Archive timeline
2018
The news published by Hands Off Cain in 2018, month by month, with the countries most present that year.
Latest news of 2018
OCTOBER 16, 2018South KoreaDEATH PENALTYSOUTH KOREA: 7 IN 10 OPPOSE DEATH PENALTY
The majority of South Koreans agree that the death penalty should be abolished and replaced with alternative forms of punishment, the state-run human rights body announced on 10 October 2018.
- OCTOBER 15, 2018SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
SOMALIA: PERPETRATOR EXECUTED ON ANNIVERSARY OF DEADLIEST ATTACK
Somalia on 14 October 2018 executed by firing squad a man linked to one of the country's deadliest ever attacks, one year after the tragedy which left over 500 dead, a court statement and police sources said.
- OCTOBER 15, 2018Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Pakistani national beheaded in Jeddah
15 October 2018: Rauf Ahmed Mohamed Manour executed for drugs smuggle
OCTOBER 15, 2018EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: MILITARY COURT SENTENCES 17 PEOPLE TO DEATH FOR THE ATTACK ON COPTIC CHURCHES
A military court in Egypt has sentenced to death 17 people, held responsible for a series of attacks against some Coptic Christian churches in the country
OCTOBER 15, 2018SudanDEATH PENALTYSUDAN: 28 REBEL FIGHTERS STILL DETAINED DESPITE 2017 PRESIDENTIAL AMNESTY
States Council representative Abdelrahman Banat announced on 10 October 2018 that there are seven prisoners of the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) and 21 prisoners from the Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) at El Huda prison in Sudan's second city
OCTOBER 15, 2018IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE FOR HEDAYAT ABDOLLAHPOUR
Supreme Court Branch 47 has upheld the death sentence for Urmia prisoner Hedayat Abdollahpour, one of several defendants charged in connection to the Oshnavieh clashes, his lawyer Hossein Ahmadiniaz told HRANA on 10 October 2018. It also upheld the prison
- OCTOBER 15, 2018AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Alabama. Judge James Patterson switched the death sentence of Lam Luong to life in prison.
USA - Alabama. Judge James Patterson switched the death sentence of Lam Luong to life in prison.
- OCTOBER 14, 2018DEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Ayoub Jahandar executed
IRAN - Ayoub Jahandar executed
OCTOBER 12, 2018DEATH PENALTYUSA: WASHINGTON STATE ABOLISHES DEATH PENALTY
Washington has become the 20th US state to ban the death penalty, after its Supreme Court ruled on 11 October 2018 the punishment was applied in an "arbitrary and racially biased manner".
OCTOBER 12, 2018SingaporeDEATH PENALTYSINGAPORE: 58-YEAR-OLD MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
A Singaporean man who was arrested while trying to buy heroin to sell it to others was sentenced to death on 5 October 2018.
OCTOBER 12, 2018IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: DEATH SENTENCE FOR DA’ISH MEMBER IN SYRIAN RIQA CITY
An Iraqi court sentenced to death the Lebanese leading member in Da’ish (ISIS) organization Tariq al-Khayat, Iraq TradeLink reported on 11 October 2018.
OCTOBER 12, 2018MalaysiaDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA: GOVT HALTS EXECUTION OF 1,200 DEATH ROW INMATES
The execution of the death penalty on 1,200 death row inmates nationwide will be halted with immediate effect, nst.com reported on 11 October 2018.
- OCTOBER 12, 2018AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Alabama. Judge Rick Stout sentenced Derrick Dearman to death.
USA - Alabama. Judge Rick Stout sentenced Derrick Dearman to death.
- OCTOBER 11, 2018MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA TO ABOLISH DEATH PENALTY; BILL MAY BE TABLED SOON
The Malaysian government has decided to abolish the death penalty and a proposed Bill is expected to be tabled at the next parliament sitting, local media reported on 10 October 2018.
