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
- JANUARY 27, 2006PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. SINDH HIGH COURT COMMUTES DEATH PENALTY IN RAPE AND MURDER CASE
the Sindh High Court dismissed the appeal of Imran for rape and murder but commuted his death sentence into life imprisonment.
- JANUARY 27, 2006BahamasDEATH PENALTY
THE BAHAMAS. OPPOSITION CRITICAL OF PM’S DEATH PENALTY REMARKS
accusing Bahamas Prime Minister Perry Christie of pandering for votes on the issue of capital punishment, Free National Movement leader Hubert Ingraham said the country should not believe the present government will carry out hangings of condemned murdere
- JANUARY 26, 2006AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
INDONESIA. DEATH PENALTY SOUGHT FOR BALI NINE 'RINGLEADER'
Prosecutors in Bali asked judges in Denpasar District Court to sentence Australian national Andrew Chan to death if they found him guilty of organising the so-called Bali nine heroin trafficking conspiracy.
- JANUARY 26, 2006BahamasDEATH PENALTY
THE BAHAMAS. PRIME MINISTER DECLARES SUPPORT FOR HANGING
in what has amounted to his strongest statement in recent times on capital punishment, Bahamas Prime Minister Perry Christie declared his full support for hangings and said he would be willing to fight those who opposed the death penalty.
- JANUARY 25, 2006United StatesDEATH PENALTY
UNITED STATES. SUPREME COURT BLOCKS FLORIDA EXECUTION OF CLARENCE HILL
the US Supreme Court has blocked the execution of Clarence Hill to consider his appeal over the method used to carry out the punishment.
- JANUARY 25, 2006TexasDEATH PENALTY
TEXAS, USA. MARION DUDLEY PUT TO DEATH IN FIRST TEXAS EXECUTION OF THE YEAR
Marion Dudley, a man convicted of killing four people in Houston 14 years ago was put to death by lethal injection, hours after the Supreme Court rejected a request to spare him.
- JANUARY 25, 2006FranceDEATH PENALTY
FRANCE. INMATES REQUEST DEATH OVER LIFE
ten inmates in France’s Clairvaux prison, one of the harshest prisons in the country, asked for “the reintroduction of the death penalty” for themselves in a letter sent to the France Presse.
- JANUARY 25, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. OFFICIALS SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR BRIBERY
two former Heilongjiang government officials linked to the bribes-for-jobs case were sentenced to death in Harbin, China.
- JANUARY 25, 2006North CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
Charles Walker, who spent 11 years on death row and came within hours of execution...
Charles Walker, who spent 11 years on death row and came within hours of execution, deserves a new trial because police did not turn over files that could possibly identify another person as the killer, a judge has ruled.
- JANUARY 25, 2006DEATH PENALTY
it was in May 1999 when Nathan Herring and Terrell Yarbrough allegedly...
it was in May 1999 when Nathan Herring and Terrell Yarbrough allegedly kidnapped and murdered 2 university students
- JANUARY 25, 2006AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
AUSTRALIA. UN OFFICIAL URGES MORE ACTION ON DEATH PENALTY
UN official Philip Alston criticised the Australian Federal Government over what he said was its failure to stop the death penalty being imposed against Australians overseas. Alston made the comment as Indonesian prosecutors recommended that at least one
- JANUARY 25, 2006MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
SINGAPORE. MALAYSIAN MAN TO HANG FOR CHINESE GIRL'S MURDER
Took Leng How, a 23-year-old Malaysian man, was set to be hanged in Singapore for murdering an eight-year-old mainland Chinese girl after loosing his appeal.
- JANUARY 25, 2006LibyaDEATH PENALTY
LIBYA. HRW URGES LIBYA TO IMPROVE HUMAN RIGHTS RECORD
Human Rights Watch released a rare report on the situation in Libya, acknowledging that some steps had been taken towards improving freedoms but saying there was little political will to reform.
- JANUARY 25, 2006AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
INDONESIA. DEATH SOUGHT FOR ALLEGED ‘BALI 9’ RINGLEADER
Indonesian prosecutors demanded the death sentence for Myuran Sukumaran, a 25 year old Australian accused of organizing the "Bali 9" drug smuggling ring.
