Archive timeline
2017
The news published by Hands Off Cain in 2017, month by month, with the countries most present that year.
Latest news of 2017
- OCTOBER 23, 2017IranDEATH PENALTY
STOCKHOLM ACADEMIC GIVEN DEATH SENTENCE IN IRAN
Ahmadreza Djalali, a researcher at Stockholm’s Karolinska Institute, has been sentenced to death in Iran, according to reports.
OCTOBER 23, 2017DEATH PENALTYIRAN: HANDS OFF CAIN, THE DEATH PENALTY AT DJALALI CONFIRMS THE OBSCURANTIST NATURE OF THE REGIME
About the death sentence of Ahmadreza Djalali, the Iranian physician who worked in Italy at the CRIMEDIM in Novara (Research Center in Emergency and Disaster Medicine) and was arrested in Tehran in April 2016 on charges of being a spy, Hands off Cain said
OCTOBER 22, 2017BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR WIFE’S MURDER IN CHITTAGONG
A Chittagong court has sentenced a man to death for the murder of his wife.
OCTOBER 21, 2017LebanonDEATH PENALTYLEBANON: BASHIR GEMAYEL ASSASSINS GET DEATH SENTENCE IN ABSENTIA FOR 1982 ASSASSINATION
Lebanon's top court sentenced to death at least one Syrian nationalist for the 1982 assassination of President-elect Bashir Gemayel.
OCTOBER 21, 2017KuwaitDEATH PENALTYKUWAIT: COURT SENTENCES 2 ASIANS TO DEATH IN TRAFFICKING OF DRUGS
The Criminal Court has sentenced to death by hanging two Asians who were found guilty of trafficking in drugs, reports Al-Anba daily.
- OCTOBER 20, 2017JordanDEATH PENALTY
the Human Rights Committee completed its consideration of the fifth periodic report of Jordan on its implementation
the Human Rights Committee completed its consideration of the fifth periodic report of Jordan on its implementation
- OCTOBER 20, 2017Sri LankaDEATH PENALTY
Papua New Guinea: Death row inmates denied full protection of the law
The Court, presided over by Justice David Cannings, has ordered a stay on any execution of prisoners who have been sentenced to death until their rights under the constitution are fully complied with.
- OCTOBER 20, 2017PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN GETS DEATH PENALTY FOR MURDERING NIECE
A court awarded death sentence to a murder convict in Dera Ghazi Khan. The judgment was announced by District and Sessions Judge Chaudhry Munir ahmed.
- OCTOBER 19, 2017DEATH PENALTY
ALABAMA (USA): TORREY MCNABB EXECUTED
Torrey McNabb, 40, Black, was executed.
OCTOBER 19, 2017IndonesiaDEATH PENALTYINDONESIA: DRUG COURIER SENTENCED TO DEATH IN JAMBI
The Kuala Tungkal District Court in the Jambi regency of West Tanjungjbung sentenced to death a 30-year-old man found guilty of drug offenses.
- OCTOBER 19, 2017AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Alabama. Torrey McNabb, 40, Black, was executed.
USA - Alabama. Torrey McNabb, 40, Black, was executed.
OCTOBER 19, 2017NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR ROBBERY IN EKITI
An Ekiti State High Court sitting in Ado-Ekiti sentenced a man, Aanu Adu, to death by hanging for armed robbery.
- OCTOBER 19, 2017PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN GETS DEATH SENTENCE FOR ‘HONOUR-DRIVEN’ MURDER
A court awarded capital punishment to a murderer for killing a man two years ago on suspicion he was having an affair with his sister.
- OCTOBER 18, 2017DEATH PENALTY
USA - Georgia. Judge James Blanchard sentenced Steven Murray to life without possibility of parole
USA - Georgia. Judge James Blanchard sentenced Steven Murray to life without possibility of parole
- OCTOBER 17, 2017ThailandDEATH PENALTY
THAILAND MOVES TOWARDS ABOLISHING DEATH PENALTY
As many as 447 convicts are now on death row in Thailand, which is reviewing the use of the death penalty.
