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
MARCH 24, 2010TaiwanDEATH PENALTYTAIWAN: TRIO SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER SLAYING OF TEACHER
the Taiwan High Court upheld the death sentences given by the Keelung District Court to three men in
- MARCH 23, 2010BelarusDEATH PENALTY
COUNCIL OF EUROPE DENOUNCES EXECUTIONS IN BELARUS
the Council of Europe denounced the execution of two death row inmates in Belarus.
- MARCH 23, 2010BelarusDEATH PENALTY
BELARUSIAN ACTIVISTS DETAINED FOR PROTESTING DEATH PENALTY
four Belarusian activists protesting recent executions were detained near President Alyaksandr Lukashenka's office in Minsk, RFE/RL's Belarus Service reports.
- MARCH 23, 2010RussiaDEATH PENALTY
GRYZLOV: TERRORISM PREVENTS RUSSIA FROM BANNING THE DEATH PENALTY
Russian State Duma Speaker Boris Gryzlov said Russia has refrained from ratifying Protocol 6 to the
MARCH 23, 2010BahrainDEATH PENALTYBAHRAIN: DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDER
male prostitute Russell Mezan, 26, from Bangladesh, was sentenced to death by the
- MARCH 23, 2010NebraskaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Nebraska. Judge Randall Rehmeier has convicted chief crime-scene investigator David Kofoed on an evidence tampering charge
USA - Nebraska. Judge Randall Rehmeier has convicted chief crime-scene investigator David Kofoed on an evidence tampering charge
- MARCH 22, 2010BelarusDEATH PENALTY
BELARUS CARRIES OUT TWO EXECUTIONS
two men were executed in Belarus at the end of last week, Amnesty International reported.
- MARCH 22, 2010MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: STOREKEEPER SENT TO GALLOWS FOR MURDER
jilted storekeeper Shahrul Nizam Mohd Shah, 38, was sentenced to death by Judge Datuk Wira Mohtarudin Baki of the Malaysian High Court for murdering Nurul Hazira Bharum, 26, in Rawang on October 7, 2008. Bharum was set to marry another man.
- MARCH 22, 2010TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
TAIWAN: NEW JUSTICE MINISTER ORDERS DEATH ROW REVIEW
Taiwan's new justice minister, who was appointed after his predecessor refused to authorise executions,
- MARCH 22, 2010LiberiaDEATH PENALTY
LIBERIA: DEATH BY HANGING
Hans Williams and Ms Mardea Payku were sentenced to death in Liberia by Judge Dixon Blamo for murdering Angel Togbah, 13.
- MARCH 22, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: COURT REJECTS MURDER CONVICT’S CLEMENCY PLEA
Justices P V Hardas and S P Davare of the Bombay high court in India rejected the clemency plea of Nandurbar resident Sumanbai Mahire, 58.
- MARCH 22, 2010IranDEATH PENALTY
AFGHANISTAN: OUTCRY IN KABUL OVER AFGHANS ON DEATH ROW IN IRAN
a delegation of Afghan lawmakers including Abdul Sattar Khwasi, first secretary of the lower house of parliament, returned from Iran with news that three thousand Afghanis have been sentenced to death there for various crimes
MARCH 22, 2010IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: AFGHANI MINOR ON DEATH ROW
it was reported that Jandarshah Nabizada, 16, from Afghanistan's northern Takhar Province
- MARCH 21, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN GETS CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
in Pakpattan, Pakistan, Additional District and Sessions Judge Rana Abdur Rashid sentenced Ejaz Ahmad to death and fined him Rs 100,000 for killing a girl at Mohalla Eid Gah about one-and-half years ago.
- MARCH 20, 2010BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING WIFE
a court in Netrakona, Bangladesh, sentenced Badal Mia...
- MARCH 20, 2010IranDEATH PENALTY
CALLS TO CANCEL DEATH SENTENCE AGAINST IRANIAN KURDISH ACTIVIST
Falak al-Din Kaka Yi, a former Iraqi Kurdistan minister...
- MARCH 19, 2010DEATH PENALTY
VIRGINIA (USA): INMATE EXECUTED BY ELECTROCUTION
A Virginia man who killed a 16-year-old girl and then waited in her home to rape and stab her 14-year-old sister in 1999 was executed in the state's electric chair.
- MARCH 19, 2010EgyptDEATH PENALTY
EGYPT: 4 SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER KILLING BOY
an Egyptian court in al-Sharqiya in the northern Nile Delta sentenced four men to death
- MARCH 19, 2010NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA: COURT CONFIRMS DEATH SENTENCE ON POLICE OFFICER
Justice James Ogebe of the Nigerian Supreme Court upheld the death sentence passed on police officer Olayemi Oludamilola by Justice J. Ottah of the Kogi State High Court.
- MARCH 19, 2010ZimbabweDEATH PENALTY
a court in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, sentenced Jabulani Nkomo...
a court in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, sentenced Jabulani Nkomo...
- MARCH 19, 2010KentuckyDEATH PENALTY
USA - Kentucky. Judge C.A. Woodall sentenced Kevin Dunlap to 6 death sentences
USA - Kentucky. Judge C.A. Woodall sentenced Kevin Dunlap to 6 death sentences
MARCH 19, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: ANTI-HIJACKING LAW GETS TOUGHER, DEATH SENTENCE INCLUDED AS PUNISHMENT
The UPA government made the anti-hijacking law much tougher by including death sentence as a punishment.
- MARCH 19, 2010FloridaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Florida. German on death row in Florida gets sentence commuted
USA - Florida. German on death row in Florida gets sentence commuted
- MARCH 18, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA TWO ON DEATH ROW ACQUITTED IN MURDER CASE
Kumaran and Senbagam were acquitted by Justices Chockalingam and Karnan of the Madras High Court in India.
- MARCH 18, 2010TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
AMNESTY URGES TAIWAN TO SCRAP DEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International called on Taiwan's President to abolish the death penalty.
- MARCH 18, 2010Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA 'SORCERY' DEATH SENTENCE UPHELD
Amnesty International has called on the King of Saudi Arabia to halt the execution of a Lebanese
- MARCH 18, 2010SudanDEATH PENALTY
SUDAN. TWO EXECUTIONS
two Sudanese men were executed for killing four oil workers, two of them Chinese, and looting their vehicle in 2004 at Heglig in Kordofan state
- MARCH 18, 2010FloridaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Florida. A jury recommended that Randall Deviney, 20, white, be executed
USA - Florida. A jury recommended that Randall Deviney, 20, white, be executed
- MARCH 18, 2010MarylandDEATH PENALTY
USA - Maryland. The House Judiciary Committee rejected a bill that would have expanded the death penalty.
USA - Maryland. The House Judiciary Committee rejected a bill that would have expanded the death penalty.
MARCH 18, 2010South KoreaDEATH PENALTYSOUTH KOREA: ASSEMBLY SPEAKER CALLS FOR ABOLITION OF DEATH PENALTY
The National Assembly speaker demanded the abolition of the death penalty in South