Chronological archive
February 2006
The 166 news items published by Hands Off Cain in February 2006, in chronological order.
RUSSIA. MORATORIUM ON DEATH PENALTY SHOULD BE LIFTED, COMMUNIST PARTY LEADER
Russian Communist Party leader Gennady Zyuganov assessed Russia's membership of the Council of Europe as positive, but suggested that Russia should lift its moratorium on the death penalty in the near future.
- FEBRUARY 28, 2006BurundiDEATH PENALTY
BURUNDI. SECURITY PERSONNEL CARRYING OUT EXECUTIONS, TORTURE
rogue soldiers and police officers in Burundi had executed and tortured suspected rebels and civilians, Presidential aide Philippe Nzobonariba acknowledged.
- FEBRUARY 28, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. RIGHTS WATCH CONDEMNS RISE IN EXECUTIONS
a US-based human rights monitor voiced "grave concern" over a spike in the number of executions in Iran since the election of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in 2005.
- FEBRUARY 28, 2006YemenDEATH PENALTY
in at least one case said Amnesty International...
in at least one case said Amnesty International...
- FEBRUARY 28, 2006TennesseeDEATH PENALTY
the state Supreme Court ruled that Tennessee judges can keep the names...
the state Supreme Court ruled that Tennessee judges can keep the names of trial jurors secret if deciding the fate of accused killers could put them in danger.
FEBRUARY 28, 2006United StatesDEATH PENALTYUNITED STATES. DEATH SENTENCES IN 2005 REACHED RECORD LOW
the latest edition of “Death Row Usa”, a quarterly report by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), a civil rights organization for ethnic minorities in the united States, shows an 8% decline in the country's death row pop
FEBRUARY 28, 2006PennsylvaniaDEATH PENALTYPENNSYLVANIA. JUDGE BARS EXECUTION, CITES MENTAL ILLNESS
a judge has ruled that a former prison guard convicted of killing 13 people in a 1982 shooting rampage can't be executed because he is mentally ill.
FEBRUARY 28, 2006BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH. 22 MILITANTS SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR BOMBINGS
a court in Bangladesh sentenced 21 people to death in connection with a wave of coordinated bombings on August 17, 2005.
- FEBRUARY 27, 2006MississippiDEATH PENALTY
Eric Moffett has been sentenced to death...
Eric Moffett has been sentenced to death for the 1994 rape and murder of his girlfriends 5 year old daughter.
- FEBRUARY 27, 2006TexasDEATH PENALTY
Stephen Barbee, 38, was sentenced to death
Stephen Barbee, 38, was sentenced to death this afternoon for the Feb. 19, 2005 killing of Lisa Underwood and her 7-year-old son, Jayden.
- FEBRUARY 27, 2006IllinoisDEATH PENALTY
in Chicago, a jury has recommended the death penalty for accused serial killer Paul Runge.
in Chicago, a jury has recommended the death penalty for accused serial killer Paul Runge.
- FEBRUARY 27, 2006MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA. PRISON OFFICER SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER OF INMATE
Azhar Che Wil, an officer of Penor Prison, was sentenced to death by the High Court in Kauntan, Malaysia, for the murder of a 19-year-old detainee.
- FEBRUARY 27, 2006MarylandDEATH PENALTY
in Greenbelt, Judge Peter Messitte accepted the NOVEMBER 10...
in Greenbelt, Judge Peter Messitte accepted the NOVEMBER 10, 2005 (see) jury's recommendation for capital punishment for 23-year-old Kenneth Jamal Lighty.
- FEBRUARY 27, 2006GuyanaDEATH PENALTY
GUYANA. NFA WOMEN DEMAND RESUMPTION OF DEATH PENALTY
the women's section of the National Front Alliance demanded the reintroduction of the death penalty for murder while condemning what it called the "brutal execution'' of a woman taxi driver, Seeraji Singh. In a press release, the women noted that there ha
- FEBRUARY 27, 2006BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. FIVE PEOPLE SENTENCED TO DEATH IN DOUBLE MURDER CASE
five people were sentenced to death, in Bagladesh, in a double murder case involving the deaths of a grandmother and her grandchild at Kamrangir Char, near Dhaka
- FEBRUARY 27, 2006IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA. MAN GETS DEATH PENALTY FOR MURDER
an additional sessions court in Bhind in India’s Madhya Pradesh state, sentenced to death Vijay Singh for the murder of Anil Mahto and his son Madan Mahto.
FEBRUARY 27, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA. PROVINCE TAPS THIEVES WITH EXECUTION
Courts in China's southern province of Guangdong will introduce harsher penalties, including death, to deter motorcycle-riding purse snatchers who sometimes chop off the hands of victims who resist, the Yangcheng Evening News said.
FEBRUARY 27, 2006LaosDEATH PENALTYVIETNAM. LAOS MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
the Quang Ninh provincial first instance court, Vietnam, sentenced to death Xom Phon, a 30-year-old Laotian, for trafficking over 70 cakes of heroin and 4,000 tablets of Methamphetamine from Lao to northern Quang Ninh province late in 2005.
FEBRUARY 27, 2006YemenDEATH PENALTYYEMEN. MAN EXECUTED FOR US MISSIONARY KILLINGS
Abed Abdulrazzak Kamel, convicted of killing three US Christian missionaries in southern Yemen in 2002, was executed by firing squad. Kamel shot dead a surgeon and two of her colleagues at a Baptist mission hospital in the town of Jibla.
FEBRUARY 27, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA. 8,000 EXECUTIONS EVERY YEAR, SCHOLAR AT THE ACADEMY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES
the number of executions in China is a state secret, but Liu Renwen, a scholar at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, said he agreed with estimates in academic circles that the figure was likely to be about 8,000 a year.
- FEBRUARY 26, 2006South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
SOUTH KOREA. FORMER PRESIDENT CALLS FOR ABOLITION OF DEATH PENALTY
former South Korean President Kim Dae-jung called for scrapping the death penalty as his nation showed signs of ending the controversial practice.
- FEBRUARY 25, 2006OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals has thrown out the death sentence...
the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals has thrown out the death sentence for a man convicted of killing his seven-year-old former stepdaughter.
- FEBRUARY 25, 2006IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA. FIVE GANG MEMBERS SENTENCED TO DEATH
the Etawah Court in Kanpur, India, sentenced to death five alleged members of underworld don Chhota Rajan’s gang in connection with a 2002 murder.
- FEBRUARY 25, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
a man, identified only as Alireza, 29, has been hanged at Golpaygan...
a man, identified only as Alireza, 29, has been hanged at Golpaygan...
FEBRUARY 25, 2006AfghanistanDEATH PENALTYAFGHANISTAN. COURT SENTENCES FORMER SPY CHIEF TO DEATH
an Afghan court sentenced former spy chief Assadullah Sarwari to death for killing hundreds of people during communist rule, the first such punishment for war crimes after decades of conflict in the country.
- FEBRUARY 24, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. DEATH PENALTY CASES TO BE HEARD IN OPEN COURT
all death penalty appeals must be heard in an open court from the latter half of this year to better protect human rights, China's chief justice Xiao Yang announced.
- FEBRUARY 24, 2006JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN. DEATH SENTENCE UPHELD FOR MAN CONVICTED OF TWO MURDERS
Japan’s Supreme Court upheld the death sentence for Masuo Yamaguchi, convicted of two murders and robbery in 1994 and 1995 in Gifu and Mie prefectures.
- FEBRUARY 24, 2006RussiaDEATH PENALTY
RUSSIA. RUSSIANS IN FAVOUR OF CAPITAL PUNISHMENT, POLL
seventy-four percent of Russian citizens interviewed in a survey said they considered death sentences acceptable, 15% took the opposite view, and ten per cent were undecided.
- FEBRUARY 24, 2006LebanonDEATH PENALTY
FRANCE. AUTHORITIES REFUSES TO EXTRADITE SYRIAN OVER HARIRI MURDER
French legal authorities refused to extradite to Lebanon an ex-Syrian intelligence officer to answer questions about the murder of former Lebanese prime minister Rafiq el-Hariri.
- FEBRUARY 24, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL CONDEMNS IRAN'S EXECUTIONS
Amnesty International expressed its outrage over an "alarming rate" of executions in Iran, particularly the use of the death penalty against children.
- FEBRUARY 23, 2006IowaDEATH PENALTY
a bill to reinstate Iowa's death penalty is still alive after getting approval today from the House Judiciary Committee.
a bill to reinstate Iowa's death penalty is still alive after getting approval today from the House Judiciary Committee.
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- FEBRUARY 23, 2006AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
Circuit Judge Laura Petro has sentenced William Bruce Marshall to death
Circuit Judge Laura Petro has sentenced William Bruce Marshall to death for killing his teenage stepdaughter.
- FEBRUARY 23, 2006FloridaDEATH PENALTY
the Florida Supreme Court unanimously ordered the acquittal of a death row inmate...
the Florida Supreme Court unanimously ordered the acquittal of a death row inmate, saying prosecutors had not proved he killed 2 neighbors.
- FEBRUARY 23, 2006IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA. GUJARAT HIGH COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE FOR RAPE AND MURDER OF MINOR
the Gujarat High Court in Ahmedabad, India, upheld a lower court judgement sentencing Ramesh Rathod, 31, to death for kidnapping, raping and murdering a 10-year-old girl in Surat city in 1999.
- FEBRUARY 23, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
an unidentified man was hanged in Iran for murder.
an unidentified man was hanged in Iran for murder.
FEBRUARY 23, 2006IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN. MAN HANGED FOR RAPE
an Iranian man convicted of rape was hanged in a prison in the northern city of Qazvin, the Etemad Melli newspaper reported.
- FEBRUARY 22, 2006MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA. DEATH PENALTY NEEDED TO FIGHT DRUG SCOURGE, PM
punitive measures like the death penalty for drug trafficking are needed to eradicate the scourge, Malaysian PM Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said.
- FEBRUARY 22, 2006PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
THE PHILIPPINES. ARROYO CRITIC LAUDS PRESIDENT’S CALL TO SCRAP DEATH PENALTY
President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo's call to scrap the death penalty in the Philippines gained appreciation even from her critics at the House of Representatives.
- FEBRUARY 22, 2006PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. SINDH HIGH COURT MAINTAINS DEATH SENTENCE OF LJ ACTIVISTS
the anti-terrorism appellate (ATA) bench of the Sindh High Court (SHC) in Karachi, Pakistan, upheld the death sentence of two Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LJ) activists and enhanced to death the life term of a third for killing a director of laboratories of the min
- FEBRUARY 22, 2006Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO - Serviceman sentenced to death for murder
the military court of the Uvira Garrison, DRC, sentenced a soldier to death and two others to terms of imprisonment after convicting them of murder and the distribution of arms.
- FEBRUARY 22, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
a woman, identified only as Zahra
a woman, identified only as Zahra
FEBRUARY 22, 2006TaiwanDEATH PENALTYCHINA. TWO TAIWANESE EXECUTED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
two Taiwanese nationals convicted of drug trafficking were executed in southern China's Guangdong province after being convicted of possessing 12 kilograms (26.4 pounds) of the methamphetamine ice.
