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 8, 2010IranDEATH PENALTY
the Iranian government’s newspaper ‘Iran’ reported four people were hanged.
the Iranian government’s newspaper ‘Iran’ reported four people were hanged.
- JUNE 8, 2010IranDEATH PENALTY
a man was hanged in Iran for drug trafficking, Iranian government’s newspaper ‘Iran’ reported.
a man was hanged in Iran for drug trafficking, Iranian government’s newspaper ‘Iran’ reported.
- JUNE 8, 2010United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UAE: FIVE FOREIGNERS SENTENCED TO DEATH ON DRUGS CHARGES
in the United Arab Emirates, an Abu Dhabi court sentenced five foreigners to death in two separate
- JUNE 8, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: DEATH SENTENCE FOR KILLING CHILD
in Lahore, Pakistan, Additional District and Sessions Judge Malik Muhammad Rafique sentenced Chuhang resident Ghulam Hussain to death for killing a six-year old boy, Ali, after sodomising him in 2007.
- JUNE 8, 2010AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
AFGHANISTAN: TALEBAN HANG 7-YEAR-OLD BOY TO PUNISH FAMILY
Taliban militants in Afghanistan executed a seven-year-old boy on suspicion of spying
JUNE 8, 2010DEATH PENALTYIRAN: FIVE PEOPLE EXECUTED FOR RAPE, DRUG TRAFFICKING
the Iranian government’s newspaper ‘Iran’ reported five people were hanged. The report didn’t say where the executions took place, but it is believed that they took place in Tehran.
JUNE 8, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: TALIBAN STAGE PUBLIC EXECUTION IN NORTH WAZIRISTAN
the Pakistani Taliban staged a public execution in North Waziristan after an Islamic court convicted the
JUNE 8, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: SENIOR JUDGE URGES COURT TO USE STRICT EVIDENCE STANDARDS
a Chinese Supreme People's Court (SPC) official said courts must apply the
- JUNE 8, 2010North CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
USA - North Carolina. Judge Ron Spivey sentenced Andrew D. Ramsuer to death
USA - North Carolina. Judge Ron Spivey sentenced Andrew D. Ramsuer to death
- JUNE 8, 2010CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - California. A jury recommended that James Heard be put to death
USA - California. A jury recommended that James Heard be put to death
- JUNE 7, 2010United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UAE: DUBAI COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE FOR MOSQUE MURDERER
the death sentence against 30-year-old Emirati, Rashid Al Rashidi, was finalised
- JUNE 7, 2010IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: SUPREME COURT REPORTEDLY CONFIRMS DEATH SENTENCES OF TWO IRANIAN KURDS
the Human Rights Activists News Agency reported that lawyers of Kurdish activists Mohammad Amin Agushi and Ahmad Puladkhani were notified of their death sentences after they were approved by the Iranian Supreme Court.
- JUNE 7, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN GETS DEATH FOR MURDER
in Muridke, Pakistan, Additional District and Sessions Judge Younis Aziz sentenced Saleem to death for strangling Zohaib Azam, 3, of Nain Sukh, after sodomising him in 2007.
- JUNE 7, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN GETS DEATH SENTENCE IN RAPE AND MURDER CASE
in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, an Additional District and Sessions judge sentenced Naseer Ahmed to death and fined him Rs300,000 for raping and murdering three-year-old boy Aroon Khalid on November 10, 2009.
JUNE 7, 2010DEATH PENALTYIRAN: TWO MEN HANGED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING, RAPE
two men have been recently executed in Iran for drug trafficking and rape.
- JUNE 7, 2010North CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
USA - North Carolina. A jury sentenced Andrew Ramseur to death
USA - North Carolina. A jury sentenced Andrew Ramseur to death
JUNE 7, 2010IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: 13 PEOPLE HANGED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
According to reliable sources 13 people were hanged in the morning in the prison of Ghezel Hesar, Tehran, Iran Human Rights reported.
- JUNE 6, 2010DEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. El Paso County fired its Chief Medical Examiner, Paul Shrode
USA - Texas. El Paso County fired its Chief Medical Examiner, Paul Shrode
- JUNE 6, 2010GhanaDEATH PENALTY
GHANA: FARMER SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDERING WIFE
35-year-old farmer, Kutenuor Nangku, was sentenced to death by High Court Justice George Koomson, sitting at Wa, the Upper West regional capital, in Ghana.
- JUNE 6, 2010MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: TWO MEN GET DEATH FOR TRAFFICKING CANNABIS
judge Datuk Zamani A. Rahim of the Malaysian High Court sentenced vegetable farmer Ramli Abd Rahman, 36, and civil servant Sulaiman Ismail, 38, to death after finding them guilty of trafficking in 11,135 grams of cannabis in Junjung, Kulim, on May 3, 2006
- JUNE 6, 2010IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN KURDS BURIED IN SECRET LOCATION AFTER EXECUTION’
Iranian authorities refused to hand over the bodies of Kurdish militants executed last month to their families and buried them in a secret location, their lawyer lawyer Khalil Bahramian told Rahesabz website.
JUNE 5, 2010Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: SUDANESE MAN BEHEADED FOR MURDER
Sudanese man Faisal Ali Abdel Ghani Ahmed was beheaded in Saudi Arabia for
- JUNE 4, 2010IranDEATH PENALTY
a 36 year old man identified as ‘Jalil B.’ was hanged in the prison of Mianeh
a 36 year old man identified as ‘Jalil B.’ was hanged in the prison of Mianeh
- JUNE 4, 2010DEATH PENALTY
OHIO (USA): GOVERNOR SPARES CONDEMNED KILLER
Ted Strickland has commuted the death sentence of Richard Nields.
- JUNE 4, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: KASAB FILES APPEAL AGAINST DEATH SENTENCE
Pakistani Ajmal Kasab challenged his death sentence for killing 166 people in a terrorist attack on Mumbai in the Bombay High Court.
- JUNE 4, 2010MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: ELDERLY MAN TO HANG FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
elderly man Low Ah Leck, 62, was sentenced to death by Judicial Commissioner Datuk Asmabi Mohamad of the Malaysian High Court for trafficking 353.2 gr. of Methamphetamine in front of a fast food restaurant in Ampang, Selangor, on May 23, 2008.
- JUNE 4, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING WIFE
in Pattoki, Pakistan, Additional district and sessions judge Manzoor Hussain Dogar sentenced Shehzad to death and fined him Rs 100,000 for killing his wife on November 28, 2008.
- JUNE 4, 2010GambiaDEATH PENALTY
GAMBIA: MAN GETS DEATH SENTENCE FOR KILLING SISTER
Justice Joseph E. Ikpala of the Special Criminal Court in Gambia sentenced Bakary Daffeh to death for killing his sister, Kumba Daffeh.
- JUNE 4, 2010ConnecticutDEATH PENALTY
USA - Connecticut. The Connecticut Supreme Court overturned the conviction of Robert Courchesne
USA - Connecticut. The Connecticut Supreme Court overturned the conviction of Robert Courchesne
- JUNE 4, 2010OhioDEATH PENALTY
USA - Ohio. Gov. Ted Strickland has commuted the death sentence of Richard Nields
USA - Ohio. Gov. Ted Strickland has commuted the death sentence of Richard Nields