Archive timeline
2006
The news published by Hands Off Cain in 2006, month by month, with the countries most present that year.
The year in data
- Executions recorded worldwide
- 5,688
- Countries where they were recorded
- 42
- News items in the archive
- 2,021
Latest news of 2006
JULY 31, 2006IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ. HANGING WILL BE SADDAM'S DEATH PENALTY IF CONVICTED – PROSECUTOR
if the death penalty against Hussein was executed, it would be hanging until death and not by a shooting squad, said Jaafar Al-Mosawi, chief prosecutor of the trial of former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein. "It is a civil court not a military one," said
JULY 31, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA. BANKER SENTENCED TO DEATH
Wen Mengjie, an official from the Agricultural Bank of China, was sentenced to death for corruption involving 15 million yuan ($1.87-million).
- JULY 29, 2006IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA. HUNGER STRIKE PLANNED AGAINST DEATH SENTENCE
the Vadhasiksha Virudha Samithi, a forum campaigning against capital punishment...
JULY 29, 2006MoldovaDEATH PENALTYMOLDOVA. MOLDOVA RATIFIES CONVENTIONS OUTLAWING DEATH PENALTY
Moldova assumed an international obligation not to apply the death penalty.
JULY 29, 2006ThailandDEATH PENALTYTHAILAND. MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER OF 4
Anuchai Noithai, a man convicted of shooting four people dead, wounding three others and damaging seven vehicles after an argument with his ex-wife in 2005, was sentenced to death by the Saraburi Court, Thailand.
JULY 29, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA. TWO MEN EXECUTED FOR OIL THEFT
Ding Hanqin and Luo Xingguo, two men who led an oil theft ring, were executed in Guangyuan City, southwestern China's Sichuan Province, for stealing oil from a pipeline in western China.
- JULY 28, 2006IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA. HIGH COURT COMMUTES DEATH PENALTY FOR MURDER
the Madras High Court, India, commuted into life the death sentences handed down to Om Prakash and Lakshmanan by a Fast Track Court (FTC) for the murder of Dr. Mohan Kumar in June 1995.
- JULY 28, 2006IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
INDONESIA. EXECUTION OF BALI BOMBERS DELAYED
the execution of three Bali bombers could be adjourned for months as they planned to file final appeals and to replace the court location for the next trial, lawyers and prosecutors said.
JULY 28, 2006United NationsDEATH PENALTYUNITED NATIONS. US SHOULD ADOPT DEATH SENTENCE MORATORIUM, UNHRC
the US should adopt a moratorium on death sentences, the UN Human Rights Committee said, noting that capital punishment appears to be disproportionately imposed on minority groups and poor people.
JULY 28, 2006VirginiaDEATH PENALTYUNITED STATES. VIRGINIA EXECUTES MICHAEL LENZ FOR SLAYING OF INMATE
Michael Lenz, a man who stabbed a fellow inmate to death during a pagan religious ceremony, was executed on July 27. Lenz, 42, had no final words before the lethal drugs were injected. He was pronounced dead at 9:07 pm at the Greensville Correctional Cent
- JULY 27, 2006BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. EIGHT TO GO TO GALLOWS FOR KILLING UP CHAIRMAN IN KHULNA
a court in Khulna, Bangladesh, convicted eight people and sentenced them to death for killing the chairman of the Surkhali union of Botiaghata district, Mostafa Habib in 1999.
- JULY 27, 2006RussiaDEATH PENALTY
RUSSIA. EUROPEAN COURT CONDEMNS RUSSIA IN CHECHEN CASE
in a landmark ruling, the European Court of Human Rights found Russia had violated the "right to life" of Khadzimurat Yandiyev, a young Chechen who disappeared after a Russian general ordered him shot.
- JULY 27, 2006PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. RECENT EXECUTIONS ‘BRUTAL’, HRCP
the director of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) said the number of recent executions carried out in Punjab province is "brutal". Rehman told the BBC News website that 37 people had been hanged in 2006 in Punjab alone compared with 52 people
- JULY 27, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. EXECUTION OF A TEENAGE GIRL, BBC DOCUMENTARY
it was reported that a television documentary team had pieced together details surrounding the case of a 16-year-old girl, executed two years previously in Iran.
