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
- FEBRUARY 22, 2011ArizonaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Arizona. A jury sentenced Shawna Forde, 43, white, to death
USA - Arizona. A jury sentenced Shawna Forde, 43, white, to death
- FEBRUARY 22, 2011IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: COURT ACQUITS TWO DEATH-ROW
a division bench of Chief Justice Patel and Justice Roy of the Calcutta High Court in India acquitted Jahangir Alam and Anarul Haque for insufficient evidence.
- FEBRUARY 22, 2011Sri LankaDEATH PENALTY
SRI LANKA: 250 DEATH-ROW PRISONERS HAVE EYE AILMENTS
a clinical survey revealed 250 death row prisoners in Welikada Prison in Sri Lanka suffer from eye ailments.
- FEBRUARY 22, 2011DEATH PENALTY
TEXAS (USA): TIMOTHY WAYNE ADAMS EXECUTED
Timothy Wayne Adams, 42, black, was executed. He was convicted in 2003 of shooting to dea
- FEBRUARY 22, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN CONDEMNED PRISONERS BEING KEPT IN DEATH CELLS IN VIOLATION OF RULES
despite the passage of four months, the Prison Department of Khyber...
- FEBRUARY 22, 2011United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: EXECUTION UPHELD
the Abu Dhabi Appellate Court in the United Arab Emirates upheld the execution verdict of the Court of First Instance, which had sentenced an Asian to death for murdering his homosexual partner with a knife.
- FEBRUARY 22, 2011IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: THREE HAVE DEATH SENTENCES CANCELLED
a Division Bench of Justice Satish Kumar and Justice M Jeyapaul of the Punjab and Haryana High Court in India cancelled the death penalties of three people.
- FEBRUARY 22, 2011UgandaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA: THREE PAKISTANIS TO HANG FOR MURDER
Justice Catherine Bamugemereire of the Ugandan High Court sentenced Pakistani nationals Ahmed Naveed, 28, Hussein Muzaffar...
- FEBRUARY 22, 2011SudanDEATH PENALTY
a court in Darfur sentenced a man to death by hanging and cross amputation.
a court in Darfur sentenced a man to death by hanging and cross amputation.
- FEBRUARY 22, 2011TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. Timothy Wayne Adams, 42, black, was executed
USA - Texas. Timothy Wayne Adams, 42, black, was executed
- FEBRUARY 22, 2011FloridaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Florida. Judge Willard Pope sentenced Emilia Carr, 26, white, to death
USA - Florida. Judge Willard Pope sentenced Emilia Carr, 26, white, to death
- FEBRUARY 21, 2011YemenDEATH PENALTY
YEMEN HANDS DOWN DEATH SENTENCES TO 11 BANDITS
the Specialised Penal Court in Hadramout, Yemen, sentenced 11 Yemenis to
- FEBRUARY 21, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: ACCUSED GETS DEATH SENTENCE
in Pakistan, Upper Dir District and Sessions Judge Sardar Mohammad Irshad sentenced Abdul Hakim of Serai Bandai Khwar to death for the honour killing of his brother's wife Saleema Bibi in 2009
FEBRUARY 21, 2011IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE FOR MUMBAI ATTACK
an appeals court in India confirmed the conviction and death sentence for the only surviving
- FEBRUARY 20, 2011IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: THREE MEN HANGED IN PUBLIC
According to reports from Iran, three men were hanged in public in the town of Salmas, northwest of Iran.
- FEBRUARY 20, 2011EgyptDEATH PENALTY
EGYPTIAN CONVICTED OF KILLING COPTS TO HANG
Egypt's State Security Emergency Court ratified the death sentence against Mohammed
- FEBRUARY 20, 2011PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
PHILIPPINES: 78 FILIPINO'S ON DEATH ROW IN CHINA
Filipino Foreign Assistant Secretary J. Eduardo Malaya said that there were 78 Filipino's on currently death row in China for drug smuggling. The DFA also said 72 other Filipinos facing death sentences had been given two-year reprieves.
FEBRUARY 20, 2011YemenDEATH PENALTYYEMEN: SEVEN SENTENCED TO DEATH
Judge Abdu al-Awadhi of the Specialised Penal Court in Yemen's Hadramout province
FEBRUARY 20, 2011IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: TWO PEOPLE HANGED IN ISFAHAN
Two men were hanged in the prison of Isfahan, central Iran, early this morning.
- FEBRUARY 19, 2011MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: TRADER GETS GALLOWS FOR DRUG OFFENCE
pasar malam trader Fadil Bachok, 46, was sentenced to death by the Johor Baru High Court in Malaysia for trafficking 0.77kg of cannabis on September 9, 2009, in Pekan Nenas, Pontian.
- FEBRUARY 18, 2011IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: MAN GETS DEATH FOR RAPE, MURDER OF CHILD IN JAMSHEDPUR
in Jamshedpur, India, Additional district and sessions judge BK Sinha sentenced Sanjay...
- FEBRUARY 18, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA DELAYS EXECUTION OF PHILIPPINE DRUG MULES
China postponed the execution of three Filipinos found guilty of drug smuggling.
- FEBRUARY 18, 2011ZambiaDEATH PENALTY
ZAMBIA: MUMBWA MAN TO HANG
Supreme Court Judge Munyinda Wanki, sitting as a High Court Judge at the Lusaka High Court in Zambia...
- FEBRUARY 18, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: COURT AWARDS CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
in Kot Momin, Pakistan, Additional District and Sessions Judge Zia Ullah Khan Niazi sentenced Ghulam Abbas to death and fined him Rs 100,000 for murdering rival Shaukat on March 12, 2008, under Jhal Chakian police station.
FEBRUARY 18, 2011IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: FOUR PEOPLE HANGED IN KERMAN
Four men were hanged in the prison of Kerman, south east of Iran.
- FEBRUARY 18, 2011North CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
USA - North Carolina. Judge Orlando Hudson commuted Isaac Jackson Stroud's death sentence, replacing it with a life sentence
USA - North Carolina. Judge Orlando Hudson commuted Isaac Jackson Stroud's death sentence, replacing it with a life sentence
- FEBRUARY 18, 2011FloridaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Florida. Polk County jury recommended death for Leon Davis, 33.
USA - Florida. Polk County jury recommended death for Leon Davis, 33.
FEBRUARY 18, 2011LebanonDEATH PENALTYLEBANON: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR SPYING FOR ISRAEL
a Lebanese military court convicted a man of spying for Israel and sentenced
- FEBRUARY 17, 2011UtahDEATH PENALTY
USA - Utah. The Senate passed bill HB202 that would speed the process for appealing death sentences
USA - Utah. The Senate passed bill HB202 that would speed the process for appealing death sentences
- FEBRUARY 17, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: DEATH SENTENCE FOR CORRUPT OFFICIAL
a former director of the land resources bureau in Guiyang City...