Archive timeline
2010
The news published by Hands Off Cain in 2010, month by month, with the countries most present that year.
Latest news of 2010
JUNE 15, 2010NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: GOVERNORS BACK EXECUTION OF CONVICTED PRISONERS
The Nigerian government decided to resume the execution of prison inmates to ease prison
- JUNE 14, 2010Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIAN EMBASSY IN RIYADH DENIES DEATH PENALTY REPORTS
the Indian Embassy in Riyadh denied reports that Sabir Ansari, an Indian national, had been sentenced to death for killing a compatriot in Saudi Arabia.
- JUNE 14, 2010United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UAE: COURT COMMUTES DEATH PENALTY OF 65-YEAR-OLD WOMAN’S RAPIST
in the United Arab Emirates, the Fujairah Court of Appeal commuted the death
- JUNE 14, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
TWO MEN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING CHINESE TRANSPORT OFFICIAL
in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Bai Yuku and Xu Guangdong were sentenced to death for murdering transport official Li Xingguang on August 17, 2009, local court officials announced.
- JUNE 14, 2010AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Alabama. Judge overrides jury, and imposes death sentence on Jeffrey Riggs
USA - Alabama. Judge overrides jury, and imposes death sentence on Jeffrey Riggs
JUNE 14, 2010SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: FANS EXECUTED FOR WATCHING WORLD CUP
Somali Islamist militants executed two football fans and arrested dozens of others for
- JUNE 13, 2010United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: MAN GETS DEATH FOR MURDERING WIFE
in the United Arab Emirates, presiding Judge of the Fujairah Criminal Court of First Instance Saeed Abdullah Masoud sentenced an UAE national to death for murdering his wife in 2009 in the Roll Dedna area.
- JUNE 13, 2010Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA: MAN DECAPITATED FOR MURDER
Saudi Arabian national Hanni al-Barqawi was executed by beheading in Mecca
- JUNE 11, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
in Swabi, Pakistan, additional district and sessions judge Chota Lahor tehsil sentenced Liaq Mohammad, of Jalsai village, to death for killing five members of a family on March 1, 2007.
- JUNE 11, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA SENTENCES MAN TO DEATH FOR SCHOOL ATTACK
the Intermediate People's Court of Zhanjiang City in Guangdong...
- JUNE 11, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH IN CHINA FOR VIOLENT ATTACK
Zhou Yezhong, 36, accused of fatally stabbing eight people, including three of his family members on May 8, 2010, was sentenced to death at a court in east China's Jiangxi province.
- JUNE 11, 2010UgandaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA: COURT MARTIAL SENTENCES SOLDIER TO DEATH
in Uganda, Lt. Col. Eugene Ssebugwawo, who chaired the
- JUNE 11, 2010GhanaDEATH PENALTY
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL, GHANA, CALLS FOR ABOLITION OF DEATH PENALTY
Lawrence Amesu, Director of Amnesty International, Ghana...
- JUNE 11, 2010FloridaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Florida. Judge Mallory D. Cooper sentenced Randall Deviney to death
USA - Florida. Judge Mallory D. Cooper sentenced Randall Deviney to death
- JUNE 11, 2010NevadaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Nevada. A jury sentenced John Matthus Watson III to death
USA - Nevada. A jury sentenced John Matthus Watson III to death
- JUNE 11, 2010OhioDEATH PENALTY
USA - Ohio. A jury has recommended the death sentence for Ashford Lamar Thompson
USA - Ohio. A jury has recommended the death sentence for Ashford Lamar Thompson
- JUNE 11, 2010CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - California. Judge Christian Thierbach sentenced Glen Joseph Jones to death
USA - California. Judge Christian Thierbach sentenced Glen Joseph Jones to death
- JUNE 10, 2010MaliDEATH PENALTY
GAMBIA: KEREWAN MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
in Gambia, Special Criminal Court Judge J.E Ikpala sentenced...
- JUNE 10, 2010NorwayDEATH PENALTY
NORWEGIANS GET NEW DEATH SENTENCE IN DRC
a military court in the Democratic Republic of Congo sentenced two Norwegians to death a second time for espionage and murder. Joshua French, who holds dual Norwegian-British citizenship, and Tjostolv Moland say that their driver Abedi Kasongo was killed
- JUNE 10, 2010MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
SINGAPORE DEATH ROW CASE: KL URGED TO ACT
a Singapore lawyer who represented a Malaysian sentenced to hang in Singapore for drug trafficking urged the Malaysian government to intervene and take the case to the International Court of Justice (ICJ).
- JUNE 10, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDER
in Faisalabad, Pakistan, Additional Session judge Sarfraz Akhtar sentenced Mughal Pura resident Bilal Haidar to death for killing 10-year-old Aqsa after raping her on September 29, 2009, under Mansoorabad police station. He was also directed to pay Rs.1 l
- JUNE 10, 2010JordanDEATH PENALTY
'JILTED' JORDANIAN TO HANG FOR KILLING COUSIN
a Jordanian man said to have been jilted by his teenage cousin was sentenced to death for stabbing her to death during her wedding to another relative, a court official said.
- JUNE 10, 2010IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN TO REVIEW JUVENILE EXECUTIONS
Iran agreed to review its widely condemned policy of executing juvenile criminals
- JUNE 10, 2010AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Alabama. John Forrest Parker was executed
USA - Alabama. John Forrest Parker was executed
- JUNE 9, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: DEATH ROW CONVICTS WITHDRAW PLEA
10 people sentenced to death for their involvement in church blasts in several places in Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh in India, withdrew their habeas corpus petition in which they had said death is better than solitary confinement.
- JUNE 9, 2010DEATH PENALTY
USA - Georgia. Melbert Ray Ford has been executed
USA - Georgia. Melbert Ray Ford has been executed
JUNE 9, 2010QatarDEATH PENALTYQATAR INTRODUCES NEW LAW PUNISHING PRE-TRIAL TORTURE
Qatar amended a key provision of the penal code to extensively define torture
- JUNE 9, 2010TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. Jose Briseno wins new punishment trial
USA - Texas. Jose Briseno wins new punishment trial
JUNE 9, 2010IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: HANGED IN PUBLIC FOR MURDER
One man was hanged in public in the town of Sarab, northwest Iran. According to the
- JUNE 9, 2010GhanaDEATH PENALTY
GHANA: MAN TO BE HANGED FOR MURDER
Justice Essel Mensah of the Ho High Court in Ghana sentenced Emmanuel Adzanku