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
- MAY 29, 2006RussiaDEATH PENALTY
RUSSIA. LAVROV DENIES BACKTRACKING ON PLEDGE TO ABOLISH DEATH PENALTY
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov denied that Russia is backtracking on its commitment to the Council of Europe to abolish capital punishment.
- MAY 29, 2006RussiaDEATH PENALTY
RUSSIA. RUSSIA DETERMINED TO ABOLISH DEATH PENALTY - GRYZLOV
Duma speaker Boris Gryzlov said Russia will abolish the death penalty sooner or later.
- MAY 27, 2006DEATH PENALTY
the Burlington County Prosecutor's Office has dropped rape and murder charges...
the Burlington County Prosecutor's Office has dropped rape and murder charges against Larry Peterson, 55. He served 18 years in prison for the crime.
- MAY 26, 2006RussiaDEATH PENALTY
RUSSIA. BESLAN ATTACKER JAILED FOR LIFE
the sole surviving suspect from the Beslan school siege has been found guilty of murder and terrorism at a court in southern Russia.
- MAY 26, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
EUROPEAN UNION. EU PRESSES CHINA ON TORTURE, DEATH PENALTY
the European Union pressed China about its use of torture and the death penalty as EU and Chinese officials wrapped up two days of meetings on human rights issues.
- MAY 26, 2006ItalyDEATH PENALTY
KAZAKHSTAN. HANDS OFF CAIN WILL ATTEND THE MEETING ON THE ABOLITION OF THE DEATH PENALTY
experts from 8 countries will convene in Almaty on Monday, May 29, to attend the Coordination meeting of NGOs “Kazakhstan from the Moratorium on Death Penalty Toward the Adoption of the Second Optional Protocol to the ICCPR”.
- MAY 26, 2006PennsylvaniaDEATH PENALTY
for the 2nd time in 10 years, the state Supreme Court has overturned the death penalty of Freeman May.
for the 2nd time in 10 years, the state Supreme Court has overturned the death penalty of Freeman May.
- MAY 26, 2006RussiaDEATH PENALTY
RUSSIA. CE MEMBERSHIP AT RISK UNLESS DEATH PENALTY ABOLISHED IN 2006
Russia may be stripped of its membership in the Council of Europe if it fails to ratify the sixth protocol on the abolition of the death penalty this year, State Duma International Affairs Committee Chairman Konstantin Kosachyov told a news conference.
- MAY 25, 2006CanadaDEATH PENALTY
CANADA. PRIME MINISTER 'INSISTS' CHINESE FUGITIVE SHOULD NOT FACE DEATH PENALTY
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper said he will "insist" that fugitive Lai Changxing should not face the death penalty if returned to China, a sanction Beijing had declined to rule out.
- MAY 25, 2006TexasDEATH PENALTY
Derrick Sean O'Brien, whose execution for the murders of 2...
Derrick Sean O'Brien, whose execution for the murders of 2 teenage girls was blocked recently has been rescheduled for the death chamber on July 11.
- MAY 25, 2006IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA. TWO MEN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
a court in New Delhi sentenced to death Jameel Ahmed and Dilshad for murder. The two, both from India’s Uttar Pradesh state were found guilty of killing Gyani Ram after suspecting him of having an affair with Jameel’s wife.
- MAY 25, 2006BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
a special tribunal, in Bangladesh, condemned two young men to death for killing a minor girl after rape.
a special tribunal, in Bangladesh, condemned two young men to death for killing a minor girl after rape.
- MAY 24, 2006KazakhstanDEATH PENALTY
KAZAKHSTAN. CONSTITUTIONAL COUNCIL PROPOSES TO KEEP DEATH PENALTY FOR TERRORISM
the Constitutional Council of Kazakhstan proposed to keep the death penalty as a punishment for terrorism.
- MAY 24, 2006JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN. AMNESTY SLAMS JAPAN ON DEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International criticized Japan's continued use of the death penalty and the system that surrounds it.
