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
- AUGUST 20, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN HANGS MAN FOR DRUG DEALING IN SOUTHEAST PROVINCE
the public relations unit of the Sistan-Baluchestan Province judiciary department in Iran announced that the Zahedan Islamic Revolution Court issued a ruling on the execution of Bahram Nikpur.
- AUGUST 20, 2008TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
TURKEY: MHP DEMANDS RETURN OF DEATH PENALTY
the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) in Turkey is increasing its efforts to bring back the death penalty, with two of its deputies preparing a bill to reintroduce capital punishment, which was abolished when the MHP was part of a coalition government.
- AUGUST 20, 2008SudanDEATH PENALTY
SUDAN CONDEMNS 12 DARFUR REBELS TO DEATH
a Sudanese court sentenced to death 12 alleged Darfur rebels, bringing to 50 the number condemned to hang over an attack on Khartoum and defying criticism from Amnesty International.
- AUGUST 20, 2008Trinidad & TobagoDEATH PENALTY
the Trinidad and Tobago government says it will seek to amend existing legislation to make it easier to carry
the Trinidad and Tobago government says it will seek to amend existing legislation to make it easier to carry
- AUGUST 20, 2008IraqDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ. FORMER MINISTER SENTENCED TO DEATH
a former Iraqi cabinet minister was sentenced to death for ordering
- AUGUST 20, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: MAN HANGED FOR MURDER IN BOJNOURD
the Iranian governement hanged a man convicted of murder in the northeastern town of Bojnourd, a press report said.
- AUGUST 19, 2008MoroccoDEATH PENALTY
MOROCCO: FIRING SQUADS SILENT- BUT DEATH HOVERS
Morocco's death row prisoners, some 150 inmates, are living in sub-human, "life-threatening conditions", according to leading NGOs and rights activists
- AUGUST 19, 2008BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: 7 SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDERS
a special court in Narsingdi district in Bangladesh handed down death sentences to seven people for the murder of six people of a family.
- AUGUST 19, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: CONDEMNATION FOR MULLAHS' VIOLATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS
France, the EU's current rotary president, expressed again in a statement "its deep concern" over the imminent execution order of Behnood Shojaee.
- AUGUST 19, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
IRANIAN FACES HANGING FOR MURDER COMMITTED AS MINOR
Kargozaran newspaper said that Iran’s judiciary has approved the death sentence for a young man who committed murder as a minor.
- AUGUST 19, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN 'HANGS MAN FOR MURDER COMMITTED AS MINOR'
Iran hanged a man for a murder committed at the age of 15, in violation of an international convention on child rights, reports said. Reza Hejazi, 20, was hanged in a prison in the central city of Isfahan for stabbing a man to death in a fight in 2003, th
- AUGUST 19, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN HANGS TWO CONVICTED OF DRUG SMUGGLING
Iran hanged two convicted of drug smuggling inside a Tehran prison, the state run news agency Quds reported
- AUGUST 19, 2008PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN AWARDED DEATH FOR KILLING HIS UNCLE
a judge at the District and Sessions Court in Mithi, Tharparkar district in Pakistan, awarded the death sentence to a man for killing his uncle in February 2007.
- AUGUST 19, 2008PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. MAN HANGED FOR MURDER
Manzoor Ahmed was hanged, in Pakistan, for murder.
- AUGUST 19, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
two men were hanged in the in the prison of Isfahan...
two men were hanged in the in the prison of Isfahan...
- AUGUST 18, 2008JamaicaDEATH PENALTY
JAMAICA: 25 YO MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DOUBLE MURDER
twenty five year old August Town fisherman Junior 'Simple' Campbell of Jamaica was sentenced to death for the murder of a couple within his volatile St Andrew community three years ago.
- AUGUST 18, 2008PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: TWO SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING A FAMILY
in Pakistan, Additional District and Sessions Judge Ishfaq Mohammad Sheikh awarded death sentence to two accused for killing an entire family over a minor dispute.
