Chronological archive
June 2006
The 159 news items published by Hands Off Cain in June 2006, in chronological order.
PAKISTAN. MURDER ACCUSED EXECUTED IN PUBLIC
a man who allegedly killed two people was executed under Taliban’s shariah system in a village near North Waziristan’s regional headquarters of Miramshah, Pakistan. Thirty-year-old Ihsanullah was brought blindfolded to the execution ground by heirs of the
- JUNE 30, 2006VietnamDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM. DEATH PENALTY UPHELD FOR NAM CAM'S RIGHT HAND MAN
the People’s Supreme Court of Appeal in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, confirmed the death sentence for Nguyen Van Tho, a close associate of crime boss Nam Cam who was executed in 2004 for murder and bribery.
- JUNE 30, 2006DelawareDEATH PENALTY
a Superior Court jury unanimously recommended that Ambrose Sykes...
a Superior Court jury unanimously recommended that Ambrose Sykes...
- JUNE 30, 2006FloridaDEATH PENALTY
Ricardo Gill got what he asked for: a death sentence.
Ricardo Gill got what he asked for: a death sentence.
- JUNE 30, 2006MissouriDEATH PENALTY
in Jefferson City, the state Supreme Court ordered a new sentencing hearing for Terrance Anderson.
in Jefferson City, the state Supreme Court ordered a new sentencing hearing for Terrance Anderson.
- JUNE 30, 2006IndiaDEATH PENALTY
the Punjab and Haryana High Court, India...
the Punjab and Haryana High Court, India...
- JUNE 29, 2006United StatesDEATH PENALTY
GUANTANAMO. US TOP COURT DECLARES GUANTANAMO TRIBUNALS ILLEGAL
in a sharp rebuke of President George W. Bush's tactics in the war on terrorism, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down as unlawful the military tribunal system set up to try Guantanamo prisoners.
- JUNE 29, 2006PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. 4 MEN HANGED FOR GANG RAPE OF CHRISTIAN WOMAN
Shehzad Ahmad, 29, Muhammad Ashraf, 34, Mubarik Ali, 28, and Umer Hayat, 32, were hanged in Pakistan for gang-raping a teenaged Christian girl at gunpoint in the central city of Faisalabad on November 7, 1999.
- JUNE 29, 2006MoldovaDEATH PENALTY
MOLDOVA. PARLIAMENT EXLUDES DEATH PENALTY FROM CONSTITUTION
Moldova's parliament unanimously supported the definitive exclusion from the country's Constitution of Paragraph 3 of Article 24 allowing the use of death penalty in exceptional cases.
- JUNE 29, 2006IraqDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ. 22 EXECUTIONS AND 260 DEATH SENTENCES IN TWO YEARS
Iraq's Prime Minister Nouri-al-Maliki said that courts in the country had sentenced 260 people to death in the past two years.
- JUNE 29, 2006BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR RAPING TEENAGE GIRL
Mominul Islam was sentenced to death in Rangpur, Bangladesh...
- JUNE 29, 2006JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN. PSYCHIATRIST BACKS SHOKO ASAHARA
Shoko Asahara, the Aum Supreme Truth founder sentenced to death over a 1995 nerve-gas attack on the Tokyo subway, is mentally unfit and shows no reaction to his children, psychiatrist Haruo Akimoto said.
- JUNE 29, 2006MississippiDEATH PENALTY
Curtis Giovanni Flowers has won a new trial in the killings...
Curtis Giovanni Flowers has won a new trial in the killings of 4 people because prosecutors sought to keep blacks off his Montgomery County jury, the Mississippi Supreme Court ruled.
- JUNE 29, 2006MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA. DEATH PENALTY WON'T BE ABOLISHED, GOVERNMENT
the death penalty will be maintained to show the Government’s seriousness in curbing serious crimes, Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk M. Kayveas said, adding that the punishment was based on the principles of prevention and was in
- JUNE 28, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. 52 EXECUTED ON ANTI-DRUG DAY
according to reports from the Chinese government's state-run media organization, Xinhua News Agency, China has executed in the last week as many as 52 people found guilty of drug law violations.
- JUNE 28, 2006TennesseeDEATH PENALTY
Sedley Alley, 50, was pronounced dead at 2:12 a.m. at the state's death chamber...
Sedley Alley, 50, was pronounced dead at 2:12 a.m. at the state's death chamber at Riverbend Maximum Security Institution in west Nashville.
- JUNE 28, 2006RussiaDEATH PENALTY
RUSSIA. MOST RUSSIANS AGAINST ABOLISHMENT OF DEATH PENALTY, SPEAKER
Russia has not formally abolished the death penalty because such a move would not get the support of the majority of the population, the speaker of Russia's upper house of parliament said.
- JUNE 28, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. WOMAN SENTENCED TO DEATH BY STONING
- JUNE 28, 2006MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA. BAR COUNCIL RENEWES CALL FOR DEATH PENALTY ABOLITION
the Bar Council renewed its call for the abolishment of capital punishment in Malaysia reasoning that the death penalty is a cruel and extreme form of punishment.
- JUNE 28, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. FIVE WOMEN SENTENCED TO DEATH BY STONING IN PAST TWELVE MONTHS
the mullahs' regime has sentenced a woman, Ashraf Kalhori, to death by stoning, according to reports received.
