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 19, 2011MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: TWO MEN SENT TO THE GALLOWS FOR DRUG OFFENCE
Judge Datuk Zakiah Kassim of the Malaysian High Court sentenced restaurant helper Khairulnizan Osman...
- APRIL 19, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: TWO MEN WALK FREE AS SHC SETS ASIDE DEATH PENALTY
Justice Mohammad Athar Saeed of the Sindh High Court in Pakistan set aside the death sentence handed down to Murad Ali and Haji Abdul Raheem on July 30, 2007 by Thatta’s additional district and sessions court.
APRIL 19, 2011MalaysiaDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MARIJUANA TRAFFICKING
Malaysian High Court Justice Siti Mariah Ahmad sentenced Mohd Fais Diram, 28, from
- APRIL 19, 2011CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - California. A jury sentenced Cimarron Bernard Bell, 37, black, to death
USA - California. A jury sentenced Cimarron Bernard Bell, 37, black, to death
- APRIL 18, 2011MaldivesDEATH PENALTY
MALDIVES: PARLIAMENT ACCEPTS AMENDMENT TO CLEMENCY ACT TO UPHOLD DEATH SENTENCES
The parliament accepted an amendment proposed to the Clemency Act, requiring
- APRIL 18, 2011DEATH PENALTY
OKLAHOMA (USA): GOV. MARY FALLIN SIGNS LEGISLATION GIVING STATE MORE FLEXIBILITY IN LETHAL INJECTION DRUGS
Gov. Mary Fallin has signed into law legislation that will give prison officials more
- APRIL 18, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN GETS DEATH SENTENCE IN PAKISTAN FOR KILLING BROTHERS
an anti-terrorism court in Pakistan’s Faisalabad district sentenced Maqsood alias Soodi to death for fatally shooting two Christians, Rev. Rashid Emmanuel, 32, and his brother, Sajid Emmanuel, 30, on July 7 2010.
- APRIL 18, 2011DEATH PENALTY
USA - North Carolina. Report: NC death penalty too costly, unfair, and does not deter crime.
USA - North Carolina. Report: NC death penalty too costly, unfair, and does not deter crime.
APRIL 18, 2011MalaysiaDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA: MAN TO HANG FOR BURYING WOMAN ALIVE IN A CAR
former Kemaman local council worker Zulhisham Fadly Muhamad, 30, was sentenced
- APRIL 18, 2011OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Oklahoma. Gov. Mary Fallin has signed into law legislation that gives prison officials flexibility when choosing lethal injection drugs
USA - Oklahoma. Gov. Mary Fallin has signed into law legislation that gives prison officials flexibility when choosing lethal injection drugs
- APRIL 17, 2011United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Opinionis says: Obama tries to obstruct executions
USA - Opinionis says: Obama tries to obstruct executions
- APRIL 17, 2011Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI KING PARDONS FILIPINO SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DRUG SMUGGLING
the king of Saudi Arabia pardoned a Filipino overseas worker sentenced to death for drug smuggling.
- APRIL 17, 2011Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi Arabia beheaded in public a man
Saudi Arabia beheaded in public a man
APRIL 16, 2011IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: FOUR MEN HANGED IN FARS PROVINCE
Iran hanged three inmates all convicted of killing two policemen, armed robbery and kidnapping and a fourth person convicted of serial killings.
- APRIL 15, 2011MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
SINGAPORE: COURT ALLOWS APPEAL
Justices Chao Hick Tin, Andrew Phang and V. K. Rajah of the Singaporean Court of Appeal allowed Malaysian national Khor Soon Lee's appeal against his death sentence for drug trafficking because he did not know heroin was among the drugs he carried.
- APRIL 15, 2011MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
SINGAPORE: MALAYSIAN SENTENCED TO DEATH IN SINGAPORE
in Singapore, Justice Chan Seng Onn sentenced Malaysian national Dinesh Pillai Reja Retnam...
- APRIL 15, 2011AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Alabama. The Alabama Supreme Court overturned Brandon Washington's death sentence
USA - Alabama. The Alabama Supreme Court overturned Brandon Washington's death sentence
APRIL 15, 2011NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: FARMER CONDEMNED TO DEATH FOR KILLING BROTHER
a Katsina State High Court, sitting in Malumfashi, Nigeria, sentenced farmer Nura Malam
- APRIL 14, 2011TajikistanDEATH PENALTY
TAJIK PARLIAMENT PASSES PRISON REFORM LAW
Tajikstan's lower chamber of parliament voted to improve prison conditions for convicts
- APRIL 14, 2011BelarusDEATH PENALTY
PACE URGES BELARUS TO ABOLISH DEATH PENALTY
the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) called on
- APRIL 14, 2011MoroccoDEATH PENALTY
MOROCCO FREES 92 POLITICAL PRISONERS AFTER PROTESTS
Morocco freed 92 political prisoners under a pardon issued by the king following street protests
- APRIL 14, 2011MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: FISHERMAN GETS DEATH FOR TRAFFICKING 148GM OF DRUGS
fisherman Beh Boon Kim, 32, from Perak, was sentenced to death by Justice Ghazali Cha of the Malaysian High Court for trafficking 125.5gm of heroin and 23.2gm of monocetylmorphine in orange boxes in the boot of a car at Jln Medan Imbi on January 22, 2010.
- APRIL 14, 2011United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
USA - British government plans to ban export of 3 more lethal injection drugs for US executions.
USA - British government plans to ban export of 3 more lethal injection drugs for US executions.
- APRIL 14, 2011United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
BRITAIN BANS EXPORT TO US OF EXECUTION DRUGS
Britain is to ban the export to the US of three pharmaceutical drugs that are used to execute prisoners on death row, business secretary Vince Cable has said.
- APRIL 14, 2011GambiaDEATH PENALTY
GAMBIA UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE FOR COUP PLOTTERS
president of the three member Gambian Court of Appeal...
- APRIL 14, 2011MaldivesDEATH PENALTY
MALDIVES: 14 DEATH SENTENCES ISSUED IN THE PAST 10 YEARS: CRIMINAL COURT
the Maldivian Criminal Court said that 14 death sentences were passed in the last decade.
- APRIL 14, 2011FloridaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Florida. A jury sentenced Cecil King, 41, black, to death
USA - Florida. A jury sentenced Cecil King, 41, black, to death
- APRIL 14, 2011NevadaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Nevada. The Assembly Committee on Legislative Operations has abandoned a plan to impose a two-year moratorium
USA - Nevada. The Assembly Committee on Legislative Operations has abandoned a plan to impose a two-year moratorium
- APRIL 14, 2011DelawareDEATH PENALTY
USA - Delaware. A jury recommended that Leslie Small, 52, black, be sentenced to death
USA - Delaware. A jury recommended that Leslie Small, 52, black, be sentenced to death
- APRIL 14, 2011FloridaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Florida. Judge William A. Parsons sentenced William Gregory, 28, white, to death
USA - Florida. Judge William A. Parsons sentenced William Gregory, 28, white, to death