Archive timeline
2006
The news published by Hands Off Cain in 2006, month by month, with the countries most present that year.
Latest news of 2006
- OCTOBER 9, 2006ItalyDEATH PENALTY
ITALIAN GOVERNMENT NOT RESPECTING CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES, HANDS OFF CAIN
the government should commit itself to presenting a resolution for a moratorium on executions at the ongoing UN General Assembly, even without unanimous support from the European Union. At a press conference held in Rome, Hands Off Cain appealed to the It
- OCTOBER 7, 2006JordanDEATH PENALTY
JORDAN. DEATH VERDICT ON ISLAMISTS COMMUTED
Jordan’s top appeals court commuted the death sentence of two convicted Islamists over a millennium bomb plot.
- OCTOBER 6, 2006IraqDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ. HANGING SADDAM WOULD CAUSE BLOODBATH, FORMER US ATTORNEY GENERAL
former US attorney general Ramsey Clark, a member of Saddam Hussein's defence team, predicted that a bloodbath would follow should an Iraqi court trying the former president have him executed.
- OCTOBER 5, 2006PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
EUROPEAN UNION. EUROPE HAILS THE PHILIPPINES FOR ‘TURNING ITS BACK’ ON DEATH PENALTY
the European Union hailed the Philippine government for “turning its back” on capital punishment and now counts on the latter to urge more countries to do the same, the Philippines’ Department of Foreign Affairs reported.
- OCTOBER 5, 2006FloridaDEATH PENALTY
in Stuart, a Martin County jury has recommended the death penalty...
in Stuart, a Martin County jury has recommended the death penalty for a man convicted of murdering 3 women who were sexually assaulted and strangled in 2004.
- OCTOBER 5, 2006SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
SOMALIA'S ISLAMISTS ESTABLISH APPEALS COURT
Islamists who control the capital and much of southern Somalia set up an appeals court to rule on the decisions of all clan-based Islamic courts in the capital.
- OCTOBER 4, 2006IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA. HANGING OF INDIAN MILITANT DEFERRED AFTER MERCY PETITION
the wife of Mohammed Afzal, who has been slapped with a death sentence for a terror attack on the Indian Parliament in 2001, has filed a mercy petition before President APJ Abdul Kalam, news reports said.
- OCTOBER 4, 2006MoroccoDEATH PENALTY
MOROCCO. CAPITAL PUNISHMENT COULD SOON BE ABOLISHED
a bill that would abolish capital punishment in Morocco is scheduled to be presented to parliament within the few next months, said Bouchra Khiari, deputy of the opposition party Le Front des Forces Démocratiques (FFD).
- OCTOBER 4, 2006TexasDEATH PENALTY
the death sentence for David Renteria has been overturned by the Court of Criminal Appeals.
the death sentence for David Renteria has been overturned by the Court of Criminal Appeals.
- OCTOBER 3, 2006IraqDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ. HUSSEIN JUDGES DELAY VERDICT
judges postponed their verdict in Saddam Hussein's trial. The verdict had been expected on October 16 but was delayed until at least the end of the month while judges took extra time to review the evidence and make sure their case was airtight.
- OCTOBER 3, 2006IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA. TWO HANGINGS SCHEDULED FOR OCTOBER 16, JAIL AUTHORITIES APPEAL
Jaj Singh and Gurwail Singh, both residents of Bhitewad village near Amritsar, India, were scheduled to hang for murder in Amritsar’s high-security Central Jail on October 16.
- OCTOBER 3, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
H. Sh, 22, has been sentenced to death by the Hormozgan Penal Court...
H. Sh, 22, has been sentenced to death by the Hormozgan Penal Court...
- OCTOBER 2, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. MAN EXECUTED FOR ARMED ROBBERY
a man was hanged in the city of Ahwaz, south-west Iran, the government-run news agency Fars reported.
