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
- JULY 9, 2018Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Pakistani citizen beheaded in Geddah
9 July 2018: Abed all-Teef Mohammad executed for heroin smuggle
JULY 9, 2018IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCES OVER 2012 DELHI GANG RAPE
India's Supreme Court upheld death sentences for three men over the infamous gang-rape and murder of a woman in New Delhi in 2012 that sparked national protests and soul-searching.
JULY 9, 2018VietnamDEATH PENALTYVIETNAM: MURDERER OF 5 SENTENCED TO DEATH
The HCM City People’s Court handed down the death sentence to Nguyễn Hữu Tình, 18, after he admitted to murdering five members of a family in Bình Tân District last February.
- JULY 8, 2018Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi citizen beheaded in Medina
8 July 2018: Madeen bin Hamed al-Kfari executed for the murder of a child
JULY 8, 2018IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: ISIS TERRORIST SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER KILLING OF 16 CIVILIANS
Nineveh Criminal Court has sentenced an ISIS affiliated terrorist to death on accusations of targeting security forces by planting explosive devices in al-Hamdaniya district.
- JULY 7, 2018IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN EXECUTES 8 ISIS FIGHTERS OVER 2017 ATTACK ON PARLIAMENT
Iran said it executed eight people convicted in the 2017 Islamic State group attack on parliament and the shrine of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini in Tehran.
- JULY 7, 2018IndiaDEATH PENALTY
MADHYA PRADESH COURT PRONOUNCES DEATH PENALTY TO MAN WHO RAPED 9-YEAR-OLD GIRL
A man who was accused of raping a nine-year-old girl in Sagar district of Madhya Pradesh, was convicted for the heinous crime and awarded capital punishment by a Bhopal court.
JULY 7, 2018IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: AFGHAN NATIONAL HANGED IN ZAHEDAN
According to HRANA news agency, on the morning a prisoner was hanged at Zahedan Central Prison on murder charges.
- JULY 7, 2018IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mousa Ghazanfar Abadi executed
IRAN - Mousa Ghazanfar Abadi executed
- JULY 6, 2018TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. Texas received new lethal injection supplies in June.
USA - Texas. Texas received new lethal injection supplies in June.
- JULY 6, 2018JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN HANGS CULT LEADER SHOKO ASAHARA, 6 OTHERS FOR 1995 TOKYO SUBWAY SARIN ATTACK
The former leader of Aum Shinrikyo, the Japanese doomsday cult that carried out a sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway in 1995, was executed alongside six other members of the cult, Japanese media reported.
- JULY 6, 2018NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA: THREE DEATH SENTENCES UPHELD BY SUPREME COURT
The Supreme Court upheld the judgment of the Court of Appeal, which handed down a death sentence on three members of the Bakassi Boys vigilante group in 2006.
- JULY 6, 2018NevadaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Nevada. A jury sentenced Keith Barlow to death.
USA - Nevada. A jury sentenced Keith Barlow to death.
- JULY 6, 2018United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces sentenced Andrew Witt to life without parole.
USA - The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces sentenced Andrew Witt to life without parole.
- JULY 5, 2018DEATH PENALTY
USA - Col. Vance Spath, the military judge presiding over the Guantánamo proceedings, announced his retirement.
USA - Col. Vance Spath, the military judge presiding over the Guantánamo proceedings, announced his retirement.
- JULY 5, 2018Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Two Pakistani nationals crucified at public park in Rivadeh
5 July 2018: Adam Khan Iyas Khan and Asad Mohammed Yousef Khan executed
JULY 5, 2018Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTYGAZA: DEATH SENTENCE ISSUED FOR MURDER
The Gaza Court of First Instance issued a death sentence against Y. B. from Gaza City after being convicted of murder
JULY 5, 2018IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: PRISONER EXECUTED IN MAZANDARAN PROVINCE
According to ILNA news agency, a prisoner identified as A. M., son of Seyyed Ne'mat, was executed in Mazandaran Province.
- JULY 4, 2018Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
INDONESIAN FREED FROM DEATH PENALTY IN SAUDI RETURNS TO INDONESIA
Nurkoyah Marsan Dasan, an Indonesian female worker from Rengasdengklok, Karawang, West Java Province, awarded death penalty by the Saudi Court for the death of the child of her employer, was released and finally returned to Indonesia.
- JULY 4, 2018Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi national beheaded in Medina
4 July 2018: Salman al-Saaedi executed for murder
JULY 4, 2018IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: WOMAN HANGED IN THE CENTRAL PRISON OF ORUMIEH
A woman was hanged at dawn in the Central Prison of Orumieh along with two other male prisoners. The identity of the executed woman has not been made available, yet.
- JULY 3, 2018IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN REDUCES DEATH PENALTY, LIFE SENTENCE AGAINST 1700 DRUG CONVICTS
Abbas Jafari-Dolatabadi, the Tehran prosecutor general, announced that 1,700 sentences of narcotic-related cases have been commuted from capital punishment and life sentence to less severe forms of punishment.
- JULY 3, 2018Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Nigerian citizen beheaded in Medina
3 July 2018: Abo Doromi Aweeda executed for cocaine smuggle
- JULY 3, 2018Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi citizen beheaded in Isha
3 July 2018: Ahmad bin Yaakoob executed for murder
JULY 3, 2018IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: MAN EXECUTED IN TABRIZ
According to a close source, on the morning a prisoner was executed at Tabriz Central Prison.
JULY 3, 2018SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: AL-SHABAAB EXECUTES ELECTORAL DELEGATE IN MIDDLE SHABELLE
Al-Shabaab militant group has shot dead an elder, who took part in 2016 elections as a delegate.
JULY 3, 2018PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: 19-YEAR-OLD GIRL SENTENCED TO DEATH BECAUSE HER BROTHER RAPED HER
In Pakistan, a 19-year-old woman was sentenced to death after she accused her brother of raping her, threatening with a gun.
JULY 3, 2018OmanDEATH PENALTYOMAN: WOMAN, LOVER SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR HUSBAND’S MURDER
An Omani woman and her accomplice have been sentenced to death for murdering her husband, according to the Public Prosecution.
- JULY 3, 2018ColoradoDEATH PENALTY
USA - Colorado. Jury Returns Life Sentence in Third Consecutive High-Profile Death-Penalty Case: Glen Law Galloway
USA - Colorado. Jury Returns Life Sentence in Third Consecutive High-Profile Death-Penalty Case: Glen Law Galloway
- JULY 3, 2018NevadaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Nevada. Nevada Announces New Drug Protocol Eight Days Before Scheduled Execution of Scott Dozier
USA - Nevada. Nevada Announces New Drug Protocol Eight Days Before Scheduled Execution of Scott Dozier