FEBRUARY 22, 2006CaliforniaDEATH PENALTYUNITED STATES. CALIFORNIA HOLDS OFF MORALES EXECUTION
the US state of California has cancelled the execution of Michael Morales over ethical issues surrounding the lethal injection method. The state told courts it could not comply with an order for a medical professional to administer a lethal dose of barbit
FEBRUARY 22, 2006PhilippinesDEATH PENALTYTHE PHILIPPINES. ARROYO: I'LL WORK TO SCRAP DEATH PENALTY
for the first time since taking office in 2001, President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo categorically stated that she was for scrapping capital punishment and that she would see to the immediate passage of legislation to abolish the Death Penalty Law.
FEBRUARY 22, 2006United StatesDEATH PENALTYUNITED STATES. SUPREME COURT REJECTS NEW ALIBI EVIDENCE AT SENTENCING
convicted murderers facing the death penalty do not have a constitutional right at sentencing to offer new evidence seeking to cast doubt on their guilt, the US Supreme Court ruled unanimously.
- FEBRUARY 21, 2006South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
SOUTH KOREA. JUSTICE MINISTRY TO RECONSIDER DEATH PENALTY
the Justice Ministry announced today it will review the possibility of replacing capital punishment with life imprisonment without parole or pardon to meet the rising number of calls on enhancing the protection of human rights.
- FEBRUARY 21, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. DEATH SENTENCES UPHELD FOR GANG MEMBERS
two gang members had their death sentences upheld at the Baoding Municipal Intermediate People's Court in North China's Hebei Province.
- FEBRUARY 21, 2006NevadaDEATH PENALTY
Nevada's death row population dropped to 82 last week after a negotiation...
Nevada's death row population dropped to 82 last week after a negotiation between prosecutors and convicted murderer Steven Kaczmarek.
FEBRUARY 21, 2006PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN. 11 MEN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT
a Pakistani court sentenced 11 militants to death for an assassination attempt on Lieutenant General Ahsan Saleem Hayat in 2004 in which 11 people were killed.
FEBRUARY 21, 2006ArizonaDEATH PENALTYARIZONA, US. LAWMAKERS APOLOGIZE TO THE 100TH PERSON FREED FROM DEATH ROW
several members of the Arizona House and Senate recently offered apologies to Ray Krone, a former Arizona death row inmate who was freed in 2002 following new DNA tests.
FEBRUARY 21, 2006ItalyDEATH PENALTYHANDS OFF CAIN. STOP WITH THE HYPOCRISY OF THE HUMANENESS OF LETHAL INJECTION
Hands Off Cain Treasurer Elisabetta Zamparutti made the following statement regarding the events surrounding the case of Michael Angelo Morales: “States which have recently passed from the electric chair, from hanging or from death by firing squad to tha
- FEBRUARY 20, 2006JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN. CULT LEADER FIT TO APPEAL AGAINST DEATH SENTENCE
Shoko Asahara, the former leader of the cult responsible for the deadly 1995 nerve gas attack on the Tokyo subway moved a step closer to the gallows when a psychiatrist ruled that he was mentally fit to continue his appeal against the death penalty.
- FEBRUARY 20, 2006TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
TAIWAN. JUSTICE MINISTRY WORKING TO REDUCE EXECUTION RATE
while the government of Taiwan had not been able to achieve its goal of abolishing the death penalty, it had managed to lower the number of executions, the Ministry of Justice said.
- FEBRUARY 20, 2006TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
it was reported that a former Taipei County senior high school teacher...
it was reported that a former Taipei County senior high school teacher...
- FEBRUARY 20, 2006IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
INDONESIA. BALI NINE APPEAL AGAINST DEATH SENTENCES
Andrew Chan, 22, and Myuran Sukumaran, 24, sentenced to death for trafficking heroin in the Indonesian resort island of Bali and seven others given life imprisonment for their involvement in the smuggling ring filed appeals in the Indonesian justice syste
- FEBRUARY 20, 2006NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
SINGAPORE. APPEALS COURT REJECTS APPLICATION TO OVERTURN DEATH SENTENCE OF 2 MEN
the Singapore Appeals Court rejected the application of two men to have their death sentence overturned.
- FEBRUARY 20, 2006IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA. HIGH COURT AWARDS CAPITAL PUNISHMENT FOR RAPE
the Guwahati High court, India, confirmed the death sentence, awarded to Mithu Kalita, for murdering and raping a minor girl in Morigaon.
- FEBRUARY 20, 2006JordanDEATH PENALTY
a Criminal Court in Jordan sentenced two men to death for the 2004 rape and murder of a man.
a Criminal Court in Jordan sentenced two men to death for the 2004 rape and murder of a man.
FEBRUARY 20, 2006Council of EuropeDEATH PENALTYTURKEY. PROTOCOL NO. 13 RATIFIED
Turkey ratifies Protocol No. 13 to the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, concerning the abolition of the death penalty in all circumstances.
- FEBRUARY 19, 2006AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
AUSTRALIA. AFP UNDER FIRE OVER VIETNAM DRUG ARREST
Australian Federal Police were facing fresh controversy over their policy of giving information to foreign police in cases that could end in the death penalty.
FEBRUARY 19, 2006IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN. 22-YEAR-OLD MAN HANGED IN PRISON
a young man from the town of Ardebil, north-western Iran, was hanged in prison.
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- FEBRUARY 18, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. SEVEN SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER ATTACK ON VILLAGERS
four men were sentenced to death in China for organising and carrying out an attack in June 2005 that killed six villagers protesting about the seizure of their land for a power plant.
