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
- JULY 21, 2016ArkansasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Arkansas. The Arkansas Supreme Court has stayed enforcement of its ruling upholding the state's lethal injection protocol.
USA - Arkansas. The Arkansas Supreme Court has stayed enforcement of its ruling upholding the state's lethal injection protocol.
JULY 21, 2016JapanDEATH PENALTYJAPAN: TOP COURT UPHOLDS DEATH PENALTY FOR KILLER TSUTSUI
The Supreme court rejected an appeal against a lower court decision to give the death sentence to 31-year-
- JULY 20, 2016Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA CARRIES OUT 99TH EXECUTION OF THE YEAR
Saudi authorities carried out the 99th execution of the 2016 in the ultra-conservative Muslim kingdom, putting a man to death for murder.
JULY 20, 2016IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: 10 PRISONERS EXECUTED AT RAJAI SHAHR PRISON IN ONE DAY
A group of ten prisoners were executed at Rajai Shahr Prison (Alborz province, northern Iran), according to sources close to Iran Human Rights (IHR).
- JULY 19, 2016DEATH PENALTY
CALIFORNIA (USA): SILICON VALLEY STEER CASH TO DEATH PENALTY REPEAL BID
Some of Silicon Valley's biggest names are pouring money into an effort to overturn California's death
- JULY 19, 2016DEATH PENALTY
CALIFORNIA (USA): LT. GOV. GAVIN NEWSOM ENDORSES PROPOSITION TO ABOLISH THE DEATH PENALTY
California Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom threw his support behind a ballot measure that would repeal the death
JULY 19, 2016Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: PAKISTANI, ARAB EXECUTED AS TOTAL BEHEADINGS THIS YEAR NEAR 100
Saudi authorities executed two men, bringing to 98 the number of executions carried out in the ultra-conservative Muslim kingdom so far this year.
JULY 19, 2016Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTYGAZA: HAMAS SENTENCES 3 GAZANS TO DEATH FOR SPYING FOR ISRAEL
A Hamas-run military court sentenced three Gazans to death and three to prison, charging them with being informants for Israel.
JULY 19, 2016BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: TWO SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING JESSORE PHYSICIAN
A court in Jessore sentenced two persons to death in the sensational Dr Shafiqul Islam murder case.
- JULY 19, 2016CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - California. Silicon Valley is pouring money into an effort to overturn California's death penalty
USA - California. Silicon Valley is pouring money into an effort to overturn California's death penalty
- JULY 19, 2016CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - California. Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom endorses proposition to abolish the death penalty
USA - California. Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom endorses proposition to abolish the death penalty
JULY 19, 2016QatarDEATH PENALTYQATAR: DEATH SENTENCE FOR TWO INDIANS IN WOMAN'S MURDER CASE UPHELD
A Doha appeals court has upheld the death sentence given to two Indian men by the trial court for the
- JULY 19, 2016PennsylvaniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Pennsylvania. The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has upheld a lower court order granting a new trial to Christopher Williams.
USA - Pennsylvania. The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has upheld a lower court order granting a new trial to Christopher Williams.
- JULY 19, 2016United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - The Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces ordered a new sentencing hearing for Andrew Paul Witt
USA - The Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces ordered a new sentencing hearing for Andrew Paul Witt
JULY 19, 2016DEATH PENALTYUSA: COURT OF APPEALS ORDERS NEW SENTENCING HEARING FOR ANDREW PAUL WITT
The Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces ordered a new sentencing hearing for Andrew Paul Witt. In the
- JULY 18, 2016TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
COUNCIL OF EUROPE WARNS TURKEY NOT TO REVIVE DEATH SENTENCE
The Council of Europe warned Turkey that restoring capital punishment after an attempted coup would be
JULY 18, 2016PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: TWO DEATH ROW CONVICTS HANGED IN ADIALA JAIL
Two murder convicts were hanged in the morning in Adiala Jail, Rawalpindi.
- JULY 18, 2016ConnecticutDEATH PENALTY
USA - Connecticut. The Connecticut Supreme Court has vacated the death sentence imposed upon Daniel Webband
USA - Connecticut. The Connecticut Supreme Court has vacated the death sentence imposed upon Daniel Webband
JULY 17, 2016EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: CRIMINAL COURT HANDS DEATH SENTENCES TO 6 BROTHERHOOD MEMBERS OVER 2013 VIOLENCE
A Cairo criminal court handed death and life imprisonment sentences in absentia to nine members of the
- JULY 17, 2016Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA: FIRST EXECUTION SINCE RAMADAN
Saudi authorities executed a murderer in the holy city of Mecca, the first death sentence to be carried out
JULY 17, 2016IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: 18 PRISONERS INCLUDING A WOMAN HANGED IN TWO DAYS, TWO IN PUBLIC
Iran hanged 18 prisoners in two days, including two cases in public.
- JULY 16, 2016TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
TURKEY MIGHT RE-INTRODUCE THE DEATH PENALTY TO DEAL WITH COUP PLOTTERS
Turkey’s Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said the death penalty might be re-introduced to deal with the instigators of the failed coup on the government.
- JULY 14, 2016DEATH PENALTY
GEORGIA (USA): JOHN WAYNE CONNER EXECUTED
John Wayne Conner, 60, White, was executed by injection of the barbiturate pentobarbital.
- JULY 14, 2016DEATH PENALTY
USA - Georgia. John Wayne Conner was executed
USA - Georgia. John Wayne Conner was executed
JULY 14, 2016NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: NIGER STATE HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY ADOPTS DEATH PENALTY FOR ARMED CATTLE RUSTLERS
The Niger State House of Assembly passed into law the criminalization of kidnapping and cattle rustling, the
JULY 13, 2016IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: NINE HANGED COLLECTIVELY IN GOHARDASHT PRISON
Iran's fundamentalist regime hanged nine prisoners collectively in Gohardasht Prison in Karaj, north-west of Tehran.
JULY 13, 2016IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: PRESIDENT APPROVES DECISION TO CARRY OUT DEATH PENALTY
Iraqi President Fuad Masoum has approved a decision to carry out death sentences for a number of
JULY 13, 2016SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: AN ELDERLY MAN BEHEADED IN HIIRAAN REGION
Al-Shabaab fighters blamed for beheading of an elderly man at a small rural village in central Somalia,
- JULY 12, 2016MaldivesDEATH PENALTY
UN ORDERS MALDIVES TO DELAY IMPLEMENTING DEATH SENTENCE ON HUMAAM
United Nations has ordered Maldives to delay implementing death sentence on Humaam.
JULY 12, 2016BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: TWO PEOPLE CONVICTED OF KILLING AN AUTORICKSHAW DRIVER HAVE BEEN HANGED
Md Shahidul and Saiful Islam walked the gallows a minute after midnight, jailor Mahubul Islam confirmed to bdnews24.com.