Archive timeline
2018
The news published by Hands Off Cain in 2018, month by month, with the countries most present that year.
The year in data
- Executions recorded worldwide
- 679
- Countries where they were recorded
- 26
- News items in the archive
- 1,532
Latest news of 2018
JULY 13, 2018PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: ARMY CHIEF CONFIRMS DEATH PENALTY OF 12 HARDCORE TERRORISTS
Pakistan's Army Chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa confirmed the death sentence to another 12 "hardcore terrorists,"
- JULY 13, 2018Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
7 sentenced to death
8 March 2018: the military Court of Matadi condemned to the death penalty seven members of the religious movement Bundu dia Kongo for "participation in a movement insurrectional and murder"
- JULY 12, 2018EgyptDEATH PENALTY
Egypt: Executes 6 for kidnapping and murder
12 July 2018: Executes 6 for kidnapping and murder
- JULY 12, 2018PennsylvaniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Pennsylvania. The death sentence of Seifullah Abdul-Salaam has been overturned
USA - Pennsylvania. The death sentence of Seifullah Abdul-Salaam has been overturned
JULY 12, 2018Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: TWO TERRORISTS HANDED DEATH, ANOTHER GETS 23 YEARS IN JAIL
The Special Criminal Court in Riyadh passed a preliminary verdict sentencing two Saudi nationals to death after they were convicted of forming a terror cell, killing security men and inciting disorder.
JULY 12, 2018EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: 18 SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLINGS
In the Nile Delta town of El-Zagazig, the local criminal court sentenced 18 people to death in the killings of the policeman and guard, MENA said.
JULY 12, 2018GhanaDEATH PENALTYGHANA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDERING A WOMAN AFTER DENYING HIM SEX
Tamale High Court has sentenced a 35-year-old farmer, who reportedly killed a woman for refusing him.
JULY 12, 2018IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: A PRISONER HANGED AT KHOY PRISON
A prisoner was executed on murder charges at Khoy Prison in the morning
JULY 12, 2018VietnamDEATH PENALTYVIETNAM: CAPITAL PUNISHMENT UPHELD FOR MAN IN LAND DISPUTE KILLING
A court in Ho Chi Minh City upheld the death sentence handed down to a Vietnamese man for killing three people over a land dispute in the Central Highlands' province of Dak Nong in 2016.
- JULY 12, 2018WashingtonDEATH PENALTY
USA - Washington. NPI poll finds 69% of Washingtonians favor life in prison alternatives to the death penalty.
USA - Washington. NPI poll finds 69% of Washingtonians favor life in prison alternatives to the death penalty.
- JULY 12, 2018United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - A German medical company is suspected of illegally shipping pentobarbital
USA - A German medical company is suspected of illegally shipping pentobarbital
JULY 12, 2018EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPTIAN COURT SENTENCE 13 TO DEATH FOR PRISON ESCAPE
In the city of Ismailiyah, the local criminal court sentenced to death 13 people, witnesses and local newspapers said
JULY 12, 2018Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSomali citizen beheaded in Geddah
12 July 2018: Ahmad Abdi executed for murder
- JULY 11, 2018ArizonaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Arizona. The death sentence of Michael Ray White was reversed
USA - Arizona. The death sentence of Michael Ray White was reversed
- JULY 11, 2018NevadaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Nevada. Execution Halted On Claims State Obtained Execution Drug Through “Subterfuge”.
USA - Nevada. Execution Halted On Claims State Obtained Execution Drug Through “Subterfuge”.
JULY 11, 2018GambiaDEATH PENALTYGAMBIA: 23 PRISONERS ON DEATH ROW
Gambia government has told the United Nations Human Rights Committee that the country is working on plans to repeal its law enforcing death penalty thus commuting the sentences of those on death row to life sentences.
- JULY 11, 2018Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi citizen beheaded in Geddah
11 July 2018: Mohammad al-Zahrani executed for murder of his wife
JULY 11, 2018Sri LankaDEATH PENALTYLANKA GOVT APPROVES CAPITAL PUNISHMENT FOR DRUG OFFENCES
The Sri Lankan Cabinet has unanimously approved a move to bring back capital punishment for drug-related crimes, a senior minister has said.
- JULY 11, 2018KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
KUWAITI SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR WOMAN’S KIDNAP AND VIOLENT RAPE
A Kuwait man has been sentenced to death by hanging for impersonating a police officer, kidnapping and raping an Asian woman under armed threat.
JULY 11, 2018Sri LankaDEATH PENALTYSRI LANKA TO HANG 19 DRUG CONVICTS
Sri Lanka will carry out the death sentence for 19 convicts over serious drug offences
- JULY 10, 2018IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN PUBLICLY FLOGS YOUNG MAN FOR DRINKING ALCOHOL
A young man was publicly flogged in eastern city of Kashmar, in Razavi Khorasan Province, the state-run Young Journalist Club website reported.
- JULY 10, 2018United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Police kills 50 times more than judges, and private citizens 45 times more.
USA - Police kills 50 times more than judges, and private citizens 45 times more.
JULY 10, 2018KenyaDEATH PENALTYKENYA: DEATH SENTENCE FOR HERDSMAN WHO KILLED EMPLOYER IN 2016
A herdsman who hacked his employer to death in Ziwa, Uasin Gishu county, has been sentenced to death by an Eldoret court.
JULY 10, 2018Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTYGAZA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
the Court of First Instance in Deir-Albalah sentenced to death by hanging Mosab Osama Abu Hanea, 27 years old, resident in An-nuserat Camp, after he was found guilty of murder.
- JULY 10, 2018NevadaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Nevada. Alvogen, Inc. sued the state Department of Corrections
USA - Nevada. Alvogen, Inc. sued the state Department of Corrections
- JULY 10, 2018NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA: MAN TO DIE BY HANGING FOR KILLING SON OVER WITCHCRAFT IN A-IBOM
Akwa Ibom High Court sitting in Ikot Ekpene has sentenced a man to death by hanging for killing his 11-year-old son for allegedly casting spells on his business.
- JULY 10, 2018AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Alabama. Death Row Prisoners End Lethal Injection Lawsuit, And Start The Nitrogen Gas One.
USA - Alabama. Death Row Prisoners End Lethal Injection Lawsuit, And Start The Nitrogen Gas One.
- JULY 10, 2018TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
NEW TAIPEI COURT SENTENCES MAN TO DEATH FOR MURDER OF 4 YEAR OLD IN HIS CARE
The Taiwanese courts have handed down a death sentence to a man found guilty of the murder of a four year old child, whose care was entrusted to the man and his mother.
- JULY 10, 2018Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Nigerian citizen beheaded in Medina
10 July 2018: Bodeen Obeelo Amison executed for cocaine smuggle
JULY 10, 2018United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA: POLICE KILL 50 TIMES MORE THAN THE JUDGES, AND PRIVATE CITIZENS 45 TIMES MORE
Police kill 50 times more than the judges, and private citizens 45 times more. According to "Killed By Police" (killedbypolice.net), from the beginning of the year to June 30, the police in the US have already killed 617 people.