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
JULY 18, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 4 men executed in Isfahan Central Prison on July 18
Ali Bandeh Parvizi, Javad Karimian, Nasir Ahmad Baluch and Mehrdad Golshani
JULY 18, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Shahbaz Jadidi executed in Yasuj Prison on July 18
For murder
- JULY 17, 2021IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Unidentified man executed in a Tehran prison on July 17
For murder
JULY 17, 2021ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING PANDEMIC CONTROL VOLUNTEER
A man in the northeast China city of Harbin was sentenced to death on 15 July 2021 for killing a pandemic control volunteer who stopped him from leaving a residential complex under lockdown, a court said.
JULY 17, 2021BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: ISLAMIST EXTREMIST EXECUTED FOR 2005 BOMB ATTACK
Bangladesh has executed a hardline Islamist for a 2005 bomb attack in which eight people died.
JULY 16, 2021CaliforniaDEATH PENALTYUSA - California. Judge Fidler sentenced Michael Gargiulo to death
Gargiulo is considered a serial killer
- JULY 15, 2021MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: YEMENI ESCAPES GALLOWS AFTER COURT RULES HE HAD AN ‘INCOMPETENT LAWYER’
A Yemeni national on 13 July 2021 escaped the gallows in Malaysia for a charge of trafficking 1.8kg of methamphetamine following his successful bid to quash a verdict of retrial from the Court of Appeal.
JULY 15, 2021SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: MAN EXECUTED BY FIRING SQUAD FOR RAPING THREE-YEAR-OLD STEPDAUGHTER
A man sentenced to death for raping his three-year-old stepdaughter was executed by firing squad on 15 July 2021 in southern Somalia’s Jubaland state.
JULY 15, 2021YemenDEATH PENALTYYEMEN: HOUTHI COURT SENTENCES MAN TO DEATH BY CRUCIFIXION, ORDERS HIS BODY TO BE PUT ON DISPLAY FOR 2 DAYS
The Sana’a Criminal Court, affiliated to Al Houthi militia, sentenced a Yemeni man to death by crucifixion and has ordered that his body be put on public display for assassinating the Al Houthi representative to the National Dialogue conference in 2014.
JULY 14, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Afshin Gheidar executed in Rajai Shahr Prison on July 14
161st execution in Iran since the beginning of the year
JULY 14, 2021Equatorial GuineaDEATH PENALTYEQUATORIAL GUINEA: NEW PENAL CODE WITH NO DEATH PENALTY ‘VERY SOON’ – AMBASSADOR
The ambassador of Equatorial Guinea in Lisbon said on 13 July 2021 that his country will “very soon” finalise a new Penal Code, eliminating the death penalty.
JULY 14, 2021PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: REALTOR SENTENCED TO DEATH IN BUSINESSMAN’S MURDER CASE
A Karachi model court on 14 July 2021 awarded death sentence to a real estate agent for murdering a businessman over a personal dispute.
JULY 14, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Farzan Masoumzadeh and Omid Yari executed in Rasht Prison on July 14
For murders
JULY 14, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Iran At Risk Of COVID-19 Fifth Wave As Homegrown Vaccine Campaign Stalls
Iran is the worst hit by Covid 19 in the region
JULY 14, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mohammad Abdolrahim executed in Rajai Shahr Prison July 14
For murder
JULY 13, 2021NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: 24-YEAR-OLD SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR STEALING PHONES, CASH IN EKITI
An Ekiti State High Court on 29 June 2021 sentenced a 24-year-old man, Sola Jegede, to death by hanging for robbing three men of their phones and money.
JULY 13, 2021PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: ANTI-TERROR COURT GIVES DEATH TO GUARD FOR KILLING BANK MANAGER OVER BLASPHEMY ALLEGATIONS
An anti-terrorism court in Pakistan on 30 June 2021 sentenced to death a former security guard for killing his bank’s manager over blasphemy allegations in the country’s eastern Punjab province last year.
JULY 13, 2021IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MOTHER'S GRUESOME KILLING
A local court in Maharashtra's Kolhapur on 8 July 2021 awarded death penalty to a 35-year-old man, who was convicted of killing his mother, ripping open her body and removing her organs.
- JULY 13, 2021IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Raouf Rezaeifar, Mohammad Farokhi and Hashem Bavarmand executed in Isfahan on July 13
At least 48 executed on drug-related charges in Iran in 2021
- JULY 13, 2021IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Ali Mohammadi was executed in Jiroft Prison on July 13
- JULY 13, 2021IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Execution of three prisoners in Isfahan Prison on July 13
Other sources gave, for the same day and place, completely different names
- JULY 12, 2021IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Prisoner Released from Gallows After Forgiveness from Parents
Which are partly of him too
JULY 12, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Farhad Najafi and Ali Ahmadi executed in Maragheh Prison on July 5
JULY 12, 2021SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: A MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH BY A PUNTLAND COURT ESCAPES JAIL
A prisoner who was sentenced to death by a court in Puntland for the murder of a man in Lasanod several years ago on 6 July 2021 escaped the main prison in the town of Gardo.
JULY 12, 2021PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: TWO BROTHERS SENTENCED TO DEATH IN MURDER CASE
A Dunyapur court on 5 July 2021 sentenced to death the two brothers involved in a double murder case in Lodhran.
- JULY 12, 2021YemenDEATH PENALTY
YEMEN: HOUTHI COURT SENTENCES FIVE TO DEATH FOR SPYING FOR UK
A Houthi court sentenced five people to death on 6 July 2021 after finding them guilty of spying for the United Kingdom.
JULY 11, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mohammad Hassan Taheri Haghighi executed in Adelabad Prison on July 11
For murder
JULY 11, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hassan Nemati and Mohammad Hassan Taheri executed in Shiraz prison on 11 July
For murder
JULY 11, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mohammad Ali Sharifi executed in Jiroft prison on 11 July
For murder
JULY 10, 2021KuwaitDEATH PENALTYKUWAIT: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER OF MOTHER OF TWO
A Kuwaiti court on 6 July 2021 sentenced a man to death after convicting him of the kidnap and murder of a mother of two, a crime that shocked the emirate.