Archive timeline
2007
The news published by Hands Off Cain in 2007, month by month, with the countries most present that year.
Latest news of 2007
- OCTOBER 31, 2007MississippiDEATH PENALTY
19 minutes before a Mississippi prisoner was scheduled to die by lethal injection...
19 minutes before a Mississippi prisoner was scheduled to die by lethal injection...
- OCTOBER 31, 2007TennesseeDEATH PENALTY
tennessee death row inmate Edward Jerome Harbison will not be executed Jan. 9 as scheduled...
tennessee death row inmate Edward Jerome Harbison will not be executed Jan. 9 as scheduled...
- OCTOBER 31, 2007CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
Marin County Judge Lynn O'Malley Taylor issued an injunction...
Marin County Judge Lynn O'Malley Taylor issued an injunction that bars California from using a new plan to execute condemned inmates by lethal injection.
- OCTOBER 30, 2007United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA. LETHAL INJECTIONS MAY STOP UNTIL RULING
the US Supreme Court halted an execution in Mississippi, less than an hour
- OCTOBER 30, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. TWO EXECUTED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Iran hanged two men convicted of drug trafficking in the southeastern province of
- OCTOBER 30, 2007BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
in Chapainawabganj, Bangladesh, District and Sessions Judge...
in Chapainawabganj, Bangladesh, District and Sessions Judge..
- OCTOBER 30, 2007IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
AMNESTY CRITICISES INDONESIA DEATH PENALTY RULING
AMNESTY CRITICISES INDONESIA DEATH PENALTY RULING
- OCTOBER 30, 2007AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
INDONESIAN COURT UPHOLDS DEATH PENALTY FOR DRUG OFFENCES
the Constitutional Court of Indonesia upheld the death penalty for serious drug offences for three Australians facing execution for trying to smuggle heroin off the resort island of Bali.
- OCTOBER 30, 2007MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Judge Datuk Abdul Rahim Uda of the High Court in George Town...
- OCTOBER 30, 2007Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI NATIONAL EXECUTED FOR MURDER
the Saudi Arabian news agency SPA website carried a Saudi Interior Ministry...
- OCTOBER 30, 2007PakistanDEATH PENALTY
a Pakistan national, Mahammad Ali, was hanged at dawn...
a Pakistan national, Mahammad Ali, was hanged at dawn...
- OCTOBER 30, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN PUBLICLY HANGS TWO MEN FOR SEX CRIMES
Iran publicly hanged two men for sex crimes...
- OCTOBER 30, 2007Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Ibrahim al-Saeed was beheaded in public for murder.
Ibrahim al-Saeed was beheaded in public for murder.
- OCTOBER 29, 2007ItalyDEATH PENALTY
DEATH PENALTY. PRO MORATORIUM CAMPAIGN ON CAPITAL PUNISHMENT AT THE NEW YORK MARATHON
At the New York Marathon on November 4, Olympic champion Stefano Baldini will run with a ribbon to support the Italian initiative to halt global executions.
- OCTOBER 29, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: DUTCH-IRANIAN HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST SENTENCED TO DEATH IN IRAN
Dutch-Iranian human rights activist Abdullah al-Mansouri was allegedly sentenced to death in Iran and may be executed within 48 hours, reports said.
- OCTOBER 29, 2007United StatesDEATH PENALTY
the American Bar Association (ABA) renewed its call for a nationwide...
the American Bar Association (ABA) renewed its call for a nationwide...
- OCTOBER 28, 2007DEATH PENALTY
USA. LAWYERS' GROUP CALLS FOR NATIONWIDE HALT TO EXECUTIONS
serious problems in state death penalty systems compromise fairness and
- OCTOBER 28, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN EXECUTES TWO FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING, MURDER
Iran executed two convicted of drug trafficking in the southern Kerman province...
- OCTOBER 28, 2007Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA: MAN BEHEADED BY SWORD FOR MURDER
a Saudi national was beheaded by the sword after being convicted...
- OCTOBER 28, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN EXECUTES TWO FOR RAPE
Iran executed two men in prison after they were convicted of raping...
- OCTOBER 27, 2007Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA. THREE BANGLADESHIS EXECUTED FOR ROBBERY, SEXUAL ASSAULT
three Bangladeshis were beheaded in Saudi Arabia after
- OCTOBER 27, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
THREE HANGED IN CENTRAL IRAN FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
three were hanged in Yazd, central Iran, for drug trafficking...
- OCTOBER 26, 2007JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN: CULT MEMBER GETS DEATH PENALTY
Japan's Supreme Court upheld a death sentence handed to Satoru Hashimoto, 40, a member of the Aum Supreme Truth doomsday cult for killing seven people in 1994 by releasing Nazi-invented nerve gas, officials said.
- OCTOBER 26, 2007UgandaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA: SOLDIER TO HANG FOR KILLING LOVER
the UPDF 4th division court martial in Amuru district in Uganda sentenced a UPDF soldier, Private Denis Omona, to death by hanging for murdering his girlfriend...
- OCTOBER 26, 2007PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: SC COMMUTES DEATH SENTENCE
a three-member bench of the Supreme Court in Pakistan...
- OCTOBER 26, 2007United StatesDEATH PENALTY
the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers...
the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers...
- OCTOBER 26, 2007MissouriDEATH PENALTY
in Kansas City, before U.S. District Judge Gary A. Fenner...
in Kansas City, before U.S. District Judge Gary A. Fenner...
- OCTOBER 25, 2007SyriaDEATH PENALTY
SYRIA. FIVE YOUTHS HANGED IN PUBLIC SQUARE
Syria executed five youths by hanging in a public square after they were
- OCTOBER 25, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. AFGHAN BOY HANGED FOR DRUG SMUGGLING - HUMAN RIGHTS WATCHDOG
the Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission received evidence from an
- OCTOBER 25, 2007DEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA. TWO PAKISTANIS BEHEADED FOR MURDER, SMUGGLING HEROIN
Saudi Arabia beheaded by the sword Shahid Jameel, a Pakistani national