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 11, 2007ItalyDEATH PENALTY
MORATORIUM. D’ELIA (RNP), NON VIOLENT CONTINUES STRUGGLE SO THAT WORDS BECOME FACTS
“It was fortunate that Parliament gathered to be informed on the status of the initiative for the UN Moratorium,” announced Sergio D’Elia, Rosa nel Pugno Radical Parliamentarian and Secretary of Hands Off Cain.
- SEPTEMBER 11, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. EU CALL ON IRAN TO PUT OFF ALL EXECUTIONS
the Presidency of the EU declared on the imminent execution in
- SEPTEMBER 11, 2007LouisianaDEATH PENALTY
Attorneys for Patrick Kennedy...
Attorneys for Patrick Kennedy...
- SEPTEMBER 11, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN EXECUTES THREE AHWAZI ARABS
the Iranian regime executed three Ahwazi Arab political prisoners just days after UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Louise Arbour, visited Iran.
- SEPTEMBER 11, 2007ItalyDEATH PENALTY
ITALY: D'ALEMA AND EC VICE PRESIDENT: POLAND SENDING AN “UGLY SIGNAL”
Franco Frattini, the vice president of the European Commission...
- SEPTEMBER 11, 2007Sri LankaDEATH PENALTY
SRI LANKA DEATH PENALTY FOR THREE IN MURDER CASE
in Sri Lanka, the Colombo High Court Judge Upali Abeyratne sentenced three people to death over the murder of Arokayam Nickson. Nickson was killed opposite the Sathosa shop at Maligawatta on August 29, 1995.
- SEPTEMBER 11, 2007ZimbabweDEATH PENALTY
ZIMBABWE: MAN TO HANG FOR MURDER OF STEPSON
Justice Wilson Sandura of the Supreme Court of Zimbabwe confirmed the death sentenced imposed on Mamukwa by the High Court
- SEPTEMBER 11, 2007DEATH PENALTY
the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals judges ruled 2-1 that William Garner...
the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals judges ruled 2-1 that William Garner...
- SEPTEMBER 11, 2007PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Abdul Ghafoor was hanged in Pakistan for murder.
Abdul Ghafoor was hanged in Pakistan for murder.
- SEPTEMBER 10, 2007IraqDEATH PENALTY
ANFAL DEATH SENTENCES DO NOT REQUIRE PRESIDENTIAL APPROVAL: IRAQI JUDGE
An Iraqi judge and spokesman for the Iraqi High Tribunal said at a Baghdad
- SEPTEMBER 10, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - MAN EXECUTED IN THE KURDISH CITY OF URMIYE
Islamic Republic authorities executed Mohammad Reza Shojai Niko in the Eastern Kurdish...
- SEPTEMBER 10, 2007CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
in San Francisco, en banc panel of 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reinstated...
in San Francisco, en banc panel of 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reinstated...
- SEPTEMBER 9, 2007North CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
former death row inmate gets new sentence.
former death row inmate gets new sentence.
- SEPTEMBER 7, 2007IraqDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ. TALABANI OPPOSES EXECUTION OF SADDAM AIDE
Iraqi President Jalal Talabani said he would not sign the execution order of
- SEPTEMBER 7, 2007ItalyDEATH PENALTY
DEATH PENALTY. PRODI, PORTUGUESE PREMIER DISCUSS MORATORIUM
Italian Premier Romano Prodi phoned Portuguese counterpart Jose' Socrates to discuss
- SEPTEMBER 7, 2007IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
INDONESIA BALI BOMBER LOSES DEATH ROW APPEAL
the Indonesian Supreme Court rejected the final appeal of Amrozi bin Nurhasyim against his death sentence for his part in the 2002 Bali bombings, which killed 202 people.
- SEPTEMBER 7, 2007TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
TAIWAN: MOJ TO REVIEW CASES OF 25 INMATES FACING EXECUTION
the Ministry of Justice (MOJ) in Taiwan will carefully review cases involving 25 death row prisoners before deciding whether to execute them, a ministry official said
- SEPTEMBER 7, 2007BelizeDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA: REPLACE DEATH PENALTY, SAYS AMERICAN JUDGE
a visiting American judge wants Ugandan judges to substitute the death penalty with lighter sentences for convicted capital offenders.
- SEPTEMBER 7, 2007PakistanDEATH PENALTY
TWO WOMEN BEHEADED IN BANNU
two women, accused of having been involved in ‘immoral activities,’ were kidnapped and beheaded in the volatile Bannu district in Pakistan.
- SEPTEMBER 6, 2007VietnamDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM. 6 SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR HEROIN TRAFFICKING
a court in northern Vietnam sentenced six men to death and two others to life imprisonment
- SEPTEMBER 6, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. TWO EXECUTED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Iran hanged two drug traffickers in its southern port city of Bandar Abbas
- SEPTEMBER 6, 2007IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: SERVANT TO BE HANGED FOR BURNING FIVE PEOPLE ALIVE
Ajay Pal, a domestic servant and resident of West Bengal, who killed five members of a Ranchi official's family four years ago was sentenced to be hanged on September 27 by the Jharkhand High Court in India.
- SEPTEMBER 5, 2007TexasDEATH PENALTY
TEXAS EXECUTES MAN FOR 1998 MURDER
Tony Roach, white, 30, was executed this evening in Texas. He was
- SEPTEMBER 5, 2007IraqDEATH PENALTY
UN FAULTS IRAQ FOR CONTINUED EXECUTIONS
a new United Nations report on human rights criticises the
- SEPTEMBER 5, 2007DEATH PENALTY
IRAN. 21 EXECUTED FOR DRUG SMUGGLING, BANDITRY
Iran hanged 21 convicted drug smugglers and other criminals, Iranian media said, the latest of a
- SEPTEMBER 5, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
four offenders were put to death in the city of Shiraz, Iran, after being convicted
four offenders were put to death in the city of Shiraz, Iran, after being convicted
- SEPTEMBER 5, 2007ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. SENIOR LAWMAKER EXECUTED FOR CAR BOMBING MISTRESS
A senior lawmaker and his accomplice, a local policeman, were executed in Jinan for killing the official's young mistress with a car bomb.
- SEPTEMBER 5, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
Seventeen drug smugglers were executed in the iranian province of Khorasan Razavi, the Web site of state broadcaster IRIB said.
Seventeen drug smugglers were executed in the iranian province of Khorasan Razavi, the Web site of state broadcaster IRIB said.
- SEPTEMBER 5, 2007IraqDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ: CHEMICAL ALI EXECUTION "MUST HAVE PRESIDENTIAL DECREE", SAYS COUNCIL
Iraq's National Legal Consultation Council said that it was not legal to execute Saddam Hussein's close aides, including the dictator's cousin so-called 'Chemical Ali,' without a presidential decree.
- SEPTEMBER 5, 2007ItalyDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIAN CATHOLIC SEEKS ASYLUM IN ITALY TO ESCAPE DEATH SENTENCE
a Nigerian Catholic man who fled his native land to escape execution has appealed to the Italian government to allow him to remain there, the AKI news service reports.