Archive timeline
2005
The news published by Hands Off Cain in 2005, month by month, with the countries most present that year.
The year in data
- Executions recorded worldwide
- 5,563
- Countries where they were recorded
- 41
- News items in the archive
- 2,252
Latest news of 2005
- DECEMBER 2, 2005Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA. MAN BEHEADED FOR MURDER
Ahmed ben Mohamed al-Chater, a Saudi Arabian convicted of murder, was decapitated
- DECEMBER 2, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. CIVIL SERVANT SENTENCED TO DEATH ON GRAFT IN THREE GORGES RELOCATION
Du Jiang, a civil servant from Wushan County, southwest China's Chongqing Municipality, was sentenced to death with a two years' reprieve for embezzling and misappropriating public funds set aside for relocation in the Three Gorges Reservoir.
- DECEMBER 2, 2005KyrgyzstanDEATH PENALTY
it was reported that Kyrgyz parliamentarians
it was reported that Kyrgyz parliamentarians
- DECEMBER 2, 2005Myanmar (Burma)DEATH PENALTY
MYANMAR. TORTURE 'STATE POLICY'
in a published report entitled ‘The darkness we see: Torture in Burma's interrogation centres and prisons’, it was alleged that the Burmese junta was torturing political prisoners to crush dissent and that at least five political detainees had been tortur
- DECEMBER 2, 2005MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA. MALAYSIA BACKS SINGAPORE DECISION TO EXECUTE AUSTRALIAN
Malaysia's Foreign Minister supported Singapore's decision to execute Australian heroin trafficker Nguyen Tuong Van, saying the death penalty was a necessary legal deterrent.
DECEMBER 2, 2005AustraliaDEATH PENALTYSINGAPORE. SINGAPORE HANGS AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL NGUYEN, THOUSANDS MOURN
Singapore executed Australian national Nguyen Tuong Van just before dawn despite repeated pleas by Australia's government for clemency.
DECEMBER 2, 2005DEATH PENALTYNORTH CAROLINA. KENNETH LEE BOYD BECOMES 1,000TH PERSON EXECUTED IN U.S. SINCE 1977
a convicted murderer was put to death in the nation's 1,000th execution since capital punishment resumed in 1977. Kenneth Lee Boyd, 57, received a lethal injection and was pronounced dead at 2:15 a.m., said state Department of Correction spokeswoman Pam W
DECEMBER 2, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA. CHINA TO 'TIDY UP' TRADE IN EXECUTED PRISONERS' ORGANS
China broke its silence to admit for the first time that the organs of executed prisoners were sold to foreigners for transplant.
DECEMBER 2, 2005ItalyDEATH PENALTYITALY. 53 PARLIAMENTARIANS SIGN WILLIAMS APPEAL
53 parliamentarians have so far given their support to Hands Off Cain’s appeal aimed at California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger to halt the scheduled execution Stanley Williams.
- DECEMBER 1, 2005JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN. HIGH COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE FOR 60-YR-OLD MAN FOR MURDER
the Sapporo High Court, Japan, upheld a lower court ruling that sentenced a 60-year-old man to death for killing a couple in Hokkaido in 1988.
- DECEMBER 1, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
detention of "underground" Catholic bishops, priests...
detention of "underground" Catholic bishops, priests...
- DECEMBER 1, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Religious activity grew not only among the five main religions...
Religious activity grew not only among the five main religions...
DECEMBER 1, 2005ItalyDEATH PENALTYITALY. EIGHTEEN REGIONAL PRESIDENTS SIGN WILLIAMS APPEAL
two more of Italy’s regional ‘Governors’ added their support to the appeal aimed at California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger in order to halt the execution of Stanley Williams, scheduled to take place on December 13.
- NOVEMBER 30, 2005ItalyDEATH PENALTY
1,000TH EXECUTION IN THE U.S. AND CITIES AGAINST THE DEATH PENALTY, D’ELIA: LETS NOT FORGET THE SLAUGHTER IN CHINA AND THOSE CONDEMNED TO DEATH IN IRAN, VIETNAM AND NORTH KOREA
Hands Off Cain adhered to the demonstration in Rome on November 30 in front of the United States embassy to mark the 1,000th US execution since the Supreme Court reintroduced the death penalty in 1976.
