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
- NOVEMBER 25, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: DEATH SENTENCE COMMUTED
a division bench of the Lahore High Court comprising Justices Malik and Haq commuted the death sentence of Punam Khan to life imprisonment.
- NOVEMBER 25, 2010Sri LankaDEATH PENALTY
SRI LANKA: DEATH FOR MURDER CASE SUSPECT
in Sri Lanka, Kandy High Court Judge W C Pushpamali sentenced Heenagedara Wedikkara...
- NOVEMBER 25, 2010Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
the National Assembly (lower house of parliament of the Democratic...
the National Assembly (lower house of parliament of the Democratic...
- NOVEMBER 25, 2010JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN: JURY HANDS DOWN DEATH SENTENCE TO TEENAGER
Japanese jurors sentenced a teenager to hang for a double murder, the first death penalty
- NOVEMBER 25, 2010NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA: COURT PASSES DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDER OF THREE YEAR OLD
presiding judge, Justice Ahmed Isa of the High Court sitting in the Ringim Local Government
- NOVEMBER 24, 2010Congo - BrazzavilleDEATH PENALTY
CONGO: HANDS OFF CAIN MISSION – JUSTICE MINISTER FOR ABOLITION
the Hands Off Cain delegation, comprising parliamentarian Elisabetta Zamparutti
- NOVEMBER 24, 2010BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: COURT HANDS DOWN DEATH PENALTY TO 18 PEOPLE
in Bangladesh, Additional district and sessions judge Abdur Rahim Mridha sentenced
- NOVEMBER 24, 2010GhanaDEATH PENALTY
GHANA: 104 PRISONERS ON DEATH ROW PACKED INTO A HOLE FOR 24
The Acting Director General of the Ghana Prisons Service, Kofi Bansah, says there are 104 condemned
- NOVEMBER 23, 2010DEATH PENALTY
USA - Alabama. Judge Jim Hill imposed the death sentence on Michael Brandon Kelley, 29, white
USA - Alabama. Judge Jim Hill imposed the death sentence on Michael Brandon Kelley, 29, white
- NOVEMBER 23, 2010Congo - BrazzavilleDEATH PENALTY
CONGO: HANDS OFF CAIN MISSION – MEETINGS WITH THE CHAMBER AND SENATE FOR ABOLTION OF THE DEATH PENALTY
after meeting the Secretary General of the Congo Foreign Affairs ministry Daniel Owassa yesterday, the Hands Off Cain and Non Violent Radical Party delegation (comprising parliamentarians Elisabetta Zamparutti and Marco Perduca and accompanied by the Ital
- NOVEMBER 23, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
TWO SENTENCED TO DEATH WITH REPRIEVE FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING IN NORTHEAST CHINA
the Intermediate People's Court of Changchun in northeast China's Jilin Province sentenced two to death with a two-year reprieve for drug trafficking.
- NOVEMBER 23, 2010BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: ONE TO GO TO GALLOWS FOR MURDER IN C’NAWABGANJ
in Chapainawabganj, Bangladesh, Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal judge Arup Kumar Goswami sentenced Akhtarul Islam Tanu, of Macchmari village of Shibganj municipality area, death for killing Tokiara Khatun on February 16, 1998.
- NOVEMBER 23, 2010ItalyDEATH PENALTY
DEATH PENALTY: ZAMPARUTTI (RADICALS)- ITALY SHOULD NOT BE COMPLICIT IN US EXECUTIONS
after last week having presented an urgent question to the President of the Council
NOVEMBER 23, 2010IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: MAN HANGED IN THE CENTRAL TOWN OF KASHAN
One man was hanged in the central Iranian town of Kashan, reported the Iranian
- NOVEMBER 22, 2010MaldivesDEATH PENALTY
MALDIVES: DEATH SENTENCE PASSED IN MURDER CASE
the Maldives Criminal Court sentenced Mohamed Nabeel, 21, to death for murdering
- NOVEMBER 22, 2010ThailandDEATH PENALTY
THAILAND: POLICE SERGEANT SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING SOLDIER
the Thai Criminal Court sentenced police sergeant Prasart Jantima...
- NOVEMBER 22, 2010NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA: COURT ORDERS MAN HANGED
at a High Court in Aba in Nigeria's Abia State, Presiding Judge, Justice Theresa Uzokwe sentenced Loveday Ahuchaogu, 30, from Umuawa, to death by hanging for kidnapping and murdering Francis Ajayi on July 28, 2008, at Umudike in Ikwuano, near Umuahia.
NOVEMBER 22, 2010IranDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA: HIGH COURT SENTENCES IRANIAN MAN TO DEATH FOR TRAFFICKING DRUGS
A Malaysian court sentenced an Iranian man to death by hanging for trafficking
- NOVEMBER 22, 2010AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Alabama. A jury sentenced Ryan Gerald Russell, 38, white, to death
USA - Alabama. A jury sentenced Ryan Gerald Russell, 38, white, to death
NOVEMBER 22, 2010SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: MILITANTS EXECUTE 2 TEENS ACCUSED OF CRIMES
Militants from Somalia's most feared insurgent group used
- NOVEMBER 20, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: SC COMMUTES DEATH SENTENCE
Justices Alam and Ganguly of the Indian Supreme Court commuted to life imprisonment the death penalty awarded to Remdeo Chauhan, alias Rajnath Chauhan, for murdering Bhabani Charan Das and his three family members on 8 March, 1992.
NOVEMBER 20, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: PRESIDENT ZARDARI STAYS EXECUTION OF ASIA BIBI
Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari has stayed the execution of Asia Bibi, a Christian
NOVEMBER 20, 2010Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: MAN BEHEADED FOR SHOOTING DEAD POLICEMAN
A Saudi man was beheaded by the sword after being convicted of shooting dead a policeman
- NOVEMBER 19, 2010DEATH PENALTY
USA: JUDGE ALLOWS NEW LETHAL INJECTION DRUG FOR OKLAHOMA EXECUTIONS
U.S District Judge Stephen P. Friot allows new lethal injection drug for Oklahoma executions
- NOVEMBER 19, 2010IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
shop assistants Ismail Ibrahim, 36, and Azhar Zakariah...
shop assistants Ismail Ibrahim, 36, and Azhar Zakariah...
- NOVEMBER 19, 2010NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA: TWO TO HANG OVER MURDER OF POLITICIAN IN IMO
Justice Goddy Anunihu of the Owerri High Court in Nigeria sentenced Bakassi...
- NOVEMBER 19, 2010MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: SINGER GETS DEATH PENALTY
Judge Datuk Mohd Zaki Md Yasin of the Malaysian High Court sentenced Filipino pub singer Jacqueline Quiamno, 25, to death for trafficking in 3.903kg of cocaine at Kuala Lumpur International Airport on June 28, 2005.
- NOVEMBER 19, 2010SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
SOMALIA: AL SHABAAB EXECUTES TEENAGER FOR RAPE
Somalia’s Al Shabaab group executed Yahia Mire Mohammed
- NOVEMBER 19, 2010North CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
USA - North Carolina. Judge Stuart Albright has sentenced Timothy Hartford, 40, white, to death
USA - North Carolina. Judge Stuart Albright has sentenced Timothy Hartford, 40, white, to death
- NOVEMBER 19, 2010OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Oklahoma. U.S District Judge Stephen P. Friot allows new lethal injection drug for Oklahoma executions
USA - Oklahoma. U.S District Judge Stephen P. Friot allows new lethal injection drug for Oklahoma executions