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
- APRIL 6, 2010Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA: 3 OFWs SENTENCED TO DEATH IN SAUDI
overseas Filipino workers Victorino Gaspar Jr., Paul Miquibas, and Edgardo Genetiano were found guilty of killing and robbing Filipino worker Raymundo Dimaculangan in Jeddah by the Jizan General Shari'ah Court in Saudi Arabia and were sentenced to death.
APRIL 6, 2010EthiopiaDEATH PENALTYETHIOPIA: COURT SENTENCES OROMO SEPARATIST TO DEATH
An Ethiopian court has handed down a death sentence to an alleged leader
- APRIL 5, 2010BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: MAN TO DIE FOR KILLING WIFE
in Faridpur, Bangladesh, Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal judge Khan Mohammad Abdul Manna sentenced Ikram Khan, 35, from Joydevpur village under Alfadanga upazila of the district, to death. He allegedly beat his wife Tania Khatum Akhni, 2
- APRIL 3, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: TWO GET DEATH IN MURDER CASE
in Burewala, Pakistan, Additional District and Session Judge Muhammad Shafique Butt sentenced Muhammad Iqbal and Basharat Ali to death for murdered Muhammad Naeem of Chak 179 E-B on June 19, 2008. They were also fined Rs 100,000 each
APRIL 3, 2010YemenDEATH PENALTYYEMEN: SPYING FOR ISRAEL DEATH SENTENCE UPHELD
An appeals court in Yemen upheld the death sentence against Bassam al-Haidari who was found guilty of contacts with former Israeli premier Ehud Olmert on the Internet to plot against Yemen.
- APRIL 2, 2010Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA 'HOLDS OFF ON EXECUTING SORCERER'
Saudi Arabia apparently stayed the execution of Lebanese former TV presenter Ali Sibat who was convicted of sorcery.
- APRIL 2, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: THREE JAPANESE WILL BE PUT TO DEATH
China informed Japanese Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada that it will execute Japanese nationals Teruo Takeda, 67, Hironori Ukai, 48, and Katsuo Mori, 67, for drug-smuggling
- APRIL 2, 2010IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: KURDISH MOTHER AND HER CHILDREN SENTENCED TO DEATH
to the court in Mahabad in the Iranian Kurdish province of Urmiyeh, Caziye Dervis Zade and her
- APRIL 2, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: DEATH SENTENCE FOR ADOPTIVE-MUM MURDER
in China, the Shanghai No. 2 Intermediate People's Court handed Mao Xingguo...
- APRIL 1, 2010AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
AFGHAN MINISTRY OFFICIAL GETS DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDER
Judge Muhammad Ashraf of the provincial primary court in Afghanistan’s eastern province of Kunar sentenced government ministry official Marhaba Karimi and her husband Ghulam Ghaus to death for torturing and murdering her daughter-in-law in February 2010.
- APRIL 1, 2010IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
INDONESIA: TWO SENTENCED TO DEATH IN MURDER/ROBBERY
Chief judge Adi Hernomo of the Mungkid district court in Magelang...
- APRIL 1, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: GETS DEATH SENTENCE IN DSP MURDER CASE
Justice R P Asthana of the Fast Track Court in Saharsa...
- APRIL 1, 2010DEATH PENALTY
USA - Arkansas. A jury has sentenced Erickson Dimas-Martinez to die
USA - Arkansas. A jury has sentenced Erickson Dimas-Martinez to die
- APRIL 1, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China executed five persons for drug-related crimes.
China executed five persons for drug-related crimes.
- APRIL 1, 2010South CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
USA - South Carolina. Edward Lee Elmore has been re-sentenced to life in prison
USA - South Carolina. Edward Lee Elmore has been re-sentenced to life in prison
- APRIL 1, 2010CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - California. A jury once again found that Lloyd Earl Jackson should be put to death
USA - California. A jury once again found that Lloyd Earl Jackson should be put to death
- MARCH 31, 2010KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
KUWAITI WIFE GETS DEATH SENTENCE FOR WEDDING BLAZE
in Kuwait, Judge Adel al-Sager sentenced Nasra Yussef Mohammed al-Enezi, 23, to death for starting a fire in Jahra on August 15 at the wedding party of her husband and his second wife that killed 57 women and children.
- MARCH 31, 2010Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
LEBANESE AUTHORITIES URGED TO INTERVENE TO HALT EXPECTED SAUDI ARABIA EXECUTION
Amnesty International urged Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri to halt the imminent execution of Lebanese national Ali Hussain Sibat in Saudi Arabia, after the organisation received reports that an execution is scheduled for tomorrow.
- MARCH 31, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN HANDED DOWN DEATH SENTENCE
in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Additional District and Sessions Judge Sajjad Hussain Sindhar sentenced Mohammad Baig to death for killing his brother-in-law...
- MARCH 31, 2010KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
69 SRI LANKAN DRUG TRAFFICKERS IN KUWAIT PRISONS - 11 WOMEN AMONG THEM
69 Sri Lankans involved in drug trafficking are serving jail sentences in Kuwait prisons...
- MARCH 31, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: SHC ADMITS APPEAL OF ACCUSED AGAINST THEIR DEATH SENTENCE
in Pakistan, the Sindh High Court admitted an appeal filed by Kamran, alias Kammo, Farhan, alias Gole, and Farhan Ahmed, alias Chhota, who were sentenced to death for murdering police Head Constable Ghulam Ghaus near Malir river on October 13, 2006.
MARCH 31, 2010RussiaDEATH PENALTYRUSSIA: UPPER HOUSE SPEAKER DOESN’T SUPPORT DEATH PENALTY FOR TERRORISTS
Sergei Mironov, speaker of the Federation Council upper house of Russian parliament, does
MARCH 31, 2010MalaysiaDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA: MAN GETS DEATH FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
labourer Shukor Md Noor, 29, was sentenced to death by Judicial commissioner
- MARCH 31, 2010OhioDEATH PENALTY
USA - Ohio. Judge Charles Kubicki, Jr. imposed the death sentence on Anthony Kirkland
USA - Ohio. Judge Charles Kubicki, Jr. imposed the death sentence on Anthony Kirkland
- MARCH 30, 2010European UnionDEATH PENALTY
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL: BELARUS EXECUTIONS UNDERLINE THE NEED FOR MORE EU ACTION
Amnesty International is urging the EU to strongly and publicly condemn the two executions in Belarus from earlier this month.
- MARCH 30, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA TO EXECUTE JAPANESE MAN FOR SMUGGLING STIMULANTS POSSIBLY MONDAY
China told Japan that Beijing will execute, as early as next Monday, a Japanese man, Japanese government sources said.
- MARCH 30, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTY
HARYANA (INDIA): 5 GET DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDER
in a landmark judgement in a Haryana (India) honour killing case, a court awarded capital
- MARCH 30, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: MAN GETS DEATH PENALTY FOR KILLING CHILD
at a court in Bihar, India, Additional District and Sessions Judge Umesh Chandra Mishra sentenced Raju Singh to death for abducting three-year-old Sundaram and then killing him at Amatha village in the district on May 10, 2009.
- MARCH 30, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN GETS DEATH FOR KIDNAPPING, MURDERING 12-YEAR-OLD GIRL
in Pakistan, Karachi Anti-Terrorism Court Judge Anand Ram Hotwani sentenced a man identified as Mohammad Ayub to death for kidnapping and murdering a 12-year-old girl named Kulsoom.
- MARCH 30, 2010JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN: MURDER- TOWARDS ABOLITION FOR STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS
Japan’s controlling Democratic Party approved a draft law that would abolish the statute of limitations for