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
- NOVEMBER 28, 2018Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi national beheaded in Mecca
28 November 2018: Nafaa bin Mahri bin Nafaaal-Marhabi executed for murder of a Canadian citizen
NOVEMBER 28, 2018BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: 4 SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING SCHOOLBOY
A Manikganj court on 27 November 2018 sentenced four people to death and three others to life term imprisonment for killing a schoolboy at Khashrchar village in Singair, Manikganj in 2014, reports UNB.
NOVEMBER 28, 2018ZimbabweDEATH PENALTYZIMBABWE: SUPREME COURT CONFIRMS DEATH SENTENCE FOR WIFE BEHEADER
The Supreme Court on 27 November 2018 confirmed the death sentence on a Binga man who axed his wife 11 times and chopped off her head before hiding it in a cardboard box following a domestic dispute.
- NOVEMBER 28, 2018United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. Investigation Reveals Texas Obtained Possibly Tainted Execution Drugs from Pharmacy With Tainted Safety Record.
USA - Texas. Investigation Reveals Texas Obtained Possibly Tainted Execution Drugs from Pharmacy With Tainted Safety Record.
- NOVEMBER 27, 2018EgyptDEATH PENALTY
EGYPT COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE AGAINST 10 OVER KILLING TOP PROSECUTOR
An Egyptian court on 25 November 2018 confirmed death sentence against 10 defendants over killing former public prosecutor in a bomb attack on his car in 2015, state-run Ahram newspapers reported on its website.
- NOVEMBER 27, 2018Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Yemeni citizen beheaded in Riyadh
27 November 2018: Hani Sadeq Wazae al-Shajaa executed for murder
NOVEMBER 27, 2018NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: MAN TO DIE BY HANGING FOR BEATING MOTHER TO DEATH
A Plateau High Court, sitting in Jos, on 26 November 2018 sentenced 24-year-old Godwin Banchir, to death by hanging for beating his 65-year-old mother to death for not responding to his greetings.
NOVEMBER 27, 2018NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH BY HANGING IN ZARIA
A Kaduna State High Court sitting in Zaria has sentenced one Abdullahi Ibrahim to death by hanging, Daily Post reported on 22 November 2018.
- NOVEMBER 27, 2018VirginiaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Virginia. Court of Appeals orders new hearing for Mark Lawlor
USA - Virginia. Court of Appeals orders new hearing for Mark Lawlor
- NOVEMBER 26, 2018EgyptDEATH PENALTY
Egypt: 5 defendants executed in Cairo prison
26 November 2018: 5 defendants executed in Cairo prison
NOVEMBER 26, 2018EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: 17 ISLAMIC MILITANTS SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR COPTIC CHRISTIAN CHURCH KILLINGS
17 Islamic militants were sentenced to death on 22 November 2018 for their role in multiple church bombings in Egypt that killed scores of Coptic Christians.
NOVEMBER 26, 2018PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: COAS RATIFIES DEATH SENTENCE OF 11 HARDCORE TERRORISTS
Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa on 23 November 2018 confirmed death sentences awarded to 11 hardcore terrorists, who were involved in attacking armed forces, other law enforcement agencies, killing an innocent civilian and destructing
- NOVEMBER 26, 2018OhioDEATH PENALTY
USA - Ohio. Death sentence for George Brinkman
USA - Ohio. Death sentence for George Brinkman
NOVEMBER 26, 2018JordanDEATH PENALTYJORDAN: CRIMINAL COURT HANDS MAN DEATH PENALTY FOR MURDERING WIFE
The Criminal Court on 22 November 2018 sentenced a 55-year-old man to death after convicting him of murdering his wife over finance and custody matters in Zarqa in April of last year.
NOVEMBER 26, 2018SudanDEATH PENALTYSUDAN: WHITE NILE COURT SENTENCES DARFUR STUDENT TO DEATH
The Kosti criminal court in Sudan's White Nile state condemned Darfuri student Abubakar Yousef to death, and sentenced another 10 students from Darfur to prison terms, for their participation in riots at the University of Bakht El Rida in May 2017, allafr
- NOVEMBER 23, 2018United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UAE: MAN GETS DEATH PENALTY FOR STABBING GUARD WITH KNIFE
A construction worker, who stabbed a security guard to death using a kitchen knife, has lost his appeal against the death sentence, khaleejtimes reported on 31 October 2018.
