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
- APRIL 23, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. MAN HANGED FOR MURDER, 'THUG' FLOGGED
an Iranian man convicted of murder was executed in a prison in Shiraz and a "thug" flogged near Tehran.
- APRIL 23, 2006BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. 24 HANGED IN BANGLADESH IN LAST FOUR AND A HALF YEARS, OFFICIAL
a total of 24 people have been hanged in Bangladesh during the last four and a half years and 831 more are on death row, Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Moudud Ahmed said.
- APRIL 22, 2006Dominican RepublicDEATH PENALTY
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC. MAJORITY FAVOUR DEATH PENALTY FOR ABUSE AGAINST CHILDREN, POLL
many Dominican adults think capital punishment should be considered as an option for a specific crime, according to a poll by Gallup published in Hoy. 67.3 per cent of respondents support the death penalty for people convicted of sexual abuse against chil
- APRIL 21, 2006North CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
NORTH CAROLINA, USA. MAN EXECUTED FOR '83 MURDER
Willie Brown Jr., a man convicted of killing a woman during a convenience store robbery in 1983 was executed by lethal injection.
- APRIL 21, 2006IraqDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ. MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER BOMBING OF UN HEADQUARTERS
an Iraqi court tried and sentenced to death a man allegedly linked to Al Qaeda who confessed to the 2003 truck-bombing of the United Nations headquarters in Baghdad.
- APRIL 21, 2006CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
Assembly Bill 1954, which would prohibit physician involvement with executions...
Assembly Bill 1954, which would prohibit physician involvement with executions...
- APRIL 21, 2006KansasDEATH PENALTY
a Barton County jury returned a sentence of death in the capital murder case of Sidney John Gleason...
a Barton County jury returned a sentence of death in the capital murder case of Sidney John Gleason...
- APRIL 21, 2006FloridaDEATH PENALTY
FLORIDA, USA. HOUSE PASSES BILL TO END TIME LIMIT ON DNA TESTS FOR INMATES
inmates who believe DNA can prove their innocence would no longer face a deadline for pursuing the issue under a measure passed today by the House.
- APRIL 21, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. IRANIAN RESISTANCE CONDEMNS HIGH NUMBER OF EXECUTIONS IN IRAN
NCRI's Foreign Affairs Committee Chair Mohammad Mohaddessin, in a letter to the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour, drew attention to the ruthless wave of executions that have risen dramatically since Mahmoud Ahmadinejad becam
- APRIL 21, 2006PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KIDNAPPING AND KILLING BUSINESSMAN
anti Terrorism Court in Karachi, Pakistan, sentenced a man to death on two counts after finding him guilty of kidnapping and killing a businessman for ransom
- APRIL 21, 2006IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
INDONESIA. HUNDREDS OF MUSLIMS DEMAND EXECUTION OF CONVICT TIBO
hundreds of Muslims staged a rally at the Central Sulawesi Prosecutor's Office in Palu, demanding that prosecutors immediately execute of Fabianus Tibo, Marinus Riwu and Dominggus da Silva for their role in the Poso riots.
- APRIL 21, 2006IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA. DEATH SENTENCE FOR TWO HARYANA GANG MEMBERS
the Ranipet Fast Track Court, India, sentenced to death two gang members from Haryana for murder.
- APRIL 20, 2006IraqDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ. MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KIDNAPPING
the Baghdad Central Criminal Court issued a death sentence against a man convicted of kidnapping, the state- funded Al Sabah newspaper reported.
- APRIL 20, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. AFGHAN PRISONER HANGED IN CENTRAL IRAN
an Afghan man was hanged in central Iran in the early hours of the day, Iran’s official news agency reported.
- APRIL 20, 2006BahamasDEATH PENALTY
THE BAHAMAS. DEATH PENALTY HANDED DOWN IN HISTORIC SENTENCING
in an historic judgement, Senior Justice Anita Allen sentenced convicted murderer Maxo Tido to death for the 2002 murder of 16-year-old Donnell Connover.
- APRIL 20, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. MAN HANGED IN PUBLIC FOR KILLING LOCAL COMMANDER
a “young man” was hanged in the central city of Isfahan charged with killing a local police commander.
- APRIL 20, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
the Iranian regime's state-controlled media reported that two prisoners...
the Iranian regime's state-controlled media reported that two prisoners...
- APRIL 20, 2006PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
an Additional District and Sessions Court in Faisalabad, Pakistan, sentenced to death Ghulam Fareed for killing his niece Anwar Bibi over a marriage dispute on March 23, 2005.
- APRIL 20, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. USE OF DEATH PENALTY CONTINUES INCREASING
the Iranian regime's state-controlled media reported that 15 prisoners were sentenced to death in Gohardasht Prison in Karaj (west of Tehran) and that death sentences for three other prisoners in Fars Province (southern Iran) had been upheld.
- APRIL 20, 2006MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA. AMNESTY REGRETS PROPOSAL TO EXTEND THE USE OF DEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International Malaysia said it regretted that the Malaysian government was proposing in its Water Industry Bill 2006 to extend the use of the death penalty for anyone found guilty of contaminating water sources.
- APRIL 19, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. CHINA “SELLING PRISONERS' ORGANS”, BRITISH TRANSPLANTATION SOCIETY
top British transplant surgeons accused China of harvesting the organs of thousands of executed prisoners a year to sell for transplants.
- APRIL 19, 2006United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
CHINA, IRAN, SAUDI, US MAIN EXECUTIONERS, AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL
more than 2,000 people were known to have been executed around the world last year, the vast majority of them in China, followed by Iran, Saudi Arabia and the United States, Amnesty International said.
- APRIL 19, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. TEN 'CONVICTED MURDERERS' HANGED
ten men convicted of murder were hanged in a prison in the Iranian capital.
- APRIL 19, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
Iran’s State Supreme Court upheld the execution sentence of a young man only identified as 20-year-old Yadollah.
Iran’s State Supreme Court upheld the execution sentence of a young man only identified as 20-year-old Yadollah.
- APRIL 19, 2006PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
an Additional District and Sessions Court in Sialkot, Pakistan, sentenced to death Muhammad Fazil with a fine of Rs. 100,000 (1,350 EU) after finding him guilty of murdering two people.
- APRIL 19, 2006PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. TWO DEATH SENTENCES FOR MURDER COMMUTED
the Lahore High Court, Pakistan, commuted to life imprisonment the death sentences given to two men for murder and reduced the sentence of two women convicted in the same trial.
- APRIL 19, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
the execution sentence of a man, identified as 56-year-old Hamid-Reza B.,
the execution sentence of a man, identified as 56-year-old Hamid-Reza B.,
- APRIL 19, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
two “young men”, identified as Sourosh and Nader, were sentenced to hanging in Iran
two “young men”, identified as Sourosh and Nader, were sentenced to hanging in Iran
- APRIL 19, 2006AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM. DEATH SENTENCE UPHELD FOR AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL
an appeals court in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, upheld a death sentence for Trinh Huu, an Australian man of Vietnamese origin convicted of heroin trafficking.
- APRIL 18, 2006OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
OKLAHOMA, USA. MAN EXECUTED FOR 1996 TRIPLE MURDER
Richard Thornburg Jr. was executed by lethal injection for killing three people over a drug debt in 1996, an Oklahoma prison spokesman said.