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
- AUGUST 14, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
a man, identified only as Miyarash, 23...
a man, identified only as Miyarash, 23...
- AUGUST 12, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. PROSECUTOR EXECUTED FOR KILLING WIFE
Chen Ping, a former chief prosecutor in Qindu district, northwest China's Shaanxi province, was put to death for drugging his wife and then stabbing her to death.
- AUGUST 12, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. MAN PUBLICLY HANGED FOR RAPE, MURDER
an Iranian man convicted of raping and murdering a five-year-old boy in March 2004 was hanged in public in the north-western city of Tabriz, the Kayhan newspaper reported.
- AUGUST 11, 2006PeruDEATH PENALTY
PERU. HIGHEST JUSTICE OFFICIAL AGAINST DEATH PENALTY FOR CHILD RAPISTS
Peru's Attorney General Adelaida Bolivar rejected the implantation of capital punishment for murdering child rapists because "the sanctions in our country for these cases are already severe."
- AUGUST 11, 2006IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA. BOMBAY HC CONFIRMS DEATH SENTENCE FOR RAPE, MURDER
the Bombay High Court confirmed the death sentence awarded to Arjun Laxman Jogadia alias Abdul Rehman Shaikh, 35, for the rape and murder of an 11-year-old girl.
- AUGUST 11, 2006IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
INDONESIA DELAYS CHRISTIAN MILITANT EXECUTIONS
Indonesia delayed until after August 17 the execution of three Christian militants convicted of killing Muslims, national police chief Sutanto told reporters. Fabianus Tibo, Marianus Riwu and Dominggus Silva were to face a firing squad just after midnight
- AUGUST 11, 2006CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
the death penalty of a man convicted of kidnapping and murdering...
the death penalty of a man convicted of kidnapping and murdering...
- AUGUST 11, 2006MontanaDEATH PENALTY
David Dawson was put to death by lethal injection at Montana State Prison at 12:06 a.m.
David Dawson was put to death by lethal injection at Montana State Prison at 12:06 a.m.
- AUGUST 11, 2006KentuckyDEATH PENALTY
Phillip L. Brown has been sentenced to death by a Warren County jury.
Phillip L. Brown has been sentenced to death by a Warren County jury.
- AUGUST 10, 2006IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA .HANGING CONFIRMED IN BORIVLI DOUBLE MURDER
the Bombay High court, India...
- AUGUST 10, 2006KazakhstanDEATH PENALTY
PROSECUTORS SEEK DEATH PENALTY IN TRIAL FOR MURDER OF KAZAKH
Prosecutors have asked for the death penalty for Erzhan Utembaev, former head of the administration of Kazakhstan's Senate, and Rustam Ibragimov, a former law-enforcement officer, for their alleged roles in the murder of Kazakh opposition leader Altynbek
- AUGUST 10, 2006CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
Wayne Adam Ford should be sentenced to death for the slayings...
Wayne Adam Ford should be sentenced to death for the slayings...
- AUGUST 10, 2006KentuckyDEATH PENALTY
a jury recommended the death penalty for Taquan C. Neblett.
a jury recommended the death penalty for Taquan C. Neblett.
- AUGUST 10, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
describing an elaborate scheme of quotas, financial perks...
describing an elaborate scheme of quotas, financial perks, and central government involvement, a former Chinese policeman said authorities were stealing organs from people detained in China
- AUGUST 9, 2006PolandDEATH PENALTY
POLAND. PRESIDENTIAL CHANCELLERY WRITES TO COUNCIL OF EUROPE ON DEATH PENALTY
Undersecretary of State at the Presidential Chancellery Andrzej Krawczyk has written to Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly head Rene van der Linden that President Lech Kaczynski had not presented any initiative of reintroducing the death penalty in
- AUGUST 9, 2006PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. CONVICTED SUNNI MILITANT EXECUTED
a Sunni extremist convicted of killing a Shia political leader ten years ago was executed in in Pakistan's central Punjab province.
- AUGUST 9, 2006BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR HUMAN TRAFFICKING
a special tribunal in Jessore, Bangladesh, sentenced to death Anar Ali, 30, after finding him guilty of trafficking humans.
- AUGUST 9, 2006KenyaDEATH PENALTY
KENYA. FARMER TO DIE FOR BRITON'S DEATH
James Karuga Kamau, a 45 year old farmer, was sentenced to death after being convicted of murdering a teacher in Nairobi and dumping her body in a river.
- AUGUST 9, 2006PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. TWO MEN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR TERRORISM
the Anti-Terrorism Court Quetta, Pakistan...
- AUGUST 9, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA DENIES IMMINENT EXECUTION OF UIGHUR-CANADIAN
China denied a report that it was about to execute a Uighur-Canadian activist it accused of terrorism, saying his trial was not yet over.
- AUGUST 9, 2006MissouriDEATH PENALTY
with the St. Louis prosecutor's support, Circuit Judge David C. Mason...
with the St. Louis prosecutor's support, Circuit Judge David C. Mason signed an order reducing Charles W. Armentrout’s death sentence to life without parole.
- AUGUST 8, 2006OhioDEATH PENALTY
USA. OHIO EXECUTES TRIPLE-MURDERER WHO ASKED FOR DEATH
the state of Ohio executed Darrell Ferguson, a triple murderer who stabbed and stomped his elderly victims and later begged his trial judge to be put to death.
- AUGUST 8, 2006PeruDEATH PENALTY
PERU. PRESIDENT WANTS CHILD RAPIST-KILLERS EXECUTED
Peru's president said he wants to change the constitution to allow the execution of people convicted of raping and killing children.
- AUGUST 8, 2006BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DIVIDING HEROIN
Sohrab Hossain, in his early 30’s, was sentenced to death and three female accomplices were awarded life imprisonment by a court in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
- AUGUST 8, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. 19 YEAR OLD SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
the Shanghai No. 2 Intermediate People's Court sentenced Fang Lei, 19...
- AUGUST 8, 2006MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA. TWO MEN CONVICTED ON DRUG CHARGES ESCAPE THE GALLOWS
two men escaped the gallows when Malaysia’s Court of Appeal set aside their conviction and death sentence for trafficking heroin.
- AUGUST 8, 2006KenyaDEATH PENALTY
"When we speak to them (death row prisoners)...
"When we speak to them (death row prisoners)...
- AUGUST 8, 2006PennsylvaniaDEATH PENALTY
Westmoreland County Judge Richard E. McCormick Jr. ordered a new trial for John Lesko...
Westmoreland County Judge Richard E. McCormick Jr. ordered a new trial for John Lesko...
- AUGUST 7, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. AFGHAN HITMAN HANGED IN PUBLIC
an Afghan hitman convicted of murdering a dozen people in south-eastern Iran, was hanged in public.
- AUGUST 7, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. MAN HANGED IN PUBLIC IN NORTHERN CITY
an Iranian man convicted of raping and murdering a young girl was hanged in public in the northern town of Babol, the semi-official Fars news agency reported.