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
- AUGUST 4, 2009MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: EX-NAVY TRIO ESCAPE DEATH
three former navy personnel in Malaysia had their death sentences commuted to prison sentences by the Kota Kinabalu Court of Appeal due to doubts over the cause of death and their intention.
- AUGUST 4, 2009South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
SOUTH KOREA: HUMAN RIGHTS BODY CHALLENGES DEATH PENALTY
the National Human Rights Commission of Korea (NHRC) filed a petition with the Constitutional Court to end capital punishment.
- AUGUST 4, 2009CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - California. Three federal judges ordered the California prison system to reduce its inmate population
USA - California. Three federal judges ordered the California prison system to reduce its inmate population
AUGUST 4, 2009GhanaDEATH PENALTYGHANA: TWO SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
the Ho High Court in Ghana, presided over by Justice Kofi Essel Mensah, sentenced
- AUGUST 3, 2009MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: FILIPINO COUPLE'S DEATH PENALTY UPHELD
the appeal by a Filipino couple sentenced to death in Malaysia on April 27, 2008, was unanimously rejected by the Kota Kinabalu Court of Appeal.
- AUGUST 3, 2009Sri LankaDEATH PENALTY
SRI LANKA: ACCUSED SENTENCED TO DEATH IN ABSENTIA
in Sri Lanka, the Trincomalee High Court Judge sentenced U.P.G.Chandrasena to death for killing a person and causing serious injuries to four others with a hand grenade on June 21, 1999.
- AUGUST 3, 2009BelarusDEATH PENALTY
EUROPEAN UNION CONDEMNS ANOTHER DEATH SENTENCE IN BELARUS
the EU criticised the death sentence issued by a Minsk city court to Andrei Zhuk and called on Belarus impose a moratorium on executions.
- AUGUST 3, 2009IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: TWO EXECUTIONS FOR RAPE
two people were hanged in the prison of Boroujed, (Lorestan province, western Iran), reported the Iranian daily Kayhan.
AUGUST 3, 2009KenyaDEATH PENALTYKENYA: PRESIDENT KIBAKI REDUCES ALL DEATH SENTENCES TO LIFE
Kenya's more than 4,000 death row inmates all will have their sentences commuted to life imprisonment, President Mwai Kibaki announced, describing their wait to face execution as "undue mental anguish and suffering."
AUGUST 3, 2009IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: THREE MEN HANGED FOR RAPE
Three men were hanged in the prison of Hamedan, western part of Iran, reported the
- AUGUST 2, 2009Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA EXECUTES NIGERIAN FOR MURDER
Nigerian national Qorbi bin Musa Adam was beheaded by the sword in Jeddah, Saudi
- AUGUST 2, 2009United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: COURT TO REVIEW MAN'S DEATH SENTENCE
the Supreme Court in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, is again reviewing the case of a Pakistani on death row for killing a young Emirati woman in Sharjah.
- AUGUST 1, 2009IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. MAN HANGED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Iran hanged a man convicted of drug trafficking in the central city of Isfahan, government newspaper Iran reported.
- AUGUST 1, 2009DEATH PENALTY
IRAN HANGS THREE FOR MURDER, DRUG TRAFFICKING
Iran hanged three men convicted of murder and drug trafficking in the central city of
- AUGUST 1, 2009IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. TWO MEN HANGED FOR MURDER
Iran hanged two men convicted of murder in the central city of Isfahan, government newspaper Iran reported.
- AUGUST 1, 2009MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: DEATH SENTENCE FOR RAPE AND MURDER
judge Azahar Mohamed of the High Court in Johor Barhu, Malaysia, sentenced restaurant assistant Abu Bakar Musa, 25, to death for murdering Syafiqah Mohamad Borhan, 14, a student
- AUGUST 1, 2009IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
INDONESIA: DEATH ROW INMATES SEEK PRESIDENTIAL PARDON
in Indonesia, the Chief of the Jambi Prosecutor's Office, Daniel Tombe Marrung, said three men will be executed unless their request for a pardon is granted by the President.
- AUGUST 1, 2009NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA: KIDNAPPERS DESERVE DEATH IN DELTA – CHIEF WHIP OWHEFERE
Honourable Tim Owhefere, the Chief Whip of the Delta State House of Assembly in Nigeria...
- JULY 31, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA'S TOP COURT APPROVES COUNTERFEITERS' DEATH PENALTIES
China's Supreme People's Court (SPC) approved the death penalties for two men forging a "huge amount" of fake money in 2004 to 2005.
- JULY 31, 2009IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: ACEHNESE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR TRAFFICKING
a 26-year-old Indonesian from Aceh was sentenced to death by the High Court in Shah Alam, Malaysia, for trafficking in 854.2g of cannabis.
- JULY 31, 2009JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN: HAYAKAWA'S DEATH SENTENCE FINAL
the Japanese Supreme Court finalised the death sentence of a former member of the Aum Shinrikyo doomsday cult after rejecting his appeal, sources said.
- JULY 31, 2009DEATH PENALTY
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO: FIRST EXECUTION IN TEN YEARS THREATENED
Amnesty International is calling on the authorities in Trinidad and Tobago not to execute a man who is accused of killing his sister-in-law.
- JULY 30, 2009IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: COURT AWARDS DEATH SENTENCE TO MAN FOR MURDERING NEIGHBOUR
a court in Allahabad, India, awarded the death sentence to Sanjay, a resident of Uttaraon police station area in the district’s trans- Ganga region, for hacking to death his neighbour Kullu on May 13, 2005.
- JULY 30, 2009BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: MAN TO GO TO GALLOWS FOR MURDER IN MAGURA
a court in Magura, Bangladesh, sentenced a man to death for killing his wife for dowry on February 8, 2006.
- JULY 30, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN MILITIA PUBLICLY EXECUTES 'KIDNAPPERS'
a Pakistani Islamist militia executed four men by firing squad in Bara, in Pakistan's semi-autonomous tribal district of Khyber, after pronouncing them guilty of kidnapping and murder at a self-styled Islamic court
- JULY 30, 2009Sri LankaDEATH PENALTY
SRI LANKA: DEATH SENTENCE ON HIKKADUWAUC CHAIRMAN
Vinnie Kariyawasam, Chairman of the Hikkaduwa Urban Council, and his accomplice Thirimadura Harischandra De Silva were sentenced to death in Sri Lanka.
- JULY 30, 2009South DakotaDEATH PENALTY
USA - South Dakota. The South Dakota Supreme Court has overturned the death sentence of Briley Piper
USA - South Dakota. The South Dakota Supreme Court has overturned the death sentence of Briley Piper
- JULY 30, 2009NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA: BABA FUGU MOHAMMED SUMMARILY EXCUTED
in Nigeria, Boko Haram Leader Mohammed Yusuf's 72 year old father-in-law, Baba Fugu Mohammed, was also killed in police custody.
- JULY 30, 2009NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA: BOKO HARAM LEADER, YUSUF, KILLED
Mohammed Yusuf, the leader of the Nigerian Islamic sect Boko Haram, was killed in custody just hours after police said they captured him in the city of Maiduguri.
- JULY 30, 2009IraqDEATH PENALTY
URGENT APPEAL ON THE PENDING EXECUTION OF NINE IRAQI WOMEN
a delegation organised by the group “Woman Solidarity for an Independent and Unified Iraq” delivered an urgent appeal to a number of Arab League countries through their embassies in London.