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
JULY 20, 2011IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: FOUR PEOPLE HANGED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
A total of four people charged with drug trafficking have been hanged in Rafsanjan and Jiroft prisons (both located in the Kerman province, southeastern Iran), according to a report by the Iranian state-run media news agency ISNA.
- JULY 20, 2011DEATH PENALTY
USA - Georgia. Superior Court Judge Bensonetta Tipton Lane has ordered that the Department of Corrections videotape the upcoming execution of Andrew DeYoung.
USA - Georgia. Superior Court Judge Bensonetta Tipton Lane has ordered that the Department of Corrections videotape the upcoming execution of Andrew DeYoung.
- JULY 19, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: TWO OFFICIALS EXECUTED FOR GRAFT
China executed two former local government officials for taking tens of millions of dollars in
- JULY 19, 2011BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: EX-COP, TWO OTHERS GET DEATH SENTENCE
in Bangladesh, Judge Md Rezaul Islam of Dhaka’s Speedy Trial Tribunal sentenced ex Motijheel policeman A K M Rafiqul Islam...
- JULY 19, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: MAN TO BE EXECUTED FOR RAPE
Zeng Qiangbao, 40, had his death sentence upheld in China after being convicted of rape, robbery, illegal captivity and forcible seizure.
- JULY 19, 2011KenyaDEATH PENALTY
70-YEAR-OLD KENYAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR ROBBERY
at a Kenyan court, Magistrate Esther Boke sentenced Kuria Kihunyu...
- JULY 19, 2011IranDEATH PENALTY
MEMBER OF IRANIAN PARLIAMENT’S JUDICIAL COMMISSION EXPRESSES SUPPORT PUBLIC EXECUTIONS
in an interview with Fars News Agency, Nayereh Akhavan...
- JULY 19, 2011IraqDEATH PENALTY
AMNESTY URGES IRAQ TO HALT SADDAM-ERA EXECUTIONS
Amnesty International called on Iraqi authorities to halt the upcoming executions of five top officials from Saddam Hussein's regime.
- JULY 19, 2011United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
DH3.4M BLOOD MONEY AGREEMENT REACHED FOR 17 INDIANS SENTENCED FOR MURDER
seventeen Indian men convicted of killing Pakistani labourer Misri Nazir Khan in the Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, in January 2009...
JULY 19, 2011BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: MAN HANGED FOR KILLING POLICEMAN
a prisoner was hanged at Kashimpur central jail in Gazipur district north of Dhaka city, Bangladesh.
- JULY 19, 2011IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: THREE MEN HANGED FOR RAPE
Iran hanged three men convicted of rape in the northeastern city of Qoochan
JULY 19, 2011IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: QAEDA CHIEF NAMED SADDAM HUSSEIN TO HANG
A local Al-Qaeda leader – named Saddam Hussein – was sentenced to hang by a
JULY 19, 2011IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: THREE YOUNG MEN HANGED IN PUBLIC
Three young men were hanged publicly in the Azadi (Freedom) Square of Kermanshah in
- JULY 19, 2011ArizonaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Arizona. Thomas Paul West, 52, white, was executed
USA - Arizona. Thomas Paul West, 52, white, was executed
- JULY 18, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTY
DEATH SENTENCE UPHELD FOR FORKLIFT DRIVER OVER MURDER IN CHINA'S INNER MONGOLIA
The Higher People's Court of China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region upheld the death sentence of forklift driver Sun Shuning for killing Yan Wenlong on May 15, 2011, in Abag Banner in a dispute over pollution caused by a coal mine.
- JULY 18, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: 2 GET DEATH SENTENCE
in Sahiwal, Pakistan, Additional District and Sessions Judge Sajjad Hussain Sindhar sentenced Allah Bakhsh and Noor Muhammad to death for murdering Ratti Tibbi of Chak 88/6/R, in the remit Farid Town Police.
- JULY 18, 2011BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
a condemned convict was executed at Pabna Jail, seven year after his conviction.
a condemned convict was executed at Pabna Jail, seven year after his conviction.
- JULY 18, 2011Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
a Saudi man was beheaded in Medina after being convicted of killing a Sudanese man.
a Saudi man was beheaded in Medina after being convicted of killing a Sudanese man.
- JULY 17, 2011DEATH PENALTY
USA: DALAI LAMA PRAISES ILLINOIS FOR ABOLISHING DEATH PENALTY
The Dalai Lama has praised Illinois for recently abolishing the death penalty. That
- JULY 17, 2011BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: SPLIT VERDICT IN JHENIDAH BLASTS CASE
the Bangladeshi High Court delivered a split verdict in the case of 21 death sentence awarded to Jama'tul Mujahideen members for a series of bomb blasts in Jhenidah on August 17, 2005.
- JULY 17, 2011IllinoisDEATH PENALTY
USA - Illinois. The Dalai Lama has praised Illinois for recently abolishing the death penalty
USA - Illinois. The Dalai Lama has praised Illinois for recently abolishing the death penalty
- JULY 16, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: THREE GET DEATH
in Pakistan, Liaqatpur Additional District and Sessions Judge Mian Masood Hussain sentenced Karim Bux, Allah Bux, Shafi to death and fined them Rs 500,000 each for shooting dead Zahoor Ahmad over an old enmity.
JULY 16, 2011Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: MAN BEHEADED FOR SEXUAL ASSAULT
a Saudi man was beheaded in Tabuk, Saudi Arabia, after being convicted of sexually assaulting another man's wife.
JULY 16, 2011IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: ANOTHER 30 HANGED AT VAKILABAD PRISON ON DRUG CHARGES
Iranian authorities have hanged another 30 prisoners at Vakilabad Prison in Mashhad on drug
JULY 16, 2011IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: LAWMAKERS AGAINST EXECUTION OF TOP OFFICIALS IN SADDAM REGIME
Iraqi lawmakers on Saturday called the country's presidency not to approve the execution of
- JULY 16, 2011CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - California. A jury recommended the death penalty for Jawaun Deion Graham, 35, black
USA - California. A jury recommended the death penalty for Jawaun Deion Graham, 35, black
- JULY 15, 2011IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING COLLEAGUES
second additional and sessions judge Manishankar Diwedi sentenced Sambhunath Lohar to death for killing his colleagues Biswanath Bagdi, 42, and Mohan Das, 47, in an oil mill in Sainthia, in India's Birbhum district, on September 10, 2010.
JULY 15, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: 3 SENTENCED TO DEATH
in Pakistan, Sahiwal Additional District and Sessions Judge Shahbaz Ahmad
- JULY 14, 2011North KoreaDEATH PENALTY
N. KOREA PURGES 30 OFFICIALS INVOLVED IN INTER-KOREAN TALKS
a South Korean government source said North Korea had reportedly purged 30 officials who
- JULY 14, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTY
COLOMBIAN MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH IN CHINA FOR DRUG CHARGES
Colombian national Harold Carillo Sanchez was sentenced to death in China earlier this year for trafficking 6.6 pounds of drugs into Beijing, Caracol Radio reported.