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 13, 2018Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi national beheaded in Arar
13 November 2018: Mahmoud bin Rabie bin al-Yabes al-Ruwaili executed for murder
- NOVEMBER 13, 2018Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi ISIS member beheaded after videotaped crimes shook the Kingdom
13 November 2018: Majed Saad bin Radhi al-Anzi executed for murder and terrorist crimes
- NOVEMBER 13, 2018IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: IRAQI CITIZEN EXECUTED ON MURDER CHARGE
According to the IHR sources, Soran Rashid Zahedi (Nickname: Soran Holiri), 33, was executed at Zanjan Central Prison on the morning of 6 November 2018.
NOVEMBER 13, 2018BahrainDEATH PENALTYBAHRAIN: COURT SENTENCES FOUR NATIONALS TO DEATH OVER TERROR CHARGES
A Bahraini court on 12 November 2018 sentenced four of its nationals to death for their alleged roles in a deadly bombing last year.
- NOVEMBER 13, 2018NevadaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Nevada. New trial for Cary W. Williams
USA - Nevada. New trial for Cary W. Williams
- NOVEMBER 13, 2018AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Alabama. Lameco Turner will now serve a 99-year sentence
USA - Alabama. Lameco Turner will now serve a 99-year sentence
- NOVEMBER 13, 2018United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Florida. U.S. Supreme Court Refuses to Hear Seven Florida Cases
USA - Florida. U.S. Supreme Court Refuses to Hear Seven Florida Cases
- NOVEMBER 12, 2018LiberiaDEATH PENALTY
UN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE WANTS LIBERIA REPEAL DEATH PENALTY
The United Nations Human Rights Committee (HRC) on 7 November 2018 reiterated its call on the Liberian Government to abolish the death penalty which the government reintroduced in 2008.
NOVEMBER 12, 2018IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: INMATE HANGED IN ARDEKAN PRISON OF YAZD
A prisoner was hanged on 3 November 2018 at Ardakan Prison of Yazd, central Iran.
NOVEMBER 12, 2018EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: COURT OF CASSATION UPHOLDS DEATH PENALTY FOR 7 CONVICTED OF KILLING POLICEMAN
An Egyptian top court upheld on 11 November 2018 a previous death sentence against seven defendants convicted of killing a policeman in 2013, official MENA news agen
- NOVEMBER 12, 2018VietnamDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM: THREE DRUG DEALERS SENTENCED TO DEATH
A Hanoi court on 8 November 2018 sentenced three men to death and one man to life imprisonment for drug trafficking.
NOVEMBER 12, 2018KenyaDEATH PENALTYKENYA: 2 BODA BODA RIDERS SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR STEALING LAPTOP
Two boda boda riders were sentenced to death on 10 November 2018 for stealing a laptop after losing an appeal in a high court.
- NOVEMBER 11, 2018Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Two Egyptian nationals beheaded in Tabuk Region
11 November 2018: Youssef Faraj Saad Muslim and Mohammed Abdullah Audeh Awad executed for drugs trafficking
- NOVEMBER 11, 2018United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Exonerations and Wrongful Convictions Harm Murder Victims’ Families, Too.
USA - Exonerations and Wrongful Convictions Harm Murder Victims’ Families, Too.
NOVEMBER 9, 2018EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: EIGHT ISIS JIHADISTS ARE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DEADLY ATTACK AGAINST SOLDIERS
An Egyptian military court on 7 November 2018 sentenced eight ISIS fighters to death for a deadly attack against an army checkpoint in 2016.
- NOVEMBER 9, 2018PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: ATC AWARDS DEATH PENALTY FOR KIDNAPPING, MURDER
An antiterrorism court on 8 November 2018 handed down death sentence to a convict and life imprisonment to two others for killing a man over non-payment of ‘protection’ money of just Rs2,000.
