Archive timeline
2009
The news published by Hands Off Cain in 2009, month by month, with the countries most present that year.
Latest news of 2009
- OCTOBER 26, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
in Kasur, Pakistan, Additional District & Sessions Judge Muhammad Ajmal Hussain sentenced Irfan Ahmad to death and fined him Rs 50,000.
- OCTOBER 26, 2009Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA. MAN EXECUTED FOR MURDER
a man was beheaded by the sword in Saudi Arabia, after being sentenced to death for shooting a relative during a dispute, the interior ministry said.
- OCTOBER 25, 2009SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
SOMALIA: ISLAMIST REBELS EXECUTE TWO FOR ‘SPYING’
Somalia's Al Shabaab Islamist movement publicly executed two young men by firing squad for alleged spying for the Somali government in the southern town of Marka. An official from the group told crowds who gathered to watch the punishment that the men had
- OCTOBER 25, 2009NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA: LAMIDO PARDONS SIX PRISONERS
in Nigeria, Jigawa State Governor Alhaji Sule Lamido pardoned six prisoners sentenced to death by hanging for culpable homicide.
- OCTOBER 25, 2009Trinidad & TobagoDEATH PENALTY
TRINIDAD & TOBAGO: 2 SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
Trinidad & Tobago Express reported that Garvin "Beam" Sookram and Keron "Bellies" Lopez were sentenced to hang in March for the July 28, 2004 murders of Kerwin Hinds and Kerwin Cyrus.
OCTOBER 25, 2009SudanDEATH PENALTYSUDAN: APPEAL FOR DEATH SENTENCES FOR KILLING US DIPLOMAT
the four defendants accused of killing the US diplomat Michael Granville and his Sudanese driver Abd-al-
- OCTOBER 23, 2009DEATH PENALTY
EU WILL NOT EXTRADITE SUSPECTS WHO FACE DEATH PENALTY IN US
The European Union finalized an extradition deal with the United States that excludes suspects who may
- OCTOBER 23, 2009OhioDEATH PENALTY
USA - Ohio. The state can't find medical professionals willing to advise it on new lethal injection protocols
USA - Ohio. The state can't find medical professionals willing to advise it on new lethal injection protocols
- OCTOBER 23, 2009TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. Sex offender gets 80 life sentences
USA - Texas. Sex offender gets 80 life sentences
OCTOBER 23, 2009Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: MAN BEHEADED FOR MURDER OF ELDERLY WOMAN
Saudi Arabian man Ghanim bin Marzuq al-Dosari was beheaded by the sword in Riyadh for murdering an
- OCTOBER 23, 2009MissouriDEATH PENALTY
USA - Missouri. A St. Louis County jury is recommending Gregory Bowman be put to death
USA - Missouri. A St. Louis County jury is recommending Gregory Bowman be put to death
- OCTOBER 22, 2009IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN LAWYER SEEKS CASH TO SPARE YOUNG ON DEATH ROW
an Iranian human rights lawyer launched an appeal for money to help avert the executions of juvenile offenders in the Islamic Republic.
- OCTOBER 22, 2009BelarusDEATH PENALTY
ITALY/BELARUS: ZAMPARUTTI- ITALIAN COMMITMENT AGAINST DEATH PENALTY DISAPPOINTING
regarding today’s reply by Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Luigi Scotti to the urgent parliamentary question on Vasil Yuzepchuk’s imminent execution in Belarus, Radical Parliamentarian and Hands Off Cain treasurer Elisabetta Zamparutti said:
- OCTOBER 22, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: TWO GET DEATH PENALTY
the Gujranwala District and Sessions Court in Pakistan sentenced two men to death in different murder cases.
- OCTOBER 22, 2009MississippiDEATH PENALTY
USA - Mississippi. The Mississippi Supreme Court has ordered a new sentencing hearing for Anthony Doss
USA - Mississippi. The Mississippi Supreme Court has ordered a new sentencing hearing for Anthony Doss
- OCTOBER 21, 2009BelarusDEATH PENALTY
BELARUS SHOULD IMPOSE MORATORIUM ON DEATH PENALTY – EU COMMISSION
the abolition of the death penalty in Belarus is one of the key conditions for developing the relations between the European Union and Minsk, said Jean-Eric Holzapfel, head of the European Commission's delegation to Belarus.
