Archive timeline
2007
The news published by Hands Off Cain in 2007, month by month, with the countries most present that year.
The year in data
- Executions recorded worldwide
- 897
- Countries where they were recorded
- 33
- News items in the archive
- 2,239
Latest news of 2007
Amnesty International reported that Naser Batmani...
Amnesty International reported that Naser Batmani...
- DECEMBER 31, 2007South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
SOUTH KOREA PARDONS SIX ON DEATH ROW
in South Korea, six inmates on death row had their sentences commuted to life imprisonment
- DECEMBER 31, 2007ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: DEATH SENTENCE FOR TAKING BRIBES
Wang Zheng, the former deputy head of Yuzhong District of southwest China's Chongqing Municipality...
- DECEMBER 31, 2007IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: DEATH PENALTY FOR TWO WOMEN FROM MAHARASHTRA
in India in 2007, the SC upheld death sentences for two women from Maharashtra...
- DECEMBER 31, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN HANGS TWO FOR DRUG SMUGGLING
Iran hanged two people convicted of smuggling drugs in a South-eastern province bordering Pakistan and Afghanistan, official media reported. The two were put to death in Zahedan prison in the volatile border province of Sistan-
- DECEMBER 31, 2007United StatesDEATH PENALTY
David Baker has written an analysis of how the death penalty in the U.S. has been used...
David Baker has written an analysis of how the death penalty in the U.S. has been used...
- DECEMBER 31, 2007IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: MUMBAI COURTS TOP IN GIVING DEATH PENALTY
of the 25 death penalties handed down by trial courts in India in 2007...
- DECEMBER 31, 2007EgyptDEATH PENALTY
EGYPT MP SENTENCED TO DEATH
a parliamentarian in Egypt was sentenced to death in absentia in December.
- DECEMBER 31, 2007YemenDEATH PENALTY
according to Amnesty International, a 25 year old youth...
according to Amnesty International, a 25 year old youth...
- DECEMBER 31, 2007SudanDEATH PENALTY
two Sudanese men sentenced to death for the rape and murder...
two Sudanese men sentenced to death for the rape and murder of a four year old girl were executed in a prison in Khartoum, the local press reported
- DECEMBER 30, 2007South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
SOUTH KOREA MARKS 10-YEAR MORATORIUM ON DEATH PENALTY
South Korea marked its 10-year moratorium on the death penalty as activists called for the
- DECEMBER 30, 2007ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: MAN GETS DEATH SENTENCE FOR 8 MURDERS
a villager from northwest China's Gansu Province was sentenced to death for a series of murders that included six people in his village and a taxi driver and a prostitute elsewhere in the province.
- DECEMBER 30, 2007TunisiaDEATH PENALTY
TUNISIA COURT SENTENCES TWO TO DEATH FOR COUP BID
a Tunisian court sentenced two Islamists to death by firing squad after finding them guilty of trying to overthrow the government, defence lawyers and court officials said. Imed Ben Amer and Saber Ragoub were among 30 men put on trial after being arrested
- DECEMBER 29, 2007DEATH PENALTY
IRAN. SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE FOR TEENAGE BOY
Iran’s Supreme Court has upheld a death sentence for a 17-year-old schoolboy over the murder of his younger friend.
- DECEMBER 29, 2007FloridaDEATH PENALTY
Florida did not execute any death-row inmates this year for the first time in 25 years...
Florida did not execute any death-row inmates this year for the first time in 25 years, the result of legal and ethical challenges to lethal injection that have temporarily halted executions nationwide.
- DECEMBER 28, 2007ChinaDEATH PENALTY
FORMER EAST CHINA PROVINCE VICE-GOVERNOR SENTENCED TO DEATH WITH TWO-YEAR REPRIEVE
a local court of east China's Shandong Province handed down a death penalty with a two-year reprieve to He Minxu...
- DECEMBER 28, 2007NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA: COURT SENTENCES THREE TO DEATH BY HANGING
the Kano state High Court in Nigeria sentenced three suspected murderers to death by hanging for conspiracy, robbery and the murder of a man named Manu Mariri.
- DECEMBER 27, 2007VietnamDEATH PENALTY
a court in Vietnam handed down eight death sentences...
a court in Vietnam handed down eight death sentences...
- DECEMBER 27, 2007NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIAN STATE REFUTES AI'S SECRET EXECUTION CHARGE
authorities in the northern Nigerian state of Kano rejected Amnesty International's recent accusation
- DECEMBER 27, 2007ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MULTIPLE MURDER IN GUIZHOU
a man was sentenced to death for murdering a county head, four of his relatives and a nursemaid in southwest China's Guizhou Province.
- DECEMBER 27, 2007IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: MOTHER, DAUGHTER AWARDED DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDER OF DOCTOR
at an ad hoc court in Pune, India, Additional Sessions Judge Vilas Patil sentenced a mother and daughter to death for kidnapping and murdering a doctor for a ransom of Rs 25 lakh
- DECEMBER 26, 2007IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA LAWS NOT CHANGED TO ALLOW DEATH PENALTY FOR DOWRY DEATH
the Law Commission in India concluded that Section 304-B on dowry death needs no amendment...
- DECEMBER 26, 2007North KoreaDEATH PENALTY
North Korean authorities sentenced three people involved in handling movies
North Korean authorities sentenced three people involved in handling movies
- DECEMBER 25, 2007JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN: DEATH SENTENCES UPHELD FOR WOMAN AND SON IN FUKUOKA
at the Fukuoka High Court in Japan, Presiding Judge Katsuhiko Masaki upheld the death sentences of Mami Kitamura, 48, and her 23 year old son Takahiro for murdering four people in Omuta, Fukuoka Prefecture, in 2004. The Fukuoka District Court's Kurume bra
- DECEMBER 25, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN HANGS MAN FOR DRUG DEALING
Iran hanged a convicted drug dealer in the northern town of Gorgan, the official news agency IRNA reported.
- DECEMBER 24, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN HANGS MAN FOR MURDER IN PUBLIC
Iran publicly hanged a man found guilty of murdering his wife more than two years ago in the southern city of Kazeroun, a newspaper reported.
- DECEMBER 22, 2007RussiaDEATH PENALTY
RUSSIA NOT PLANNING TO REINSTATE DEATH PENALTY – HUMAN RIGHTS OMBUDSMAN
Russia, currently observing a moratorium on capital punishment, does not plan on reinstating the death penalty according to Human Rights Commissioner Vladimir Lukin.
- DECEMBER 21, 2007RussiaDEATH PENALTY
RUSSIA: PACE PRESIDENT URGES DUMA TO RATIFY DEATH PENALTY BAN PROTOCOL
PACE president Rene van der Linden called upon the State Duma lower house of the Russian parliament to ratify Protocol # 6 (on death penalty ban) and Protocol # 14 (on procedures of the European court of human rights).
- DECEMBER 20, 2007ItalyDEATH PENALTY
MORATORIUM. RADICALS, THE HARD WORK STARTS NOW
“The hard work starts now. Its like signing a contract, now you have to apply it,”
- DECEMBER 20, 2007IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA FOUR AWARDED DEATH IN ROHTAS
four people, charged with the kidnapping and subsequent killing of a minor boy...