- JUNE 27, 2006North KoreaDEATH PENALTY
NORTH KOREA. THREE PUBLICLY EXECUTED
Good Friend, a support organization for North Korea with news from internal sources, revealed that on May 17th and 19th, public executions were administered on the riverbanks of the Susung creek next to the Sunam market in Chongjin.
- JUNE 27, 2006ItalyDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ. SAVING SADDAM FROM EXECUTION IS OPPORTUNITY FOR ITALY FOLLOWING DECISION TO WITHDRAW TROOPS, ROSE IN THE FIST
“What is the Italian government’s intention regarding the offer made by Marco Pannella for a special appointment to save Saddam from execution, and with Saddam’s life, the life of the rights and the civility which he massacred during 50 years of bloody ru
- JUNE 27, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. TWO MEN EXECUTED FOR INTERNET CAFE FIRE
two men were executed for an arson attack at an Internet cafe in Longchuan County, in southern China's Guangdong Province.
- JUNE 27, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN. DEATH SENTENCE FINALISED FOR MAN IN MURDER-ROBBERY CASE
Japan's Supreme Court finalised a death sentence for a Chinese man by upholding a high court ruling on him over a murder-robbery on May 25...
- JUNE 27, 2006IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
INDONESIA. AUTHORITIES TO EXECUTE 16 DRUG OFFENDERS, INCLUDING 10 FOREIGNERS
Indonesian authorities were preparing to execute 16 people on death row for drug trafficking, an official said.
- JUNE 27, 2006JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN. DEATH SENTENCE FOR HOMELESS MAN COMMUTED TO LIFE
the Tokyo High Court commuted the death penalty of Yoshio Ando to life in prison for the 1999 murders of three homeless men in Tokyo, citing his ''diminished'' mental capacity at the time of the crime due to the influence of amphetamines.
- JUNE 27, 2006TexasDEATH PENALTY
a Harris County jury sentenced Demetrius Dwayne Smith, 29, to death for the March 24, 2005...
a Harris County jury sentenced Demetrius Dwayne Smith, 29, to death for the March 24, 2005...
- JUNE 27, 2006TexasDEATH PENALTY
serial killer Angel Maturino Resendiz, linked to at least 15 murders near railroad tracks around the country, was executed in Huntsville. In his final statement, Resendiz asked for forgiveness. Resendiz, 46, was pronounced dead at 8:05 p.m..
serial killer Angel Maturino Resendiz, linked to at least 15 murders near railroad tracks around the country, was executed in Huntsville. In his final statement, Resendiz asked for forgiveness. Resendiz, 46, was pronounced dead at 8:05 p.m..
- JUNE 27, 2006CanadaDEATH PENALTY
CANADIAN EXTRADITED FROM UZBEKISTAN FACES POSSIBLE DEATH PENALTY IN CHINA
Canadian citizen Huseyincan Celil was extradited from Uzbekistan to China where he may be executed for founding a political party to represent a minority ethnic group in Xinjiang province, Canada's foreign affairs spokeswoman Kim Girtel told AFP. Celil, 3
- JUNE 26, 2006DEATH PENALTY
IRAN. SIX MEN HANGED
an Iranian man convicted of murder was hanged in public in the southern city of Shiraz.
- JUNE 26, 2006MissouriDEATH PENALTY
MISSOURI, USA. FEDERAL JUDGE HALTS EXECUTIONS
a federal judge halted executions in Missouri until the state makes sweeping changes to ensure that inmates do not suffer excruciating pain when they are put to death.
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- JUNE 26, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. OILFIELD FIRM CHIEF SENTENCED TO DEATH
China sentenced to death Li Rongxing, the former president of a firm connected with the country's number-two oil field, for taking bribes and embezzling nearly 37 million yuan ($4.62 million).
- JUNE 26, 2006IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA. DEATH FOR MAN CONVICTED OF BURNING WIFE AND KIDS
the Bombay High Court, India, upheld the death sentence handed by a trial court to Ajit Singh Gujral for burning his wife and three children in their Sher-e-Punjab flat in Andheri.
- JUNE 26, 2006IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
INDONESIA. PROSECUTORS SEEK APPROVAL FOR EXECUTION OF BALI BOMBERS
prosecutors in Indonesia sought permission from the justice minister to execute the three Bali bombers on death row, the attorney-general's office said.
- JUNE 26, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. MAN HANGED IN PUBLIC FOR MURDER
an Iranian man convicted of murder was hanged in public in the southern city of Shiraz.
- JUNE 26, 2006SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
SOMALIA. ISLAMISTS TO STONE RAPISTS TO DEATH
Somalia's newly powerful Islamists said they will stone to death five rapists, in what some fear is the latest sign of a plan to install a hardline Islamic authority like Afghanistan's Taliban.
- JUNE 26, 2006OhioDEATH PENALTY
in Summit County a jury recommended Clarence Fry be executed...
in Summit County a jury recommended Clarence Fry be executed for the July 31, 2005 murder of his former girlfriend, Tamela Hardison, 41.
- JUNE 25, 2006ItalyDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ. GIVE ME THE APPOINTMENT TO SAVE SADDAM AND HIS EVENTUAL EXECUTIONERS, PANNELLA
Marco Pannella formally asked Italy’s government to be appointed with the objective of saving Saddam Hussein from the death penalty.
- JUNE 25, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. TWO MEN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DRUG MAKING IN NORTHWEST CHINA
two people were sentenced to death for manufacturing illegal drugs in northwest China.
