Archive timeline
2011
The news published by Hands Off Cain in 2011, month by month, with the countries most present that year.
Latest news of 2011
- SEPTEMBER 22, 2011Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA: YEMENI EXECUTED FOR MURDER
Yemeni national Abdulrazaq Al-Sayed was executed in the southwestern Saudi Arabian city of
- SEPTEMBER 22, 2011Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
a Saudi citizen was beheaded after he was convicted of murder.
a Saudi citizen was beheaded after he was convicted of murder.
- SEPTEMBER 22, 2011TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Arizona. A jury sentenced William Craig Miller to death
USA - Arizona. A jury sentenced William Craig Miller to death
- SEPTEMBER 22, 2011ArizonaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. Prisons End Special Last Meals In Executions
USA - Texas. Prisons End Special Last Meals In Executions
- SEPTEMBER 22, 2011AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Alabama. Derrick O'Neal Mason, 37, black, has been executed
USA - Alabama. Derrick O'Neal Mason, 37, black, has been executed
SEPTEMBER 22, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: PRISONS ALLOW DEATH ROW INMATES TO MEET RELATIVES
China has made strides in protecting the human rights of prison inmates in recent years, including
- SEPTEMBER 21, 2011IranDEATH PENALTY
One prisoner was hanged in Minab, in southern Iranian province of Hormozgan.
One prisoner was hanged in Minab, in southern Iranian province of Hormozgan.
- SEPTEMBER 21, 2011DEATH PENALTY
GEORGIA(USA) TROY DAVIS EXECUTED
Troy Davis has been executed in Georgia, despite a plea for clemency from almost a million people worldwide.
- SEPTEMBER 21, 2011IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: HC TO CONFIRM DEATH PENALTIES OF 1996 BLAST CONVICTS
in India, police sought confirmation from the Delhi High Court of the death sentence awarded to three Jammu Kashmir Islamic Front militants for their involvement in the 1996 Lajpat Nagar blast that killed 13 people.
- SEPTEMBER 21, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: SEVEN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR SIALKOT LYNCHING
the Gujranwala anti-terrorism court in Pakistan sentenced seven people to death for lynching of brothers Hafiz Muneeb and Hafiz Mughees in Buttar village, Sialkot, on August 15, 2010.
- SEPTEMBER 21, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: DEATH SENTENCE AWARDED TO TWO FOR MURDER
in Pakistan, the Faisalabad Anti Terrorism Court awarded the death sentence on two counts with 236 years imprisonment to each of the two accused involved in a dacoity-cum-triple-murder case of City Jaranwala Police Station.
- SEPTEMBER 21, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDER UPHELD
a federal shariat court bench in Lahore, Pakistan, dismissed the appeals of Qaiser Mehmood and Shaban against their death sentences.
- SEPTEMBER 21, 2011MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: SINGAPOREAN GETS CHANCE TO OVERTURN DEATH SENTENCE
Singaporean woman Noor Atiqah M. Lasim, 26, who was sentenced to death in 2011 for drug trafficking in Malaysia, was successful before the Court of Appeal in her application to introduce fresh evidence to overturn her conviction.
- SEPTEMBER 21, 2011SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
in its response to the recommendations received under the Universal Periodic Review...
in its response to the recommendations received under the Universal Periodic Review...
- SEPTEMBER 21, 2011DEATH PENALTY
USA - Georgia. Troy Davis has been executed, despite a plea for clemency from almost a million people worldwide
USA - Georgia. Troy Davis has been executed, despite a plea for clemency from almost a million people worldwide
SEPTEMBER 21, 2011IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: MINOR HANGED IN PUBLIC IN KARAJ
17-year-old Alireza Mollasoltani was publically hanged in Karaj (west of Tehran) early this morning.
- SEPTEMBER 21, 2011TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. Lawrence Brewer, 44, white, was executed.
USA - Texas. Lawrence Brewer, 44, white, was executed.
SEPTEMBER 21, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: PAKISTANI MAN EXECUTED ON DRUGS CHARGES
China executed by lethal injection Pakistani man Zahid Husain Shah, 35, in Shanghai. He was
- SEPTEMBER 20, 2011VietnamDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM TO USE LETHAL INJECTIONS FROM NOVEMBER
the government has decreed that executions will be carried out by lethal injection
- SEPTEMBER 20, 2011DEATH PENALTY
GEORGIA (USA): PARDONS BOARD DENIES PLEA FOR CLEMENCY
The state Board of Pardons and Paroles declined to commute the death sentence
- SEPTEMBER 20, 2011IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN HANGS CONVICTED MURDERER IN PUBLIC
One man was hanged publically in Tehran early this morning, reported the Iranian
- SEPTEMBER 20, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: DEATH PENALTY FOR MURDER OF WIFE, DAUGHTER
in Pakistan, Faisalabad Anti Terrorist Court No 1 judge Raja Muhammad Arshad sentenced Nasir Iqbal to death for setting his wife Sobia and daughter Kashfa, 10, on fire on April 19, 2011, causing their deaths.
- SEPTEMBER 20, 2011IndiaDEATH PENALTY
LAHORE HIGH COURT DISMISSES PLEA TO STOP SARABJIT'S POSSIBLE CLEMENCY
in Pakistan, the Lahore high court dismissed the petition filed by Rana Ilamuddin Ghazi contending that the President of Pakistan could not commute the death sentence of Indian national Sarabjit Singh into life imprisonment.
- SEPTEMBER 20, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTY
SINGAPORE: CHINESE NATIONAL GETS DEATH SENTENCE FOR CABBY MURDER
in Singapore, High Court Justice Lee Seiu Kin sentenced odd-job labourer and Chinese national Wang Wenfeng, 32, to death for murdering taxi driver Yuen Swee Hong, 58, in an attempted robbery in Sembawang on April 11, 2009.
- SEPTEMBER 20, 2011DEATH PENALTY
USA - Georgia. The Board of Pardons and Paroles delayed a decision whether to grant or deny clemency to Troy Davis
USA - Georgia. The Board of Pardons and Paroles delayed a decision whether to grant or deny clemency to Troy Davis
- SEPTEMBER 20, 2011OhioDEATH PENALTY
USA - Ohio. A jury has recommended a death sentence for Jason Dean
USA - Ohio. A jury has recommended a death sentence for Jason Dean
- SEPTEMBER 20, 2011DEATH PENALTY
USA - Georgia. The Board of Pardons and Paroles had declined to commute the death sentence of Troy Davis.
USA - Georgia. The Board of Pardons and Paroles had declined to commute the death sentence of Troy Davis.
SEPTEMBER 20, 2011SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: JUDGE KILLER EXECUTED BY FIRING SQUAD IN PUNTLAND
a man convicted of killing a judge was executed by firing squad in Puntland port city of Bossaso
- SEPTEMBER 19, 2011Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA EXECUTES MAN CONVICTED OF ‘SORCERY’
Sudanese national Abdul Hamid bin Hussain bin Moustafa al-Fakki was beheaded in
- SEPTEMBER 19, 2011MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: MAN’S DEATH SENTENCE AFFIRMED
Judges Matjeraie, Ma’ah, and Ali of the Kota Kinabalu Court of Appeal in Malaysia affirmed the death sentence of labourer Ejah Jaafar, 51, for murdering Hajan Jaiman, 37, in Jalan Utara, Sandakan, on October 21, 2006.