Archive timeline
2016
The news published by Hands Off Cain in 2016, month by month, with the countries most present that year.
Latest news of 2016
- AUGUST 1, 2016LaosDEATH PENALTY
the Vientiane People’s Court recently sentenced three people to death after they were arrested in connection with a drug deal involving 132,000 amphetamine pills, the Khuamsangob newspaper reported.
the Vientiane People’s Court recently sentenced three people to death after they were arrested in connection with a drug deal involving 132,000 amphetamine pills, the Khuamsangob newspaper reported.
- AUGUST 1, 2016KentuckyDEATH PENALTY
USA - Kentucky. Nearly 3/4 of Kentuckians Support Moratorium on Executions, Majority Prefer Lengthy Prison Terms to Death Penalty.
USA - Kentucky. Nearly 3/4 of Kentuckians Support Moratorium on Executions, Majority Prefer Lengthy Prison Terms to Death Penalty.
AUGUST 1, 2016MoroccoDEATH PENALTYMOROCCO: KING MOHAMMED VI PARDONS WOMAN SENTENCED TO DEATH
Khadija Amrir, a 43-year-old woman was released from prison on the Morocco’s public holiday known as
JULY 31, 2016Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: BANGLADESHI MAN CONVICTED OF KILLING COMPATRIOT EXECUTED IN JEDDAH
A Bangladeshi expatriate was executed in the Governorate of Jeddah for killing a compatriot during a
- JULY 30, 2016MoroccoDEATH PENALTY
MOROCCO: KING MOHAMMED VI PARDONS 1,272 CONVICTS ON THRONE DAY
On the the Throne Day, King Mohammed VI granted pardon to 1,272 persons who were convicted by
- JULY 29, 2016IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
INDONESIA: FOUR PRISONERS KILLED IN FIRST EXECUTIONS IN A YEAR
Indonesia has carried out its first executions in more than a year despite a string of legal appeals, diplomatic pressure and international condemnation.
JULY 29, 2016North KoreaDEATH PENALTYNORTH KOREA: PYONGYANG PUBLICLY EXECUTED 6 OFFICIALS RESPONSIBLE FOR APRIL DEFECTION
North Korea publicly executed six officials in charge of supervision of its workers overseas in May
JULY 28, 2016BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: DEATH SENTENCE UPHELD FOR SIX MILITANTS
A Bangladesh court upheld the death sentence for six Islamist militants convicted over a suicide bombing in
JULY 28, 2016SyriaDEATH PENALTYSYRIA: ISIS CRUCIFIES MAN FOR APOSTASY
The Islamic State militants executed and crucified a civilian man in Aleppo after accusing him of apostasy,
- JULY 27, 2016Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA: DEATH PENALTY ISSUED FOR SHIITE MINOR
The Specialised Criminal Court in Saudi Arabia issued its initial judgement, in which a death penalty sentence
JULY 27, 2016PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: TWO DEATH ROW CONVICTS EXECUTED IN SAHIWAL, SARGODHA JAIL
Two death row prisoners Ghulam Mustafa and Sibtain were executed in Central jail of Sahiwal and Sargodha’s district jail respectively.
JULY 27, 2016Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: FILIPINO DRIVER WAS SAVED FROM DEATH ROW BY TWO SAUDI MILLIONAIRES
Two Saudi millionaires has donated SR225,000 (Php2.8 million) to pay the blood money (diya) for a
JULY 27, 2016IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: SEVEN PRISONERS HANGED IN ONE DAY
Iran's regime hanged a group of six prisoners in a jail in north-western Iran and a seventh prisoner in the north-east of the country.
JULY 26, 2016PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: MURDER CONVICT HANGED IN SIALKOT JAIL
A murder convict was hanged in the morning at Sialkot District Jail.
JULY 26, 2016IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: 250 EXECUTIONS SO FAR IN 2016
According to a report published by Iran Human Rights (IHR), Iranian authorities have executed at least 250
- JULY 26, 2016ConnecticutDEATH PENALTY
USA - Connecticut. Joshua Komisarjevsky resentenced to six consecutive life sentences without parole
USA - Connecticut. Joshua Komisarjevsky resentenced to six consecutive life sentences without parole
- JULY 26, 2016United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Sept. 11 prosecutors ask judge to accept 2,976 death certificates as evidence.
USA - Sept. 11 prosecutors ask judge to accept 2,976 death certificates as evidence.
- JULY 26, 2016PennsylvaniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Pennsylvania. Shonda Walter has been resentenced to life without parole.
USA - Pennsylvania. Shonda Walter has been resentenced to life without parole.
JULY 26, 2016DEATH PENALTYUSA: SEPT. 11 PROSECUTORS ASK JUDGE TO ACCEPT 2,976 DEATH CERTIFICATES AS EVIDENCE
A war crimes prosecutor on Tuesday asked the judge to put 2,976 death certificates of the people killed on
- JULY 25, 2016DEATH PENALTY
ARKANSAS (USA): LETHAL INJECTION DRUG LIKELY FROM PFIZER SUBSIDIARY
Arkansas' secrecy laws didn't keep photos of a drug used in the state's lethal injection protocol from
- JULY 25, 2016MaldivesDEATH PENALTY
MALDIVES: SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS THIRD DEATH SENTENCE
The Supreme Court upheld a third death sentence since the current administration lifted a six-decade moratorium on capital punishment in 2014.
- JULY 25, 2016TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. Judge: Man cleared of murder shouldn't be declared innocent.
USA - Texas. Judge: Man cleared of murder shouldn't be declared innocent.
JULY 25, 2016Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: TWO MURDER CONVICTS EXECUTED
Saudi Arabia executed two convicted murderers, the interior ministry said, raising to 107 the number of death sentences carried out in the kingdom this year.
JULY 25, 2016IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: PUBLIC HANGING OF A MAN IN KERMANSHAH PROVINCE
An unidentified prisoner was hanged in public in Sonqor County (Kermanshah province, northwestern Iran)
- JULY 25, 2016ArkansasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Arkansas. Lethal injection drug likely from Pfizer subsidiary.
USA - Arkansas. Lethal injection drug likely from Pfizer subsidiary.
- JULY 24, 2016SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
SOMALIA: SOMALILAND COURT SENTENCES 8 TO DEATH
A military court in breakaway Somaliland has issued verdicts for 16 people accused of responsibility and
JULY 24, 2016Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: FOUR CITIZENS CONVICTED OF MURDER EXECUTED
Saudi authorities executed four citizens convicted of killing six members of their tribe, the interior ministry said.
JULY 23, 2016IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: REGIME HANGS THREE IN PRISON
Iran’s regime hanged three prisoners in a jail in northern Iran.
- JULY 22, 2016Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
Democratic Republic of Congo's President Joseph Kabila commuted the sentences of all death row inmates
Democratic Republic of Congo's President Joseph Kabila commuted the sentences of all death row inmates
JULY 22, 2016South SudanDEATH PENALTYSOUTH SUDAN: TWO SOUTH SUDANESE SOLDIERS EXECUTED IN WAU
South Sudan army’s (SPLA) 5th division in Western Bahr el Ghazal state executed two soldiers charged with murder and various crimes.