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 3, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
NETHERLANDS. MINISTER WANTS TO SEND GAY IRANIAN ASYLUM-SEEKERS BACK
Dutch Immigration Minister Rita Verdonk planned to send Iranian homosexual asylum-seekers back home after cancelling a six-month reprieve, a letter to parliament revealed.
- MARCH 3, 2006ThailandDEATH PENALTY
THAILAND. EX-POLICE GENERAL GETS DEATH SENTENCE IN SAUDI JEWEL HEIST CASE
former Lt. Gen. Chalor Kerdthed was sentenced to death by a Thai appeals court for masterminding the killing of two family members of a gem trader linked to a 1989 jewel theft in Saudi Arabia.
- MARCH 3, 2006IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA. HIGH COURT ADJOURNS TRIAL ON INDONESIAN WORKER
a Malaysian High Court adjourned the trial of an Indonesian male worker from the West Lombok district, Suhaedi bin Asnawi, who had been sentenced to death for the murder of his employer.
- MARCH 3, 2006IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA. CAPITAL SENTENCE UPHELD BY HIGH COURT
the Allahabad High Court, India, upheld the death sentence handed to Mulla and Guddu by the Sitapur Sessions Court on April 3, 2005 in connection with the case of five villagers held hostage for ransom who were executed due to non fulfilment of the killer
- MARCH 3, 2006FranceDEATH PENALTY
FRANCE. FRANCE OBTAINS U.S. GUARANTEES ON MOUSSAOUI TRIAL - MINISTER
the French justice minister reiterated the US had guaranteed France none of the information it provided for the US case against al-Qaida conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui would be used to seek the death penalty.
- MARCH 3, 2006TexasDEATH PENALTY
a 3-judge panel from the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ordered a new trial for Anthony Graves.
a 3-judge panel from the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ordered a new trial for Anthony Graves.
- MARCH 3, 2006CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
Californians' support for the death penalty is declining...
Californians' support for the death penalty is declining according to results of a new survey conducted in February 2006 by the Field Poll.
- MARCH 2, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. FIVE MEN SENTENCED TO DEATH IN TEHRAN
five men were sentenced to death in Iran’s capital Tehran.
- MARCH 2, 2006JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN. SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE ON MAN FOR KILLING, ROBBING 2 WOMEN
Japan’s Supreme Court upheld a death sentence on Masami Toyoda, a 62-year-old man, for killing two women in murder-robbery cases in the 1990s.
- MARCH 2, 2006TexasDEATH PENALTY
a jury agreed this morning that Max Alexander Soffar, 50, should return to death row for killing Arden Alane Felsher, 17, during an attack that also left 2 other young people dead and another teenager severely wounded....
a jury agreed this morning that Max Alexander Soffar, 50, should return to death row for killing Arden Alane Felsher, 17, during an attack that also left 2 other young people dead and another teenager severely wounded.
- MARCH 2, 2006DelawareDEATH PENALTY
the conviction of Linda Lou Charbonneau, sentenced to death for masterminding...
the conviction of Linda Lou Charbonneau, sentenced to death for masterminding the killings of her husband and former husband in 2001, was overturned by the Delaware Supreme Court.
- MARCH 2, 2006DEATH PENALTY
in Wilmington, in a 2-minute proceeding, Thomas J. Capano...
in Wilmington, in a 2-minute proceeding, Thomas J. Capano was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole by Superior Court Judge T. Henley Graves for the 1996 murder of Anne Marie Fahey.
- MARCH 1, 2006IraqDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ. SADDAM ADMITS ORDERING EXECUTIONS
Saddam Hussein admitted in court that he gave orders that led to the execution of Shi'ite Muslims in the 1980s, but justified the punishment as his right as Iraq's president.
- MARCH 1, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. THREE ARAB ACTIVISTS EXECUTED
Iran executed three Arab activists in the south-western oil city of Ahwaz, according to local dissidents reached by telephone.
- MARCH 1, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. TWO MEN HANGED PUBLICLY
two men convicted of carrying out a deadly a bomb attack in Iran's restive oil city of Ahwaz were executed in public early morning.
