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
- MAY 16, 2007TexasDEATH PENALTY
TEXAS (USA). MAN EXECUTED IN DEPUTY DEATH
Kansas prison escapee was executed for fatally shooting a sheriff's deputy who was trying to pull him over for stealing $22.50 worth of gasoline from a service station.
- MAY 16, 2007KazakhstanDEATH PENALTY
KAZAKHSTAN SET TO "VIRTUALLY" ABOLISH DEATH PENALTY
at today's joint session of the Kazakhstan parliament's two chambers, President Nursultan Nazarbayev
- MAY 16, 2007Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA DIPLAYES BODIES OF 2 ETHIOPIANS BEHEADED FOR ARMED ROBBERY AND MURDER
Saudi authorities beheaded two Ethiopians convicted of killing a Saudi national in an armed robbery and
- MAY 16, 2007Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI BEHEADS MAN FOR DRUG SMUGGLING
Saudi Arabia has beheaded Saudi national Jalal Al-Marhoun in the northern region of Al-Jawf for smuggling drugs into the kingdom, the ministry said.
- MAY 16, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
THREE HANGED IN IRAN FOR MURDER
three people convicted of murder were hanged in Iran, the newspaper Tehran Emrouz reported.
- MAY 16, 2007IraqDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ THREE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR TERRORISM
three Iraqis - Ahmad Hassan Ali, 25, Jasim Muhammad Hilal, 32, and Ali Asama'Ail Abrahim...
- MAY 16, 2007Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
two Ethiopian citizens, Ali Mohammed Ali and Adel Adam Aman...
two Ethiopian citizens, Ali Mohammed Ali and Adel Adam Aman...
- MAY 16, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
a man, identified only as Jamalodine B., 35...
a man, identified only as Jamalodine B., 35...
- MAY 15, 2007ChinaDEATH PENALTY
a court in central China has sentenced Li Litian, a policeman...
a court in central China has sentenced Li Litian, a policeman...
- MAY 15, 2007Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI EXECUTED IN MECCA REGION FOR MURDER
the Saudi Arabian Interior Ministry issued a statement announcing that the Court of Cassation upheld the death sentence against Ahmad Bin-Abdallah Bin-Abd-al-Hadi al-Harbi, a Saudi national who was convicted of stabbing to death Abduh Bin-Yusuf Bin-Abduh
- MAY 15, 2007Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA BEHEADS INDIAN FOR DRUG SMUGGLING
Saudi Arabia beheaded an Indian man convicted of drug smuggling, the Interior Ministry said in a statement carried by the Saudi Press Agency.
- MAY 15, 2007PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: KILLER SENTENCED TO DEATH
judge Abdul Ghayas Nausherwani of the anti Terrorism Court-II in Quetta, Pakistan, awarded the death sentence to a man for murder.
- MAY 15, 2007CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
the Schwarzenegger administration has submitted a revised procedure to carry out the death penalty.
the Schwarzenegger administration has submitted a revised procedure to carry out the death penalty.
- MAY 15, 2007IraqDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ THREE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
Iraq's main criminal court sentenced three Iraqi teenagers to hang after they were convicted of murdering a fellow detainee at Camp Cropper, a US military prison camp just outside Baghdad that houses thousands of detainees.
- MAY 15, 2007ChinaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIAN WOMAN FACING DEATH IN CHINA FOR SMUGGLING DRUGS
Umi Azlim Mohamad Lazim, a 24 year old woman from Kelantan, was sentenced to death by the Guangzhou High Court in China for trafficking in 2,983 grammes of heroin.
- MAY 15, 2007PakistanDEATH PENALTY
TWO HANGED FOR RAPE IN GUJRANWALA CENTRAL JAIL
two men convicted of gang rape were hanged in Gujranwala Central Jail in Pakistan.
- MAY 14, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. 15 DRUG TRAFFICKERS HANGED
Iran publicly hanged 15 men convicted of drug trafficking in the northeastern city of Mashhad in Khorasan Razavi province.
- MAY 14, 2007Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA. IRAQI BEHEADED FOR SMUGGLING HASHISH
an Iraqi national was beheaded by the sword after being convicted of smuggling hashish into the ultra-conservative kingdom, the interior ministry said.
- MAY 14, 2007ItalyDEATH PENALTY
MORATORIUM: ITALY AND GERMANY IN CHARGE OF WRITING RESOLUTION
at the end of the Meeting of EU Ministers of Foreign Affairs, the Italian Vice Premier Massimo D'Alema announced that the EU ministers have unanimously given Italy and the German presidency the task to prepare the text for the resolution on the moratorium
- MAY 14, 2007Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTANI BEHEADED IN SAUDI ARABIA
Pakistani national Seraj Mohamed Abdul Mohamed was beheaded after being convicted of smuggling an undisclosed amount of heroin he had hidden in his stomach.
- MAY 14, 2007Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
FOUR NATIONALS EXECUTED IN SAUDI ARABI FOR MURDER
four Saudi Arabians were beheaded by the sword after being convicted of rape and murder.
- MAY 14, 2007NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA COURT SENTENCES HOUSEWIFE TO DEATH BY HANGING
a Bauchi High Court sentenced Hussaina Muhammad, 23, a housewife, to death by hanging for killing her two year old step son Tajuddeen Muhammad.
- MAY 14, 2007IllinoisDEATH PENALTY
a Fulton County jury sentenced a man to death for a shooting spree triggered by a failed teenage romance.
a Fulton County jury sentenced a man to death for a shooting spree triggered by a failed teenage romance.
- MAY 14, 2007DEATH PENALTY
the US Supreme Court made it more difficult for death row prisoners to challenge their sentences...
the US Supreme Court made it more difficult for death row prisoners to challenge their sentences...
- MAY 14, 2007New YorkDEATH PENALTY
with police-union and association groups looking on...
with police-union and association groups looking on, the Senate passed 37-24, on a largely party-line vote, a death-penalty bill for cop-killers.
- MAY 13, 2007Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI BEHEADS TWO PAKISTANIS FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
two Pakistanis found guilty of drug trafficking were beheaded by the sword in Saudi Arabia, the interior ministry said.
- MAY 13, 2007Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI BEHEADS NATIONAL FOR MURDER
Mufreh bin Ahmad al-Missbali Assiri, a Saudi convicted of murder...
- MAY 11, 2007UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
UZBEKISTAN. NO EXECUTIONS SINCE 2005 - MINISTER
Not a single person sentenced to death has been executed in Uzbekistan since 2005, Justice Minister Fozilzhon Otakhonov told Interfax.
- MAY 11, 2007GuyanaDEATH PENALTY
GUYANA. THREE BROTHERS SENTENCED TO DEATH
three brothers were sentenced to death for the kidnap, rape and murder of a 32-year-old woman after they
- MAY 11, 2007OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
OKLAHOMA (USA). MC CARTY FREED FROM DEATH ROW
Curtis Edward McCarty, who had been sentenced to die three times and has spent 21 years on Oklahoma's