- NOVEMBER 23, 2018ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: XINJIANG AUTHORITIES SENTENCE UYGHUR PHILANTHROPIST TO DEATH FOR UNSANCTIONED HAJJ
Authorities in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) have sentenced a prominent Uyghur businessman and philanthropist to death for taking an unsanctioned Muslim holy pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia, according to his brother, RFA reported o
- NOVEMBER 23, 2018IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: MAN HANGED AT NUR PRISON
According to the Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA), a prisoner was hanged on the morning of 18 November 2018 at the northern Iranian city of Nur.
- NOVEMBER 22, 2018IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
INDONESIA: 'BALI NINE' DRUG TRAFFICKER RENAE LAWRENCE RELEASED FROM PRISON AFTER 13 YEARS
The only female member of the heroin-trafficking "Bali Nine" gang was freed from prison on 21 November 2018, three years after the execution of the group's ringleaders caused huge tensions between Australia and Indonesia.
NOVEMBER 22, 2018IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: THREE MEN HANGED IN PUBLIC
Three prisoners were hanged in public at Iranian city of Shiraz on 21 November 2018 morning.
NOVEMBER 22, 2018NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: KILLERS OF BENUE CATHOLIC PRIEST SENTENCED TO DEATH
The two surviving member of a gang that kidnapped and killed a Catholic priest, Fr. John Adeyi in Benue, have been sentenced to death, Pulse reported on 20 November 2018.
NOVEMBER 22, 2018IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: 7 SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING ONE NINE YEARS AGO IN UTTAR PRADESH
A sessions court in Muzaffarnagar on 20 November 2018 sentenced seven persons to death for killing a man nearly nine years ago at Harsoli in the district after a clash between two groups of people over an old dispute.
- NOVEMBER 21, 2018Myanmar (Burma)DEATH PENALTY
BURMA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH PENALTY FOR MURDER OF 19-YEAR-OLD STUDENT
The Kyaukse Township court sentenced three men involved in the killing of a student from the Kyaukse Government Technical Institute on 19 November 2018.
- NOVEMBER 21, 2018Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Djibouti citizen beheaded in Jazan
21 November 2018: Abdo Hussein Ali Ibrahim executed for murder
NOVEMBER 21, 2018IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: CONVICT IN ANTI-SIKH RIOTS CASE SENTENCED TO DEATH
A New Delhi court on 19 November 2018 handed down a rare death sentence over anti-Sikh riots in 1984 that left nearly 3,000 dead following the assassination of prime minister Indira Gandhi.
NOVEMBER 21, 2018IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: MADHYA PRADESH HC UPHOLDS MAN'S DEATH SENTENCE FOR RAPING, KILLING MINOR
The Madhya Pradesh High Court on 15 November 2018 upheld the death sentence awarded to a 19-year-old man for raping and killing a four-year-old girl in Dhar district.
- NOVEMBER 21, 2018KenyaDEATH PENALTY
KENYA: TWO POLICE OFFICERS SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
A Kenyan judge on 14 November 2018 sentenced two police officers to death for killing a colleague and two civilians in 2014.
- NOVEMBER 21, 2018KentuckyDEATH PENALTY
USA - Kentucky. Kentucky Joins States With No Executions for at Least Ten Years.
USA - Kentucky. Kentucky Joins States With No Executions for at Least Ten Years.
- NOVEMBER 21, 2018TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals has rejected a trial court recommendation that Jeffery Wood's death sentence be overturned
USA - Texas. The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals has rejected a trial court recommendation that Jeffery Wood's death sentence be overturned
- NOVEMBER 20, 2018NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA: MAN TO HANG FOR KILLING FATHER OVER N56,000
The Court of Appeal, Jos Division, on 13 November 2018 sentenced a middle-aged man, Jibril Idrisa, to death by hanging for killing his father over N56,000 being proceeds from the sale of guinea corn.