Archive timeline
2013
The news published by Hands Off Cain in 2013, month by month, with the countries most present that year.
The year in data
- Executions recorded worldwide
- 3,563
- Countries where they were recorded
- 34
- News items in the archive
- 1,736
Latest news of 2013
- MARCH 27, 2013JapanDEATH PENALTY
a Malaysian court of appeal upheld the death penalty...
a Malaysian court of appeal upheld the death penalty...
- MARCH 27, 2013JordanDEATH PENALTY
the submission by Foundation for Human Rights Initiative (FHRI) and Penal Reform International (PRI) for
the submission by Foundation for Human Rights Initiative (FHRI) and Penal Reform International (PRI) for
MARCH 27, 2013IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: 18 EXECUTED DESPITE INTERNATIONAL OUTCRY
Iraq executed 18 people this month, eight of them on the same day as an attack on the justice ministry, a top official said, despite global condemnation over its ongoing executions.
MARCH 27, 2013EthiopiaDEATH PENALTYUAE: DUBAI COURT GIVES DEATH SENTENCE
A housemaid who stabbed a co-worker to death with a kitchen knife in an unexplained
MARCH 27, 2013ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: COURT SENTENCES 3 DRUG DEALERS TO DEATH, JAILS 18
A court in southeast China's Fujian Province said that it has sentenced three
- MARCH 26, 2013GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Georgia. Lethal injection secrecy bill wins approval
USA - Georgia. Lethal injection secrecy bill wins approval
- MARCH 26, 2013ColoradoDEATH PENALTY
USA - Colorado. The House Judiciary Committee rejected a bill to repeal the death penalty.
USA - Colorado. The House Judiciary Committee rejected a bill to repeal the death penalty.
- MARCH 26, 2013OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Oklahoma. The House has approved a bill to restrict use of death penalty
USA - Oklahoma. The House has approved a bill to restrict use of death penalty
- MARCH 26, 2013North CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
USA - North Carolina. Death penalty bill passes committee
USA - North Carolina. Death penalty bill passes committee
- MARCH 26, 2013OhioDEATH PENALTY
USA - Delaware. The Senate passed a bill to abolish death penalty
USA - Delaware. The Senate passed a bill to abolish death penalty
MARCH 26, 2013IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: COURT SENTENCES 6 MEN TO DEATH FOR RAPE
Iran's semi-official Fars News Agency says a local court in southwestern Iran has sentenced
- MARCH 26, 2013GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
GEORGIA (USA): LETHAL INJECTION SECRECY BILL WINS APPROVAL
The Legislature in Georgia approved keeping secret the identities of the companies that provide
- MARCH 26, 2013OhioDEATH PENALTY
USA - Ohio. Dozens of inmates avoid Ohio death sentence.
USA - Ohio. Dozens of inmates avoid Ohio death sentence.
MARCH 26, 2013DEATH PENALTYDELAWARE (USA): SENATE PASSES BILL TO REPEAL THE DEATH PENALTY
The Senate passed (11-10) a bill to repeal the death penalty for future offenses. The
- MARCH 25, 2013IndiaDEATH PENALTY
a tribal youth was sentenced to death by a court...
a tribal youth was sentenced to death by a court...
- MARCH 25, 2013NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
two policemen, Ameh Richard and Akinyede Olaiya, are to die by hanging.
two policemen, Ameh Richard and Akinyede Olaiya, are to die by hanging.
MARCH 25, 2013Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR ABORTING 40 WOMEN
A Saudi court sentenced a man to death after he was convicted of aborting more than 40 pregnant women
- MARCH 25, 2013ArizonaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Arizona. A jury sentenced Darrell Bryant Ketchner, 54, white, to death
USA - Arizona. A jury sentenced Darrell Bryant Ketchner, 54, white, to death
MARCH 25, 2013EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: MUSLIM CONDEMNED TO DEATH FOR KILLING 2 COPTS
A Muslim man was sentenced to death after having been found guilty of killing two Coptic Christians
MARCH 25, 2013ZimbabweDEATH PENALTYZIMBABWE: PAIR SENTENCED TO HANG BY THE SUPREME COURT
In Zimbabwe, the Supreme Court upheld death sentences for two murder convicts, one of them
MARCH 25, 2013United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTYUAE: MAN WHO MURDERED PREGNANT WIFE HAS DEATH SENTENCE COMMUTED
A man sentenced to death in the United Arab Emirates for murdering his wife had his sentence
MARCH 25, 2013YemenDEATH PENALTYYEMEN: SECURITY COURT OVERTURNS DEATH SENTENCE OF IRANIAN SPIES
A Yemeni security court overturned the death penalty against two Shiite rebels who were
MARCH 25, 2013DEATH PENALTYHANDS OFF CAIN TO MINISTER SEVERINO: MIGUEL TORRES SHOULD NOT TO BE DEPORTED TO THE UNITED STATES
Sergio D’Elia, Secretary of Hands off Cain, and Elisabetta Zamparutti, Treasurer, wrote a letter to the Italian Minister of Justice Paola Severino to ask that Miguel Torres not be expelled to the U.S. where he risks the death penalty.
MARCH 24, 2013Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTYGAZA: HAMAS SENTENCES MAN TO DEATH FOR SPYING FOR ISRAEL
Gaza’s Hamas rulers have sentenced a man to death for collaborating with Israel.
- MARCH 23, 2013United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
DUBAI: COURT OVERTURNS DRIVER’S DEATH PENALTY
A court in Dubai overturned a driver’s death penalty and acquitted him of killing
MARCH 23, 2013Puerto RicoDEATH PENALTYPUERTO RICO: JURY SPARES KILLER FROM DEATH PENALTY
A Puerto Rico man previously convicted of masterminding one of the island's biggest
- MARCH 22, 2013IndiaDEATH PENALTY
fast track court in Odisha’s Jharsuguda district sentenced a man to capital punishment
fast track court in Odisha’s Jharsuguda district sentenced a man to capital punishment
- MARCH 22, 2013United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Italy. Teva, a top pharmaceutical company moves to stop flow of execution drugs.
USA - Italy. Teva, a top pharmaceutical company moves to stop flow of execution drugs.
- MARCH 22, 2013United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Italy. Italy could hasten Torres' return to U.S., source says.
USA - Italy. Italy could hasten Torres' return to U.S., source says.
MARCH 22, 2013ItalyDEATH PENALTYINDIA: ITALIAN MARINES WON'T GET DEATH SENTENCE
Indian External affairs minister Salman Khurshid laid a statement on Italian marines in Lok