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
MARCH 7, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hadi Hadi Khanlu executed in Zanjan on March 7
MARCH 6, 2024SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: MILITARY COURT SENTENCES SIX MOROCCANS TO DEATH FOR TERRORISM
A military court in northern Somalia on February 29, 2024 sentenced six Moroccan nationals to death on terrorism charges.
MARCH 6, 2024VietnamDEATH PENALTYVIETNAM: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR TRADING DRUGS, EYEING 50% PROFIT
A court in Nghe An Province has sentenced a man to death and a woman accomplice to 20 years in prison for selling 4.3 kg of drugs.
MARCH 6, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Salim Bagheri executed in Kashan on March 6
MARCH 6, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Sweden: Hamid Noury’s Appeal Rejected
MARCH 6, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Farshad Rakhshani executed in Gonbad-e Kavus on March 6
MARCH 6, 2024NebraskaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Nebraska. Abolitionist bill fails to advance
LR 17CA
- MARCH 5, 2024IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: ALLAHABAD HIGH COURT COMMUTES DEATH SENTENCE OF RAPE-MURDER CONVICT TO 30-YEAR JAIL TERM
The Allahabad High Court has commuted the death sentence given to a man, who was convicted of raping and murdering a three-year-old girl in 2021, to 30-year jail term, PTI reported on March 5, 2024.
MARCH 5, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - IHR 2023 year report: 834 executions
Hands off Cain counted 883
MARCH 5, 2024EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: MB LEADERS BADIE, EL BELTAGY SENTENCED TO DEATH IN ‘PLATFORM INCIDENTS’ CASE
An Egyptian court sentenced on March 4, 2024, Muslim Brotherhood leaders Mohamed Badie, Mohamed El-Beltagy, and 6 others to death in Case No. 72 of 2021, also known as the “Platform Incidents” case.
MARCH 5, 2024LouisianaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Louisiana. Governor signs HB 6 that expand execution methods
Adding nitrogen and elettrocution
MARCH 4, 2024EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: DOCTOR SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR RAPING 93 PATIENTS
An Egyptian doctor has been sentenced to death by hanging after being convicted of raping 93 patients, Gulf News reported on March 2, 2024.
MARCH 4, 2024KuwaitDEATH PENALTYKUWAIT: APPEALS COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE FOR WOMAN BEHIND FATAL WEDDING TENT FIRE
Kuwait Court of Appeals on March 1, 2024 confirmed a death sentence for Nasra al Enezi, found guilty of igniting a fire at a wedding tent, resulting in the loss of 57 lives, primarily women and children.
MARCH 4, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Iman … and Mostafa Jamil Samadi executed in Shiraz on March 4
MARCH 3, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Milad Galavi executed in Khash on March 3
- MARCH 3, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Saeed … executed on March 3
Sentenced as a “Mossad agent”
MARCH 2, 2024Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: FIVE YEMENIS EXECUTED IN LATEST CAPITAL PUNISHMENT WAVE
Saudi Arabia on February 28, 2024 executed five Yemeni nationals charged with murder and robbery, state media reported, bringing the number of executions in the kingdom this year to 34.
MARCH 2, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - February 2024: 67 Kolbars Killed or Injured at the Borders of Kurdistan
- MARCH 1, 2024United StatesDEATH PENALTY
EUROPEAN UNION - Statement on the latest executions in US
MARCH 1, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - "Only" 10 eecutions in February
Becouse of the elections
- FEBRUARY 29, 2024OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Oklahoma. HB 3138 for a moratorium passed House Judiciary Committee
FEBRUARY 29, 2024SingaporeDEATH PENALTYSINGAPORE: BANGLADESHI MAN HANGED FOR MURDER
Singapore on February 28, 2024 hanged a Bangladeshi man for murder, police said, in the first execution this year in the city-state.
FEBRUARY 29, 2024LouisianaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Louisiana. Senate passed HB 6
Allowing nitrogen suffocation as option for killing prisoners
FEBRUARY 29, 2024United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - 61 botched executions since 1977
The last one yesterday, in Idaho, against Thomas Creech
FEBRUARY 28, 2024IdahoDEATH PENALTYUSA - Idaho. Execution of Thomas Eugene Creech halted after 8 failed attempts to insert IV line
FEBRUARY 28, 2024TexasDEATH PENALTYUSA - Texas. Ivan Cantu, 50, White, executed
garnered support from celebrities
FEBRUARY 28, 2024Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: 7 EXECUTED FOR 'TERRORISM' OFFENSES, STATE MEDIA SAY
Saudi Arabia executed seven people for "terrorism" offenses on February 27, 2024, state media said, the highest single-day figure since 81 were put to death in March 2022.
FEBRUARY 28, 2024PennsylvaniaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Pennsylvania. Daniel Gwynn exonerated and released after 30 years on death row
FEBRUARY 27, 2024IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: A TERRORIST SENTENCED TO DEATH, DRUG DEALERS GET LIFE IMPRISONMENT
The Supreme Judicial Council stated on February 26, 2024 that a terrorist had been given the death penalty for setting off a car bomb close to the Prophet Ayyub 's shrine.
FEBRUARY 27, 2024IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: EX-WRESTLING COACH SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDERING 6 PEOPLE IN FEB 2021
A court in Haryana’s Rohtak district on February 23, 2024 sentenced a former wrestling coach to death for killing six people, including a four-year-old boy, in February 2021.