- JUNE 25, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
two men identified as Nasser and Saeed were hanged in public in the southern city of Shiraz
two men identified as Nasser and Saeed were hanged in public in the southern city of Shiraz
- JUNE 25, 2006SyriaDEATH PENALTY
SYRIA. COURT COMMUTES MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD MEMBER'S DEATH SENTENCE
a Syrian court sentenced a member of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood to death, but then commuted the verdict to a 12-year prison term, The National Organization for Human Rights in Syria said
- JUNE 25, 2006CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
the ashes of Stanley Tookie Williams were spread in a lake in Soweto...
the ashes of Stanley Tookie Williams were spread in a lake in Soweto, South Africa, in accordance with his will, friends and associates said today.
- JUNE 25, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
a man, identified only as Hossein...
a man, identified only as Hossein...
- JUNE 24, 2006PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
THE PHILIPPINES. PRESIDENT SIGNS LAW ABOLISHING DEATH PENALTY
President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo signed a law abolishing the death penalty on the eve of her trip to the Vatican, but vowed she will not relent in battling terrorists and criminals.
- JUNE 24, 2006IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
INDONESIA. ANTI-DRUG AGENCY HEAD CALLS FOR EXECUTION OF TRAFFICKERS
the head of Indonesia's anti-drug agency, I Made Mangku Pastika, called for the speedy execution of convicted drug traffickers on death row.
- JUNE 24, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
a political prisoner was hanged in Tehran after serving 10 years behind bars.
a political prisoner was hanged in Tehran after serving 10 years behind bars.
- JUNE 24, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
the mullahs’ judiciary hanged a young men aged 22 in Tehran, CNRI reported.
the mullahs’ judiciary hanged a young men aged 22 in Tehran, CNRI reported.
- JUNE 23, 2006IraqDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ. SADDAM SHOULDN'T BE EXECUTED, CARDINAL
a senior Vatican cardinal was quoted as saying that former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein should not be executed because all life is sacred.
- JUNE 23, 2006KyrgyzstanDEATH PENALTY
KYRGYZSTAN. PRO-UIGHUR 'EXTREMIST' SENTENCED TO DEATH
Kyrgyzstan's Supreme Court sentenced to death Otabek Akhadov, an Uzbek citizen, after he was found guilty of several murders connected to what officials describe as an ethnic-Uighur extremist group active in neighbouring China, the man's lawyer Nina Zotov
- JUNE 23, 2006United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UAE. DEATH SENTENCE OVERRULED AS PROCEDURE LACKS PERMISSION
the Supreme Federal Court in Abu Dhabi, UAE, overruled a death penalty passed against an Asian expatriate convicted of selling 1/4kg of hashish to an undercover agent.
- JUNE 22, 2006PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
THE PHILIPPINES. EIGHT MEN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KIDNAPPING
the Manila Regional Trial Court, the Philippines, imposed a death sentence on eight men after finding them guilty of kidnapping a 12-year-old Chinese-Filipino student and his maid on March 15, 1999.
- JUNE 22, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. TWO MEN PUBLICLY HANGED
press reports said that two men convicted on charges including murder, organised crime and assault were hanged in public in Iran.
- JUNE 22, 2006IraqDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ. SADDAM ON HUNGER STRIKE TO PROTEST LAWYER'S MURDER
deposed Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein has gone on hunger strike to protest the killing of his lawyer, his lead lawyer Khalil al-Dulaimi said.
- JUNE 22, 2006VietnamDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM. SENTENCES TWO MEN TO DEATH FOR HEROIN DEALING
Bui Xuan Thai and Nguyen Van Chinh were sentenced to death after being convicted in a one-day trial in Vietnam’s Thai Binh province, about 100 kilometers southeast of Hanoi, said presiding judge Tran Van Loan.
- JUNE 21, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. MAN PUBLICLY HANGED FOR MURDER
an Iranian man convicted of murder was publicly hanged in the southern city of Shiraz.
- JUNE 21, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
the Shanghai No. 1 Intermediate People's Court, China, sentenced Shi Jianjian, 26, to death for robbery and murder.
- JUNE 21, 2006TexasDEATH PENALTY
in Tarrant County, Lisa Ann Coleman, the 30-year-old woman...
in Tarrant County, Lisa Ann Coleman, the 30-year-old woman convicted earlier this week of capital murder for her role in the starving death of 9-year-old Davontae Williams, was sentenced to death.
- JUNE 20, 2006DEATH PENALTY
EUROPEAN UNION. CALL TO EU FROM MEP EMMA NICHOLSON
MEP Emma Nicholson (ALDE, UK) is appalled to learn that, according to figures released by Amnesty International, it is estimated that 20,000 people are being held on death row worldwide.
- JUNE 20, 2006PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
THE PHILIPPINES. MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR RAPE AND MURDER
a regional trial court in Bacolod City, the Philippines, meted out the death penalty to 28-year-old Guillermo Manayon Rama Jr. for the rape and killing of a 17-year-old high school student.
- JUNE 20, 2006TexasDEATH PENALTY
TEXAS, USA. MAN EXECUTED FOR 1999 TRIPLE MURDER
28-year-old Lamont Reese was put to death by lethal injection for killing three men in 1999 outside a Fort Worth convenience store.
- JUNE 20, 2006Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA. MAN BEHEADED FOR MURDER
a Saudi man condemned to death for murder was beheaded with a sword in the north of the country.
