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
- JANUARY 14, 2007MaldivesDEATH PENALTY
death sentences were passed on the eight...
death sentences were passed on the eight persons convicted of Evan Naseem's murder in a Maldives jail have been commuted to life sentences (25 years).
- JANUARY 14, 2007PeruDEATH PENALTY
PERU LEADER SEEKS CONSTITUTION CHANGE ON EXECUTION
Peruvian President Alan Garcia issued a statement that he wants to change the constitution to allow a referendum on making the death penalty legal.
- JANUARY 14, 2007BahrainDEATH PENALTY
DEATH PENALTY STAYS FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING IN BAHRAIN
Bahrain is to keep the death penalty for drug traffickers. The Shura Council voted overwhelmingly in favour
- JANUARY 14, 2007KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
a tribunal in Kuwait sentenced Talal Al-Sabh...
a tribunal in Kuwait sentenced Talal Al-Sabh...
- JANUARY 12, 2007GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
ABKHAZIA IMPOSES PARTIAL MORATORIUM ON DEATH PENALTY
the Parliament of breakaway Abkhazia approved a draft law imposing a moratorium on death penalty, Apsnypress news agency reported.
- JANUARY 12, 2007MarylandDEATH PENALTY
Maryland's highest court issued a ruling that restores...
Maryland's highest court issued a ruling yesterday that restores the death sentence of a man convicted in the killings of an elderly couple.
- JANUARY 11, 2007United NationsDEATH PENALTY
UN. BAN KI-MOON ENCOURAGES TO PHASE OUT DEATH PENALTY
“I believe that life is precious and must be protected and respected, and that all human beings have the right to live in dignity”, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon stated at a press conference in New York.
- JANUARY 11, 2007ChinaDEATH PENALTY
MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING TWO PUPILS IN NORTHWEST CHINA
a local court sentenced a man to death for killing two students in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region in revenge for the death of his daughter.
- JANUARY 11, 2007IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA, PORTUGAL SIGN EXTRADITION TREATY
India and Portugal signed an extradition treaty, despite Portuguese objections to the death penalty which exists in India. Portugal, a pioneer in the abolition of the death penalty, abolished death penalty for all crimes, including those of a military nat
- JANUARY 11, 2007EthiopiaDEATH PENALTY
ETHIOPIAN DICTATOR SPARED DEATH PENALTY
an Ethiopian court spared former dictator Mengistu Haile Mariam from the death penalty, sentencing him to life in prison for genocide during his brutal 17-year reign.
- JANUARY 11, 2007South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
SERIAL KILLER CHUNG NAM-GYU SENTENCED TO DEATH IN SOUTH KOREA
serial killer, Chung Nam-gyu (37) was sentenced to death at an appeal trial in South Korea.
- JANUARY 11, 2007NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
PREACHER TO HANG IN NIGERIA FOR BURNING FOLLOWERS
a Nigerian court sentenced a Nigerian evangelical preacher to death by hanging after finding him guilty of dousing seven members of his congregation with petrol and setting them ablaze, killing one.
- JANUARY 11, 2007PennsylvaniaDEATH PENALTY
a man who spent 19 years on death row is getting a new trial.
a man who spent 19 years on death row is getting a new trial.
- JANUARY 11, 2007South CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
the South Carolina Supreme Court has overturned...
the South Carolina Supreme Court has overturned...
- JANUARY 10, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
ADVOCATES HOPE IRANIAN GIRL WILL AVOID EXECUTION
the trial of Nazanin Fatehi, an Iranian girl convicted of killing a man who attempted to rape her, concluded, according to a former Miss World Canada who had advocated on her behalf.
- JANUARY 10, 2007ItalyDEATH PENALTY
MORATORIUM. SOCIALIST INTERNATIONAL BACKS ITALIAN INITIATIVE
main opposition Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK) leader George Papandreou had a telephone
- JANUARY 10, 2007IraqDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ. PRESIDENT URGES DELAY SADDAM CASE EXECUTIONS
Iraqi President Jalal Talabani said the government should delay the execution of two of Saddam Hussein’s
- JANUARY 10, 2007DEATH PENALTY
TEXAS EXECUTES MAN CONVICTED OF MURDERING 3-YEAR-OLD
Carlos Granados, a man convicted of murdering his girlfriend's 3-year-old son, was put to death by lethal injection in Texas' first execution of the year.
- JANUARY 10, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN HANGS MAN CONVICTED OF MURDER
an Iranian man convicted of murdering a police officer was hanged in the northern town of Tonekabon, Mazandaran province, a press report said.
- JANUARY 10, 2007ItalyDEATH PENALTY
ITALY LEADS CAMPAIGN AGAINST DEATH PENALTY
all Italian political parties are backing the decision "to campaign at the United Nations for a global ban on the death penalty" announced by Prime Minister Romano Prodi. "No crime can justify one person killing another," Prodi said.
- JANUARY 10, 2007PeruDEATH PENALTY
PERU LEADER DEFEATED AS DEATH PENALTY VOTED DOWN
Peru's Congress rejected President Alan Garcia's bill seeking to introduce the death penalty for terrorists.
- JANUARY 10, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN HANGS CONVICTED MURDERER IN PUBLIC
an Iranian man convicted of murder was publicly hanged
- JANUARY 10, 2007DEATH PENALTY
Research at Penn State Harrisburg...
Research at Penn State Harrisburg...
- JANUARY 10, 2007TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
TAIWAN CONSIDERS ABOLISHING THE DEATH PENALTY
the Taiwanese Ministry of Justice said that it will solicit views from all sectors of society on whether to abolish capital punishment.
- JANUARY 9, 2007PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN’S FIRST EXECUTION OF THE YEAR 2007
the first execution of 2007 was carried out in Faisalabad jail where a condemned prisoner Waheed Iqbal, 40, was hanged.
- JANUARY 9, 2007ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING TAXI PASSENGERS
a court in south China sentenced a motorcycle-taxi driver to death for killing his wife and a neighbour and robbing, sexually assaulting and murdering eight woman passengers, state media said.
- JANUARY 9, 2007ItalyDEATH PENALTY
COUNCIL OF EUROPE BACKS ITALY’S CALLS FOR MORATORIUM ON EXECUTIONS
Italy and the Council of Europe are working together to gather as much support as possible for a United Nations General Assembly based initiative for a worldwide moratorium on executions with view to full abolition of the death penalty.
- JANUARY 9, 2007ChinaDEATH PENALTY
FOUR EXECUTED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING IN SOUTH CHINA
four people were executed for drug trafficking in Yulin, a city in south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. Chen Lizhen was one of four people convicted of trafficking 65 kilograms of heroin from
- JANUARY 9, 2007IraqDEATH PENALTY
DEATH SENTENCE IN THE TRIAL OF SADDAM HUSSEIN’S CO-DEFENDANT
the Iraqi appeals court said that Taha Yassin Ramadan, former Iraqi vice president’s life sentence was too lenient, and returned his case to the High Tribunal for reconsideration.
- JANUARY 9, 2007OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
in McAlester, Corey Duane Hamilton was put to death
in McAlester, Corey Duane Hamilton was put to death