Archive timeline
2009
The news published by Hands Off Cain in 2009, month by month, with the countries most present that year.
The year in data
- Executions recorded worldwide
- 682
- Countries where they were recorded
- 26
- News items in the archive
- 2,220
Latest news of 2009
OCTOBER 14, 2009BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: FIVE TO DIE FOR KILLING CHILD IN MIRPUR
five people in Bangladesh were sentenced to death for killing a child in the Mirpur area
- OCTOBER 14, 2009South CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
USA - South Carolina. Tom Joyner gets justice for electrocuted kin, 94 years later.
USA - South Carolina. Tom Joyner gets justice for electrocuted kin, 94 years later.
- OCTOBER 13, 2009IranDEATH PENALTY
UN RIGHTS CHIEF URGES REVIEW OF IRAN DEATH SENTENCES
Navi Pillay, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, called on Iran's high courts to review death sentences imposed on three people arrested after Iran's disputed presidential election.
- OCTOBER 13, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: 228 WAITING FOR CAPITAL PUNISHMENT IN SINDH JAILS
in Pakistan, Sindh Home Minister Dr Zulfiqar Mirza stated before the Sindh Assembly that as many as 228 prisoners including a woman are waiting for capital punishment in jails across province, Geo news reported
- OCTOBER 13, 2009United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
CHINA REVIEWS BRITON'S DEATH SENTENCE
Beijing confirmed the Supreme People’s Court was reviewing the death sentence handed down in Xinjiang to a British citizen for drug trafficking. Akmal Shaikh, 53, was found carrying 4kg of heroin in a suitcase at Urumqi airport on September 12, 2007.
- OCTOBER 13, 2009Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
CONGO: NORWEGIANS APPEAL DRC DEATH PENALTY
two Norwegians sentenced to death in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in September began an appeal against the sentence, judicial sources said.
- OCTOBER 13, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: RECOMMENDATIONS FOR CONVERSION OF DEATH SENTENCE INTO LIFE TERM
the Pakistani Federal Government asked the provinces to consider their recommendations for the conversion of the death penalty into a life term, Sindh Law Minister Ayaz Soomro said in the Sindh Assembly.
- OCTOBER 13, 2009United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - FBI Uniform Crime Report Finds Murder Rates Declined in 2008
USA - FBI Uniform Crime Report Finds Murder Rates Declined in 2008
- OCTOBER 13, 2009United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Gallup Poll: most Americans still back death penalty
USA - Gallup Poll: most Americans still back death penalty
OCTOBER 13, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: MAN EXECUTED FOR TRAFFICKING 48 KG OF DRUGS
Lu Fuguo was executed for drug trafficking in south China's Guangdong Province, the Dongguan Municipal
OCTOBER 13, 2009BelarusDEATH PENALTYBELARUS: PRESIDENT DENIES PARDON
Belarusian president Aleksander Lukashenko refused to pardon death row inmate Vasily Yusepchuk,
OCTOBER 13, 2009NigeriaDEATH PENALTYEBONYI (NIGERIA): GOVERNOR SIGNS DEATH SENTENCE FOR KIDNAPPERS
Governor Martin Elechi of Ebonyi State in Nigeria signed into law a bill that provides for death penalty for
- OCTOBER 12, 2009South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
SOUTH KOREA: 920 EXECUTED SINCE 1948
Rep. Park Min-shik of the governing Grand National Party in South Korea said 920 condemned criminals were put to death from 1949 to 1997.
- OCTOBER 12, 2009IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
NEW INDONESIA STONING LAW IS 'TORTURE': RIGHTS GROUP
a new law mandating death by stoning and flogging for adulterers in Indonesia's deeply Islamic Aceh province advocates "torture" and should be overturned, US-based group Human Rights Watch said.