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- JUNE 20, 2006BarbadosDEATH PENALTY
BARBADOS. CARIBBEAN COURT REVIEWS HANGING
the Caribbean's final appeals court is being asked to overturn a key ruling by the UK's Privy Council and allow the death penalty to be carried out.
- JUNE 20, 2006IndiaDEATH PENALTY
KUWAIT. INDIAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
an Indian national in Kuwait was sentenced to death by a criminal court for killing his lover and later trying to commit suicide.
- JUNE 20, 2006JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN. SUPREME COURT ASKS FOR DEATH PENALTY FOR YOUNG KILLER
Japan's Supreme Court asked a lower court to consider the death penalty for a man who was a minor when he killed a young mother and baby girl.
- JUNE 20, 2006BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES. COURT COMMUTES DEATH BY STONING SENTENCE
a United Arab Emirates appeal court commuted to imprisonment a sentence of death by stoning handed down by a lower court against a Bangladeshi convicted of adultery. The court ordered Shaheen Abdel Rahman jailed for a year and then deported to his home co
- JUNE 20, 2006Sierra LeoneDEATH PENALTY
SIERRA LEONE. LAWCLA TO CHALLENGE GOVERNMENT AT SUPREME COURT
Oju Wilson, Coordinator of Training, Research and Advocacy of the Lawyers Center for Legal Assistance (LAWCLA) revealed that LAWCLA would soon file a motion at the Supreme Court in order for the government to repeal capital punishment in the country's law
- JUNE 20, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
an Iranian convicted of killing two civilians in a bombin...
an Iranian convicted of killing two civilians in a bombing and a policeman in a shooting has been hanged in the southeastern town of Zabol hard by the Afghan border, official media said.
- JUNE 20, 2006PennsylvaniaDEATH PENALTY
the state Supreme Court ruled that Thomas Jeffrey Gorby...
the state Supreme Court ruled that Thomas Jeffrey Gorby...
- JUNE 20, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
a man was executed in Zabol Prison according to state-run news agency Irna.
a man was executed in Zabol Prison according to state-run news agency Irna.
- JUNE 19, 2006IraqDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ. PROSECUTORS SEEK DEATH FOR SADDAM
prosecutors demanded the death penalty for Saddam Hussein and three of his former aides for crimes against humanity following a 1982 crackdown on Shi'ites in which hundreds were killed and tortured after an attempt on the Iraqi leader's life in the villag
- JUNE 19, 2006ItalyDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ. HANDS OFF CAIN, ''HANDS OFF SADDAM''
“Our Hands Off Cain is also valid for Saddam: thus, ‘hands off Saddam’, which does not equate to non-punishment, but physical wellbeing and human dignity”, stated Secretary and Treasurer of Hands Off Cain Sergio D’Elia and Elisabetta Zamparutti in comment
- JUNE 19, 2006CubaDEATH PENALTY
CUBA. DISSIDENTS ASK FOR AMNESTY FOR POLITICAL PRISONERS, MORATORIUM ON EXECUTIONS
dissident groups in Cuba asked Havana to grant a general amnesty to political prisoners and to introduce a legal moratorium on capital executions.
- JUNE 19, 2006ItalyDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ. ‘NO TO THE DEATH PENALTY FOR SADDAM HUSSEIN’, CAPPATO
“The request put forward by prosecutors to sentence Saddam Hussein to death will not bring justice to the genocides, torture and to the atrocious crimes against the Iraqi population committed by the former Baghdad strongman”.
- JUNE 19, 2006MoroccoDEATH PENALTY
MOROCCO. CALL FOR ABOLITION OF DEATH PENALTY IN MOROCCO
the World Coalition against the death penalty held its general assembly in Casablanca on June 17-18. The special session was dedicated to the abolition of the death penalty in Morocco, North Africa and the Middle East.
- JUNE 19, 2006SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
SOMALIA. ISLAMIC COURT CARRIES OUT EXECUTION
the Islamic shari'ah Ifka Halan court executed Ilmi Ba Hasan Adow, convicted of murdering a man in Afgooye, southern Somalia.
- JUNE 19, 2006OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
the way Oklahoma executes killers by lethal injection is constitutional...
the way Oklahoma executes killers by lethal injection is constitutional, humane and effective, the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals said in a precedent-setting, unanimous decision.
- JUNE 18, 2006EgyptDEATH PENALTY
EGYPT. 2 MEN HANGED FOR TAKING HOSTAGES
two brothers who led a gang that held more than 100 people hostage were hanged in Alexandria.
- JUNE 18, 2006United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UAE. GARDENER SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER OF WOMAN
the Sharjah Sharia Court of First Instance sentenced a Pakistani gardener to capital punishment for stabbing a newly-wed woman to death in Sharjah, UAE. The Sharjah Public Prosecution charged the 22-year-old, identified only as “S.K.”, with the premeditat
- JUNE 16, 2006VermontDEATH PENALTY
Donald Fell, 26, was formally sentenced to death...
Donald Fell, 26, was formally sentenced to death, Vermont’s 1st death sentence since 1957. Fell said what he did “was horrible and wrong” as he apologized before U.S. District Court Judge William Sessions III sentenced him.
- JUNE 16, 2006KyrgyzstanDEATH PENALTY
KYRGYZSTAN. NO NEED TO ABOLISH DEATH PENALTY, MP
“Many people say that it is necessary to abolish death penalty. I do not think we need abolish it.
