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
- JANUARY 26, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: TRIPLE MURDER ACCUSED AWARDED DEATH
the Anti-Terrorism Court in Sargodha, Pakistan, sentenced Fateh Sher to death and 17 years imprisonment for killing his sister Safia Bibi, her daughter Shaheen Kausar and her son Wali due to a marriage dispute on May 18, 2008.
- JANUARY 26, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: DEATH SENTENCE AWARDED TO TWO
in Faisalabad, Pakistan, Anti Terrorism Court-II Judge Chaudhary Muneer Ahmad sentenced Basharat Shah and Muneer Ahmad to death and fined them Rs 300,000 each ordered them to pay Rs 600,000 compensation. They allegedly shot dead Hajji Muhammad Asghar and
- JANUARY 26, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN GIVEN DEATH IN MURDER CASE
inside the judicial complex of Karachi central prison in Pakistan, Additional district and sessions judge (south) Sagheer Ahmed Sheikh sentenced Aslam Jogi to death for killing Junaid-ur-Rahman under Kalakot police station on October 5, 2003. The court al
- JANUARY 26, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: LHC UPHOLD DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDER
a Rawalpindi Division Bench of the Lahore High Court in Pakistan, comprising Justice Rauf Sheikh and Rashid Sheikh upheld the death sentence of Dhok Charagh Din resident Zeshan, alias Shani, for murdering Walid, 10, for ransom under the Sadiqabad police s
- JANUARY 26, 2011United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Drug maker opposes use of its sedative for executions
USA - Drug maker opposes use of its sedative for executions
- JANUARY 25, 2011EgyptDEATH PENALTY
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: DEATH SENTENCE FOR PREMEDITATED MURDER
in the United Arab Emirates, the Dubai Cassation Court upheld the death sentence awarded to
- JANUARY 25, 2011DEATH PENALTY
USA: OHIO TO REPLACE SODIUM THIOPENTAL WITH PENTOBARBITAL
Ohio has announced it will no longer be using the known common anesthetic for
- JANUARY 25, 2011IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: VIOLATING SC ORDER, STATES KEEP DEATH ROW PRISONERS ISOLATED
in violation of Supreme Court directions, 28 persons are being kept in solitary confinement in various jails in India. Information under Right to Information (RTI) Act obtained by Navkiran Singh, a lawyer practicing in Punjab and Haryana High Court, revea
- JANUARY 25, 2011NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA: REPS SET TO ADOPT DEATH PENALTY FOR TERRORISM
the Nigerian House of Representatives is set to pass into law the anti-terrorism bill that recommends death penalty for terrorism.
- JANUARY 25, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: DEATH FOR MURDER
an Anti Terrorism Court in Bahawalpur, Pakistan, sentenced Zafar Hussain to death for killing his two wives Rukhsana and Jameela and four children in Khanpur tehsil of Rahimyar Khan district in 2009 over a domestic dispute.
- JANUARY 25, 2011IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: SUPREME COURT COMMUTES DEATH SENTENCE IN SURAT
a three judge bench of the Indian Supreme Court commuted the death sentence of Ramesh Chandubhai Rathod to life imprisonment.
JANUARY 25, 2011DEATH PENALTYIRAN: THREE PEOPLE HANGED
three people have been hanged recently in Iran, in three different cities.
- JANUARY 25, 2011OhioDEATH PENALTY
USA - Ohio. Ohio to replace sodium thiopental with pentobarbital
USA - Ohio. Ohio to replace sodium thiopental with pentobarbital
- JANUARY 25, 2011DEATH PENALTY
USA - Georgia. Emmanuel Hammond, 45, black, was executed
USA - Georgia. Emmanuel Hammond, 45, black, was executed
- JANUARY 25, 2011United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - UK firm 'has sold enough drugs to execute 90 inmates'.
USA - UK firm 'has sold enough drugs to execute 90 inmates'.
JANUARY 25, 2011ZimbabweDEATH PENALTYZIMBABWE: DEBATE ON THE ABOLITION OF THE DEATH SENTENCE
Amnesty International in conjunction with Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum held a two day
- JANUARY 24, 2011North KoreaDEATH PENALTY
N.KOREA HOLDS PUBLIC EXECUTION OVER S.KOREAN PROPAGANDA
North Korea this month publicly executed two of its citizens for handling propaganda
- JANUARY 24, 2011United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UAE: EMIRATI TEENAGER SENTENCED TO DIE FOR KILLING
The court of cassation has upheld the death sentence for an Emirati man who, as a 19-year
- JANUARY 24, 2011IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: THREE MEN HANGED FOR RAPE
three men were hanged in Tehran’s Evin prison convicted of rape. These three were
- JANUARY 24, 2011IranDEATH PENALTY
Iran hanged a murderer-rapist in public in Karaj city, the official IRNA
Iran hanged a murderer-rapist in public in Karaj city, the official IRNA
- JANUARY 24, 2011IllinoisDEATH PENALTY
USA - Illinois. Lt. Gov. Sheila Simon urges Gov. Pat Quinn to abolish the death penalty
USA - Illinois. Lt. Gov. Sheila Simon urges Gov. Pat Quinn to abolish the death penalty
- JANUARY 24, 2011IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN CONFIRMS DEATH PENALTY
the Iranian government confirmed that Dutch-Iranian woman Zahra Bahrami, 45, was sentenced to death for possessing cocaine. A spokesman for the Iranian Foreign Ministry made an official announcement. The Dutch Foreign Ministry has confirmed this to RNW.
- JANUARY 24, 2011MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: HIGH COURT SENDS TWO MEN TO THE GALLOWS FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Judge Datuk Su Geok Yiam of the Malaysian High Court sentenced Tong Kam Yew, 39, and Wang Wee Cheng, 29, to death for trafficking 143.8 grams of methamphetamine at Restoran Hwa Beng, Jalan Kenari 6 on Februay 3, 2008.
- JANUARY 24, 2011IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: TWO POST-ELECTIONS POLITICAL PRISONERS HANGED
Iran hanged in Tehran’s Evin prison two political activists held during the 2009
JANUARY 24, 2011IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: TWO BROTHERS HANGED IN BOJNORD
Two men were hanged in northeastern Iranian town of Bojnord, reported the state run Iranian news agency Fars.
JANUARY 24, 2011BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: FIVE TO GO TO GALLOWS IN JL LEADER MURDER CASE
Sirajganj, Bangladesh, District and session judge Salma Bhanu sentenced BNP
JANUARY 24, 2011Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: 144 PRISONERS ON DEATH ROW SIT FOR EXAMS
thousands of prison inmates in Saudi Arabia sat for mid year examinations this week, including
- JANUARY 23, 2011IranDEATH PENALTY
one man was hanged in the prison of Yasouj, southwest of Iran, reported the Iranian state
one man was hanged in the prison of Yasouj, southwest of Iran, reported the Iranian state
- JANUARY 23, 2011United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - American Society of Anesthesiologists Statement on Sodium Thiopental’s Removal from the Market
USA - American Society of Anesthesiologists Statement on Sodium Thiopental’s Removal from the Market
- JANUARY 22, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: FOUR GET DEATH FOR KIDNAPPING CHILD
in Pakistan, Anti-Terrorism Court Judge Anand Ram Hotwani sentenced Arz Mohammad...