Chronological archive
March 1999
The 85 news items published by Hands Off Cain in March 1999, in chronological order.
On March 31, UK representative Mr Fatchett reiterated...
On March 31, UK representative Mr Fatchett reiterated at the UN Commission on Human Rights the United Kingdom's full support for the statement made on behalf of the European Union by Joschka Fischer
- MARCH 31, 1999South AfricaDEATH PENALTY
On March 31, President Nelson Mandela said the death...
On March 31, President Nelson Mandela said the death penalty would not be restored while the African National Congress was in power because "slaughtering people" was not a solution to crime
- MARCH 29, 1999MassachusettsDEATH PENALTY
In 1998, a bill to restore the death penalty was defeated...
In 1998, a bill to restore the death penalty was defeated by one vote
- MARCH 28, 1999SerbiaDEATH PENALTY
On March 28, Serbia's Justice Minister Dragoljub Jankovic...
On March 28, Serbia's Justice Minister Dragoljub Jankovic wrote to the competent Yugoslav federal bodies proposing that the Federal Government facilitate criminal procedures in times of war, in view of NATO's aggression
- MARCH 27, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
On March 27, a court in Zhengzhouhanded down the death...
On March 27, a court in Zhengzhouhanded down the death sentence with a 2 year reprieve to Ma Jiangping, director of a branch of the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC), for embezzlement and misuse of nearly 200 million yuan ($24
- MARCH 26, 1999South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
On March 26, police arrested two young Russian women...
On March 26, police arrested two young Russian women in South Korea, Yelena Patrina and Tatyana Bednenko, both born in 1976, from the Russian city of Khabarovsk, charging them with the murder of another Russian young woman, a friend of the two, Tatyana Ye
- MARCH 26, 1999TajikistanDEATH PENALTY
On March 26, the Supreme Court sentenced Mizomuddin...
On March 26, the Supreme Court sentenced Mizomuddin Valiyev, Saidrakhmon Davuvoz and Yakub Darveshev to death by firing squad
- MARCH 26, 1999ThailandDEATH PENALTY
On March 26, a meeting of the Justice Coordination...
On March 26, a meeting of the Justice Coordination Committee chaired by Justice Minister Suthas Ngernmuen was held to consider the proposal by the Corrections Department that lethal injections replace gunshots as a method of execution
- MARCH 25, 1999LebanonDEATH PENALTY
On March 25, four men, Zakaria Hassan Naddawi, 25,...
On March 25, four men, Zakaria Hassan Naddawi, 25, Walid Mohammed Jamal Youzbashi, 25, Azzam Ali Raai, 29, and Khaled Mohammed Jamaleddine, 47, were charged with the premeditated murder of Omar and Doha Mrad in 1997
- MARCH 25, 1999IllinoisDEATH PENALTY
On March 25, the House of Representatives passed a...
On March 25, the House of Representatives passed a non-binding resolution calling for a 6-month moratorium on executions and initiated public hearings around the state to study all aspects of the application of the death penalty in Illinois
- MARCH 23, 1999GermanyDEATH PENALTY
On March 23, Germany introduced the question of the...
On March 23, Germany introduced the question of the death penalty at the Commission on Human Rights and Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer declared in his inaugural speech: "Europeans believe that the death penalty can not be justified either ethically or l
- MARCH 23, 1999UkraineDEATH PENALTY
On March 23, during a state visit of Ukrainian President...
On March 23, during a state visit of Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma to Sweden, Birgitta Dahl of the Swedish Riksdag (Parliament) called attention to issues concerning Ukraine's membership in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, and to t
- MARCH 23, 1999CubaDEATH PENALTY
On March 23, a Salvadoran man, Raul Ernesto Cruz Leon,...
On March 23, a Salvadoran man, Raul Ernesto Cruz Leon, who confessed earlier in March in Havana's Provincial Tribunal, was convicted of terrorism and sentenced to death for a string of 1997 bombings in hotels and a restaurant, which killed an Italian tour
- MARCH 23, 1999El SalvadorDEATH PENALTY
On March 23, Raul Ernesto Cruz Leon, a Salvadoran national...
