Chronological archive
October 1999
The 78 news items published by Hands Off Cain in October 1999, in chronological order.
On October 31, the Bharatiya Janata Party's State Unit...
On October 31, the Bharatiya Janata Party's State Unit Chief K
- OCTOBER 29, 1999IndiaDEATH PENALTY
On October 29, the Supreme Court confirmed the death...
On October 29, the Supreme Court confirmed the death sentence on Molai, a jail guard, and Santosh, a convict serving a jail term on rape charges, who were engaged to do household work at a jail official's residence in the prison compound, raped his 16-yea
- OCTOBER 29, 1999BurundiDEATH PENALTY
On October 29, 36 people, including 22 women, were...
On October 29, 36 people, including 22 women, were summarily executed by armed forces in the province of Bujumbura
- OCTOBER 28, 1999IndiaDEATH PENALTY
On October 28, Samata Party General Secretary Jaya...
On October 28, Samata Party General Secretary Jaya Jaitly said her party had consistently stood against capital punishment as a matter of policy and "deep belief
- OCTOBER 28, 1999UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
On October 28, a delegation from the Italian Senate...
On October 28, a delegation from the Italian Senate and Hands off Cain went to Uzbekistan to lobby for the resolution for a moratorium that the European Union was planning to present at the UN General Assembly
- OCTOBER 27, 1999KyrgyzstanDEATH PENALTY
On October 27, a delegation from the Italian Senate,...
On October 27, a delegation from the Italian Senate, composed of Sen
- OCTOBER 27, 1999LebanonDEATH PENALTY
On October 27, a military court issued the death sentence...
On October 27, a military court issued the death sentence in absentia against Abu al-Aynayn the senior leader of Arafat's Fatah faction who has lived in Lebanon for many years
- OCTOBER 27, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
On October 27, the Tianjin Municipal No
On October 27, the Tianjin Municipal No
- OCTOBER 26, 1999AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
On October 26, Saifuddin Haji Solayman was executed...
On October 26, Saifuddin Haji Solayman was executed in public at the Herat sports stadium, after the sentence was passed by all three court instances - the Court of First Instance, the Court of Litigation of Herat Province and the Court of Appeal of the S
- OCTOBER 26, 1999PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
But on October 26, 1999, Estrada upheld the death sentence...
But on October 26, 1999, Estrada upheld the death sentence on another man who raped a provincial student and killed her, smashing her face with concrete blocks to hide her identity
- OCTOBER 26, 1999UgandaDEATH PENALTY
On October 26, President Museveni announced that he...
On October 26, President Museveni announced that he had pardoned a notorious Idi Amin army officer
- OCTOBER 25, 1999PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
On October 25, Aro Lando Loudinez, a Filipino man convicted...
On October 25, Aro Lando Loudinez, a Filipino man convicted of stabbing a taxi driver and robbing him, was executed in Saudi Arabia
- OCTOBER 25, 1999Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
On October 25, Aro Lando Loudinez, a Filipino man convicted...
On October 25, Aro Lando Loudinez, a Filipino man convicted of stabbing a taxi driver and robbing him, was executed
- OCTOBER 24, 1999AlgeriaDEATH PENALTY
On October 24, President Bouteflika sent MEP Emma Bonino...
On October 24, President Bouteflika sent MEP Emma Bonino a letter saying Algeria would abstain on the resolution for a moratorium on executions presented by the European Union at the 54th UN General Assembly
- OCTOBER 24, 1999EgyptDEATH PENALTY
On October 24, Maher Abdel-Wahid, Egypt's State Prosecutor...
On October 24, Maher Abdel-Wahid, Egypt's State Prosecutor called for two Muslim Egyptian brothers who killed a Coptic Christian priest to be given the death penalty
- OCTOBER 22, 1999IndiaDEATH PENALTY
On October 22, Junior Minister for Human Resource Development...
On October 22, Junior Minister for Human Resource Development Sumitra Mahajan said that a draft of the legislation, proposing to bring a legislation in the next session of Parliament to make rape an offense punishable by death, has been sent to the NCW
- OCTOBER 22, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
On October 22, Jinan City Intermediate People's Court...
On October 22, Jinan City Intermediate People's Court sentenced Zhou Haixing, 24, manager of Shandong Baosheng Jewellery to death for issuing false VAT invoices and bribery
- OCTOBER 21, 1999QatarDEATH PENALTY
On October 21, the Public Prosecutor asked that all...
On October 21, the Public Prosecutor asked that all 119 defendants implicated in the coup d'état in 1996 against the Emir of Qatar Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, be beheaded
- OCTOBER 20, 1999PakistanDEATH PENALTY
On October 20, Pakistani representative Munawar Saeed...
