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
- MARCH 3, 2009Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI MAN BEHEADED FOR MURDER
authorities beheaded a Saudi Arabian man convicted of murdering his mother and an Indonesian maid. An
- MARCH 3, 2009DEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. Willie Pondexter, 34, black, was executed
USA - Texas. Willie Pondexter, 34, black, was executed
- MARCH 3, 2009IdahoDEATH PENALTY
USA - Idaho. A firing squad would no longer be an option after a bill approved today by the House Judiciary and Rules Committee
USA - Idaho. A firing squad would no longer be an option after a bill approved today by the House Judiciary and Rules Committee
- MARCH 3, 2009New MexicoDEATH PENALTY
USA - New Mexico. The bill that would abolish capital punishment got a do-pass recommendation in the Senate Public Affairs Committee
USA - New Mexico. The bill that would abolish capital punishment got a do-pass recommendation in the Senate Public Affairs Committee
- MARCH 3, 2009TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. A Brazos County jury unanimously sentenced Christian Olsen to death.
USA - Texas. A Brazos County jury unanimously sentenced Christian Olsen to death.
- MARCH 3, 2009Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA: MAN ON DEATH ROW CHEATS DEATH TWICE
Jizan inmate Yahya Al-Mujaribi was spared execution a second time in Saudi Arabia.
MARCH 3, 2009IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: TWO MEN HANGED IN ZAHEDAN
Two men were hanged in the prison of Zahedan (south-eastern Iran) early this morning reported
MARCH 3, 2009EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: 10 SENTENCED TO HANG FOR GANG-RAPE
an Egyptian court sentenced 10 men to death by hanging for gang-raping a woman, a
MARCH 3, 2009YemenDEATH PENALTYYEMEN: MOSQUE ATTACKER EXECUTED BY FIRING SQUAD
a man convicted of killing ten people in a shooting rampage outside a mosque in north-western Yemen was executed in his home city, a security source said. A police firing squad shot dead Abdullah Saleh al-Kohali, 27, in the central prison of Amran.
- MARCH 2, 2009ItalyDEATH PENALTY
PANNELLA WANTS AZIZ'S ACCOMPLICES TO BE SPARED AS WELL
“We acknowledged that intervening and preventing the state assassination in Iraq of Tareq Aziz, an official
- MARCH 2, 2009IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: MAN GETS DEATH SENTENCE FOR KILLING WIFE, DAUGHTER
a local court in Allahbad, India, awarded the death penalty to a man found guilty for murdering his wife and five-year-old daughter.
- MARCH 2, 2009YemenDEATH PENALTY
YEMENI COURT SENTENCES PAKISTANI MAN TO DEATH FOR DRUG-TRAFFICKING
a Yemeni state security court sentenced a Pakistani man to death and 15 others to 25 years in prison for smuggling around 10,000 kilograms of hashish into the country.
- MARCH 2, 2009NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA: KIDNAPPERS: AMAECHI EXPLAINS STANCE TO AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL
Nigerian Rivers State Governor, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, explained to Amnesty International why kidnapping should attract capital punishment
- MARCH 2, 2009Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA: SAUDI BEHEADED FOR KILLING HIS FATHER
Saudi Arabian authorities beheaded a citizen convicted of murdering his father following a dispute
MARCH 2, 2009IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: 'CHEMICAL ALI' CONDEMNED TO DEATH FOR THIRD TIME
An Iraqi court condemned Saddam Hussein's notorious henchman, "Chemical Ali" Hassan
- MARCH 1, 2009IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN HANGS 10 CONVICTED OF DRUG TRAFFICKING
Iran executed 10 men for drug trafficking in the western Kermanshah Province, the province’s
- MARCH 1, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTY
TEACHER SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR RAPE
a primary school teacher was sentenced to death for raping 21 female students over three years in central China's Hubei Province.
- MARCH 1, 2009QatarDEATH PENALTY
QATAR: COURT HANDS DEATH SENTENCE FOR ‘MANHOLE MURDER’
a man was sentenced to death by firing squad for the “premeditated murder” of a Pakistani compatriot in Doha, Qatar, on January 15, 2007.
- MARCH 1, 2009IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: SC BACKS THE DEATH PENALTY
in a setback to opponents of capital punishment, the Indian Supreme Court enlarged
MARCH 1, 2009IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: KURDISH ACTIVIST SENTENCED TO DEATH
an appeals court in Iran found Kurdish student, Habibolah Latifi, guilty of waging war against God
- FEBRUARY 28, 2009AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
AFGHAN VILLAGER SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR 'WRONG INFORMATION'
a villager was sentenced to death by an Afghan court for giving "wrong information" that resulted in nearly 100 civilians being killed in Nato airstrikes.
- FEBRUARY 28, 2009IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: SC IMPOSES DEATH SENTENCE ON DUO FOR MURDER OF SIX
the Indian Supreme Court sentenced two people to death for murdering six members of a family in 1994 in Ghaziabad in Uttar Pradesh.
- FEBRUARY 28, 2009BeninDEATH PENALTY
a year after its creation by presidential decree, on February 18, 2008...
a year after its creation by presidential decree, on February 18, 2008...
- FEBRUARY 28, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China's top legislature ratified a treaty on extradition with Mexico.
China's top legislature ratified a treaty on extradition with Mexico.
FEBRUARY 28, 2009IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: MAN HANGED IN THE PRISON OF OROUMIEH
One man identified as Mehdi Ghasemzadeh was hanged in the prison of Orumieh (northwestern
FEBRUARY 28, 2009AlgeriaDEATH PENALTYALGERIA: DEATH PENALTY FOR DROUKDAL AND 11 OF HIS MEMBERS
the criminal court of Djelfa, Algeria, handed the death penalty to the emir of “El Qaida
- FEBRUARY 27, 2009UtahDEATH PENALTY
USA - Utah. The Senate advanced the bill that would to speed up the appeals process in death-penalty cases.
USA - Utah. The Senate advanced the bill that would to speed up the appeals process in death-penalty cases.
- FEBRUARY 27, 2009MarylandDEATH PENALTY
USA - Maryland. The Judicial Proceedings Committee of the Senate rejected a bill that would abolish the death penalty
USA - Maryland. The Judicial Proceedings Committee of the Senate rejected a bill that would abolish the death penalty
- FEBRUARY 27, 2009AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
THREE AFGHAN POLICEMEN GET DEATH PENALTY
an open trial of five policemen was held in Kandahar, Afghanistan.
- FEBRUARY 27, 2009JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN: MAN GETS DEATH PENALTY FOR KILLING 2 IN OSAKA
a 59 year old man was sentenced to death at the Osaka District Court in Japan for robbing and killing a female Chinese student and a male company employee with a knife on separate occasions in Osaka.