- NOVEMBER 9, 2018North CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
USA - North Carolina. Judge Thornburg has re-sentenced James Morgan to life without possibility of parole
USA - North Carolina. Judge Thornburg has re-sentenced James Morgan to life without possibility of parole
NOVEMBER 9, 2018SyriaDEATH PENALTYSYRIA: 11 REBELS SENTENCED TO DEATH
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the Assad regime sentenced 11 detainees and prisoners in Hama Central Prison to execution, Al Arabiya reported on 9 November 2018.
- NOVEMBER 8, 2018PakistanDEATH PENALTY
ASIA BIBI MOVED FROM JAIL TO ANOTHER PART OF PAKISTAN, SOURCES SAY
Asia Bibi, a Christian woman whose death sentence was overturned last week by Pakistan's Supreme Court, has been moved from her jail cell to an undisclosed location in another part of the country, intelligence sources in Pakistan told CNN on 8 November 20
- NOVEMBER 8, 2018EgyptDEATH PENALTY
EGYPT: COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE AGAINST TODDLER RAPIST IN FINAL RULING
A high Egyptian appeals court has upheld a death sentence against a man for raping a 20-month-old girl last year, a judicial source said on 7 November 2018, in a final ruling in a case that provoked widespread public outcry.
NOVEMBER 8, 2018IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: KURDISH WOMAN SENTENCED TO DEATH ON ADULTERY CHARGES
An Iranian court recently sentenced to death a Kurdish woman on adultery charges, a Kurdish rights group reported on 5 November 2018.
- NOVEMBER 8, 2018ArkansasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Arkansas. The Arkansas Supreme Court today reversed the death penalty of Kenneth Reams
USA - Arkansas. The Arkansas Supreme Court today reversed the death penalty of Kenneth Reams
- NOVEMBER 8, 2018FloridaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Florida. The Florida Supreme Court has overturned the death sentence imposed on Eriese Tisdale
USA - Florida. The Florida Supreme Court has overturned the death sentence imposed on Eriese Tisdale
- NOVEMBER 7, 2018IranDEATH PENALTY
UN RIGHTS EXPERT URGES IRAN TO END DEATH PENALTY FOR MINORS
The U.N. independent expert on human rights in Iran urged Tehran on 24 October 2018 to abolish the death penalty for juveniles.
NOVEMBER 7, 2018IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: TWO MORE PEOPLE RECEIVE DEATH PENALTY FOR 'ECONOMIC CRIMES'
Two men accused of “conducting organized and systematic disruption” in Iran's banking network have been condemned to death and others sentenced to prison terms, judicial sources were quoted as saying on 6 November 2018.
- NOVEMBER 7, 2018IsraelDEATH PENALTY
ISRAEL: SHIN BET CHIEF ‘UNEQUIVOCALLY’ AGAINST DEATH PENALTY FOR TERRORISTS
Shin Bet security service chief Nadav Argaman said on 6 November 2018 that he was “unequivocally” against a controversial bill that aims to make it easier for Israel to sentence convicted Palestinian attackers of civilians and soldiers to death.
- NOVEMBER 7, 2018TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - 2018 Midterm Elections Appraisal.
USA - 2018 Midterm Elections Appraisal.
- NOVEMBER 6, 2018DEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. Jury ordered the death penalty for Dillion Compton
USA - Texas. Jury ordered the death penalty for Dillion Compton
- NOVEMBER 6, 2018IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: IDUKKI MAN GETS DEATH PENALTY FOR RAPING AND KILLING WOMAN, DAUGHTER
The High Court in Idukki on 30 October 2018 confirmed the death sentence awarded by Thodupuzha second additional sessions judge T U Kuruvila on June 20, 2012, to an Idukki native for brutally raping and murdering a mother and her daughter at Peermade in 2
NOVEMBER 6, 2018PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: MAN GETS DEATH SENTENCE FOR DOUBLE MURDER
An anti-terrorism court (ATC) announced on 1 November 2018 a two-time death sentence to a man convicted in a double murder case.