JULY 27, 2006ItalyDEATH PENALTYITALY. GOVERNMENT FOR A UN MORATORIUM ON CAPITAL EXECUTIONS
the Chamber of Deputies unanimously approved the motion presented by Sergio D’Elia, Secretary of Hands Off Cain and MP for the Rosa nel Pugno party, entrusting the government to present the resolution for a moratorium on capital executions at the next UN
JULY 27, 2006IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN. WOMAN TO BE STONED TO DEATH BY END OF MONTH, AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL
a young woman is at imminent risk of execution by stoning for adultery, Amnesty International said.
JULY 27, 2006PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN. MAN HANGED IN KOT LAKHPATT FOR MURDER
Abdul Rehman, a man convicted of murder, was hanged in Kot Lakhpatt jail, Pakistan, at 4:30 am.
JULY 27, 2006United KingdomDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN. STAY OF EXECUTION FOR DEATH ROW BRITON
Pakistan's president, General Pervez Musharraf, granted a one-month stay of execution to Mirza Tahir Hussain, a British man who was due to be put to death a week later.
- JULY 26, 2006IraqDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ. SADDAM OPTS FOR FIRING SQUAD
Saddam Hussein declared he would like to be executed by firing squad rather than hanged like "a common criminal" if sentenced to death at the end of his trial for genocide.
- JULY 26, 2006PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
an Additional Sessions Court in Pasrur, Pakistan...
- JULY 26, 2006UgandaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA. SPEAKER BACKS DEATH PENALTY
Uganda’s Speaker of Parliament, Edward Ssekandi, said he does not support the abolition of the death penalty.
JULY 26, 2006MissouriDEATH PENALTYMISSOURI, USA. JUDGE FAULTS STATE EXECUTION PROTOCOL, HALTS EXECUTIONS
the state's revised plan for conducting lethal injections still falls short of ensuring they are conducted humanely, according to US District Judge Fernando Gaitan Jr. who halted Missouri's executions.
- JULY 25, 2006CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
a San Diego jury recommended that Jeffrey Scott Young be executed for his crimes.
a San Diego jury recommended that Jeffrey Scott Young be executed for his crimes.
- JULY 25, 2006VirginiaDEATH PENALTY
Rockingham County Circuit Judge John McGrath sentenced Ivan Teleguz to death for ordering the July 23...
Rockingham County Circuit Judge John McGrath sentenced Ivan Teleguz to death for ordering the July 23...
JULY 25, 2006IndonesiaDEATH PENALTYINDONESIA. THREE BALI TERRORISTS TO BE EXECUTED ON 22 AUGUST
the three Islamic militants condemned to death for the Bali bombings in 2002 will be executed on 22 August in Nusakambangan prison in Cilacap, central Java province.
JULY 25, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA. FORMER CHINESE POLICEMAN LIFTS LID ON ORGAN HARVESTING
earlier in the month a Canadian human rights organisation revealed the extent of political prisoners being executed in China and then harvested for body parts.
JULY 25, 2006IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN. TEN PEOPLE SENTENCED TO PUBLIC EXECUTION FOR BOMBINGS
a court in southwestern Iran handed down 10 death sentences over a wave of ethnic unrest in the key oil province of Khuzestan, the state broadcaster's website reported.
- JULY 24, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. DUO SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER OF 5
the Beijing No. 2 Intermediate Court sentenced two gang leaders convicted of killing five people.
- JULY 24, 2006JordanDEATH PENALTY
JORDAN. GOVERNMENT RECONSIDERING DEATH PENALTY, SPOKESMAN
according to the “Jordan Times”, the government said it is planning to reconsider capital punishment in Jordan by limiting the cases to which the death penalty is applied, official sources said.
- JULY 24, 2006MissouriDEATH PENALTY
Missouri officials filed an appeal of a federal court order...
Missouri officials filed an appeal of a federal court order that set an execution standard they have been unable to meet.