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
- AUGUST 15, 2011SerbiaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Nevada. Serbian government seeks to block execution of citizen who sits on Nevada death row.
USA - Nevada. Serbian government seeks to block execution of citizen who sits on Nevada death row.
- AUGUST 15, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA SENTENCES MAN TO DEATH FOR ABDUCTION OF CHILDREN, MURDER
Umair Tohti was sentenced to death in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region for abducting children and murder, the Urumqi Municipal Intermediate People's Court announced.
- AUGUST 15, 2011OhioDEATH PENALTY
USA - Ohio. Governor Kasich stayes execution of Brett Hartman, 37, white, scheduled for August 16.
USA - Ohio. Governor Kasich stayes execution of Brett Hartman, 37, white, scheduled for August 16.
- AUGUST 14, 2011BotswanaDEATH PENALTY
BOTSWANA: DEATH SENTENCES COMMUTED
the Court of Appeal in Botswana commuted the death sentences of three men to jail sentences, according to sources within the Botswana Prison Service. The three were identified as Benson Keganne, Raymond Leshomo and Arnold Masango.
- AUGUST 14, 2011United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UAE: HOUSEMAID SENTENCED TO DEATH RETURNS HOME
Sri Lankan housemaid Abdul Kareem Kanzul Maharifa
AUGUST 14, 2011BotswanaDEATH PENALTYBOTSWANA: FOUR PRISONERS STILL ON DEATH ROW
four men remain on death row in Botswana, according to sources within the
- AUGUST 12, 2011UgandaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA: TONKU TO HANG
judge Albert Rugadia Atwooki of the Ugandan High Court sitting in Kampala, sentenced businessman Thomas Nkulungira, alias Tonku, to death by hanging for murdering his ex-girlfriend Brenda Karamuzi, 27. Tonku allegedly murdered Karamuzi, between January 21
- AUGUST 12, 2011IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: INDONESIAN MAN SENT TO GALLOWS FOR KILLING SOLDIER
Justice Yew Jen Kie of the Malaysian High Court in Sibu sentenced Indonesian man Rikky Rurba to the gallows for killing soldier Vincent Sabang with a knife in Tan Sri Road at on September 15, 2008.
- AUGUST 12, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTANI SOLDIER SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER FATAL SHOOTING OF TEEN
a Pakistani court sentenced paramilitary soldier Shahid Zafar to death and fined him $2,300 for shooting unarmed teenager Sarfraz Shah in the southern port city of Karachi in June.
- AUGUST 12, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: DEATH FOR RAWALPINDI ATTACK ACCUSED
a former Army man has been sentenced to death by a military court in Pakistan for the attack on the General Headquarters in Rawalpindi in October 2009.
- AUGUST 12, 2011OhioDEATH PENALTY
USA - Ohio. Judge Dick Ambrose sentenced serial killer Anthony Sowell, 52, black, to death
USA - Ohio. Judge Dick Ambrose sentenced serial killer Anthony Sowell, 52, black, to death
AUGUST 12, 2011BahamasDEATH PENALTYBAHAMAS: ANOTHER DEATH SENTENCE OVERTURNED BY PRIVY COUNCIL
the London-based Privy Council overturned the death sentence of Bahamas national
- AUGUST 11, 2011KenyaDEATH PENALTY
KENYA: MUMIAS 3 TO HANG FOR VIOLENT ROBBERIES, RAPE
in Mumias, Kenya, Principal Magistrate Evans Makori sentenced
- AUGUST 11, 2011IraqDEATH PENALTY
IRAQI OFFICER GETS DEATH FOR KEROSENE SMUGGLING
the Iraqi Integrity Commission said in a statement that the Salaheddin criminal court sentenced an interior ministry lieutenant colonel, a former deputy commander of an oil protection unit in Salaheddin province, to death for smuggling 116 tankers of kero
- AUGUST 11, 2011MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: THREE FRIENDS GET DEATH FOR MURDER
Justice Datuk Zamani Abd Rahim of the Penang High Court sentenced friends Visva Nathan Vadeveloo
- AUGUST 11, 2011IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: PRESIDENT REJECTS MERCY PLEA
Indian President Pratibha Patil rejected the clemency petitions of Murugan...