On October 20, Pakistani representative Munawar Saeed Bhatti, speaking at the Third Committee of the General Assembly on item 107, crime prevention and criminal justice, said that maintenance of societal peace and law and order through an effective crime
- OCTOBER 20, 1999CambodiaDEATH PENALTY
On October 20, Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister...
On October 20, Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Sar Kheng told a seminar on security that he was considering reintroducing the death penalty
- OCTOBER 20, 1999IranDEATH PENALTY
On October 20, 4 students faced the death penalty on...
On October 20, 4 students faced the death penalty on charges of insulting the Twelfth Imam, one of the holiest Shiite figures in Islam, by publishing a satirical play in The Wave, an obscure university magazine with about 150 readers
- OCTOBER 20, 1999Antigua & BarbudaDEATH PENALTY
On October 20, at the Third Committe of the General...
On October 20, at the Third Committe of the General Assembly under item 107 on crime prevention and criminal justice, speaking on behalf of the member States of the Caribbean Community - Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, Saint
- OCTOBER 20, 1999BurundiDEATH PENALTY
On October 20, 25 people were executed by armed forces...
On October 20, 25 people were executed by armed forces on Busimba Hill, in the province of Muramvya
- OCTOBER 20, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
On October 20, China executed Yang Rongsong in the...
On October 20, China executed Yang Rongsong in the northeastern province of Liaoning for kidnapping and murdering Lin Ti-chuan, a Taiwan opposition politician in 1998
- OCTOBER 19, 1999IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
On October 19, Sadewo Joedo, speaking at the Third...
On October 19, Sadewo Joedo, speaking at the Third Committee of the General Assembly on items 107, crime prevention, and 108, international drug control, said that it is the responsibility of each country to establish its own domestic laws, and the positi
- OCTOBER 19, 1999MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
On October 19, Badrul Hisham Abdul Aziz, Malaysia's...
On October 19, Badrul Hisham Abdul Aziz, Malaysia's representative at the Third Committee of the General Assembly, speaking on items 107 and 108, crime prevention and criminal justice and international drug control respectively, said that each State has t
- OCTOBER 19, 1999United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
On October 19, the United Arab Emirates issued a tough...
On October 19, the United Arab Emirates issued a tough environmental protection law that provides for the death penalty and high fines for violators
- OCTOBER 18, 1999IndiaDEATH PENALTY
Also on November 18, during a debate at the Tamil Nadu...
Also on November 18, during a debate at the Tamil Nadu Assembly, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, M
- OCTOBER 18, 1999IndiaDEATH PENALTY
On October 18, the TADA Court, Chennai, had fixed November...
On October 18, the TADA Court, Chennai, had fixed November 5 for the hanging of the four condemned prisoners
- OCTOBER 18, 1999GuyanaDEATH PENALTY
On October 18, Justice Winston Moore ruled that he...
On October 18, Justice Winston Moore ruled that he found no merit in the case brought by convicted killers Abdool Saleem Yasseen and Noel Thomas
- OCTOBER 17, 1999YemenDEATH PENALTY
On October 17, Zayn al-Abidin Abu Bakr al-Mihdar, alias...
On October 17, Zayn al-Abidin Abu Bakr al-Mihdar, alias Abu al-Hasan, 28, leader of the Aden-Abyan Islamic Army, was put to death
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- OCTOBER 16, 1999IranDEATH PENALTY
On October 16, a court ordered a 33-year old woman,...
On October 16, a court ordered a 33-year old woman, identified only as Masoumeh, to be stoned for adultery in accordance with the country's Islamic laws and gave her a 15-year jail term for complicity in her husband's murder
- OCTOBER 16, 1999IranDEATH PENALTY
On October 16, the execution of Majid Mehrparvar, a...
On October 16, the execution of Majid Mehrparvar, a gang leader accused of killing at least 3 truck drivers, was reported in Tehran
- OCTOBER 15, 1999Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
On October 15, Sultan al-Shahri, a Saudi man, was executed...
On October 15, Sultan al-Shahri, a Saudi man, was executed for shooting to death a fellow citizen after a dispute
- OCTOBER 15, 1999Hong Kong SAR ChinaDEATH PENALTY
On October 15, Ye Cheng-jian, 38, and two mainland...
On October 15, Ye Cheng-jian, 38, and two mainland accomplices, He Jingsheng and Li Xinwen, members of a Hong Kong gang, were sentenced to death by the Zhuhai Municipal Intermediate People's Court for murder, robbery, kidnapping and firearms offenses carr
- OCTOBER 15, 1999MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
On October 15, Bahari Isa, 40, from Narathiwat, southern...
