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
JANUARY 15, 2018DEATH PENALTYIRAN: PRISONER EXECUTED AT BABOL PRISON
According to a report by HRANA, a prisoner was executed on the morning at Babol prison. The 27-year-old prisoner, identified as Y. S., was sentenced to death on murder charges.
JANUARY 14, 2018BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: 9 TO WALK GALLOWS FOR KILLING NARAIL AL MAN
A special tribunal in Khulna sentenced nine people including a Union Parishad chairman to death for killing Awami League activist Probhas Roy in Narail last year.
JANUARY 14, 2018JordanDEATH PENALTYJORDAN: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER OF MADABA TAXI DRIVER
The Criminal Court sentenced a 24-year-old man to death after convicting him of robbing and murdering a taxi driver in Madaba in June 2012.
JANUARY 13, 2018Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTYDR CONGO: REBEL LEADER SENTENCED TO DEATH
The military court in the troubled eastern Democratic Republic of Congo sentenced a rebel leader to death.
- JANUARY 12, 2018ArizonaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Arizona. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has overturned the death sentence imposed on Robert Allen Poyson
USA - Arizona. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has overturned the death sentence imposed on Robert Allen Poyson
JANUARY 12, 2018ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: MURDERER SENTENCED TO DEATH AFTER 8 YEARS AT LARGE
A court in east China's Jiangxi Province sentenced a man to death for killing a 17-year-old girl and raping her body eight years ago.
JANUARY 11, 2018DEATH PENALTYIRAN: PRISONER PUBLICLY HANGED IN SALMAS
A man was publicly hanged in Salmas in West Azerbaijan Province, according to the state-run Rokna news agency. A huge crowd, which might include children are assembled to watch the hanging.
- JANUARY 11, 2018MissouriDEATH PENALTY
USA - Missouri. Judge Thomas Mountjoy sentenced Craig Wood to death
USA - Missouri. Judge Thomas Mountjoy sentenced Craig Wood to death
- JANUARY 11, 2018IndianaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Indiana. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit has overturned the death sentence imposed on Frederick Baer
USA - Indiana. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit has overturned the death sentence imposed on Frederick Baer
- JANUARY 11, 2018FloridaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Florida. A jury sentenced Peter Avsenew to death.
USA - Florida. A jury sentenced Peter Avsenew to death.
- JANUARY 11, 2018FloridaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Florida. The Florida Supreme Court has reversed the death sentence of Vahtiece Alfonzo Kirkman becouse it was not unanimous
USA - Florida. The Florida Supreme Court has reversed the death sentence of Vahtiece Alfonzo Kirkman becouse it was not unanimous
- JANUARY 11, 2018FloridaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Florida. The Florida Supreme Court overturns one of Dontae Morris's death sentences because it was not unanimous
USA - Florida. The Florida Supreme Court overturns one of Dontae Morris's death sentences because it was not unanimous
JANUARY 11, 2018NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: KILLERS OF KACHIKWU’S UNCLE SENTENCED TO DEATH
The killers of Diokpa Felix Boise, the 75- year- old uncle of Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr. Ibe Kachukwu have been sentenced to death by a Delta State High Court.
- JANUARY 10, 2018Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Two Saudi executed for drug
10 January 2018: Khalid bin Ali bin Farraj Al-Omrani and Khaled Abdullah Mohammed Al-Zoubi, two Saudi citizens, were beheaded for smuggling a large quantity of banned amphetamine pills.
- JANUARY 10, 2018Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
Beni: two militia chiefs sentenced to death
10 January 2018: the military Court of North Kivu, sitting in the fair room in Beni, condemned Ugandan rebels of the ADF and their collaborators to sentences which vary between two years of penal servitude to the death penalty.
- JANUARY 10, 2018DEATH PENALTY
BAHRAIN: MILITARY COURT UPHOLDS 1ST DEATH PENALTY
Bahrain’s highest military appellate court on upheld a death penalty for the first time since it was established seven years ago.
JANUARY 10, 2018DEATH PENALTYIRAN: EXECUTIONS SUSPENDED AFTER RELAXING LAW ON DRUG OFFENCES
All cases in which people have been sentenced to death in Iran for drug offences are to be reviewed, Ali Larijani, the speaker of the country’s parliament, said.
JANUARY 10, 2018DEATH PENALTYIRAN: MAN EXECUTED IN QAZVIN FOR MURDER
Public and Revolutionary Prosecutor of Qazvin, announced the execution of a man identified only as Saeid in the central penitentiary of the city, according to the state-run Rokna news agency.
- JANUARY 9, 2018DEATH PENALTY
EGYPT COURT SEEKS EXECUTION OF 13 EGYPTIAN, YEMENI DRUG DEALERS
An Egyptian court recommended the execution of 13 defendants including eight Egyptians and five Yemenis over drug smuggling, state-run MENA news agency reported.
JANUARY 9, 2018DEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: 2 MOULVIBAZAR WAR CRIMINALS GET DEATH PENALTY
A special tribunal in Dhaka sentenced death penalty to two people from Moulvibazar and life-term jail to three others for committing crimes during the Liberation War in 1971.
JANUARY 9, 2018DEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR ARMED ROBBERY
A Lagos High Court sitting in Ikeja, sentenced one Mutiu Oyedeji to death by hanging after he was found guilty of armed robbery.
JANUARY 9, 2018DEATH PENALTYUSA: MURDER VICTIMS’ FAMILY MEMBERS SPEAK OF MOVING FORWARD WITHOUT THE DEATH PENALTY
Two recent publications illustrate that a growing number of family members of murder victims are now advocating against capital punishment.
- JANUARY 9, 2018DEATH PENALTY
ZAMBIA: THREE TO HANG FOR BURYING AUNT ALIVE
Kabwe High Court has sentenced three people to death by hanging for murder after finding them guilty of killing their 70-year-old aunt by burying her alive on suspicion of practicing witchcraft.
- JANUARY 9, 2018United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Murder Victims’ Family Members Speak of Moving Forward Without the Death Penalty
USA - Murder Victims’ Family Members Speak of Moving Forward Without the Death Penalty Murder Victims’ Family Members Speak of Moving Forward Without the Death Penalty
- JANUARY 8, 2018Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
Beni: one condemned to death
8 January 2018: the operational military Court of North Kivu had sentenced to death Kamal Selemani
- JANUARY 8, 2018DEATH PENALTY
USA - Georgia. The U.S. Supreme Court has granted the petition for writ of certioari of Keith Tharpe,
USA - Georgia. The U.S. Supreme Court has granted the petition for writ of certioari of Keith Tharpe,
JANUARY 8, 2018DEATH PENALTYIRAN: TWO PRISONERS EXECUTED IN NORTHERN CITY OF SARI
Two prisoners were hanged in the prison of Sari (capital of Mazandaran Province in northern Iran). The two who have been named by the state media only as S.R. and A.B. were found guilty of murder.
- JANUARY 8, 2018EgyptDEATH PENALTY
three defendants, Mohammed Gamal al-Sayyed Ateyya, Mohammed Misbah Abd al-Haqq al-Sayyed, and Mohammed Ibrahim al-Baz, were executed
9 january 2018: three defendants, Mohammed Gamal al-Sayyed Ateyya, Mohammed Misbah Abd al-Haqq al-Sayyed, and Mohammed Ibrahim al-Baz, were executed
- JANUARY 7, 2018Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
A Saudi executed for murder
7 January 2018: Abed allah bin Saeed al-Shibani, a Saudi citizen, was beheaded for murder.
- JANUARY 5, 2018EgyptDEATH PENALTY
Liz Throssell, the spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
Liz Throssell, the spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights