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
- APRIL 7, 2005IranDEATH PENALTY
an Iranian Christian is facing the death penalty in an Islamic court, according to the human rights group Christian Solidarity Worldwide.
an Iranian Christian is facing the death penalty in an Islamic court, according to the human rights group Christian Solidarity Worldwide.
- APRIL 6, 2005South CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
Horry County jurors deliberated about 2 hours...
Horry County jurors deliberated about 2 hours...
- APRIL 6, 2005YemenDEATH PENALTY
YEMEN. PRESIDENT PUTS EXECUTION OF JUVENILE ON HOLD
President Salih stopped the execution of Hafiz Ibrahim in Taiz, Yemen, at the last moment. Ibrahim, 17, was convicted in 2004 of killing a man and was due to be executed the day the president intervened.
- APRIL 6, 2005South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
SOUTH KOREA. STATE RIGHTS BODY SUPPORTS ENDING DEATH PENALTY
South Korea's human rights watchdog said it supported a bill before parliament calling for the abolition of the death penalty.
- APRIL 6, 2005JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN. MAN ON DEATH ROW SINCE 1972 TO GET RETRIAL IN 1961 MURDER CASE
the Nagoya High Court, Japan, decided to allow a retrial for Masaru Okunishi, who had been on the death row since 1972 when he was convicted of murdering five women in a wine poisoning case in Nabari, Mie Prefecture, in 1961, citing new evidence that coul
- APRIL 6, 2005GuatemalaDEATH PENALTY
GUATEMALA. DEATH PENALTY UNDER REVIEW
it was reported that Guatemala, one of the last Latin American nations with capital punishment, was considering doing away with it.
- APRIL 6, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
DEATH SENTENCE UPHOLDED FOR FORMER PASSENGER TRANSPORTATION GROUP DIRECTOR
the Liaoning Provincial Higher People's Court ‘recently’ upheld the death sentence passed to Xia Renfan, 56-year-old former president of Shenyang Passenger Transportation Group Co, for corruption, embezzlement of public funds and bribery.
- APRIL 6, 2005IranDEATH PENALTY
Sohrab Mohammad and Ahmad B. were publicy hanged in Iran for murder.
Sohrab Mohammad and Ahmad B. were publicy hanged in Iran for murder.
- APRIL 5, 2005DEATH PENALTY
by a 19-12 vote - 2 votes shy of the required two-thirds to bring...
by a 19-12 vote - 2 votes shy of the required two-thirds to bring...
- APRIL 5, 2005FloridaDEATH PENALTY
Glen Ocha was executed in Florida State Prison near Starke
Glen Ocha was executed in Florida State Prison near Starke
- APRIL 5, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. COUNTRY EXECUTES NINE TIMES MORE PEOPLE THAN REST OF WORLD, AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL
China accounted for about 90 percent of the 3,797 legally sanctioned executions in 25 countries across the world in 2004, the human rights group Amnesty International said, warning that most of those executed did not have fair trials.
- APRIL 5, 2005Papua New GuineaDEATH PENALTY
PAPUA NEW GUINEA. BISHOP CALLS FOR DEATH FOR GUN-RELATED CRIMES
the head of the Gutnius Lutheran Church, Bishop David Piso, called for capital punishment in Papua New Guinea for people convicted of gun-related offences. Bishop Piso, said the government had been given the power to enforce the law with capital punishmen
- APRIL 5, 2005IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
Fabianus Tibo, Dominggus Dasilva and Marinus Riwu were sentenced to death in Indonesia
Fabianus Tibo, Dominggus Dasilva and Marinus Riwu were sentenced to death in Indonesia
- APRIL 5, 2005IranDEATH PENALTY
a man, Rezayi Hasan, 37, was executed in Saveh, Iran.
a man, Rezayi Hasan, 37, was executed in Saveh, Iran.
