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
- APRIL 23, 2011Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA: SORCERER’S DEATH SENTENCE CUT TO 15-YEAR JAIL
a three man tribunal at the Madina court in Saudi Arabia commuted the 2011 death sentence of Lebanese man Ali Hassan Sabat...
- APRIL 23, 2011YemenDEATH PENALTY
YEMENI COURT UPHOLDS DEATH PENALTY ON SYRIAN OF BRINGING DRUGS
the appeal court in Sana'a, Yemen, chaired by Judge Ahmed al-Mu'alimi...
- APRIL 23, 2011Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA: MUM'S APPEAL TO HELP SAVE SON FROM GALLOWS
a Saudi mother is racing against time to collect donations to pay blood money and save her only son from the gallows after he was sentenced to death for murder.
- APRIL 22, 2011IraqDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ: TARIQ AZIZ APPEAL ON DEATH RULING OUT IN 2 WEEKS
the outcome of Tariq Aziz's death penalty appeal will be issued in Iraq in two weeks...
- APRIL 22, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: STUDENT SENTENCED TO DEATH
university student Yao Jiaxin, 21, was sentenced to death by the Intermediate People's Court of Xi'an, China, for murdering Zhang Miao.
- APRIL 22, 2011SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
SINGAPORE: MAN SENTENCED TO HANG FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
the High Court in Singapore sentenced Foong Chee Peng...
- APRIL 22, 2011DEATH PENALTY
USA - California. Judge David Wesley sentenced Jonathan Fajardo, 23, latino, to death
USA - California. Judge David Wesley sentenced Jonathan Fajardo, 23, latino, to death
- APRIL 22, 2011TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. The House, contradicting yesterday’s vote, rejected HB 115 calling for a death penalty commission
USA - Texas. The House, contradicting yesterday’s vote, rejected HB 115 calling for a death penalty commission
- APRIL 22, 2011United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Nearly 2/3 of the 16 states with active death chambers are switching to Pentobarbital for execution
USA - Nearly 2/3 of the 16 states with active death chambers are switching to Pentobarbital for execution
APRIL 22, 2011Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: THREE DEATH SENTENCES STAYED
the government of Saudi Arabia has stayed death sentence of three persons belonging
APRIL 22, 2011IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: ONE PERSON EXECUTED
One man was hanged in the prison of kermanshah west of Iran, reported the official Iranian
- APRIL 21, 2011DEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. The House gave preliminary passage to HB 115 relating to the creation of a death penalty commission
USA - Texas. The House gave preliminary passage to HB 115 relating to the creation of a death penalty commission
- APRIL 21, 2011NebraskaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Nebraska. Mumbai-made thiopental sodium to be used in Nebraska execution
USA - Nebraska. Mumbai-made thiopental sodium to be used in Nebraska execution
- APRIL 21, 2011CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - California. A jury recommended the death penalty for Ryan T. Moore, 37, black
USA - California. A jury recommended the death penalty for Ryan T. Moore, 37, black
APRIL 21, 2011MalaysiaDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA: MAN GETS DEATH FOR KILLING NEIGHBOUR
construction worker Zulkifli Sakun Ahmad Edin Chun, 33, from Kodiang, was sentenced
APRIL 21, 2011IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: FOUR PEOPLE HANGED IN PUBLIC ON A BEACH IN BANDAR ABBAS
Four people were hanged in public in the city of Bandar Abbas, south of Iran, this morning.
APRIL 21, 2011IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: DEATH PENALTY FOR THREE SADDAM-ERA SPIES
Iraq's High Criminal Court sentenced to death three Saddam Hussein-era spies convicted of assassinating the father of a sitting Iraqi lawmaker in Beirut in April 1994.
APRIL 21, 2011NigeriaDEATH PENALTYVIETNAM: NIGERIAN SENTENCED TO DEATH
a court in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, sentenced Nigerian man Nnaji David Ete, 33, to
- APRIL 21, 2011FloridaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Florida. Judge James Hankinson sentenced serial killer Gary Michael Hilton, 64, to death
USA - Florida. Judge James Hankinson sentenced serial killer Gary Michael Hilton, 64, to death
- APRIL 21, 2011South CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
USA - South Carolina. South Carolina handed the supply of Sodium Thiopental over to the DEA today
USA - South Carolina. South Carolina handed the supply of Sodium Thiopental over to the DEA today
- APRIL 20, 2011United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UAE: KILLER CAUGHT BETWEEN PARDON AND DEATH
press reports said an Arab man who murdered his wife in Abu Dhabi, United Arab
- APRIL 20, 2011IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
INDONESIAN RECEIVES DEATH SENTENCE FOR SERIAL KILLINGS
Yulianto, 38, a masseuse from Kartosuro in Sukoharjo, was sentenced to death by Judge Dwiyanto of the Sukoharjo District Court in Indonesia for murder.
- APRIL 20, 2011United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - US Military. Pentagon Seeks Death Penalty Against Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri, USS Cole Bombing Suspect.
USA - US Military. Pentagon Seeks Death Penalty Against Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri, USS Cole Bombing Suspect.
- APRIL 20, 2011IndianaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Indiana. Indiana executions put on hold due to lack of sodium thiopental
USA - Indiana. Indiana executions put on hold due to lack of sodium thiopental
- APRIL 20, 2011MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: TWO COUSINS TO HANG FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
two cousins have been sentenced to death by the High Court in Malaysia for trafficking
- APRIL 19, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. SERIAL RAPIST APPEALS HIS DEATH SENTENCE
Dai Qingcheng, the 46-year-old farmer from East China's Anhui province who was sentenced to death in December for raping 116 women between 1993 and 2009, is appealing his conviction.
- APRIL 19, 2011IranDEATH PENALTY
IRANIAN HUMAN RIGHTS LAWYER RELEASED AFTER SERVING HIS SENTENCE
jailed Iranian lawyer Mohammad Oliayifard was released after serving his one-year sentence.
- APRIL 19, 2011JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN: DEATH PENALTY ON MAN CONVICTED OF KILLING 2 TO STAND
Justice Mutsuo Tahara of the Japanese Supreme Court turned down an appeal by Yukiharu Fuchigami, 42, sentenced to death for murder.
- APRIL 19, 2011ThailandDEATH PENALTY
THAILAND: DEATH PENALTY CONFIRMED IN ACTIVIST MURDER CASE
the Thai Court of Appeal upheld the death sentence handed down to Somyuth Phoomphakdee...
- APRIL 19, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: AWARDED DEATH SENTENCE
in Dera Murd Jamali, Pakistan, Nasirabad Additional Session Judge Syed Anwar Aftab awarded capital punishment and a fine of Rupees one lakh to Nabi Bakhsh for fatally shooting Muhammad Ismail and Piara Khan on May 12, 2010, at DC Chowk.