- FEBRUARY 18, 2006VenezuelaDEATH PENALTY
VENEZUELA. GOVERNMENT INVESTIGATES 744 EXTRAJUDICIAL EXECUTIONS
Venezuela's Attorney General's Office said that it was investigating 744 cases of extrajudicial executions by members of the regional police in the eastern state of Bolivar.
FEBRUARY 18, 2006AustraliaDEATH PENALTYVIETNAM. PRESIDENT COMMUTES DEATH SENTENCES OF TWO AUSTRALIANS
Vietnamese President Tran Duc Luong commuted the death sentences imposed on two convicted Australian heroin traffickers to life imprisonment, Australia's Foreign Minister Alexander Downer said.
FEBRUARY 18, 2006IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN. EXECUTION OF MINORS TO CONTINUE
a judge at Tehran’s Appellate Court announced that the Islamic Republic would continue to issue death verdicts for juvenile delinquents “without considering other available options”.
- FEBRUARY 17, 2006DEATH PENALTY
IRAN. TWO MEN EXECUTED IN SOUTHERN CITY
two men accused of murder were hanged in the southern city of Shiraz, the state-run news agency ISNA reported.
- FEBRUARY 17, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. TWO MEN HANGED IN IRAN
two men convicted of rape and kidnapping were hanged in southwestern and southern Iran.
- FEBRUARY 17, 2006CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger declined to grant clemency to a rapist-murderer scheduled to die Tuesday
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger declined to grant clemency to a rapist-murderer scheduled to die Tuesday at San Quentin State Prison for murdering a girl in 1981.
- FEBRUARY 17, 2006North CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
Jeremy Dushane Murrell, 26, was sentenced to death
Jeremy Dushane Murrell, 26, was sentenced to death in Forsyth Superior Court for killing Lawrence Matthew Harding, 19.
- FEBRUARY 17, 2006IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA. SUPREME COURT STAYS DEATH SENTENCE OF SWAMI SHRADHANANDA
India’s Supreme Court stayed the death sentence of Swami Shradhananda, convicted of murdering his wife Begum Shakereh Namazi, a member of the royal family of Mysore.
- FEBRUARY 17, 2006RussiaDEATH PENALTY
RUSSIA. BESLAN ATTACKER SHOULD BE SENTENCED TO DEATH - NORTH OSSETIAN LEADER
Nurpashi Kulayev, the sole surviving member of the group that seized Beslan school No. 1 in September 2004, deserves the death penalty, North Ossetian leader Taimuraz Mamsurov said.
FEBRUARY 17, 2006ItalyDEATH PENALTYITALY. HOC PRESENTS REPORT ON HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS IN IRAN AND APPEAL TO SAVE NAZANIN
a press conference took place at Hands Off Cain headquarters in Rome highlighting human rights violations in Iran and the case of Nazanin, the minor sentenced to death after being charged with killing one of the men who had attempted to rape her.
- FEBRUARY 16, 2006RussiaDEATH PENALTY
RUSSIA. BESLAN SUSPECT'S LAWYER APPEALS FOR 'FAIR' SENTENCE AMID CALLS FOR EXECUTION
the lawyer for the only surviving alleged member of the Chechen commando unit responsible for the 2004 Beslan school massacre appealed for a "fair" verdict for his client.
- FEBRUARY 16, 2006New HampshireDEATH PENALTY
House rejects bill to repeal death penalty
in Concord, the New Hampshire House soundly rejected a bill to repeal the death penalty
- FEBRUARY 16, 2006OhioDEATH PENALTY
U.S. District Judge John Adams ordered a new trial for Rasheem Matthew
U.S. District Judge John Adams ordered a new trial for Rasheem Matthew
- FEBRUARY 16, 2006CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
in Rancho Cucamonga, Joe Henry Abbott was sentenced to death for murdering Samuel Saenz...
in Rancho Cucamonga, Joe Henry Abbott was sentenced to death for murdering Samuel Saenz, a security guard, during a bank robbery.
- FEBRUARY 16, 2006LouisianaDEATH PENALTY
in Shreveport, a state district court jury returned the sentence against Brandy Holmes
in Shreveport, a state district court jury returned the sentence against Brandy Holmes
- FEBRUARY 16, 2006IraqDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ. DEATH SQUAD PROBE
Iraq’s Interior Ministry launched an investigation into claims that a police death squad had been operating in the country.
- FEBRUARY 15, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. SEVEN SENTENCED TO DEATH IN VOLATILE REGION
an Iranian court sentenced seven individuals to death for allegedly playing a role in twin bombings in the south-western city of Ahwaz that occurred in January, the state-run daily Iran reported.
- FEBRUARY 15, 2006AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
INDONESIA. LAST AUSTRALIANS JAILED FOR LIFE IN BALI DRUG TRIAL
three Australians were jailed for life for their roles in a heroin smuggling ring on Indonesia's Bali island, the last in a series of tough verdicts against a group of nine young Australians.
- FEBRUARY 15, 2006MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA. MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR CANNABIS
Mohammad Abdullah, unemployed, was sentenced to death by a High Court in Malaysia after being found guilty of trafficking in 2018.04 grams of cannabis.
- FEBRUARY 15, 2006IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
INDONESIA. INDONESIA DEFENDS DEATH PENALTY AGAINST AUSTRALIANS
Indonesia said the death penalty rendered on two Australian drug mules was taken under the country's judiciary system that others must respect.
- FEBRUARY 15, 2006AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
AUSTRALIA. DOWNER CONFIDENT OF SAVING BALI NINE
Australia remains confident Indonesia will grant clemency to two members of the Bali Nine sentenced to death, Foreign Minister Alexander Downer said.
