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
- 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.
- JULY 24, 2006IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA. MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FREED AFTER RETRIAL
it was reported that thirty-five-year-old Mohammed Najir Mohiddin, a resident of Kalyan...
- JULY 23, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
a man, identified only as Mostafa...
a man, identified only as Mostafa...
- JULY 22, 2006BahrainDEATH PENALTY
BAHRAIN. PARLIAMENT OKAYS TOUGH ANTI-TERROR LAW
Bahrain's appointed upper chamber approved a tough law to combat terrorism already passed by the elected parliament and that critics say "punishes suspects for their intentions."
- JULY 22, 2006United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. BRITISH NATIONAL AGAIN ON DEATH ROW
Mirza Tahir Hussain, a British man convicted of killing a taxi driver in Pakistan, has been put on death row for a third time and will be hanged on August 3...
- JULY 22, 2006PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
an Additional District and Sessions Court in Pakistan sentenced a man only identified as Rafique to death for murder.
- JULY 21, 2006VietnamDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM. THREE DRUG DEALERS SENTENCED TO DEATH
a court in the northern province of Dien Bien handed down death sentences to three people and life imprisonment sentences to five others after they were convicted of cross-border drug trafficking.
- JULY 21, 2006VirginiaDEATH PENALTY
VIRGINIA. MAN EXECUTED BY ELECTRIC CHAIR
convicted murderer Brandon Wayne Hedrick was executed in the electric chair in Virginia on July 20 night becoming the first person in the United States to be put to death by electrocution in more than two years.
- JULY 21, 2006ItalyDEATH PENALTY
ITALY. PRESENTATION OF “THE DEATH PENALTY WORLDWIDE 2006 REPORT”
Hands Off Cain presented the 2006 edition of the annual Hands Off Cain Report: “The Death Penalty Worldwide”. The worldwide trend towards abolition, underway for at least a decade, was again confirmed in 2005 and the first half of 2006.
- JULY 21, 2006ItalyDEATH PENALTY
ITALY. GOVERNMENT WILL BACK UN MORATORIUM ON EXECUTIONS
“If I had to choose a parameter to show man’s progress towards a more just society, it would have to be that of the death penalty,” stated President of the Senate of the Italian Republic Franco Marini, participating at the presentation of Hands Off Cain’s
- JULY 21, 2006IraqDEATH PENALTY
VATICAN CITY. VATICAN OPPOSES DEATH PENALTY FOR HUSSEIN
the Vatican demanded that former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein not be sentenced to death
- JULY 21, 2006DEATH PENALTY
Convicted child molesters would face the death penalty for killing...
Convicted child molesters would face the death penalty for killing their victims and a felony charge for failing to update their whereabouts with authorities under a bill the Senate approved.
- JULY 20, 2006United States Armed ForcesDEATH PENALTY
a Norfolk-based sailor faces the death penalty for the alleged murder...
a Norfolk-based sailor faces the death penalty for the alleged murder of a Marine in North Carolina last January.
- JULY 20, 2006North CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
Timothy L. Allen, who spent 20 years on death row for killing...
Timothy L. Allen, who spent 20 years on death row for killing a state highway patrol trooper was sentenced to life in prison.
- JULY 20, 2006TexasDEATH PENALTY
Robert Anderson was executed. Anderson, 40...
Robert Anderson was executed. Anderson, 40...
- JULY 20, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
a man, identified only as Mohsen, 30...
a man, identified only as Mohsen, 30...
- JULY 19, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. TWO MEN IN THEIR 20S HANGED IN PUBLIC
Iranian authorities hanged two young men in public in the western city of Boroujerd.
- JULY 19, 2006TexasDEATH PENALTY
TEXAS. SAN ANTONIO MAN EXECUTED FOR KILLING STUDENT
a Texas gang member has been put to death by lethal injection for the 1996 murder of a San Antonio man - a crime for which he recanted his earlier confession.
- JULY 19, 2006IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA. HIGH COURT REVERSES DEATH PENALTY FOR MURDER, SETS MAN FREE
the Madhya Pradesh High Court, India...
- JULY 18, 2006PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. THREE PEOPLE HANGED FOR GANG RAPE
three men, who were convicted of raping a woman in Pakistan's southern Punjab province, were hanged in central city of Lahore, a jail official said.
- JULY 18, 2006NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA. SUPREME COURT AFFIRMS DEATH SENTENCE ON POLICEMAN
more than five years after they committed the heinous crime, the Supreme Court has unanimously confirmed the death sentence passed on Constable Benjamin Oyakhire, one of the three police constables who murdered five businessmen on February 17, 2001 on Oke
- JULY 18, 2006BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. FOUR DEATH SENTENCES CONFIRMED IN MUHURI MURDER CASE
the High Court Division of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh confirmed the death sentence of four convicts in the Gopal Krishna Muhuri murder case.
- JULY 18, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR HACKING REVENGE
Liang Jiqian, a man in Qinzhou in southern China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, was sentenced to death after being convicted of hacking to death five children and one woman in an act of revenge.
- JULY 18, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. DEPUTY MAYOR GIVEN SUSPENDED DEATH PENALTY FOR CORRUPTION
Wang Qingming, former deputy county magistrate of Guiding in China’s Guizhou province, was sentenced to death for corruption and accepting bribes of more than 8m yuan [999,625 US dollars].
- JULY 17, 2006BulgariaDEATH PENALTY
LIBYA. QADDAFI COULD GRANT BULGARIAN NURSES AMNESTY
Libyan court will confirm the death sentences of Bulgaria's five nurses, a newspaper has said citing anonymous sources.
- JULY 17, 2006KyrgyzstanDEATH PENALTY
KYRGYZSTAN. TWO SENTENCED TO DEATH
two Kyrgyz men charged with killing a parliamentarian have been sentenced to death, the general prosecutor's office said.
- JULY 17, 2006United StatesDEATH PENALTY
AMA: Physician Participation in Lethal Injection...
AMA: Physician Participation in Lethal Injection Violates Medical Ethics Following is a statement of William G. Plested, III, M.D., president, American Medical Association
- JULY 17, 2006MoldovaDEATH PENALTY
MOLDOVA. EU WELCOMES COMPLETE ABOLITION OF DEATH PENALTY IN MOLDOVA
the European Union issued the following common foreign and security policy statement:
- JULY 14, 2006IndiaDEATH PENALTY
KUWAIT. INDIAN NATIONAL EXECUTED FOR MURDER
Shakarullah Ansari, a native of Uttar Pradesh, India, was hanged till death at 8:15 am Kuwait time on charges of murdering his employer.
- JULY 14, 2006South CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
SOUTH CAROLINA, USA. MAN EXECUTED FOR RAPE, MURDER OF BOY
making no final statement and keeping his eyes trained on the ceiling, William "Junior" Downs was put to death by lethal injection for the 1999 kidnapping, rape and murder of a 6-year-old South Carolina boy.