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
- NOVEMBER 28, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. SENTENCES OF EXECUTION BY STONING REVERSED FOR TWO IRANIAN WOMEN
branch 15 of Iran's Supreme Court ordered the dismissal of charges of "adultery" in the cases of Parisa and Najaf Akbari.
- NOVEMBER 27, 2006BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. MAN EXECUTED FOR KILLING WIFE IN DISPUTE OVER DOWRY
Abul Kalam Azad, a Bangladeshi man convicted of killing his newlywed wife after she failed to meet his demand for dowry, was hanged to death in the early morning.
- NOVEMBER 27, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. DEATH SENTENCE FOR MAN CONVICTED OF STABBING 12 TO DEATH
Shi Yuejun, 35, was sentenced to death for stabbing 12 people to death and injured five in a six-day spree in Tonghua in northeast China's Jilin Province.
- NOVEMBER 27, 2006IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA. 4 SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR CHILD SACRIFICE
a woman and her three sons were sentenced to death by a court in Bulandshahr, India, for sacrificing a child earlier in the year.
- NOVEMBER 27, 2006MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA. COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCES FOR CANNABIS TRAFFICKING
Abdul Rashid Rahman, a 43 year old unemployed man involved in a cannabis deal with an undercover policeman, failed in his appeal to have his death sentence commuted.
- NOVEMBER 26, 2006Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI EXECUTES PAKISTANI, NIGERIAN OVER DRUGS
Saudi Arabia executed a Pakistani
- NOVEMBER 26, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. MAN PUBLICLY HANGED FOR ADULTERY, KIDNAPPING
Iran publicly hanged a man convicted of repeated kidnapping and adultery in the southern province of Kerman, Fars news agency reported.
- NOVEMBER 26, 2006IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA. SUPREME COURT COMMUTES DEATH SENTENCE DUE TO INSUFFICIENT EVIDENCE
India’s Supreme Court converted the death sentence of a convict from Punjab to life imprisonment due to insufficient evidence. Vikarmjit Singh had been sentenced to death by the Punjab and Haryana High Court for murdering his newly wed wife Meena Rani.
- NOVEMBER 25, 2006ThailandDEATH PENALTY
THAILAND. MEN WHO RAPED, KILLED TOURIST ESCAPE DEATH
Bualoy Kothisit, 23, and Wichai Sonkhaoyai, 24, two Thai fishermen convicted of raping and murdering a 21-year-old British tourist on New Year's Day 2006, had their death sentences commuted to life
- NOVEMBER 25, 2006DEATH PENALTY
a Norfolk Circuit Court judge cited an unreliable police confession...
a Norfolk Circuit Court judge cited an unreliable police confession...
- NOVEMBER 25, 2006United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM SENTENCES FOUR INCLUDING BRITISH CITIZEN TO DEATH FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
a Vietnamese court sentenced to death four people, including a British citizen of Vietnamese origin, after convicting them of drug trafficking.
- NOVEMBER 24, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
the Shanghai No. 2 Intermediate People's Court sentenced Qiao Ruqian...
- NOVEMBER 24, 2006South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN. TOP COURT REJECTS APPEAL AGAINST DEATH SENTENCE FOR SOUTH KOREAN
Japan’s Supreme Court rejected an appeal by a South Korean man sentenced to death for killing two people in 1995 in Aichi and Fukuoka prefectures, a move that will let his death sentence stand.
- NOVEMBER 24, 2006PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. SINDH HIGH COURT COMMUTES DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDER
a Division Bench of the Sindh high court, Pakistan, set aside the death sentence awarded to Attaullah alias Qasim by an anti- terrorism court in Karachi
- NOVEMBER 23, 2006PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. SENATE APPROVES RAPE LAW REFORM BILL
Pakistan's Senate overcame opposition from hard-line Muslim lawmakers and amended the rape law to make it easier to prosecute sexual assault cases.
