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
- JUNE 27, 2011Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA: DEATH ROW FILIPINO MAY BE SAVED BY BLOOD MONEY
the Saudi Arabian Reconciliation Committee (SRC) announced
- JUNE 27, 2011IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: JUDICIARY CHIEF INSISTS ON USE OF PUBLIC HANGINGS
the head of Iran's judiciary, Ayatollah Larijani, announced that "hoodlums and
JUNE 27, 2011MalaysiaDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA: RESOLUTION OVER MORATORIUM ON DEATH PENALTY
A resolution calling for an immediate moratorium on the mandatory death penalty in Malaysia
- JUNE 27, 2011KentuckyDEATH PENALTY
USA - Kentucky. David Eugene Matthews, 62, white, on death row for 29 years has been granted a new trial
USA - Kentucky. David Eugene Matthews, 62, white, on death row for 29 years has been granted a new trial
- JUNE 26, 2011BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: EDEN STUDENT MENOKA KILLER TO HANG
Judge Rezaul Karim of Dhaka's Speedy Trial Tribunal-4 in Bangladesh
- JUNE 26, 2011MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: YOUTH GETS DEATH FOR MURDER OF FISH BREEDER
Mohd Faizal Juhari, 24, from Kampung Gong Beris, Pulau Kerengga, Marang, was sentenced to death by High Court Justice Datuk Abdul Rahim Uda for murdering fish breeder Tan Hai Peng in the village on November 30, 2007.
JUNE 26, 2011Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: ‘BLOOD MONEY’ PAYMENT SPARES INDONESIAN MAID FROM EXECUTION
An Indonesian maid convicted of murder in Saudi Arabia has been spared execution by beheading after the Indonesian government paid Rp 4.6 billion ($534,000) in “blood money."
JUNE 26, 2011EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: POLICEMAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING PROTESTERS DURING UPRISING
A Cairo court sentenced in absentia a policeman to death for the murder of protesters during
- JUNE 25, 2011IranDEATH PENALTY
140 PEOPLE EXECUTED IN SOUTHERN KHORASAN PROVINCE
the Iranian regime executed 140 people it accused of drug smuggling in the province of South Khorasan over the past year, according to the province’s judiciary.
- JUNE 25, 2011Hong Kong SAR ChinaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: HK GETS DEATH FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
a businesswoman from Hong Kong, Lam Chun Wing Joe
- JUNE 25, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN GETS DEATH FOR MOLESTING, KILLING BOY
in Chakwal, Pakistan, Additional District and Sessions Judge Mohammad Asghar Khan sentenced Mohammad Yaqub, a resident of Dera Ghazi Khan
- JUNE 24, 2011ItalyDEATH PENALTY
TUNISIA: RADICALS SAY TUNISIA MOVING TOWARDS ABOLITION
Tunisia is moving towards the abolition of the death penalty and joining the International
- JUNE 24, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: 7 SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
the Intermediate People's Court in Changzhou in east China's Jiangsu Province
- JUNE 24, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: FORMER VICE MAYOR'S DEATH PENALTY APPEAL DENIED
former vice mayor of China's eastern resort city of Hangzhou
- JUNE 24, 2011ZimbabweDEATH PENALTY
ZIMBABWE: BULAWAYO DEATH ROW INMATES DENIED APPEALS SINCE 2005
as many as 20 Bulawayo death row prisoners in Zimbabwe have been unable to benefit from their automatic right to appeal since 2005, because the courts have a shortage of transcribers.
- JUNE 24, 2011TunisiaDEATH PENALTY
Tunisia ratified the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC).
Tunisia ratified the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC).
JUNE 24, 2011IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: 4 MAOISTS GET DEATH FOR J'KHAND MASSACRE
judge Indradeo Mishra of the Giridih additional district and sessions court in India
JUNE 24, 2011MoroccoDEATH PENALTYMOROCCO: WORLD COALITION AGM OPENS WITH PLEA FOR ABOLITION
Morocco is moving gradually towards the abolition of the death penalty and the
- JUNE 23, 2011DEATH PENALTY
GEORGIA (USA): MAN EXECUTED FOR 1978 RAPE AND MURDER
Georgia executed by lethal injection a man convicted of raping and murdering a 78-year-old Savannah woman.
- JUNE 23, 2011DEATH PENALTY
ARKANSAS (USA): SUPREME COURT HALTS THREE EXECUTIONS
The state Supreme Court today halted the executions of three inmates who are challenging
- JUNE 23, 2011GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Georgia. Roy Blankenship, 55, white, was executed
USA - Georgia. Roy Blankenship, 55, white, was executed
- JUNE 23, 2011IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
INDONESIA CALLS FOR CLEMENCY FOR 23 NATIONALS FACING DEATH PENALTY IN SAUDI ARABIA
the Indonesian government called for clemency for 23 nationals
- JUNE 23, 2011IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
INDONESIA CLEMENCY BIDS BLOW
the prospects of Australians Schapelle Corby and Andrew Chan
- JUNE 23, 2011TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. A jury sentenced Teddrick Batiste, 23, black, to death
USA - Texas. A jury sentenced Teddrick Batiste, 23, black, to death
- JUNE 23, 2011VirginiaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Virginia. Judge Jonathan Thatcher imposed the death penalty on Mark E. Lawlor, 45, white
USA - Virginia. Judge Jonathan Thatcher imposed the death penalty on Mark E. Lawlor, 45, white
- JUNE 22, 2011DEATH PENALTY
FLORIDA (USA): MIAMI FEDERAL JUDGE RULES DEATH PENALTY UNCONSTITUTIONAL
A Miami federal judge ruled that the way Florida courts mete out the death penalty is unconstitutional
- JUNE 22, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN AWARDED DEATH SENTENCE FOR KILLING WIFE
in Pakistan, Rawalpindi Additional District and Sessions Judge Muhammad Iqbal sentenced Faisal Taj to death and fined him Rs100,000.
- JUNE 22, 2011United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
an appeals court in Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates sentenced a young unidentified Asian man to death. He had been sentenced to seven years prison for murdering his cousin following a dispute over a used car.
- JUNE 22, 2011United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Receiving Death Penalty Is As Random As Being 'Struck By Lightning': Report.
USA - Receiving Death Penalty Is As Random As Being 'Struck By Lightning': Report.
- JUNE 22, 2011Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI GOVT APOLOGISES OVER EXECUTION
state news agency Antara reported that the Saudi Arabian government apologised for not notifying Indonesia prior to the execution of Indonesian migrant worker Ruyati bintu Sapubi, who was beheaded in Mecca.