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
NOVEMBER 28, 2009IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: DEATH SENTENCE FOR POLITICAL PRISONER
Ayoub Porkar, 46, was sentenced to death for supporting the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran. His
- NOVEMBER 27, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA EXECUTES TWO MEN FOR CHILD ABDUCTION
two men were executed for abducting and selling children in China, the Supreme People's Court said.
NOVEMBER 27, 2009BotswanaDEATH PENALTYBOTSWANA: FRANCISTOWN HIGH COURT SENTENCES TWO MEN TO DEATH FOR MURDER
in Botswana, Francistown High Court Judge Moses Chinhengo sentenced former Mupane mine employees
- NOVEMBER 26, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH
in Nankana Sahib, Pakistan, District and Sessions Judge Malik Falk Sher sentenced Umer Farooq, alias Mithu, to death for killing a young man, Shahzad, over a minor dispute in Baragarh village.
- NOVEMBER 26, 2009NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA: EMIR ADVOCATES DEATH SENTENCE FOR ARMED ROBBERY
in Nigeria, the Emir of Ilorin Alhaji Ibrahim Sulu-Gambari called for the return to capital punishment for convicted armed robbers in the country to serve as deterrence to others.
- NOVEMBER 26, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTY
GANG LEADER EXECUTED IN SW CHINA
a notorious gang leader was executed in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality after being convicted of organizing a crime ring that killed one person.
- NOVEMBER 26, 2009IranDEATH PENALTY
TURKEY CONSIDERS FATE OF DETAINED IRAN RAELIAN LEADER
The Turkish authorities say they are discussing what to do with an Iranian atheist who says she fled
- NOVEMBER 26, 2009Sri LankaDEATH PENALTY
SRI LANKA: CHILD KILLER’S APPEAL AGAINST DEATH SENTENCE REJECTED
in Sri Lanka, Balapitiya High Court Judge Amal Thilakaratne dismissed the appeal of Thomme Hakuru Wimaladasa alias ‘Sakara’ against his death sentence.
NOVEMBER 26, 2009IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: AFGHAN HANGED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
One man has been hanged in Amol in northern Iran, official Iranian news agency IRNA reported.
NOVEMBER 26, 2009MalaysiaDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA: TWO NEPALESE SENTENCED TO DEATH
two Nepalese found guilty of drug trafficking were sentenced to death by Judicial Commissioner Azman
- NOVEMBER 25, 2009BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: SEVEN GET DEATH SENTENCE
seven people were awarded the death sentence by Additional District and Session Judge AKM Abul Kasnem for murderg a college student from Chandanpur village in Monohardi upazila, Bangladesh
- NOVEMBER 25, 2009MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: THE GALLOWS FOR KILLING MAN OVER LOAN
A. John Donald, 31, was sentenced to death by Malaysian High Court...
- NOVEMBER 25, 2009DEATH PENALTY
USA - Kentucky. Kentucky may not execute anyone, the Kentucky Supreme Court ruled today.
USA - Kentucky. Kentucky may not execute anyone, the Kentucky Supreme Court ruled today.
- NOVEMBER 25, 2009DEATH PENALTY
KENTUCKY (USA): SUPREME COURT TEMPORARILY SUSPENDS EXECUTIONS
Kentucky may not execute anyone until it adopts regulations in compliance with the law, the Kentucky
NOVEMBER 25, 2009IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: CONVICTED RAPIST HANGED
An Iranian man convicted of rape was hanged in a prison in the city of Karaj on the western outskirts of Tehran, the ISNA news agency reported.
- NOVEMBER 25, 2009KentuckyDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. A jury sentenced Fabian Hernandez to death
USA - Texas. A jury sentenced Fabian Hernandez to death
NOVEMBER 25, 2009North KoreaDEATH PENALTYNORTH KOREA: EXECUTION LEGAL FOR MINOR OFFENCES
according to a set of addendums to the “DPRK Penal Code” adopted in 2007 that leaked out of North
- NOVEMBER 24, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTY
GUNMAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER, ROBBERY IN SOUTHWEST CHINA
a man was sentenced to death in southwest China's Sichuan Province for murder and committing armed robberies with a gang.
- NOVEMBER 24, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: DEPUTY POLICE CHIEF GETS DEATH WITH REPRIEVE
a former police chief in Tonghua City was sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve in northeast China's Jilin Province.
- NOVEMBER 24, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN AWARDED DEATH SENTENCE IN MURDER CASE
in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Additional District and Sessions Judge Abdul Rehman Awan awarded the death sentence to Mukhtar Ahmed for killing Zafar Mehmood on November 24, 2004, with three other men.
- NOVEMBER 24, 2009LibyaDEATH PENALTY
LIBYA TO ALLOW NGOS, LIMIT DEATH PENALTY: MAGISTRATE
Abdelrahman Boutouta, the head of a legal committee tasked with amending Libya's penal code, told
- NOVEMBER 24, 2009BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: FIVE TO DIE FOR KILLING N'GANJ BUSINESSMAN
a court in Narayanganj, Bangladesh...
- NOVEMBER 24, 2009MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: MAN GETS DEATH FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
in Shah Alam, Malaysia, High Court judicial commissioner Datuk Umi Khaltum Abdul Majid sentenced workshop operator Jasri Sarip Ahmad, 30, to death for drug trafficking.
- NOVEMBER 24, 2009BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: MAN TO GO TO GALLOWS FOR KILLING WIFE IN BHOLA
at a court in Bhola, Bangladesh, Additional District and Sessions Judge Mahabub-Ul-Alam sentenced Abu Taher, 35, to death in absentia.
- NOVEMBER 24, 2009MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: HAWKER GETS DEATH PENALTY FOR TRAFFICKING CANNABIS
at the High Court in Alor Setar, Malaysia, Judge Datuk Mohd Sofian Abd Razak imposed the mandatory death sentence on Jaafar Sidek Darus, 47, for drug trafficking.
- NOVEMBER 24, 2009Sri LankaDEATH PENALTY
SRI LANKA: SENTENCED TO DEATH IN ABSENTIA FOR KILLING WIFE
in Sri Lanka, Kalmunai High Court Judge Chandramathi Visvalingan sentenced Mohamed Ismail Nizardeen of Akkaraipattu to death in absentia.
NOVEMBER 24, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: TWO EXECUTED OVER TAINTED MILK SCANDAL
two people were executed in China for their involvement in the country's contaminated milk scandal, in which at least six infants died and more than 300,000 became ill.
- NOVEMBER 24, 2009CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - California. Judge Joan Comparet-Cassani upheld Santiago Martinez Jr.’s death sentence
USA - California. Judge Joan Comparet-Cassani upheld Santiago Martinez Jr.’s death sentence
- NOVEMBER 24, 2009PennsylvaniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Pennsylvania. A jury sentenced John Lewis to death
USA - Pennsylvania. A jury sentenced John Lewis to death
- NOVEMBER 23, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: TWO GET CAPITAL PUNISHMENT FOR MURDER
in Manshera, Pakistan, Additional and Sessions Judge Kamal Shah awarded capital punishment to Mohammad Iftikhar and Gulfam for killing Amir Shazad, 18, in January 2004.