- NOVEMBER 22, 2006United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UAE. 'STONING' SENTENCE FOR ADULTERY COMMUTED
a woman escaped a sentence of 'death by stoning' after her sentence for adultery was commuted by an appeal court to one-year imprisonment, 40 lashes and deportation.
- NOVEMBER 22, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. PROSECUTORS SEEK DEATH PENALTY FOR 7 “VULGAR CD” SELLERS
Tehran’s public prosecutor’s office is seeking the death penalty for seven individuals accused of producing and distributing pornographic CDs which are banned in Islamic Iran.
- NOVEMBER 22, 2006IraqDEATH PENALTY
IRAQI COURT HANDS DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDER OF JAPANESE HOSTAGE
an Iraqi court sentenced to death an al-Qaida operative over the 2004 kidnapping and beheading of a Japanese hostage.
- NOVEMBER 22, 2006KentuckyDEATH PENALTY
KENTUCKY. SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS STATE'S LETHAL INJECTION PROCESS
the Kentucky Supreme Court rejected claims by death row inmates that the state's lethal injection process risks wanton and excruciating pain in violation of the ban on cruel and unusal punishments.
- NOVEMBER 22, 2006YemenDEATH PENALTY
YEMENI COURT SENTENCES ISLAMIST TO DEATH, JAILS 25
a Yemeni court sentenced an Islamist to death and jailed another 25 for up to 11 years for plotting to assassinate officials and carry out attacks in the Gulf Arab country.
- NOVEMBER 22, 2006AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
Judge Ashley McKathan overrode the unanimous recommendation...
Judge Ashley McKathan overrode the unanimous recommendation of the jury and sentenced Oscar Roy Doster to death by lethal injection.
- NOVEMBER 21, 2006BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
KUWAIT HANGS THREE ASIANS, ONE STATELESS RESIDENT
two Pakistani nationals convicted of drug trafficking and a Bangladeshi and a stateless resident found guilty of premeditated murder were hanged in Kuwait, officials said.
- NOVEMBER 21, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN DENIES EXECUTIONS BY STONING
Justice minister Jamal Karimi-Rad reaffirmed that Iran is not carrying out death sentences by stoning, despite such verdicts still being handed down to several adulterers.
- NOVEMBER 21, 2006Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA. PAKISTANI AND NIGERIAN BEHEADED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
a Pakistani and a Nigerian convicted of drug trafficking were beheaded by the sword in the western Saudi city of Mecca.
- NOVEMBER 21, 2006CanadaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA WILL NOT EXECUTE CANADIAN ACCUSED OF TERRORISM
Canada received assurances from Beijing that Huseyin Celil, 37...
- NOVEMBER 21, 2006TexasDEATH PENALTY
TEXAS (USA). DEATH SENTENCES DROP 65% IN PAST TEN YEARS
a new report out shows that Texas death sentences have dropped by 65 % in the past 10 years.
- NOVEMBER 21, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN SAYS DEATH PENALTY AWAITS PRODUCERS OF PORNOGRAPHIC VIDEOS
the prosecutor-general of Iran’s capital Tehran said that death penalty awaits the producers of immoral [pornographic] videos.
- NOVEMBER 21, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
Ali A., 45, and Mohammad A. 37, have been hanged in Amor Prison, in Iran, for murder
Ali A., 45, and Mohammad A. 37, have been hanged in Amor Prison, in Iran, for murder
- NOVEMBER 21, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
Mokhtar jafar Zadeh, Seyed Abolghasem Hosseini...
Mokhtar jafar Zadeh, Seyed Abolghasem Hosseini..
- NOVEMBER 20, 2006IraqDEATH PENALTY
EU TELLS IRAQ THAT DEATH PENALTY BAN WILL BE PART OF TALKS ON TRADE AND COOPERATION PACT
European Union officials told Iraq that it would seek commitments on human rights standards, including a ban on capital punishment, during negotiations on a trade and aid pact.