On March 23, Raul Ernesto Cruz Leon, a Salvadoran national who confessed earlier in March in Havana's Provincial Tribunal, was convicted of terrorism and sentenced to death for a string of 1997 bombings in hotels and a restaurant, which killed an Italian
- MARCH 23, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
On March 23, it was reported that 10 people were executed...
On March 23, it was reported that 10 people were executed after 8 separate cases for murder, selling women and robbery, including a case in which a taxi driver was killed for about 100 yuan ($12)
- MARCH 22, 1999GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
On March 22, Georgia acceded to the Second Optional...
On March 22, Georgia acceded to the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty
- MARCH 22, 1999LebanonDEATH PENALTY
On 22 March, the North's Prosecution Committee recommended...
On 22 March, the North's Prosecution Committee recommended that a woman Hiba Abdel-Razzaq Maasarani, 41, be sentenced to death for shooting her husband, businessman Adel Fouad Traboulsi, 46, in his sleep in 1997
- MARCH 21, 1999IraqDEATH PENALTY
On March 21, about 180 Iraqis were executed in Basra's...
On March 21, about 180 Iraqis were executed in Basra's al-Sabkhah suburb, and 56 others were executed in the province's security prison on March 23, the Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution, an Iran-based leading dissident group, reported on April 1
- MARCH 20, 1999Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
On March 20, Abdullah bin Ali bin Abdullah Al Owaija,...
On March 20, Abdullah bin Ali bin Abdullah Al Owaija, a Saudi, was executed for shooting to death Hayat bint Saad bin Muslih Al Mutairi, a Saudi girl
- MARCH 19, 1999UkraineDEATH PENALTY
On March 19, Ukrainian citizen Volodymyr Mynko, charged...
On March 19, Ukrainian citizen Volodymyr Mynko, charged with robbing and murdering US Peace Corps volunteer, Viktor Verlow, was sentenced to death by the Chernihiv Regional Court
- MARCH 19, 1999IndiaDEATH PENALTY
On March 19, in New Delhi, the Supreme Court ordered...
On March 19, in New Delhi, the Supreme Court ordered the death sentence for Dharampal, who was convicted for raping the daughter of his neighbor and while on bail murdered 5 members of the rape victim's family with his brother Nirmal's help in the village
- MARCH 19, 1999MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
On March 19, Singapore hanged two Malaysians and a...
On March 19, Singapore hanged two Malaysians and a Singaporean for drug trafficking
- MARCH 19, 1999SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
On March 19, Singapore hanged 3 men, 2 Malaysians and...
On March 19, Singapore hanged 3 men, 2 Malaysians and a Singaporean, for possession of a small amount of the drug diamorphine and a about 2kg of cannabis
- MARCH 19, 1999MassachusettsDEATH PENALTY
On March 19, Cardinal Bernard Law and three other Catholic...
On March 19, Cardinal Bernard Law and three other Catholic bishops in Massachusetts issued a joint statement condemning the death penalty
- MARCH 17, 1999IllinoisDEATH PENALTY
On March 17, convicted killer Andrew Kokoraleis was...
On March 17, convicted killer Andrew Kokoraleis was put to death by lethal injection, just hours after Gov
- MARCH 16, 1999IranDEATH PENALTY
On March 16, 4 members of the Baha'i community's Higher...
On March 16, 4 members of the Baha'i community's Higher Education Institute, Habbibollah Ferdosian, Ziaullah Mirzapanah, Sina Hakiman and Farzad Khajeh, were sentenced to various prison terms
- MARCH 15, 1999IranDEATH PENALTY
On March 15, Mojahed, the paper of the Mojahedin of...
On March 15, Mojahed, the paper of the Mojahedin of the Iranian People reported that in the city of Khorramabad, in the Lorestan region, 18 youths previously arrested for disturbances in Ahvas, capital of the Khozestan region, were executed
- MARCH 15, 1999JordanDEATH PENALTY
On March 15, a military tribunal sentenced to death...
