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
- JUNE 8, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
Gholam Abbas heydari Poor was hanged in public in Bandar Abbas...
Gholam Abbas heydari Poor was hanged in public in Bandar Abbas...
- JUNE 8, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
a man, identified only as Panj Ali...
a man, identified only as Panj Ali...
- JUNE 7, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. MEN EXECUTED FOR KILLED WOMAN
the Shanghai No. 1 Intermediate People's Court executed Lu Shuangfu and Ren Jianhua for the murder of a woman in 2004.
- JUNE 7, 2006ItalyDEATH PENALTY
HANDS OFF CAIN. HOC WELCOMES THE ABOLITION OF THE DEATH PENALTY IN THE PHILIPPINES
Hands Off Cain welcomes the news that Philippine law makers voted to abolish the death penalty.
- JUNE 7, 2006VietnamDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM. FIVE PEOPLE EXECUTED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
five members of Vietnam's biggest drug trafficking ring were executed.
- JUNE 7, 2006PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
THE PHILIPPINES. DEATH CONVICTS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR PAROLE, SAYS CONGRESS
convicts on death row will be spared lethal injection but will not be eligible for parole, a report of the bicameral conference committee said.
- JUNE 7, 2006QatarDEATH PENALTY
QATAR. FILIPINO SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING COMPATRIOT
a Qatari judge sentenced a Filipino worker to death for the 2004 knife slaying of a compatriot in Doha.
- JUNE 7, 2006South AfricaDEATH PENALTY
SOUTH AFRICA. CALLS FOR THE RETURN OF CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
leaders from political parties such as the Freedom Front Plus, the Christian Democratic Party and the Pro-Death Penalty Party were reportedly united in one cause: reinstating capital punishment in South Africa.
- JUNE 6, 2006DEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. LAHORE HIGH COURT STAYS THREE EXECUTIONS AND DISMISSES A FOURTH
a Lahore High Court division bench, Pakistan, stayed for a day the execution of three condemned prisoners, Muhammad Ilyas, Muhammad Abbas and Muhammad Ilyas, scheduled to be executed later in the day, the daily times reported.
- JUNE 6, 2006PakistanDEATH PENALTY
a Lahore High Court division bench, Pakistan...
a Lahore High Court division bench, Pakistan...
- JUNE 6, 2006PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
THE PHILIPPINES. LEGISLATURE PASSES LAW ABOLISHING DEATH PENALTY
Philippine legislators have passed a bill to abolish capital punishment, and President Gloria Arroyo is likely to sign it into law, officials said. The proposed law abolishing the "heinous crimes" act of 1994 passed without dissent in the Senate late Tue
- JUNE 6, 2006DEATH PENALTY
IRAN. THREE HANGED FOR MURDER, RAPE
an Iranian man convicted of murder and two others convicted of rape have been hanged in Tehran's Evin prison, the Etemad Melli newspaper reported.
- JUNE 6, 2006PakistanDEATH PENALTY
the Lahore High Court rejected an application to stay the execution...
the Lahore High Court rejected an application to stay the execution of Muhammad Asif. Asif was to be executed later in the day in the Gujranwala Central Jail.
- JUNE 6, 2006JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN. SERIAL KILLER MIYAZAKI DECRIES HANGING IN LETTERS TO MAGAZINE EDITOR
Tsutomu Miyazaki, due to be hanged for killing four young girls in 1988 and 1989, proposed that the death penalty be carried out with drugs instead of the scaffold, a magazine editor who received letters from the convict said.
- JUNE 6, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
when Liu Zhixiang was given a suspended death sentence in April 2006...
when Liu Zhixiang was given a suspended death sentence in April 2006...
- JUNE 6, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. MAN EXECUTED FOR MURDER OF BOSS’ FAMILY
a bank official was executed for killing his boss' family of three after a dispute in Gushi County in China’s Henan Province.
