mohammad Kaosar, 50, his wife Rasheda Begum, 40, and his brother Manik Miah, 35, were condemned to death by a speedy trial tribunal in Chittagong, after they were convicted of murder.
- JULY 17, 2005BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. SIX PEOPLE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
it was reported that six “underground terrorists”, Khalilur Rahman alias Kazal, Zakir Hossain, Asaduzzaman Mintu, Badiuzzaman Litu, Hafizur Rahman and Masud Hossain were sentenced to death, the latter three in absentia, by a court in Bagerhat, for the mur
- JULY 17, 2005BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. THREE SIBLINGS ARE TO GO GALLOWS, TWO TO LIFE IMPRISONMENT
Kazi Mohammad Panna, Kazi Mohammad Anna and Kazi Mohammad Manna, aged 28 to 35, were sentenced to death and their two younger brothers, Kazi Mohammad Shahin, 24, and Kazi Mohammad Tuhin, 26, to life imprisonment by a court in Jessore, for severing the ar
- JULY 17, 2005IraqDEATH PENALTY
TRIBUNAL FORMALLY CHARGES SADDAM HUSSEIN
Iraq's special tribunal laid the first formal charges against Saddam Hussein for crimes committed during his 25-year rule and a date for his trial may be announced "within days", the tribunal said.
- JULY 16, 2005Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA. PAKISTANI BEHEADED FOR MURDERING COMPATRIOT
Mohammad Zadeh Sawali, a Pakistani national, was beheaded by the sword in the northern Saudi town of Arar after being convicted of killing a compatriot residing in the kingdom, the Saudi interior ministry announced.
- JULY 16, 2005IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. MAN CONVICTED OF MURDER HANGED PUBLICLY
Eyvazali Hosseinzadeh, an Iranian man convicted of murder, was hanged in public in northwestern Ardebil province for killing a man in 1999.
- JULY 16, 2005BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. GOVERNMENT TO BUILD PRISON FOR CONDEMNED AS DEATH-ROW NUMBERS ROCKET
Bangladesh would build a new jail for death-row inmates after a crackdown on violent crime doubled the number of condemned prisoners in three years, officials said.
- JULY 16, 2005IraqDEATH PENALTY
KURDISH ISLAMIC SCHOLARS CALL FOR EXECUTION OF INSURGENTS
text of report by Meriwan Neqishbendi entitled "In their Friday sermon, Kurdistan Islamic scholars call for execution of terrorists", published by Iraqi Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) newspaper, Khabat...
- JULY 15, 2005CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
for the 2nd time, the 9th Circuit in San Francisco overturned the death penalty for Fernando Belmontes
for the 2nd time, the 9th Circuit in San Francisco overturned the death penalty for Fernando Belmontes, 44. Belmontes was 19 when, on March 15, 1981, killed of Steacy McConnell during a robbery.
- JULY 15, 2005BelarusDEATH PENALTY
BELARUS. CONSTITUTIONAL COURT CHAIRMAN IN FAVOUR OF DEATH PENALTY
Grigory Vasilevich, chairman of the Constitutional Court of Belarus, said that he believed death penalty was a strong deterrent against crime that should be retained.
- JULY 14, 2005United NationsDEATH PENALTY
UNITED NATIONS. COUNTRIES RETAINING DEATH PENALTY FAIL TO GIVE DETAILS OF EXECUTIONS, UN SAYS
despite calls to countries retaining capital punishment to be transparent about their executions, United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan's latest report on the use of the death penalty worldwide laments the absence of a full accounting for death sent
- JULY 14, 2005IraqDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ. GOVERNMENT APPROVES FIRST DEATH SENTENCE
the Iraqi prime minister Ibrahim Jaafari has approved the first death sentence handed down by a Iraqi tribunal and confirmed by the court of cassation - the country's highest court.
- JULY 14, 2005LibyaDEATH PENALTY
LIBYA. TWO TURKISH NATIONALS EXECUTED FOR MURDER, TURKISH FOREIGN MINISTRY
two Turkish citizens were executed in Libya, the Turkish Foreign Ministry said. ''Selim Aslan and Yunus Ozkan, who were sentenced to death in Libya as they were accused of committing murder in 1995, were executed today. We express condolences to their fam
- JULY 14, 2005United StatesDEATH PENALTY
VERMONT, USA. JURY RECOMMENDS DEATH FOR MAN IN FIRST DEATH PENALTY CASE FOR 50 YEARS
Donald Fell, a man convicted of kidnapping a supermarket worker and fatally beating her as she prayed for her life, was sentenced to death by a federal jury in Vermont's first capital punishment case in almost a half century.
