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
- JANUARY 13, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN CONVICTED IN KIDNAPPING, MURDER CASE
the Anti-Terrorism Court in Karachi, Pakistan, sentenced Muhsin Raza to death for kidnapping Sohrab Khan from the airport area Karachi for ransom on June 21, 2008, and killing him.
- JANUARY 13, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: DEATH FOR WIFE’S MURDER
in Lahore, Pakistan, Additional District and Sessions judge Malik Muhammad Rafiq sentenced Mazhar Iqbal to death for murdering his wife Bushra Iqbal over a domestic issue in Manawan in 2007.
- JANUARY 13, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN CONVICTED IN KIDNAPPING, MURDER CASE
the Anti-Terrorism Court in Karachi, Pakistan, sentenced Muhsin Raza to death for kidnapping Sohrab Khan from the airport area Karachi for ransom on June 21, 2008, and killing him.
- JANUARY 13, 2010Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI EXECUTED FOR MURDER
in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, Redha bin Abid bin Abdullah Almabadi was beheaded by the sword for fatally stabbing Ahmed bin Mohammad al-Harbi in an argument, the interior ministry said in a statement carried by the official SPA news agency.
- JANUARY 13, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: GOVT PROPOSES DEATH PENALTY FOR HIJACKERS
a group of ministers in India, headed by Home Minister P Chidambaram, cleared a proposal to amend the Anti-Hijacking Act, 1982 to provide for the death penalty for those guilty of the crime.
- JANUARY 13, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: DEATH FOR MURDER
in Pakistan, Anti Terrorism Court Judge Khalid Naveed Dar awarded the death sentence on two counts to a murder accused.
- JANUARY 13, 2010CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - California. A Shasta County jury recommended the death penalty for Scott Paul Varner
USA - California. A Shasta County jury recommended the death penalty for Scott Paul Varner
- JANUARY 12, 2010TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. Gary Johnson has been executed
USA - Texas. Gary Johnson has been executed
- JANUARY 12, 2010Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA AMENDS DEATH SENTENCE LAW
Saudi Arabia’s Shura Council passed legislation amending the Criminal Procedure Law so that
- JANUARY 12, 2010ArizonaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Arizona. A Maricopa County jury imposed the death penalty again Efren Medina
USA - Arizona. A Maricopa County jury imposed the death penalty again Efren Medina
- JANUARY 11, 2010Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA CARRIES OUT FIRST EXECUTION OF 2010
A Saudi man was beheaded in Madinah for raping and robbing four women after offering to give them a
- JANUARY 11, 2010CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - California. Two Riverside County juries sentenced Glen Joseph Jones and Jeffree Jay Buettner to death
USA - California. Two Riverside County juries sentenced Glen Joseph Jones and Jeffree Jay Buettner to death
- JANUARY 11, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: DEATH SENTENCE IN MURDER CASE
in Kasur, Pakistan, District and Sessions Judge Javed Rasheed sentenced Saif Ali to death for murder.
- JANUARY 11, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN CONVICTED OF MURDER
in Gujranwala, Pakistan, District and Sessions Judge Suhail Nasir sentenced Shahid Naveed to death and fined him Rs 100,000.
- JANUARY 11, 2010IranDEATH PENALTY
KURDISH POLITICAL PRISONERS AT RISK OF EXECUTION
the Kurdistan Human Rights Organization announced the names...
- JANUARY 9, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: DEATH SENTENCE REDUCED TO LIFE TERM
the death sentence awarded to Govindasamy, 43, of Sathyamangalam, India, for killing five people of a family was commuted to life imprisonment.
- JANUARY 9, 2010BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: THREE ON DEATH ROW SEEK CLEMENCY
three of the five former Bangladesh Army officers sentenced to death for the 1975 murder of the country's founding father Sheikh Mujibur Rahman sought clemency from the president.
- JANUARY 9, 2010CanadaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA: SUPREME COURT REVOKES DEATH SENTENCE AGAINST TWO
the Saudi Arabian Supreme Court annulled the death sentences of two high school pupils accused of murdering a fellow student, Munther Al-Haraki, in January 2007.
- JANUARY 9, 2010SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
SOMALI MILITIA EXECUTES SHABAAB REBEL COMMANDER
a pro-government militia in Somalia executed a commander from the al Shabaab rebel group in public in the central Galagadud region
JANUARY 9, 2010IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: SIX HANGED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
six men convicted of drug trafficking were hanged early this morning in a prison in
- JANUARY 8, 2010MissouriDEATH PENALTY
USA - Missouri. The death sentence of Travis E. Glass has been commuted to life in prison without parole.
USA - Missouri. The death sentence of Travis E. Glass has been commuted to life in prison without parole.
- JANUARY 8, 2010CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - California. Judge Richard Erwood sentenced Christopher Guy Jasso to death
USA - California. Judge Richard Erwood sentenced Christopher Guy Jasso to death
- JANUARY 8, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: COURT COMMUTES DEATH SENTENCE TO LIFE TERM
Pappu Paswan had his death sentence commuted to life imprisonment by the Punjab and Haryana High Court.
- JANUARY 8, 2010BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESHI WORKER TO HANG IN SINGAPORE FOR MURDER
High Court Judge Kan Ting Chiu of Singapore's High Court sentenced Bangladeshi construction worker Kamrul Hasan Abdul Quddus, 35, to death for murder.
- JANUARY 8, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: TEN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR WOMAN'S MURDER
in Barasat, India, a fast track court sentenced 10 people to death for the murder of a jeweller's wife at Kanchrapara.
- JANUARY 8, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
a trial of first instance in Pakistan sentenced a chauffeur
a trial of first instance in Pakistan sentenced a chauffeur
JANUARY 8, 2010IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: WARNING AGAINST EXECUTION OF FIVE DETAINEES OF RECENT UPRISING
Abbas Jaafari Dowlat Abadi, Tehran’s Prosecutor, announced today that the cases of five individuals
- JANUARY 8, 2010MissouriDEATH PENALTY
USA - Missouri. The death sentence of Travis E. Glass has been commuted to life in prison without parole.
USA - Missouri. The death sentence of Travis E. Glass has been commuted to life in prison without parole.
- JANUARY 7, 2010Myanmar (Burma)DEATH PENALTY
BURMA: TWO WHISTLE-BLOWERS SENTENCED TO DEATH
two Burmese officials were sentenced to death for leaking to North Korea and Russia details
- JANUARY 7, 2010OhioDEATH PENALTY
USA - Ohio. Vernon Lamont Smith has been executed
USA - Ohio. Vernon Lamont Smith has been executed