On March 15, a military tribunal sentenced to death by hanging Mohammad Jaghameen, 35, and Ahmad Subuh, 34, who remains a fugitive, for a killing spree that left more than 10 people dead in 1998
- MARCH 15, 1999CubaDEATH PENALTY
On March 15, the Provincial Tribunal of Havana sentenced...
On March 15, the Provincial Tribunal of Havana sentenced Vladimiro Roca to 5 years imprisonment; René Gomez Manzano and Felix Bonne to 4 years; Marta Beatriz Roque to 3½ years
- MARCH 15, 1999CanadaDEATH PENALTY
On March 15, Justice Minister Anne McLellan said a...
On March 15, Justice Minister Anne McLellan said a Supreme Court order to seek a guarantee for Burns and Rafay could rob her of the "ministerial discretion" she has to weigh each case on its own merit
- MARCH 15, 1999Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
On March 15, the Rome-based MISNA agency, said that...
On March 15, the Rome-based MISNA agency, said that more than 100 people were killed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo on March 5 in reprisals by rebel troops
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- MARCH 14, 1999KyrgyzstanDEATH PENALTY
On March 14, a court sentenced Pavel Gorobets to death...
On March 14, a court sentenced Pavel Gorobets to death for murdering and dismembering one of his tenants, Viktor Grekhovodov, in December 1997, and his girlfriend Valentina Kashina, in March 1998 before eating their flesh
- MARCH 13, 1999Vatican CityDEATH PENALTY
On March 13, Pope John Paul asked Italy's President...
On March 13, Pope John Paul asked Italy's President to show clemency towards Mehmet Ali Agca, the Turkish gunman who shot and nearly killed the Pontiff in 1981
- MARCH 13, 1999IraqDEATH PENALTY
On March 13, the Iraqi Public Security Directorate...
On March 13, the Iraqi Public Security Directorate announced that Muhammad Khudayyir Abbas, Abbas Khudayyir Abbas, Jasim Khudayyir Abbas, Haqqi Isma'il Abd Radi, Basim Abbas Abd Abbas, Abd Ali Mahdi Hassun, Abd al-Razzaq Hasan Mani and Faysal Ni'mah Husay
- MARCH 13, 1999IranDEATH PENALTY
On March 13, according to the newspaper Khordad of...
On March 13, according to the newspaper Khordad of March 16, Ali Asghar Ghazanfarnejad Jelodar was sentenced to death and executed at Evin prison without a trial, on a charge of "war against the Islamic Republic," as he was a sympathizer of the Mojahedin
- MARCH 13, 1999Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
On March 13, Arafat promised to review the above death...
On March 13, Arafat promised to review the above death sentence
- MARCH 13, 1999Sri LankaDEATH PENALTY
On March 13, Sri Lanka said it would start carrying...
On March 13, Sri Lanka said it would start carrying out executions again, after a gap of more than 40 years, to curb rising crime
- MARCH 13, 1999United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
On March 13, John Aquino, a Filipino man who had been...
On March 13, John Aquino, a Filipino man who had been on death row for 10 years in the United Arab Emirates, had his death sentence for murder commuted to 15 years in jail
- MARCH 13, 1999CubaDEATH PENALTY
On March 13, the Provincial Tribunal of Granma gave...
On March 13, the Provincial Tribunal of Granma gave out the news that José Luis Osorio Zamora, sentenced to death for murdering his 5-year-old son in Campechuela, had been executed
- MARCH 13, 1999SudanDEATH PENALTY
On March 13, Ahmed Hussein and 8 others were condemned...
On March 13, Ahmed Hussein and 8 others were condemned to death by hanging for looting, by a special tribunal in Niyala
- MARCH 12, 1999IndiaDEATH PENALTY
On March 12, the European Parliament examined the report...
On March 12, the European Parliament examined the report by Belgian Liberal Anne Andre-Leonard on strengthening the EU-India partnership
- MARCH 11, 1999RussiaDEATH PENALTY
On March 11, Grigory Kryuchkovsky, 48, and Lema Bakayev,...
