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
- MARCH 4, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN GETS DEATH FOR MURDER
in Pakistan, Ferozewala Additional District and Sessions Judge Khalid Nawaz Dar sentenced Mubashir, alias Bashiri, to death and fined him Rs 100,000 for killing Muhammad Mehboob Ayub of Cheecho Kee Maliyaan over a minor issue in 2003.
- MARCH 4, 2011NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA: MAN TO DIE BY HANGING FOR KILLING LOVER
Justice Pindar Haruna Nggada of the Maiduguri High Court in Nigeria sentenced firewood seller Idris Lima, 42, to death by hanging for strangling his lover, Hauwa Ibrahim, in a farm at Maiva village in Mafa Local Government Area of Borno State.
- MARCH 4, 2011GhanaDEATH PENALTY
on behalf of Hands Off Cain, MP and Speaker of the OSCE
on behalf of Hands Off Cain, MP and Speaker of the OSCE
- MARCH 3, 2011IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: FIVE IN GUJARAT WAITING FOR THE GALLOWS
“So far there are five different people from Gujarat state who have been ordered to be hanged and their applications are pending in courts,” additional director-general of police (prisons) PC Thakur said in India. However, sources said that the exact stat
- MARCH 3, 2011DEATH PENALTY
DEATH PENALTY: SECOND HANDS OFF CAIN MISSION TO GHANA FOR ABOLITION
Radical Parliamentarian Matteo Mecacci is today in Accra to participate in the National Constitutional Conference.
- MARCH 3, 2011IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: PARDON FOR DEATH ROW CONVICTS
Indian President Pratibha Patil pardoned four people on death row.
- MARCH 3, 2011EgyptDEATH PENALTY
"DEMOCRATIC" EGYPT SENDS APOSTATES TO THEIR DEATH
a major survey conducted in Egypt and in six other majority Muslim countries found an overwhelming majority in Egypt wanted those who commit adultery to be stoned and 84% wanted those who abandon the Muslim religion to be put to death.
- MARCH 3, 2011IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: TWO HANGED IN OROUMIEH
Iran executed two people in Oroumieh Prison as part of its attempts to terrorize the population
- MARCH 2, 2011IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: CONVICTS ON DEATH ROW NOT TO BE KEPT IN SOLITARY CONFINEMENT: HC
from now, convicts facing the death penalty and confined in various jails of Punjab, Haryana and UT, Chandigarh in India must not be kept in solitary confinement.
- MARCH 2, 2011IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEE FAVOURS CAPITAL PUNISHMENT FOR HIJACKERS
in India, the Standing Committee on Transport, Tourism and Culture on the Anti-Hijacking (Amendment) Bill 2010 favoured the death penalty for hijackers
- MARCH 2, 2011IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: JUDGE SLAMS GOVT FOR DELAY IN HANGING AFZAL GURU
Indian Justice Shiv Narayan Dhingra, who sentenced the December 13, 2001...
- MARCH 2, 2011BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: MAN EXECUTED IN SYLHET JAIL
Robi Munda, 60, from Habiganj, was executed in Sylhet Central Jail in Bangladesh
- MARCH 2, 2011IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: SC COMMUTES DEATH SENTENCE OF KILLER OF WIFE, 4 DAUGHTERS
Justices Harjit Singh Bedi and C K Prasad of the Indian Supreme Court commuted the death penalty of Vishweshwar Kol for killing his second wife Leelawati Bai and four daughters on October 19, 2003, in Madhya Pradesh, to life imprisonment.
- MARCH 2, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: DEATH PENALTY AWARDED FOR KIDNAPPING
in Sargodha, Pakistan, anti-terrorism court Judge Muhammad Anwar Nazir sentenced Abid Ali to death for kidnapping and murdering Muhammad Ismail...
- MARCH 2, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MOVE TO ABOLISH DEATH SENTENCE TO BE RESISTED
in Pakistan, Jamaat e Islami secretary general Liaquat Baloch said the JI would resist every move to abolish death sentence.
- MARCH 2, 2011AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Alabama. Judge Jacob Walker sentenced Courtney Lockhart, 26, black, to die
USA - Alabama. Judge Jacob Walker sentenced Courtney Lockhart, 26, black, to die
MARCH 2, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: MINORITY MINISTER KILLED
Pakistan's religious minority minister, the Catholic Shahbaz Bhatti, has been killed in Islamabad
- MARCH 2, 2011CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - California. Sirhan Sirhan, the man serving a life sentence for the 1968 assassination of Robert F. Kennedy was denied parole for a 13th time
USA - California. Sirhan Sirhan, the man serving a life sentence for the 1968 assassination of Robert F. Kennedy was denied parole for a 13th time
MARCH 2, 2011IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: MAN HANGED IN ISFAHAN
One man was hanged in the prison of Khomeini Shahr, Iran, early this morning
MARCH 2, 2011KenyaDEATH PENALTYKENYA: MAN TO HANG FOR VIOLENT ROBBERY
A man was sentenced to death in Kenya by a Gucha court for robbery with violence. Simon
MARCH 2, 2011IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: AT LEAST 10 HANGED IN MASHHAD
the Iranian regime hanged at least 10 people in the northeastern city of Mashhad
- MARCH 1, 2011IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: 6 GET DEATH PENALTY AFTER 15 YRS OF TRIAL
in India, Kathua Principal Sessions Judge Jang Bhadur Singh Jamwal sentenced six people to death for killing Yash Paul Singh alias Boolla, a royalty contractor, on April 7, 1995.
- MARCH 1, 2011IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: GODHRA PENALTY: GALLOWS FOR 11
Special judge P R Patel of the special court at Sabarmati Jail in India sentenced 11 people to death for the Godhra train burning case that left 59 kar sevaks dead on February 27, 2002.
- MARCH 1, 2011UkraineDEATH PENALTY
UKRAINE: MOHYLIOV OPPOSING RESUMPTION OF CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
Ukrainian Interior Affairs Minister Anatolii Mohyliov considers it inhuman to resume capital punishment, he told a press conference. The minister said that from the point of view of humanism, capital punishment is unacceptable.
- MARCH 1, 2011United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: DEATH FOR MAN WHO SET AUNT, UNCLE ABLAZE
a court of cassation in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates...
- MARCH 1, 2011Sri LankaDEATH PENALTY
SRI LANKA: MOTHER OF 3 SENTENCED TO DEATH
Munasinghe Arachchige Chamali Perera from Mattakuliya was sentenced to death by the Colombo High Court Judge P. Padman Surasenain in Sri Lanka for possessing 23.2 grams of heroin on December 19, 2004.
MARCH 1, 2011IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: TEN PEOPLE HANGED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Ten people were hanged in Iran for drug trafficking.
MARCH 1, 2011BelarusDEATH PENALTYBELARUS: MAN GIVEN DEATH SENTENCE
the High Court of Belarus confirmed the death sentence against Igor Myalik, 39, for
- FEBRUARY 28, 2011MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
Malaysian High Court Judge Sangau Gunting sentenced Lagi Alok to three years’ imprisonment and death for killing Sait Alok in Tatau on June 4, 2007. Lagi allegedly shot Sait for refusing his request to tap his rubber trees.
- FEBRUARY 28, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN GETS DEATH SENTENCE, FINE
in Pakistan, Additional District and Sessions Judge Sohail Ikram sentenced Muhammad Shabbir to death and fined him Rs 100,000 for stabbing Muhammad Ashraf to death over a minor domestic dispute on August 1, 2009.