Archive timeline
2015
The news published by Hands Off Cain in 2015, month by month, with the countries most present that year.
Latest news of 2015
FEBRUARY 11, 2015SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: A 17-YEAR-OLD MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH IN SOMALILAND
A 17-year-old boy was sentenced to death by firing squad for the murder of his mother in law.
- FEBRUARY 10, 2015Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA: SYRIAN EXECUTED FOR DRUG SMUGGLING
- FEBRUARY 10, 2015VirginiaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Virginia. The Senate passed 23-14 a secrecy bill
USA - Virginia. The Senate passed 23-14 a secrecy bill
- FEBRUARY 10, 2015DEATH PENALTY
USA - Oklahoma. House Committee advanced bill to use nitrogen for executions
USA - Oklahoma. House Committee advanced bill to use nitrogen for executions
- FEBRUARY 10, 2015FijiDEATH PENALTY
Fiji joined the ranks of countries to abolish the death penalty for all crimes.
Fiji joined the ranks of countries to abolish the death penalty for all crimes.
FEBRUARY 10, 2015MalawiDEATH PENALTYMALAWI: COURTS BEGIN RE-SENTENCING OF DEATH-ROW PRISONERS
Re-sentencing for some 170 death row inmates begins this Wednesday (February 11) as part of adherence
- FEBRUARY 10, 2015OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Oklahoma. Committee advanced legislation that would allow nitrogen for executions
USA - Oklahoma. Committee advanced legislation that would allow nitrogen for executions
- FEBRUARY 9, 2015SyriaDEATH PENALTY
SYRIA: ISLAMIC STATE GROUP BEHEADS MAN FOR WITCHCRAFT
- FEBRUARY 9, 2015FijiDEATH PENALTY
FIJI: MPS TO VOTE ON REMOVAL OF DEATH PENALTY FROM THE MILITARY ACT
- FEBRUARY 9, 2015WyomingDEATH PENALTY
USA - Wyoming. Execution By Firing Squad Goes To The House Floor
USA - Wyoming. Execution By Firing Squad Goes To The House Floor
FEBRUARY 9, 2015ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: MINING TYCOON LIU HAN EXECUTED
A Chinese mining billionaire said to have links with disgraced former security tsar Zhou Yongkang and who
FEBRUARY 9, 2015TunisiaDEATH PENALTYTUNISIA: FIVE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING 11-YEAR-OLD
A Tunisian court sentenced five people to death for the murder of an 11-year-old in the northern city of
- FEBRUARY 9, 2015United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - A new Rasmussen poll found that 57% of American adults support the death penalty
USA - A new Rasmussen poll found that 57% of American adults support the death penalty
- FEBRUARY 9, 2015VirginiaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Virginia. The Senate Courts of Justice Committee advanced a secrecy bill
USA - Virginia. The Senate Courts of Justice Committee advanced a secrecy bill
FEBRUARY 8, 2015BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: 5 TO WALK GALLOWS FOR KILLING JU STUDENT ZUBAIR
A Dhaka court condemned five persons to death and five others to life term imprisonment for killing
FEBRUARY 8, 2015EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: THREE SENTENCED TO DEATH ON AL-QAEDA ESPIONAGE CHARGES
Cairo criminal court has reached a final verdict of the death penalty for three and punished a fourth
FEBRUARY 6, 2015LebanonDEATH PENALTYLEBANON: 23 SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER 2007 FATAH AL-ISLAM BATTLE
- FEBRUARY 6, 2015CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - California. Judge Gregg L. Pickett sentenced Richard Raymond Ramirez to death
USA - California. Judge Gregg L. Pickett sentenced Richard Raymond Ramirez to death
- FEBRUARY 5, 2015ItalyDEATH PENALTY
CROWD-FUNDING CAMPAIGN
the "Nonviolent Radical Party, Transnational and Transparty", "Hands Off Cain" and "No Peace Without Justice" have launched a crowd-funding campaign to convene the Second International Conference on the issue “Rule of Law vs Reason of State” to be held at
- FEBRUARY 5, 2015Papua New GuineaDEATH PENALTY
PAPUA NEW GUINEA: GOVERNMENT, 13 PEOPLE ON DEATH ROW WILL BE EXECUTED THIS YEAR
FEBRUARY 5, 2015Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: EIGHT MEN BEHEADED IN THREE DIFFERENT CITIES
- FEBRUARY 5, 2015Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA: PAKISTANI BEHEADED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Abdelghani Mohammed Akbar, from Pakistan, was beheaded in the Riyadh region after being convicted of
FEBRUARY 5, 2015SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: SOMALILAND TO EXECUTE DEATH PENALTY CASES
Somaliland government declared that it will soon execute all the legal verdicts on death penalty, which were issued by country's courts.
- FEBRUARY 4, 2015JordanDEATH PENALTY
JORDAN: TWO CONVICTED TERRORISTS EXECUTED IN RETALIATION FOR PILOT’S KILLING BY ISLAMIC STATE
Jordan executed two Al-Qaeda prisoners by hanging in retaliation for the killing of a Jordanian pilot by the Islamic State (IS) group.
- FEBRUARY 4, 2015DEATH PENALTY
USA (TEXAS): SEVENTH EXECUTION OF 2015
- FEBRUARY 4, 2015UtahDEATH PENALTY
USA - Utah. A House Committee voted in favor of HB11, which would legalize firing squad executions
USA - Utah. A House Committee voted in favor of HB11, which would legalize firing squad executions
- FEBRUARY 4, 2015VirginiaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Virginia. A Senate committee has killed a bill to restrict capital punishment.
USA - Virginia. A Senate committee has killed a bill to restrict capital punishment.
- FEBRUARY 4, 2015Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA: TWO CONVICTED RAPISTS AND A MURDERER BEHEADED
- FEBRUARY 4, 2015TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals has thrown out the death sentence of Daryl Wheatfall
USA - Texas. The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals has thrown out the death sentence of Daryl Wheatfall
- FEBRUARY 4, 2015United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. Conservative Leaders Seek Reprieve for Severely Mentally Ill Inmate Scott Panetti
USA - Texas. Conservative Leaders Seek Reprieve for Severely Mentally Ill Inmate Scott Panetti