On March 11, Grigory Kryuchkovsky, 48, and Lema Bakayev, 43, found guilty of murder were executed by firing squad in Russia's breakaway region of Chechnya
- MARCH 11, 1999RwandaDEATH PENALTY
On March 11, a military court in Rwanda upheld the...
On March 11, a military court in Rwanda upheld the death penalty on Pierre Bizimana, an officer in the former Rwandan army, and Martin Kageruka, a doctor, for the murder of Queen Rosalia Gicanda and her family, as well as other genocidal crimes in July 19
- MARCH 11, 1999South AfricaDEATH PENALTY
On March 11, Simon Grindrod, founder of the Association...
On March 11, Simon Grindrod, founder of the Association for the Restoration of Capital Punishment (ARCAP) said, "the question of the death penalty could be part of the ballot paper and a simple tick in a yes or no box is all that would be necessary for th
- MARCH 11, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
On March 11, Weifang Intermediate People's Court in...
On March 11, Weifang Intermediate People's Court in Shandong sentenced Cao Yasha, manager of an industrial company in Weifang City, to death for swindling other companies of more than 25m yuan ($3 million) by using financial vouchers
- MARCH 10, 1999PakistanDEATH PENALTY
On March 10, the Pakistan Government denied charges...
On March 10, the Pakistan Government denied charges that it violated human rights or ignored their violation in the country
- MARCH 10, 1999Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
On March 10, the State Security Court in Gaza issued...
On March 10, the State Security Court in Gaza issued a death sentence against 24-year-old Subhi 'Attar in a trial which is said to have lasted for 10 minutes
- MARCH 9, 1999PakistanDEATH PENALTY
On March 9, the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan...
On March 9, the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) claimed that one out of every five persons convicted in the country is sentenced to death, ranking Pakistan as having one of the world's highest death sentence rates
- MARCH 7, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
On March 7, the Supreme People's Court upheld death...
On March 7, the Supreme People's Court upheld death sentences for 2 Zhejiang farmers, Hu Yinfeng and Lu Huaming
- MARCH 6, 1999CubaDEATH PENALTY
On March 6, the Provincial Tribunal of Granma announced...
On March 6, the Provincial Tribunal of Granma announced that Francisco Javier Chavez Palacios, a 25-year-old musician, had been executed for having murdered Pedro Fonseca, a Communist Party official, in Bayamo on April 4, 1997
- MARCH 5, 1999SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
On March 5, Singapore hanged 3 men for drug trafficking
On March 5, Singapore hanged 3 men for drug trafficking
- MARCH 5, 1999CubaDEATH PENALTY
On March 5, two Cuban citizens were executed, an official...
On March 5, two Cuban citizens were executed, an official organ of the Communist Party in Las Tuna reported on March 12
- MARCH 5, 1999VirginiaDEATH PENALTY
In a statement issued on March 5, Bishop Walter Sullivan...
In a statement issued on March 5, Bishop Walter Sullivan of the Catholic Diocese of Richmond, called for an end to the death penalty
- MARCH 4, 1999SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
On March 4, Melody Zacarias-Dass a 36-year-old Filipino...
On March 4, Melody Zacarias-Dass a 36-year-old Filipino woman, who was suspected of having killed her sons, was charged with two counts of murder and could face the death penalty
- MARCH 4, 1999PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
On March 4, Melody Zacarias-Dass a 36-year-old Filipino...
On March 4, Melody Zacarias-Dass a 36-year-old Filipino woman, who was suspected of having killed her sons, was charged with two counts of murder and could face the death penalty in Singapore
- MARCH 3, 1999LebanonDEATH PENALTY
On March 3, the chief investigating magistrate in the...
On March 3, the chief investigating magistrate in the North, Salah Moukheiber, asked that the death penalty be given to Dib Eid Semaan, 58, for killing Bernadette Bazeouni, in Hadsheet, Bsharri in 1996, because of a long-standing feud between the two fami
- MARCH 3, 1999CubaDEATH PENALTY
On March 3, Cuban television reported that the Provincial...
