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
- JULY 11, 2007ItalyDEATH PENALTY
DEATH PENALTY. HANDS OFF CAIN: THE EU MUST NOT YIELD TO LIBYAN BLACKMAIL
the directors of Hands Off Cain, Sergio D'Elia, secretary of the association and Rosa Nel
- JULY 11, 2007South DakotaDEATH PENALTY
SOUTH DAKOTA REJOINS THE EXECUTION CLUB
a 25-year-old East Texas native was executed by lethal injection for the torture and slaying
- JULY 11, 2007BulgariaDEATH PENALTY
LIBYA. COURT CONFIRMS DEATH PENALTY FOR FOREIGN MEDICS
a Libyan court confirmed a death sentence against six foreign
- JULY 11, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. EIGHT WOMEN SENTENCED TO DEATH BY STONING
Iran sentenced to death eight women currently serving time in Iranian prisons, the state-run daily
- JULY 11, 2007ThailandDEATH PENALTY
THAILAND: PREGNANT WOMEN SPARED DEATH PENALTY
legislators amended the Thai criminal code to exempt pregnant women from the death penalty.
- JULY 11, 2007Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Safun Muhammed Ali Ahmed al Zahifi, a Yemen national...
Safun Muhammed Ali Ahmed al Zahifi, a Yemen national...
- JULY 10, 2007ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. CHINA EXECUTES EX-FOOD AND DRUG CHIEF
the execution of former State Food and Drug Administration director Zheng Xiaoyu
- JULY 10, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. 20 CRIMINALS SENTENCED TO DEATH: JUDICIARY SPOKESMAN
judiciary spokesman Alireza Jamshidi announced that 20
- JULY 10, 2007RwandaDEATH PENALTY
RWANDA. SENATE APPROVES DEATH PENALTY ABOLITION
the Rwandan Senate approved a bill to abolish the death penalty, according to
- JULY 10, 2007ItalyDEATH PENALTY
MORATORIUM. D’ALEMA THANKS SOUTH AFRICA FOR SUPPORT
Italian Foreign Affairs Minister Massimo D'Alema publicly thanked his South African colleague Nkosazama Dlamini Zuma for the African country’s support for the proposed UN Moratorium against capital punishment.
- JULY 10, 2007Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
a Saudi boy, Moeid bin Hussein Hakami, 16, was beheaded
a Saudi boy, Moeid bin Hussein Hakami, 16, was beheaded
- JULY 10, 2007PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: LAHORE COURT CONFIRMS DEATH FOR WOMAN MINISTER'S KILLER
the Lahore High Court upheld the death sentence given to a radical shopkeeper...
- JULY 10, 2007ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER OF HK TYCOON
six of the eight people charged with the murder of Hong Kong millionaire Lam Hon-lit were found guilty at Shenzhen Intermediate People's Court, a defence lawyer for the case said.
- JULY 10, 2007CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
Chester Dewayne Turner, 40, a convicted serial killer...
Chester Dewayne Turner, 40, a convicted serial killer...
- JULY 9, 2007BrazilDEATH PENALTY
MORATORIUM. D’ALEMA THANKS LULA FOR CO-SPONSORING THE RESOLUTION
'We thank the Brazilian Government of President Lula for its decision to be a co-sponsor of the resolution for the Moratorium on capital punishment that the EU intends
- JULY 9, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN HANGS MAN FOR MURDER
Iranian authorities executed Navid Parham, 22, by hanging in public, in a street in the southern city of Shiraz.
- JULY 9, 2007KenyaDEATH PENALTY
KENYA. CALL FOR ABOLITION AS THOUSANDS AWAIT EXECUTION
politicians from leading parties and prominent human rights activists
- JULY 9, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN HANGS MAN FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Iranian authorities hanged a man identified by local media as Hassan Madadi.
- JULY 9, 2007North CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
a Wake County jury decided to sentence Byron Waring to death.
a Wake County jury decided to sentence Byron Waring to death.
- JULY 9, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL OUTRAGED AT REPORTED STONING
Amnesty International expressed outrage at the reported execution by stoning of Ja’far Kiani on 5 July...
- JULY 9, 2007BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
HUSBAND HANDED DEATH PENALTY FOR DOWRY MURDER
a court in Panchagarh, Bangladesh, awarded the death penalty to a man for killing his wife for dowry on July 31, 2004
- JULY 8, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN HANGS MAN FOR RAPE
Iran hanged a rapist in the central city of Arak, the semi-official Fars news agency reported.
- JULY 7, 2007ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINESE COURT SENTENCES THREE
three professional hitmen were sentenced to death after being found guilty of multiple murders by a court in southwest China's Sichuan Province.
- JULY 7, 2007Sri LankaDEATH PENALTY
SRI LANKAN DEATH SENTENCE COMMUTED
the death sentence of a Sri Lankan army major caught spying for the Tamil Tiger rebels was commuted to life imprisonment by the country's president.
- JULY 7, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
Akbar A., 23, was hanged in the city of Isfahan, Iran, for rape.
Akbar A., 23, was hanged in the city of Isfahan, Iran, for rape.
- JULY 6, 2007DEATH PENALTY
TRINIDAD & TOBAGO. DEATH SENTENCE FOR KNIFE ATTACK ON NEIGHBOUR
in Chaguanas, Trinidad and Tobago, Marvin Nedd, 23, of Longdenville was convicted of
- JULY 6, 2007ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINESE DRUG OFFICIAL GETS DEATH SENTENCE
a former department head at China's State Food and Drug Administration agency was sentenced to death on charges of bribery and neglecting official duties.
- JULY 5, 2007ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. CHINESE JUDGE SAYS DEATH PENALTY APPLIED UNEVENLY ACROSS NATION, SEEKS TO UNIFY STANDARDS
China's top court will ensure the death penalty is applied uniformly across the
- JULY 5, 2007ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. RAILWAY ACCOUNTANT GETS DEATH FOR FRAUD
Zhang Ning, the former chief accountant of the Lanzhou Railway Bureau in western China...
- JULY 5, 2007SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
SOMALIA. GOVERNMENT CARRIES OUT PUBLIC EXECUTION IN MOGADISHU
government forces in Somalia publicly executed two men, one of them a soldier