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
- SEPTEMBER 22, 2006IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
INDONESIA. CHRISTIANS EXECUTED FOR RELIGIOUS VIOLENCE, VIOLENT PROTESTS ENSUE
the execution of three Christians in Indonesia brought thousands of protesters to the streets in the hometown of one of the dead, where they freed prisoners and burned an official's house, a witness said.
- SEPTEMBER 22, 2006SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
SOMALIA. THOUSANDS WATCH PUBLIC EXECUTION IN MOGADISHU
over 6,000 people watched the public execution of a convicted murderer in the Somali capital Mogadishu, the first execution since the Union of Islamic Courts (UIC) seized power from an alliance of warlords on June 5.
- SEPTEMBER 22, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. MAN HANGED FOR DRUG DEALING
an Iranian convicted of drug trafficking was hanged in a prison in the southeastern city of Zahedan.
- SEPTEMBER 22, 2006Governo Federale degli Stati UnitiDEATH PENALTY
Jurors have sentenced Alfonso Rodriguez Jr. to death for the Nov. 22...
Jurors have sentenced Alfonso Rodriguez Jr. to death for the Nov. 22...
- SEPTEMBER 22, 2006North KoreaDEATH PENALTY
NORTH KOREA. 98% OF DEFECTORS HAVE OBSERVED PUBLIC EXECUTIONS, POLL
results from a survey indicated that a large number of defectors who entered South Korea had witnessed public executions in North Korea more than once.
- SEPTEMBER 21, 2006DEATH PENALTY
INDONESIA. EXECUTION OF TIBO AND FRIENDS POSTPONED
three Indonesian Catholics imprisoned in Palu, province of central Sulawesi, will not be executed at least until tomorrow. “The execution will take place on Friday in the early hours,” (Palu time), said Fr Jimmy Tumbeleka, the spiritual director of the th
- SEPTEMBER 21, 2006IraqDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ. 11 PEOPLE EXECUTED FOR TERRORISM
Iraq's northern Kurdistan administration executed 11 people, officially described as terrorists, sentenced to death for taking part in beheadings and bombings.
- SEPTEMBER 21, 2006IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
PHILIPPINES SIGNS UN PROTOCOL BANNING RE-IMPOSITION OF DEATH PENALTY
the Philippines signed a United Nations protocol banning the re-imposition of the death penalty in the country.
- SEPTEMBER 21, 2006PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. TWO MEN HANGED FOR MURDER
two condemned prisoners were hanged in Pakistan’s central Multan Jail and the Dera Ghazi Khan District Jail. Tahir Saleem had shot dead his uncle Muhammad Latif when he recognised him during a robbery attempt on October 12, 1996.
- SEPTEMBER 21, 2006JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN. MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR ROBBING, KILLING TWO IN KUMAMOTO PREF.
the Kumamoto District Court sentenced Yukinori Matsuda to death for robbing and killing two people in Kumamoto Prefecture in 2003. Matsuda, 33, stabbed Keiko Kinoshita...
- SEPTEMBER 21, 2006PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. FOUR MEN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KIDNAPPING
an anti terrorism court in Karachi, Pakistan, sentenced to death Asif Patel, Faisal Ansari...
- SEPTEMBER 21, 2006IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIAN SPARED DEATH SENTENCE IN SINGAPORE
an Indian taxi driver facing trial for murdering his wife was spared the death sentence by a court in Singapore. G. Krishnasamy Naidu, who was earlier handed the death sentence for murdering his wife Chitrabathy Narayanasamy, now faced either 10 years in
- SEPTEMBER 21, 2006DEATH PENALTY
a man on death row for the 1995 fatal beating of his former prison...
a man on death row for the 1995 fatal beating of his former prison cellmate was resentenced to life in prison under a deal with prosecutors intended to end his appeals.
- SEPTEMBER 21, 2006FloridaDEATH PENALTY
a jury recommended the death sentence for Leo Perry.
a jury recommended the death sentence for Leo Perry.
- SEPTEMBER 21, 2006FloridaDEATH PENALTY
Circuit Court Judge William Parsons of Daytona Beach followed...
Circuit Court Judge William Parsons of Daytona Beach followed...
- SEPTEMBER 21, 2006MississippiDEATH PENALTY
Cory Maye, the 25-year-old man sentenced to die by lethal injection in a Dec. 26...
