Archive timeline
2011
The news published by Hands Off Cain in 2011, month by month, with the countries most present that year.
The year in data
- Executions recorded worldwide
- 774
- Countries where they were recorded
- 32
- News items in the archive
- 2,098
Latest news of 2011
in Malaysia, Justice Mohd Yazid Mustaffa sentenced interior designer
in Malaysia, Justice Mohd Yazid Mustaffa sentenced interior designer
- DECEMBER 30, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTY
an undergraduate has been sentenced to death for killing
an undergraduate has been sentenced to death for killing
- DECEMBER 30, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTY
the Chongqing No.1 Intermediate Court, in China
the Chongqing No.1 Intermediate Court, in China
- DECEMBER 30, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Bai Zhiming, former deputy secretary-general of the CPC's Inner Mongolia
Bai Zhiming, former deputy secretary-general of the CPC's Inner Mongolia
- DECEMBER 30, 2011Sri LankaDEATH PENALTY
the Justice Ministry, in Sri Lanka, is firmly against
the Justice Ministry, in Sri Lanka, is firmly against
- DECEMBER 30, 2011MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
a 65-year-old motorcycle shop owner was sentenced to death
a 65-year-old motorcycle shop owner was sentenced to death
- DECEMBER 30, 2011VietnamDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM: FIVE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR TRADING HEROIN
A Ho Chi Minh City court sentenced five men to death for joining a 14-strong gang to
DECEMBER 30, 2011JapanDEATH PENALTYJAPAN: MANY DEATH ROW INMATES ON MEDS
Nearly half of death row inmates in Japan are on full-time medication for mental
- DECEMBER 29, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTY
a court in the southern city of Shenzhen, in China
a court in the southern city of Shenzhen, in China
DECEMBER 29, 2011IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: TWO YOUNG MEN HANGED PUBLICLY IN QAZVIN
Two young men were hanged publicly in Qazvin (west of Tehran) this morning.
DECEMBER 29, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: 12 PEOPLE EXECUTED IN SINGLE DAY
China has executed 12 people in a single day, including a man who bombed a local tax office
DECEMBER 29, 2011IndonesiaDEATH PENALTYINDONESIA: 87 PEOPLE ON DEATH ROW
Indonesia has 87 people on death row, the Justice and Human Rights Ministry
- DECEMBER 28, 2011JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN: NO EXECUTIONS IN 2011 FOR 1ST TIME IN 19 YRS
It was confirmed that no execution would be carried out in 2011, the first time in 19
- DECEMBER 28, 2011United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH IN FUJAIRAH
a criminal court in Fujairah, in the United Arab Emirates, sentenced an unidentified Asian construction worker to death.
- DECEMBER 28, 2011MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: INDONESIAN WOMAN GETS DEATH FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Indonesian woman Maggie Taissya Olyvia, 27, was sentenced to death by Malaysian High Court Judicial Commissioner Mohd Zaki Abdul Wahab for trafficking 656.15g of heroin and 185.14g of monoacetylmorphine at the Custom, Immigration and Quarantine Complex in
- DECEMBER 28, 2011IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
an woman was sentenced to death, in Indonesia
an woman was sentenced to death, in Indonesia
- DECEMBER 28, 2011Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi Arabia beheaded in public a man,
Saudi Arabia beheaded in public a man,
- DECEMBER 27, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: TWO INVOLVED IN DRUG-RELATED CRIMES SENTENCED TO DEATH
Two local courts in China have sentenced to death two men on charges of trafficking and manufacturing
- DECEMBER 27, 2011BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: 3 TO WALK GALLOWS FOR KILLING FELLOW STUDENT
Judge Motahar Hossain of the Speedy Trial Tribunal-4 in Dhaka, Bangladesh, sentenced college students Nasir Uddin Anik, Akhter Hossain and Mohammad Shaheed to death for murdering Amzad Hossain between Rampura and Demra on June 14, 2009.
- DECEMBER 27, 2011MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: LAUNDRY OPERATOR GETS DEATH FOR DRUGS
Malaysian High Court Judicial Commissioner Datuk Zakiah Kassim sentenced Md Nazli Sahid Said, 39, from Penang, to death for trafficking 1.06kg of cannabis at Mergong on December 24, 2010.
- DECEMBER 27, 2011IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: TWO GET DEATH BY HANGING
in India, Junagadh Additional Sessions judge G M Patel sentenced Mohan Hamir and Mahesh Chauhan to death for killing Chandni Vinjvadia, 15, on May 13, 2007.
- DECEMBER 27, 2011ThailandDEATH PENALTY
THAILAND: COURT REDUCES CONVICT'S SENTENCE
the Thai Appeal Court commuted the death sentence of Somkid Pumpoung, 45, to life imprisonment because his confession was useful to the case.
- DECEMBER 27, 2011United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: EX-FIANCÉ KILLER SENTENCED TO DEATH IN THE UAE
a court in Al Ain in the United Arab Emirates sentenced a 25 year old Arab man, identified only as TG, to death for murdering his ex-fiance Eman, 21, and burying her body in the desert.
- DECEMBER 27, 2011MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: MAN GUILTY OF DRUG TRAFFICKING, POSSESSION
Judge Datuk Abd Halim Aman of the Johor Baru High Court in Malaysia sentenced 48-year-old coffee shop worker Lam Foh Lin to death.
DECEMBER 27, 2011IndonesiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: THREE MIGRANT WORKERS ON DEATH ROW RELEASED
three Indonesian migrant workers facing death penalty in Saudi Arabia had been freed by the authority
DECEMBER 27, 2011ZambiaDEATH PENALTYZAMBIA: 279 INMATES ON DEATH ROW
the number of inmates on death row at Mukobeko Maximum Security Prison, Zambia, has swelled
- DECEMBER 26, 2011BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: CABINET OKAYS DRAFT OF AMENDED ANTI-TERROR LAW
the Bangladeshi cabinet approved the final draft of the Anti-terrorism (amendment) Act, 2011 with a provision for the death penalty for getting involved in, supporting or financing militancy and terrorist activities in the country.
- DECEMBER 26, 2011IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: FIVE PRISONERS HANGED IN SEMNAN PROVINCE
Five prisoners were executed in the prison of Shahrud (Semnan province northern Iran
- DECEMBER 26, 2011JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN: HIGH COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE FOR KILLER OF EX-BUREAUCRAT, WIFE
presiding Judge Shoichi Yagi the Tokyo High Court in Japan upheld the death sentence of Takeshi Koizumi, 49, for killing former Vice Health and Welfare Minister Takehiko Yamaguchi, 66, and his wife Michiko, 61, at their home in Saitama city on November 17
- DECEMBER 26, 2011IranDEATH PENALTY
IRANIAN WOMAN SENTENCED TO BE STONED TO DEATH MAY BE HANGED INSTEAD
Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, the Iranian woman whose execution by stoning was suspended after an international outcry, may be hanged instead.