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
- FEBRUARY 21, 2010IranDEATH PENALTY
KUWAIT: DEATH TO LIFE FOR IRANIAN
the Kuwaiti Court of Appeals commuted the death sentence of an Iranian man...
- FEBRUARY 21, 2010YemenDEATH PENALTY
YEMEN: YEMEN HANDS DOWN DEATH TO SYRIAN
the Specialised Penal Court in Yemen, chaired by Judge Muhsen Alwan, sentenced Syrian national Omer Ahmed Omer Khanto, 45, to death for amphetamine smuggling.
- FEBRUARY 20, 2010IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: THREE PEOPLE HANGED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Three men were hanged in two different Iranian cities for drug trafficking.
- FEBRUARY 19, 2010LebanonDEATH PENALTY
LEBANON: PALESTINIAN SENTENCED TO DEATH IN LEBANON
a Lebanese military court sentenced Palestinian Hussein Khattab to death in absentia for being involved in the murders of members of Hezbollah and Islamic Jihad.
- FEBRUARY 19, 2010RussiaDEATH PENALTY
TWO-IN-FIVE RUSSIANS SUPPORT DEATH PENALTY
44 per cent of Russians think capital punishment should be fully re-instated and applied...
- FEBRUARY 19, 2010United States Armed ForcesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Military. Marine's death sentence overturned.
USA - Military. Marine's death sentence overturned.
- FEBRUARY 19, 2010KansasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Kansas. Senate Bill 375 to abolish the death penalty fails in Kansas Senate
USA - Kansas. Senate Bill 375 to abolish the death penalty fails in Kansas Senate
- FEBRUARY 19, 2010OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Oklahoma. A jury recommended the death penalty for William Eugene Davis
USA - Oklahoma. A jury recommended the death penalty for William Eugene Davis
- FEBRUARY 19, 2010FloridaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Florida. Judge Richard Luce sentenced John Lee Hampton to death
USA - Florida. Judge Richard Luce sentenced John Lee Hampton to death
- FEBRUARY 18, 2010DEATH PENALTY
- South Carolina. An Anderson County jury has sentenced Raymondeze Rivera to death
USA - South Carolina. An Anderson County jury has sentenced Raymondeze Rivera to death
- FEBRUARY 18, 2010LebanonDEATH PENALTY
LEBANESE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR SPYING FOR ISRAEL
A retired member of Lebanon's Internal Security Forces was sentenced to death for having spied for Israel and for his involvement in the murder of two Palestinian militant leaders.
- FEBRUARY 18, 2010IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: PEJAK TERRORISTS EXECUTED IN IRAN
five people were executed in the Iranian city of Urmia for assisting terrorist organisation PEJAK
- FEBRUARY 18, 2010MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: MAN GETS DEATH FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
in Seremban, Malaysia, High Court Judge Datuk Ahmad Nafsy Yasin sentenced contractor Al Bakhtiar Abd Samad, 32, to death for trafficking in 993.8g of cannabis at Kuala Pilah on July 8, 2006. He was also sentenced to three years jail and three strokes of t
- FEBRUARY 18, 2010MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: SINGAPOREAN TO HANG FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Judge Datuk Mohd Zawawi Salleh of the High Court in Johor Baharu...
- FEBRUARY 18, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN AWARDED DEATH SENTENCE
in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Additional District and Sessions Judge Muhammad Tanvir Akbar sentenced...
- FEBRUARY 18, 2010South CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
USA - South Dakota. A measure to repeal death penalty failed today after a vote at the House Health Committee
USA - South Dakota. A measure to repeal death penalty failed today after a vote at the House Health Committee
- FEBRUARY 17, 2010IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN REJECTS U.N. CALL TO FREE POLITICAL PRISONERS
Iran rejected calls to release all political prisoners and accept an international inquiry
- FEBRUARY 17, 2010DEATH PENALTY
USA: NORTH CAROLINA MAN EXONERATED AFTER 17 YEARS
The North Carolina Innocence Inquiry Commission frees Gregory Taylor, 47, white, who was sentenced to
- FEBRUARY 17, 2010BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING WIFE IN SYLHET
in Sylhet, Bangladesh, Additional District and Sessions Judge M Belayetullah sentenced M ...
- FEBRUARY 17, 2010IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: 21-YEAR-OLD SENTENCED TO DEATH
Iran sentenced political prisoner, Amir Reza Aarefi, 21, to death on the charge of “mohareb” (enemy of God). Aarefi was arrested in April 2009 and was in prison during the presidential election...
- FEBRUARY 17, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: ATC AWARDS DEATH SENTENCE
in Sargodha, Pakistan, Anti Terrorist Court Special Judge Anwer Nazir sentenced Rab Nawaz to death for shooting dead Hassan Jamal and Muhammad Ramzan over a minor dispute at Mitha Tiwana in 2007.
- FEBRUARY 17, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: THREE GET DEATH, LIFE IN DOUBLE MURDER CASE
in Gojra, Pakistan, Additional District and Sessions Judge Syed Muzaffar Shah sentenced...
- FEBRUARY 17, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: GOVT MULLING ENDING DEATH SENTENCE: MALIK
Pakistani Federal Interior Minister Rehman Malik announced during question hour in the National Assembly that the government was actively considering ending the death sentence, except regarding the most heinous crimes.
FEBRUARY 17, 2010Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: MAN EXECUTED FOR MURDER
Saudi Arabian man Ahmed al-Anzi was beheaded by the sword in the northern province
FEBRUARY 17, 2010IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR TIES TO MONARCHIST GROUP
An Iranian court sentenced Amir-Reza Arefi to death for ties to an illegal group called the Iranian
- FEBRUARY 17, 2010North CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
USA - North Carolina. The North Carolina Innocence Inquiry Commission frees Gregory Taylor
USA - North Carolina. The North Carolina Innocence Inquiry Commission frees Gregory Taylor
- FEBRUARY 16, 2010DEATH PENALTY
FLORIDA (USA): 45-YEAR-OLD INMATE EXECUTED FOR 1984 SLAYING
Martin Grossman was executed at the Florida state prison in Starke.
- FEBRUARY 16, 2010KentuckyDEATH PENALTY
USA - Kentucky. Kentucky has revised its proposed lethal injection protocol.
USA - Kentucky. Kentucky has revised its proposed lethal injection protocol.
- FEBRUARY 16, 2010UkraineDEATH PENALTY
UKRAINE: PARLIAMENT REFUSES TO RESTORE DEATH PENALTY
Ukraine’s parliament refused to make changes to the present legislation that would bring
- FEBRUARY 16, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: MAN GETS DEATH SENTENCE FOR KILLING INFANT
Judge K.C. Garg of the Indore Sessions Court in Madhya Pradesh...