Cory Maye, the 25-year-old man sentenced to die by lethal injection in a Dec. 26, 2001 cop killing, is off death row.
- SEPTEMBER 21, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. TWO MEN PUBLICLY HANGED FOR MURDER, DRUG TRAFFICKING
Abdollah Diargard and Amanollah Diargard...
- SEPTEMBER 21, 2006JordanDEATH PENALTY
JORDAN. FAILED FEMALE BOMBER AND SIX OTHERS SENTENCED TO DEATH
a Jordanian military court sentenced a failed female suicide bomber and six others to death for planning attacks which killed 60 people in Amman in 2005.
- SEPTEMBER 21, 2006JapanDEATH PENALTY
Japan's Supreme Court dismissed a 49-year-old Miyazaki...
Japan's Supreme Court dismissed a 49-year-old Miyazaki woman's appeal against the death penalty for killing and robbing two women of money before abandoning their bodies in the late 1990s.
- SEPTEMBER 21, 2006PeruDEATH PENALTY
it was reported that competing bills were under review to reintroduce...
it was reported that competing bills were under review to reintroduce...
- SEPTEMBER 20, 2006FloridaDEATH PENALTY
FLORIDA, USA. INMATE WHO HAD WON STAY IS EXECUTED
Clarence Hill, a convicted killer who argued that Florida's use of lethal injection amounted to cruel and unusual punishment, was put to death after the US Supreme Court narrowly denied him another stay. Hill, 48, was executed for the 1982 murder of a Pen
- SEPTEMBER 20, 2006DEATH PENALTY
HOC. PRODI’S GOVERNMENT ALSO PREPARES TO BETRAY EFFORTS FOR A UN MORATORIUM ON CAPITAL EXECUTIONS
For Marco Pannella, President of Hands Off Cain, the organisation’s Secretary Sergio D’Elia and Treasurer Elisabetta Zamparutti, the statement, “We are against the death penalty”, contained in Prime Minster Romano Prodi’s speech at the UN General Assembly
- SEPTEMBER 20, 2006PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. FOUR MEMBERS OF A FAMILY HANGED IN BHAWALPUR JAIL
Pakistani authorities hanged four men from the same family who had been convicted of murdering local rivals over a small chunk of land, jail superintendent Tariq Babur Khan said.
- SEPTEMBER 20, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. TWO MEN EXECUTED FOR KILLING SEVEN WITH POISON GAS IN ROBBERY
two men were executed for killing seven people, including two accomplices, with poison gas in a robbery in east China's Jiangxi Province.
- SEPTEMBER 20, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. TEENAGERS SENT TO THE GALLOWS
two teenage boys who had just turned 18 were taken to be hanged in the early morning for a crime they were alleged to have committed when they were under 18.
- SEPTEMBER 20, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. TWO MEN EXECUTED IN EVIN PRISON FOR MURDER
a man identified only as Akbar, was executed in Iran for killing his wife in 2000 because he suspected he was not the father of their nine-month-old baby girl. Akbar set their house ablaze after strangling and stabbing his wife but firefighters succeeding
- SEPTEMBER 20, 2006IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
ITALY-INDONESIA. D'ALEMA TO WIRAJUDA: STOP EXECUTION OF CHRISTIANS
Italian Foreign Minister Massimo D'Alema made "a strong appeal" to his Indonesian counterpart Hassan Wirajuda to make Jakarta authorities stop the execution of the three Christians sentenced to death in Poso.
- SEPTEMBER 20, 2006North KoreaDEATH PENALTY
NORTH KOREA. PUBLIC EXECUTION VIDEO AIRED IN JAPAN
Asahi TV, a Japanese television channel, aired video footage of a public execution of a woman said to have taken place in Hamju, North Korea on July 10.
- SEPTEMBER 20, 2006South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
SOUTH KOREA. DEATH PENALTY IMPOSED ON MAN WHO KILLED 13
convicted serial killer Chung Nam-kyu was sentenced to death by a district court in Seoul, South Korea.
- SEPTEMBER 20, 2006PeruDEATH PENALTY
President of Peru Alan Garcia sent a draft law to Congress...
President of Peru Alan Garcia sent a draft law to Congress...