- OCTOBER 21, 2009United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: WOMAN SENTENCED TO DEATH ATTEMPTS SUICIDE IN CUSTODY SALAH AL DEBERKY
an Emirati woman, 47, sentenced to death for drug trafficking attempted suicide in jail, police sources said.
- OCTOBER 21, 2009NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA: KADUNA COURT SENTENCES MAN TO DEATH
Justice Gideon Kurada of the Kaduna High Court in Nigeria sentenced Halilu Dahiru to death for killing Mohammed Sani with a dane gun on March 28, 2007 in Chikun, Kaduna State, for befriending a girl he intended to marry.
- OCTOBER 21, 2009NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA: KADUNA COURT SENTENCES TWO TO DEATH
Justice Gideon Kurada of the Kaduna High Court in Nigeria sentenced two men to death by hanging for conspiracy, armed robbery and culpable homicide.
- OCTOBER 21, 2009Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
LEBANON: ISLAMISTS SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER ATTACK AGAINST THE ARMY
the Lebanese Justice system issued death sentences to seven members of the Fatah al-Islam group for a bloody attack against the Lebanese Army in August 2008, a legal source said.
- OCTOBER 21, 2009Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI MAN BEHEADED FOR MURDER
a Saudi Arabian man convicted of murder was beheaded by the sword in the northern town of Sakaka, the Interior Ministry said in a statement carried by SPA state news agency. Mohammed bin Saqer al-Quwaykabi was found guilty of shooting dead Faisal bin Shra
- OCTOBER 21, 2009MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA MAN FACES GALLOWS AFTER FEDERAL COURT UPHOLDS SENTENCE
the Malaysian Federal Court’s three-man bench led by Chief Judge of Sabah and Sarawak Justice Richard Malanjum unanimously dismissed Ahmad Najib Aris’s appeal against his death for raping and murdering Canny Ong Lay Kian on June 14, 2003.
OCTOBER 21, 2009IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: FIVE PEOPLE EXECUTED IN TEHRAN
one woman and four men were executed in Tehran’s Evin prison early the morning.
- OCTOBER 20, 2009BelarusDEATH PENALTY
UN CALLS ON BELARUS TO HALT EXECUTION
the United Nations called on Belarus to halt the imminent execution of a man accused of murdering of six elderly women. Vasily Yuzepchuk was sentenced to death on June 29.
- OCTOBER 20, 2009United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: TWO GET CAPITAL PUNISHMENT FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
the Khorfakan Criminal Court in Fujairah, United Arab Emirates, sentenced a UAE woman, 47, and her
- OCTOBER 20, 2009BelarusDEATH PENALTY
ITALY-BELARUS: RADICALS- DEATH SENTENCE TEST CASE OF THE ‘GOOD RELATIONS’ BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTRIES
together with other elected Radical parliamentarians from the Democratic Party list, Elisabetta Zamparutti presented an urgent parliamentary question to the Ministers of Foreign Affairs regarding the case of Vasil Yuzepchuk.
- OCTOBER 20, 2009ZambiaDEATH PENALTY
ZAMBIA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH BY HANGING
Judge Jane Kabuka of the Ndola High Court in Zambia sentenced George Alifa, 38, to death for murder.
- OCTOBER 20, 2009United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: MAN GETS CAPITAL PUNISHMENT FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
an 18-year-old Omani national was sentenced to death by a court in Fujairah, United Arab Emirates, for drug possession and peddling. Posing as buyers, the Anti-Narcotics Department of the Eastern Region Police struck a deal for Dh35,000 and on May 29, 200
- OCTOBER 20, 2009YemenDEATH PENALTY
YEMENI REBELS GET DEATH PENALTY
ten Shia rebels were sentenced to death in Yemen for involvement in clashes with the army.
- OCTOBER 20, 2009SyriaDEATH PENALTY
SYRIA: COALITION AGAINST THE DEATH PENALTY FOUNDED
the Palestinian newspaper al Quds al Arabi reported the founding and subsequent announcement by the