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
APRIL 10, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: DEATH PENALTY FOR KIDS, WOMEN ABOLISHED
the Lahore High Court in Pakistan abolished the death sentence for under-trial women
- APRIL 9, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: OVERTURN DEATH SENTENCES FOR TIBET PROTESTERS
Amnesty International condemned a decision by a court in Lhasa to hand down death sentences to two Tibetans accused of starting fatal fires in Lhasa during protests in March 2008.
- APRIL 9, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: DEATH ROW REPRIEVE
Dr Irfan Zafar told a Pakistani newspaper that the execution of Dr Zulfiqar Ali Khan was stayed for a month by the president.
- APRIL 9, 2009IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: DELARA AT IMMEDIATE RISK OF EXECUTION
Delara Darabi, the young artist who has been in Rasht prison for the last 5 years in Iran, is at great risk of execution at any moment
- APRIL 9, 2009Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA: MAN EXECUTED FOR RAPE, ROBBERY
a Saudi Arabian man convicted of rape and robbery was beheaded. An Interior
APRIL 9, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: TWO UYGURS EXECUTED OVER DEADLY ATTACK
China executed two Uygurs in the restive northwestern Xinjiang region for a ''terrorist''
- APRIL 9, 2009MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: TWO POLICEMEN GET DEATH SENTENCE IN MURDER TRIAL
a Malaysian court sentenced two policemen to death for murdering a Mongolian
- APRIL 9, 2009AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Alabama. A Johnston County jury decided the death penalty was the appropriate sentence for Hassan Jamaal Bacote, 23, black
USA - Alabama. A Johnston County jury decided the death penalty was the appropriate sentence for Hassan Jamaal Bacote, 23, black
- APRIL 8, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: FOUR TIBETANS SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR STARTING FIRES DURING UNREST IN LHASA
the Lhasa Municipal Intermediate People’s Court sentenced two Tibetans to death and two to death with a two-year reprieve for their role in the unrest in Lhasa in March 2008.
- APRIL 8, 2009IllinoisDEATH PENALTY
USA - Illinois. Nathson Fields, 55, black, was acquitted today of a double homicide for which he spent eleven and a half years on death row
USA - Illinois. Nathson Fields, 55, black, was acquitted today of a double homicide for which he spent eleven and a half years on death row
- APRIL 8, 2009VirginiaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Virginia. The Senate today couldn't override Gov. Tim Kaine's vetoes on laws to expand the death penalty
USA - Virginia. The Senate today couldn't override Gov. Tim Kaine's vetoes on laws to expand the death penalty
- APRIL 8, 2009SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
SINGAPORE: BROTHERS SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
Singapore's High Court sentenced two brothers to death for murdering an elderly woman during a robbery, a court official and news reports said. Ismil Kadar...
- APRIL 8, 2009IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: HC REDUCES MAN'S DEATH SENTENCE IN DOUBLE MURDER CASE
the Delhi High Court in India reduced the death sentence of a man convicted of killing two cousins over a business dispute. A Division Bench of Justices B D Ahmed and P K Bhasin commuted the sentence passed on Raminder Singh, alias Happy.
- APRIL 8, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: DEATH ROW MALAYSIAN IN CHINA FACES EXECUTION
a Malaysian man caught in Xiamen, China with 1.5kg of heroin in 2007 is to be executed in the People's Republic by a firing squad.
- APRIL 8, 2009TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals overturned the death sentence of Gene Wilford Hathorn Jr.
USA - Texas. The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals overturned the death sentence of Gene Wilford Hathorn Jr.
- APRIL 8, 2009AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Alabama. The Senate Judiciary Committee voted 6 to 1 today in favor of a 3-year moratorium on executions.
USA - Alabama. The Senate Judiciary Committee voted 6 to 1 today in favor of a 3-year moratorium on executions.
- APRIL 8, 2009ItalyDEATH PENALTY
RADICALS: INTERROGATION TO THE GOVERNMENT ON 128 IRAQIS AT RISK OF EXECUTION
the Radical parliamentarians joining the Democratic Party (PD), the first signatory being
- APRIL 7, 2009IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: JOURNALIST BOUTIMAR'S DEATH SENTENCE SUSPENDED
the death sentence issued in Iran to Kurdish journalist Hiwa Boutimar was suspended,
- APRIL 7, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN AWARDED DEATH FOR DRUG-PEDDLING
Special Anti-Narcotics Court Judge Chaudhry Muhammad Aslam sentenced a man to death for drug pushing and jailed his two accomplices.
- APRIL 7, 2009United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Overall number of people on death rows decreases
USA - Overall number of people on death rows decreases
- APRIL 7, 2009BotswanaDEATH PENALTY
BOTSWANA HAS NATIONAL PROCEDURES FOR EXECUTIONS- MINISTER
the Minister of Labour and Home Affairs in Botswana, Peter Siele, told Parliament that the role of executioner had not been localised.
- APRIL 7, 2009MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
Low Kian Boon, 24, was sentenced to death by Judge Datuk Gopal Sri Ram...
Low Kian Boon, 24, was sentenced to death by Judge Datuk Gopal Sri Ram...
APRIL 7, 2009Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: THREE PAKISTANIS BEHEADED FOR MURDER
Saudi Arabian authorities beheaded three Pakistanis convicted of killing a fellow Pakistani man, the Interior Ministry said in a statement in state news agency SPA.
APRIL 7, 2009Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTYGAZA: FOUR PALESTINIANS GET DEATH PENALTY BY HAMAS COURT
the Military Court in Gaza sentenced four Palestinians, two from al-Sheja’eya neighborhood and two from al-Tufah neighborhood in the east of Gaza City, to death in absentia.
- APRIL 6, 2009EcuadorDEATH PENALTY
ECUADOR SEEKS RETURN OF FLORIDA DEATH ROW INMATE
Ecuador's government is asking for the return of Nelson Serrano on Florida's death row. He was sentenced to death in 2007 for killing four people in a Polk County factory in 1997.
- APRIL 6, 2009IranDEATH PENALTY
IRANIAN JUVENILE OFFENDER, SENTENCED TO DEATH, HOPES TO SAVE HER LIFE
the lawyer of Delara Darabi, a 23-year-old Iranian woman in prison and facing execution for murder, told RFE/RL's Radio Farda that she is still hoping the family of the victim will intervene and save her life.
- APRIL 6, 2009JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN: COURT REJECTS RETRIAL APPEAL BY EX-POLICE OFFICER INVOLVED IN MURDER
a Japanese district court rejected an appeal for retrial filed by a former police officer whose death penalty was finalised over the kidnapping and murder of two people between 1986 and 1989, sources close to the matter said
- APRIL 6, 2009JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN: DEATH ROW INMATE'S TELL-ALL BLOG OPENS DEBATE
Tetsuo Odajima, 65, who is on death row at the Tokyo Detention Center in Japan, is writing a blog, a rare insight into the inmates on Japan's secretive death row.
- APRIL 6, 2009EcuadorDEATH PENALTY
USA - Ecuador/Florida. Ecuador is demanding the return of one of their citizens, Nelson Ivan Serrano Saenz, from Florida’s death row
USA - Ecuador/Florida. Ecuador is demanding the return of one of their citizens, Nelson Ivan Serrano Saenz, from Florida’s death row
- APRIL 6, 2009UgandaDEATH PENALTY
in light of its decision in January that found the mandatory death penalty unconstitutional...
in light of its decision in January that found the mandatory death penalty unconstitutional...