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
- MARCH 31, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. TOP GUANGZHOU HOSPITAL DOES ROARING TRADE IN EXECUTED PRISONER ORGANS, EDITORIAL
it was reported that the No. 1 and No. 3 Hospitals affiliated to the prestigious Sun Yat-sen University in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou was carrying out a lucrative trade in liver transplants using organs harvested from executed convicts.
- MARCH 31, 2005SwitzerlandDEATH PENALTY
ISLAM. TARIQ RAMADAN CALLS FOR MORATORIUM ON DEATH PENALTY IN MUSLIM WORLD
a prominent Muslim intellectual in Europe, Tariq Ramadan, has called for a moratorium on corporal punishment, stoning and the death penalty in the Muslim world.
- MARCH 31, 2005Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
Human Rights Watch (HRW)
Human Rights Watch (HRW)
- MARCH 31, 2005NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA. TWO MEN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MOTEL MURDER
Bayo Ajia and Olayinka Aare were sentenced to death by the Ilorin High Court, in Nigeria’s Kwara state, after being found guilty of the murder of Abdul Yekini Gobir and AbdulGaniyu Isele in an Ilorin hotel.
- MARCH 31, 2005IranDEATH PENALTY
according to the ”Iranian Human Rights Activist Groups in EU and North America...
according to the ”Iranian Human Rights Activist Groups in EU and North America...
- MARCH 30, 2005ConnecticutDEATH PENALTY
with New England's first execution in 45 years looming...
with New England's first execution in 45 years looming, Connecticut lawmakers refused Wednesday to overturn the state's death penalty.
- MARCH 30, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT. CHINA AND UNITED STATES URGED TO ABOLISH DEATH PENALTY
the Foreign Affairs Committee of the European Parliament voted in favour of the 2004 Annual Report on Human Rights. Simon Coveney MEP EPP-ED presented the report to the Committee as Rapporteur.
- MARCH 30, 2005RussiaDEATH PENALTY
RUSSIA. CONVICTED MURDERER PREFERS EXECUTION TO ROTTING IN JAIL
terrorised by the idea of staying behind bars for the rest of his life, Sergei Deineko, a Russian man convicted of six brutal murders turned to the Supreme Court with the unique appeal to cancel the pardon which replaced his death penalty with a life term
- MARCH 29, 2005South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
SOUTH KOREA. JUSTICE MINISTER OPPOSES ABOLITION OF DEATH PENALTY
South Korea’s Justice Minister, Kim Seung-kyu, voiced opposition to terminating capital punishment. “Although the life of a criminal is important, the lives of victims are also important,” he told reporters.
- MARCH 29, 2005MissouriDEATH PENALTY
Missouri's execution chamber is being moved from the Potosi Prison to the new prison at Bonne Terre
Missouri's execution chamber is being moved from the Potosi Prison to the new prison at Bonne Terre
- MARCH 29, 2005IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA. MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR RAPE, MURDER OF 11-YR-OLD GIRL
the second fast track court in Cooch Behar, India, sentenced Nepal Mandal to death for raping and murdering an 11-year-old girl in 1999.
- MARCH 29, 2005IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
INDONESIA. DEATH PENALTY FOR CORRUPTION CONVICTS, ATTORNEY GENERAL
Indonesia’s Attorney General Abdurrahman Saleh said he supported the idea of the death penalty for corruption, but added that certain legal obstacles would have to be removed before such a step could be taken.
- MARCH 29, 2005JapanDEATH PENALTY
Junya Hattori
Junya Hattori
- MARCH 29, 2005North KoreaDEATH PENALTY
on a bleached and scratchy video image smuggled out of Kim Jong Il's closed regime...
on a bleached and scratchy video image smuggled out of Kim Jong Il's closed regime...
- MARCH 28, 2005BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. FOUR MEN SENTENCED TO DEATH IN KHULNA FOR MURDER
four men were sentenced to death in Khulna, Bangladesh, for murdering a policeman in a bomb attack.