- JUNE 15, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. WOMAN AND A MAN HANGED IN SOUTHEASTERN PROVINCE
the Iranian regime hanged a woman and a man in Iranshahr, southeast Iran.
- JUNE 15, 2006JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN. LAWYERS CALL FOR SUSPENSION OF EXECUTIONS
in a letter submitted to Justice Minister Seiken Sugiura, the Japan Federation of Bar Associations said executions should be suspended given the possibility that rulings could be mistaken, as had occurred in past cases where the death penalty had initiall
- JUNE 15, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. ABOLISH DEATH PENALTY FOR CORRUPTION - OFFICIAL
"According to data collected over the past decade, it is not pragmatic to execute officials who are convicted of corruption," the Hunan Province provincial organization deputy director, Wang Minggao, said.
- JUNE 15, 2006PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. 34 DISMISSED, 24 AWARDED CAPITAL PUNISHMENT FOR FINANCIAL ANOMALIES IN POST OFFICES, NATIONAL ASSEMBLY TOLD
34 employees were dismissed and 24 others awarded capital punishment during the last two years for their involvement in 49 embezzlement cases and financial irregularities in the General Post Office (GPO) and other Post Offices.
- JUNE 15, 2006North KoreaDEATH PENALTY
EU. EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PASSES RESOLUTION ON N. KOREAN HUMAN RIGHTS
the European Parliament adopted a resolution urging North Korea to improve its human rights conditions in a plenary session held at the French city of Strasbourg.
- JUNE 15, 2006JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN. MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER OF 2 IN FUKUSHIMA
the Fukushima District Court's Koriyama branch sentenced 57-year-old Minoru Watanabe to death for the murder of two people in 2001 in Japan’s Fukushima Prefecture. The court said Watanabe played a leading role in the murders, dismissing his argument that
- JUNE 15, 2006NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Salisu Babuga was executed in Jos prison in Nigeria
Salisu Babuga was executed in Jos prison in Nigeria
- JUNE 14, 2006PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. DEATH PENALTY FOR SUNNI MILITANT
Mohammad Aslam, also known as Muawia, was sentenced to death by an anti-terrorism court in Pakistan after being found guilty of killing six Shia Muslims during an attack in 1995. He had pleaded not guilty.
- JUNE 14, 2006ItalyDEATH PENALTY
ITALY. HANDS OFF CAIN WELCOMES FOREIGN MINISTER’S COMMITMENT IN ABOLISHMENT OF DEATH PENALTY
Hands Off Cain appreciates the announcement made today by Italy’s Foreign Minister Massimo D’Alema who, whilst expounding the guidelines for Italy’s foreign policy, reaffirmed Italy’s commitments for the abolition of the death penalty worldwide.
- JUNE 14, 2006PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. MAN HANGED FOR MURDER
Mohammad Khan was hanged in Faisalabad District Jail, Pakistan, in the morning hours.
- JUNE 14, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. FOUR ARABS SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR TERRORISM
four Arabs convicted of unrest in Iran's southeastern oil city of Ahwaz were sentenced to death.
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- JUNE 14, 2006PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
THE PHILIPPINES. EVANGELICALS TO ABANDON ARROYO OVER ABOLITION OF DEATH PENALTY
a Catholic Church prelate said President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo may lose the support of the Philippine Council for Evangelical Churches (PCEC) and other religious groups and organizations in favour of capital punishment should she approve the abolition o
- JUNE 14, 2006PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. LAHORE HIGH COURT CONFIRMS DEATH SENTENCE TO MURDER CONVICT
the Lahore High Court, Pakistan, confirmed the death sentence to Mohammad Hussain of Faisalabad...
- JUNE 14, 2006AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
AUSTRALIA. SINGAPORE PM STANDS FIRM ON DEATH PENALTY
the prime ministers of Singapore and Australia discussed their differences over Singapore's use of the death penalty.
- JUNE 14, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
UNITED NATIONS. UN BODY CONCERNED OVER JUVENILE EXECUTION IN IRAN
the representative of UNICEF, the United Nations Children's Fund, condemned the execution of juveniles in Iran.
- JUNE 13, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. FIVE HANGED FOR RAPE AND KIDNAPPING
five Iranian men convicted of kidnapping and rape were hanged in the southern cities of Kerman and Zahedan.
- JUNE 13, 2006JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN. DEATH SENTENCE UPHELD FOR MAN WHO KILLED 2 IN OSAKA WHILE ON PAROLE
Japan’s Supreme Court upheld the death sentence for Susumu Nakayama, a man who stabbed two people to death in Osaka Prefecture in 1998, seven years after he was released on parole while serving a life imprisonment sentence imposed for a separate murder an
- JUNE 13, 2006MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA. COURT DISMISSES DEATH PENALTY APPEAL OF DECEASED MAN
the Malaysian Federal Court dismissed the appeal of businessman Alex Wong Teck Choy against his death sentence for murder. During the hearing, counsel Datuk Muhammad Shafee Abdullah informed the court that his client had died on May 8.