- MAY 24, 2006OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
a bill to allow the death penalty to be assessed against a person who commits a second sex offense against a child under 14 years old passes the state Senate...
a bill to allow the death penalty to be assessed against a person who commits a second sex offense against a child under 14 years old passes the state Senate.
- MAY 24, 2006MissouriDEATH PENALTY
Judge Gary M. Gaertner Jr. followed a March 23 (see) St. Louis County...
Judge Gary M. Gaertner Jr. followed a March 23 (see) St. Louis County jury's recommendation in sentencing Vincent McFadden to be executed.
- MAY 24, 2006FloridaDEATH PENALTY
a Lake County jury has returned with a decision in the sentencing hearing for Jason Wheeler.
a Lake County jury has returned with a decision in the sentencing hearing for Jason Wheeler.
- MAY 24, 2006CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
a Riverside County jury is recommending the death penalty...
a Riverside County jury is recommending the death penalty for a man and woman convicted in the kidnapping, rape, torture and slaying of a teen in 2001.
- MAY 24, 2006TexasDEATH PENALTY
Jesus Ledesma Aguilar, 42, has been executed tonight in Huntsville
Jesus Ledesma Aguilar, 42, has been executed tonight in Huntsville
- MAY 24, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. MAN EXECUTED IN GUANGDONG FOR MURDER
gang member Zhou, 33, Yanfan in Chaozhou in China’s Guangdong Province, was convicted of murder and possessing two handguns. In 1995, Zhou reportedly joined a gang led by Zheng Huang, who later died in a fight.
- MAY 24, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. 2 OFFICERS, BUSINESSMAN GET DEATH FOR MURDER
two police officers from Fuzhou in China’s Fujian Province were sentenced to death together with businessman Xu Chengping for killing Xu’s business rival.
- MAY 24, 2006QatarDEATH PENALTY
QATAR. DEATH PENALTY SOUGHT FOR FOUR MEN ACCUSED OF RAPE
prosecutors asked for the death penalty against four rapists, three Qataris and an Egyptian, "to serve as a lesson" for those who plan to commit such crimes.
- MAY 23, 2006ItalyDEATH PENALTY
ITALY. HANDS OFF CAIN IN SUPPORT OF PRODI’S COMMITMENT FOR A MORATORIUM ON EXECUTIONS AT THE NEXT UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY
Hands Off Cain’s leaders, Sergio D’Elia and Elisabetta Zamparutti, expressed their full appreciation for the statement made by newly elected Prime Minister Romano Prodi in favour of a universal moratorium on executions.
- MAY 23, 2006United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. HANGING OF BRITON POSTPONED
Pakistan postponed the execution of Briton Mirza Tahir Hussain for a month in order to give his family the chance to reach a settlement with the family of a taxi driver he was convicted of murdering.
- MAY 23, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. VIDEO RECORDING TO BE USED IN DEATH SENTENCE CASES
China's courts will allow video cameras to record proceedings of appeal hearings involving death sentences, said Chief Justice Xiao Yang.
- MAY 23, 2006EthiopiaDEATH PENALTY
ETHIOPIA. MENGISTU VERDICT DELAYED
a verdict has been postponed until next year in the 12-year genocide trial of Ethiopia's former Marxist ruler.
- MAY 23, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. MAN EXECUTED FOR CHILD KILLINGS
convicted paedophile Chen Qiangsheng, 35, was executed in Huanggang in China’s Hubei Province for kidnapping six boys in 2005 and killing four of them.
- MAY 23, 2006MissouriDEATH PENALTY
the federal jury that found Robert Bolden Senior guilty of murdering...
the federal jury that found Robert Bolden Senior guilty of murdering...
- MAY 23, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. MAN HANGED IN PUBLIC FOR ARMED ROBBERY
an Iranian man convicted of armed robbery was hanged in public in the southeastern province of Sistan-Baluchestan.
- MAY 23, 2006BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. SIX PIRATES SENTENCED TO DEATH
six pirates were sentenced to death by the district and sessions court in Narayanganj, Bangladesh, for the murder of two crew members of a sand carrying trawler that was hijacked from the Buriganga River.