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
- MARCH 30, 2006AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
LEBANON. DEATH PENALTY DROPPED AGAINST PLO HEAD
a Lebanese military court dropped a death penalty against the head of the Palestine Liberation Organisation in the country.
- MARCH 30, 2006AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
AUSTRALIA. PRIME MINISTER URGED TO OPPOSE DEATH PENALTY
Australia should publicly oppose the death penalty for terrorists if it expects to be taken seriously in its efforts to save Australians from death row, senior defence lawyer Lex Lasry said.
- MARCH 30, 2006MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA. FORMER SOLDIER SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
Sita Raman, a 32 year old former soldier, was sentenced to death for murdering his friend by stabbing him twice in the neck at Nilai, near Bernama, Malaysia.
- MARCH 30, 2006BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. THREE SENTENCED TO DEATH BY A COURT IN DHAKA FOR MURDER
three people were sentenced to death in Dhaka, Bangladesh, for raping and murdering a woman. The court also fined the three convicts - Nazrul Islam, 29, Mozibor Rahman, 23 and Habibur Rahman (absconding) - Tk 10,000 each.
- MARCH 30, 2006IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA. COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE ON INDONESIAN NATIONAL FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Malaysia’s Court of Appeal upheld a High Court decision to send an Indonesian man to the gallows for trafficking in cannabis.
- MARCH 30, 2006RwandaDEATH PENALTY
RWANDA. DEATH PENALTY COULD BE WAIVED - KAGAME
the Rwandan government will consider lifting capital punishment on genocide suspects whose extradition is subject to the condition that they will not face the death penalty, President Paul Kagame said.
- MARCH 30, 2006PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. CONVICTION OF LJ ACTIVISTS IN SECTARIAN KILLING CASE SET ASIDE
the Sindh High Court (SHC), Pakistan, set aside the convictions to four activists of the banned Lashkar-e-Jhangvi group after acquitting them of charges of sectarian killing. Mohammad Ajmal alias Akram Lahori, Attaullah, Mohammad Azam and Malik Tassaduq H
- MARCH 29, 2006TexasDEATH PENALTY
TEXAS. KEVIN KINCY EXECUTED IN TEXAS
Kevin Kincy, a former pizza delivery man with a long criminal record, was executed for the robbery and slaying of a Houston-area man 13 years ago.
- MARCH 29, 2006ItalyDEATH PENALTY
AFGHANISTAN. CHRISTIAN CONVERT GRANTED ASYLUM IN ITALY
Abdur Rahman, an Afghan Christian convert who had faced the death penalty for abandoning Islam, arrived in Italy and was granted asylum.
- MARCH 29, 2006JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN. DEATH SENTENCE UPHELD FOR 71 YEAR OLD
the Supreme Court upheld the death sentence handed down to Kazutoshi Takahashi, a 71-year-old man, for a 1998 double-murder in Yokohama.
- MARCH 29, 2006IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
INDONESIA. DEATH ROW CHRISTIANS SEEK PRESIDENTIAL PARDON
three Indonesian Christians facing execution by firing squad due within days had submitted a second request for a presidential pardon.
- MARCH 29, 2006MissouriDEATH PENALTY
Travis Glass, who in 2002 received a death sentence for the 2001 murder of 13-year-old Steffini Wilkins...
Travis Glass, who in 2002 received a death sentence for the 2001 murder of 13-year-old Steffini Wilkins, has been given a new day in court regarding the death penalty.
- MARCH 28, 2006AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
AFGHANISTAN. CHRISTIAN CONVERT FACING DEATH TO BE RELEASED, US SAYS
Afghanistan will free Abdur Rahman, a man who faced the death penalty for converting to Christianity, following Western pressure for his release, US State Department spokesman Sean McCormack said. Rahman, 40, was jailed this month for rejecting Islam and
- MARCH 28, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. LEADER OF ORGANIZED CRIME RING SENTENCED TO DEATH
Zhao Chun, leader of an organized crime ring in the suburban county of Shenyang, capital of Northeast China's Liaoning Province, was sentenced to death for crimes including murder.
- MARCH 28, 2006South CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
in Columbia, the South Carolina state Senate has endorsed making rapists eligible for the death penalty.
in Columbia, the South Carolina state Senate has endorsed making rapists eligible for the death penalty.