- OCTOBER 12, 2009Sri LankaDEATH PENALTY
SRI LANKA: FOUR SENTENCED TO DEATH
in Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka, North Central Provincial High Court Judge Meneka Wijesundera sentenced a millionaire and his three accomplices to death for murder. Premaratne Galappatti, PH Sugathapala, W Thilakasiri, and Senaratne Edward allegedly got drunk
- OCTOBER 12, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: ONE GETS DEATH SENTENCE
in Multan, Pakistan, Additional Sessions Judge Muhammad Qasim sentenced Saud Ahmed to death for killing his wife over a domestic issue on February 16, 2007, in the Mumtazabad area.
OCTOBER 12, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: SIX GET DEATH PENALTY ON XINJIANG RIOTS
a court in western China's Xinjiang region sentenced six people to death in the first trials over July riots that left nearly 200 people dead, state-run television reported.
- OCTOBER 12, 2009MarylandDEATH PENALTY
USA - Maryland. A state panel has put new Maryland death penalty protocols on hold for further review
USA - Maryland. A state panel has put new Maryland death penalty protocols on hold for further review
OCTOBER 12, 2009SudanDEATH PENALTYSUDANESE COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE FOR FOUR ISLAMISTS
a Sudanese court upheld the death sentences handed to four Islamists for murdering US envoy John
OCTOBER 12, 2009BelarusDEATH PENALTYBELARUS. DEATH CONVICT YUZEPCHUK HAS SOME HOPE AGAIN
the UN Human Rights Committee registered the individual address of Vasil Yuzepchuk, sentenced to death
OCTOBER 12, 2009IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: TWO WOMEN AND FOUR MEN EXECUTED IN KHUZESTAN PROVINCE
Six people have been executed in the southwest Iranian Khuzestan during the last week, reported the Iranian daily newspaper Kayhan quoting the state run news agency Fars.
- OCTOBER 12, 2009IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR JUNE PROTESTS
the reformist site Mowjcamp announced that the Tehran Revolutionary Court had issued a fourth death
- OCTOBER 11, 2009United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
BRITISH MAN FACING DEATH BY FIRING SQUAD IN CHINA AFTER 'LOSING SECOND APPEAL'
a British man believed to suffering from mental illness lost a second appeal against a drug trafficking conviction in China.
- OCTOBER 11, 2009YemenDEATH PENALTY
YEMEN: 2 MEN APPEAL CONVICTIONS AS IRANIAN SPIES
the appeals of two Yemeni nationals convicted in October 2008 of spying for Iran are to be heard October 12, records show.
- OCTOBER 11, 2009Trinidad & TobagoDEATH PENALTY
TRINIDAD & TOBAGO: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH
Anton Bruce, 23, was sentenced to death for murdering his infant step daughter in Trinidad & Tobago.
- OCTOBER 11, 2009TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. 'Houston Chronicle' vs. Texas Governor on Execution Report.
USA - Texas. 'Houston Chronicle' vs. Texas Governor on Execution Report.
OCTOBER 11, 2009IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN. MINOR OFFENDER BEHNOUD SHOJAEE EXECUTED IN TEHRAN
the minor offender Behnoud Shojaee was executed at 5 in the morning at Tehran's Evin Prison. He was convicted of murdering another boy by the name Omid in June 2005, when he was 17 years old.
- OCTOBER 10, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTY
DEATH SENTENCE IN CHINA FACTORY BRAWL
a Huandong Chinese court sentenced to death a man from the Han Chinese majority ethnic group for his role in a race brawl that sparked July's mass riots in China’s Xinjiang region.
- OCTOBER 10, 2009European UnionDEATH PENALTY
EU COMMISSION CALLS FOR ABOLISHING DEATH PENALTY
the European Union Commission issued a statement to mark the World and European Day against the Death Penalty.
- OCTOBER 10, 2009IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: CAMPAIGN AGAINST DEATH PENALTY STARTS FROM PUNJAB
a signature campaign against the death penalty was launched in India by the Dal Khalsa and the Khalsa Action Committee on the occasion of World Day against the Death Penalty.