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 14, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
TURKEY. WOMEN PROTEST STONING TO DEATH OF IRANIAN
Turkish women organizations joined the growing international campaign for Iranian woman prisoner Melek Ghorbany who was sentenced to death by stoning on June 28, by a court in the northwest Iranian city of Urmia after being found guilty of committing adul
- JULY 14, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. COURT SENTENCES MAN TO DEATH FOR KILING SIX BOYS
a Chinese court sentenced Gong Runbo to death for killing six boys. Gong, 33...
- JULY 14, 2006DEATH PENALTY
the state of Missouri told a federal judge that it cannot meet his demand...
the state of Missouri told a federal judge that it cannot meet his demand...
- JULY 13, 2006PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. MAN HANGED FOR MURDER IN 15TH PUNJAB EXECUTION IN TWO WEEKS
Tauseef Munna was hanged till death in the 15th execution in Pakistan's Punjab province in the last two weeks. He had been sentenced to death by an anti-terrorism court in 2002 for killing a four-year old boy. Prosecution lawyers said that the boy was kid
- JULY 13, 2006NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
SINGAPORE. AMNESTY ASKS SINGAPORE NOT TO HANG TWO AFRICAN DRUG TRAFFICKERS
Amnesty International said it had written to Singapore President S.R. Nathan asking him to intervene to stop a Nigerian and a South African convicted of drug trafficking from being hanged.
- JULY 13, 2006MissouriDEATH PENALTY
MISSOURI, USA. ANESTHESIOLOGISTS UNWILLING TO ASSIST IN EXECUTIONS
The state will comply with a federal judge's order to revamp its execution procedures by Saturday's deadline but may not be able to conduct any, the head of Missouri's Department of Corrections said today.
- JULY 13, 2006NevadaDEATH PENALTY
in a 4-3 ruling, the Nevada Supreme Court reinstated the death sentence...
in a 4-3 ruling, the Nevada Supreme Court reinstated the death sentence...
- JULY 13, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
Iran hanged a man, Majid Rigi, for drug-related crime.
Iran hanged a man, Majid Rigi, for drug-related crime.
- JULY 12, 2006PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. FIVE PEOPLE HANGED FOR GANG RAPE
five people convicted of gang- raping a woman were hanged in the early morning at the district jail in Sialkot, about 125 km north of Lahore, the provincial capital of Punjab, Pakistan, jail Superintendent Abdul Razaq Niazi said.
- JULY 12, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. FOUR MEN HANGED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
four men convicted of serious drug trafficking were hanged in the southeasten town of Zabol. The town is near Iran’s border with Afghanistan and Pakistan, and sits on a major narcotics trafficking route.
- JULY 12, 2006North KoreaDEATH PENALTY
ITALY. 'PROMOTE HUMAN RIGHTS' IN NORTH KOREA CONFERENCE
the international conference “Promoting human rights and religious freedom in North Korea: where do we go from here?”, organised by Freedom House together with the Transnational Radical Party, was held in Rome.
- JULY 12, 2006OhioDEATH PENALTY
Rocky Barton died by lethal injection at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility at Lucasville.
Rocky Barton died by lethal injection at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility at Lucasville.
- JULY 12, 2006BahrainDEATH PENALTY
BAHRAIN. MPS DROP DEATH PENALTY FROM ANTI TERROR LAW
MPs dropped the death penalty from all but one clause of Bahrain's proposed anti-terrorism law.
- JULY 12, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
EU. THE FOREIGN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE CONDEMNS CHINA ON HUMAN AND RELIGIOUS RIGHTS
the European Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee has, with a wide majority, adopted a report on relations between the European Union and China which asks Beijing for greater respect of human rights, religious freedom and freedom of information.
- JULY 12, 2006BruneiDEATH PENALTY
BRUNEI. MALAYSIAN NATIONAL SENTENCED TO DEATH ON DRUGS CHARGES
Mohammad bin Usin, 28, a Malaysian national, was sentenced to death by the Brunei High Court after he pleaded guilty to transporting from Miri...
