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 14, 2006ItalyDEATH PENALTY
HANDS OFF CAIN RESPONDS TO THE IRANIAN EMBASSY’S DENIAL OF THE EXECUTION OF MINORS IN IRAN
Hands Off Cain replies to a note sent it by the Iranian embassy in Rome in which it denyed the application of the death penalty to minors.
- MARCH 14, 2006AzerbaijanDEATH PENALTY
AZERBAIJAN. RIGHTS ACTIVIST SAYS "INFORMAL MORATORIUM" ON DEATH PENALTY
it was reported that a death row inmate in Azerbaijan had appealed to the presidential administration to be executed by shooting. He had been sentenced to death before the abolition of capital punishment but his sentence had not been de jure commuted to l
- MARCH 14, 2006BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. DEATH PENALTY MAXIMUM PUNISHMENT: ANTI-TERRORISM LAW PLACED IN CABINET
a tough new Bangladeshi antiterrorism law providing capital punishment for acts of terrorism was placed with the cabinet and discussed in detail, pending endorsement.
- MARCH 14, 2006PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. COURT UPHOLDS DEATH PENALTY IN MUSHARRAF ATTACK CASE
the Lahore High Court, Pakistan, upheld the death sentence handed down to Mushtaq Ahmed by the Anti Terrorism Court for planning two suicide attacks on Pakistan President General Musharraf in December 2003.
- MARCH 13, 2006South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
SOUTH KOREA. CATHOLIC CHURCH PETITION AGAINST DEATH PENALTY
The Committee for the Abolition of Capital Punishment of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Korea (CBCK) has announced that it will present the government with a petition calling for the abolition of capital punishment in the country.
- MARCH 13, 2006IraqDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ. EX-SADDAM JUDGE: DEATH SENTENCES LEGAL
Awad al-Bandar a former judge from Saddam Hussein's regime, admitted to sentencing 148 Shiites to death in the 1980s, but maintained they received a fair trial and had confessed to trying to assassinate the former Iraqi leader.
- MARCH 13, 2006BahamasDEATH PENALTY
THE BAHAMAS. HANGINGS SINCE 1973 “UNLAWFUL”
the executions of 16 murder convicts in the Bahamas since 1973 could be viewed as "unlawful" killings at the hands of the state, given the March 8 ruling by the privy council, Progressive Liberal Party senator Damian Gomez said in a call for a full enquir
- MARCH 13, 2006PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. HIGH COURT COMMUTES DEATH SENTENCES OF TWO MEN, MAINTAINS PENALTY FOR A THIRD IN TRIPLE MURDER CASE
the Sindh High Court in Karachi, Pakistan, commuted the sentence of two men facing death for triple murder but maintained the death sentence for a third accomplice.
- MARCH 13, 2006BahamasDEATH PENALTY
THE BAHAMAS. THE DEATH PENALTY WILL BE CARRIED OUT, ATTORNEY GENERAL
if judges hand down death sentences, the government would see to it that they are carried out, said Attorney General Allyson Maynard-Gibson.
- MARCH 13, 2006BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
a court in Narsindi, Bangladesh, sentenced Abdul Hamid, 24, to death and Fazlu Mia, 28, to life imprisonment after convicting them of murder.
- MARCH 13, 2006GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
in Atlanta, the Senate defeated a proposal to study the use...
in Atlanta, the Senate defeated a proposal to study the use of the death penalty in Georgia
- MARCH 11, 2006JordanDEATH PENALTY
JORDAN. TWO ISLAMIC MILITANTS EXECUTED FOR MURDER OF U.S. DIPLOMAT
Jordan executed two Islamist militants convicted of killing a US diplomat in Amman in 2002 in a rare move to implement a death sentence against security detainees.
- MARCH 11, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. CONDITIONS NOT RIPE TO ABOLISH DEATH PENALTY, SPOKESMAN
China, for the moment, does not have the right conditions for abolishing capital punishment, said spokesman Sun Huapu of the Supreme People's Court.
- MARCH 11, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. REFORMS FOR DEATH PENALTY TRIALS IN 2006
in order to improve the handing down of death sentences, top judge Xiao Yang said that Chinese courts would start to hold open court sessions when hearing death penalty trials in the second instance.