- OCTOBER 17, 2017PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MULTAN WOMAN HANDED DEATH SENTENCE FOR HUSBAND'S MURDER
An anti-terrorism court in Multan sentenced a woman to death on two counts while also handing her a life imprisonment sentence after finding her guilty of murdering her husband.
- OCTOBER 17, 2017PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: AL QAEDA MAN’S DEATH PENALTY COMMUTED
An appellate bench of the Sindh High Court commuted the death penalty of an Al Qaeda militant to life imprisonment.
OCTOBER 17, 2017MongoliaDEATH PENALTYMONGOLIA: PRESIDENT SET TO BRING DEATH PENALTY BACK FOR CHILD ABUSE CRIMES
President of Mongolia Khaltmaa Battulga said he intends to bring back death penalty for child abuse crimes.
- OCTOBER 17, 2017JordanDEATH PENALTY
JORDAN: MAN WHO RAPED AND KILLED A 7-YEAR-OLD SYRIAN BOY SENTENCED TO DEATH
A 27-year-old man was sentenced to death by the Criminal Court after being convicted of sexually assaulting and murdering a Syrian child in an Amman neighbourhood in July.
OCTOBER 17, 2017IndonesiaDEATH PENALTYINDONESIA: KILLERS SENTENCED TO DEATH
The Jakarta Timur Court sentenced Ridwan Sitorus and Erwin Situmorang to face the firing squad. Ridwan and Erwin killed one family in Pulomas, Jakarta, in their robbery attempt.
- OCTOBER 15, 2017AlgeriaDEATH PENALTY
Senior terrorist sentenced to death in absentia
15 October 2017: an Algerian court sentenced in absentia running away senior terrorist, Mokhtar Belmokhtar, alias Belaouar, to death penalty, APS news agency reported.
OCTOBER 14, 2017Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: TWO INDONESIANS GRANTED PARDON
The Indonesian government has managed to successfully secure the release of two Indonesians on death row in Saudi Arabia and repatriated them on October 14.
OCTOBER 14, 2017IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: PRISONER EXECUTED AT RASHT CENTRAL PRISON
According to a close source, on the morning of October 14, a prisoner was executed at Rasht Central Prison.
- OCTOBER 14, 2017FloridaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Florida. A jury has recommended that Randall Deviney be resentenced to death
USA - Florida. A jury has recommended that Randall Deviney be resentenced to death
- OCTOBER 14, 2017South CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
USA - South Carolina. A jury sentenced former death-row prisoner Steven Barnes to life in prison without parole.
USA - South Carolina. A jury sentenced former death-row prisoner Steven Barnes to life in prison without parole.
- OCTOBER 12, 2017DEATH PENALTY
TEXAS (USA): ROBERT PRUETT EXECUTED
October 12, 2017: Robert Pruett, 38, White, was executed.
- OCTOBER 12, 2017CameroonDEATH PENALTY
235 on death row
12 October 2017. a group of lawyers against the death penalty in Cameroon said, through Agence Press Africa, that the detainees sentenced to death are about 235.
- OCTOBER 12, 2017TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. Robert Pruett, 38, White, was executed.
USA - Texas. Robert Pruett, 38, White, was executed.
OCTOBER 12, 2017IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: PRISONER EXECUTED ON MOHAREBEH CHARGES AT KERMAN PRISON
According to ISNA and the Deputy of Public and Revolutionary Prosecutor’s office of Kerman, Mokhtar Shamsuddini, on the morning of October 12, a prisoner was hanged at Kerman Prison.
- OCTOBER 12, 2017OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Oklahoma. A jury recommended the death penalty for Alton Nolen
USA - Oklahoma. A jury recommended the death penalty for Alton Nolen