- MARCH 1, 2006PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
THE PHILIPPINES. FORMER CONGRESSMAN AND SIX FARMERS SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
a former congressman and six farmers were sentenced to death in the Philippines for the 1997 killing of two brothers in Mindoro province.
- MARCH 1, 2006PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. THREE PEOPLE SENTENCED TO DEATH ON SAME DAY
the Sialkot Additional District and Session Court, Pakistan, sentenced to death on counts, with a fine of 300,000 rupees each, Ali Raza alias Muna and Moazzam Shehzad after convicting them of double murder.
- MARCH 1, 2006AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
AFGHANISTAN. TRIAL OF AFGHAN EX-INTELLIGENCE CHIEF FLAWED: RIGHTS GROUP
the death sentence passed in Kabul on former Afghan intelligence chief Asadullah Sarwari followed a trial that violated basic standards of due process, Human Rights Watch said.
- MARCH 1, 2006JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN. KEY MAN IN JAPANESE DOOMSDAY CULT APPEALS DEATH SENTENCE
Tomomasa Nakagawa, key member of the doomsday cult who allegedly prepared the nerve gas for the deadly attack on the Tokyo subway in 1995, began an appeal against his death sentence.
- MARCH 1, 2006GhanaDEATH PENALTY
GHANA. SUPREME COURT NOMINEE AGAINST CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
Justice Samuel Kwadwo Asiamah, a nominee to the Supreme Court of Ghana, said he was against capital punishment and personally felt that the death penalty should be abolished.
- MARCH 1, 2006CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
a federal court has thrown out the death penalty sentence of Richard Edward Grant...
a federal court has thrown out the death penalty sentence of Richard Edward Grant, who has been on California’s death row for 24 years.
- MARCH 1, 2006NebraskaDEATH PENALTY
anyone convicted of a robbery or burglary would be required...
anyone convicted of a robbery or burglary would be required to give a DNA sample under a bill (LB385) advanced for debate by the Legislature's Judiciary Committee.
- MARCH 1, 2006IndianaDEATH PENALTY
the Indiana House approved a bill 82-12 that would let the families of murder victims...
the Indiana House approved a bill 82-12 that would let the families of murder victims witness the executions of the killers. Under Indiana law, only the condemned person gets to pick the witnesses.
- MARCH 1, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
While the regulations do not address the issue of what the government calls...
While the regulations do not address the issue of what the government calls...
- MARCH 1, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
a man, identified only as Javad, has been sentenced...
a man, identified only as Javad, has been sentenced...
- FEBRUARY 28, 2006United StatesDEATH PENALTY
UNITED STATES. DEATH SENTENCES IN 2005 REACHED RECORD LOW
the latest edition of “Death Row Usa”, a quarterly report by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), a civil rights organization for ethnic minorities in the united States, shows an 8% decline in the country's death row pop
- FEBRUARY 28, 2006BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. 22 MILITANTS SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR BOMBINGS
a court in Bangladesh sentenced 21 people to death in connection with a wave of coordinated bombings on August 17, 2005.
- FEBRUARY 28, 2006PennsylvaniaDEATH PENALTY
PENNSYLVANIA. JUDGE BARS EXECUTION, CITES MENTAL ILLNESS
a judge has ruled that a former prison guard convicted of killing 13 people in a 1982 shooting rampage can't be executed because he is mentally ill.
- FEBRUARY 28, 2006RussiaDEATH PENALTY
RUSSIA. MORATORIUM ON DEATH PENALTY SHOULD BE LIFTED, COMMUNIST PARTY LEADER
Russian Communist Party leader Gennady Zyuganov assessed Russia's membership of the Council of Europe as positive, but suggested that Russia should lift its moratorium on the death penalty in the near future.
- FEBRUARY 28, 2006BurundiDEATH PENALTY
BURUNDI. SECURITY PERSONNEL CARRYING OUT EXECUTIONS, TORTURE
rogue soldiers and police officers in Burundi had executed and tortured suspected rebels and civilians, Presidential aide Philippe Nzobonariba acknowledged.