- AUGUST 11, 2011OhioDEATH PENALTY
USA - Ohio. The U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals overturned John David Stumpf”s conviction and death sentence
USA - Ohio. The U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals overturned John David Stumpf”s conviction and death sentence
- AUGUST 10, 2011IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: RED FORT ATTACK: SC UPHOLDS ARIF'S DEATH PENALTY
justices VS Sirpukar and justice TS Thakur of the Indian Supreme Court confirmed the death sentence of Mohd Arif, alias Ashfaq, for the December 22, 2000, Red Fort terrorist attack case in which three people were killed. Ashfaq had challenged the high cou
- AUGUST 10, 2011ThailandDEATH PENALTY
THAILAND: DEATH SENTENCE FOR CABBIE UPHELD
the Appeal Court in Thailand upheld the death sentenced handed down by the Criminal Court on September 21, 2010, to taxi driver Siripong Kanchananiwit, 41.
- AUGUST 10, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: SUSPENDED DEATH PENALTY UPHELD OVER TAINTED PORK SCANDAL
in central China, the Henan Provincial Higher People's Court upheld the death sentence with a two-year reprieve for Liu Xiang for "endangering public security using dangerous means" for feeding pigs the dangerous chemical clenbuterol in a tainted pork sca
- AUGUST 10, 2011LouisianaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Louisiana. Judge Scott Cricthon sentenced Eric Mickelson, 42, white, to death
USA - Louisiana. Judge Scott Cricthon sentenced Eric Mickelson, 42, white, to death
- AUGUST 10, 2011TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. Martin Robles, 33, white, was executed
USA - Texas. Martin Robles, 33, white, was executed
- AUGUST 9, 2011EgyptDEATH PENALTY
EGYPT: MAJORITY WANT MUBARAK EXECUTED
some 67 percent of Egyptians who took part in a voluntary online poll earlier this month support the death penalty for ex-President Hosni Mubarak. 22 percent oppose his execution.
- AUGUST 9, 2011IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: COPS WHO KILL DESERVE DEATH SENTENCE: SC
a bench of Justices Katju and Prasad of the Indian Supreme Court said policemen who resort to killing deserve the death sentence.
- AUGUST 9, 2011CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - California. A jury recommended Manling Williams, 31, Asiatic, be sentenced to death.
USA - California. A jury recommended Manling Williams, 31, Asiatic, be sentenced to death.
- AUGUST 9, 2011CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - California. Judge Dewey Falcone sentenced Cimarron Bernard Bell, 37, black, to death
USA - California. Judge Dewey Falcone sentenced Cimarron Bernard Bell, 37, black, to death
- AUGUST 8, 2011IranDEATH PENALTY
another Japanese crane manufacturer, UNIC, announced
another Japanese crane manufacturer, UNIC, announced
- AUGUST 8, 2011SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
TWO SOMALI SOLDIERS SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR LOOTING AFTER AL SHABAAB'S WITHDRAWAL FROM MOGADISHU
the military court of Somali transitional federal government sentenced soldiers Barre Ibrahim Mohamoud and Abdullahi Omar Adow to death.
- AUGUST 7, 2011BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: DEATH PENALTY UPHELD
the Bangladeshi Supreme Court upheld the death sentences of Ilias Hossain
- AUGUST 7, 2011JordanDEATH PENALTY
JORDAN: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR RAPING MINOR
judges Ahmad Atoun, Nahar Ghazo and Mohammad Amarin of the Criminal Court in Jordan sentenced U.A., a 19-year-old unemployed man, to death for raping a 14-year-girl on June 3, 2010, to take revenge against the victim's brother who accused the defendant of