Archive timeline
2008
The news published by Hands Off Cain in 2008, month by month, with the countries most present that year.
Latest news of 2008
- OCTOBER 23, 2008ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINESE VICE MAYOR SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR TAKING BRIBES
the former vice mayor of a city in eastern China was sentenced to death for taking more than 100 million
- OCTOBER 23, 2008BurundiDEATH PENALTY
BURUNDI COLONEL SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR CIVILIAN MASSACRE: COURT
a fugitive Burundian army officer was sentenced to death in absentia for the killing of 31 civilians at an army base in 2006, legal officials and witnesses said.
- OCTOBER 23, 2008IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: DEATH SENTENCE FOR THREE BROTHERS IN UTTAR PRADESH
a court in Uttar Pradesh, India, sentenced three brothers to death in a decade-old triple murder case.
- OCTOBER 23, 2008ChinaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDAN WOMAN SENTENCED TO DEATH IN SOUTH CHINA
the Guangzhou Intermediate People's Court in southern China convicted Awor Ocer Lucy...
- OCTOBER 23, 2008North KoreaDEATH PENALTY
UN CRITICISES N KOREA FOR HOLDING PUBLIC EXECUTIONS
North Korea is using public executions to intimidate its citizens, the UN investigator on human rights in the
- OCTOBER 23, 2008ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: OLYMPICS CONSTRUCTION BOSS APPEALS DEATH SENTENCE
a former vice mayor of Beijing, China, in charge of Olympic construction, appealed against a suspended death sentence for talking millions of yuan in bribes, a Hong Kong-based rights group said.
- OCTOBER 23, 2008ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINESE POLICEMAN EXECUTED FOR BRUTAL KILLING
a policeman in central China's Henan Province was executed for killing a man by throwing him from the third storey of a police office building
- OCTOBER 23, 2008VietnamDEATH PENALTY
the existence of capital punishment in Vietnam 's criminal code is still necessary to deal with certain extremely dangerous crimes
the existence of capital punishment in Vietnam 's criminal code is still necessary to deal with certain extremely dangerous crimes
- OCTOBER 23, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
Zamarud Mir, Watan Yar, Samir Mirza and an unidentified...
Zamarud Mir, Watan Yar, Samir Mirza and an unidentified...
- OCTOBER 22, 2008Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI BEHEADED FOR BEATING HIS WIFE TO DEATH
a Saudi Arabian man was beheaded by the sword in the southern province of Jazan after being convicted of
- OCTOBER 22, 2008BotswanaDEATH PENALTY
BOTSWANA: FLY SENT TO THE GALLOWS
former Botswana Congress Party (BCP) youth league secretary general, Modise Mokwadi Fly, was sentenced to death for killing his two-year-old son with an axe.
- OCTOBER 22, 2008UgandaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA: DEATH PENALTY MUST BE SCRAPPED - SEWANYANA
the Executive Director of the Foundation for Human Rights Initiative in Uganda, Mr Livingstone Sewanyana, said that "the campaign against the death penalty is a recognition that the essence of punishment is reform and rehabilitation."
- OCTOBER 22, 2008MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: MAN TO HANG FOR TRAFFICKING
an odd-job worker in Shah Alam, Malaysia, was sent to the gallows for trafficking in drugs three years ago.
- OCTOBER 22, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
Zohreh Kabiri Niat and her sister Azar had their death sentences...
Zohreh Kabiri Niat and her sister Azar had their death sentences...
- OCTOBER 22, 2008LibyaDEATH PENALTY
the Ghanaian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Regional Integration and NEPAD...
the Ghanaian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Regional Integration and NEPAD...
- OCTOBER 22, 2008DEATH PENALTY
USA - Georgia. A DeKalb County jury delivered 3 death sentences to Clayton Jerrod Ellington
USA - Georgia. A DeKalb County jury delivered 3 death sentences to Clayton Jerrod Ellington
- OCTOBER 22, 2008DEATH PENALTY
USA - Georgia. Judge Anne Workman pronounced the death sentence for Clayton Jerrod Ellington, 31, black.
USA - Georgia. Judge Anne Workman pronounced the death sentence for Clayton Jerrod Ellington, 31, black.
- OCTOBER 21, 2008DEATH PENALTY
TEXAS MAN EXECUTED FOR BURGLARY-SLAYING
Texas executed its 12th inmate so far this year, when Joseph Ray Ries, 29, was given a lethal injection as
- OCTOBER 21, 2008Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA BEHEADS TWO MEN CONVICTED OF MURDER
two men convicted of murder were beheaded by the sword in Saudi Arabia, the interior ministry said.
- OCTOBER 21, 2008AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
AFGHAN REPORTER'S DEATH SENTENCE REPLACED WITH 20 YEARS
An Afghan appeal court overturned the death sentence of a young reporter accused of insulting Islam
- OCTOBER 21, 2008IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
INDONESIAN COURT REJECTS BALI BOMBERS' REQUEST FOR BEHEADING
an Indonesian court rejected a request by the three convicted 'Bali bombers' to be executed by traditional
- OCTOBER 21, 2008BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: ONE AWARDED DEATH PENALTY FOR KILLING NEIGHBOUR IN BARISAL
a man was awarded the death penalty by a court in Barisal, Bangladesh, for killing his neighbour at Barajalia in Hizla upazila.
- OCTOBER 21, 2008IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: DOMESTIC HELP GETS DEATH PENALTY FOR KILLING EMPLOYER'S SON
a Delhi Court in India awarded the death sentence to a domestic help for killing his employer’s four-year-old son when he resisted his attempt to rape his sister in 2006.
- OCTOBER 21, 2008BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: FOUR SENTENCED TO DEATH, TWO TO LIFE, FOR KILLING IN JHENIDAH
a court in Jhenidah, Bangladesh, sentenced four people to death and two others to life imprisonment in a murder case.
- OCTOBER 21, 2008IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: DEATH PENALTY FOR MURDER OF BJP LEADER
at a local court in Sultanpur, India, Additional District and Sessions Judge...
- OCTOBER 21, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. A MAN HANGED IN PUBLIC IN NORTHERN PROVINCE OF GILAN
a young man identified as Qanbar Kelari was hanged in public outside Nashtaroud prison in the northern province of Gilan.
- OCTOBER 21, 2008AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
AUSTRALIA: MPs 'NOT DIVIDED ON DEATH PENALTY'
federal MPs on both sides of politics oppose the death penalty, says Australian Labor backbencher Craig Thomson, amid reports of concerns that Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has failed to articulate a consistent position on the issue
- OCTOBER 21, 2008PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
PHILIPPINES: SC AFFIRMS COMMUTATION OF FOUR DEATH SENTENCES
the Supreme Court of the Philippines affirmed the commutation of the death sentences of Millano Muit, Sergio Pancho Jr., Rolando Dequillo, and Romeo Pancho, who kidnapped Engr. Ignacio Earl Ong, son-in-law of businessman John Gokongwei
- OCTOBER 21, 2008TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. Joseph Ries was executed
USA - Texas. Joseph Ries was executed
- OCTOBER 21, 2008Governo Federale degli Stati UnitiDEATH PENALTY
USA - Tennessee (federal). A federal jury unanimously sentenced Rejon Taylor, 24, to die.
USA - Tennessee (federal). A federal jury unanimously sentenced Rejon Taylor, 24, to die.