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
- NOVEMBER 30, 2016BelarusDEATH PENALTY
BELARUS: THREE EXECUTIONS FEARED IN AS MANY WEEKS AMID ‘SUDDEN AND SHAMEFUL PURGE’ OF DEATH ROW
As many as three of the four men on death row in the Belarusian capital Minsk have been executed in a shameful purge since 5 November, Amnesty International revealed today after confirming with local activists.
- NOVEMBER 30, 2016IranDEATH PENALTY
24-year-old engineering student Amir bin Said was sentenced to death by a Saudi court for posting pictures
24-year-old engineering student Amir bin Said was sentenced to death by a Saudi court for posting pictures
- NOVEMBER 30, 2016Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
In November 2016, the Saudi Supreme Court did rule that when people convicted of murder are pardoned, judges should commute their sentence to prison terms of at least five years.
In November 2016, the Saudi Supreme Court did rule that when people convicted of murder are pardoned, judges should commute their sentence to prison terms of at least five years.
NOVEMBER 30, 2016Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: THREE SENTENCED TO DEATH, ONE TO JAIL
The Special Criminal Court in Riyadh sentenced three Saudis to death for firing at police patrols and the Qatif prison.
- NOVEMBER 30, 2016Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA: TWO YEMENI NATIONALS EXECUTED FOR KILLING SAUDI MAN
two Yemeni expatriates were executed for murdering Mohammed bin Mohammed bin Ali Osaimi Hakmi in the province of Jazan.
- NOVEMBER 29, 2016MaldivesDEATH PENALTY
MALDIVES: HIGH COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE ON TWO MINORS OVER BOBBY’S MURDER
The High Court upheld a death sentence by the Juvenile Court on two minors convicted of the murder of Abdul ‘Bobby’ Muheeth.
- NOVEMBER 29, 2016PennsylvaniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Pennsylvania. Manuel Sepulveda is off death row and now serving life in prison without parole
USA - Pennsylvania. Manuel Sepulveda is off death row and now serving life in prison without parole
NOVEMBER 29, 2016BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: 6 TO WALK GALLOWS FOR KILLING FACTORY WORKER IN NARSINGDI
A Narsingdi court sentenced six people to death for killing an ice factory worker in the district town in 2008.
NOVEMBER 29, 2016SudanDEATH PENALTYSUDAN: ARMY OFFICER SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR RAPE IN SOUTH DARFUR
The South Darfur Special Crimes Court sentenced an army officer to death. After the accused was found
NOVEMBER 28, 2016NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: LAGOS ASSEMBLY APPROVES DEATH PENALTY FOR KIDNAPPERS
The Lagos State House of Assembly approved death sentence for kidnappers, whose victims died in their custody
NOVEMBER 28, 2016BelarusDEATH PENALTYBELARUS: ANOTHER CONVICT EXECUTED – HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS
Death convict Ivan Kulesh has been executed, Andrei Paluda, a coordinator of the campaign Human Rights Defenders against the Death Penalty in Belarus, reports.
- NOVEMBER 28, 2016South CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
USA - South Carolina. Judge Grants Dylann Roof's Request to Represent Himself in Federal Death Penalty Trial
USA - South Carolina. Judge Grants Dylann Roof's Request to Represent Himself in Federal Death Penalty Trial
NOVEMBER 28, 2016DEATH PENALTYUSA: JUDGE GRANTS DYLANN ROOF'S REQUEST TO REPRESENT HIMSELF IN FEDERAL DEATH PENALTY TRIAL
U.S. District Court Judge Richard M. Gergel granted a request from Dylann Roof, the 22-year-old charged
- NOVEMBER 28, 2016NebraskaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Nebraska. The Department of Correctional Services has proposed revisions to the state's execution protocol
USA - Nebraska. The Department of Correctional Services has proposed revisions to the state's execution protocol
NOVEMBER 27, 2016Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTYGAZA: DEATH SENTENCE VERDICT UPHELD FOR PALESTINIAN CONVICTED OF KILLING CHILD
A high instance court in the Gaza Strip upheld the death sentence of a Palestinian accused of having killed a
NOVEMBER 27, 2016IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: ANOTHER JUVENILE OFFENDER SENTENCED TO DEATH
Iran Human Rights has obtained information about an 18-year-old juvenile offender detained in Sanandaj
- NOVEMBER 26, 2016IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: MAN HANGED ON DRUG CHARGES, TWO EXECUTED FOR MURDER
Three prisoners were executed in three different cities between 22 and 26 November 2016.
NOVEMBER 26, 2016IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: SUPREME COURT CANCELS BILLIONAIRE’S DEATH SENTENCE
Iran’s Supreme Court has overturned death sentence of Iranian billionaire businessman Babak Zanjani, Mehr news agency reported citing an informed source.
- NOVEMBER 25, 2016Sri LankaDEATH PENALTY
SRI LANKA: 18 SENTENCED TO DEATH IN US TEA FIRM CASE
A court in Sri Lanka has given death sentences to 18 men over murdering a US tea company executive in the capital Colombo three years ago, the largest group to be condemned in a single trial in the South Asian country.
- NOVEMBER 24, 2016PennsylvaniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Pennsylvania. The state Supreme Court has overturned the death sentence for Melvin Knight
USA - Pennsylvania. The state Supreme Court has overturned the death sentence for Melvin Knight
NOVEMBER 24, 2016IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: FIVE HANGED ON DRUG RELATED CHARGES
Iranian authorities executed five prisoners on drug related charges.
NOVEMBER 24, 2016PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: MURDER OF THREE HANGED TO DEATH
A Daska-based murder convict was hanged to death in the Sialkot district jail. According to the Sialkot
- NOVEMBER 24, 2016PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: TWO MURDER CONVICTS HANDED DEATH PENALTY
Anti-Terrorism Court in Hyderabad sentenced two persons to death for killing a person in 2015, who had refused to pay them ‘bhatta’.
NOVEMBER 23, 2016PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: DEATH SENTENCES FOR KILLERS OF CHRISTIAN COUPLE
A Pakistani anti-terror court sentenced five people to death over the killing of a Christian couple who were lynched and burned in a kiln after being falsely accused of blasphemy.
NOVEMBER 23, 2016NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: KANO PRESCRIBES DEATH PENALTY FOR CULPRITS
Kano State Governor, Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje has signed into law the state Kidnapping, Abduction and Forced labour bill which prescribed death penalty to culprits of kidnapping offense.
- NOVEMBER 23, 2016FloridaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Florida. The Florida Supreme Court has overturned the death sentence of Richard Franklin
USA - Florida. The Florida Supreme Court has overturned the death sentence of Richard Franklin
NOVEMBER 23, 2016IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: FOUR HANGED IN PUBLIC
Four men were publicly hanged in the Persian Gulf Island of Qeshm, according to the local "qeshmeazad" news website.
NOVEMBER 22, 2016PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: COAS CONFIRMS DEATH SENTENCE OF ANOTHER 10 HARDCORE TERRORISTS
Chief of Army Staff General Raheel Sharif confirmed death sentences awarded to another 10 hardcore terrorists.
NOVEMBER 22, 2016BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: TWO TO WALK GALLOWS FOR DOUBLE MURDER
Dhaka Speedy Trial Tribunal-4 sentenced two people to death for killing a woman and her domestic help in the city’s Jatrabari area in 2015.
NOVEMBER 22, 2016Antigua & BarbudaDEATH PENALTYANTIGUA: TWO MURDER CONVICTS RELEASED
Michael Lorriston Cornwall and Michael Mason walked out of Her Majesty’s Prison (HMP), free men, after a resentencing exercise in the High Court.