- AUGUST 18, 2008SudanDEATH PENALTY
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL CALLS TRIALS OF ALLEGED SUDANESE REBELS A SHAM
the human rights group Amnesty International is accusing the Sudanese government of holding hundreds of people without charges or access to lawyers.
- AUGUST 18, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: FOUR YOUNG PEOPLE FACE EXECUTION
four young people, who were minors at the time their alleged crimes were committed, are expected to be hanged in the next few days.
- AUGUST 18, 2008PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: LHC STAYS EXECUTION OF DEATH CONVICT
in Pakistan, the Lahore High Court stayed for five days the execution of a condemned prisoner, Muhammad Shahbaz of Mustafabad, Okara.
- AUGUST 17, 2008SudanDEATH PENALTY
SUDAN CONDEMNS LEADING DARFUR REBEL TO DEATH
a Sudanese court sentenced a top Darfur rebel and seven others to death, bringing to 38 the number condemned to hang over an unprecedented attack on Khartoum that killed more than 222 people
- AUGUST 16, 2008Sri LankaDEATH PENALTY
SRI LANKA: DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDERING PREGNANT WOMAN
in Sri Lanka, Panadura Provincial High Court Judge Malanee Gunaratne passed the death sentence on Alankarage Lal Gunawardena, 34, of Ingiriya, for murdering Amarasinghe Arachchige Udaya Kanthi, also 34, a pregnant woman from Ingiriya. She was the daughter
- AUGUST 15, 2008ChadDEATH PENALTY
EXILED FORMER PRESIDENT GETS DEATH SENTENCE IN CHAD
a Chadian criminal court condemned exiled former president Hissene Habre to death in absentia for crimes against humanity, judicial officials said.
- AUGUST 15, 2008BotswanaDEATH PENALTY
BOTSWANA. KEGANNE SENTENCED TO DEATH
in Botswana, Benson Keganne was sentenced to death by Lobatse High Court Judge David Newman for the murder of a Pitsane woman, Gloria Mahowe, in 2001.
- AUGUST 15, 2008Trinidad & TobagoDEATH PENALTY
TRINIDAD & TOBAGO: 52 ESCAPE DEATH ROW
fifty-two people in Trinidad & Tobago convicted of murder had their death sentences commuted to life imprisonment after Justice Nolan Bereaux at the Port-of-Spain High Court ruled in favour of a Constitutional motion brought by the prisoners, that they be
- AUGUST 15, 2008PennsylvaniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Pennsylvania. Cletus Rivera has been sentenced to death
USA - Pennsylvania. Cletus Rivera has been sentenced to death
- AUGUST 14, 2008Antigua & BarbudaDEATH PENALTY
DEATH SENTENCE PROPOSED IN ANTIGUA-BARBUDA
the Antiguan Government says it will propose the death penalty for crimes involving weapons, even if the victim is not killed, according to Justice Minister Collin Derrick.
- AUGUST 14, 2008ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: SHANGHAI OFFICIAL GETS DEATH SENTENCE FOR BRIBERY
a former land use official in Shanghai, China, was sentenced to death in an investigation into bribe-taking in return for real estate approvals.
- AUGUST 14, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
MAN HANGED FOR ADULTERY IN SOUTHEAST IRAN
a man was hanged in Zahedan, Iran, on charges of adultery. According to the public relations unit of the main judiciary department of Sistan-Baluchestan Province, the suspect Hasan Sadeqpur was sentenced to death by hanging on charges of adultery followin
- AUGUST 14, 2008KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
KUWAITI SHEIK FACING DEATH, BEGS FOR MERCY FROM ROYAL FAMILY
Sheikh Talal Nasser al-Sabah, the first Kuwaiti royal to be sentenced to death, appealed to his family to be pardoned. Al-Sabah was caught by Kuwaiti police with 10kg (22lb) of cocaine and 165lb of hashish.