Chronological archive
August 1999
The 63 news items published by Hands Off Cain in August 1999, in chronological order.
On August 27, an Italian delegation composed of the Hon
On August 27, an Italian delegation composed of the Hon
- AUGUST 27, 1999Trinidad & TobagoDEATH PENALTY
On August 27, a delegation led by the Italian Vice...
On August 27, a delegation led by the Italian Vice President of the Chamber of Deputies' Committee on Foreign Affairs Enzo Trantino, and composed of Ambassador Claudio Moreno, and Hands Off Cain's representatives Sergio D'Elia, Secretary, and Elisabetta Z
- AUGUST 26, 1999UkraineDEATH PENALTY
On August 26, the Ukrainian Supreme Court left unchanged...
On August 26, the Ukrainian Supreme Court left unchanged the death penalty for the serial killer Onopriyenko
- AUGUST 26, 1999UkraineDEATH PENALTY
On August 26, the Ukrainian Minister of Internal Affairs,...
On August 26, the Ukrainian Minister of Internal Affairs, Yuriy Kravchenko said Ukraine would be ready for life imprisonment of convicts sentenced to capital punishment in two years if 50m hryvnyas were invested in development of the Ukrainian penitentiar
- AUGUST 26, 1999Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
On the night between August 26 and 27, a Palestinian...
On the night between August 26 and 27, a Palestinian tribunal handed down a death sentence to a Palestinian from the Gaza Strip for killing a police officer
- AUGUST 26, 1999VietnamDEATH PENALTY
On August 26, the Hanoi City People's Court sentenced...
On August 26, the Hanoi City People's Court sentenced to death Nguyen Van Chau, 39, who had killed 4 people in a gold-shop robbery five weeks previously
- AUGUST 25, 1999IndiaDEATH PENALTY
On August 25, Judge M
On August 25, Judge M
- AUGUST 25, 1999IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
On August 25, the Director General of Correctional...
On August 25, the Director General of Correctional Institutions, Hasanuddin, said 16 convicts, including 3 women and 6 foreigners, were scheduled for execution in the near future after being convicted for premeditated murder or the production and traffick
- AUGUST 25, 1999GrenadaDEATH PENALTY
On August 25, a delegation composed of the Hon
On August 25, a delegation composed of the Hon
- AUGUST 25, 1999ZimbabweDEATH PENALTY
On August 25, participants in the good governance workshop...
On August 25, participants in the good governance workshop that ended in Lusaka, recommended that an amendment should be made to the country's Constitution to allow Cabinet ministers to be appointed from outside Parliament
- AUGUST 25, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
On August 25, a Chinese court sentenced a woman Zhou...
On August 25, a Chinese court sentenced a woman Zhou Mingrong to death for masterminding a fraudulent savings scheme that bilked depositors out of more than 70 million yuan ($8
- AUGUST 24, 1999St. LuciaDEATH PENALTY
On August 24, a delegation led by the Italian Vice...
On August 24, a delegation led by the Italian Vice President of the Chamber of Deputies' Committee on Foreign Affairs Enzo Trantino, and composed of Ambassador Claudio Moreno, and Hands Off Cain's representatives Sergio D'Elia, Secretary, and Elisabetta Z
- AUGUST 24, 1999GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
On August 24, District Attorney Pete Skandalakis said...
On August 24, District Attorney Pete Skandalakis said he would seek the death penalty for Jeffrey McGee, a New York man accused of killing a Villa Rica police officer
- AUGUST 22, 1999IndiaDEATH PENALTY
On August 22, Additional Sessions Judge Sunita Gupta...
On August 22, Additional Sessions Judge Sunita Gupta held Janesh, 35, a resident of Rajpur Road, guilty of raping and murdering his 17-year-old daughter two years ago and sentenced him to death by hanging
- AUGUST 22, 1999BarbadosDEATH PENALTY
On August 22, a delegation from Hands off Cain went...
On August 22, a delegation from Hands off Cain went to Barbados to lobby for the resolution for a moratorium that the European Union was planning to present at the UN General Assembly
- AUGUST 21, 1999PakistanDEATH PENALTY
On August 21, a special anti-terrorism court in Pakistan...
