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
- JUNE 7, 2005BulgariaDEATH PENALTY
LIBYA. POLICE CLEARED OF TORTURING BULGARIANS
nine Libyan policemen and a physician were cleared of torturing five Bulgarian nurses to force them to confess to deliberately infecting hundreds of Libyan children with HIV.
- JUNE 7, 2005IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. BLOGGER FACES DEATH
organization Reporters Without Borders asked all bloggers to support 25-year-old Mojtaba Saminejad in Iran.
- JUNE 7, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. SUSPENDED DEATH SENTENCE FOR CHINESE INTERNET GAMER WHO KILLED RIVAL
Qiu Chengwei, an unemployed man from Shanghai, was handed a suspended death sentence for murdering a rival over the use of his "supreme weapon" during an online video game, state media reported
- JUNE 7, 2005IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA. DEATH FOR MAN CONVICTED OF RAPE AND MURDER
a District and Sessions Judge in Assam, India, sentenced 21-year-old Mithu Kalita to death for the rape and murder of an eight-year-old girl.
- JUNE 7, 2005JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN. HUSBAND DEFENDS JAPAN'S 'CURRY KILLER'
Kenji Hayashi, a Japanese man whose wife was sentenced to death for killing four neighbors with arsenic-laced curry -- and once allegedly tried to poison him -- said she should be freed and reunited with their four children.
- JUNE 7, 2005Trinidad & TobagoDEATH PENALTY
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO. GOVERNMENT DETERMINED TO RESUME HANGINGS
faced with a murder occurring almost every day, the Trinidad and Tobago government announced a series of new crime fighting measures including the resumption of hangings.
- JUNE 7, 2005FloridaDEATH PENALTY
Circuit Judge Burton Conner sentenced Andrew Michael Gosciminski, 52, to death.
Circuit Judge Burton Conner sentenced Andrew Michael Gosciminski, 52, to death.
- JUNE 7, 2005TennesseeDEATH PENALTY
TENNESSEE, USA. STATE WEIGHS LEHTAL INJECTION, SUFFERING
a condemned killer is challenging Tennessee's method of lethal injection, calling it an illogical process in part because it includes a drug forbidden in the euthanasia of animals.
- JUNE 7, 2005Trinidad & TobagoDEATH PENALTY
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO. STATE TO PAY WOMAN 'TOO LONG IN DEATH ROW'
following an Appeal Court ruling, it emerged that Trinidad and Tobago would have to compensate Angela Ramdeen, a woman who remained on death row for more than five years, because of the State's failure to inform her that she could no longer be executed.
- JUNE 7, 2005TexasDEATH PENALTY
Alexander Martinez, 29, was executed
Alexander Martinez, 29, was executed
- JUNE 6, 2005KenyaDEATH PENALTY
KENYA. GOVERNMENT PLANS COMMUTING DEATH PENALTIES TO LIFE, MINISTER
the Kenyan government planned to commute death sentences to life in prison, Kiraitu Murungi, the country's justice and constitutional affairs minister, announced.
- JUNE 6, 2005IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. REGIME SENTENCES 13 PRISONERS IN AHWAZ TO DEATH, AMPUTATION AND LONG-TERM IMPRISONMENT
a group of Iranians were handed down harsh sentences ranging from execution and amputation of limbs to lashes and prison time, accused of armed robbery, according to today’s edition of the state-run Kayhan daily.
- JUNE 6, 2005AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
AFGHANISTAN. SUPREME COURT WILL CONSIDER WILL OF CUTULI FAMILY IN TRIALS OF ZAR JAN AND REZA KHAN
“We take very much into consideration the will of the family of Maria Grazia Cutuli, their requests are very influential,” stated an internal source at the Afghan Supreme Court the day after the arrest of Mohamed Zar Jan, presumed leader of the gang which
- JUNE 6, 2005UgandaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA. RETAIN DEATH PENALTY – UJCC
a Uganda Joint Christian Council (UJCC) report on public opinion revealed that the death penalty should be retained.
- JUNE 6, 2005GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
the Georgia Supreme Court has thrown out the death sentence of William Marvin Gulley...
the Georgia Supreme Court has thrown out the death sentence of William Marvin Gulley who is credited with saving two people's lives, saying his lawyers failed to provide evidence of the good deeds during his trial.
