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
- NOVEMBER 23, 2005JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN. DEATH SENTENCE UPHELD FOR 'EXORCIST' WHO KILLED SIX
the Sendai High Court, Japan, upheld a death sentence against a woman calling herself an exorcist for killing six of her followers by repeatedly beating them on the pretext of exorcising evil spirits.
- NOVEMBER 23, 2005IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA. COURT AWARDS DEATH PENALTY TO LABOURER FOR MURDERING OLD COUPLE
a Sessions Court in Goa, India, sentenced to death Sarvanand Gaoncar after finding him guilty of murdering an elderly couple.
- NOVEMBER 23, 2005PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. BLASPHEMY RETHINK URGED
the UK's Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, on a visit to Pakistan, asked President Pervez Musharraf to look at the nation's blasphemy law.
- NOVEMBER 23, 2005BrazilDEATH PENALTY
BRAZIL. POLICE 'EXECUTE THOUSANDS', BBC INVESTIGATION
hundreds, possibly thousands of people are shot by police every year in Brazil, a BBC investigation found.
- NOVEMBER 22, 2005Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA. MAN EXECUTED FOR MURDERING COMPATRIOT
Ahmad bin Ojab bin Faisal Al-Muhaidli Al-Otaibi was executed in Riyadh after he was convicted of shooting dead a compatriot following an argument, the interior ministry announced.
- NOVEMBER 22, 2005SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
SINGAPORE. TOP LAWYER SLAMS DEATH PENALTY
Subhas Anandan, one of Singapore's top criminal defence lawyers, said the city-state should abandon its use of the mandatory death penalty.
- NOVEMBER 22, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. 2 EXECUTED FOR BEIJING MURDERS
two men were executed in Beijing for killing two women and seriously injuring a man at their homes during robberies.
- NOVEMBER 22, 2005MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA. MAN TO HANG FOR MOM'S MURDER
Ho Sek Kong was sentenced to death by the Malaysian High Court for the brutal murder of his mother.
- NOVEMBER 21, 2005Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA. YEMENI PUBLICLY BEHEADED FOR MURDER
Mohammed bin Ali al-Kahali, a Yemeni, was beheaded in the southern city of Najran in Saudi Arabia after he was convicted of murdering compatriot Saleh bin Ahmed al-Kahali with a cleaver.
- NOVEMBER 21, 2005CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
USA. JESSE JACKSON ASKS FOR WILLIAMS PARDON AND FOR MORATORIUM ON EXECUTIONS IN CALIFORNIA
“Today I have requested a meeting with Governor Schwarzenegger”, Rev. Jesse Jackson announced.
- NOVEMBER 21, 2005PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
THE PHILIPPINES. PHILIPPINE LEADER SAYS SPANISH INMATE WILL NOT BE EXECUTED
Spanish Defence Minister José Bono said he had received assurances from Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo that a Spanish national sentenced to death by a court in Manila in 2004 would not be executed while she remained in power.
- NOVEMBER 21, 2005OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
Federal jurors in Muskogee recommended a death sentence for Kenneth Eugene Barrett.
Federal jurors in Muskogee recommended a death sentence for Kenneth Eugene Barrett.
- NOVEMBER 21, 2005DEATH PENALTY
CZECH REPUBLIC. MOST CZECHS FOR CAPITAL PUNISHMENT – POLL
57 percent of Czechs want capital punishment to exist in the Czech Republic
- NOVEMBER 21, 2005SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
SINGAPORE. NO PLANS TO CHANGE DEATH PENALTY BY HANGING
Singapore said it would continue to execute convicted criminals by hanging amid growing international criticism over its use of the death penalty to deter crime like murder and drug trafficking.
- NOVEMBER 20, 2005TexasDEATH PENALTY
TEXAS, USA. INVESTIGATION SUGGESTS WRONG MAN EXECUTED , HOUSTON CHRONICLE
a decade after Ruben Cantu was executed for capital murder, the only witness to the crime is recanting and his co-defendant says Cantu, then 17, wasn't even with him that night.
