Archive timeline
2010
The news published by Hands Off Cain in 2010, month by month, with the countries most present that year.
The year in data
- Executions recorded worldwide
- 5,895
- Countries where they were recorded
- 34
- News items in the archive
- 1,990
Latest news of 2010
CHINA SENTENCES ONE TO DEATH OVER FUND-RAISING SCAM
the Nanjing Intermediate People's Court in east China's Jiangsu Province sentenced Sun Haiyu to death for illegally raising up to 4 billion yuan in a fraudulent investment scheme.
- DECEMBER 31, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINESE OFFICIAL EXECUTED FOR CORRUPTION
ex-official Zeng Jinchun, tasked with investigating corruption in China...
- DECEMBER 31, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: 17 INDIANS ON DEATH ROW IN UAE WIN REPRIEVE -REPORTS
seventeen Indians convicted of killing a Pakistani man had their death sentences overturned by Judge Abdullah Yousef al-Shamsi of the Sharjah Court of Appeals in United Arab Emirates after the victim's family agreed to pardon them in return for financial
- DECEMBER 30, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: UYGHUR STUDENT SENTENCED TO DEATH
A 19-year-old Uyghur becomes the second woman sentenced to die following ethnic
- DECEMBER 30, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
MAN EXECUTED IN CENTRAL CHINA FOR AIRPORT SHUTTLE BUS FIRE
Chen Haitao, 36, was executed in central China's Hunan Province for setting an airport shuttle bus on fire on July 21, killing two people.
- DECEMBER 30, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINESE COURT SENTENCES STUDENT TO DEATH FOR MURDER
a court in southwest China sentenced student Cao Shijie to death for fatally stabbing a woman and injuring two men on March 30, the Intermediate People's Court in the provincial capital, Chengdu, announced.
- DECEMBER 30, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR BLASTING TAX OFFICE IN CENTRAL CHINA
a court in central China's Hunan Province sentenced Liu Zhuiheng, 51,per aver to death for setting off explosives outside a tax office in Furong District of Changsha City on July 30, killing four people. His motive was to vent anger over business losses.
- DECEMBER 30, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: DOUBLE DEATH FOR RAPE OF MINOR GIRL
Anti-Terrorism Court judge Syed Hasan Shah Bukhari sentenced Sher Khan to death and fined him Rs 200,000 and ordered him to pay Rs 100,000 compensation for kidnapping five-year-old girl
- DECEMBER 30, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: 961 SENTENCED TO DEATH
the Punjab Prosecution Department in Pakistan claimed that 961 people were sentenced to death in 2010.
- DECEMBER 30, 2010South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
SOUTH KOREA ACTIVISTS DEMAND DEATH PENALTY BAN
in South Korea, the leaders religious, legal and civic circles urged the government to abolish the penalty and push the country to a new level as a guardian of human rights.
- DECEMBER 30, 2010North KoreaDEATH PENALTY
The Chosunilbo newspaper has reported executions in North Korea were increasing.
The Chosunilbo newspaper has reported executions in North Korea were increasing.
- DECEMBER 29, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: ONE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
in Khushab, Pakistan, Additional district and sessions judge Muhammad Ittefaq Abbasi sentenced Muhammad Iqbal to death for murdering Rizwana Shaheen...
- DECEMBER 29, 2010JapanDEATH PENALTY
Japan: 14 sentenced to gallows in 2010
Courts sentenced 14 people to hang in 2010, down 20 from the previous year, reflecting a decrease in heinous crimes, particularly murder, a Kyodo News poll showed.
- DECEMBER 29, 2010BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: ONE TO GO TO GALLOWS FOR KILLING GIRL AFTER RAPE
in Bangladesh, Judge Kaniz Akhter Nasrina Khatun of Speedy Trial Tribunal-3 sentenced Manik Mia, a resident of Tangail district, to death for killing his sister-in-law after raping her in Mirzapur of Tangail on June 13, 1997.
- DECEMBER 29, 2010MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: COUPLE SENT TO GALLOWS FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Fisherman Shahrizal Said, 33 and his wife Zarimah Yusoff, 30, both from Alor Setar, Kedah, were sentenced to death by Justice Nurmala Salim of the Malaysian High Court for trafficking in heroin weighing 91.86gm, monoacetylmorphines weighing 73.76gm and me
- DECEMBER 28, 2010CubaDEATH PENALTY
CUBA COMMUTES LONE REMAINING DEATH SENTENCE
Cuba's Supreme Tribunal commuted the death sentence of an anti-Castro activist who was the last death row inmate on the island, a rights group said. The tribunal was ruling on the appeal of Humberto Eladio Real, who had been convicted in the 1990s on mur
DECEMBER 28, 2010IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: TWO POLITICAL PRISONERS HANGED
According to the reports from Iran two political prisoners were hanged
- DECEMBER 27, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: 2 SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DRUG CRIMES
the Shanghai Railway Transport Intermediate Court in China sentenced Xu Xiaochun and Lu Juhua...
DECEMBER 27, 2010JapanDEATH PENALTYJAPAN: NUMBER OF DEATH-ROW INMATES HITS RECORD HIGH OF 111
there will be 111 death-row inmates in the nation as of the end of the year, a record high
DECEMBER 27, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: 2 SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DRUG CRIMES
the Shanghai Railway Transport Intermediate Court in China sentenced Xu Xiaochun
- DECEMBER 26, 2010IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN PASSES DEATH SENTENCE ON 'ISRAELI SPY'
Iran sentenced an unidentified man to death for syping for Israel, the semiofficial Mehr
- DECEMBER 26, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
FOUR GET DEATH PENALTY IN CHINA
the Guangzhou Intermediate People's Court in China sentenced...
- DECEMBER 26, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: DEATH SENTENCE IN GIRL’S RAPE-MURDER CASE UPHELD
Justices Ahmed and Baloch of the Sindh High Court in Pakistan dismissed the appeal of Tanveer Ahmed against his death sentence by an Anti Terrorism Court for kidnapping his eight-year-old niece Iqra and later killing her in May, 2007.
- DECEMBER 25, 2010IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: SEVEN PEOPLE HANGED
According to the news from Iran, seven prisoners were hanged in three different Iranian towns early on the Christmas day.
- DECEMBER 25, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: ONE GETS CAPITAL PUNISHMENT IN MURDER CASE
in Sargodha, Pakistan, Additional District and Sessions Judge Bhulwal...
- DECEMBER 24, 2010SyriaDEATH PENALTY
Egypt's independent Al-Shuruq daily said a Syrian chemist...
Egypt's independent Al-Shuruq daily said a Syrian chemist...
DECEMBER 24, 2010MalaysiaDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA: INDONESIAN WOMAN TO HANG FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Malaysian High Court Judge Dr Badariah Sahamid sentenced indonesian woman
- DECEMBER 23, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: GUNFIGHT DEATH PENALTY
in China, the Shanghai No. 2 Intermediate People's Court sentenced gang leaders Zhang Hongfu, Liu Xiaohua and Ai Daiqing to death for crimes including murder, drug dealing, illegally manufacturing firearms and ammunition and illegally possessing firearms.
- DECEMBER 23, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: MAN GETS DEATH PENALTY FOR MURDERS
Kang Shaowen, 48, from Xuzhou City in Jiangsu Province...
- DECEMBER 23, 2010AlgeriaDEATH PENALTY
ALGERIA: DEATH SENTENCE FOR SUICIDE BOMBING
Walide Zeghina, 28, was sentenced to death in Algeria for a 2007 suicide bombing aimed at president Abdelaziz Bouteflika that left 26 people dead.