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 6, 2010LebanonDEATH PENALTY
LEBANESE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR
Lebanese man Gerges Elias Farah was sentenced to death by Permanent Military...
- NOVEMBER 5, 2010VirginiaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Virginia. A jury imposed two death sentences on Alfredo R. Prieto, 44, hispanic
USA - Virginia. A jury imposed two death sentences on Alfredo R. Prieto, 44, hispanic
- NOVEMBER 5, 2010TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. A jury sentenced Gary Green, 39, to death
USA - Texas. A jury sentenced Gary Green, 39, to death
- NOVEMBER 5, 2010ArizonaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Arizona. Judge Maryanne G. Gilliard sentenced Glenn Wade Jennings, 57, black, to death
USA - Arizona. Judge Maryanne G. Gilliard sentenced Glenn Wade Jennings, 57, black, to death
- NOVEMBER 5, 2010IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: MAN HANGED FOR RAPE
One man was hanged in the central Iranian city of Isfahan, reported the state run Iranian
- NOVEMBER 5, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: THREE AWARDED DEATH SENTENCE
in Pakistan, Chunian Additional District and Sessions Judge Ch Muhammad Jamil sentenced Shabbir Ahmed, Nasir Ahmed and Zawar alias Zawari to death for murdering brothers M.Iqbal and M.Tariq during a robbery in Chunian in 2009. They were also fined Rs 100,
- NOVEMBER 4, 2010AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Alabama. Phillip Hallford, 63, white, was executed.
USA - Alabama. Phillip Hallford, 63, white, was executed.
- NOVEMBER 4, 2010SyriaDEATH PENALTY
Eliaza al-Saleh, Ahmed al-‘Abbas and Mazen Bassouni were executed...
Eliaza al-Saleh, Ahmed al-‘Abbas and Mazen Bassouni were executed...
- NOVEMBER 4, 2010ArkansasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Arkansas. The Arkansas Supreme Court ordered evidentiary hearings for Damien Echols
USA - Arkansas. The Arkansas Supreme Court ordered evidentiary hearings for Damien Echols
NOVEMBER 4, 2010GuatemalaDEATH PENALTYGUATEMALA: PRESIDENT VETOES LEGISLATION FOR REINSTATING EXECUTIONS
Guatemalan President Alvaro Colom vetoed legislation that would have reinstated executions
- NOVEMBER 3, 2010GambiaDEATH PENALTY
GAMBIA: SON GETS DEATH SENTENCE FOR HACKING MOTHER TO DEATH
Justice Lamin A.M.S Jobarteh of the Banjul high court in the Gambia sentenced Buba
NOVEMBER 3, 2010SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: MILITARY COURT SENTENCES ONE TO DEATH
the Transitional Federal Government of Somalia's [TFG] Court martial sentenced a
- NOVEMBER 2, 2010ItalyDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: 'HANDS OFF CAIN', EU INTERVENES AGAINST SAKINEH HANGING
'Sakineh's fate depends on how strongly the European Union decides to mobilise itself against the death penalty and the Iranian government, and apply the necessary pressure to stop her from being hung. It would truly be a mockery if Sakineh, after being s
- NOVEMBER 2, 2010OhioDEATH PENALTY
USA - Ohio. Judge Michael Sage sentenced Calvin McKelton to death
USA - Ohio. Judge Michael Sage sentenced Calvin McKelton to death
NOVEMBER 2, 2010Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTYGAZA: PALESTINIAN 'SENTENCED TO DEATH BY HANGING'
a court in the Hamas-run Gaza Strip has sentenced a man from Beit Lahiya to death by hanging
NOVEMBER 2, 2010IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: 23 INMATES REPORTEDLY EXECUTED IN OCTOBER
23 prisoners were executed in Mashhad, the capital of Iran's northeastern
- NOVEMBER 1, 2010DEATH PENALTY
USA - Oklahoma. Judge Mark Smith sentenced Ricky Ray Malone, white, to death
USA - Oklahoma. Judge Mark Smith sentenced Ricky Ray Malone, white, to death
- NOVEMBER 1, 2010LiberiaDEATH PENALTY
during the country’s review under the Universal Periodic Review...
during the country’s review under the Universal Periodic Review...
- NOVEMBER 1, 2010Guinea-BissauDEATH PENALTY
Guinea Bissau ratified the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.
Guinea Bissau ratified the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.
- NOVEMBER 1, 2010LebanonDEATH PENALTY
LEBANON: 3 SENTENCED TO DEATH
a Lebanese military court sentenced Sami Farhat, Amar al-Halabi and Jawdat el
- OCTOBER 31, 2010IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: THREE SENTENCED TO DEATH IN SOUTHERN PROVINCE
a court in the Iranian city of Shiraz, capital of the southern Fars Province, has
- OCTOBER 31, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
DEATH SENTENCES FOR ATTEMPTED RAPE OF 16-YEAR-OLD GIRLS IN CENTRAL CHINA
policeman Gong Cheng and car mechanic Lin Yi were sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve...
- OCTOBER 31, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: POLICE CHIEF SENTENCED FOR CAUSING GIRL'S DEATH
traffic police squad head Gong Cheng, 32, the section head of the traffic police squad in Fenghuang county, Hunan, China, and Lin Yi , 40, were both sentenced to death with two-year reprieves by the Intermediate People's Court in Xiangxi Autonomous Prefec
- OCTOBER 31, 2010BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: CAPITAL PUNISHMENT FOR KILLING SCHOOL BOY
in Narsingdi, Bangladesh, Additional District and Sessions Judge AKM Abul Kashem sentenced Mohammad Faruk Mia, 25, of Araihazar upazila of Narayanganj, to death and fined him Tk 50,000.
- OCTOBER 31, 2010NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA: COURT SENTENCES POLICE CORPORAL TO DEATH
Justice Ishaq Bello of the Abuja high court sitting in Maitama...
- OCTOBER 31, 2010IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN SENTENCES THREE TO DEATH IN SOUTHERN PROVINCE
a Shiraz court in Iran's Fars Province sentenced three unidentified Roushanfekr members to death for "waging war against God", the Human Rights House of Iran (Rahana) website reported.
- OCTOBER 31, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: TWO SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
in Pakistan, First Additional Session Judge of the Hyderabad Districts and Session Court sentenced Jalaluddin and Moinuddin to death for killing Afzal and Musarrat on February 8, 1998, in Latifabad, Hyderabad.
- OCTOBER 31, 2010SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
SOMALIA: PUNTLAND EXECUTED TWO ISLAMISTS
a district magistrate in Bossaso town in Puntland, a self-made semi-autonomous state in Somalia...
- OCTOBER 31, 2010North KoreaDEATH PENALTY
the North Korean regime has launched a crackdown on prostitution, the Daily NK reported.
the North Korean regime has launched a crackdown on prostitution, the Daily NK reported.
OCTOBER 31, 2010ItalyDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: AZIZ- FRATTINI READY TO GO TO BAGHDAD WITH PANNELLA
Foreign Minister Franco Frattini is ready to go with Marco Pannella to Baghdad to 'ask the Iraqi authorities to intervene and prevent the death penalty against Tareq Aziz and those condemned with him by the Iraqi High Court last week.'