- JULY 11, 2006DEATH PENALTY
TEXAS. MAN EXECUTED FOR RAPE, MURDER OF TWO TEENS
Derrick O'Brien was put to death by lethal injection for his part in the 1993 gang-rape and murder of two Houston teenagers. O'Brien, 31, was condemned for raping and killing Jennifer Ertman, 14, and Elizabeth Pena, 16, in a Houston park on June 24, 1993.
- JULY 11, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. MAN HANGED FOR MURDER
an Iranian man convicted of murder has been hanged in the western city of Boroujerd in Lorestan province, the official news agency IRNA reported.
- JULY 11, 2006AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
AUSTRALIA. PRESS ASIA TO END DEATH PENALTY, LABOUR PARTY
Australia's Labor party demanded Australia press regional nations to abolish the death penalty, as three Bali bombers and two Australian drug smugglers sat on death row in Asia.
- JULY 11, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. MAN PUBLICLY HANGED FOR ABDUCTION, RAPE
a man found guilty of snatching and raping scores of young girls with the help of his wife was hanged in public in the central Iranian city of Isfahan.
- JULY 11, 2006DEATH PENALTY
a potential juror in a death penalty case cannot be stricken solely because...
a potential juror in a death penalty case cannot be stricken solely because...
- JULY 11, 2006TexasDEATH PENALTY
Derrick Sean O'Brien was executed in the Texas death chamber this evening for the torture...
Derrick Sean O'Brien was executed in the Texas death chamber this evening for the torture, rape and strangling of 2 teenage girls 13 years ago. O'Brien was 1 of 6 members of a fledgling street gang arrested in the slayings of Elizabeth Pena, 16, and Jenni
- JULY 11, 2006IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA. DEATH PENALTY FOR MAN CONVICTED OF KILLING FELLOW INMATE
a District and Sessions Court in Sagar, India, sentenced to death one person and awarded life imprisonment to two others charged with a murder that took place in Sagar central jail.
- JULY 10, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. SIX PROTESTANT PASTORS CONDEMNED TO DEATH
The Chinese justice system has condemned six Protestant leaders to death for homicide and fraud.
- JULY 10, 2006IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
INDONESIA. BALI BOMBERS' EXECUTION SET
three men on death row for the Bali bombings will be executed by firing squad at the end of the month, according to the Denpasar prosecutors office.
- JULY 10, 2006BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. DEATH SENTENCE UPHELD ON FIVE FOR RAPE, MURDER
the High Court Division of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh confirmed the death sentence awarded to five of the six people condemned for the murder of Shazneen Tasnim Rahman.
- JULY 9, 2006JordanDEATH PENALTY
JORDAN. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR DEMANDS DEATH PENALTY FOR HOTEL BOMBERS
the public prosecutor of Jordan's State Security Court demanded the death penalty for the suspected Iraqi female bomber Sajeda al-Rishawi and six other defendants over charges linked to the triple Amman hotel bombings on November 9.
- JULY 9, 2006BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. HIGH COURT COMMMUTES DEATH SENTENCE OF 14 YEAR OLD
the High Court in Dhaka, Bangladesh, annulled the death sentence awarded to 14-year-old M. Raushan Mondol by the Nari-O-Shishu Adalot, Jhenidah, for rape and murder, rendering the death sentence as void.
- JULY 8, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. MAN HANGED FOR RAPE
an Iranian man convicted on two counts of raping minors has been hanged in the northern city of Shahrud.
- JULY 7, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. GUARD EXECUTED FOR INMATE'S DEATH
it was reported that a prison warden in northeast China was executed for beating and ordering other guards to torture an inmate to death.
- JULY 7, 2006BurundiDEATH PENALTY
BURUNDI. ARMY TO PROBE EXECUTION OF 23 REBELS
Burundi's army will investigate allegations that its troops executed 13 holdout rebels who were training in a village outside the capital, army spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Adolphe Manirakiza said.