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 2, 2010TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. Michael Sigala was executed
USA - Texas. Michael Sigala was executed
- MARCH 2, 2010CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - California. A jury recommended the death penalty for Tanya Nelson
USA - California. A jury recommended the death penalty for Tanya Nelson
MARCH 2, 2010BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: HC DECLARES MANDATORY DEATH PENALTY UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Justices Imman Ali and Abdul Awal of the Bangladeshi High Court declared all
- MARCH 1, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH
in Pakpattan, Pakistan, an Additional District and Sessions Judge sentenced Sher Muhammad to death for fatally stabbing Muhammad Sadiq and Abdul Majeed of Mazafarabad in 2006.
- MARCH 1, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: 5 SENTENCED TO DEATH IN HONOUR KILLING INDIAN COUPLE FROM SAME CLAN
five people were sentenced to death for killing a couple from the same clan that married in 2007 in the northern Indian state of Haryana.
MARCH 1, 2010DEATH PENALTYIRAN: EIGHT MEN HANGED FOR MURDER, DRUG TRAFFICKING
eight men have been hanged in Iran recently for murder, drug trafficking.
MARCH 1, 2010UgandaDEATH PENALTYUGANDA: GAY BILL CRITICS DELIVER ONLINE PETITION
Campaigners opposing Uganda's Anti-Homosexuality Bill have taken an online petition to parliament
- MARCH 1, 2010OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Oklahoma. House Passes Death Penalty Extension Bill
USA - Oklahoma. House Passes Death Penalty Extension Bill
MARCH 1, 2010BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: CABINET OKAYS BILL WITH DEATH PENALTY CLAUSE
the cabinet in Bangladesh approved in principle the Border Guard Bangladesh Bill 2010, keeping a
- FEBRUARY 28, 2010TexasDEATH PENALTY
A - Texas. Actors join death penalty protest for Linda Carty
USA - Texas. Actors join death penalty protest for Linda Carty
- FEBRUARY 27, 2010IranDEATH PENALTY
CALL TO STOP EXECUTION OF IRANIAN-KURDISH ACTIVIST
over two thousand Iranian human rights and social activists have called for the annulment of death sentence issued to Shirin Alam Huli, 28.
- FEBRUARY 27, 2010IranDEATH PENALTY
Three men were hanged in the prison of Birjand in eastern Iran, reported the daily enwspaper Khorasan
Three men were hanged in the prison of Birjand in eastern Iran, reported the daily enwspaper Khorasan
- FEBRUARY 27, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: THREE SENTENCED TO DEATH ON HUNGER STRIKE
three people sentenced to death have been on hunger strike since February 23 in Jiangxi, China.
- FEBRUARY 26, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: TWO SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING POLICEMEN
in Karachi, Pakistan, Judge Syed Hasan Shah Bukhari of the Anti-Terrorism Court sentenced Kamran and Farhan to death for killing two policemen, identified as Ishaque and Moharam Ali, on October 12, 2006, in the limits of the Shah Latif Town police station
- FEBRUARY 26, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: LI HOLDS PUBLIC EXECUTION OF TRIBESMAN
in the Tirah Valley of the Khyber Agency in Pakistan, Lashkar-e-Islam publicly...
- FEBRUARY 26, 2010South AfricaDEATH PENALTY
MAN STONED TO DEATH AFTER RAPE OF GIRLFRIEND'S COUSIN
a 44-year-old man was stoned to death by a kangaroo court in Gugulethu, South Africa, after he allegedly raped his girlfriend's 14-year-old cousin.
- FEBRUARY 26, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: DEATH SENTENCE FOR LABOURER FOR RAPING, KILLING MINOR
in Hoshiarpur, India, Additional Session Judge Surinder Singh Sahni sentenced Mangal Singh, a migrant labourer from West Bengal, to death for raping and murdering a 5-year-old girl from Adda Saran village of the district on March 11, 2009.
- FEBRUARY 26, 2010KenyaDEATH PENALTY
KENYA: MAN TO DIE FOR KILLING FORMER GIRLFRIEND'S DAUGHTER
in Nairobi, Kenya, John Irungu Macharia’s appeal against his death sentenced was rejected by Justices Githinji, Waki and Visram.
- FEBRUARY 26, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: TWO GET DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDER
in Tandlianwala, Pakistan, Additional District and Sessions Judge Chaudhery Tariq Javed sentenced...
- FEBRUARY 26, 2010ItalyDEATH PENALTY
GENEVA: WORLD CONGRESS AGAINST THE DEATH PENALTY- PRESIDED OVER BY HANDS OFF CAIN
the fourth World Congress Against the Death Penalty concluded today in Geneva. It was organised by
- FEBRUARY 26, 2010CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - California. Judge Rebecca Riley sentenced Randolph “Randy” Kling to death
USA - California. Judge Rebecca Riley sentenced Randolph “Randy” Kling to death
- FEBRUARY 26, 2010IndianaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Indiana. Judge Sheila A. Carlisle sentenced Chijioke Bomani Ben-Yisraylof to 60 years
USA - Indiana. Judge Sheila A. Carlisle sentenced Chijioke Bomani Ben-Yisraylof to 60 years
- FEBRUARY 25, 2010South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
SOUTH KOREA COURT UPHOLDS DEATH PENALTY
South Korea’s highest court upheld the death penalty, 13 years after the last execution
- FEBRUARY 25, 2010MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: MAN GETS DEATH FOR KILLING HIS FRIEND
in Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia, unemployed man Lee Fook...
- FEBRUARY 25, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: LHC UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE
in Pakistan, a division bench of the Lahore High Court upheld the death sentence of Sarfraz, Nadeem and two others.
- FEBRUARY 25, 2010IranDEATH PENALTY
Five men were hanged in the prison of Kerman
Five men were hanged in the prison of Kerman, southeastern Iran, reported the state run Iranian news
- FEBRUARY 25, 2010MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: MAN TO HANG FOR UTAR STUDENT'S MURDER
in Shah Alam, Malaysia, judicial commissioner Mohd Yazid Mustafa sentenced Tay Kok Wah, 32, to death for robbing and murdering student Tang Lai Meng in Kajang on August 2, 2007. She was found smothered in her rented room.
- FEBRUARY 25, 2010JordanDEATH PENALTY
JORDAN: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDERING FRIEND
judges Jarad, Atoun and Nahar of the Jordanian Criminal Court sentenced a man
- FEBRUARY 24, 2010SpainDEATH PENALTY
GENEVA: CONGRESS OPENS WITH CALL TO END DEATH PENALTY
Spanish Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero has told an anti-death penalty conference
- FEBRUARY 24, 2010SudanDEATH PENALTY
SUDAN RELEASES 50 DARFUR REBELS
Sudan released 50 Darfur rebels who had been sentenced to death, under a new truce agreement