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 3, 2011IndiaDEATH PENALTY
President Pratibha Patil pardoned two murder convicts from Maharashtra...
President Pratibha Patil pardoned two murder convicts from Maharashtra...
APRIL 3, 2011IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: PRESIDENT PARDONS TWO DEATH CONVICTS
Indian President Pratibha Patil pardoned two murder convicts from Maharashtra and Madhya
- APRIL 2, 2011IranDEATH PENALTY
URGENT APPEAL TO SAVE SHERKO MOARAFI FROM EXECUTION IN IRAN
Kurdish activist Sherko Moarafi is in danger of being executed in Iran for “enmity against God” for his alleged membership in a proscribed Kurdish organisation.
- APRIL 2, 2011IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: 30 INDONESIANS FACING DEATH PENALTY IN MALAYSIA
thirty Indonesians are on the death row in Malaysia, manpower attache of the Indonesian...
- APRIL 2, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: 2 GET DEATH IN DOUBLE MURDER CASE
in Kasur, Pakistan, Additional District and Session Judge Chunian Safdar Saleem Shahid sentenced Meraj Din and M Akram, alias Toti, to death for murdering Muhammad Haroon and Muhammad Hanif in village Fateh Muhammad Kalan. The court also fined them Rs 100
- APRIL 1, 2011EswatiniDEATH PENALTY
SWAZILAND: SERIAL KILLER SENTENCED TO HANG
Convicted Swazi serial killer David Simelane was sentenced to death by hanging, after being convicted last week for the death of 28 people, mostly women and children.
- APRIL 1, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAK PREZ GIVES ASSENT FOR REVIEW OF ZULFIKAR'S DEATH SENTENCE
Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari gave his assent to a proposal to ask the Supreme Court to review the death sentence awarded to Zulfikar Ali Bhutto. The proposal will now be sent to the Supreme Court.
- APRIL 1, 2011EgyptDEATH PENALTY
Egypt's military decided to authorize execution as a punishment for convicted rapists.
Egypt's military decided to authorize execution as a punishment for convicted rapists.
- APRIL 1, 2011DEATH PENALTY
USA: TWO MORE STATES TURN OVER EXECUTIONS DRUG IN PROBE
Tennessee and Kentucky turned over their supplies of Sodium thiopental to the U.S. Drug
APRIL 1, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: ALLEGED CHINESE CRIMINAL RINGLEADER EXTRADITED FROM PHILIPPINES
An alleged criminal ringleader in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality was extradited
- APRIL 1, 2011United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Tennessee and Kentucky turned over their supplies of Sodium thiopental to the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration
USA - Tennessee and Kentucky turned over their supplies of Sodium thiopental to the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration
- MARCH 31, 2011MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALASYIA: HAIRSTYLIST SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KIDNAP AND MURDER OF SCHOOLGIRL
in Malaysia, hairstylist Teh Kim Hong...
- MARCH 31, 2011Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA: BINAY ASKED TO HELP SAVE 8 FILIPINOS ON SAUDI DEATH ROW
Migrante-Middle East, a Saudi Arabia-based overseas Filipino workers’ advocacy group...
- MARCH 31, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MUSHARRAF ATTACK CASE: SC REJECTS REVIEW PLEA OF TWO CONVICTS
Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry of the Pakistani Supreme Court...
- MARCH 31, 2011IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
DEATH FOR CORRUPTION IS WRONG, INDONESIAN GOVT SAYS
following criticism by the antigraft watchdog, top Indonesian government officials said that capital punishment was intentionally removed from the proposed revision to the anticorruption law.
- MARCH 31, 2011JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN: KATO DEATH SENTENCE APPEAL FILED
Tomohiro Kato, 28, appealed his death sentence to the Tokyo High Court in Japan.
- MARCH 31, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: DEATH UPHELD FOR FORMER DEPUTY MAYOR
the Higher People's Court of east China's Jiangsu Province upheld the death sentence of Jiang Renjie...
- MARCH 31, 2011ThailandDEATH PENALTY
THAILAND: DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDER OF MP
Anantasak Srisawat, alias Tai...
- MARCH 31, 2011CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - California. Judge Saundra Brown Armstrong overturned the 1980 murder conviction and death sentence of Marvin Pete Walker Jr., 51, black.
USA - California. Judge Saundra Brown Armstrong overturned the 1980 murder conviction and death sentence of Marvin Pete Walker Jr., 51, black.
- MARCH 31, 2011LouisianaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Louisiana. Supreme Court Erases Award for Exonerated Death Row Inmate John Thompson.
USA - Louisiana. Supreme Court Erases Award for Exonerated Death Row Inmate John Thompson.
MARCH 31, 2011TürkiyeDEATH PENALTYTURKEY: PM SAYS GOV’T NOT CONTEMPLATING RETURN OF CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said the return of capital punishment is “not on
- MARCH 31, 2011AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Alabama. William Glen Boyd, 45, white, was executed
USA - Alabama. William Glen Boyd, 45, white, was executed
- MARCH 30, 2011Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
GAZA: MILITARY COURT SENTENCES MAN TO DEATH
A military court in the central Gaza Strip sentenced a man to death by hanging, after
- MARCH 30, 2011IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: 2 SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR VASHI BOY'S MURDER
extra joint adhoc additional sessions judge DN Bhargande of the fast-track court in Thane, India, sentenced Nihal Sheikh, 30, and Rafiq Sayyed...
- MARCH 30, 2011DenmarkDEATH PENALTY
DANISH COMPANY REJECTS CAPITAL PUNISHMENT BUT WON’T STOP US EXECUTION DRUG
A Danish company that unwittingly has become a key supplier of an execution drug in the U.S.
- MARCH 30, 2011MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: GRANNY SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
grandmother Mariah Hamadi, 49, of Rantau Panjang...
- MARCH 30, 2011BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: 3 TO WALK TO GALLOWS FOR KILLING A BUSINESSMAN IN SYLHET
in Sylhet, Bangladesh, Additional District and Sessions Judge M Najir Ahmed sentenced Abdul Mannan...
- MARCH 30, 2011TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. The Senate voted to pass a bill that would expand the death penalty
USA - Texas. The Senate voted to pass a bill that would expand the death penalty
MARCH 30, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: THREE FILIPINOS EXECUTED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
three Filipinos were executed in China, according to Vice President Jejomar Binay.
MARCH 30, 2011Sri LankaDEATH PENALTYSRI LANKA: THREE ARMY MEN SENTENCED TO DEATH
in Sri Lanka, Colombo High Court judge Jayatilake sentenced three soldiers to death for the