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SRI LANKA: FOUR SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER

15 May 2015 :

Four persons found guilty of a murder reported in 2000 have been sentenced to death in Sri Lanka.
The order was issued by the Colombo High Court today.
NewsRadio court correspondent said the court ordered the Police to produce another accused before court.
The murder was reported in Grandpass in 2000.
 
(Sources: newsradio.lk, 14/05/2015)

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IRAQ: CRIMINAL COURT GIVES DEATH SENTENCE TO TWO OVER EXECUTION OF TOP CLERIC SADR

01 July 2025

An Iraqi criminal court on June 30, 2025 sentenced two men to death for involvement in the execution of prominent Shia cleric Mohammad Baqir al-Sadr and his sister during the brutal crackdown of former dictator Saddam Hussein on religious dissent.

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Tanzania - Free Tundu Lissu

01 July 2025

The leader of Chadema is on death row: who will save the man who dreams of a different Tanzania?

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MALAYSIA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER MURDER OF FRIEND’S CHILDREN

30 June 2025

The High Court in Alor Setar has sentenced a man to death for murdering his friend’s two young children six years ago, Free Malaysia Today reported on June 30, 2025.

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USA - Texas. Michelle Lyons watched nearly 300 executions

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USA - California. ACLU Joins Calls to Gov. Newsom to Commute All Death Sentences

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USA - Florida. Ronnie Walker sentenced to death

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Urgent actions

URGENT APPEAL BY HANDS OFF CAIN TO SAVE THE LIVES OF POLITICAL PRISONERS ON DEATH ROW

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Documents

  •  USA - Idaho. House committee passes death penalty for sex crimes on minors
  •  IRAN - Salman Aghaei executed in Shiraz on October 22
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  •   UN RESOLUTION 2022
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Hands off Cain is an international league of citizens and parliamentarians for the abolition of the death penalty in the world. It is a non-profit, non-violent, transnational and trans-national Partito Radicale founded in Brussels in 1993 and recognized in 2005 by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs as a development co-operation NGO.