- JUNE 13, 2006PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. THREE PEOPLE TO BE HANGED WITHIN NEXT THREE DAYS
it was reported that three death row convicts were scheduled to be hanged in the following three days
- JUNE 13, 2006TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
TAIWAN. NO VIOLATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN IMPLEMENTATION OF CAPITAL PUNISHMENT, MINISTRY OF JUSTICE
the Ministry of Justice (MOJ) said that Taiwan had not violated any human rights principles in its handling of capital punishment cases or in its treatment of death-row inmates, but it promised to refer to other countries' measures to refine the existing
- JUNE 12, 2006Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA. MAN BEHEADED FOR MURDER
- JUNE 12, 2006ItalyDEATH PENALTY
HANDS OFF CAIN: MYTH SURROUNDING HUMANENESS OF LETHAL INJECTION CRACKING, SERGIO D’ELIA
following the US Supreme Court’s decision to allow inmates to challenge lethal injection, Secretary of Hands Off Cain, Sergio D’Elia, declared: “Once again, following the abolition of the death penalty for those with mental retardation, for minors and th
- JUNE 12, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. THREE MEN EXECUTED IN WESTERN IRAN
three men were hanged in city of Qazvin, west of Tehran.
- JUNE 12, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. MINOR SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
a 17 year old boy was sentenced to death in Iran for murder, according to the daily ‘Etemad’.
- JUNE 12, 2006United StatesDEATH PENALTY
UNITED STATES. COURT ALLOWS INMATE APPEAL ON LETHAL INJECTION
US Supreme Court ruled that a death row inmate can bring a challenge under a federal civil rights law to the method of execution that uses a lethal three-chemical cocktail.
- JUNE 12, 2006AzerbaijanDEATH PENALTY
AZERBAIJAN. PRISONERS ON DEATH ON HUNGER STRIKE
109 prisoners whose verdict was replaced by life imprisonment after abolishment of capital punishment launched hunger strike.
- JUNE 12, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. THREE WOMEN HANGED
three women were reported to have been hanged in Qazvin, west of Tehran.
- JUNE 12, 2006PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
THE PHILIPPINES. CATHOLIC PRIESTS SUPPORT DEATH PENALTY ABOLITION
the Butuan Diocesan Council, the Philippines, stated its support for the law abolishing the death penalty. Fr. Joecilo Amalla of the Butuan Diocesan Council said that as a Christian country, "we should not inflict death penalty."
- JUNE 12, 2006PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
THE PHILIPPINES. SC INSISTS ECHEGARAY EXECUTION WAS CORRECT
the Philippines Supreme Court stood firm on its 1996 ruling that sent convicted rapist Leo Echegaray to his death, in light of a brewing storm over a public statement by Chief Justice Artemio Panganiban that the court may have committed an irreversible “j
- JUNE 12, 2006NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA. TWO SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR RITUAL KILLING
a Mgbidi High Court, Nigeria, sentenced Obinna Onyema and Benjamin Arizo to death for killing one Damian Okorocha for ritual purposes, on October 8, 2002 at Ubaha Etiti Omuma, Oru.
- JUNE 12, 2006UgandaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA. TWO PEOPLE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR ROBBERY WITH VIOLENCE
it was reported that the previous week, the High Court in Mbale, Uganda, sentenced two men to death after they were found guilty of committing robbery with violence.
- JUNE 11, 2006United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES. COURT CONDEMNS ALLEGED ADULTERER TO DEATH BY STONING
an Islamic court in the United Arab Emirates condemned a man to death by stoning and his female lover to one year in jail and 100 lashes.
- JUNE 9, 2006OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
OKLAHOMA. LAW ALLOWS EXECUTION OF REPEAT CHILD MOLESTERS
Oklahoma became the fifth state to allow the death penalty for certain sex crimes although legal scholars questioned the constitutionality of the new state law.
- JUNE 9, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. FOUR EXECUTED FOR KILLING, ROBBERY
four young Chinese men were executed in the capital Beijing for robbery and murder. Yan Shusen, Wang Jianzhong, Zhao Qian and Sun Shizhong -- all peasants in their early 20s -- were executed for robbing a van driver before killing him in 2004.
- JUNE 9, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. WOMAN EXECUTED FOR KILLING NIECE
a court in China’s Yunnan Province executed a woman who drowned her niece.
- JUNE 9, 2006JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN. PROSECUTORS DEMAND DEATH PENALTY FOR PERUVIAN MURDERER
Japanese prosecutors demanded the death penalty for Jose Manuel Torres Yagi, a Peruvian charged with killing a seven-year-old girl.
- JUNE 9, 2006JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN. DEATH SENTENCES UPHELD FOR MEN WHO BURNED SISTERS TO DEATH IN METAL DRUMS
Japan’s Supreme Court upheld the death sentence for two men convicted of stuffing two sisters into metal drums, pouring gasoline over them and burning them to death.
- JUNE 9, 2006MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA. DEATH SENTENCE UPHELD FOR MURDER OF ACCOUNTANT
Abdullah Lee’s death sentence for murdering an accountant in 2000 was upheld by the Malaysian Federal Court which unanimously dismissed Lee's appeal against the Appeal Court’s decision to send him to the gallows for killing 52-year-old Lee Good Yew.
- JUNE 9, 2006PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. LAHORE HIGH COURT DIRECTS JAIL AUTHORITIES TO RESCHEDULE PRISONERS’ EXECUTION
a Lahore High Court (LHC) division bench in Pakistan directed jail authorities to reschedule the execution of three condemned prisoners within 15 days.
