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 12, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. BUS CONDUCTOR SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR STRANGLING TEENAGER
a female bus conductor from Beijing was sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve for strangling a teenage girl who was suspected of not paying the full fare.
- MAY 12, 2006PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. MUSHARRAF ATTACKER ALLOWED TO APPEAL AGAINST DEATH SENTENCE
the Pakistan Supreme Court permitted an appeal to be filed by Naik Arshad Mahmood, a man sentenced to death for his involvement in an assassination bid on President Pervez Musharraf.
- MAY 12, 2006KenyaDEATH PENALTY
KENYA. CROWD DEMANDS DEATH FOR BRITISH ARISTOCRAT OVER KILLING
hundreds of Kenyan protesters called for the death penalty against a British aristocrat accused of killing a suspected poacher, a year after he was involved in an earlier fatal shooting.
- MAY 11, 2006United NationsDEATH PENALTY
UNITED NATIONS. UN ELECTS 47 NATIONS TO NEW HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL
six nations with poor human rights records are among those that have been elected to a new Human Rights Council at the United Nations, although notorious violators that had belonged to the predecessor Human Rights Commission did not succeed in winning pla
- MAY 11, 2006MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
SINGAPORE. 34,000 PEOPLE SIGN PETITION AGAINST TOOK LENG HOW'S DEATH SENTENCE
the fate of convicted murderer Took Leng How will be known within three months, as a last-ditch effort to spare him from the gallows reaches the President. Some 34,000 people have signed a petition against Took's death sentence, due to be submitted to Pre
- MAY 11, 2006MissouriDEATH PENALTY
a Pettis County jury recommended a death sentence for Ernest Lee Johnson...
a Pettis County jury recommended a death sentence for Ernest Lee Johnson, the man convicted of killing 3 employees during a botched robbery on Feb. 12, 1994. The victims were Mable Scruggs, 57, Fred Jones, 58 and Mary Bratcher, 46.
- MAY 11, 2006VietnamDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM. THREE PEOPLE SENTENCED TO DEATH IN DRUGS CASE
the People's Court of Hanoi handed down the death penalty to three men convicted of trafficking heroin.
- MAY 11, 2006ZambiaDEATH PENALTY
ZAMBIA. TWO TO HANG FOR MURDER
the Kitwe High Court, Zambia, sentenced to death Evans Mumba, 42, and Ronald Mwaba, 24, after convicting them of murder.
- MAY 10, 2006ItalyDEATH PENALTY
HOC: NEW UN COUNCIL RISKS LOOSING CREDIBILITY
on the election of the new Human Rights Council at the United Nations, Hands Off Cain Treasurer Elisabetta Zamparutti stated: “The presence of totalitarian regimes such as China, Saudi Arabia and Cuba amongst the nations elected as members of the new Huma
- MAY 10, 2006Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA. TWO INDIANS TO BE BEHEADED
an Islamic court in Saudi Arabia has awarded capital punishment to two Indians for smuggling narcotics into the kingdom about two-and-a-half years ago, reports reaching from Damam said.
- MAY 10, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. DEATH FOR GANG CHIEF IN MURDER
the Shanghai Higher People's Court upheld a death sentence for gang leader Qi Bing for murder in a bathhouse attack.
- MAY 10, 2006BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. FIVE PEOPLE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR RAPE, MURDER
a Special Tribunal in Bogra, Bangladesh, sentenced five people to death for rape and murder.
- MAY 10, 2006PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
THE PHILIPPINES. ARROYO COMMUTES SENTENCE OF 79 CONVICTS
President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo has commuted to life imprisonment the death sentence of 79 convicts
- MAY 10, 2006PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. LAHORE “BRICK KILLER” SENTENCED TO DEATH
an anti-terrorism court in the Pakistani city of Lahore sentenced to death Aamir Qayum, an alleged serial killer convicted of murder.
- MAY 9, 2006OhioDEATH PENALTY
in Dayton, a Montgomery County jury has recommended the death penalty for Duane Short murder trial.
in Dayton, a Montgomery County jury has recommended the death penalty for Duane Short murder trial.
