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
- MARCH 27, 2014DEATH PENALTY
TEXAS (USA): ANTHONY DOYLE EXECUTED
Anthony Doyle, 29, Black, was executed in Texas.
- MARCH 27, 2014Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
HAMAS’ NEW ISLAMIST LAW CAUSES FURY IN PALESTINE
A move by Hamas to replace an almost 80-year old punitive law with a new conservative one has been
- MARCH 27, 2014FloridaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Florida. The Florida Supreme Court has overturned the 2011 death sentence of Michael Mulugetta Yacob
USA - Florida. The Florida Supreme Court has overturned the 2011 death sentence of Michael Mulugetta Yacob
MARCH 27, 2014JapanDEATH PENALTYJAPAN: WORLD'S 'LONGEST-SERVING' DEATH ROW INMATE GRANTED RETRIAL
A man believed to be the world's longest-serving death row inmate was granted a retrial in Japan over multiple murders in 1966, decades after doubts emerged about his guilt.
MARCH 27, 2014TaiwanDEATH PENALTYTAIWAN: JUSTICE MINISTRY RESOLUTE ON CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
Taiwan's Ministry of Justice said that it will continue carrying out capital punishment lawfully and with
- MARCH 27, 2014TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. Anthony Doyle, 29, Black, was executed.
USA - Texas. Anthony Doyle, 29, Black, was executed.
- MARCH 27, 2014TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Mississippi. Michelle Byrom got a reprieve today from the state Supreme Court.
USA - Mississippi. Michelle Byrom got a reprieve today from the state Supreme Court.
- MARCH 27, 2014MississippiDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. Judge orders Texas to release information on execution drugs.
USA - Texas. Judge orders Texas to release information on execution drugs.
MARCH 27, 2014PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: A CHRISTIAN GETS DEATH PENALTY FOR BLASPHEMY
A Pakistani court found Sawan Masih, a 35-year-old Christian, guilty of blasphemy and sentenced him to death.
MARCH 27, 2014IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: SEVEN SENTENCED TO DEATH IN CHILD'S SACRIFICE CASE IN CHHATTISGARH
Seven people, including Kiran Yadav (Guru mata), who had allegedly kidnapped and murdered a two-
- MARCH 27, 2014Sri LankaDEATH PENALTY
SRI LANKA: TEN PERSONS SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
In Sri Lanka, ten persons were sentenced to death by the Kandy High Court after being found
MARCH 27, 2014ChinaDEATH PENALTYCINA: FOREIGN MINISTRY DEFENDS CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
China defended the death penalty as a traditional deterrent, after Amnesty International released its annual
MARCH 27, 2014QatarDEATH PENALTYQATAR: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER OF YOUNG BRITISH TEACHER
A man has been sentenced to death for the murder of a Kent teacher whose badly-burned body was found
- MARCH 26, 2014DEATH PENALTY
MISSOURI (USA): JEFFREY FERGUSON EXECUTED
Jeffrey Ferguson, 59, White, was executed in Missouri.
- MARCH 26, 2014AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Alabama. Alabama has run out of Pentobarbital.
USA - Alabama. Alabama has run out of Pentobarbital.
- MARCH 26, 2014OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Oklahoma. Oklahoma's lethal injection protocol unconstitutional.
USA - Oklahoma. Oklahoma's lethal injection protocol unconstitutional.
- MARCH 26, 2014NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Nigeria - Emeka Nweke, 31, sentenced to death for armed robbery
Nigeria - Emeka Nweke, 31, sentenced to death for armed robbery
- MARCH 26, 2014NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Nigeria - Ndubuisi Obiora, 26, sentenced to death for robbery
Nigeria - Ndubuisi Obiora, 26, sentenced to death for robbery
- MARCH 26, 2014MissouriDEATH PENALTY
USA - Missouri. Jeffrey Ferguson, 59, White, was executed.
USA - Missouri. Jeffrey Ferguson, 59, White, was executed.
MARCH 26, 2014PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: INTERIOR MINISTER ANNOUNCED THE SUSPENSION OF THE DEATH PENALTY
Pakistan has suspended the implementation of the death sentence for an indefinite period, the country's Interior Minister Chaudry Nisar Ali told the Parliament.
- MARCH 26, 2014PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: DRUG SMUGGLING CASES, 70% OF DEATH SENTENCES QUASHED BY HIGHER COURTS
Seventy per cent of the death sentences awarded by the country’s lower judiciary on drug smuggling
MARCH 26, 2014Trinidad & TobagoDEATH PENALTYTRINIDAD AND TOBAGO: MAN TO HANG FOR KILLING BOY
The death sentence was read to a Chaguanas man at the Hall of Justice in Port of Spain after he was found
- MARCH 25, 2014SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights received with shock and deep sadness news that
the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights received with shock and deep sadness news that
MARCH 25, 2014EgyptDEATH PENALTYTUNISIA: MARZOUKI CONDEMNS EGYPT DEATH SENTENCES, CALLS FOR ABOLISHING CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
The President of Tunisia, Moncef Marzouki, implicitly condemned the 529 death sentences handed down
MARCH 25, 2014BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: 2 TO WALK GALLOWS FOR KILLING A SCHOOLBOY
A Dhaka court sentenced two kidnappers to death in absentia for killing a six years schoolboy after
- MARCH 24, 2014TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. The US Supreme Court agreed to consider the case of Robert Jennings
USA - Texas. The US Supreme Court agreed to consider the case of Robert Jennings
- MARCH 24, 2014QatarDEATH PENALTY
a man has been sentenced to death in Qatar and a fine of QR500,000 (10.000 €) for smuggling some
a man has been sentenced to death in Qatar and a fine of QR500,000 (10.000 €) for smuggling some
- MARCH 24, 2014EgyptDEATH PENALTY
EGYPT: 529 MORSI BACKERS SENTENCED TO DEATH
A court in Egypt sentenced 529 supporters of ousted Islamist president Mohamed Morsi to death after a
MARCH 24, 2014IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: MADRAS HC UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE IN KIDNAP AND MURDER CASE
Madras High Court upheld the death sentence awarded by a Mahila Court in Coimbatore in 2012 to a 27-
- MARCH 24, 2014VietnamDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM: COURT UPHOLDS DEATH PENALTY FOR SLASHER ROBBER
A 21-year-old man who led a machete-armed gang that hacked off a woman's hand and violently robbed at