- JUNE 8, 2006ThailandDEATH PENALTY
THAILAND. GOVERNMENT TO FREE 25,000 PRISONERS
Thailand was to release 25,000 prisoners across the country on June 9 in an amnesty to celebrate the King Bhumibol Adulyadej’s 60th anniversary on the throne, officials said. Thai authorities often grant royal
- JUNE 8, 2006AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
AFGHANISTAN. UN RIGHTS EXPERT DEPLORES REPORTED PUBLIC EXECUTION BY TALIBAN
United Nations Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers, Leandro Despouy, condemned “in very strong terms” the reported public execution by Afghanistan’s ousted Taliban regime of an alleged murderer in Daikundi province.
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- JUNE 8, 2006PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
EUROPEAN UNION. EU HAILS END OF DEATH PENALTY IN PHILIPPINES, PRESSES OTHERS
the European Commission welcomed the adoption of a bill by Philippine legislators to abolish capital punishment, saying it hoped other countries in the region would follow suit.
- JUNE 8, 2006PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
THE PHILIPPINES. HUMAN RIGHTS GROUP HAILS ABOLITION OF DEATH PENALTY
the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) expressed its agreement to the abolition of the death penalty in the Philippines.
- JUNE 8, 2006PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
THE PHILIPPINES. BISHOPS LAUD CONGRESS FOR REPEAL OF DEATH PENALTY
the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBPC) lauded the move of Congress to abolish the death penalty, revealed CBCP President and Jaro Archbishop Angel Lagdameo.
- JUNE 8, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
Gholam Abbas heydari Poor was hanged in public in Bandar Abbas...
Gholam Abbas heydari Poor was hanged in public in Bandar Abbas...
- JUNE 8, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
a man, identified only as Panj Ali...
a man, identified only as Panj Ali...
- JUNE 7, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. MEN EXECUTED FOR KILLED WOMAN
the Shanghai No. 1 Intermediate People's Court executed Lu Shuangfu and Ren Jianhua for the murder of a woman in 2004.
- JUNE 7, 2006ItalyDEATH PENALTY
HANDS OFF CAIN. HOC WELCOMES THE ABOLITION OF THE DEATH PENALTY IN THE PHILIPPINES
Hands Off Cain welcomes the news that Philippine law makers voted to abolish the death penalty.
- JUNE 7, 2006VietnamDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM. FIVE PEOPLE EXECUTED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
five members of Vietnam's biggest drug trafficking ring were executed.
- JUNE 7, 2006PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
THE PHILIPPINES. DEATH CONVICTS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR PAROLE, SAYS CONGRESS
convicts on death row will be spared lethal injection but will not be eligible for parole, a report of the bicameral conference committee said.
- JUNE 7, 2006QatarDEATH PENALTY
QATAR. FILIPINO SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING COMPATRIOT
a Qatari judge sentenced a Filipino worker to death for the 2004 knife slaying of a compatriot in Doha.
- JUNE 7, 2006South AfricaDEATH PENALTY
SOUTH AFRICA. CALLS FOR THE RETURN OF CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
leaders from political parties such as the Freedom Front Plus, the Christian Democratic Party and the Pro-Death Penalty Party were reportedly united in one cause: reinstating capital punishment in South Africa.
- JUNE 6, 2006DEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. LAHORE HIGH COURT STAYS THREE EXECUTIONS AND DISMISSES A FOURTH
a Lahore High Court division bench, Pakistan, stayed for a day the execution of three condemned prisoners, Muhammad Ilyas, Muhammad Abbas and Muhammad Ilyas, scheduled to be executed later in the day, the daily times reported.
- JUNE 6, 2006PakistanDEATH PENALTY
a Lahore High Court division bench, Pakistan...
a Lahore High Court division bench, Pakistan...
- JUNE 6, 2006PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
THE PHILIPPINES. LEGISLATURE PASSES LAW ABOLISHING DEATH PENALTY
Philippine legislators have passed a bill to abolish capital punishment, and President Gloria Arroyo is likely to sign it into law, officials said. The proposed law abolishing the "heinous crimes" act of 1994 passed without dissent in the Senate late Tue
- JUNE 6, 2006DEATH PENALTY
IRAN. THREE HANGED FOR MURDER, RAPE
an Iranian man convicted of murder and two others convicted of rape have been hanged in Tehran's Evin prison, the Etemad Melli newspaper reported.
- JUNE 6, 2006PakistanDEATH PENALTY
the Lahore High Court rejected an application to stay the execution...
the Lahore High Court rejected an application to stay the execution of Muhammad Asif. Asif was to be executed later in the day in the Gujranwala Central Jail.
- JUNE 6, 2006JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN. SERIAL KILLER MIYAZAKI DECRIES HANGING IN LETTERS TO MAGAZINE EDITOR
Tsutomu Miyazaki, due to be hanged for killing four young girls in 1988 and 1989, proposed that the death penalty be carried out with drugs instead of the scaffold, a magazine editor who received letters from the convict said.
- JUNE 6, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
when Liu Zhixiang was given a suspended death sentence in April 2006...
when Liu Zhixiang was given a suspended death sentence in April 2006...
- JUNE 6, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. MAN EXECUTED FOR MURDER OF BOSS’ FAMILY
a bank official was executed for killing his boss' family of three after a dispute in Gushi County in China’s Henan Province.
