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
- DECEMBER 6, 2011IndiaDEATH PENALTY
GUJARAT (INDIA): DEATH PENALTY INTRODUCED FOR TOXIC ALCOHOL
The illegal manufacture and sale of toxic alcohol in the western Indian state of Gujarat
- DECEMBER 6, 2011DEATH PENALTY
ASIAN COUNTRIES PUTTING THOUSANDS TO DEATH AFTER UNFAIR TRIALS
A hard-line group of Asian countries are defying the global trend against the death penalty
- DECEMBER 6, 2011BelarusDEATH PENALTY
BELARUS: ITALY'S FOREIGN MINISTER TERZI ASKS FOR SUSPENSION OF EXECUTIONS
Italy's Foreign Minister Giulio Terzi asked Belarus to suspend the death sentences of the two
- DECEMBER 6, 2011JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER 2010 MURDER-ROBBERY IN NAGANO
Presiding Judge Junko Takagi of the Nagano District Court...
- DECEMBER 6, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH WITH REPRIEVE FOR STABBING BUS DRIVER
the passenger who fatally stabbed a bus driver over the volume of the onboard television was given a death sentence with a two-year reprieve, the Shanghai No. 1 Intermediate People's Court says.
- DECEMBER 6, 2011TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
DEATH SENTENCE AFTER FORCED CONFESSIONS IN TAIWAN, SAYS AMNESTY
Amnesty International charged Taiwan with violating UN protocols by sentencing prisoners to death on slim evidence and forced confessions.
- DECEMBER 6, 2011LouisianaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Louisiana. Judge Jeff Cox formally sentenced Robert McCoy, 37, black, to death
USA - Louisiana. Judge Jeff Cox formally sentenced Robert McCoy, 37, black, to death
DECEMBER 6, 2011IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: TAREQ AZIZ TO BE EXECUTED IN 2012, OFFICIAL SAYS
Saad Yusef al-Muttalibi, adviser to the Iraqi prime minister Nouri al Maliki, has told CNN that Saddam Hussein's former deputy, the Christian Tareq Aziz, will be executed in 2012 "after the withdrawal of USA troops".
- DECEMBER 6, 2011CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - California. Former San Quentin warden pushes anti-death penalty initiative
USA - California. Former San Quentin warden pushes anti-death penalty initiative
- DECEMBER 5, 2011CanadaDEATH PENALTY
Canadian High Commissioner in Dhaka Heather Cruden
Canadian High Commissioner in Dhaka Heather Cruden
- DECEMBER 5, 2011CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - California. The California Supreme Court on threw out the death sentences of Cleamon Johnson and Michael Allen.
USA - California. The California Supreme Court on threw out the death sentences of Cleamon Johnson and Michael Allen.
- DECEMBER 5, 2011FloridaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Florida. Judge Adrian G. Soud sentenced Michael Mulugetta Yacob, 26, black, to death
USA - Florida. Judge Adrian G. Soud sentenced Michael Mulugetta Yacob, 26, black, to death
DECEMBER 5, 2011EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: POLICEMAN GETS 2ND DEATH PENALTY
a Cairo court handed down a second death sentence to a fugitive Egyptian police officer
- DECEMBER 3, 2011VirginiaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Virginia. Federal Judge who overturned inmate's death sentence orders his return to death row.
USA - Virginia. Federal Judge who overturned inmate's death sentence orders his return to death row.
- DECEMBER 3, 2011DEATH PENALTY
VIRGINIA (USA): JUDGE WHO OVERTURNED INMATE'S DEATH SENTENCE ORDERS HIS RETURN TO DEATH ROW
Federal Judge who overturned inmate's death sentence orders his return to death
- DECEMBER 3, 2011Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA: ASIAN GANG MEMBERS GET DEATH SENTENCES FOR MURDER
Qayan, Isk and Parshan were sentenced to death by a three-judge panel of the Jeddah General Court for the murder and robbery of a real estate agent in Jeddah in 2007.
- DECEMBER 3, 2011MississippiDEATH PENALTY
USA - Mississippi. Judge Michael P. Mills orders Lawrence Branch's death sentence vacated
USA - Mississippi. Judge Michael P. Mills orders Lawrence Branch's death sentence vacated
- DECEMBER 2, 2011DEATH PENALTY
CALIFORNIA (USA): DOJ RELEASES LATEST HOMICIDE RATE STATISTICS
The California Department of Justice today released the annual "Homicide
- DECEMBER 2, 2011AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Alabama. A jury recommended the death sentence for Esau Jackson, 32, black
USA - Alabama. A jury recommended the death sentence for Esau Jackson, 32, black
- DECEMBER 2, 2011CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - California. The rate of homicide crimes decreased 7.8%
USA - California. The rate of homicide crimes decreased 7.8%
- DECEMBER 1, 2011United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UAE: DEATH SENTENCE OF 2 INDIANS COMMUTED AFTER BLOOD MONEY DEAL
Two Indians, who were facing death sentence in the UAE, are set to be released this
- DECEMBER 1, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTY
VP BINAY TO APPEAL PINOY'S DEATH SENTENCE IN CHINA
the Filipino Department of Foreign Affairs said that it is already arranging a possible trip for Vice President Jejomar Binay to China to personally appeal for the a 35-year-old male overseas Filipino worker scheduled to be executed on December 8 for smug
- DECEMBER 1, 2011IndiaDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: INDIAN PRISONER’S DEATH SENTENCE COMMUTED, LHC TOLD
the superintendent of the Lahore Central Jail informed the Lahore High Court that Indian prisoner Surjit Singh was sent to the jail in 1985 as a condemned prisoner but now he is being treated as life imprisonment convict in the light of the general amnest
- DECEMBER 1, 2011SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
SINGAPORE: MAN ON DEATH ROW TO GET RETRIAL
Thong Ah Fat, 32, is to be re-tried, after judges Chao Hick Tin, Andrew Phang and V.K. Rajah...
- DECEMBER 1, 2011BelarusDEATH PENALTY
ASHTON CONDEMNS DEATH SENTENCES IN BELARUS
EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Catherine Ashton strongly condemned two new death sentences in Belarus.
DECEMBER 1, 2011IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: 6 CONVICTED WITH TERRORISM CHARGES EXECUTED
Iraqi Ministry of Justice announced that 6 detainees, convicted with terrorism charges
DECEMBER 1, 2011Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: DEATH UPHELD FOR TRIO IN MAKKAH MURDERS
the Supreme Court has upheld the death sentences issued in Saudi Arabia by
- NOVEMBER 30, 2011BelarusDEATH PENALTY
COUNCIL OF EUROPE: BELARUS URGED TO INTRODUCE A MORATORIUM ON EXECUTIONS
The Council of Europe urged Belarus not to execute two men found guilty of carrying out
- NOVEMBER 30, 2011IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: PETITION IN HIGH COURT AGAINST DEATH PENALTY
in Kochi, India, lawyer Manju Antoney lodged a petition with the Kerala high court challenging the death penalty.
- NOVEMBER 30, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN GETS DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDER
in Peshawar, Pakistan, Anti-Terrorism Court Judge Anwar Ali Khan sentenced Ajab Khan to death and fined him Rs1 million, three years imprisonment and a fine of Rs50,000 for killing five people in Nowshera district in 2006.