- MARCH 10, 2006RussiaDEATH PENALTY
RUSSIA. RUSSIAN COURTS HAVE NO RIGHT TO PASS DEATH SENTENCES, SUPREME COURT CHAIRMAN
Russian courts have no right to pass death sentences, Supreme Court Chairman Vyacheslav Lebedev said. “My attitude to the death penalty has been well known since 1998, when we signed European conventions. We have no right to sentence convicts to death,
- MARCH 10, 2006United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
UNITED KINGDOM. HANGED PRISONER'S BODY IS EXHUMED
the body of George Kelly, a man who was hanged in 1950 for a murder he did not commit, was to be exhumed from its prison grave. Kelly was executed after he was found guilty of being involved in a notorious double murder at the Cameo Cinema in Wavertree, L
- MARCH 10, 2006United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UAE. DEATH PENALTY FOR MAN WHO SHOT FATHER-IN-LAW
the Abu Dhabi Criminal Court, UAE, sentenced to death a man, only identified as S.J., after convicting him of killing his father-in-law, identified as A.H.
- MARCH 10, 2006Governo Federale degli Stati UnitiDEATH PENALTY
a federal jury voted unanimously to give Daryl Lawrence...
a federal jury voted unanimously to give Daryl Lawrence...
- MARCH 10, 2006FloridaDEATH PENALTY
in Sanford, a jury handed back 2 recommendations for the death penalty...
in Sanford, a jury handed back 2 recommendations for the death penalty...
- MARCH 9, 2006IraqDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ. 13 INSURGENTS HANGED
Iraqi authorities hanged 13 insurgents, marking the first time militants had been executed in the country since Saddam Hussein was ousted, the government said.
- MARCH 9, 2006RussiaDEATH PENALTY
RUSSIA. ‘VOICE OF BESLAN’ AGAINST BRINGING BACK DEATH PENALTY
the public organization ‘The Voice of Beslan’ objected to the idea of suspending the death penalty moratorium currently in force in Russia.
- MARCH 9, 2006ArkansasDEATH PENALTY
in a 4-3 ruling, the Arkansas Supreme Court justices reversed the conviction of Billy Dale Green
in a 4-3 ruling, the Arkansas Supreme Court justices reversed the conviction of Billy Dale Green. Green was convicted of 4 counts of capital murder and 1 count of kidnapping in the July 29, 1998, slayings of a family.
- MARCH 9, 2006United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA. PATRIOT ACT LIKELY TO CURTAIL DEATH PENALTY APPEALS
President George W. Bush signed into law a Patriot Act renewal that will allow the government to keep using terror-fighting tools passed after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.
- MARCH 9, 2006IndiaDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. COURT REJECTS 'SPY' PLEA
Pakistan's Supreme Court rejected a review appeal by Manjit Singh, an Indian on death row for spying. He had been convicted of spying and carrying out a series of bombings in 1990 which killed 14 people. His family said he was Sarabjit Singh - a farmer wh
- MARCH 9, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
a man, identified only as Abbas, 27...
a man, identified only as Abbas, 27...
- MARCH 8, 2006YemenDEATH PENALTY
YEMEN. EDITOR 'FACES DEATH CALLS'
Yemeni lawyers have called for a newspaper editor to be sentenced to death for showing cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad, his paper says.
- MARCH 8, 2006United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
THE BAHAMAS. MANDATORY DEATH PENALTY BANNED
the mandatory death penalty in the Bahamas was abolished by five British law lords when they held it to be a breach of international human rights.
- MARCH 8, 2006TexasDEATH PENALTY
Joe Michael Luna, 26, who asked jurors to sentence him to death, has today been sentenced to death.
Joe Michael Luna, 26, who asked jurors to sentence him to death, has today been sentenced to death.
- MARCH 8, 2006DEATH PENALTY
for the second year in a row, a state Senate committee has voted...
for the second year in a row, a state Senate committee has voted to place a moratorium on executions in Alabama.
- MARCH 8, 2006BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. ONE TO GO TO GALLOWS, 11 SERVE LIFE TERM IN JAIL FOR MURDER
the Additional District and Sessions Court in Sylhet, Bangladesh, sentenced Somjid Ali Kotoi to death and 11 others to life for murdering one Alauddin.