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 2, 2007HondurasDEATH PENALTY
HONDURAS HOPES TO STOP EXECUTION IN US
the government of Honduras continues to expect mercy from the US authorities...
- OCTOBER 2, 2007ItalyDEATH PENALTY
the President of the Republic, Giorgio Napolitano...
the President of the Republic, Giorgio Napolitano...
- OCTOBER 1, 2007GuatemalaDEATH PENALTY
GUATEMALA. BOTH PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES PLEDGE TO REVIVE DEATH PENALTY
the two presidential candidates in Guatemala’s November 4 runoff election have
- OCTOBER 1, 2007TexasDEATH PENALTY
a federal judge has ordered a new trial for Robert Fratta.
a federal judge has ordered a new trial for Robert Fratta.
- OCTOBER 1, 2007DEATH PENALTY
the United States Supreme Court has declined to hear the State of Idaho’s appeal of a Ninth Circuit...
the United States Supreme Court has declined to hear the State of Idaho’s appeal of a Ninth Circuit...
- OCTOBER 1, 2007United StatesDEATH PENALTY
the FBI’s recently released Uniform Crime Reports...
the FBI’s recently released Uniform Crime Reports...
- SEPTEMBER 30, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. THE JUDICIARY ADVISOR DEFENDS THE PUNISHMENT OF STONING TO DEATH
Mohammad-Javad Larijani, the mullahs’ Judiciary Chief Advisor and an ideologue
- SEPTEMBER 30, 2007SyriaDEATH PENALTY
SYRIA: DEATH SENTENCE FOR BELONGING TO EXTREMIST ISLAMIC GROUP COMMUTED
Syria's State Security Court sentenced Ali Ahmad al-Ajeel, a Syrian national, to 12 years in jail after initially ordering him to be sentenced to death for belonging to the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood, the National Organization for Human Rights in Syria s
- SEPTEMBER 30, 2007EgyptDEATH PENALTY
EGYPTIAN SENTENCED TO DEATH IN JORDAN FOR MURDER
the Criminal Court in Amman, Jordan, sentenced Ahmad M., a 22 year old Egyptian man, to death after convicting him of murdering Midhat Ibrahim, 31, also an Egyptian, over JD200 in a deserted area in Wadi Seer in December, 2005.
- SEPTEMBER 30, 2007GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
a jury sentenced a man to death by lethal injection for the Nov. 3...
a jury sentenced a man to death by lethal injection for the Nov. 3...
- SEPTEMBER 29, 2007MoroccoDEATH PENALTY
MOROCCO: SCHOLAR: 'ISLAM AND ABOLITION ARE COMPATIBLE'
many in the Arab world find support for the death penalty in the Quran. But this is a false reading of the texts, says Mustapha Bouhandi, professor of comparative religion at Hassan II University in Casablanca, Morocco.
- SEPTEMBER 28, 2007ItalyDEATH PENALTY
DEATH PENALTY. RADICALS ACHIEVE OBJECTIVE OF PUTTING UN MORATORIUM CAMPAIGN ON TRACK
the militant Radicals, committed to a hunger strike to support the UN Moratorium on capital punishment, have decided to suspend their non violent action.
- SEPTEMBER 28, 2007United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA. SUPREME COURT HALTS EXECUTION OF CONVICTED MURDERER IN TEXAS
The US Supreme Court stepped to halt the execution of a Texas man convicted of killing his parents nine years ago.
- SEPTEMBER 28, 2007RwandaDEATH PENALTY
RWANDA CALLS FOR END TO DEATH PENALTY
Rwanda joined other countries in appealing for a global moratorium on
- SEPTEMBER 28, 2007KenyaDEATH PENALTY
KENYA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR ATTEMPTED ROBBERY
a 21 year old man who attempted to rob a businesswoman of property was sentenced to death by a Nanyuki court in Kenya.
- SEPTEMBER 28, 2007KenyaDEATH PENALTY
KENYA: WOMAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING HUSBAND
a woman who murdered her husband and dumped the body in a septic tank was sentenced to death in Kenya. Francisca Ngina Kagiri, 50, killed Mr Elvis Njogu Ngibuini three years ago
- SEPTEMBER 28, 2007JapanDEATH PENALTY
TOP COURT REJECTS DEATH PENALTY APPEAL BY EX-YAKUZA CONVICTED OF DOUBLE MURDER
Presiding Justice Osamu Tsuno of the Supreme Court of Japan dismissed the appeal of Ryoji Goto, 49, a former yakuza leader sentenced to death for murdering two people and injuring three others.
- SEPTEMBER 28, 2007PakistanDEATH PENALTY
WOMAN BEHEADED IN PAKISTAN
a woman was beheaded in the village of Nehqai Kandau in the Haleemzai tehsil, Pakistan...
- SEPTEMBER 27, 2007ItalyDEATH PENALTY
MORATORIUM. EP URGES COUNCIL TO PRESENT A RESOLUTION TO THE UN
MEPs called on the Council to present a resolution on the moratorium on the death penalty to the 62nd UN General Assembly, in order to adopt it before the end of the year.
- SEPTEMBER 27, 2007Council of EuropeDEATH PENALTY
COUNCIL OF EUROPE PROCLAIMS DAY AGAINST DEATH PENALTY
The Council of Europe proclaimed a European Day against the Death Penalty
- SEPTEMBER 27, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. THREE MEN PUBLICLY HANGED FOR RAPE OF 12 WOMEN
Iran hanged three men in public for raping and robbing twelve young women, most of them university
- SEPTEMBER 27, 2007ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. 3 DEATH SENTENCES IN CHINA FOR RAT POISON CRIMES OF PASSION
three people were sentenced to death in China this week for murdering their partners with rat poison.
- SEPTEMBER 27, 2007NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA: NGO COALITION ASKS ASSEMBLY TO PASS DEATH PENALTY BILL INTO LAW
a coalition of local and international non governmental organisations called on the Nigerian National Assembly to immediately pass into law the draft Death Penalty Moratorium Bill, submitted to it by the Human Rights Law Service in order to stop execution
- SEPTEMBER 27, 2007AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
less than seven hours before he was scheduled to be executed...
less than seven hours before he was scheduled to be executed, Tommy Arthur was granted a 45-day stay Thursday by Gov. Bob Riley.
- SEPTEMBER 27, 2007JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN: DEATH PENALTY ACTIVISTS SPEAK OUT
after his brother was killed in January 1982, Masaharu Harada, 57, grappled not only with the loss...
- SEPTEMBER 26, 2007ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA THREATENS DEATH PENALTY FOR COPPER THIEVES
China is threatening the death penalty for people who steel copper wire, thereby destroying power lines and disrupting telecommunications, state media said.
- SEPTEMBER 26, 2007KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
the Kuwait appeals court upheld the death sentence against a Philippine...
the Kuwait appeals court upheld the death sentence against a Philippine...
- SEPTEMBER 26, 2007JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN: COURT OVERTURNS ONE DEATH SENTENCE IN KITAKYUSHU SERIAL KILLINGS
the Fukuoka High Court in Japan commuted the death sentence handed down to Junko Ogata, 45.
- SEPTEMBER 26, 2007JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN: ONE DEATH SENTENCE UPHELD IN KITAKYUSHU SERIAL KILLINGS
the Fukuoka High Court rejected an appeal by Futoshi Matsunaga, 46....
- SEPTEMBER 26, 2007TennesseeDEATH PENALTY
Kenneth Patterson "Pat" Bondurant, twice convicted of beating...
Kenneth Patterson "Pat" Bondurant, twice convicted of beating...