- JUNE 6, 2005United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA. MURDERS DECLINE EVEN AS NUMBER OF EXECUTIONS DROP
preliminary data from the FBI's Uniform Crime Report for 2004 found that murders in the U. S. dropped last year by 3.6%. The number of executions also declined in 2004.
- JUNE 6, 2005EgyptDEATH PENALTY
the Abbsea state court in East Cairo, Egypt...
the Abbsea state court in East Cairo, Egypt, sentenced Indonesian national Ali Darman Agustri to death for premeditated multiple murder.
- JUNE 5, 2005IraqDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ. SADDAM TO FACE JUST 12 CHARGES
Iraq said it would bring only 12 charges of crimes against humanity against Saddam Hussein although there were more than 500 possible cases against the ousted dictator.
- JUNE 5, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. NINE PEOPLE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR HEROIN TRAFFICKING
thirteen members of a well-organized drug gang in Baise, a city in the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China, were sentenced to death and to life imprisonment for trafficking 36 kilograms of heroin.
- JUNE 5, 2005YemenDEATH PENALTY
YEMEN. TWO MEN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING POLICEMEN
the Sanaa primary court, Yemen, sentenced to death two men for killing five policemen and also imposed a fine of ten million Yemeni rials on them to be paid to the Ministry of the Interior as compensation for damaging a military vehicle.
- JUNE 5, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. CHINA TO BAN TRADE IN HUMAN ORGANS, STATE MEDIA
China planned to issue regulations banning the trade in human organs, state media quoted ice Minister of Health Huang Jiefu as.
- JUNE 5, 2005BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
a 33-year-old man was executed in northern Mymensingh central jail one minute past Saturday midnight
a 33-year-old man was executed in northern Mymensingh central jail one minute past Saturday midnight
- JUNE 4, 2005IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. TWO MEN HANGED FOR TRAFFICKING OPIUM
two Iranian men convicted of drug trafficking were hanged in a prison in the southern city of Kerman.
- JUNE 4, 2005IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA. TWO BROTHERS SENTENCED TO DEATH IN BIHAR
two brothers were sentenced to death by a local court in Buxar, India, in connection with the killing of their three brothers in Bihar's Buxar district.
- JUNE 4, 2005AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
INDONESIA. RALLY FOR CORBY DEATH SENTENCE
about 40 people picketed in Jakarta, Indonesia, to demand the death sentence for Australian woman Schapelle Corby, in jail for drug trafficking in Bali.
- JUNE 4, 2005MoroccoDEATH PENALTY
MOROCCO. TWO PEOPLE CONDEMNED TO CAPITAL PUNISHMENT FOR 'PREMEDITATED MURDER'
two members of the terrorist "Alhijra wa takfir" group, belonging to the cell of Nador, North-East Morocco, were sentenced to capital punishment by the Rabat Appellate court. S.L, 41, and H.H, 24, were convicted of ‘premeditated murder’, ‘beheading and h
- JUNE 4, 2005Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
THE PHILIPPINES. GOVERNMENT SEEKS MERCY FOR DEATH ROW CONVICT IN SAUDI ARABIA
the Philippines asked Saudi Arabia to spare the life of Rey Cortez, a Filipino sentenced to death for murder, the Filipino President Gloria Arroyo's press secretary Ignacio Bunye said.
- JUNE 4, 2005PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. MILITANT SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR ATTACKS ON SHIAS
a Pakistani court sentenced Islamic militant Gul Hasan to death for masterminding two suicide attacks on minority Shias that killed at least 45 people.
- JUNE 4, 2005IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA. TRIPURA JAIL MOURNS OVER CAPITAL PUNISHMENT FOR SAMIR
it was reported that both the prisoners and staff of Agartala Central Jail in India’s Tripura state, were distressed over the death sentence given to Samir Bhaumik, accused of the murder and rape of a minor. West Tripura District & Session Judge Subhash B
- JUNE 3, 2005BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. BROTHERS HANGED TOGETHER FOR TRIPLE MURDER
two Bangladeshi brothers walked to the gallows together and were hanged simultaneously for the murder of three people.