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
APRIL 13, 2021VietnamDEATH PENALTYVIETNAM: NIGERIAN DRUG TRANSPORTER SENTENCED TO DEATH
The People’s Court of the southwestern province of Tay Ninh on 13 April 2021 sentenced Unachukwu Chiluba Paulinus, a Nigerian man born in 1996, to death for illegally transporting narcotic substances under Clause 4, Article 250 of the 2015 Penal Code.
APRIL 13, 2021PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: MAN, SON SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER MURDER
A Mardan court on 1 April 2021 awarded a death sentence to a man and his son for stabbing to death his wife.
- APRIL 12, 2021IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Council of the EU prolongs and extends sanctions
For gross and systematic violations of human rights
- APRIL 12, 2021IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 3 men executed on April 12
One of them was Ghorban Karimi
- APRIL 12, 2021IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 3 men executed at Karaj Central Prison on April 12
Merhdad Jalali, Mohsen Madavian and Ramezan Ali Shahroodi
- APRIL 12, 2021IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Hossein Ramezani executed on April 12
In Qazvin Prison, for murder
APRIL 12, 2021Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: 80% OF PEOPLE SENTENCED TO DEATH AS MINORS STILL FACE EXECUTION
Anti-death penalty group Reprieve said on 9 April 2021 that 80% of those sentenced to death for crimes in Saudi Arabia while minors still face execution despite reforms announced in 2020.
APRIL 12, 2021IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: ISIS LEADER HANDED DEATH SENTENCE FOR 2014 ANBAR MASSACRE
An Iraqi court sentenced an Islamic State(ISIS) leader to death on 12 April 2021 for committing a massacre against a Sunni tribe in Anbar province in 2014.
APRIL 12, 2021Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: 3 SOLDIERS EXECUTED FOR 'HIGH TREASON’
Saudi Arabia executed three soldiers on 10 April 2021 it accused of committing “high treason,” without elaborating on which enemy the kingdom believed the men aided.
APRIL 12, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Arsalan Zare executed at Shiraz Prison on April 12
For murder
APRIL 12, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mohsen Mahdavian executed at Karaj Prison on April 12, 2021
For murder
- APRIL 11, 2021IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Morteza Kabiri executed in Isfahan Prison on April 11
Convicted of drug charges
- APRIL 11, 2021IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Amnesty International has called on Iran to halt the execution of Farhad Salehi Jabehdar
Aentenced to death for the rape of a minor
APRIL 10, 2021Myanmar (Burma)DEATH PENALTYMYANMAR: 19 SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING ASSOCIATE OF OFFICER
Nineteen people have been sentenced to death in Myanmar for killing an associate of an army captain in a district of Yangon, the military owned Myawaddy television station said on 9 April 2021.
APRIL 10, 2021IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: MAN GETS DEATH PENALTY FOR KILLING PREGNANT WIFE
Mahila Sessions Court Judge G. Prathibha Devi on 8 April 2021 awarded the death penalty to Bathula Nambiar alias Sujith, who killed his wife, Sailaja (29) by setting her ablaze.
APRIL 10, 2021North KoreaDEATH PENALTYNORTH KOREA: AUTHORITIES EXECUTE CHAIRMAN OF ‘DISTANCE EDUCATION ACT’ COMMISSION
Daily NK learned on 9 April 2021 that following an Organization and Guidance Department (OGD) investigation into the Ministry of Higher Education’s “non-standing commission for the implementation of the Distance Education Act,” North Korean authorities la
APRIL 10, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Bayazid Rashidi executed in Orumiyeh Prison on April 10
For drug related charges
- APRIL 9, 2021IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 4 men executed in Urmia prison on April 9
They were identified as Mahmoud Bayazid, Ali Mohammadzadeh, Arshad Heydari, and Hamid Najmi.
- APRIL 9, 2021United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Republican-led states secretly spending huge sums on execution drugs
In Arizona, Tennessee and Missouri
APRIL 9, 2021OhioDEATH PENALTYUSA - Ohio. Governor DeWine pushes back 3 more executions
To 2024
- APRIL 8, 2021IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Safar Rahimi executed in Taybad Prison on April 8
For drug-related charges
- APRIL 8, 2021IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - A.A and K.H. executed in Babol Prison on April 8
For murder
APRIL 8, 2021MoroccoDEATH PENALTYMOROCCO: DEATH PENALTY UPHELD FOR RAPIST, KILLER OF 11-YEAR-OLD ADNANE BOUCHOUF
The Tangier Court of Appeal upheld on 7 April 2021 the death penalty sentence against a 24-year-old man, who kidnapped, raped, and killed Adnane Bouchouf, an 11-year-old boy in September 2020.
APRIL 8, 2021IndonesiaDEATH PENALTYINDONESIA: DRUGS GANG OF 13 SENTENCED TO DEATH BY FIRING SQUAD
Indonesia on 6 April 2021 handed death sentences to a gang of 13 drug traffickers, including an Iranian couple and a Pakistani man, the prosecutor’s office said.
APRIL 8, 2021PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: COURT AWARDS DEATH PENALTY, LIFE TERM IN MURDER CASE
Sargodha additional district and Session Judge, Khalid Wazir on 6 April 2021 awarded death sentence to a man and another to life imprisonment of 32-year in a murder case in Factory Area police limits.
APRIL 8, 2021OhioDEATH PENALTYUSA - Ohio. Jonathan Mann, Son Of Victim, Opposes Death Penalty
Urges Legislature To End It Quickly
- APRIL 7, 2021IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Yasser Daryayi-Narouyi executed in Sabzevar Prison on April 7
For drug-related charges
APRIL 7, 2021ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: UIGHUR FORMER-GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR 'SEPARATISM'
Two Uighur ex-government officials in China's Xinjiang have been handed death sentences for carrying out "separatist activities", a court said.
APRIL 7, 2021ThailandDEATH PENALTYTHAILAND: PAROLED SERIAL KILLER SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR 2019 MURDER
The Khon Kaen Provincial Court on 17 March 2021 passed the death sentence on paroled serial killer Somkid Phumphuang for the murder of a woman in 2019 in Kranuan district.
APRIL 7, 2021FloridaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Florida. Crosley Green has been freed
After almost 32 years