- JUNE 6, 2006PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
THE PHILIPPINES. PROTESTANT CHURCHES BACK DEATH PENALTY
Protestant churches in the Philippines reaffirmed their support for the implementation of capital punishment. The Philippine Council of Evangelical Churches (PCEC) issued a statement maintaining its position of 1999, espousing the value of "retribution"
- JUNE 6, 2006OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
Cleveland County district judge William Hetherington followed...
Cleveland County district judge William Hetherington followed a jury's recommendation in giving Anthony Castillo Sanchez the death penalty for killing Jewell "Juli" Busken on December 20th, 1996.
- JUNE 6, 2006TexasDEATH PENALTY
Timothy Titsworth was executed. Titsworth, 34, white...
Timothy Titsworth was executed. Titsworth, 34, white...
- JUNE 6, 2006DEATH PENALTY
a death-row inmate who admitted to killing his 2-year-old daughter...
a death-row inmate who admitted to killing his 2-year-old daughter by setting her on fire will get another chance to avoid execution
- JUNE 6, 2006QatarDEATH PENALTY
QATAR. MEN CONVICTED OF RAPE ESCAPE DEATH PENALTY
three Qataris and an Egyptian escaped a death sentence for raping a Qatari woman and were instead jailed for life. A Qatari criminal court found the four guilty of abducting and raping a 22-year-old woman and abusing another man in November 2005.
- JUNE 5, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. A COUPLE STONED TO DEATH
Iranian authorities have stoned a man and a woman to death, according to a report that has surfaced in Persian-language websites.
- JUNE 5, 2006JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN. HIGH COURT SAYS ASAHARA CAN BE PUT TO DEATH
the Tokyo High Court rejected a defense motion against the death sentence for Shoko Asahara, the former doomsday cult leader who masterminded a 1995 Tokyo subway gassing that killed 12 people.
- JUNE 5, 2006NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA. MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
an Asaba High Court in Nigeria, presided over by Justice Tessy Obiajulu Diai, sentenced 26-year-old trader Henry Ihiaeme to death by hanging for stabbing to death Endurance Odjegba during a scuffle over a bottle of beer on October 28, 2001.
- JUNE 5, 2006IllinoisDEATH PENALTY
Cook County Judge J.G. Kazmierski Jr. on Monday signed the death warrant for Paul Runge.
Cook County Judge J.G. Kazmierski Jr. on Monday signed the death warrant for Paul Runge.
- JUNE 5, 2006GhanaDEATH PENALTY
GHANA. DEPUTY AG DESIGNATE AGAINST DEATH PENALTY
the nominee for the position of deputy Attorney-General and minister for justice, Kwame Osei Prempeh, said he did not subscribe to the death penalty as punishment for those convicted under Ghana’s laws.
- JUNE 5, 2006RussiaDEATH PENALTY
RUSSIA. COUNCIL OF EUROPE WAITING FOR MOSCOW TO ABOLISH DEATH PENALTY
the Council of Europe is still waiting for Russia to abolish the death penalty, the Council's Commissioner for Human Rights Thomas Hammarberg said.
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- JUNE 1, 2006DEATH PENALTY
OKLAHOMA, USA. 74-YEAR-OLD MAN EXECUTED FOR 1984 MURDER
74-year-old John Albert Boltz became the oldest person executed in Oklahoma when he was put to death by lethal injection for the 1984 murder of his stepson. Boltz was the second person executed in Oklahoma this year, said Jerry Massie, spokesman for the s
- JUNE 1, 2006PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. TWO CONVICTS TO BE EXECUTED IN CENTRAL JAIL KARACHI
two pakistani, involved in a murder case, will be hanged in Karachi central jail on June 6, and June 8, respectively as an anti terrorist court has issued their black warrants following dismissal of their all the appeals.
- JUNE 1, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
HANDS OFF CAIN. ANNULMENT OF SENTENCE WELCOMED, RULING SHOWS TRUTH IN HOC’S DENOUNCEMENT
Hands Off Cain welcomed the Iranian Supreme Court’s decision to overturn the death sentence handed down to Nazanin and to order a retrial due to the emergence of new factors in the case.
- JUNE 1, 2006CanadaDEATH PENALTY
CANADA. COURT DELAYS DEPORTATION OF CHINESE FUGITIVE LAI
Chinese fugitive Lai Changxing, the alleged kingpin of a multi-billion-dollar smuggling operation, will not be deported on June 2 as planned, Canada's Federal Court ruled.
- JUNE 1, 2006OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
John Albert Boltz, 74, was given a lethal injection at 6 p.m. at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester.
John Albert Boltz, 74, was given a lethal injection at 6 p.m. at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester.
- JUNE 1, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. ZHEJIANG PROVINCE TO EXECUTE PEOPLE BY LETHAL INJECTION
the Zhejiang Provincial Supreme Court announced that as of September 1 the province would start to implement death by lethal injection instead of putting convicts before a firing squad.
- JUNE 1, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. HONG KONG MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Li Qingyuan and an accomplice, Liu Xisong, were sentenced to death by a court in the southern town of Shenzhen, bordering Hong Kong, after being convicted of drug trafficking.
- JUNE 1, 2006PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
THE PHILIPPINES. PRESIDENT ARROYO ASKS CONGRESS TO SPEED UP DEATH PENALTY BAN
Philippine President Gloria Arroyo asked leaders of Congress to speed up passage of a bill abolishing capital punishment after imposing a freeze on judicial executions, her chief aide, Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita, said.