- APRIL 4, 2005GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
Superior Court Judge John Lee Parrott overturned the murder conviction
Superior Court Judge John Lee Parrott overturned the murder conviction
- APRIL 4, 2005Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA. SIX SOMALI NATIONALS EXECUTED
Saudi Arabia executed a gang of six Somali men convicted of abducting and robbing taxi drivers in the Red Sea port of Jeddah. The six men had lured taxi drivers to a remote spot where they hit them and threatened them with knives before robbing them and t
- APRIL 4, 2005Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
DRC. MAN CONDEMNED TO DEATH OVER KABILA’S MURDER DIES
Nico Bavurha, one of the men sentenced to death in the Democratic Republic of Congo for the assassination of Laurent Kabila, died on April 1 at Mama yemo hospital in Kinshasa where he had been transferred following a long period of illness in prison.
- APRIL 4, 2005North KoreaDEATH PENALTY
UK. BBC AIRS FILM OF NORTH KOREAN PUBLIC EXECUTION
the BBC broadcast footage purportedly showing the public execution of North Koreans caught trying to flee the country. The videotape obtained exclusively by the BBC was reportedly filmed clandestinely in a village near the North's border with China a mont
- APRIL 4, 2005JordanDEATH PENALTY
JORDAN. COURT UPHOLDS DEATH PENALTY FOR ISLAMISTS OVER ATTACK PLOTS
Jordan's state security court upheld death sentences against Abu Hoshar and Osama Sammar, two Islamist militants convicted of plotting attacks against Jewish and Western tourists during millennium celebrations.
- APRIL 4, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. TIBET COURT GIVES DEATH SENTENCE WITH REPRIEVE FOR FUR AND SKIN SMUGGLING OF ENDANGERED SPECIES
the Lhasa City Intermediate People's Court sentenced three people to death with reprieve for smuggling the skins of 1,393 endangered species including the skins of Bangladesh tigers and 581 leopards.
- APRIL 3, 2005BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. MAN SENTENCED TO DIE FOR MURDER
a man named as Morshed was sentenced to death in Comilla, Bangladesh, for the murder of a rickshaw puller about six years previously.
- APRIL 3, 2005BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
the Acid Crime Control Tribunal in Sylhet, Bangladesh, sentenced to death in absentia Nasiruddin of Kuhaighar village in Zointapur for throwing acid at his fiancée and killing her.
- APRIL 3, 2005AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
AUSTRALIA. PM TO FIGHT EXECUTION IF CORBY FOUND GUILTY
the Australian Federal Government will "go into overdrive" to stop...
- APRIL 1, 2005VirginiaDEATH PENALTY
a Norfolk judge upheld a jury's recommendation of a death sentence for Anthony Juniper
a Norfolk judge upheld a jury's recommendation of a death sentence for Anthony Juniper
- APRIL 1, 2005VirginiaDEATH PENALTY
a federal judge overturned the death sentence for a notorious gang leaders
a federal judge overturned the death sentence for a notorious gang leaders
- APRIL 1, 2005Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA. FOUR MEN EXECUTED FOR MURDER
Saudi Arabia executed three Saudis for killing local officials and security forces in the north of the kingdom, the country’s Interior Ministry said.
- MARCH 31, 2005PennsylvaniaDEATH PENALTY
a federal judge has ordered that Scott Wayne Blystone be resentenced
a federal judge has ordered that Scott Wayne Blystone be resentenced
- MARCH 31, 2005North CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
Rockingham County Superior Court Judge Melzer A. Morgan Jr., has ruled that...
Rockingham County Superior Court Judge Melzer A. Morgan Jr., has ruled that...
- MARCH 31, 2005Côte d’IvoireDEATH PENALTY
UN. CONCERN OVER HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS IN IVORY COAST
the United Nations mission in the Ivory Coast expressed concern over serious human rights violations including summary executions, abductions and torture which had occurred over the last two months.
- MARCH 31, 2005IraqDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ: SADDAM TO GET DEATH SENTENCE, JUDGE
an Iraqi judge on the court that will try Saddam Hussein said the former Iraqi dictator committed many crimes and likely will be sentenced to death.