Archive timeline
2013
The news published by Hands Off Cain in 2013, month by month, with the countries most present that year.
Latest news of 2013
- JANUARY 15, 2013IndiaDEATH PENALTY
a 60-year-old farmhouse guard was awarded death penalty
a 60-year-old farmhouse guard was awarded death penalty
- JANUARY 15, 2013MarylandDEATH PENALTY
USA - Maryland. Governor Makes Death Penalty Repeal a Priority.
USA - Maryland. Governor Makes Death Penalty Repeal a Priority.
- JANUARY 14, 2013MaldivesDEATH PENALTY
MALDIVES: COURT SENTENCES LANCE CORPORAL ADAM HALEEM’S MURDERER TO DEATH
The Criminal Court in Maldives has found Ahmed Samah of Kaashidhoo guilty of murdering
- JANUARY 14, 2013BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
a Dhaka court, in Bangladesh, has sentenced two persons to death
a Dhaka court, in Bangladesh, has sentenced two persons to death
JANUARY 14, 2013Sri LankaDEATH PENALTYQATAR: SRI LANKAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
A Sri Lankan has been sentenced to death by a court in Qatar after he was found guilty of
JANUARY 14, 2013NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: COURT SENTENCES MAN TO DEATH FOR MURDER, RAPE
In Nigeria, an Ado-Ekiti High Court sentenced one Emmanuel Tometin to death by hanging for
- JANUARY 13, 2013Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Eid al-Dhafiri was beheaded in Hafr al-Baten for murder.
Eid al-Dhafiri was beheaded in Hafr al-Baten for murder.
JANUARY 13, 2013Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: MORE THAN 45 FOREIGN MAIDS ON DEATH ROW
More than 45 foreign maids are on death row in Saudi Arabia, amid growing global outrage over the treatment of migrant workers, UK's The Observer newspaper reported.
- JANUARY 11, 2013IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: LAW MINISTER AGAINST CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
Notwithstanding the growing clamour for death penalty to the Delhi rape-and-murder case
JANUARY 11, 2013IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: DEATH SENTENCES OF FIVE AHWAZI ARABS UPHELD BY SUPREME COURT
Sources in Iran have reported that the death Sentences for five Ahwazi Arab political prisoners were upheld by the Iranian Supreme Court.
- JANUARY 10, 2013Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Sri Lanka recalled its envoy to Saudi Arabia...
Sri Lanka recalled its envoy to Saudi Arabia...
- JANUARY 10, 2013Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Sri Lanka recalled its envoy to Saudi Arabia after the execution
Sri Lanka recalled its envoy to Saudi Arabia after the execution
JANUARY 10, 2013IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: DEATH SENTENCE FOR RAPIST, MURDERER OF TEENAGED GIRL
A court in Rajasthan's Sriganganagar town, India, sentenced to death a man for raping
JANUARY 10, 2013ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: SERIAL KILLER EXECUTED IN YUNNAN PROVINCE
A Chinese man sentenced to death in July for killing 11 people has been executed, state-run
- JANUARY 9, 2013Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA: SRI LANKAN MAID RIZANA NAFEEK EXECUTED
Saudi Arabia has executed a Sri Lankan domestic worker for killing a baby in her care in 2005, a foreign ministry official in Colombo has told the BBC.
- JANUARY 9, 2013ArizonaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Arizona. The Arizona Supreme Court reduced the death sentence of Shawn Grell to life in prison without possibility of parole
USA - Arizona. The Arizona Supreme Court reduced the death sentence of Shawn Grell to life in prison without possibility of parole
- JANUARY 9, 2013AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
AFGHANISTAN: WOMAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER OF HUSBAND
The Preliminary Court of Kabul's Zone 4 sentenced to death a woman for colluding
- JANUARY 9, 2013United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Gallup poll: U.S. Death Penalty Support Stable at 63%
USA - Gallup poll: U.S. Death Penalty Support Stable at 63%
JANUARY 9, 2013IndonesiaDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA: INDONESIAN WOMAN TO HANG FOR TRAFFICKING IN DRUGS
An Indonesian woman was sentenced to death by the Shah Alam High Court in Malaysia for
JANUARY 9, 2013DEATH PENALTYUSA: DEATH PENALTY SUPPORT STABLE AT 63%
Americans' support for the death penalty as punishment for murder has plateaued
- JANUARY 8, 2013ChinaDEATH PENALTY
a court in South China approved a suspended death sentence
a court in South China approved a suspended death sentence
- JANUARY 8, 2013Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi authorities beheaded a Syrian citizen in Al-Jawf Province, in the first execution
Saudi authorities beheaded a Syrian citizen in Al-Jawf Province, in the first execution
- JANUARY 7, 2013IndiaDEATH PENALTY
two persons were sentenced to death and two others given life term
two persons were sentenced to death and two others given life term
JANUARY 7, 2013MalaysiaDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA: TWO FISHERMEN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR TRAFFICKING IN CANNABIS
Two fishermen, one of them a Thai national, were sentenced to death by the High Court
- JANUARY 6, 2013United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES. DEATH SENTENCE FOR ROAD RAGE KILLER
Abu Dhabi Criminal Court, sentenced the 25-year-old Emirati to death after finding him guilty of murdering 52-year-old Munir Ahmed, in a road rage incident.
- JANUARY 6, 2013IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: SC COMMUTES DEATH PENALTY FOR MAN SAYING ''HIS CONDUCT IN JAIL WAS NOT SHOWN TO BE UNWORTHY OF CONCESSION.''
the Supreme Court in Mumbai, India, commuted a death sentence to life for a 23-year-old man who killed a 65-year-old woman and raped her pregnant 25-year-old granddaughter-in-law in an upscale Pune neighbourhood in September 2007.
- JANUARY 6, 2013United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
a man sentenced to death last July for luring a woman
a man sentenced to death last July for luring a woman
- JANUARY 6, 2013ChinaDEATH PENALTY
the president of a painting academy was sentenced to death
the president of a painting academy was sentenced to death
JANUARY 6, 2013IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: TWO HANGED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Two prisoners were hanged in the prison of Khomarabad (western Iran), reported the
- JANUARY 5, 2013IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: TWO BROTHERS PUBLICY EXECUTED
two prisoners were hanged publicly in the town of Shahr-e-Kord (western Iran) early the morning, reported the Iranian state media.