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
- SEPTEMBER 30, 2009BelarusDEATH PENALTY
ITALIAN FOREIGN MINISTER URGES BELARUS TO HOLD “PERMANENT HUMAN RIGHTS DISCUSSION”
Belarus should hold a "permanent" public discussion on human rights, Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini told reporters in Minsk.
- SEPTEMBER 30, 2009TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals overturned Carl Wayne Buntion’s death sentence
USA - Texas. The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals overturned Carl Wayne Buntion’s death sentence
SEPTEMBER 30, 2009IndonesiaDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA: ONE SENT TO THE GALLOWS FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Indonesian Nasir Ibrahim, 31, was given the mandatory death sentence by the Malaysian High Court after
- SEPTEMBER 30, 2009TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. Texas pardons longest-serving inmate freed by DNA, James Lee Woodard
USA - Texas. Texas pardons longest-serving inmate freed by DNA, James Lee Woodard
- SEPTEMBER 30, 2009TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. Governor Replaces Members of Commission Examining Possible Wrongful Execution
USA - Texas. Governor Replaces Members of Commission Examining Possible Wrongful Execution
- SEPTEMBER 30, 2009United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - New Death Row Database Now Available
USA - New Death Row Database Now Available
SEPTEMBER 30, 2009JapanDEATH PENALTYJAPAN: JUSTICE MINISTER HOPES FOR GREATER TRANSPARENCY ON DEATH PENALTY
following her appointment as Japanese Justice Minister, Keiko Chiba hoped to create a forum for debate.
- SEPTEMBER 29, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN CONVICTED OF MURDER
in Sargodha, Pakistan, Additional District and Sessions Judge Timmar Hayat Gondal sentenced Muhammad Anwar to death for murder and fined him Rs 100,000.
SEPTEMBER 29, 2009JapanDEATH PENALTYJAPAN: MAN WHO KILLED MAYOR HAS DEATH PENALTY COMMUTED
Tetsuya Shiroo’s death sentence for murdering Nagasaki Mayor Iccho Ito was commuted to life
- SEPTEMBER 28, 2009RwandaDEATH PENALTY
AU URGES MEMBERS TO EMULATE RWANDA ON DEATH PENALTY
fifty participants representing different African Union member states and national human rights commissions appealed to African countries to emulate Rwanda and abolish the death penalty.
- SEPTEMBER 28, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: SIX CONVICTED
in Gujranwala, Pakistan, Additional District and Sessions Judge Chaudhry Ameer Muhammad Khan awarded capital punishment to six accused of murder.
- SEPTEMBER 28, 2009IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: FIVE HANGED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Five people were hanged in the prison of Taybad, north-east of Iran reported the official news site of the Iranian police.
- SEPTEMBER 28, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: TWO ACCUSED INVOLVED IN MURDER CASE CONVICTED
in Khushab, Pakistan, Additional District and Sessions Judge Joharabad awarded the death sentence to Muhammad Hussain and Adalat Khan for murder.
- SEPTEMBER 28, 2009IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
INDONESIA: RELIGIOUS LEADERS OPPOSE BYLAW ON STONING OF ADULTERERS
Indonesian religious leaders criticised a bylaw passed by Aceh's provincial legislative council to stone adulterers to death.
- SEPTEMBER 28, 2009SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
SOMALIA: BOSASO COURT SENTENCES DEFENDANT TO DEATH
The district court of Bosaso, in Puntland State of Somalia, sentenced one of five young defendants to
- SEPTEMBER 28, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: DEATH ROW PRISONERS REJECT PRISONS DEPT FEARS
prisoners still to be transferred from death row to the normal barracks after a notification of the Punjab Home Department in Pakistan rejected the jail administration’s claims that this would create a law and order risk.
- SEPTEMBER 28, 2009ArizonaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Arizona. Judge Richard Nichols formally sentenced Scott Nordstrom to die
USA - Arizona. Judge Richard Nichols formally sentenced Scott Nordstrom to die
SEPTEMBER 28, 2009SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: ISLAMISTS EXECUTE TWO FOR SPYING
Somalia's hardline Shebab Islamists publicly executed two people accused of spying for the US Central
SEPTEMBER 28, 2009SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: ISLAMISTS SENTENCE FRENCH NATIONAL TO DEATH
the Al-Shabab Islamic Movement in Somalia sentenced a French national adviser who is being held in
SEPTEMBER 28, 2009MalaysiaDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA: MAN TO HANG FOR HEROIN TRAFFICKING
judicial commissioner Azman Abdullah of the Malaysian High Court dismissed an appeal by Azhar Abdul
- SEPTEMBER 28, 2009VirginiaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Virginia. Governor: No reason to stop John Allen Muhammad's execution.
USA - Virginia. Governor: No reason to stop John Allen Muhammad's execution.
- SEPTEMBER 27, 2009Sri LankaDEATH PENALTY
SRI LANKA: CRM WANTS DEATH PENALTY ABOLISHED
the Civil Rights Movement of Sri Lanka reiterated its appeal for the abolition of the death penalty.
- SEPTEMBER 25, 2009South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM: KOREAN GETS DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDERING VIETNAMESE LOVER
the Vietnamese Supreme Court sentenced South Korean national Kim Ki Jong, 26, to death for strangling his South Korean lover, Dao Thi H., in September, 2008, and burning her body.
- SEPTEMBER 24, 2009IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: WOMAN HANGED FOR MURDER
One woman was hanged in the prison of Sarakhs, north-east Iran, reported the state run Iranian news
- SEPTEMBER 24, 2009IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: COURT GRANTS DEATH TO FOUR ACCUSED
an ADJ (III) court in Ghaziabad, India, sentenced four men to death for the murder of four members of a family in Nabipur, Muradnagar.
SEPTEMBER 24, 2009BelarusDEATH PENALTYBELARUS: DEATH SENTENCE APPEAL TO BE HEARD BY SUPREME COURT
an appeal against one of the two death sentences imposed this year in Belarus will be heard by the Supreme
- SEPTEMBER 24, 2009CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - California. Judge Judith Clark imposed the death sentence on Tony Ricky Yonko.
USA - California. Judge Judith Clark imposed the death sentence on Tony Ricky Yonko.
- SEPTEMBER 24, 2009IllinoisDEATH PENALTY
USA - Illinois. The Illinois Supreme Court has overturned the death sentence of Laurence Lovejoy
USA - Illinois. The Illinois Supreme Court has overturned the death sentence of Laurence Lovejoy
SEPTEMBER 24, 2009NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: FG SEEKS DEATH PENALTY FOR FAKE DRUG OFFENDERS
the nigerian Federal Government recommended death penalty for fake drugdealers.
- SEPTEMBER 23, 2009KyrgyzstanDEATH PENALTY
KYRGYZSTAN: OFFICIALS URGE RETURN TO DEATH PENALTY
Officials in Kyrgyzstan called for the death penalty to be reinstated and said public executions could be