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
- APRIL 17, 2007PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. FOUR BROTHERS HANGED FOR KILLING 13
four brothers were hanged in Multan, Pakistan, for murdering
- APRIL 17, 2007MoroccoDEATH PENALTY
PORTUGAL, MOROCCO SIGN EXTRADITION ACCORD AT RABAT SUMMIT
the Lusa News Agency reported that Portugal and Morocco ended a two day summit in Rabat with the signing a bilateral agreement on extradition.
- APRIL 17, 2007IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA MAN AWARDED DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDER
in Jalandhar, India, Additional District and Sessions Judge Karnail Singh found Sushil Kumar guilty of murder and sentenced him to death
- APRIL 17, 2007ItalyDEATH PENALTY
MORATORIUM. D’ALEMA, RESOLUTION MUST BE APPROVED BY EU CONSENSUS
during his visit to Algiers, the Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Massimo D'Alema, explained that submitting the resolution on the moratorium on capital punishment depended on the outcome of the Council of General Affairs.
- APRIL 17, 2007Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
EGYPTIAN FACES DEATH OVER SAUDI KORAN DESECRATION
an Egyptian living in Saudi Arabia has been sentenced to death for desecrating the Koran and renouncing Islam.
- APRIL 17, 2007MissouriDEATH PENALTY
the Missouri Supreme Court spared a convicted murderer...
the Missouri Supreme Court spared a convicted murderer from execution by upholding a lower court decision that he is mentally retarded.
- APRIL 17, 2007OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals upheld...
the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals upheld the murder conviction of Isidro Marquez-Burrola...
- APRIL 17, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
a man, identified as Abasali...
a man, identified as Abasali...
- APRIL 16, 2007ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINESE WOMAN, 80, RECEIVES SUSPENDED DEATH SENTENCE IN DRUGS CASE
an 80 year old woman received a suspended death sentence in southern China for smuggling opium to pay for her grave plot, the official Xinhua News Agency reported
- APRIL 16, 2007DEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA. PRESIDENTIAL COMMISSION SEEKS TO END DEATH PENALTY
a Nigerian presidential commission has submitted a string of bold proposals to President Olusegun Obasanjo that could transform the penal system in Nigeria overnight
- APRIL 16, 2007Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA. MAN BEHEADED FOR RAPING MINORS
a Saudi man convicted of raping minors was executed by beheading in Riyadh, the
- APRIL 16, 2007South AfricaDEATH PENALTY
SOUTH AFRICA NOT TO BRING BACK DEATH PENALTY
the South African government would not resort to the death penalty in spite of high
- APRIL 16, 2007GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
the Senate Judiciary Committee just delivered a unanimous...
the Senate Judiciary Committee just delivered a unanimous...
- APRIL 16, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
a political prisoner, identified as Kaled Zarkandi...
a political prisoner, identified as Kaled Zarkandi...
- APRIL 16, 2007NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
the Presidential Commission on the Administrative Reform...
the Presidential Commission on the Administrative Reform...
- APRIL 15, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
a man, identified as Homayoon, 25...
a man, identified as Homayoon, 25...
- APRIL 14, 2007RwandaDEATH PENALTY
RWANDA. PRESIDENT KAGAME AND FORMER EU ENVOY DISCUSS DEATH PENALTY
the former European Union Special Representative for the Great Lakes Region, Mr
- APRIL 14, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRANIAN COURT OVERTURNS DEATH SENTENCE
Iran's Supreme Court overturned a death sentence against a hard-line Islamic vigilante for murdering a couple for immoral behavior in southeastern Iran, one of the victims' lawyers said
- APRIL 14, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
Iran hanged a prisoner identified as Habib in the northern town of Manjeele...
Iran hanged a prisoner identified as Habib in the northern town of Manjeele...
- APRIL 13, 2007ItalyDEATH PENALTY
DEATH PENALTY. D'ALEMA TO PRESENT ITALIAN PROPOSAL FOR ABOLITION TO EU
"The Italian Council of Ministers gave Minister of Foreign Affair Massimo D'Alema the task of presenting the proposal for the abolition of the death penalty and the corresponding moratorium at the next EU Council of General Affairs on April 23rd. This is
- APRIL 13, 2007ItalyDEATH PENALTY
DEATH PENALTY: DECISION BY ITALIAN COUNCIL OF MINISTERS. BONINO DISSENTS
the Italian Minister of the European Policies Emma Bonino told Radio Radicale she is
- APRIL 13, 2007TunisiaDEATH PENALTY
TUNISIA. MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
a Tunisian man was sentenced to death for the rape and murder last year of British
- APRIL 13, 2007JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN DEATH SENTENCE FINAL IN TAKEFUJI CASE
the Japanese Supreme Court finalised the death sentence it upheld last month against Mitsuhiro Kobayashi,
- APRIL 13, 2007Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI EXECUTED IN TABUK FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
the Saudi news agency SPA website carried a Saudi Interior Ministry statement saying that Hamdan Bin-Ayyad Bin-Sulayman al-Mas'udi, a Saudi national, had been executed in Tabuk
- APRIL 13, 2007IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA THREE AWARDED CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
Additional district sessions judge D. Krishna Raja awarded capital punishment to Loganathan, 44, Sankar, 25, and Abdul Rehman, 32, for murdering silver merchant Mohan Rao, 50, his wife Sheela, 37, and son Prabhu, 13.
- APRIL 13, 2007Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
TWO DRC SOLDIERS GET DEATH SENTENCE FOR JOURNALIST MURDER
two Democratic Republic of Congo soldiers were sentenced to death by a military court for the murder of a Congolese journalist and his wife.
- APRIL 13, 2007United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
MAN FACES DEATH OVER SEX WITH FOUR STEPDAUGHTERS
a Pakistani man faces death by stoning in the United Arab Emirates for committing adultery with four of his stepdaughters, a local newspaper reported.
- APRIL 13, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
Ramezan Ebrahimi was publicly hanged in the city of Kerman...
Ramezan Ebrahimi was publicly hanged in the city of Kerman...
- APRIL 13, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
a political prisoner, identified as Hossein Farhoudeh...
a political prisoner, identified as Hossein Farhoudeh...
- APRIL 13, 2007Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
sentenced to death for the murder of a man who attempted to blackmail her....
sentenced to death for the murder of a man who attempted to blackmail her...