- MARCH 28, 2006BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING WIFE
Hossain Ali Mondol was sentenced to death by a court in Khulna, Bangladesh, for strangulating his wife Morjina to death in Dumuria on July 28 in 2003.
- MARCH 28, 2006JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN. TOKYO HIGH COURT REJECTS ASAHARA'S APPEAL OF DEATH SENTENCE
the Tokyo High Court rejected former doomsday cult leader Shoko Asahara's appeal of his death sentence, bringing him a step closer to hanging for a nerve gas attack on Tokyo and other assaults that killed 27 and injured thousands
- MARCH 28, 2006PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCES IN MUSHARRAF'S ATTACK CASE
a court in Pakistan rejected appeals of four air force employees against their death sentences...
- MARCH 28, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. CHINA BANS SALES OF HUMAN ORGANS
China's Health Ministry explicitly banned sales of human organs in an apparent attempt to clean up the country's lucrative but laxly regulated transplant business.
- MARCH 27, 2006KyrgyzstanDEATH PENALTY
KYRGYZSTAN. DEATH ROW INMATES PETITION PRESIDENT
over 20 Kyrgyz prisoners sentenced to death have appealed to President Kurmanbek Bakiyev requesting their convictions be re-examined in a letter published by the local media.
- MARCH 27, 2006DEATH PENALTY
many adults in the United States are in favour of capital punishment for specific crimes...
many adults in the United States are in favour of capital punishment for specific crimes, according to a poll by Princeton Survey Research Associates for the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press. 65 % of respondents support the death penalty f
- MARCH 27, 2006MoroccoDEATH PENALTY
MOROCCO. THIRTY DEATH ROW PRISONERS GO ON "OPEN-ENDED HUNGER STRIKE"
thirty detainees sentenced to death in the central prison in Kenitra, Morocco...
- MARCH 27, 2006AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
AUSTRALIA. AFP BOSS OPPOSED TO DEATH PENALTY
Australian Federal Police (AFP) Commissioner Mick Keelty said he was personally opposed to the death penalty, despite his agency's role in the Bali Nine drug case. The AFP had faced continued criticism over allegations its officers could have arrested the
- MARCH 27, 2006IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
Indonesia. Second clemency request for Catholics sentenced to death over Poso violence
the families of three Indonesian Catholics—Fabianus Tibo, Dominggus “Domi” da Silva and Marinus Riwu—sentenced to death for their alleged role in the 2000 Poso violence wrote to Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, appealing for clemency. Throug
- MARCH 27, 2006TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
TAIWAN. PROSECUTORS STARE DEATH IN THE FACE
Chang Chin-tu , a prosecutor at the Kaohsiung bureau of the Taiwan High Prosecutors' Office, who had been in charge of executions for eight years, told reporters that all prisoners received anaesthesia and were unconscious before being shot. "Prisoners wh
- MARCH 26, 2006AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
AFGHANISTAN. COURT DROPS TRIAL OF CHRISTIAN AMID DOUBTS OVER HIS MENTAL STATE
an Afghan court dropped its case against Abdul Rahman, a Christian who faced execution for converting from Islam, referring the matter to Kabul's top prosecutor for a final decision, court spokesman Wakil Omari said.
- MARCH 26, 2006PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. EXECUTION BY TALIBAN UNDER SHARIA
local Taliban in South Waziristan, Pakistan, executed a 25-year-old man under Islamic law (Sharia) for killing a taxi driver. The execution was the first case tried under Sharia in the tribal areas
- MARCH 25, 2006AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
AFGHANISTAN. POPE CALLS ON KARZAI TO SPARE AFGHAN CHRISTIAN CONVERT
Pope Benedict XVI asked Afghan President Hamid Karzai to pardon Abdul Rahman, an Afghan man facing execution for converting to Christianity.
- MARCH 25, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
UNITED KINGDOM. MAN 'FACES DEATH IF EXPELLED' TO IRAN
an Iranian man will be executed for owning a satellite television system if he is sent home, MP Clare Short told Britain’s House of Commons. Short pleaded with Ministers to reconsider the case of the man and his family, after the Home Office ordered his d
- MARCH 25, 2006OhioDEATH PENALTY
Joe D'Ambrosio is entitled to a new trial because prosecutors...
Joe D'Ambrosio is entitled to a new trial because prosecutors withheld evidence that could have exonerated him, U.S. District Judge Kathleen O'Malley ruled. O'Malley ruled that D'Ambrosio must be released within 6 months or given a new trial.