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
- DECEMBER 17, 2009MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: FORMER STUDENT SENT TO GALLOWS FOR KILLING UITM LECTURER
a former student found guilty with two others in November 2009 of murdering former lecturer Bakarudin Busu on February 12, 2002, was sentenced to death by the Malaysian High Court.
- DECEMBER 17, 2009ThailandDEATH PENALTY
THAILAND: TWO MILITARY OFFICERS SENTENCED OVER DRUGS
the Thai Criminal Court sentenced Colonel Phisit Amornwisaisorradej and Lt-Colonel Surayuth Sangthep to death, but later commuted Sangthep's sentence to life in prison.
- DECEMBER 17, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: BLACK WARRANTS FOR CONDEMNED PRISONER ISSUED
in Mianwali, Pakistan, District and Sessions judge Sargodha issued a black warrant for Sultan Ahmed, who is being held in Mianwali Central jail.
DECEMBER 17, 2009IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: THE MINOR OFFENDER MOSLEH ZAMANI AND FOUR OTHERS WERE EXECUTED
According to unofficial sources from Iran, Mosleh Zamani (20) was hanged in the Dizelabad prison of
- DECEMBER 17, 2009FloridaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Florida. Judge O.H. Eaton sentenced Justin Heyne to death
USA - Florida. Judge O.H. Eaton sentenced Justin Heyne to death
- DECEMBER 17, 2009United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Death Penalty Information Center has publisher the "Year Report"
USA - Death Penalty Information Center has publisher the "Year Report"
- DECEMBER 16, 2009IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: A 23-YEAR OLD FACES DEATH
Iran plans to hang Mosleh Zamani, 23, for an alleged offence committed when he was 17.
- DECEMBER 16, 2009Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
PA: SECOND PALESTINIAN CONFERENCE AGAINST DEATH PENALTY HELD IN RAMALLAH
The Second Palestinian National Conference for the Abolition of the Death Penalty concluded in Ramallah,
- DECEMBER 16, 2009IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: FOUR EXECUTED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Three men were hanged in the prison of Zahedan, capital of the southeast Iranian province of Sistan-
- DECEMBER 16, 2009SudanDEATH PENALTY
SUDAN COURT UPHOLDS DEATH PENALTY AGAINST US DIPLOMAT ASSASSINS
a Sudanese court rejected the appeal by four men sentenced to death for assassinating a USAID employee John Granville and his driver in 2008
- DECEMBER 16, 2009Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA: NO BEHEADING OF FILIPINO COUPLE IN SAUDI—DFA
a Filipino couple who were supposed to have been beheaded in Saudi Arabia on December 11 are alive and in jail as their case is still under investigation, the Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said.
- DECEMBER 16, 2009IllinoisDEATH PENALTY
USA - Illinois. Judge George Bakalis formally imposed the death penalty on Brian Dugan
USA - Illinois. Judge George Bakalis formally imposed the death penalty on Brian Dugan
- DECEMBER 15, 2009DEATH PENALTY
IRAN: FIVE MEN HANGED
five people have been recently executed in Iran for murder and armed robbery.
- DECEMBER 15, 2009IranDEATH PENALTY
One man was hanged in public in the Serahe Khoramshahr square of Ahvaz, in the
One man was hanged in public in the Serahe Khoramshahr square of Ahvaz, in the
- DECEMBER 15, 2009DEATH PENALTY
EUROPEAN UNION CALLS FOR UNIVERSAL ABOLITION OF THE DEATH PENALTY
The Swedish presidency on behalf of the European Union called on the governments of all countries which
- DECEMBER 15, 2009BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: DRAFT BORDER GUARD LAW SUGGESTS CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
a draft law for the border security force containing provisions for the death sentence as the maximum punishment was submitted to the Bangladeshi Law Ministry.
- DECEMBER 15, 2009BelarusDEATH PENALTY
BELARUS: MORE TIME NEEDED FOR MORATORIUM
Belarus isn’t excluding the introduction of the moratorium on the death penalty, but it needs more time.
- DECEMBER 15, 2009ArkansasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Arkansas. The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reinstated the death sentence for Jason McGehee
USA - Arkansas. The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reinstated the death sentence for Jason McGehee
- DECEMBER 14, 2009IraqDEATH PENALTY
RESUMPTION OF DEATH PENALTY IN IRAQ SPARKS UN CONCERN
“the resumption of the death penalty in Iraq earlier this year is a source of great concern to the United Nations”, according to the world body's latest report.
- DECEMBER 14, 2009IranDEATH PENALTY
one man was hanged in the northeast Iranian town of Bojnord early the morning,
one man was hanged in the northeast Iranian town of Bojnord early the morning,
DECEMBER 14, 2009IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: MAN CONVICTED OF MURDER HANGED
Iran publicly hanged Mohammad Sadegh, 27, in the northern town of Noor, the Vatan Emrouz newspaper
- DECEMBER 13, 2009IraqDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ SAYS 13 TO BE EXECUTED OVER BAGHDAD BLASTS
Iraqi Interior Minister Jawad al-Bolani said that 13 people arrested for deadly bombings in Baghdad on August 19, 2008, are to be executed.
- DECEMBER 13, 2009EgyptDEATH PENALTY
KUWAIT: EGYPTIAN BUTCHER GIVEN DEATH FOR PREMEDITATED MURDER
Judge Wael Al-Atiqi of the Kuwaiti Criminal Court sentenced Egyptian butcher, S. Radhi, to death for
- DECEMBER 13, 2009SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
SOMALIA: ISLAMIST MILITANTS STONE MAN TO DEATH
witnesses in the town of Afgoye, southwest of Mogadishu, Somalia, said Islamist militants stoned to death a man accused of adultery. The militants apparently summoned the town's residents to watch the executions.
- DECEMBER 13, 2009SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
SOMALIA: ISLAMIST MILITANTS EXECUTE MAN
witnesses in the town of Afgoye, southwest of Mogadishu, Somalia, said Islamist militants shot a man accused of murder. The militants apparently summoned the town's residents to watch the executions.
- DECEMBER 13, 2009IranDEATH PENALTY
Iran hanged a man convicted of armed robbery in the western Khuzestan province, Fars news
Iran hanged a man convicted of armed robbery in the western Khuzestan province, Fars news
- DECEMBER 11, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTY
BUS DRIVER SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING PEDESTRIAN IN E CHINA
bus driver Wang Jianqiang, 50, was sentenced to death in east China's Jiangsu Province for deliberately killing a pedestrian on April 13, 2009, because he was angry at his employer.
- DECEMBER 11, 2009JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN: TOP COURT UPHOLDS DEATH FOR CULTIST
Seishi Kanetsuki, presiding judge on the First Petty Bench of the Japanese Supreme Court, upheld the death sentence of former Aum Shinrikyo cultist Yoshihiro Inoue, 39.
- DECEMBER 11, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTY
TWO SENTENCED TO DEATH IN NORTHEAST CHINA
two men were sentenced to death in northeast China's Liaoning Province by the Dandong Municipal Intermediate People's Court.
- DECEMBER 11, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTY
DEATH FOR 6 CHINESE TRADERS FAKING 'MADE IN INDIA' TAGS
six Chinese traders who exported fake anti-malaria drugs to Nigeria under the "Made in India" label were sentenced to death, the Ministry of Commerce in Beijing said.