- FEBRUARY 15, 2006IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
AUSTRALIA. PM WARNS AGAINST BALI NINE CLEMENCY HOPE
Australian Prime Minister John Howard said his close relations with Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono would not necessarily give the Bali Nine ringleaders an easy route out of death row.
- FEBRUARY 15, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
two men,identified only as Ayat K. and Mehdi A...
two men,identified only as Ayat K. and Mehdi A...
- FEBRUARY 15, 2006CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
CALIFORNIA, USA. CALIFORNIA TURNS TO MEDICS FOR NEXT EXECUTION
California will comply with a court order and have two anesthesiologists at its next execution to make sure the prisoner is unconscious before lethal poisons are applied, officials said.
FEBRUARY 15, 2006IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN. 15-YEAR-OLD SCHOOLBOY SENTENCED TO DEATH
a 15-year-old schoolboy has been sentenced to death accused of murder, government-run websites announced.
- FEBRUARY 15, 2006PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
THE PHILIPPINES. PRESIDENT COMMUTES 280 DEATH SENTENCES
Philippine President Gloria Arroyo ordered prison authorities to commute the sentences of 280 people on death row to life imprisonment.
FEBRUARY 15, 2006TexasDEATH PENALTYTEXAS, USA. TEXAS CARRIES OUT ITS FOURTH EXECUTION OF THE YEAR
Convicted killer Clyde Smith was executed for fatally shooting a Houston cabdriver during a robbery in 1992.
FEBRUARY 15, 2006JordanDEATH PENALTYJORDAN. NINE SENTENCED TO DEATH IN TERROR PLOT
a military court sentenced nine men, including al-Qaida in Iraq leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, to death for a plot to carry out a chemical attack on the kingdom.
- FEBRUARY 14, 2006MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA. COURT AMENDS CHARGE, MAN ESCAPES THE GALLOWS
Shafie Ghani, a stall owner sentenced to death for drug trafficking, escaped the gallows in Malaysia after the Court of Appeal amended the charge against him.
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- FEBRUARY 14, 2006JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN. TOP COURT LETS DEATH PENALTY STAND FOR FORMER RIGHT-WINGER
the Supreme Court rejected an appeal against the death penalty for Takehiko Tanaka, a 42-year-old former right-wing group member found guilty of murdering two men in 1992 and 1994, letting stand a high court ruling in favour of capital punishment.
- FEBRUARY 14, 2006IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
INDONESIA. CONVICTED MILITANT TO APPEAL DEATH SENTENCE
Assep Djaja, a militant who was sentenced to death over attacks on Indonesian islands plagued by religious violence, said he would appeal the verdict, and insisted he was taking part in jihad not terrorism.
- FEBRUARY 14, 2006VirginiaDEATH PENALTY
a Valley County jury has recommended the death penalty for Ivan Teleguz.
a Valley County jury has recommended the death penalty for Ivan Teleguz.
- FEBRUARY 14, 2006AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
AUSTRALIA. AUSTRALIA ASKED INDONESIA TO SPARE BALI NINE DEATH PENALTY – FOREIGN MINISTER
Foreign Minister Alexander Downer told Australia's parliament he wrote to the Indonesian government asking that the death sentence not be imposed on the "Bali Nine" heroin smugglers.
- FEBRUARY 14, 2006RussiaDEATH PENALTY
RUSSIA. BESLAN MOTHERS CALL FOR RESTORING DEATH PENALTY IN RUSSIA
the Beslan Mothers, a group of women who lost their children in the deadly school siege of 2004 in Russia’s southern province near Chechnya, called for restoration of death penalty.
- FEBRUARY 14, 2006IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
AUSTRALIA. HOWARD TO LOBBY OVER DEATH PENALTY
death sentences imposed by an Indonesian court on two Australians found guilty of heroin trafficking triggered a flurry of diplomatic activity in Australia, with Prime Minister John Howard promising to lobby Indonesia's President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono
FEBRUARY 14, 2006IndonesiaDEATH PENALTYINDONESIA. TWO AUSTRALIANS SENTENCED TO DEATH IN BALI DRUGS TRIAL
an Indonesian court sentenced two young Australian men to die by firing squad for attempting to smuggle heroin from the resort island of Bali, verdicts that could strain ties with Canberra.
FEBRUARY 14, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTYEUROPEAN UNION. MARCO PANNELLA DEPOSITS PARLIAMENTARY QUESTION ON CHINA’S RELIGIOUS PERSECUTION
Hands Off Cain President and MEP Marco Pannella deposited a question to the European Parliament regarding the violation of human rights and religious repression perpetrated in China commencing with the case of Gao Zhisheng, a lawyer who for years has take
FEBRUARY 14, 2006IndonesiaDEATH PENALTYINDONESIA. THREE INDONESIAN TRIBESMEN GET DEATH FOR RITUAL KILLINGS
an Indonesian court sentenced to death three men from an indigenous tribe on the remote Seram island, north of Maluku province, for ritual killings.
- FEBRUARY 13, 2006KazakhstanDEATH PENALTY
KAZAKHSTAN. DEATH PENALTY MAY BE ABOLISHED - OMBUDSMAN
Kazakhstan may abolish the death penalty according to Human Rights Ombudsman Bolat Baykadamov.
- FEBRUARY 13, 2006BahrainDEATH PENALTY
BAHRAIN. CHILD RAPISTS TO FACE DEATH PENALTY UNDER NEW PROPOSALS
new laws were being brought in to protect children in Bahrain against rapists and pedophiles
- FEBRUARY 13, 2006BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING WIFE
the Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal in Rajbari, Bangladesh, sentenced to death Shafiqul Islam, 26, after finding him guilty of killing his wife.
