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 20, 2006Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA BEHEADS A MAN WHO SHOT DEAD A COMPATRIOT AFTER AN ARGUMENT
Saudi Arabia beheaded a citizen who shot dead a compatriot after an argument, the Saudi Interior Ministry said.
- NOVEMBER 20, 2006Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA. MADINAH ‘SERIAL KILLER’ SENTENCED TO DEATH
Khaled S., arrested on suspicion of serial burglary and rape, has been found guilty and sentenced to death by the Madinah General Court, Saudi Arabia, the Al-Watan newspaper reported.
- NOVEMBER 20, 2006PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. DEATH PENALTY AWARDED TO 16 CONVICTS IN JACOBABAD
a District and Sessions Court in Jacobabad, Pakistan, sentenced to death 16 people under the Terrorist Act for killing 11 members of the same family in 1993 after setting ablaze their house in a village in Kashmore
- NOVEMBER 20, 2006DEATH PENALTY
death penalty approved for Sgt. Hasan Akbar. Akbar is charged with 2 counts...
death penalty approved for Sgt. Hasan Akbar. Akbar is charged with 2 counts of 1st-degree murder and 3 counts of attempted 1st-degree murder in a grenade attack that killed 2 U.S. officers and wounded 14 other soldiers March 23, 2003, at Camp Pennsylvania
- NOVEMBER 19, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN PUBLICLY HANGS FIVE MEN FOR RAPE, KIDNAPPING
Iran has publicly hanged five men convicted of rape and kidnapping in the northern province of Golestan.
- NOVEMBER 19, 2006Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI MAN EXECUTED FOR MURDER OF MOTHER-IN-LAW
a man convicted of murdering his mother-in-law was executed in Saudi Arabia. The official news agency said Naji al-Tharawi, a Saudi, was put to death in the city of Mecca.
- NOVEMBER 18, 2006IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA. DEATH PENALTY FOR KILLING COUPLE ON SORCERY CHARGE
Niranjan Khakhlary, 30, was sentenced to death by the Darrang district Sessions Court, India, for murdering a couple he believed to be practicing witchcraft.
- NOVEMBER 17, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. FIVE HANGED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Iran hanged five men convicted of drug trafficking in the northeastern province of Khorasan Razavi province
- NOVEMBER 17, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA ADMITS ORGANS FROM EXECUTED PRISONERS SOLD TO TOURISTS
China acknowledged the practice of "transplant tourism," in which the organs of executed prisoners are sold to foreigners, and said it wants to regulate the sale of kidneys, livers and other body parts.
- NOVEMBER 17, 2006Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA. WIDOW GIVES BIRTH, JUDGE WANTS HER STONED TO DEATH
a 39 year old widow was sentenced to be stoned to death in the Saudi city of Hail, the local al-Watan daily reported.
- NOVEMBER 17, 2006PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. SHC UPHOLD DEATH SENTENCES OF LJ ACTIVISTS IN SECTARIAN KILLING CASE
the Sindh High Court, Pakistan, dismissed the appeal of Attaullah and Mohammad Azam...
- NOVEMBER 17, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. FOUR BROTHERS SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR RUNNING CRIME GANG
four brothers who headed a north China organized crime gang were sentenced to death at the Hebei Provincial Higher People's Court.
- NOVEMBER 17, 2006North KoreaDEATH PENALTY
UN PANEL SLAMS HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES IN NORTH KOREA
a panel of the UN General Assembly overwhelmingly adopted a resolution expressing "serious concern" at reports of "systemic, widespread and grave violations of human rights" in North Korea
- NOVEMBER 17, 2006AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM. AUSTRALIAN CONVICTED OF SMUGGLING SPARED DEATH PENALTY
Trinh Huu, an Australian national convicted of drug smuggling, was spared death by firing squad when the Vietnamese government granted him clemency.
- NOVEMBER 17, 2006KentuckyDEATH PENALTY
Shawn Windsor has been sentenced to die.