- OCTOBER 2, 2006United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. PRISON AUTHORITIES ASK FOR FRESH DATE TO HANG BRITON
Pakistani prison authorities asked a court to fix a new date for the execution of a British man sentenced to hang in a case that was raised by Prime Minister Tony Blair with President Pervez Musharrafa few days earlier.
- OCTOBER 2, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN COURT SENTENCES CHINESE MAN TO DEATH
a Japanese court sentenced to death a Chinese man for killing and robbing a Japanese couple who had rented him an apartment.
- OCTOBER 2, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
three men have been sentenced to death, in Iran...
three men have been sentenced to death, in Iran...
- OCTOBER 2, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
a man, identified only as Mohammad, 23...
a man, identified only as Mohammad, 23...
- OCTOBER 1, 2006NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA GRANTS REPRIEVE TO MORE THAN 100 DEATH ROW PRISONERS
more than 100 Nigerians condemned to death had their sentences commuted to life imprisonment as part of independence day celebrations in the West African country.
- OCTOBER 1, 2006BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. COURT STAYS EXECUTION OF MILITANTS
Bangladesh's Supreme Court ordered a stay of execution for seven Islamist militants sentenced to death for bomb attacks that killed at least 30 people in 2005, said Fazlul Karim, secretary of the Supreme Court.
- OCTOBER 1, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. MINOR SENTENCED TO HANG
a 17 year old boy was sentenced to death in Iran for murder, the Etemad daily reported.
- OCTOBER 1, 2006PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. DEATH SENTENCE CONVERTED INTO LIFE FOR FOUR IN KIDNAPPING CASE
the Sindh High Court, Pakistan, commuted into life imprisonment the death penalty handed down to four people involved in a kidnap for ransom case.
- SEPTEMBER 30, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA EXECUTES FUGITIVE FARMER FOR 1996 MURDERS
a farmer convicted of killing his former fiancée and four members of her family was executed in east China's Jiangxi Province.
- SEPTEMBER 30, 2006PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. 2 MEN SENTENCED TO DEATH
the Anti Terrorist Court in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, sentenced to death Abdul Rehman alias Shah Ji for killing a man who showed resistance to a robbery attempt.
- SEPTEMBER 29, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. TWO BROTHERS HANGED IN PUBLIC
two Iranian brothers convicted of murder have been hanged publicly in the western province of Lorestan, the official news agency IRNA said.
- SEPTEMBER 29, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
UNITED NATIONS. UN EXPERT SEEKS END TO DEATH PENALTY FOR CHILDREN
countries where capital punishment is practiced should exempt children under 18 -- or adults convicted while minors -- from the death penalty, a UN human rights expert report said.
- SEPTEMBER 29, 2006DelawareDEATH PENALTY
the Third US Circuit Court of Appeals has overturned the death sentence of Jack F. Outten Junior.
the Third US Circuit Court of Appeals has overturned the death sentence of Jack F. Outten Junior.
- SEPTEMBER 29, 2006DEATH PENALTY
the judge who effectively shut down California's death row in February...
the judge who effectively shut down California's death row in February said on Friday his ruling on whether the state's use of lethal injection is legal would hinge on evidence of how alert an inmate is as the toxic drugs take effect.
- SEPTEMBER 29, 2006AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
Ruling Jerry Jerome Smith is mentally retarded, the Alabama Court of Criminal...
Ruling Jerry Jerome Smith is mentally retarded, the Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals reversed the man's death sentence for a 1996 crack-house shooting that left 3 people dead.
- SEPTEMBER 29, 2006IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA. CAPITAL PUNISHMENT FOR CHILD ABUSE AND MURDER
R. Senthil, 27, accused of sexually exploiting two children, both brothers, and killing one of them, was sentenced to death by a District Principal and Sessions Court in India.
- SEPTEMBER 29, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA EXECUTES FORMER LAWMAKER ON CORRUPTION, RAPE CHARGES
Sang Yuechun, president of Jigang Industrial and Trade Group Corp. and a former deputy to China's legislature, was executed in the northeastern province of Jilin on charges of rape, weapons possession and misappropriating 120 million yuan (US$15 million;