- FEBRUARY 13, 2006IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
INDONESIA. DEATH SENTENCE FOR TERROR SUSPECT
Indonesian national Assep Djaja was sentenced to death for killing eight people in attacks in the Moluccas islands that sparked fears of sectarian bloodshed in the region.
- FEBRUARY 13, 2006MarylandDEATH PENALTY
a man on death row for killing his girlfriend's 8-year-old daughter should get a new sentencing hearing
a man on death row for killing his girlfriend's 8-year-old daughter should get a new sentencing hearing because of errors, Maryland's highest court ruled.
FEBRUARY 13, 2006IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN. SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCES FOR TWO TEENAGERS
Iran’s Supreme Court upheld a death by hanging sentence against two teenagers in Tehran, the official state news agency reported.
- FEBRUARY 12, 2006UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
CENTRAL ASIA. ACTIVISTS CAMPAIGN TO END DEATH PENALTY
human rights activists from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan met to plan a two-year campaign to abolish the death penalty in Central Asia.
- FEBRUARY 12, 2006SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
SINGAPORE. 96% OF SINGAPOREANS BACK THE DEATH PENALTY
a survey of 425 Singaporeans and permanent residents, aged 20 and older, showed that 96 per cent supported the death penalty. Most also wanted it to remain mandatory for the crimes of murder, drug trafficking, the use of firearms, acts of treason and kidn
FEBRUARY 11, 2006IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN. IRANIAN RESISTANCE WARNS OF EXECUTION OF POLITICAL PRISONERS
the National Council of Resistance of Iran reported that a number of political prisoners, among them supporters of the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI), had disappeared, according to family members and other prisoners.
FEBRUARY 10, 2006United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTYUNITED ARAB EMIRATES. PAKISTANI SPARED FROM DEATH FOLLOWING PARDON BY VICTIM’S FAMILY
Pakistani national Akthar Hussain, 70, on death row in the UAE, was to walk out a free man after receiving a pardon from the family of his Indian victim.
FEBRUARY 10, 2006VietnamDEATH PENALTYVIETNAM CONSIDERS DROPPING DEATH PENALTY FOR NINE CRIMES
Vietnam is considering abolishing the death penalty for nine different crimes, including smuggling, fraud, counterfeiting and bribery, state-controlled media reported.
- FEBRUARY 9, 2006BrazilDEATH PENALTY
INDONESIA. NO MERCY FOR BRAZILIAN DEATH ROW DRUG CONVICT IN INDONESIA
Indonesia's president rejected an appeal for clemency from Marco Archer Cardoso Moreira, a Brazilian man sentenced to death for smuggling cocaine into the country.
- FEBRUARY 9, 2006RussiaDEATH PENALTY
RUSSIA. DECISION TO SENTENCE BESLAN TERRORIST TO DEATH SLAMMED
Russian human rights organizations slammed the decision to sentence Nurpashi Kulayev to death.
- FEBRUARY 9, 2006RussiaDEATH PENALTY
RUSSIA. DUMA NOT TO RESUME DEATH PENALTY FOR BESLAN TERRORIST
the Russian State Duma will not lift the moratorium on the death penalty to punish Nurpasha Kulayev, the only surviving terrorist who participated in the Beslan school seizure in September 2004, vice speaker of the lower house of the Russian parliament Vl
- FEBRUARY 9, 2006RussiaDEATH PENALTY
RUSSIA. SENIOR MPS SPEAK UP ON DEATH PENALTY FOR TERRORIST
Pavel Krasheninnikov, head of the State Duma's committee on civil, criminal, arbitration and procedural law, said that prosecutors' request for the death penalty for the man being tried for involvement in the Beslan terrorist attack that killed 331 people
FEBRUARY 9, 2006United States Armed ForcesDEATH PENALTYUNITED STATES. BUSH’S OK SOUGHT FOR EXECUTIONS
President Bush has been asked to authorize the executions of two men who have been on the military’s death row at Fort Leavenworth for a combined 35 years.
FEBRUARY 9, 2006RussiaDEATH PENALTYRUSSIA. PUTIN'S HUMAN RIGHTS ADVISOR URGES DEATH PENALTY ABOLITION
Russia should abolish the death penalty in the near future, presidential council for civil society and human rights development Chairman Ella Pamfilova said.
FEBRUARY 9, 2006RussiaDEATH PENALTYRUSSIA. RUSSIA ASKS DEATH PENALTY FOR BESLAN HOSTAGE-TAKER
Deputy Prosecutor-General Nikolai Shepel asked judges to pass the death penalty on the sole surviving hostage-taker from the 2004 Beslan school massacre that killed more than 300 people, half of them children.
- FEBRUARY 8, 2006IsraelDEATH PENALTY
UNITED NATIONS. TARGET KILLING IS 'EXECUTION WITHOUT TRIAL', ANNAN
UN Secretary General Kofi Annan said that Israel had the right to defend its citizens, but criticized the policy of targeted killings, saying that they were like, "executions without trial."
- FEBRUARY 8, 2006BahamasDEATH PENALTY
THE BAHAMAS. RIGHTS ADVOCATE OPPOSED TO CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
Grand Bahama Human Rights Association Vice-president Joseph Darville said that he did not see anything good being achieved through capital punishment, as it only showed a disregard for the sanctity of human life.
