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
- NOVEMBER 30, 2011Vatican CityDEATH PENALTY
POPE SEEKS END TO DEATH PENALTY
Pope Benedict XVI voiced support for political actions around the world aimed at eliminating the death penalty.
- NOVEMBER 30, 2011ArizonaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Arizona. A jury sentenced Mark Goudeau, 47, black, to death 9 times
USA - Arizona. A jury sentenced Mark Goudeau, 47, black, to death 9 times
NOVEMBER 30, 2011BelarusDEATH PENALTYBELARUS: TWO SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR METRO BOMBING
A court in Belarus sentenced two men to death for carrying out a bomb attack at a metro station in central Minsk which killed 15 people and wounded scores of others.
- NOVEMBER 29, 2011IranDEATH PENALTY
six drug traffickers -- one of them a woman - were hanged in Iran, Fars
six drug traffickers -- one of them a woman - were hanged in Iran, Fars
- NOVEMBER 29, 2011IranDEATH PENALTY
Iran hanged three convicted rapists, local media reported.
Iran hanged three convicted rapists, local media reported.
- NOVEMBER 29, 2011VietnamDEATH PENALTY
TWO GET DEATH IN SOUTHERN VIETNAM
a Ho Chi Minh City court sentenced Vietnamese woman Nguyen Thi Kim Anh, 40, to death
- NOVEMBER 29, 2011Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
NEPAL ASKS SAUDI TO DELAY YADAV'S EXECUTION
the Nepali embassy in Riyadh asked for a delay in the execution of Nepali migrant worker Umesh Yadav, 31, from Machijhitakaiya village of Dhanusha district, to ask the victim's relatives to grant a pardon in exchange for blood money.
- NOVEMBER 29, 2011SudanDEATH PENALTY
seven prisoners in North Darfur had their death sentences upheld.
seven prisoners in North Darfur had their death sentences upheld.
- NOVEMBER 29, 2011Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi Arabia beheaded a man after he was convicted
Saudi Arabia beheaded a man after he was convicted of killing a drinking partner while they were consuming alcohol.
NOVEMBER 29, 2011DEATH PENALTYIRAN: NINE HANGED FOR RAPE, DRUG TRAFFICKING
Iran hanged three convicted rapists and six drug traffickers -- one of them a woman -- in different cities, local media reported.
- NOVEMBER 29, 2011SwitzerlandDEATH PENALTY
USA - Nebraska. Prison officials intend to keep a new supply of sodium thiopental bought in Switzerland over the objections that the drug was improperly obtained
USA - Nebraska. Prison officials intend to keep a new supply of sodium thiopental bought in Switzerland over the objections that the drug was improperly obtained
- NOVEMBER 28, 2011MaliDEATH PENALTY
MALI: DEATH PENALTY HANDED TO FRENCH EMBASSY ATTACKER
A Malian court has sentenced to death a Tunisian man accused of throwing an
- NOVEMBER 28, 2011SudanDEATH PENALTY
SUDAN CONDEMNS SEVEN DARFUR REBELS TO DEATH
A Sudanese court sentenced seven members of a Darfur rebel group to death by hanging
- NOVEMBER 28, 2011SudanDEATH PENALTY
LEADING SUDANESE POET ON A DEATH SENTENCE
a tribunal held in a court in Sudan's Sinnar State sentenced 19 people allegedly
- NOVEMBER 28, 2011IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: TWO TO HANG FOR TRIPLE MURDER
in India, the Jhajjar Additional Sessions court sentenced Ajayveer, alias Toni, of Jassaurkheri village, and Jairam, alias Baba, of Mundka village, to death for murder.
- NOVEMBER 28, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA TO EXECUTE FILIPINO DEC. 8 DESPITE PHILIPPINE PRESIDENT’S APPEAL
the Supreme People’s Court in Beijing, China, upheld the drug trafficking conviction of an unidentified 35-year-old Filipino man and set his execution for December 8.
- NOVEMBER 28, 2011BahrainDEATH PENALTY
BAHRAIN POSTPONES PROTESTERS' DEATH PENALTY APPEAL
a civilian court in Bahrain postponed a highly anticipated ruling on the appeal of two protesters sentenced to death by a security court during a wave of anti-government protests earlier this year.
- NOVEMBER 28, 2011North CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
USA - North Carolina. The Senate has voted to repeal the law that allows death row inmates to appeal their sentences claiming racial bias
USA - North Carolina. The Senate has voted to repeal the law that allows death row inmates to appeal their sentences claiming racial bias
- NOVEMBER 28, 2011CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - California. Superior Court Judge William Froeberg sentenced Jason Russell Richardson, 41, white, to death
USA - California. Superior Court Judge William Froeberg sentenced Jason Russell Richardson, 41, white, to death
- NOVEMBER 26, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN AWARDED DEATH SENTENCE
in Faisalabad, Pakistan, Anti-Terrorist Court No.1 Judge Ishtiaq Ahmad sentenced Ahad Shah of Chak No.237-RB to death and fined him Rs 200,000.
- NOVEMBER 26, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DRUG DEALING
in Lahore, Pakistan, Additional District & Sessions Judge Saeed Ullah Mughal sentenced Wazir Khan to death and fined him Rs 500,000 for possessing 30 kg of hashish on May 18, 2006.
- NOVEMBER 26, 2011OregonDEATH PENALTY
USA - Oregon. Gary Haugen, who was supposed to be executed on Dec. 6, is now criticising the governor who called for a reprieve
USA - Oregon. Gary Haugen, who was supposed to be executed on Dec. 6, is now criticising the governor who called for a reprieve
- NOVEMBER 25, 2011Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI EXECUTED FOR KILLING SECURITY OFFICIAL
Fahd bin Saif Al-Qahtani was executed for killing security official Hasan bin Salem
- NOVEMBER 25, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA GIVES DEATH SENTENCE IN TAINTED PORK SCANDAL
China sentenced Liu Xiang to death with two years' reprieve for harming public
- NOVEMBER 25, 2011TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
TAIWAN: COURT COMMUTES EXECUTION TO LIFE IN PRISON FOR KIDNAPPING
the Taiwan High Court commuted the death sentence of Hsu Tzu-chiang for kidnapping to life in prison. This was his seventh retrial.
- NOVEMBER 25, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: IHC UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE OF KILLER OF WIFE, SON
in Pakistan, Chief Justice Iqbal Hameedur Rehman of the Islamabad High Court upheld the death sentence of Zahid Rehman for killing his wife and son.
- NOVEMBER 25, 2011NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA: ONION SELLER TO HANG FOR ROBBERY IN DELTA
presiding Justice T. Diai of the Ogwashi-Uku High Court in Nigeria's Delta State sentenced onion seller Danjuma Friday to death by hanging for robbing a lady at gunpoint on Asaba-Benin highway on June 6, 2008.
- NOVEMBER 25, 2011IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: MINOR'S DEATH PENALTY SET ASIDE
holding that he was a minor at the time of commission of offence, the Madurai bench of the Madras high court in India, Justice M Jaichandren and Justice S Nagamuthu...
NOVEMBER 24, 2011IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: ELEVEN PRISONERS EXECUTED IN THE PRISON OF SHIRAZ
Eleven prisoners were hanged in the prison of Shiraz (southern Iran) early in the morning
NOVEMBER 24, 2011IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: 16 'QAEDA' MEMBERS EXECUTED FOR MURDER
Iraq executed 16 Al-Qaeda members convicted of involvement in the massacre of 70 people