On March 3, Cuban television reported that the Provincial Tribunal of Santiago had sentenced to death Francisco Portuondo Medina, aged 40, for murdering police Lieut
- MARCH 3, 1999MichiganDEATH PENALTY
On March 3, the Board of Directors of the Michigan...
On March 3, the Board of Directors of the Michigan Catholic Conference issued a statement opposing the reinstatement of the death penalty in Michigan
- MARCH 2, 1999TurkmenistanDEATH PENALTY
On March 2, documents for extraditing 3 Georgian citizens...
On March 2, documents for extraditing 3 Georgian citizens sentenced to death by the Askhabad court and later pardoned by the decree of President Niyazov were being prepared in Turkmenistan, Elene Tevdoradze, Chairwoman of the Parliamentary Committee for P
- MARCH 1, 1999AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
In March, the House debated a proposal, introduced...
In March, the House debated a proposal, introduced in 1998 by opposition Justice Spokesman Lawrence Springborg and known as "truth in sentencing" in a bid to ensure that serious violent offenders serve 100% of their jail terms
- MARCH 1, 1999AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
In March, Jean Yusuf Chahin, who lives in a modest...
In March, Jean Yusuf Chahin, who lives in a modest suburban home in western Sydney, arrived in Australia two years ago on a holiday visa
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- MARCH 1, 1999AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
The same month, the One Nation Party ran a controversial...
The same month, the One Nation Party ran a controversial advertisement, which advocated a referendum on the death penalty, in the last week of the state election campaign
- MARCH 1, 1999United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
In March, in a formal proposal, London said its 13...
In March, in a formal proposal, London said its 13 remaining colonies must scrap the death penalty, drop laws against homosexuality and end secretive banking rules if they want the prestige and security of remaining British
- MARCH 1, 1999SerbiaDEATH PENALTY
In March 1999, 5 Albanian leaders from Kosovo were...
In March 1999, 5 Albanian leaders from Kosovo were executed by shooting
- MARCH 1, 1999MaltaDEATH PENALTY
In March, the extradition of Mohammed Abdel Monem Abbas,...
In March, the extradition of Mohammed Abdel Monem Abbas, 26, who was arrested in Malta in 1998 following an Interpol request, was requested by Turkey, so that he could face charges of murdering Briton Edgar Fernandes, 37, a London librarian who had been o
- MARCH 1, 1999TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
In March, the extradition of Mohammed Abdel Monem Abbas,...
In March, the extradition of Mohammed Abdel Monem Abbas, 26, who was arrested in Malta in 1998 following an Interpol request, was requested by Turkey, so that he could face charges of murdering Briton Edgar Fernandes, 37, a London librarian who had been o
- MARCH 1, 1999IranDEATH PENALTY
In March, President Mohammad Khatami's much-heralded...
In March, President Mohammad Khatami's much-heralded visit to France was unexpectedly canceled by the Iranian Government
- MARCH 1, 1999MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
In March, Judge Alauddin Mohamed Sheriff from the High...
In March, Judge Alauddin Mohamed Sheriff from the High Court of Alor Setar, a town in the northern state of Kedah, condemned to death Kouame Koffi Francis, 35, from Côte d'Ivoire under the Dangerous Drugs Act for having more than 1
- MARCH 1, 1999JordanDEATH PENALTY
In March, Ahmad Najdawi, a well-experienced lawyer...
In March, Ahmad Najdawi, a well-experienced lawyer said that laws need comprehensive revision
- MARCH 1, 1999LebanonDEATH PENALTY
In March, Jean Yusuf Chahin, who arrrived in Australia...
In March, Jean Yusuf Chahin, who arrrived in Australia two years ago on a holiday visa and has applied for residency in Australia as a refugee, was sentenced to death for 9 alleged assassinations and the bombing of a church in Lebanon
- MARCH 1, 1999MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
On March 1, Health Director-General Tan Sri Dr Abu...