- MAY 9, 2006PennsylvaniaDEATH PENALTY
Robert Peter Zook Jr. deserves the death penalty for murdering two persons in July 1985, prosecutors and the victims' families argue. But he's not going to get it.
Robert Peter Zook Jr. deserves the death penalty for murdering two persons in July 1985...
- MAY 9, 2006DelawareDEATH PENALTY
U.S. District Judge Sue Robinson halted the execution of a convicted ax murderer until the Supreme Court rules on a challenge filed by a Florida inmate who claims lethal injection is unconstitutional.
U.S. District Judge Sue Robinson halted the execution of a convicted ax murderer until...
- MAY 9, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
UNITED KINGDOM. 'I'LL DIE IF YOU SEND ME HOME TO IRAN'
Fatema Torabi, a teacher who fears being stoned to death in Iran after being accused of adultery there appealed to Scottish judges to save her.
- MAY 9, 2006IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
INDONESIA. SUPREME COURT RULES AGAINST POSO DEATH ROW PRISONERS
Indonesia’s Supreme Court turned down a second appeal by three Christian men sentenced to death for helping to incite sectarian conflict in Poso, Central Sulawesi, in 2000.
- MAY 9, 2006IndianaDEATH PENALTY
in Evansville, Senior Judge William J. Brune changed a man's death sentence...
in Evansville, Senior Judge William J. Brune changed a man's death sentence for killing his estranged wife and 2 children to life in prison, after ruling the man was mentally retarded.
- MAY 8, 2006DEATH PENALTY
INDIA. OCCULT PRACTITIONER GETS DEATH SENTENCE FOR INFANT SACRIFICE
an occult practitioner has been sentenced to death by a Madhya Pradesh court for sacrificing a two-and-a-half-year-old in his search for hidden treasure.
- MAY 8, 2006North KoreaDEATH PENALTY
SOUTH KOREA. RIGHTS PANEL TO LOOK INTO CASE OF NORTH KOREAN ON DEATH ROW
South Korea's state human rights panel said it will investigate the case of a North Korean citizen who is allegedly on death row in the communist country.
- MAY 8, 2006EgyptDEATH PENALTY
EGYPT. FEAR OF IMMINENT EXECUTION FOLLOWING UNFAIR TRIAL
Brothers Ezzat and Hamdi Ali Hanafi have been sentenced to death after an unfair trial and could be executed at any time, Amnesty International said.
- MAY 7, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. MAN HANGED FOR MURDER
an Iranian man convicted of murder was hanged in a prison in the southwestern city of Ahvaz.
- MAY 6, 2006IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA. DEATH SENTENCE FOR HUMAN SACRIFICE
a district and sessions court in Sagar, India, sentenced to death Mahesh Kurmi...
- MAY 6, 2006IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA. HIGH COURT CONFIRMS DEATH SENTENCE FOR KIDNAPPING
the Bombay High Court, India, confirmed the death sentence awarded to Dnyaneshwar Borkar, 26, convicted by a Pune Sessions court for abducting and killing a school boy.
- MAY 5, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. EU PRESIDENCY EXPRESSES SERIOUS CONCERN ABOUT IRAN’S HUMAN RIGHTS
in a statement from Austria's government, which holds the rotating EU presidency, the 25-nation bloc said it was particularly worried about 10 executions carried out at Iran's Evin prison on April 19 and the indictment of human rights defender Abdolfattah
- MAY 5, 2006PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. SHC DISMISSES APPEAL OF MAN IN KIDNAPPING CASE
the Sindh High Court in Karachi, Pakistan, dismissed the appeal of Shafqat Hussain, a man sentenced to death for kidnapping and killing a boy for ransom.
- MAY 5, 2006MissouriDEATH PENALTY
Gary Black was sentenced to death for the 2nd time.
Gary Black was sentenced to death for the 2nd time.
- MAY 5, 2006VirginiaDEATH PENALTY
VIRGINIA, USA. EXONERATED DEATH ROW INMATE TO GET $2.25M
a federal jury ruled that a former state police investigator fabricated a confession that sent Earl Washington Jr. to death row for a rape and murder he didn't commit.