- JANUARY 25, 2006IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA. ORISSA HIGH COURT ORDERS RETRIAL IN DEATH PENALTY CASE
the Orissa High Court, India, quashed the death sentence awarded to Khageswar Behera
- JANUARY 25, 2006IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA. ORISSA HIGH COURT COMMUTES DEATH SENTENCE IN PURI MURDER CASE
the Orissa High Court, India, commuted into life imprisonment the death sentence handed down to Kiran Bedi
- JANUARY 25, 2006New JerseyDEATH PENALTY
EUROPEAN UNION. EU PRESIDENT AUSTRIA WELCOMES US DEATH PENALTY DECISION
EU Council President Austria welcomed a decision by the US state of New Jersey to suspend the death penalty.
- JANUARY 25, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
Iran publicly hanged Ali Khani and Hassan Ghanbari for murder.
Iran publicly hanged Ali Khani and Hassan Ghanbari for murder.
- JANUARY 24, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR BRIBERY
Xu Guojian, former head of the Organization Department of the Party's provincial committee in Jiangsu, was sentenced to death in China’s Fujian province for bribe taking.
- JANUARY 24, 2006PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. THREE CONVICTS` EXECUTIONS PUT OFF FOR A MONTH
President General Pervez Musharraf issued orders to defer the executions of three convicts for a month.
- JANUARY 23, 2006United States Armed ForcesDEATH PENALTY
UNITED STATES. US MILITARY ISSUES NEW EXECUTION REGULATIONS
the US Army has issued new regulations governing the death penalty, raising speculation that the military might be preparing for its first execution since 1961.
- JANUARY 23, 2006KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
THE PHILIPPINES. DIPLOMATS TOLD TO SAVE MAID FROM EXECUTION IN KUWAIT
President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo ordered Philippine diplomats to do everything they could to save a Filipina teacher who was set to hang in Kuwait for killing her boss there.
- JANUARY 23, 2006TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
TAIWAN. DEATH ROW INMATE COMMITS SUICIDE, ‘WAITING FOR EXECUTION TOO PAINFUL’
a death row prisoner in Taiwan committed suicide due to being unable to bear the pain of waiting for the execution.
- JANUARY 23, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. MAN PUBLICLY HANGED FOR MURDER
an Iranian man convicted of murder was publicly hanged in Isfahan, the Iran newspaper reported.
- JANUARY 23, 2006RussiaDEATH PENALTY
COUNCIL OF EUROPE. COE WANTS RUSSIA TO ABOLISH DEATH PENALTY
Council of Europe Secretary General Terry Davis called on Russia to ratify a protocol banning the death penalty but admitted that Russia had never violated its death penalty moratorium introduced in 1996.
- JANUARY 23, 2006CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
in Visalia, jurors returned death sentences for two brothers already convicted of the July 18...
in Visalia, jurors returned death sentences for two brothers already convicted of the July 18, 1995 Pato's Place bar murders in rural Tulare.
- JANUARY 23, 2006SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
SINGAPORE. MAN TO HANG FOR MURDER AFTER LOSING APPEAL
Vijayakumar Veeriah, a 24 year old man convicted of stabbing a close friend to death in Bukit Batok, Singapore, was due to hang after the Court of Appeal upheld his conviction for murdering Suthagar Raja Ram Thomas, 24, at their rented flat in September 2
- JANUARY 22, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. SISTERS PUBLISH LIST OF 9,400 IRANIANS 'MURDERED' BY THE REGIME
Ladan and Roya Boroumand, whose father, a pro-democracy opposition leader, was assassinated by an Iranian death squad while living in exile in Paris in 1991, unveiled the largest database of the victims murdered and executed by the theocratic regime since
- JANUARY 21, 2006BulgariaDEATH PENALTY
LIBYA. BULGARIA AGREES 4.4 BLN EURO FUND IN HIV CASE
Bulgaria agreed with Libya to set up a 4.4 billion euro ($5.3 billion) fund for families of children infected with HIV in Libya, a Libyan official said. The deal was likely to defuse a standoff over five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor who convi
- JANUARY 20, 2006Sri LankaDEATH PENALTY
SRI LANKA. MINISTER CLEARED, FIVE CONDEMNED TO DEATH FOR ELECTION DAY KILLINGS
Sri Lanka's High Court cleared a former deputy defence minister and his two sons over the killing of 10 men but handed down death penalties to five soldiers who were involved.