On March 1, Health Director-General Tan Sri Dr Abu Bakar Suleiman said the Health Ministry will not consider a long-standing proposal raised in the early 1970s, when the wish of death-row inmate Wong Siew Chin, aka Botak Chin, to donate his organs could n
- MARCH 1, 1999CubaDEATH PENALTY
In March, a Cuban whose name was not revealed, resident...
In March, a Cuban whose name was not revealed, resident in the Oriental province of Holguin, was condemned to death by the Provincial Tribunal
- MARCH 1, 1999BermudaDEATH PENALTY
In March, in a formal proposal, the United Kingdom...
In March, in a formal proposal, the United Kingdom said its 13 remaining colonies must scrap the death penalty, drop laws against homosexuality and end secretive banking rules if they want the prestige and security of remaining British
- MARCH 1, 1999CubaDEATH PENALTY
On March 1, the trial of Vladimiro Roca, son of one...
On March 1, the trial of Vladimiro Roca, son of one of the founders of the Communist Party, economist Marta Beatriz Roque, attorney René Gomez Manzano and former teacher Felix Bonne, held in prison for 17 months on charges of "sedition and acts against St
- MARCH 1, 1999GuatemalaDEATH PENALTY
In March, a delegation of members of the Italian Senate...
In March, a delegation of members of the Italian Senate and of Hands off Cain went to Guatemala to have the Government confirm that it would abstain on the resolution for a moratorium on executions to be voted on by the UN Commission on Human Rights
- MARCH 1, 1999Côte d’IvoireDEATH PENALTY
Also in March, a trader from Côte d'Ivoire was sentenced...
Also in March, a trader from Côte d'Ivoire was sentenced to hang for drug trafficking in Malaysia
- MARCH 1, 1999Côte d’IvoireDEATH PENALTY
In March, the High Court in the Côte d'Ivoire sentenced...
In March, the High Court in the Côte d'Ivoire sentenced 6 people aged between 18 and 20 to death for armed robbery
- MARCH 1, 1999GhanaDEATH PENALTY
In March, the Ghanaian authorities said James Owoo,...
In March, the Ghanaian authorities said James Owoo, a former army officer accused of plotting to overthrow President Jerry Rawlings in 1994, was captured by the West African peacekeeping force in Sierra Leone
- MARCH 1, 1999South AfricaDEATH PENALTY
On March 1, Federal Alliance leader Louis Luyt said...
On March 1, Federal Alliance leader Louis Luyt said the upcoming general election was a referendum on the death penalty
- MARCH 1, 1999SudanDEATH PENALTY
In March, the director-general of the central prison...
In March, the director-general of the central prison of Kober in Khartoum North, Gen
- MARCH 1, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
In March, Zhanjiang City Intermediate People's Court...
In March, Zhanjiang City Intermediate People's Court in Guangdong sentenced Zhang Zhenlian, manager of Zhanjiang City Development Company, to death for issuing fake invoices worth nearly 200m yuan ($24
- MARCH 1, 1999South DakotaDEATH PENALTY
In March, a bill to eliminate the death penalty for...
In March, a bill to eliminate the death penalty for mentally retarded defendants and for defendants under the age of 16 passed in the legislature, but was vetoed by Governor Bill Janklow; in fact, the first bill Janklow signed when he was elected to offic
- MARCH 1, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
On March 1, China executed a woman for running a prostitution...
On March 1, China executed a woman for running a prostitution racket in Beijing
- MARCH 1, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
In March, to ensure public security and crack down...
In March, to ensure public security and crack down on hard-core crimes in Tibet, the Lhasa City Intermediate People's Court held a public rally to pronounce judgment on 17 criminal offenders
- MARCH 1, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
In March, the Intermediate People's Court of the Eighth...
In March, the Intermediate People's Court of the Eighth Farm Reclamation Division under the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps held a public trial to sentence Wang Futian, Li Shuxiang, Mo Yikun, and 3 others to death for murder and robbery