Archive timeline
2024
The news published by Hands Off Cain in 2024, month by month, with the countries most present that year.
Latest news of 2024
OCTOBER 17, 2024PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH IN BLASPHEMY CASE
A special Pakistani court has convicted a man on blasphemy charges, sentencing him to death along with life imprisonment, and imposing a fine of Rs 0.7 million.
OCTOBER 17, 2024TexasDEATH PENALTYUSA - Texas. State Supreme Court halted Robert Roberson’s execution
OCTOBER 17, 2024AlabamaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Alabama. Derrick Dearman was executed on October 17
20th execution of the year in the US
OCTOBER 17, 2024TexasDEATH PENALTYUSA - Texas. Judge grants last-minute temporary restraining order in behalf of Robert Roberson
OCTOBER 17, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Nourmorad Garavand and … Sanjari executed in Qazvin on October 17
OCTOBER 17, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Abbas Karimi and Mohammad Ali Najafi executed in Isfahan on October 17
OCTOBER 17, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mahmoud Bameri executed in Kahnuj on October 17
OCTOBER 17, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Nourmorad Geravand executed in Qazvin on October 17
OCTOBER 17, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hamid Bamri (or Mahmoud Bamri) executed in Qom on October 17
OCTOBER 17, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 2 more men executed in Isfahan on October 17
Mohammadreza Mahjour and Mohammad Ashoori
- OCTOBER 16, 2024MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: APEX COURT COMMUTES EX-SAWMILL WORKER’S DEATH SENTENCE FOR RAPE AND MURDER TO 40 YEARS IN PRISON
The Federal Court in Putrajaya on August 7, 2024 commuted the death sentence of a former sawmill worker to 40 years in prison for killing and raping a nurse nine years ago.
- OCTOBER 16, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Abdol Nazari executed in Nourabad on October 16
- OCTOBER 16, 2024AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
AFGHANISTAN: HUNDREDS AWAIT EXECUTION IN TALIBAN PRISONS AS WORLD MARKS DAY AGAINST DEATH PENALTY
As the world observes the World Day Against the Death Penalty on October 10, reports indicate that hundreds of inmates in Taliban-controlled prisons in Afghanistan are awaiting execution.
- OCTOBER 16, 2024TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. House committee approves subpoena for Robert Roberson ahead of his October 17 execution
- OCTOBER 16, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 4 men executed in Karaj (Ghezel Hesar) on October 16
Abdolbari Tajik, Pasha Pashto, Javid Ahmadkhani + Rahman …
OCTOBER 16, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mohsen Mokhtari executed in Shiraz on October 16
596 executions in 2024
OCTOBER 16, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Rasoul Fili and an unidentified woman executed on October 16 in Hamedan
OCTOBER 16, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ramin Jashlu executed in Qom on October 16
OCTOBER 16, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ramin Mohammadvand executed in Dezful on October 16
OCTOBER 16, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Reza Karimi Zarasavand executed in Farokhshahr on October 16
OCTOBER 16, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Yousef Shirvani and Jafar Sameie executed in Zanjan on October 16
OCTOBER 16, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 2 more executions in Karaj on October 16
2 unidentified Afghan men
OCTOBER 16, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Five men executed in Qom from October 6 to 16
Milad Badinlu, Shahin Dehghani, Abdolghader ..., Mohsen Khodabandehlu + Unk.
- OCTOBER 15, 2024AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
TALIBAN PUBLICLY FLOG EIGHT PEOPLE IN EASTERN AFGHANISTAN
Taliban publicly flogged eight individuals, including a woman, in the eastern province of Kunar on October 13, 2024.
OCTOBER 15, 2024IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: ALLAHABAD HC COMMUTES DEATH PENALTY OF FATHER, SON IN 19-YEAR-OLD DOUBLE MURDER CASE
The Allahabad high court on September 27, 2024 commuted the death sentence of a father-son duo, convicted in a 2005 double murder case, to life imprisonment.
OCTOBER 15, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Naser Mohammadi executed in Urmia on October 15
OCTOBER 15, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Vali Heshmatpour executed in Shirvan on October 15
OCTOBER 15, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Amir Soleimani executed in Urmia on October 15
- OCTOBER 14, 2024PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: 6,161 PRISONERS ON DEATH ROW
A total of 6,161 Pakistani prisoners were on death row in 2024 (Statistics updated on 30th Sep, 2024), an increase from last year’s 6,039, according to a report by Justice Project Pakistan (JPP).
OCTOBER 14, 2024IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: HUMAN RIGHTS ORGANIZATION BLAMES PRESIDENT RASHID FOR MASS EXECUTIONS, CITING ‘HORRIFIC’ PRACTICES
The human rights organization "AFAD" on October 12, 2024 issued a statement, condemning mass executions by Iraqi authorities, including elderly inmates and some carried out in "horrific" ways, holding President Abdul Latif Rashid responsible.