On August 21, a special anti-terrorism court in Pakistan handed down the death penalty to Mohammad Saeed Alias Bharam and Saleem Alias Denter, two activists of the ethnic party Motahidda Qaumi Movement (MQM), for killing 4 Americans and their Pakistani dr
- AUGUST 18, 1999PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
On August 18, President Estrada announced that all...
On August 18, President Estrada announced that all executions would be suspended until a "Conscience Committee" had been set up to review the cases of prisoners scheduled for execution
- AUGUST 17, 1999Dominican RepublicDEATH PENALTY
On August 17, Cardinal Nicolas de Jesus Lopez Rodriguez,...
On August 17, Cardinal Nicolas de Jesus Lopez Rodriguez, Archbishop of Santo Domingo, manifested his opposition to the implementation of death sentence in the country
- AUGUST 16, 1999PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
On 16, 17 and 18 August, Jurry Andal, Ricardo Andal,...
On 16, 17 and 18 August, Jurry Andal, Ricardo Andal, Edwin Mendoza were scheduled for execution by lethal injection, but were given a 30- day presidential reprieve
- AUGUST 16, 1999PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
On August 16, a court ordered prison officials to execute...
On August 16, a court ordered prison officials to execute by lethal injection Josefina Esparas, 45, a woman convicted of a drug offense
- AUGUST 16, 1999EgyptDEATH PENALTY
On August 16, the Alexandria Criminal Court sentenced...
On August 16, the Alexandria Criminal Court sentenced to death two men Ashraf Abdel Fattah (24), a graduate of a technical institute, and Sherif Mohamed Al Sakhawy (27) holder of a diploma in social work, who killed 12-year-old Samer Mohamed Hafez and his
- AUGUST 15, 1999MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
On August 15, after an associate of jailed former Deputy...
On August 15, after an associate of jailed former Deputy Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said boxes of government documents were being held overseas to expose malpractice, Ibrahim Ali, a deputy minister in the Prime Minister's Department, said he would propo
- AUGUST 15, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
On August 15, Maj
On August 15, Maj
- AUGUST 14, 1999IranDEATH PENALTY
On August 14, Iran's spiritual leader Khamenei named...
On August 14, Iran's spiritual leader Khamenei named Ayatollah Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi to replace Ayatollah Mohammad Yazdi, who had been at the helm of Iran's judiciary since 1989
- AUGUST 14, 1999FranceDEATH PENALTY
On August 14, there was a poll that indicates the feelings...
On August 14, there was a poll that indicates the feelings of the French about the death penalty
- AUGUST 14, 1999MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
On August 14, Justice Kang Hwee Gee condemned M
On August 14, Justice Kang Hwee Gee condemned M
- AUGUST 14, 1999GuatemalaDEATH PENALTY
On August 14, A court in Guatemala gave suspended sentences...
On August 14, A court in Guatemala gave suspended sentences of up to 5 years to a group of 25 soldiers for killing 11 Indians, including 2 children, at a farm in the northern province of Xaman in 1995, in the last stages of the country's civil war
- AUGUST 13, 1999PakistanDEATH PENALTY
On August 13, Shareef Khan Nasser, a Pakistani man,...
On August 13, Shareef Khan Nasser, a Pakistani man, was executed in Saudi Arabia for smuggling an unspecified quantity of heroin into the Kingdom
- AUGUST 13, 1999Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
On August 13, Ibrahim Mohammad Ali, a Nigerian national,...
On August 13, Ibrahim Mohammad Ali, a Nigerian national, was executed in Jeddah and Shareef Khan Nasser, a Pakistani, was put to death in Mecca, both for smuggling heroin into the Kingdom
- AUGUST 13, 1999SamoaDEATH PENALTY
On August 13, Tuila'epa Sailele Malielegaoi, Minister...
On August 13, Tuila'epa Sailele Malielegaoi, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, had a meeting with Don McKinnon, Foreign Affairs Minister of New Zealand, and the latter sent a clear message about New Zealand's disapproval over the death penalty for mu
- AUGUST 13, 1999NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
On August 13, Ibrahim Mohammad Ali, a Nigerian national,...