- JULY 14, 2005BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. HIGH NUMBER OF "SPEEDY" COURT DEATH SENTENCES RAISES CONCERN IN BANGLADESH
Judge Shahed Nooruddin has sentenced 114 people to death in under three years, according to official figures. The judge presides over one of nine fast-track courts introduced in November 2002 as part of a government initiative to crack down on crime, a ma
- JULY 14, 2005BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. FOUR FAMILY MEMBERS SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
four members of a family were sentenced to death by hanging after a court found them guilty of killing their neighbour in a dispute over grass eaten by his cow.
- JULY 14, 2005Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
52ND EXECUTION OF THE YEAR
Mohammad bin Ghanem al-Fifi, a Saudi man, was beheaded by the sword in the southwestern region of Asir after he was convicted of fatally shooting a compatriot.
- JULY 14, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. GUANGZHOU COURT SENTENCES ONE TO DEATH FOR HEROIN AND ECSTASY TRAFFICKING
it was reported that the Guangzhou City Intermediate People's Court, China, sentenced Chen Qiugeng, a 38-year-old Jiangxi native, to death for trafficking 1.05 kg of heroin and 120 grams of ecstasy pills.
- JULY 13, 2005NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA. MEN CHARGED WITH SODOMY BY ISLAMIC COURT, FACE STONING
two Nigerian men appeared in court charged with committing sodomy and could face being stoned to death after they were caught together in a toilet in the northern Muslim city of Katsina.
- JULY 13, 2005SudanDEATH PENALTY
UN. UNICEF CALLS ON SUDAN TO ELIMINATE DEATH PENALTY FOR CHILDREN UNDER 18
while lauding Sudan for including provisions in its new constitution that strengthen the rights of children and women, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) called for the elimination of exceptions allowing the death penalty for youngsters under 18.
- JULY 13, 2005IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. MAN PUBLICLY HANGED FOR MURDER OF POLICEMAN
Ali Safarpour, a 20 year old Iranian man convicted of killing police officer Hamid Enshadi, was hanged in public in Poldokhtar in the western province of Lorestan.
- JULY 13, 2005LaosDEATH PENALTY
LAOS. TWO PEOPLE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Laos, which is not believed to have carried out an execution for more than a decade, passed death sentences on two drug traffickers, the official KPL news agency said.
- JULY 12, 2005United StatesDEATH PENALTY
VIRGINIA, USA. HIGH COURT STAYS LOVITT EXECUTION
the US Supreme Court granted a last-minute stay of execution to Robin Lovitt, a man convicted of murder in Virginia, because much of the evidence was accidentally destroyed.
- JULY 12, 2005BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. FIVE MEN TO HANG FOR MURDER OF SCHOOLGIRL WHO REJECTED MARRIAGE OFFER
suitor Imarul, who uses one name, and four other men were sentenced to hang after being convicted of killing a 14 year old girl whose family spurned his offer of marriage. After the family accepted an offer from another man, Imarul and his accomplices bro
- JULY 12, 2005GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
Robert Conklin, 44, white, was given a lethal injection at the state prison in Jackson
Robert Conklin, 44, white, was given a lethal injection at the state prison in Jackson
- JULY 12, 2005AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM. AUSTRALIAN DEATH-ROW CONVICT LOSES DEATH PENALTY APPEAL
a 45-year-old Australian of Vietnamese origin has lost his appeal against his death sentence for trafficking heroin in Vietnam, state media say.
- JULY 12, 2005BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. 15 PEOPLE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR FIVE MURDERS IN LOUHAJANG
fifteen people were sentenced to death in Dhaka, nine of which in absentia, for the murder of five people at Bagra bazaar in the Louhajang district in 2001.
- JULY 11, 2005TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
TAIWAN. MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR POISONING ENERGY DRINKS WITH CYANIDE
Wang Ching-chan, a Taiwan man, was sentenced to death for poisoning energy drinks with cyanide in a botched extortion attempt that left one person dead.
- JULY 11, 2005BelarusDEATH PENALTY
BELARUS. DEATH PENALTY MIGHT BE ANNULLED VIA A NATIONAL REFERENDUM
Belarussian deputy presidential chief of staff Natalya Petkevich said the death sentence might be annulled in Belarus via a national referendum.