Archive timeline
2014
The news published by Hands Off Cain in 2014, month by month, with the countries most present that year.
Latest news of 2014
AUGUST 30, 2014EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: BADIE DEATH SENTENCE REDUCED TO LIFE
Egypt's Grand Mufti has commuted the death sentence handed to the Muslim Brotherhood's spiritual leader,
AUGUST 29, 2014JapanDEATH PENALTYJAPAN: TWO DEATH-ROW INMATES EXECUTED IN SENDAI AND TOKYO
Japan executed two multiple killers, bringing to 11 the total number of death sentences carried out since Prime Minister Shinzo Abe took power in 2012.
- AUGUST 28, 2014EgyptDEATH PENALTY
EGYPT: FOUR ALLEGED MOSSAD SPIES BEHEADED BY MILITANT GROUP
- AUGUST 28, 2014OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Oklahoma. Texas to Censor Its Autopsy Report in Botched Oklahoma Execution.
USA - Oklahoma. Texas to Censor Its Autopsy Report in Botched Oklahoma Execution.
- AUGUST 28, 2014ColoradoDEATH PENALTY
USA - Colorado. Gov. Hickenlooper says he could decide to grant "full clemency" to Dunlap.
USA - Colorado. Gov. Hickenlooper says he could decide to grant "full clemency" to Dunlap.
- AUGUST 28, 2014OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
USA: LAWSUIT FILED TO ALLOW MEDIA TO WITNESS ENTIRE EXECUTIONS IN OKLAHOMA, AUTOPSY REVEALS CLAYTON LOCKETT DIED FROM LETHAL INJECTION, NOT HEART ATTACK
AUGUST 28, 2014IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: EIGHT INMATES HANGED IN BANDAR ABBAS
the Iranian regime's authorities hanged a group of eight prisoners in the main prison of Bandar Abbas,
AUGUST 28, 2014EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: TWO MORSI SUPPORTERS GET DEATH PENALTY, 43 OTHERS LIFE IN JAIL
- AUGUST 28, 2014ArizonaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Arizona. A jury sentenced Bryan Hulsey to death
USA - Arizona. A jury sentenced Bryan Hulsey to death
- AUGUST 27, 2014SyriaDEATH PENALTY
SYRIA: GOVERNMENT AND ISIS COMMITTING WAR CRIMES, SAYS UN
in a 45-page report issued in Geneva, UN investigators said the Syrian government and Islamic State (ISIS) insurgents were both committing war crimes and crimes against humanity.
- AUGUST 27, 2014Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi authorities beheaded three citizens after they were convicted
Saudi authorities beheaded three citizens after they were convicted
- AUGUST 27, 2014CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - California. Judge Lawrence K. Karlton today threw out the death penalty of Larry Junior Webster
USA - California. Judge Lawrence K. Karlton today threw out the death penalty of Larry Junior Webster
- AUGUST 26, 2014SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
SOMALIA: MILITARY COURT SENTENCES A JOURNALIST’S KILLER TO DEATH
- AUGUST 26, 2014EgyptDEATH PENALTY
EGYPT: 12 PEOPLE SENTENCED TO DEATH ON TERRORIST CHARGES
between 23 and 26 August 2014, twelve people were sentenced to death on terrorism-related charges in two separate cases.
- AUGUST 26, 2014IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: FIVE PRISONERS HANGED IN BANDAR ABBAS INCLUDING A PAKISTANI CITIZEN
- AUGUST 26, 2014Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi authorities beheaded a citizen in the eastern Qatif region after he was convicted
Saudi authorities beheaded a citizen in the eastern Qatif region after he was convicted
- AUGUST 25, 2014Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
PALESTINE: HAMAS EXECUTES 4 MORE SUSPECTED ISRAELI SPIES
- AUGUST 25, 2014OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Oklahoma. News Organizations Sue Oklahoma to View Entire Execution Process.
USA - Oklahoma. News Organizations Sue Oklahoma to View Entire Execution Process.
- AUGUST 24, 2014ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: EIGHT “TERRORISTS” EXECUTED IN XINJIANG
- AUGUST 24, 2014SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
SOMALIA: MILITARY COURT SENTENCES FOUR AL-SHABAAB SUSPECTS
- AUGUST 24, 2014Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA: EMIR INTERVENES TO SAVE A DEATH ROW INMATE
AUGUST 24, 2014IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: TWO MEN HANGED IN PUBLIC IN BORAZJAN AND SARI
- AUGUST 23, 2014Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
the Saudi authorities executed a Syrian national in the northwestern city of Tabuk, after he was convicted of
the Saudi authorities executed a Syrian national in the northwestern city of Tabuk, after he was convicted of
- AUGUST 23, 2014IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: THREE PRISONERS INCLUDING A WOMAN HANGED IN ZAHEDAN, PRISONER’S FOUR FINGERS AMPUTATED IN PUBLIC
- AUGUST 23, 2014TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. Former Governor and FBI Director Support Clemency for Texas Death Row Inmate Max Soffar
USA - Texas. Former Governor and FBI Director Support Clemency for Texas Death Row Inmate Max Soffar
- AUGUST 22, 2014ZimbabweDEATH PENALTY
ZIMBABWE: MINISTER OF JUSTICE SAYS WON’T SIGN DEATH WARRANTS
the Minister of Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs, Emmerson Mnangagwa, said the 97 inmates, including a woman, on Zimbabwe’s death row owe their continued survival to him because he is against the death penalty.
- AUGUST 22, 2014ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: HIGH COURT FREES MAN AFTER SIX YEARS ON DEATH ROW
- AUGUST 22, 2014IraqDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ: ISIS MILITANTS STONE MAN TO DEATH FOR ADULTERY IN MOSUL
- AUGUST 22, 2014Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
PALESTINE: HAMAS EXECUTES 18 SUSPECTED INFORMANTS BY FIRING SQUAD
one day after Israel killed three top Hamas commanders, the radical group executed 18 Palestinians it had suspected of collaborating with Israel. It brings the number of alleged informants executed in the past two days to at least 21, including several pe
- AUGUST 21, 2014ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: GERMAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER IN XIAMEN
a German was sentenced to death in China for the first time in modern history. The 36-year-old man was convicted of a double murder in Xiamen in 2010. Germany has vowed to stop the execution.