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 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.
- OCTOBER 10, 2009BelarusDEATH PENALTY
in the World Day against the Death Penalty...
in the World Day against the Death Penalty, the Council of Europe’s information centre in Minsk launched a campaign on abolition of the death penalty.
OCTOBER 10, 2009IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: THREE PROTESTERS SENTENCED TO DEATH
Three people arrested after Iran's disputed presidential election have been condemned to death, ISNA
- OCTOBER 9, 2009BelarusDEATH PENALTY
BELARUS: MAN ON DEATH ROW COMPLAINS TO UN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE
Vasil Yuzepchuk, sentenced to death for murdering six old women, complained to the UN Human Rights Committee.
- OCTOBER 9, 2009IranDEATH PENALTY
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL URGES IRAN TO RESCIND FIRST DEATH SENTENCE
Amnesty International urged Iran to rescind a death sentence imposed on Mohammad-Reza Ali-Zamani, the first person to be sentenced to death for protesting the disputed June presidential election.
- OCTOBER 9, 2009TajikistanDEATH PENALTY
TAJIKISTAN DOESN’T INTEND TO CANCEL DEATH PENALTY MORATORIUM
Tajikistan does not intend to cancel the death penalty moratorium enacted at President Emomali Rakhmon’s initiative in 2004, Tajik Supreme Court Chairman Nusratullo Abdullayev told a press conference.
- OCTOBER 9, 2009FloridaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Florida. A jury voted for the execution of Andrew Michael Gosciminski
USA - Florida. A jury voted for the execution of Andrew Michael Gosciminski
- OCTOBER 9, 2009FloridaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Florida. Eric Kurt Patrick was sentenced to death
USA - Florida. Eric Kurt Patrick was sentenced to death
- OCTOBER 8, 2009MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: THAI TO HANG FOR TRAFFICKING IN CANNABIS
the Malaysian High Court sentenced a Thai man to the mandatory death sentence by hanging. Judge Datuk Muhamad Ideres Muhamad Rapee found carpenter Mahamad Che Soh, 44, guilty of trafficking 17kg of cannabis on January 4, 2005, in Tanah Merah.
- OCTOBER 8, 2009BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: COURT SENTENCED HUSBAND TO DEATH
the Special Court of Woman and Children Repression Prevention in Nilphamari, Bangladesh, sentenced Montu Rahman, from Putimari village in Kishorganj upazila, to death. On April 18, 2007, during an argument Montu and a friend suffocated his wife, Jahanara
- OCTOBER 8, 2009IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: MAN ON DEATH ROW FOR KILLING CHILD ACQUITTED
a division bench of Justices Bilal Nazki and A R Joshi of the Bombay High Court in India acquitted Nallasopara resident Virendra Vasudev Sada, alias Shahrukh Khan, 28, of raping and murdering his neighbour's daughter.
- OCTOBER 8, 2009TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. A Travis County jury has sentenced Paul Devoe to death
USA - Texas. A Travis County jury has sentenced Paul Devoe to death
- OCTOBER 8, 2009MississippiDEATH PENALTY
USA - Mississippi. A jury imposed the death penalty on Jason Lee Keller
USA - Mississippi. A jury imposed the death penalty on Jason Lee Keller
- OCTOBER 8, 2009AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Alabama. Max Landon Payne was executed
USA - Alabama. Max Landon Payne was executed
- OCTOBER 7, 2009KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
KUWAIT: DEATH SENTENCE UPHELD FOR CHILD RAPE
Judge Nasr Salem Al-Haid of the Kuwaiti Court of Appeals upheld two death sentences for Hajjaj Mohammed Adel Al-Saadi, known as the ‘Hawalli Monster’
- OCTOBER 7, 2009IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: MAN AWARDED DEATH SENTENCE IN TWO CASES
a man was awarded the death sentence by Fast track court Judge K R Jinan in Thodupuzha, India, for hacking to death his mother and maternal grandfather and two others.
- OCTOBER 7, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: LHC UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE OF CONVICT
a divisional bench of the Lahore High Court (LHC) in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, confirmed the death sentence of Muhammad Nawaz for killing his two sons, two daughters, a son-in-law and his wife in year 2000.
- OCTOBER 7, 2009IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: DEATH CONVICT CLAIMS TO BE A JUVENILE
V. Selvam, sentenced to death in India for the rape and murder of a 10 year old girl at Jaihindpuram on October 22, 2006, claimed that he was a minor at the time of the crime.
- OCTOBER 7, 2009MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
Malaysian citizens Esma Faizul Zainul Nor, 38, and Mohamad Fazli Ismail...
Malaysian citizens Esma Faizul Zainul Nor, 38, and Mohamad Fazli Ismail...
OCTOBER 7, 2009Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTYGAZA: MILITARY COURT ISSUES DEATH SENTENCE
the Permanent Military Court in Gaza, Palestine, headed by Judge Ayman 'Imad al-Din, sentenced Saleem
OCTOBER 7, 2009BelarusDEATH PENALTYBELARUS: IMMINENT EXECUTION MUST BE STOPPED
Amnesty International urged the President of Belarus Aleksandr Lukashenko to grant clemency to a man
- OCTOBER 6, 2009SyriaDEATH PENALTY
SYRIA. TWO PUBLIC HANGINGS IN ALEPPO IN SEPTEMBER
two men were hanged on September 3 in Aleppo, Syria, for armed robbery and murder, according to a foreign witness.
- OCTOBER 6, 2009MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: DUO GETS DEATH FOR MURDERING SINGAPOREAN ACTRESS
two friends were sentenced to death by the Malaysian High Court for murdering Singaporean actress Una Angelia Oliveiro, 44.
- OCTOBER 6, 2009GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Georgia. A jury today unanimously sentenced 61-year-old David Edenfield to death.
USA - Georgia. A jury today unanimously sentenced 61-year-old David Edenfield to death.
OCTOBER 6, 2009YemenDEATH PENALTYYEMEN: DEATH SENTENCE AGAINST PAKISTANI UPHELD
the Sana'a Appeal Court in Yemen upheld a death sentence against a Pakistani and jailed five others for 25
OCTOBER 6, 2009DEATH PENALTYUSA: NO DEATH PENALTY FOR US EMBASSY BOMB SUSPECT
The U.S. government has decided not to seek the death penalty against a Guantanamo detainee charged in
OCTOBER 6, 2009IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: SEVEN AHWAZI ARABS FACING EXECUTION
Seven Ahwazi Arab opposition activists have been sentenced to death in secret trials in Iran's Revolutionary
- OCTOBER 5, 2009BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
in Bangladesh, the trial for the 1975 assassination of the country’s...
in Bangladesh, the trial for the 1975 assassination of the country’s...
- OCTOBER 5, 2009IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
LAWYERS ACT TO SAVE NIGERIAN ON DEATH ROW IN INDONESIA
Nigerian Titus Ani was convicted of smuggling heroin in Indonesia, without what members of Amnesty International described as “experienced lawyers carefully preparing and presenting his case”.
- OCTOBER 5, 2009DEATH PENALTY
OHIO (USA): GOVERNOR STRICKLAND DELAYS TWO MORE EXECUTIONS
Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland has delayed the executions of two inmates, hours after a federal appeals court