On August 13, Ibrahim Mohammad Ali, a Nigerian national, was executed in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia for smuggling heroin into the Kingdom
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- AUGUST 12, 1999BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
On August 12, Abdul Karim, Hashmat Ali, Jonab Ali,...
On August 12, Abdul Karim, Hashmat Ali, Jonab Ali, Kafil Uddin, Samedul Huq and Dulal were condemned to death for killing Joinul Abedin Master of Balia village in Sadar District on January 31, 1995 while he was returning home, due to previous enmity
- AUGUST 11, 1999TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
On August 11, the Taiwan High Court handed down a death...
On August 11, the Taiwan High Court handed down a death sentence to Cho Changjen, Shih Xiaoning and Jiang Hongchun for murdering Wang Chun-chieh in Tamsui in suburban Taipei in August 1991
- AUGUST 11, 1999JamaicaDEATH PENALTY
On August 11, Prime Minister P
On August 11, Prime Minister P
- AUGUST 11, 1999SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
On August 11, a man, identified only as Kuke, was publicly...
On August 11, a man, identified only as Kuke, was publicly executed for murdering Farah Nur Labaale with a knife
- AUGUST 10, 1999BulgariaDEATH PENALTY
On August 10, Bulgaria ratified the Second Optional...
On August 10, Bulgaria ratified the Second Optional Protocol to the ICCPR, signed on march 11
- AUGUST 10, 1999IraqDEATH PENALTY
On August 10, Iraqi President Saddam Hussein ordered...
On August 10, Iraqi President Saddam Hussein ordered the execution of 26 people in a Baghdad prison, according to a statement issued by the Iraqi Communist Party's Human Rights Center on September 13
- AUGUST 9, 1999UkraineDEATH PENALTY
On August 9, the Supreme Court of the Crimea in Ukraine...
On August 9, the Supreme Court of the Crimea in Ukraine sentenced Dmitry Dyomin a member of a satanic cult to death for murdering and eating a 15 year-old girl, in November
- AUGUST 9, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
On August 9, the most notorious smugglers in South-East...
On August 9, the most notorious smugglers in South-East Asia had their death sentences upheld by the Chinese Supreme Court
- AUGUST 6, 1999RussiaDEATH PENALTY
On August 6, President Yeltsin formally asked Parliament...
On August 6, President Yeltsin formally asked Parliament to abolish the death penalty in Russia, after sending to the State Duma the protocol of the European Convention on Human Rights which would remove capital punishment from the statute books
- AUGUST 6, 1999Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
On August 6, an Indian man was executed in Jeddah for...
On August 6, an Indian man was executed in Jeddah for smuggling an unspecified quantity of heroin into the country
- AUGUST 6, 1999IndiaDEATH PENALTY
On August 6, an Indian man was executed in the Red...
On August 6, an Indian man was executed in the Red Sea port city of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, for smuggling an unspecified quantity of heroin into the kingdom
- AUGUST 6, 1999SamoaDEATH PENALTY
On August 6, Eletise Leafa Vitale, the 34-year-old...
On August 6, Eletise Leafa Vitale, the 34-year-old son of a Samoan cabinet minister, was given a mandatory death sentence for admitting to killing Works Minister Luagalau Levaulu Kamu, in Apia's Supreme Court
- AUGUST 6, 1999IllinoisDEATH PENALTY
On August 6, Gov
On August 6, Gov
- AUGUST 4, 1999ThailandDEATH PENALTY
On August 4, Prime Minister Chuan Leekpai appealed...
On August 4, Prime Minister Chuan Leekpai appealed by letter to Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Van Khai to spare the first Thai national sentenced to death on a fraud charge
- AUGUST 4, 1999VietnamDEATH PENALTY
On August 4, after a trial lasting almost 3 months,...
On August 4, after a trial lasting almost 3 months, the Ho Chi Minh City People's Court handed down 6 death sentences and 6 of life imprisonment in the final hearing of the Minh Phung/Epco case in which 77 officials were charged with corruption
- AUGUST 4, 1999UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
On August 4, three bandits, K
On August 4, three bandits, K
- AUGUST 2, 1999United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
On August 2, an 36-year-old Iranian man was sentenced...
