Archive timeline
2014
The news published by Hands Off Cain in 2014, month by month, with the countries most present that year.
The year in data
- Executions recorded worldwide
- 3,545
- Countries where they were recorded
- 28
- News items in the archive
- 1,736
Latest news of 2014
MARCH 15, 2014Sri LankaDEATH PENALTYSRI LANKA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER A’PURA MURDER
A person found guilty regarding a murder which had taken place in Shrawasthipura, Anuradhapura in
MARCH 13, 2014IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: SEVEN PEOPLE EXECUTED
Iraq executed seven people, including three agents of the ousted Saddam Hussein regime – Hadi Hassuni, Abdul Hassan al-Majid and Farukh Hijazi – who were convicted of the 1994 killing in Beirut of Sheikh Taleb al-Suhail al-Tamimi, the father of a current
- MARCH 13, 2014SudanDEATH PENALTY
SUDAN: REBEL CHIEFS SENTENCED TO DEATH IN ABSENTIA
a Sudanese court sentenced seventeen people to death in absentia, including a former Governor who is now a rebel leader, and another insurgent chief, said Al-Tigani Hassan, a lawyer who was present for the verdict in Singa town, the capital of Sennar Stat
MARCH 13, 2014NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: COURT SENTENCES 3 TO DEATH IN EKITI FOR ROBBERY, MURDER, RAPE
An Ado-Ekiti High Court in Ado-Ekiti sentenced three accused persons to death by hanging for robbery,
MARCH 13, 2014VietnamDEATH PENALTYVIETNAM: BANKER SENTENCED TO DEATH IN GRAND SCAM
A court in the Central Highlands gave the death sentence to a Vietnam Development Bank (VDB) executive
MARCH 13, 2014MaldivesDEATH PENALTYMADIVES: PRESIDENT YAMEEN, GOVERMENT WILL ENFORCE DEATH PENALTY
the Government formulated the new regulations specifying procedures for enforcing the death penalty.
MARCH 13, 2014IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: STEP BY STEP TO STOP DEATH PENALTY
Eight key activists have launched the Step by Step to Stop Death Penalty campaign, demanding an end to
- MARCH 12, 2014New HampshireDEATH PENALTY
USA - New Hampshire. The House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed a bill (HB 1170) to repeal the death penalty
USA - New Hampshire. The House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed a bill (HB 1170) to repeal the death penalty
MARCH 12, 2014IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: SUPREME COURT REJECTS GOVERNMENT’S PLEA ON VERDICT ON COMMUTATION OF DEATH PENALTY
the Supreme Court dismissed the Centre’s plea seeking review of its verdict holding that undue delay by the
- MARCH 12, 2014PennsylvaniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Pennsylvania. A jury sentenced Patrick Haney Jr., 29, White, to death.
USA - Pennsylvania. A jury sentenced Patrick Haney Jr., 29, White, to death.
- MARCH 12, 2014CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - California. A Jury Recommended Death for Hilbert Pineil Thomas, 42, Black.
USA - California. A Jury Recommended Death for Hilbert Pineil Thomas, 42, Black.
MARCH 12, 2014IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: 331 PEOPLE EXECUTED FOR DRUGS OFFENCES IN 2013 WITH UN AND EUROPEAN SUPPORT
Iran executed 331 people for drug-related charges in 2013, a new report published today by the non-profit
MARCH 12, 2014IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: UNITED NATIONS, ‘AT LEAST 176 PEOPLE HANGED IN 2014’
four United Nations experts on human rights – Ahmed Shaheed, Special Rapporteur on the situation of
MARCH 12, 2014YemenDEATH PENALTYYEMEN: 16 PEOPLE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
a Yemeni court in Taizz sentenced 16 people to death, including MP Ahmad al-Barati from the General
- MARCH 12, 2014Sri LankaDEATH PENALTY
SRI LANKA: LAWYER SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR COLD-BLOODED MURDER OF WIFE
The Court of Appeal affirmed the conviction of an attorney-at-law for the murder of his wife and the
MARCH 11, 2014IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: COURT AWARDS DEATH SENTENCE TO THREE DACOITS
In a sensational verdict, a district court judge in Guntur handed death sentence to three notorious dacoits
MARCH 11, 2014SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: MILITARY COURT EXECUTES THREE SOLDIERS
the Military High Court of Somalia executed three soldiers who were charged and convicted of killing soldiers and a journalist in Mogadishu in 2013.
- MARCH 11, 2014LouisianaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Louisiana. After 30 years on death row Glenn Ford walked free tonight from the maximum security prison at Angola
USA - Louisiana. After 30 years on death row Glenn Ford walked free tonight from the maximum security prison at Angola
MARCH 11, 2014Sri LankaDEATH PENALTYSRI LANKA: NEW HANGMAN GETS DISTRESSED AFTER SEEING GALLOWS AND QUIT
the Commissioner General of Prisons said Sri Lanka's efforts to shorten the waiting time for death row
MARCH 11, 2014IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: U.N. ANTI-DRUGS CHIEF PRAISES IRAN FIGHT DESPITE EXECUTIONS
the U.N. anti-drugs chief praised Iran's fight against narcotics trafficking despite a surge in executions in the country, many of people convicted of drug-related offences.
MARCH 11, 2014IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: BAN KI-MOON, ‘NO SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENT UNDER PRESIDENT ROUHANI’
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has failed to fulfil campaign promises to allow greater freedom of expression and there has been a sharp rise in executions since his election.
MARCH 11, 2014IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: AN AFGHANI PRISONER EXECUTED IN RAJAI SHAHR PRISON
an Afghani prisoner was executed in Rajai Shahr Prison in Karaj, reported the Human Rights Activists
MARCH 11, 2014DEATH PENALTYLOUISIANA (USA): DEATH ROW INMATE GLENN FORD RELEASED 30 YEARS AFTER WRONGFUL CONVICTION
After 30 years behind bars - most of them on death row - Glenn Ford, walked free tonight from the
- MARCH 10, 2014United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Death penalty states are taking elaborate steps to secure drugs for use in lethal injections, USA Today reports.
USA - Death penalty states are taking elaborate steps to secure drugs for use in lethal injections, USA Today reports.
- MARCH 10, 2014CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - California. In 2010 California launched a “secret mission” to swap some of Arizona’s sodium thiopental
USA - California. In 2010 California launched a “secret mission” to swap some of Arizona’s sodium thiopental
- MARCH 10, 2014EgyptDEATH PENALTY
EGYPT: 14 SENTENCED TO HANG OVER REVENGE KILLING
a court in Cairo sentenced 14 men to be hanged for the revenge killing of a merchant and his daughter in a
- MARCH 10, 2014OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. Texas will run out of pentobarbital by the end of this month
USA - Texas. Texas will run out of pentobarbital by the end of this month
- MARCH 10, 2014MissouriDEATH PENALTY
USA - Missouri. Corrections officer Dave Dormire testified that he personally delivered $11,000 to a pharmacy
USA - Missouri. Corrections officer Dave Dormire testified that he personally delivered $11,000 to a pharmacy
- MARCH 10, 2014TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Oklahoma. Oklahoma solves the problem of embarrassed pharmacies by buying drugs with cash
USA - Oklahoma. Oklahoma solves the problem of embarrassed pharmacies by buying drugs with cash
MARCH 10, 2014IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: MAN HANGED IN MASHHAD
One man was hanged in the central prison of Mashhad (Northern Iran) reported the daily newspaper