Shawn Windsor has been sentenced to die.
- NOVEMBER 17, 2006PennsylvaniaDEATH PENALTY
a Bucks County jury to decided that Robert Flor should be executed for the murder of Police Officer Brian Gregg.
a Bucks County jury to decided that Robert Flor should be executed for the murder of Police Officer Brian Gregg.
- NOVEMBER 16, 2006United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN COMMUTES DEATH SENTENCE FOR BRITON: OFFICIAL
President Pervez Musharraf has commuted the death sentence for a British man who has been in jail in Pakistan for the past 18 years for a murder he says he didn't commit, Pakistan's interior minister said.
- NOVEMBER 16, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. DEATH PENALTY FOR WEAPONS SMUGGLERS
China's Supreme People's Court announced that anyone found smuggling more than ten artillery shells across the country's borders would receive the death penalty or life imprisonment.
- NOVEMBER 16, 2006ItalyDEATH PENALTY
ITALY. 2007 MORATORIUM RESOLUTION OUR OBJECTIVE, FOREIGN MINISTER
“We are gathering support with the European Union for the abrogation of the death penalty and a universal moratorium on capital executions.
- NOVEMBER 16, 2006BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. SIX ROBBERS GIVEN DEATH PENALTY IN MANIKGANJ
a local court in Manikganj, Bangladesh, sentenced six men to death on charges of killing a man during a robbery.
- NOVEMBER 15, 2006PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. PARLIAMENT APPROVES CHANGES TO ISLAMIC RAPE LAW
Pakistan's parliament approved amendments to an Islamic-based law on rape, dropping the death penalty and flogging for those convicted of consensual sex outside marriage, officials said.
- NOVEMBER 15, 2006PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. MAN HANGED FOR MURDER
Mureed Hussain, 35, resident of Noorpur, was hanged in Faisalabad District Jail, Pakistan. The accused had reportedly attempted to develop “illicit ties” with a married woman and had killed her son Ehsanullah, 7, on August 30, 1993.
- NOVEMBER 15, 2006TexasDEATH PENALTY
in Fort Worth, a 26-year-old man was sentenced to death for robbing and killing an 89-year-old man in his home.
in Fort Worth, a 26-year-old man was sentenced to death for robbing and killing an 89-year-old man in his home.
- NOVEMBER 15, 2006MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA. UMNO DELEGATE CALLS FOR DEATH SENTENCE ON
a Kedah Umno delegate proposed that Malays who wanted to abandon Islam must obtain the consent from the Sultan to do so or face death.
- NOVEMBER 14, 2006Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA. PAKISTANI EXECUTED FOR MURDER
Saudi Arabia executed a Pakistani for murder.
- NOVEMBER 14, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. MAN PUBLICLY HANGED FOR SODOMY
an Iranian man convicted of sodomy was publicly hanged in the evening in the western town of Kermanshah, the official news agency IRNA reported.
- NOVEMBER 14, 2006ChadDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA. CHADIAN EXECUTED FOR DRUG SMUGGLING
Saudi Arabia executed a Chadian for drug smuggling. The official Saudi Press Agency said the man from Chad was caught smuggling cocaine into the country.
- NOVEMBER 14, 2006PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. TWO MEN HANGED FOR MURDER
two Pakistanis convicted of separate murders were hanged after President Pervez Musharraf turned down their pleas for clemency, jail officials said.
- NOVEMBER 14, 2006IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA. DEATH SENTENCE ON ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT UPHELD
a court in Malaysia upheld the death sentence on an Indonesian illegal immigrant who was convicted of murdering a female tenant in a five-room house occupied by them in Selayang Baru.
- NOVEMBER 14, 2006TexasDEATH PENALTY
in Greenville, a jury has again sentenced a man to die for killing a convenience store clerk in 1997.
in Greenville, a jury has again sentenced a man to die for killing a convenience store clerk in 1997.