- NOVEMBER 30, 2005FloridaDEATH PENALTY
the Duval County jury that convicted John Mosley Jr. of 2 counts of 1st-degree murder...
the Duval County jury that convicted John Mosley Jr. of 2 counts of 1st-degree murder earlier this month took, recommended that he be sentenced to a life term for killing his former girlfriend and be put to death for killing her 10-month-old son.
- NOVEMBER 30, 2005CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
a jury called for the death penalty for Adrian Camacho
a jury called for the death penalty for Adrian Camacho
- NOVEMBER 30, 2005ItalyDEATH PENALTY
ITALY. CITIES LIGHT UP MONUMENTS AGAINST DEATH PENALTY
over 380 towns around the world joined forces to condemn the death penalty, as the United States prepared to carry out its 1,000th execution since reinstating capital punishment 30 years ago.
- NOVEMBER 30, 2005IranDEATH PENALTY
according to the www.komitedefa.org website, during the month of November...
according to the www.komitedefa.org website, during the month of November...
- NOVEMBER 30, 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...
NOVEMBER 30, 2005PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN. SIX PEOPLE FROM SAME FAMILY HANGED FOR MURDER
six men from the same family were hanged in Pakistan for the 1989 killing of three men they believed had insulted some of their womenfolk.
NOVEMBER 30, 2005ItalyDEATH PENALTYAFGHANISTAN. CUTULI CASE, ITALIAN EMBASSY AWAITS CONFIRMATION OF DEATH SENTENCES
it was reported that the Italian embassy in Kabul may ask for the commutation into life imprisonment of the death sentences handed down to brothers Zar Jan and Abdul Wahid for the murders of Maria Grazia Catulli and three other journalists in November 200
- NOVEMBER 30, 2005AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
SINGAPORE. AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL NGUYEN 'READY TO DIE'
Nguyen Tuong Van, an Australian heroin trafficker on death row in Singapore still had his sense of humor just days before his scheduled execution on December 2, his lawyer said.
NOVEMBER 30, 2005CaliforniaDEATH PENALTYCALIFORNIA, USA. COURT DECLINES TO STAY STANLEY WILLIAMS’ EXECUTION
the California Supreme Court refused to stop the execution due on December 13 of Stanley "Tookie" Williams, the 51-year-old founder of the notorious Crips gang, who is set to die by lethal injection at California's San Quentin prison on December 13.
NOVEMBER 30, 2005Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA. MAN EXECUTED FOR MURDERING WIFE
Saudi national Hadi Bin-Umayr Bin-Muhammad al-Manjahi was executed in Al-Qahmah, in Saudi Arabia’s Asir region, after being found guilty of shooting dead his Saudi wife Zaynah Bint-Yahya Bin-Abdallah Bin-Mashari following an argument.
- NOVEMBER 29, 2005United StatesDEATH PENALTY
VIRGINIA. GOVERNOR STOPS MILESTONE U.S. EXECUTION
Gov. Mark Warner spared the life of a convicted killer who would have been the 1,000th person executed in the United States since the Supreme Court allowed capital punishment to resume in 1976. The governor commuted Robin Lovitt's death sentence to life
- NOVEMBER 29, 2005United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
the Supreme Court threw out a decision that erased...
the Supreme Court threw out a decision that erased the conviction and death sentence of a U.S.-British citizen in a fatal fire.
- NOVEMBER 29, 2005ArizonaDEATH PENALTY
in Phoenix, a man identified by DNA evidence four years ago in an unsolved 1987...
in Phoenix, a man identified by DNA evidence four years ago in an unsolved 1987 rape and murder was sentenced to death.
- NOVEMBER 29, 2005PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. FIVE TRIBAL MILITANTS SENTENCED TO DEATH
a Pakistani court sentenced five tribal militants to death for killing six people in an attack in southwestern Pakistan.
- NOVEMBER 29, 2005LibyaDEATH PENALTY
Libya could quash death sentences
Libya could quash death sentences
- NOVEMBER 29, 2005MexicoDEATH PENALTY
MEXICO. SUSPECTS FACING LIFE TERMS CAN BE EXTRADITED, SUPREME COURT
Mexico's Supreme Court ruled that suspects facing life in prison can be extradited, overturning a 4-year-old ban that had prevented many of the country's most-notorious criminals from being sent to the US to face justice.