On August 2, an 36-year-old Iranian man was sentenced to death by a Dubai court for dealing in heroin
- AUGUST 2, 1999BotswanaDEATH PENALTY
On August 2, Ditshwanelo, the Botswana center for human...
On August 2, Ditshwanelo, the Botswana center for human rights in Gabarone, challenged the constitutionality of the death penalty handed down to the two condemned men
- AUGUST 2, 1999KenyaDEATH PENALTY
On August 2, Court of Appeal Judges R
On August 2, Court of Appeal Judges R
- AUGUST 1, 1999Vatican CityDEATH PENALTY
In August, Pope John Paul asked Texas Governor George W
In August, Pope John Paul asked Texas Governor George W
- AUGUST 1, 1999IranDEATH PENALTY
On August 1, Iranian police re-arrested Helmut Hofer,...
On August 1, Iranian police re-arrested Helmut Hofer, "because of his connections with some suspicious foreign elements and the fear of his escaping from Iran," judicial spokesman Saeed Nobari said
- AUGUST 1, 1999IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
In August, East Timor was reduced to ruins following...
In August, East Timor was reduced to ruins following a vote for independence from Indonesia on August 30, by pro-Jakarta forces who opposed the vote
- AUGUST 1, 1999FijiDEATH PENALTY
In August, it was reported that a 35-year-old woman,...
In August, it was reported that a 35-year-old woman, Susan Eubanks, was convicted by a jury of murdering her four sons, ages 4 to 14, in October 1997, after an argument with her boyfriend
- AUGUST 1, 1999IranDEATH PENALTY
In August, the daily Neshat reported that death sentences...
In August, the daily Neshat reported that death sentences had been handed down to six officials whom it identified only by their initials
- AUGUST 1, 1999IraqDEATH PENALTY
In August, President Saddam Hussein ordered the cancellation...
In August, President Saddam Hussein ordered the cancellation of the death penalty as a punishment for political offenses "provided that this does not include bombings and terrorist operations which lead to the killing of citizens or officials
- AUGUST 1, 1999JordanDEATH PENALTY
In August, it was reported that King Abdullah II helped...
In August, it was reported that King Abdullah II helped Jordanian women win an important legal victory by securing the abrogation of a law which either excuses or imposes sentences of three months to two years on men who kill allegedly adulterous female r
- AUGUST 1, 1999LebanonDEATH PENALTY
It was reported in August that a recent study on crime...
It was reported in August that a recent study on crime shows that sentences issued between 1994 and 1998 in 16 cases of murder included one acquittal, 4 one-year prison sentences, 4 sentences of less than 5 years in prison, 3 jail sentences of less than 1
- AUGUST 1, 1999MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
On August 1, unemployed Tan Kim Ho, 36, and plumber...
On August 1, unemployed Tan Kim Ho, 36, and plumber Ho Jin Lock, 31, were sentenced to death for firearms offenses, following a 1992 shooting at the Hot Lips Lounge where a teacher, M
- AUGUST 1, 1999ThailandDEATH PENALTY
In August, a leading member of the Opposition, Sanoh...
In August, a leading member of the Opposition, Sanoh Thienthong, proposed that the Government impose capital punishment on those producing or possessing narcotics, as the most effective way to wipe out the problem
- AUGUST 1, 1999BahamasDEATH PENALTY
In August, the Government of The Bahamas dealt another...
In August, the Government of The Bahamas dealt another blow to the inter-American system of human rights protection by scheduling the hangings of the two men, despite the fact that their petitions were pending before the Inter-American Commission on Human
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- AUGUST 1, 1999BoliviaDEATH PENALTY
In August, the rape and murder of 10-year-old Patricia...
In August, the rape and murder of 10-year-old Patricia Flores in the capital, La Paz, sparked calls for reinstatement of the death penalty
- AUGUST 1, 1999TanzaniaDEATH PENALTY
In August, Amnesty International noted that 18 prisoners...
In August, Amnesty International noted that 18 prisoners of conscience faced trial for treason - an offense carrying the death penalty - on the semi-autonomous islands of Zanzibar