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
- AUGUST 4, 2007Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Rahatullah Ghareeb Gul was beheaded in public for drug-related crimes.
Rahatullah Ghareeb Gul was beheaded in public for drug-related crimes.
- AUGUST 3, 2007Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi Arabia beheaded two Pakistanis and a Nigerian for drug smuggling.
Saudi Arabia beheaded two Pakistanis and a Nigerian for drug smuggling.
- AUGUST 3, 2007DEATH PENALTY
5 PAKISTANIS, NIGERIAN BEHEADED IN SAUDI ARABIA
Saudi Arabia beheaded five Pakistanis and a Nigerian for drug smuggling
- AUGUST 3, 2007Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi Arabia beheaded three Pakistanis for armed
Saudi Arabia beheaded three Pakistanis for armed
- AUGUST 3, 2007ChinaDEATH PENALTY
EX-POLICE OFFICER GETS DEATH SENTENCE IN CHINA
a former Chinese police officer has been sentenced to death for running a 34-member gang that engaged in murder, extortion and prostitution, Xinhua news agency reported.
- AUGUST 2, 2007ZambiaDEATH PENALTY
ZAMBIA. PRESIDENT COMMUTES DEATH SENTENCES OF 97 PRISONERS
Zambian President Levy Mwanawasa has commuted to life imprisonment the death sentences of 97 prisoners who were on death row, according to a statement released in Lusaka
- AUGUST 2, 2007BahrainDEATH PENALTY
BAHRAIN. MP CALLS FOR SCRAPPING OF DEATH PENALTY
a lawmaker called for the scrapping of the death penalty to avoid jeopardising
- AUGUST 2, 2007ItalyDEATH PENALTY
ITALY. CONCERN OVER EXECUTIONS IN IRAN
Italy voiced its "deep concern" over the recent executions in Iran and asked Tehran to suspend the death penalty handed down against two Iranian-Kurdish journalists.
- AUGUST 2, 2007BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING HIS WIFE IN SATKHIRA
Judge Mohammad Mutajidur Rahman of the Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal in Satkhira, Bangladesh, convicted a man and awarded him capital punishment for killing his wife four years ago.
- AUGUST 2, 2007IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: CLERIC GETS DEATH SENTENCE FOR KILLING WIFE
a former cleric has been sentenced to death by a West Bengal court in India for killing his pregnant wife in 2005.
- AUGUST 2, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
MEN HANGED PUBLICLY IN IRAN FOR JUDGE'S MURDER
two men convicted of murdering an Iranian judge were hanged from a crane in Tehran as a large crowd gathered to watch the first known public executions in the capital in five years.
- AUGUST 1, 2007IndiaDEATH PENALTY
IHRO OPPOSES DEATH SENTENCE TO BEANT KILLERS
the International Human Rights Organisation (IHRO) expressed its opposition to the death sentences issued by a Chandigarh court, India, to Jagtar Singh Hawara and Balwant Singh in the Beant Singh murder case as every execution violates the fundamental hum
- AUGUST 1, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
AMNESTY DEMANDS URGENT ACTION FOR TWO FACING DEATH IN IRAN
human rights group Amnesty International called for the death sentences against two Kurdish cousins in Iran to be commuted as it issued an "urgent action" appeal on their behalf.
- AUGUST 1, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. NINE HANGED FOR RAPE, ROBBERY, OTHER CRIMES
Iran hanged nine men sentenced to death for rape, armed robbery and other offences, most of them executed in public in front of a crowd of onlookers, state media reported.
- AUGUST 1, 2007KenyaDEATH PENALTY
KENYA. DEATH PENALTY HERE TO STAY, MP’S DECIDE
Members of Parliament in Kenya defeated a Motion seeking to abolish the death penalty
- AUGUST 1, 2007BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: TWO GET CAPITAL PUNISHMENT FOR KILLING HOUSEWIFE
Additional District and Sessions Judge Reza Tarique Ahmed awarded two men capital punishment for killing a housewife at Chachoir village in Sadar upazila, Bangladesh, seven years ago
- AUGUST 1, 2007Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIAN MAN EXECUTED FOR MURDER
Saudi Arabia beheaded by the sword a man convicted of murder, the interior ministry said in a statement carried by the official SPA news agency.
- AUGUST 1, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
a man, identified as Ramin, was hanged in Shiraz...
a man, identified as Ramin, was hanged in Shiraz...
- JULY 31, 2007IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA. DEATH SENTENCE FOR TWO IN BEANT SINGH ASSASSINATION CASE
Jagtar Singh Hawara and Balwant Singh, two of the six convicts in the assassination of Punjab Chief Minister Beant Singh, were sentenced to death in India.
- JULY 31, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN CONFIRMS 2 KURDISH REPORTERS SENTENCED TO DEATH
Iran's judiciary for the first time confirmed that two Iranian Kurdish journalists have been sentenced to death for being "enemies of God."
- JULY 31, 2007BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. 2 SENTENCED TO DEATH IN CHITTAGONG
a divisional special court in Chittagong, Bangladesh, sentenced two people to death
- JULY 31, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. JAIL FOR JOURNALIST FOR DEFENDING DEATH ROW COLLEAGUES
a Tehran revolutionary court sentenced journalist Emadoldin Baghi to three years in prison
- JULY 31, 2007PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. MURDER CONVICT HANGED
Shabbir Ahmad, who was involved in a murder case in the jurisdiction
- JULY 31, 2007DEATH PENALTY
blacks convicted of killing whites are not only more likely than other killers...
blacks convicted of killing whites are not only more likely than other killers...
- JULY 30, 2007LibyaDEATH PENALTY
LIBYA. NINE EGYPTIANS ESCAPE DEATH PENALTY AFTER BLOOD MONEY ACCEPTED
nine Egyptians on death row in Libya escaped capital punishment after the families of their
- JULY 30, 2007PennsylvaniaDEATH PENALTY
in Sunbury, Judge William H. Wiest formally sentenced Brentt Sherwood...
in Sunbury, Judge William H. Wiest formally sentenced Brentt Sherwood...
- JULY 29, 2007JordanDEATH PENALTY
JORDAN. KING COMMUTES DEATH SENTENCES OF SEVEN MILITANTS
Jordan's King Abdullah II commuted the death sentences of seven Islamic militants
- JULY 29, 2007YemenDEATH PENALTY
YEMEN. SIX EXECUTED FOR MURDER AND BANDITRY
six men sentenced to death in Yemen for murder and banditry were executed in
- JULY 29, 2007BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDERING HIS WIFE IN LAXMIPUR
a special court in Laxmipur, Bangladesh, convicted a man and sentenced him to death for murdering his wife in 1999.
- JULY 29, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. TWO ‘COMMON CRIMINALS’ EXECUTED
Iran hanged two ‘common criminals’, identified as Haj-Morad Mohammadi and Fazel Ramezani. No other details were provided.