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 11, 2010SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
SOMALIA: UN HUMAN RIGHTS EXPERTS CONDEMN RECENT EXECUTION OF TEENAGE GIRLS
several independent United Nations experts condemned the October 27 public execution by firing squad of two teenage girls in Beledweyne in central Somalia for spying by the Islamic militant group al-Shabaab in front of hundreds of residents in the town, a
- NOVEMBER 11, 2010North KoreaDEATH PENALTY
four people were publicly executed for petty crimes, reported a North Korean
four people were publicly executed for petty crimes, reported a North Korean
- NOVEMBER 11, 2010CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - California. Judge Thomas DeSantos sentenced Pedro Cortez Valles, 37, hispanic, to death
USA - California. Judge Thomas DeSantos sentenced Pedro Cortez Valles, 37, hispanic, to death
- NOVEMBER 11, 2010TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. New DNA results show Claude Jones was put to death on flawed evidence in 2000
USA - Texas. New DNA results show Claude Jones was put to death on flawed evidence in 2000
- NOVEMBER 11, 2010United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - US opposed the moratorium vote at the U.N. The U.N General Assembly Human Rights Committee
USA - US opposed the moratorium vote at the U.N. The U.N General Assembly Human Rights Committee
NOVEMBER 11, 2010SudanDEATH PENALTYSUDAN: 20 ALLEGED DARFUR REBELS COLLABORATORS SENTENCED TO DEATH IN NYALA
the Nyala General Court in Sudan issued death sentences against 20 people accused
NOVEMBER 11, 2010VietnamDEATH PENALTYVIETNAM: SUPREME COURT CONFIRMS DEATH SENTENCE
at an appeal trial the Vietnamese People’s Supreme Court confirmed Nguyen Duc Nghia's death
- NOVEMBER 10, 2010TajikistanDEATH PENALTY
TAJIKISTAN SET TO ABOLISH DEATH PENALTY IN 'NEAR FUTURE' - SENIOR OFFICIAL
Tajikistan is a "few steps away" from abolishing capital punishment as a moratorium
- NOVEMBER 10, 2010ItalyDEATH PENALTY
MALI: THE HANDS OFF CAIN MISSION'S FIRST MEETINGS FOR ABOLITION AND THE UN MORATORIUM
the Hands Off Cain and Radical Party delegation in Mali, comprising Marco Pannella
- NOVEMBER 10, 2010UgandaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA: MUKONO MEN TO FACE DEATH SENTENCE
the Ugandan Court of Appeal sustained the death sentence against Mukono men Andrew Kayondo and Emmanuel Sennyomo for murdering Dennis Tumwine because they suspected he had stolen a blanket.
NOVEMBER 10, 2010JapanDEATH PENALTYJAPAN: DEATH PENALTY UPHELD FOR MAN FOR KILLING WEALTHY WOMAN, BROTHER
in Japan, Presiding Judge Akira Kanaya of the Tokyo High Court upheld a decision by
- NOVEMBER 9, 2010MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: MANDATORY DEATH PENALTY STAYS, SAYS NAZRI
the Malaysian government has no plan to abolish the mandatory death penalty, Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Seri Nazri Aziz said.
NOVEMBER 9, 2010IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: FIVE PEOPLE HANGED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
According to the reports from Iran five prisoners were hanged in the prison of Gonbad
- NOVEMBER 9, 2010AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Alabama. Judge Malcolm Street sentenced Jesse Scheuing, 24, white, to death
USA - Alabama. Judge Malcolm Street sentenced Jesse Scheuing, 24, white, to death
- NOVEMBER 9, 2010TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. Sen. Rodney Ellis introduced a package of criminal justice reform bills to prevent wrongful convictions
USA - Texas. Sen. Rodney Ellis introduced a package of criminal justice reform bills to prevent wrongful convictions
- NOVEMBER 9, 2010AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Alabama. Judge James Woodruff reduced the death sentence of Kenneth Glenn Thomas because of his mental retardation
USA - Alabama. Judge James Woodruff reduced the death sentence of Kenneth Glenn Thomas because of his mental retardation
- NOVEMBER 8, 2010DEATH PENALTY
USA - Alabama. A jury recommended the death penalty for Michael Woolf, 32, white
USA - Alabama. A jury recommended the death penalty for Michael Woolf, 32, white
- NOVEMBER 8, 2010JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN: DEATH SENTENCE ON 2 MEN OVER DOUBLE MURDERS TO BE FINALIZED
presiding judge Masahiko Sudo of the Japanese Supreme Court turned down an appeal by Masayoshi Ozaki...
- NOVEMBER 8, 2010United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: MAN GETS DEATH SENTENCE FOR KILLING FORMER WIFE
in the United Arab Emirates, the Fujairah Court of Appeals sentenced a man identified...
- NOVEMBER 8, 2010ConnecticutDEATH PENALTY
USA - Connecticut. A jury sentenced Steven J. Hayes, 47, white, to death
USA - Connecticut. A jury sentenced Steven J. Hayes, 47, white, to death
- NOVEMBER 8, 2010United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Little changes in yearly Gallup poll
USA - Little changes in yearly Gallup poll
NOVEMBER 8, 2010SingaporeDEATH PENALTYSINGAPORE: MAN SPARED DEATH PENALTY DUE TO MENTAL ILLNESS
a bus driver who had been sentenced to hang for killing his step-daughter was
- NOVEMBER 8, 2010North CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
USA - North Carolina. A jury sentenced Stephen Monroe Buckner, 52, white, twice to death
USA - North Carolina. A jury sentenced Stephen Monroe Buckner, 52, white, twice to death
- NOVEMBER 8, 2010IndianaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Indiana. The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that the Court of Appeals was wrong to overturn Joseph Corcoran's death penalty
USA - Indiana. The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that the Court of Appeals was wrong to overturn Joseph Corcoran's death penalty
- NOVEMBER 7, 2010ItalyDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ: DE GREGORIO- THERE IS A CHANCE TO SAVE TAREQ AZIZ
senator Sergio De Gregorio, President of the Italian Delegation for the NATO Parliamentary
- NOVEMBER 7, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: CHRISTIAN WOMAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR BLASPHEMY
a Pakistani court sentenced Asia Bibi, 37, a farm laborer from Ittanwali, Punjab
- NOVEMBER 7, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: LHC SETS ASIDE DEATH SENTENCE
a division bench of the Lahore High Court (LHC) in Pakistan set aside the death sentence and acquitted Muhammad Ishfaq as the prosecution failed to prove its case.
- NOVEMBER 7, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
MILITANTS EXECUTE THREE 'US SPIES' IN PAKISTAN: OFFICIALS
militants publicly executed three local tribesmen aged 25, 28 and 32, in North Waziristan...
- NOVEMBER 6, 2010DEATH PENALTY
LEBANESE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR ‘COLLABORATING’ WITH ISRAEL
Lebanese man Gerges Elias Farah was sentenced to death by Permanent Military
- NOVEMBER 6, 2010IraqDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ: PRESIDENT TALABANI AGAINST HANGING TAREQ AZIZ
Iraqi president Jalal Talabani spoke out against the fact that his country uses the death