FEBRUARY 8, 2006BelarusDEATH PENALTYBELARUS. TWO PEOPLE EXECUTED IN 2005, SUPREME COURT CHAIRMAN
two persons were put to death and eight people received life sentences in Belarus in 2005, Valyantsin Sukala, chairman of the Supreme Court, told reporters in Minsk.
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FEBRUARY 8, 2006TexasDEATH PENALTYTEXAS, USA. MAN EXECUTED FOR ABDUCTING, KILLING WOMAN
Robert Neville, a man who abducted a young woman while she rode her bicycle to work, then shot and killed her in a field near Dallas, was executed by lethal injection
- FEBRUARY 7, 2006MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA. MAN ESCAPES DEATH SENTENCE AFTER DRUG CHARGE REDUCED
Zulkifli Latif escaped the death sentence after his drug trafficking charge was reduced to one of possession by the Malaysian High Court.
- FEBRUARY 7, 2006TexasDEATH PENALTY
in San Antonio, before 187th District Judge Raymond Angelini...
in San Antonio, before 187th District Judge Raymond Angelini, a jury choose the death sentence for Christopher Young.
- FEBRUARY 7, 2006CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
in Vista, Superior Court Judge Joan Weber endorsed a jury recommendation...
in Vista, Superior Court Judge Joan Weber endorsed a jury recommendation, and gave the death sentence to Adrian Camacho
- FEBRUARY 7, 2006OhioDEATH PENALTY
Glenn L. Benner II, 43, died by injection at 10:15 a.m...
Glenn L. Benner II, 43, died by injection at 10:15 a.m. at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility in Lucasville.
- FEBRUARY 7, 2006BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. FATHER SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER OF MINOR DAUGHTERS
Abdul Mannan, 35, was sentenced to death by a court in Chapainawabganj, Bangladesh, for strangulating to death his two minor daughters after losing a legal battle to his neighbour.
- FEBRUARY 7, 2006BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR RAPE AND MURDER
a court in Natore, Bangladesh, sentenced Nohen Mondol to death for killing a woman after raping her. The Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal acquitted two others involved in the case as their guilt was not proved.
- FEBRUARY 7, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. POLITICAL PRISONER HANGED
Hojjat Zamani, a political prisoner and member of the People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran in Gohardasht prison in Karaj, west of Tehran was hanged.
- FEBRUARY 7, 2006CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
six Jurors Urge Sparing Killer's Life----Echoing the trial judge and citing new evidence...
six Jurors Urge Sparing Killer's Life----Echoing the trial judge and citing new evidence, they ask the governor to halt the execution of Michael Morales for a girl's murder in 1981.
- FEBRUARY 7, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
a man, identified only as Akram...
a man, identified only as Akram...
- FEBRUARY 7, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
an Afghan, identified only as Fada...
an Afghan, identified only as Fada...
- FEBRUARY 7, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
a man, identified only as Ramazan...
a man, identified only as Ramazan...
FEBRUARY 7, 2006RussiaDEATH PENALTYRUSSIA. STEPS MAY BE TAKEN TO ABOLISH DEATH PENALTY, PUTIN
Russian President Vladimir Putin suggested he might take steps towards abolishing the death penalty in Russia.
FEBRUARY 7, 2006Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA. MAN BEHEADED FOR MURDERING RELATIVE
a Saudi national was beheaded by the sword after being convicted of murdering a relative, the interior ministry said in a statement.
- FEBRUARY 6, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. DEATH SENTENCE FOR MAN CONVICTED IN KIDNAPPING CASE
Ye Li, a 24-year-old Henan Province native, was sentenced to death by the Shanghai No. 1 Intermediate People's Court, China, for kidnapping and murder.
- FEBRUARY 6, 2006IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA. KERALA HIGH COURT COMMUTES SENTENCE OF DEATH INTO LIFE
the Kerala High Court, India, commuted into life the death sentence of Vadasseril Raju handed down by the Thalassery Sessions Court for rape and murder.
- FEBRUARY 6, 2006IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA. SUPREME COURT REJECTS CURATIVE PETITION
a “curative petition” filed by S. S. Lakra, on death row for killing a retired brigadier and two members of his family, was dismissed by the Indian Supreme Court.
- FEBRUARY 6, 2006Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO - Soldier sentenced to death for murder
the military court of the Bukavu Garrison, in the Eastern region of the DRC, sentenced to death a FARDC soldier for killing a 5-year-old boy and wounding four other civilians.
- FEBRUARY 6, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
Mohammad Hassan, 18...
Mohammad Hassan, 18...
- FEBRUARY 6, 2006BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. SIX PEOPLE SENTENCED TO DEATH IN TWO SEPARATE CASES
the Meherpur district court, Bangladesh, sentenced Rustam, Rahman and Enamul to death for the murder of a trader in Ghangni.
FEBRUARY 6, 2006MarylandDEATH PENALTYMARYLAND, USA. EVANS RECEIVES STAY OF EXECUTION
Vernon Evans, 56, who has been on death row in the eastern state of Maryland for more than 20 years, was granted a stay of execution on the week he was scheduled to die.
FEBRUARY 6, 2006IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN. THREE MEN EXECUTED FOR 'DISRUPTING PUBLIC SECURITY'
three men described as "thugs" who "disrupted public security" were executed in the northeastern Iranian city of Sabzevar, the Khorassan newspaper reported.
