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 13, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTY
DEATH UPHELD FOR BROTHERS IN E CHINA
the Shandong Higher Court in China confirmed the death penalty of Liu Jianjun, 51, for killing four policemen in a shootout in Shandong on January 4, 2011.
- APRIL 13, 2011JordanDEATH PENALTY
JORDAN EXPECTED TO ABOLISH DEATH PENALTY
it is apparent that Jordan is moving towards abolishing the death penalty
APRIL 13, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: 26-YEAR-OLD FEMALE EXECUTED IN XIAMEN FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Mao Ran, 26, was executed in Xiamen, China, for ordering others to conduct
APRIL 13, 2011IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: TWO PEOPLE HANGED IN ARAK
Two people were hanged in the prison of Arak, in central Iran.
- APRIL 13, 2011CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - California. State's sodium thiopental passes lab tests
USA - California. State's sodium thiopental passes lab tests
- APRIL 12, 2011DEATH PENALTY
OHIO (USA): MAN EXECUTED FOR KILLING FELLOW INMATE
Ohio executed a man for beating a fellow inmate to death over changing a television channel, prison officials said. Clarence Carter, 49, was the second inmate to be killed in Ohio using the surgical sedative pentobarbital alone rather than the usual conc
- APRIL 12, 2011DEATH PENALTY
CONNECTICUT (USA): DEATH PENALTY REPEAL BILL APPROVED BY JUDICIARY COMMITTEE
The legislature's Judiciary Committee approved 26-17 a bill that would abolish
- APRIL 12, 2011SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
SINGAPORE: MAN ESCAPES GALLOWS
seafood-stall boss Eu Lim Hoklai, 57, escaped the gallows when Justice V. K. Rajah of the Singaporean Court of Appeal overturned his mandatory death sentence.
- APRIL 12, 2011DenmarkDEATH PENALTY
USA - Denmark's foreign minister says she will urge U.S. states not to use Danish Pentobarbital
USA - Denmark's foreign minister says she will urge U.S. states not to use Danish Pentobarbital
APRIL 12, 2011MalaysiaDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA: TAXI DRIVER TO HANG FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
taxi driver Shahrul Nizam Hamid, 40, of Kubang Rotan, was sentenced to death in
- APRIL 12, 2011OhioDEATH PENALTY
USA - Ohio - execution. Clarence Carter, 49, black, was executed
USA - Ohio - execution. Clarence Carter, 49, black, was executed
- APRIL 12, 2011ConnecticutDEATH PENALTY
USA - Connecticut. The legislature's Judiciary Committee today approved 26-17 a bill that would abolish the death penalty
USA - Connecticut. The legislature's Judiciary Committee today approved 26-17 a bill that would abolish the death penalty
- APRIL 12, 2011MissouriDEATH PENALTY
USA - Missouri. The Missouri Supreme Court has reversed the death sentence of Gregory Bowman, 59, white
USA - Missouri. The Missouri Supreme Court has reversed the death sentence of Gregory Bowman, 59, white
APRIL 12, 2011DEATH PENALTYUSA: DENMARK'S FOREIGN MINISTER SAYS SHE WILL URGE U.S. STATES NOT TO USE DANISH PENTOBARBITAL
Denmark's foreign minister says she will urge U.S. states such as Texas and Ohio to stop using
- APRIL 11, 2011DEATH PENALTY
USA - Oklahoma. Bill changing execution drugs heads to Oklahoma governor
USA - Oklahoma. Bill changing execution drugs heads to Oklahoma governor
- APRIL 11, 2011Sri LankaDEATH PENALTY
SRI LANKA: MURDER ACCUSED GETS DEATH SENTENCE
in Sri Lanka, Panadura Provincial High Court Judge Amal Thilakaratne sentenced Hewafonsekage Saranath Asiri Fonseka of Moratuwa to death in absentia for robbing Rs 3.5 Million from a jewellery shop in Moratuwa and murdering employee K A Gunawardena on Aug
APRIL 11, 2011EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: THREE MEN TO HANG FOR RAPE
an Egyptian military court in the Suez Canal city of Ismailiya sentenced Mohammed
- APRIL 11, 2011United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Federal. In Louisiana U.S. District Judge Ginger Berrigan has tossed the federal death sentence of John Wayne Johnson, 58, black
USA - Federal. In Louisiana U.S. District Judge Ginger Berrigan has tossed the federal death sentence of John Wayne Johnson, 58, black
- APRIL 10, 2011Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: MAN ASKS FOR HELP TO AVERT GALLOWS
Saudi Arabian Abdul Aziz Al Anzi, convicted of murder in the United Arab Emirates, appealed for help paying blood money or he would be executed after 55 days.
APRIL 10, 2011MalaysiaDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA: FATHER AND SON TO HANG FOR MURDER
the High Court in Kedah State, Malaysia, sentenced father and son to death by hanging
APRIL 10, 2011Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: THREE PAKISTANIS SENT TO THE GALLOWS
three Pakistani citizens, imprisoned in Saudi Arabia for the past 13 years on murder and
- APRIL 9, 2011BotswanaDEATH PENALTY
BOTSWANA STEADFAST OVER DEATH PENALTY
on April 15, South African Michael Molefhe and Brandon Sampson will appeal against their death sentences in the Court of Appeals in Gaborone, Botswana.
APRIL 9, 2011IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: MAN HANGED IN AHWAZ
One man was hanged in the southwest Iranian city of Ahwaz, reported the state run Iranian news agency Fars.
- APRIL 8, 2011ItalyDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ: FINAL ASSAULT AGAINST THE MUJAHEDIN IN ASHRAF
"currently in Iraq the final assault is taking place on the anti-regime People's Mujahedin of
- APRIL 8, 2011IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: COP’S DEATH SENTENCE COMMUTED IN MURDER CASE
in India, Justice Mittal of the Punjab and Haryana High Court...
- APRIL 8, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: FORMERLY RICH WOMAN APPEALS DEATH SENTENCE
Wu Ying, whose assets, totaling about $550 million, made her the sixth-richest woman in China in...
- APRIL 8, 2011IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: GALLOWS FOR 5 DANDUPALYA MEMBERS
in Bangalore, India, five members of the Dandupalya gang were sentenced to death for various murders and robberies in different parts of the State.
- APRIL 8, 2011MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
SECURITY GUARD TO HANG FOR TRAFFICKING CANNABIS
Judge Datuk Lim Yee Lan of the Malaysian High Court sentenced security guard Shamuddin Sohan, 42, to death by hanging for trafficking cannabis weighing 941g in front of the Grand Seasons Hotel in Jalan Pahang on May 29, 2002.
- APRIL 8, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: 2 AWARDED DEATH
in Chakwal, Pakistan, Additional District and Sessions Judge Nisar Baig sentenced Noor Khan and Muhammad Akram, from Dhok Larri...
- APRIL 8, 2011IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIAN COURT REJECTS APPEAL OF INDONESIAN SENTENCED TO DEATH
in Malaysia, a Putrajaya Appeals Court panel of judges led by Dato Clement Skiner rejected the appeal of Indonesian Muhammad Imron of Aceh, a.k.a Fernandez.