- OCTOBER 11, 2018BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH TO HANG 19 FOR DEADLY ATTACK ON 2004 RALLY
- OCTOBER 11, 2018WashingtonDEATH PENALTY
USA - Washington. The State Supreme Court unanimously declared the death penalty unconstitutional
USA - Washington. The State Supreme Court unanimously declared the death penalty unconstitutional
- OCTOBER 11, 2018IraqDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ: THREE TERRORISTS SENTENCED TO DEATH, LIFE OVER KILLING CIVILIANS IN ANBAR
The Criminal Court in Dhi Qar has sentenced a terrorist to death and two others to life in prison over carrying out several crimes in Anbar province, iraqinews reported on 10 October 2018.
OCTOBER 11, 2018ZimbabweDEATH PENALTYZIMBABWE: PRESIDENT 'WHOLEHEARTEDLY' AGAINST DEATH PENALTY
Zimbabwe president Emmerson Mnangagwa has expressed his view on death penalty stressing that it was an affront to human dignity, africanews reported on 10 October 2018.
- OCTOBER 10, 2018BotswanaDEATH PENALTY
BOTSWANA USING FELLOW PRISONERS AS HANGMEN FOR DEATH ROW INMATES
Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Defence Justice and Security Segakweng Tsiane told the Public Accounts Committee that they decided to use inmates as hangmen after locals failed to respond to an advert that invited them to apply, APA learned on 8 Oc
OCTOBER 10, 2018ZimbabweDEATH PENALTYZIMBABWE: TWO TO HANG FOR KILLING SOLDIER
Two murderers have been sentenced to death after being convicted of stabbing to death a Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) member, newsdzezimbabwe reported on 9 October 2018.
OCTOBER 10, 2018SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: AL-SHABAAB EXECUTES FIVE MEN ACCUSED OF SPYING
Somalia’s al Shabaab Islamists on 9 October 2018 shot five men in a public execution, including a Somali British citizen accused of spying.
OCTOBER 10, 2018YemenDEATH PENALTYYEMEN: HOUTHI COURT HANDS DOWN DEATH SENTENCES TO TWO YEMENIS FOR ESPIONAGE
A Houthi court in Sanaa on 9 October 2018 handed down death sentences to two Yemenis on charges including espionage for Saudi Arabia and a Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen
OCTOBER 10, 2018BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: COURT FINDS DEATH ROW CONVICT INNOCENT THE DAY HE DIES
Khulna jail received on 7 October 2018 the copy of a High Court order that one Obaid Ali be released from death row because the court had found him innocent.
OCTOBER 9, 2018EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: MILITARY COURT SENTENCES FOUR JIHADISTS TO DEATH
An Egyptian military court has sentenced four jihadists to death over attacks which killed 20 police officers, a judicial source said on 7 October 2018.
OCTOBER 9, 2018IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: MAN HANGED AT QAZVIN CENTRAL PRISON
According to IHR sources, on the morning of 2 October 2018 Hamed Valizadeh was hanged at Qazvin Central Prison (also called Chubin Dar).
OCTOBER 9, 2018IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: CALCUTTA HC COMMUTES DEATH SENTENCE OF SEVEN FOR WITCH-HUNTING 3 WOMEN
The Calcutta High Court has commuted to life the death sentence of seven men guilty of killing three women believing them to be witches, livelaw.in reported on 7 October 2018.
OCTOBER 9, 2018BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: DEATH PENALTY FOR DRUG OFFENSES APPROVED
The production, smuggling, sale, and use of methamphetamines will be punishable by death in Bangladesh, which has followed the Philippines’ Duterte and launched a brutal war on drugs that has seen more than 200 killed since May.
- OCTOBER 9, 2018TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. Judge Annabell Perez recommended a new trial for Rigoberto Avila
USA - Texas. Judge Annabell Perez recommended a new trial for Rigoberto Avila
- OCTOBER 8, 2018Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Pakistani national beheaded in Jeddah Governorate
8 October 2018: Mohamed Amin Nour Ahmed executed for drugs smuggle
- OCTOBER 8, 2018Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi citizen beheaded in Jeddah
8 October 2018: Jazae bin Halal bin Jazae al-Otaibi executed for murder