- JUNE 6, 2006PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
THE PHILIPPINES. PROTESTANT CHURCHES BACK DEATH PENALTY
Protestant churches in the Philippines reaffirmed their support for the implementation of capital punishment. The Philippine Council of Evangelical Churches (PCEC) issued a statement maintaining its position of 1999, espousing the value of "retribution"
- JUNE 6, 2006OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
Cleveland County district judge William Hetherington followed...
Cleveland County district judge William Hetherington followed a jury's recommendation in giving Anthony Castillo Sanchez the death penalty for killing Jewell "Juli" Busken on December 20th, 1996.
- JUNE 6, 2006TexasDEATH PENALTY
Timothy Titsworth was executed. Titsworth, 34, white...
Timothy Titsworth was executed. Titsworth, 34, white...
- JUNE 6, 2006DEATH PENALTY
a death-row inmate who admitted to killing his 2-year-old daughter...
a death-row inmate who admitted to killing his 2-year-old daughter by setting her on fire will get another chance to avoid execution
- JUNE 6, 2006QatarDEATH PENALTY
QATAR. MEN CONVICTED OF RAPE ESCAPE DEATH PENALTY
three Qataris and an Egyptian escaped a death sentence for raping a Qatari woman and were instead jailed for life. A Qatari criminal court found the four guilty of abducting and raping a 22-year-old woman and abusing another man in November 2005.
- JUNE 5, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. A COUPLE STONED TO DEATH
Iranian authorities have stoned a man and a woman to death, according to a report that has surfaced in Persian-language websites.
- JUNE 5, 2006JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN. HIGH COURT SAYS ASAHARA CAN BE PUT TO DEATH
the Tokyo High Court rejected a defense motion against the death sentence for Shoko Asahara, the former doomsday cult leader who masterminded a 1995 Tokyo subway gassing that killed 12 people.
- JUNE 5, 2006NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA. MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
an Asaba High Court in Nigeria, presided over by Justice Tessy Obiajulu Diai, sentenced 26-year-old trader Henry Ihiaeme to death by hanging for stabbing to death Endurance Odjegba during a scuffle over a bottle of beer on October 28, 2001.
- JUNE 5, 2006IllinoisDEATH PENALTY
Cook County Judge J.G. Kazmierski Jr. on Monday signed the death warrant for Paul Runge.
Cook County Judge J.G. Kazmierski Jr. on Monday signed the death warrant for Paul Runge.
- JUNE 5, 2006GhanaDEATH PENALTY
GHANA. DEPUTY AG DESIGNATE AGAINST DEATH PENALTY
the nominee for the position of deputy Attorney-General and minister for justice, Kwame Osei Prempeh, said he did not subscribe to the death penalty as punishment for those convicted under Ghana’s laws.
- JUNE 5, 2006RussiaDEATH PENALTY
RUSSIA. COUNCIL OF EUROPE WAITING FOR MOSCOW TO ABOLISH DEATH PENALTY
the Council of Europe is still waiting for Russia to abolish the death penalty, the Council's Commissioner for Human Rights Thomas Hammarberg said.
- JUNE 1, 2006DEATH PENALTY
OKLAHOMA, USA. 74-YEAR-OLD MAN EXECUTED FOR 1984 MURDER
74-year-old John Albert Boltz became the oldest person executed in Oklahoma when he was put to death by lethal injection for the 1984 murder of his stepson. Boltz was the second person executed in Oklahoma this year, said Jerry Massie, spokesman for the s
- JUNE 1, 2006PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. TWO CONVICTS TO BE EXECUTED IN CENTRAL JAIL KARACHI
two pakistani, involved in a murder case, will be hanged in Karachi central jail on June 6, and June 8, respectively as an anti terrorist court has issued their black warrants following dismissal of their all the appeals.
- JUNE 1, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
HANDS OFF CAIN. ANNULMENT OF SENTENCE WELCOMED, RULING SHOWS TRUTH IN HOC’S DENOUNCEMENT
Hands Off Cain welcomed the Iranian Supreme Court’s decision to overturn the death sentence handed down to Nazanin and to order a retrial due to the emergence of new factors in the case.