- NOVEMBER 20, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. A RUSH TO EXECUTIONS
“China has a brutally efficient system of capital punishment. Sentences can be carried out within months of conviction, sometimes in mobile lethal-injection vans.
- NOVEMBER 19, 2005IranDEATH PENALTY
Iran denounced as politically motivated a resolution passed by the UN General Assembly
Iran denounced as politically motivated a resolution passed by the UN General Assembly
- NOVEMBER 18, 2005MoroccoDEATH PENALTY
MOROCCO. KING PARDONS 10,000 PRISONERS
King Mohammed of Morocco pardoned or reduced the prison sentences of 10,000 people to mark the 50th anniversary of independence, Justice Ministry officials said.
- NOVEMBER 18, 2005VietnamDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM. MAN EXECUTED FOR ZOO MURDER
Do Cong Toan, a hired assassin, was executed in Vietnam by a Ho Chi Minh city firing squad for the slashing to death Dang Vu Thang, the deputy chief of the HCM city zoo’s accounting department, in August 2001.
- NOVEMBER 18, 2005IranDEATH PENALTY
UNITED NATIONS. UN VOICES SERIOUS CONCERN ABOUT HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS IN IRAN
the UN General Assembly passed a resolution expressing "serious concern" about human rights violations in Iran, including the use of torture and public executions, and called on Tehran to end the abuses.
- NOVEMBER 18, 2005IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. THREE MEN CONVICTED OF RAPE HANGED
three Iranian men convicted of raping and kidnapping a male in his late teens were hanged in the western Iranian city of Kermanshah.
- NOVEMBER 18, 2005North CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
Elias Syriani, 67, was executed by injection at Central Prison.
Elias Syriani, 67, was executed by injection at Central Prison.
- NOVEMBER 18, 2005ArizonaDEATH PENALTY
Cody James Martinez, 23, was sentenced to death.
Cody James Martinez, 23, was sentenced to death.
- NOVEMBER 18, 2005MississippiDEATH PENALTY
former death row inmate Stephen Virgil McGilberry...
former death row inmate Stephen Virgil McGilberry has been resentenced to 4 consecutive life sentences without parole.
- NOVEMBER 18, 2005ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
ARMENIA. DEATH PENALTY IS STATE'S MAJOR CRIME, OMBUDSWOMAN
Armenian Ombudswoman Larissa Alaverdyan, speaking at a session held by the Expert Council dealing with motions by people sentenced to life imprisonment, said she viewed the death penalty as the state's major crime.
- NOVEMBER 18, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. FORMER PUBLICITY OFFICIAL GETS SUSPENDED DEATH SENTENCE FOR TAKING BRIBES
Gao Yong, former head of the Chinese Communist Party publicity department at the Chengdu municipal committee in southwest China's Sichuan Province, received a suspended death sentence by the Intermediate People's Court in Neijiang for taking bribes valued
- NOVEMBER 18, 2005Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
DRC. TWO SOLDIERS SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER OF PRIEST
two soldiers from the Democratic Republic of Congo were sentenced to death in Kinshasa by a military tribunal for the murder of a Belgian Jesuit priest.
- NOVEMBER 17, 2005AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
SINGAPORE. EXECUTION DATE SET FOR AUSTRALIAN MAN CONVICTED OF DRUG SMUGGLING
Singapore will hang 25-year-old Australian drug smuggler Nguyen Tuong Van on December 2, despite numerous pleas by Canberra for clemency, his Australian lawyer Lex Lasry said.
- NOVEMBER 17, 2005ItalyDEATH PENALTY
MEXICO. PRESENTATION OF HANDS OFF CAIN’S 2005 REPORT – THE DEATH PENALTY WORLDWIDE
the presentation of the Spanish edition of Hands Off Cain’s 2005 report – The Death Penalty Worldwide took place in Mexico City.
- NOVEMBER 17, 2005North KoreaDEATH PENALTY
UNITED NATIONS. UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY CONCERNED ABOUT N. KOREA RIGHTS RECORD
the UN General Assembly adopted a resolution expressing serious concern about the precarious human rights and humanitarian situation in North Korea, but South Korea abstained and China voted against. The vote was 84 in favor, 22 against with 62 abstention