FEBRUARY 6, 2006IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN. JOURNALIST RISKS DEATH PENALTY FOR SATIRE
a 19-year-old Iranian journalist, Elham Foroutan, risked the death penalty for a satirical article in which she compared the Islamic revolution in Iran to the AIDS virus
- FEBRUARY 5, 2006DelawareDEATH PENALTY
state prosecutors announced that they will not seek the death penalty for Thomas Capano...
state prosecutors announced that they will not seek the death penalty for Thomas Capano, a former millionaire influential in state politics who was convicted of murdering Anne Marie Fahey. Capano will instead
FEBRUARY 5, 2006UgandaDEATH PENALTYUGANDA. ARMY EXECUTED 26 SOLDIERS IN PAST THREE YEARS
the army has executed 26 soldiers in northern Uganda over the last three years for murdering civilians in the region, the 2003-2005 report on action taken against human rights violations by the UPDF in northern Uganda revealed.
FEBRUARY 5, 2006FranceDEATH PENALTYUNITED STATES. JURY SELECTION BEGINS FOR MOUSSAOUI TRIAL
Zacarias Moussaoui returns this week to the courtroom where a jury will determine whether he should be executed for his crimes.
- FEBRUARY 4, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
a man, identified only as Javad...
a man, identified only as Javad...
- FEBRUARY 3, 2006DelawareDEATH PENALTY
two men who were condemned to die nearly a decade ago for the 1995...
two men who were condemned to die nearly a decade ago for the 1995...
- FEBRUARY 3, 2006OregonDEATH PENALTY
Marion County Circuit Judge Joseph Ochoa formalized the death sentence...
Marion County Circuit Judge Joseph Ochoa formalized the death sentence...
- FEBRUARY 3, 2006IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA. DEATH SENTENCE CONFIRMED FOR RAPE AND MURDER
the Karnataka High Court, India, confirmed the death sentence handed down by the Sessions Court of Bagalkot district to Bandhu
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- FEBRUARY 3, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
two men, identified only as Behjat, 35, and Mohammad...
two men, identified only as Behjat, 35, and Mohammad...
- FEBRUARY 2, 2006JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN. DEATH PENALTY CONFIRMED FOR TSUTOMU MIYAZAKI
Japan's top court confirmed the death penalty for Tsutomu Miyazaki, a man who abducted and murdered four small girls. Miyazaki, 43, had admitted killing the four girls, aged between 4 and 7, in and around Tokyo in the late 1980s.
- FEBRUARY 2, 2006United StatesDEATH PENALTY
UNITED STATES. INMATES FIGHT BACK AGAINST LETHAL INJECTION EXECUTION, AFP
the United States is taking a new look at the use of lethal injections to execute condemned prisoners after the challenges of three inmates who were barely saved from lethal injection by the Supreme Court.
- FEBRUARY 2, 2006BotswanaDEATH PENALTY
Mr Oteng Modisane Ping submitted an application for mercy from President Festus Mogae of Botswana.
Mr Oteng Modisane Ping submitted an application for mercy from President Festus Mogae of Botswana.
- FEBRUARY 2, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
a man, identified only as Ali-Akbar...
a man, identified only as Ali-Akbar...
FEBRUARY 2, 2006EthiopiaDEATH PENALTYETHIOPIA. OPPOSITION MEMBERS RISK DEATH PENALTY
Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi said that jailed opposition leaders accused of fomenting a coup after disputed elections in 2005 will be tried despite appeals for their release.
- FEBRUARY 1, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. TWO MORE PEOPLE HANGED, 12 EXECUTED SO FAR IN 2006
two men have been executed in Iran, one for serial kidnapping and drug dealing and the other for murder.
- FEBRUARY 1, 2006FloridaDEATH PENALTY
Willie Nowell has been sentenced to death.
Willie Nowell has been sentenced to death.
- FEBRUARY 1, 2006PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
THE PHILIPPINES. 4 OFWS AWAITING EXECUTION IN SAUDI ARABIA AND MALAYSIA
Philippines Foreign Affairs Undersecretary for Migrant Workers, Esteban Conejos, said that 4 Overseas Filipino Workers (OFW) were awaiting execution abroad.
- FEBRUARY 1, 2006IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
INDONESIA. DEATH PENALTY SOUGHT FOR ALLEGED MILITANTS
prosecutors in Indonesia's Maluku province sought the death penalty for two alleged Muslim militants accused of plotting a 2004 karaoke bar attack that killed two.
- FEBRUARY 1, 2006MexicoDEATH PENALTY
MEXICO. HIGH COURT EASES WAY FOR EXTRADITIONS TO US
Mexico’s Supreme Court ruled that no requirements other than those already included in the treaty between Mexico and the United States had to be met in extradition cases, making it easier for authorities to hand over suspected criminals.
- FEBRUARY 1, 2006RussiaDEATH PENALTY
RUSSIA. "NO MAJORITY SUPPORT" FOR DEATH PENALTY ABOLITION, KOSACHEV
according to Konstantin Kosachev, head of the State Duma committee for international affairs, there was no majority support in Russia for the abolition of the death penalty.
- FEBRUARY 1, 2006IraqDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ. SADDAM'S DEFENCE SAYS NO COURT UNTIL JUDGE RESIGNS
the chief lawyer in the defence team representing former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein said that the defence would not appear in court until newly selected chief judge Raouf Abdel Rahman resigned.
FEBRUARY 1, 2006MissouriDEATH PENALTYUNITED STATES. US SUPREME COURT HALTS EXECUTION OF MISSOURI INMATE
the US Supreme Court stayed the execution of Michael Taylor, an inmate in the midwestern state of Missouri who has argued that lethal injection amounts to cruel and unusual punishment.
- FEBRUARY 1, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. MAN HANGED FOR MURDER
an Iranian man convicted of murdering the aged parents of the woman he had hoped to marry was hanged in a prison in the southern city of Bandar Abbas, the Etemad-e-Melli newspaper said.