Archive timeline
2021
The news published by Hands Off Cain in 2021, month by month, with the countries most present that year.
Latest news of 2021
SEPTEMBER 13, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Yasser Mangouri is confirmed to have died in custody
A Kurdish political prisoner
SEPTEMBER 13, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hossein Gholampour executed in Qom Prison on September 13
Execution n. 240 since the beginning of the year
SEPTEMBER 13, 2021OklahomaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Oklahoma. Another step forward for Julius Jones
A death row inmate whose case has raised a lot of attention
SEPTEMBER 13, 2021AlabamaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Alabama. Alabama allows death row inmate to hold hands with pastor during lethal injection
Willie Smith case
- SEPTEMBER 12, 2021North KoreaDEATH PENALTY
NORTH KOREAN OFFICIALS INVOLVED IN MURDER, TORTURE, AND POSSIBLE CHRISTIAN GENOCIDE: REPORT
Officials in North Korea carried out murder, torture, and acts that could constitute genocide against certain groups of people, including Christians, a report released last week revealed.
- SEPTEMBER 12, 2021SudanDEATH PENALTY
SUDAN: DEATH SENTENCES FOR SIX PARAMILITARIES FOR THE KILLING OF PROTESTERS IN 2019
Six members of a Sudanese paramilitary force were sentenced to death on 5 August 2021 by a court in the central city of Al-Obeid for the deaths of six protesters in 2019, including four school children.
SEPTEMBER 11, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Adham Maksani executed in Iranshahr Prison on September 11
For murder
SEPTEMBER 10, 2021OhioDEATH PENALTYUSA - Ohio. De facto moratorium confirmed
Governor DeWine Reschedules Four More Executions
- SEPTEMBER 9, 2021IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: HC ACQUITS MAN ON DEATH ROW, SAYS COPS DIDN’T VISIT CRIME SPOT
The Patna High Court on 23 July 2021 acquitted a man, who was sentenced to death for allegedly raping and killing a 16-year-old girl under Barhara police station in Bhojpur district of Bihar.
- SEPTEMBER 9, 2021CameroonDEATH PENALTY
CAMEROON: FOUR MEN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR SHOOTING ATTACK ON SCHOOL
A court in Cameroon has sentenced four people to death for their roles in a shooting attack on a school last year that killed seven children and wounded 12 others, according to a court document seen by Reuters on 8 September 2021.
SEPTEMBER 9, 2021BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: SIX SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING LGBTQ ACTIVISTS
A court in Bangladesh on 31 August 2021 sentenced six members of a banned group to death and acquitted two others in connection with the murder of two LGBTQ rights activists five years ago.
- SEPTEMBER 8, 2021IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 5 Death Sentences Commuted to Prison Terms
For drug-related charges
- SEPTEMBER 8, 2021IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 3 women hanged in Gohardasht Prison on September 8
121 women executed in Iran since 2013
- SEPTEMBER 8, 2021IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Ali Morad and Heibat Rouzbi executed on September 8 in Taybad Prison
For drug-related charges
SEPTEMBER 8, 2021NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: MINISTER OF INTERIOR ASKS GOVERNORS TO SIGN DEATH WARRANTS OF 3,000
The Nigerian Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, on 23 July 2021 urged state governors to sign the death warrants of the 3,008 condemned criminals in the country waiting for execution.
SEPTEMBER 8, 2021YemenDEATH PENALTYYEMEN: EXECUTION OF THE KILLERS OF YOUNG MAN AL-AGHBARI AMID STRICT SECURITY MEASURES
A court under the control of the Houthi militia in Sanaa on 6 September 2021 executed four convicts for the murder of Abdullah Al-Aghbari, 19.
SEPTEMBER 8, 2021Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: SAUDI MAN EXECUTED OVER TERRORISM CHARGES
A Saudi man was executed in Dammam on 6 September 2021 on charges of terrorism and weapons smuggling, the interior ministry said.
SEPTEMBER 8, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Three men executed in Rajai Shahr Prison on September 8
For murder
SEPTEMBER 8, 2021EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: 10 DEFENDANTS SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR SMUGGLING HEROIN
A court in Egypt on 5 September 2021 sentenced seven Pakistanis, two Egyptians and an Iranian citizen to death on charges of smuggling in over two tonnes of heroin by sea, a judicial source said.
SEPTEMBER 8, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ali Mardan Boland Gerami was executed in Yasuj Prison on September 8
Sentenced for murder through a qassameh ceremony
SEPTEMBER 8, 2021United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Texas. U.S. Supreme Court Stays Texas Execution of John Henry Ramirez
Agrees to Review Contours of the Right to Religious Exercise in the Execution Chamber
- SEPTEMBER 7, 2021IraqDEATH PENALTY
IRAQI: DEATH PENALTY HANDED TO CONVICTED KILLER OF LOCAL KARBALA OFFICIAL
An Iraqi court on 21 August 2021 sentenced the recently convicted killer of the Mayor of the central city of Karbala to the death penalty.
SEPTEMBER 7, 2021IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: COURT AWARDS DEATH PENALTY TO 24-YR-OLD MAN FOR RAPE, MURDER OF MINOR GIRL
A 24-year-old man from Madhya Pradesh on 23 July 2021 was awarded the death penalty for killing and raping a minor girl, more than two years ago.
SEPTEMBER 7, 2021IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: 7,900 PRISON INMATES SENTENCED TO DEATH, MP REVEALS
The head of the Parliamentary Strategic Planning and Government Program Monitoring Committee, Hazem Majid Al-Khalidi, called on the Presidency of the Republic to abide by the constitution to implement death sentences against terrorists whose sentences wer
- SEPTEMBER 6, 2021Sierra LeoneDEATH PENALTY
SIERRA LEONE: DEATH PENALTY ABOLISHED
Sierra Leonean lawmakers voted to abolish the death penalty on 23 July 2021, becoming the latest African country to move toward banning capital punishment.
SEPTEMBER 5, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Prisoner only named as Nouramad executed in Mashhad Prison on September 5
For murder
SEPTEMBER 5, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Karamat executed in Vakilabad Prison on September 5
For murder
SEPTEMBER 4, 2021SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: AL-SHABAAB PUBLICLY EXECUTE WOMAN IN HIIRAAN
Residents in Shaw village in the Hiiraan region say that an Al-Shabaab court sentenced a woman to death for allegedly being a soldier in the Hirshabelle Security Forces, Hiiraan Online reported on 1 September 2021.
SEPTEMBER 4, 2021IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: SIX IRAQIS ON DEATH ROW EXECUTED, THREE FOR 'TERRORISM'
Six Iraqis sentenced to death, three for "terrorism", were hanged on 30 August 2021 in a prison in southern Iraq, a medical source told AFP.
- SEPTEMBER 1, 2021AlbaniaDEATH PENALTY
ALBANIA REFUSES TO EXTRADITE MAN FACING EGYPT DEATH SENTENCE
A court in Albania refused on 20 August 2021 to extradite an Egyptian man who faces a death sentence in his country.