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 16, 2011TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. Lee Taylor, 32, white, was executed
USA - Texas. Lee Taylor, 32, white, was executed
- JUNE 16, 2011AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Alabama. Judge Al Crowson sentenced Bart Johnson to death
USA - Alabama. Judge Al Crowson sentenced Bart Johnson to death
- JUNE 16, 2011AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Alabama. Judge D. Al Crowson sentenced Bart Wayne Johnson, 31, white, to death
USA - Alabama. Judge D. Al Crowson sentenced Bart Wayne Johnson, 31, white, to death
- JUNE 16, 2011TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. Lee Andrew Taylor, 32, white, was executed
USA - Texas. Lee Andrew Taylor, 32, white, was executed
- JUNE 16, 2011AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Alabama. Eddie Duval Powell, 41, black, was executed
USA - Alabama. Eddie Duval Powell, 41, black, was executed
JUNE 16, 2011IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: COURT GIVES DEATH PENALTY TO 15 IRAQIS OVER WEDDING MASSACRE
the Criminal Court of Karkh sentenced 15 Iraqis to death penalty after they were found guilty in the massacre of 70 people at a wedding party in 2006.
JUNE 16, 2011IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: BOMBAY HIGH COURT SAYS SECOND CONVICTION UNDER NDPS NEED NOT BE DEATH
the Bombay High Court, one of the oldest and chartered High Courts in India, struck down
JUNE 16, 2011SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: AL-SHABAAB STONES A YOUNG MAN
Al-Shabaab court in Mahas district of Hiran region, in central Somalia, sentenced
- JUNE 15, 2011United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UAE: FORMER FOOTBALLER SENTENCED TO DEATH
Former Emirati football player Fayez Juma was sentenced to death for premeditated
- JUNE 15, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: MAN GETS DEATH PENALTY FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Weng Tanggen was sentenced to death and Wang Jianping was sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve for drug trafficking by a court in Northeast China's Jilin province.
- JUNE 15, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN GETS DEATH FOR ABDUCTING, KILLING BOY
in Pakistan, anti-terrorism court Judge Tahir Pervaiz sentenced Muhammad Abid to death, find him Rs 200,000, and ordered the confiscation of his assets.
- JUNE 15, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
in Pakistan, Sialkot District and Session Judge Manzoor Hussain Dogar sentenced Muhammad Yousaf to death and life imprisonment and fined him seventy thousand rupees.
- JUNE 15, 2011Governo Federale degli Stati UnitiDEATH PENALTY
USA - Federal. A federal jury sentenced Azibo Aquart, 30, to death.
USA - Federal. A federal jury sentenced Azibo Aquart, 30, to death.
- JUNE 14, 2011Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA: KILLER SAVED FROM THE SWORD AT THE 11TH HOUR
Saudi Arabia’s executioner mounted the platform, raised his sword and was about to bring it down
- JUNE 14, 2011Trinidad & TobagoDEATH PENALTY
TRINIDAD & TOBAGO: PRIVY COUNCIL QUASHES MANDATORY DEATH FOR CERTAIN MURDERS
the mandatory death sentence for murder in Trinidad & Tobago was again overturned
- JUNE 14, 2011KenyaDEATH PENALTY
KENYAN MUSLIM LEADERS CALL FOR DEATH PENALTY FOR GAYS
Muslim leaders in Kenya called on the government to introduce the death penalty for homosexuals.
JUNE 14, 2011AfghanistanDEATH PENALTYAFGHANISTAN: TWO SENTENCED TO HANG FOR MASSACRE IN JALALABAD
Two men who were part of a group of Taliban assailants that killed at least 42 people in an attack on a bank in eastern Afghanistan in February have been sentenced to death, a court official said.
JUNE 14, 2011TunisiaDEATH PENALTYTUNISIA: BEN ALI MAY FACE UP TO 20 YEARS OR THE DEATH PENALTY
Tunisia’s ousted president Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali could face 20 years in jail if convicted of drugs
- JUNE 14, 2011IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: MAN HANGED IN PUBLIC
Iran hanged in public a man convicted of raping and killing an eight-year-old girl in
JUNE 14, 2011BahamasDEATH PENALTYBAHAMAS: MAXO TIDO DEATH SENTENCE OVERTURNED
the Privy Council overturned convicted murderer Maxo Tido's death sentence.
- JUNE 13, 2011Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA: PINAY SAVED FROM DEATH BY STONING
the Philippine Embassy in Riyadh reported that a Filipina who was sentenced to death by stoning in Saudi Arabia was granted a royal clemency.
- JUNE 13, 2011MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: INDIAN NATIONAL TO HANG FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Judge Datuk Mohd Azman Hussin of the Malaysian High Court sentenced Indian national
JUNE 13, 2011VietnamDEATH PENALTYVIETNAM: DEATH SENTENCES TO BE EXECUTED BY POISON
the Law on Execution of Criminal Sentences will take effect as of July 1, 2011, under
- JUNE 12, 2011KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
DEATH UPHELD FOR KUWAIT WOMAN FOR WEDDING CARNAGE
Kuwait's supreme court upheld the death sentence of Nasra Yussef Mohammed al-Enezi,
- JUNE 12, 2011IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: TWO BROTHERS HANGED
Iran hanged two brothers convicted of kidnapping and murder in a prison of the
- JUNE 11, 2011TennesseeDEATH PENALTY
USA - Tennessee. A jury sentenced James Hawkins, 33, black, to death.
USA - Tennessee. A jury sentenced James Hawkins, 33, black, to death.
- JUNE 11, 2011VirginiaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Virginia. 25 death row survivors to speak at event
USA - Virginia. 25 death row survivors to speak at event
- JUNE 11, 2011DenmarkDEATH PENALTY
USA - Lundbeck told the Financial Times that the firm is taking new hard-line measures to block its use for lethal injection
USA - Lundbeck told the Financial Times that the firm is taking new hard-line measures to block its use for lethal injection
- JUNE 10, 2011MauritaniaDEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International called for the cancellation of the death sentences pronounced
Amnesty International called for the cancellation of the death sentences pronounced
- JUNE 10, 2011FloridaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Florida. Judge Reemberto Diaz sentenced Ana Maria Cardona, 50, hispanic, to death
USA - Florida. Judge Reemberto Diaz sentenced Ana Maria Cardona, 50, hispanic, to death