- MARCH 28, 2005JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN. MAN TO HANG AFTER BOTCHED ASSASSINATION BID LEAVES 3 DEAD
Masato Kohinata, a member of an organised crime group who shot to death three random customers at a bar while trying to assassinate a rival gang boss, was sentenced to death.
- MARCH 28, 2005South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
SOUTH KOREA. HUMAN RIGHTS PANEL TO ADVISE REPEAL OF DEATH PENALTY
members of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) reached a general consensus that the South Korean government should abrogate capital punishment.
- MARCH 28, 2005ColoradoDEATH PENALTY
Robert Harlan was spared execution when the Colorado Supreme Court...
Robert Harlan was spared execution when the Colorado Supreme Court ruled a jury's death penalty recommendation was tainted because jurors consulted a Bible during deliberations.
- MARCH 28, 2005FloridaDEATH PENALTY
citing a flawed defense, a judge has granted a new sentencing hearing...
citing a flawed defense, a judge has granted a new sentencing hearing for the only woman on Florida's death row.
- MARCH 28, 2005DEATH PENALTY
COLORADO, USA. STATE HIGH COURT BLOCKS EXECUTION BECAUSE JURORS CONSULTED BIBLE
a US state supreme court has quashed a death sentence handed down to Robert Harlan because jurors consulted the Bible in reaching their verdict. The Colorado Supreme Court on March 28 ruled that the Bible, which includes the premise of "eye for an eye" ju
- MARCH 26, 2005MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA. BUSINESSMAN TO BE HANGED FOR MURDER AFTER PROSECUTORS' APPEAL
Kenneth Lee Fook Mun, a Malaysian businessman, was sentenced to death after prosecutors won an appeal for harsher punishment over the shooting death of an accountant.
- MARCH 26, 2005BulgariaDEATH PENALTY
LIBYA. US TO SEEK RELEASE OF BULGARIAN NURSES
the US promised to do all it could to persuade Libya to free five Bulgarian nurses sentenced to death on charges they injected the virus that causes AIDS into 400 children.
- MARCH 24, 2005IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
last-minute efforts by Samuel Iwukchukwu Okoye and Hansen Anthony Nwalise...
last-minute efforts by Samuel Iwukchukwu Okoye and Hansen Anthony Nwalise...
- MARCH 24, 2005St. LuciaDEATH PENALTY
ST LUCIA. POLICE CHIEF CALLS FOR RESUMPTION OF EXECUTIONS
Police Commissioner Ausbert Regis called for the resumption of executions in St Lucia as law enforcement authorities warned of tougher action to deal with a rising crime problem on the island.
- MARCH 24, 2005OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
Scott Eizember has been formally sentenced to death.
Scott Eizember has been formally sentenced to death.
- MARCH 24, 2005AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
in Jasper, a judge sentenced Christopher Shane Hyde to death...
in Jasper, a judge sentenced Christopher Shane Hyde to death in the 2003 murders of three people during the robbery of a funeral home.
- MARCH 24, 2005FloridaDEATH PENALTY
the 1985 murder conviction that sent a man to death row 20 years ago...
the 1985 murder conviction that sent a man to death row 20 years ago was vacated Thursday, with the Florida Supreme Court saying that evidence withheld by prosecutors might have been enough to change the verdict.
- MARCH 24, 2005MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA. HANGMEN IN LINE FOR A 75% PAY RISE
it was reported that Malaysia’s hangmen and floggers had won pay rises. For every hanging, executioners would be paid the equivalent of 100 EU (490 Malaysian Ringgits), up from 60 EU.
- MARCH 24, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
there are several aspects of particular concern in China...
there are several aspects of particular concern in China...
- MARCH 24, 2005UgandaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA. SEVEN TO HANG FOR MURDER, ROBBERY
five men convicted of murder and two convicted of armed robbery were sentenced to death in a Jinja High Court, Uganda. Laliyo Munirwa, Gopi Wako, Stephen Koire, Max Kulira and Patrick Muyaka were convicted of killing a herbalist, Haruna Mubere. They alleg