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
- SEPTEMBER 26, 2007GambiaDEATH PENALTY
GAMBIA: DEATH SENTENCE FOR TABARA SAMBA
Tabara Samba was sentenced to death at the Kanifing Magistrates’ Court in Gambia for the murder of Ebrima Nyan...
- SEPTEMBER 26, 2007ArgentinaDEATH PENALTY
DEATH PENALTY-LATIN AMERICA: BROAD SUPPORT FOR UN MORATORIUM
many Latin American governments have not yet adopted a position, or have not communicated one, but the majority trend in the region appears to be to support the UN resolution for a Moratorium on the death penalty.
- SEPTEMBER 26, 2007IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: EXECUTION OF MURDER CONVICT STAYED
the execution of murder convict Ajay Kumar Pal, scheduled for early morning on September 27, was stayed after the Supreme Court admitted his special leave petition.
- SEPTEMBER 25, 2007IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
INDONESIA. BALI BOMBERS APPEALS REJECTED
Indonesia's top court said it rejected final appeals of three Islamic militants
- SEPTEMBER 25, 2007United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA. SUPREME COURT TO RULE ON LETHAL INJECTION EXECUTIONS
The US Supreme Court said it would decide whether the commonly used lethal
- SEPTEMBER 25, 2007PortugalDEATH PENALTY
MORATORIUM. CURRENT EU PRESIDENCY: RESOLUTION BY MID OCTOBER
Portugal, the current EU Presidency, will present the resolution for the Moratorium on capital punishment between early and mid October.
- SEPTEMBER 25, 2007ItalyDEATH PENALTY
ITALY TO PUSH UN FOR WORLDWIDE MORATORIUM ON DEATH PENALTY
Italy's premier called for a worldwide moratorium on the death penalty with a
- SEPTEMBER 25, 2007PolandDEATH PENALTY
POLAND. HOC AT THE ROUND TABLE ON DEATH PENALTY IN CENTRAL ASIA
Antonio Stango, member of the Board of Hands Off Cain,
- SEPTEMBER 25, 2007ItalyDEATH PENALTY
ITALY. SENATE VOTES TO ABOLISH LAST REFERENCE TO DEATH PENALTY IN COSTITUTION
The Italian Senate voted to abolish the last reference to capital punishment
- SEPTEMBER 25, 2007TexasDEATH PENALTY
Michael Richard was executed. He had been convicted in the Aug. 18...
Michael Richard was executed. He had been convicted in the Aug. 18, 1986 rape and murder of 53-year-old Marguerite Lucille Dixon.
- SEPTEMBER 25, 2007JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPANESE MINISTER WANTS 'AUTOMATIC' EXECUTIONS
Japan's justice minister called for quicker executions, saying death row inmates should be hanged "automatically" within six months of losing their last appeal.
- SEPTEMBER 24, 2007BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
EX-DCC COMMISSIONER, FOUR OTHERS SENTENCED TO DEATH
a Dhaka Court in Bangladesh sentenced five people do death for killing Dhanmondi Sporting Club President Khairul Anwar Piaru in 2004.
- SEPTEMBER 23, 2007BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: SC LETS DEATH ROW PRISONERS APPEAL
the Bangladeshi Supreme Court granted applications by the condemned prisoners in the Bangabandhu murder case to appeal against their death sentences.
- SEPTEMBER 21, 2007DEATH PENALTY
UN. TUTU: MORATORIUM VOTE CAN HELP STOP CYCLE OF REVENGE
Desmond Tutu, the archbishop of Cape Town and 1984 Nobel
- SEPTEMBER 21, 2007PolandDEATH PENALTY
POLAND. MOST POLES OPPOSE THE DEATH PENALTY
most people in Poland oppose capital punishment, according to
- SEPTEMBER 21, 2007GabonDEATH PENALTY
GABON ABOLITION OF DEATH PENALTY WELCOMED BY UN HUMAN RIGHTS CHIEF
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour welcomed...
- SEPTEMBER 21, 2007North CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
the N.C. Medical Board does not have a right to discipline doctors who participate in executions...
the N.C. Medical Board does not have a right to discipline doctors who participate in executions...
- SEPTEMBER 20, 2007TexasDEATH PENALTY
Clifford Kimmel was put to death for his part in an April 9, 1999 triple slaying.
Clifford Kimmel was put to death for his part in an April 9, 1999 triple slaying.
- SEPTEMBER 20, 2007IndiaDEATH PENALTY
AMNESTY INDIA LAUNCHES ONLINE CAMPAIGN FOR DEATH PENALTY BAN
the Indian branch of Amnesty International launched an online campaign seeking to ban the death penalty. The human rights watchdog also called on New Delhi to support the resolution for the Universal Moratorium on capital punishment to be presented at the
- SEPTEMBER 20, 2007MadagascarDEATH PENALTY
a man, identified only as Dorick, was sentenced to death by a tribunal in Anosy...
a man, identified only as Dorick, was sentenced to death by a tribunal in Anosy...
- SEPTEMBER 20, 2007BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
TWO PEOPLE SENTENCED TO DEATH IN DOUBLE MURDER CASE
a court in Chuadanga, Bangladesh...
- SEPTEMBER 19, 2007BahamasDEATH PENALTY
BAHAMAS. GOV’T TO LEGISLATE DEATH SENTENCE GUIDELINES
the Government in the Bahamas plans to bring a bill to parliament which would outline sentencing guidelines for murder convicts,
- SEPTEMBER 19, 2007TennesseeDEATH PENALTY
USA. TENNESSEE BANS LETHAL INJECTION
a judge in Tennessee has ruled the state's method of executing prisoners by lethal injection is illegal because it is a cruel and unusual punishment.
- SEPTEMBER 19, 2007ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE FOR 2 BANK EMPLOYEES
the Higher People's Court in North China's Hebei Province upheld the death sentence of two bank employees responsible for the country's largest ever bank theft involving 50.95 million yuan, given by a lower court in August.
- SEPTEMBER 18, 2007ItalyDEATH PENALTY
DEATH PENALTY. PRODI: ITALY LEADING ON MORATORIUM
“Italy is in the lead and has moved in a very strong way to achieve the Universal Moratorium on the death penalty, in full agreement with the EU Portuguese presidency,” Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi said.
- SEPTEMBER 18, 2007ItalyDEATH PENALTY
DEATH PENALTY. D'ALEMA: WE NEED EU UNITY ON MORATORIUM
according to the Italian Foreign Affairs Minister, Massimo D'Alema, the key for getting
- SEPTEMBER 18, 2007South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
SOUTH KOREA. CAMPAIGN STARTS TO SCRAP DEATH PENALTY
Religious, human rights and civic groups called in South Korea
- SEPTEMBER 18, 2007ItalyDEATH PENALTY
MORATORIUM. BONINO: THEY DON’T LACK NUMBERS, THEY LACK COURAGE
in Brussels, Emma Bonino, the minister for International Trade and European Affairs, expressed “deep concern” over the management of Europe's initiative at the UN against the death penalty by the current Portuguese Presidency of the EU, criticising their
- SEPTEMBER 18, 2007ItalyDEATH PENALTY
DEATH PENALTY. PRODI CALLS ON LAUREATES TO BACK GLOBAL MORATORIUM
Romano Prodi, the Italian Prime Minister, is hoping Nobel Peace Prize winners will
- SEPTEMBER 18, 2007AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM: AUSTRALIAN SENTENCED TO DEATH IN VIETNAM
a Vietnamese court handed the death penalty to an Australian man it found guilty of trafficking almost one kilogram of heroin.