On October 15, Bahari Isa, 40, from Narathiwat, southern Thailand, was found guilty by a High Court of trafficking in 38
- OCTOBER 15, 1999ThailandDEATH PENALTY
On October 15, Bahari Isa, 40, from Narathiwat, southern...
On October 15, Bahari Isa, 40, from Narathiwat, southern Thailand, was found guilty by a Malaysian High Court of trafficking in 38
- OCTOBER 14, 1999PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
On October 14, the President commuted to life in prison...
On October 14, the President commuted to life in prison the death penalty sentences of the 3 men who raped a rural schoolteacher before strangling her to death
- OCTOBER 14, 1999NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
On October 14, Mohammed Abacha, 32, was charged along...
On October 14, Mohammed Abacha, 32, was charged along with his father's personal security chief, Maj
- OCTOBER 13, 1999PennsylvaniaDEATH PENALTY
On October 13, Governor Tom Ridge signed an execution...
On October 13, Governor Tom Ridge signed an execution warrant for Mumia Abu-Jamal, 45, a former Black Panther and radio journalist convicted of murder in the 1981 shooting of Philadelphia police officer Daniel Faulkner
- OCTOBER 12, 1999IraqDEATH PENALTY
On October 12, 19 political dissidents and 104 inmates...
On October 12, 19 political dissidents and 104 inmates were executed in Abu Ghurayb prison, the Iraqi Communist Party said in a statement issued on October 25
- OCTOBER 12, 1999UkraineDEATH PENALTY
On October 12 Viktor Medvedchuk, the Parliament's Deputy...
On October 12 Viktor Medvedchuk, the Parliament's Deputy Chairman said that the Ukrainian Parliament could not meet the Council of Europe's demand that it ban capital punishment because the rising crime rate and the complex social situation "make it impos
- OCTOBER 12, 1999Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
On October 12, Abd al-Aziz Bin Faraj Bin Muharib al-Shammiri...
On October 12, Abd al-Aziz Bin Faraj Bin Muharib al-Shammiri was beheaded
- OCTOBER 12, 1999PakistanDEATH PENALTY
On October 12, Army chief Gen
On October 12, Army chief Gen
- OCTOBER 12, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
On October 12, a death sentence, suspended for 2 years,...
On October 12, a death sentence, suspended for 2 years, was imposed on Zheng Rongfang, former vice-mayor of Enping city in Guangdong
- OCTOBER 11, 1999LebanonDEATH PENALTY
On October 11, Fouad Hussein Rabab and Hatem Mohammed...
On October 11, Fouad Hussein Rabab and Hatem Mohammed Jaber were officially charged with killing Raymond Khattar in July
- OCTOBER 10, 1999BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
On August 10, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's cabinet...
On August 10, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's cabinet approved "The Women and Child Repression Control Act, 1999", a new draft legislation to introduce capital punishment for rape, kidnapping and acid throwing, among other crimes, to check the increase in
- OCTOBER 8, 1999PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
On October 8, Filipino Carlito Soriya was beheaded...
On October 8, Filipino Carlito Soriya was beheaded in the western city of Yanbu, Saudi Arabia, for stabbing Ali Hamza al-Mizayni to death following a dispute
- OCTOBER 8, 1999Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
On October 8, Carlito Soriya a Filipino was beheaded...
On October 8, Carlito Soriya a Filipino was beheaded in the western city of Yanbu for stabbing Ali Hamza al-Mizayni to death following an argument
- OCTOBER 8, 1999IndiaDEATH PENALTY
On October 8, the Supreme Court rejected the petitions...
On October 8, the Supreme Court rejected the petitions filed by Nalini, her husband Murugan, Suthenthiraja and Perarivalan alias Arivu seeking review of the verdict, by a 2:1 majority
- OCTOBER 8, 1999SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
On October 8, Ambassador Kishore Mahbubani, speaking...
On October 8, Ambassador Kishore Mahbubani, speaking at the Third Committee of the General Assembly on item 106 (social development), referring to the European Union's resolution on the death penalty, said, "We should respect their right to abolish the de
- OCTOBER 8, 1999ThailandDEATH PENALTY
On October 8, 5 convicts were executed in one day at...
On October 8, 5 convicts were executed in one day at Bang Kwang prison
- OCTOBER 8, 1999Trinidad & TobagoDEATH PENALTY
On October 8, Chief Justice Michael de la Bastide of...
On October 8, Chief Justice Michael de la Bastide of the Court of Appeal overturned the death sentence on Indravani Ramjattan and reduced the charge against her from murder to manslaughter for the February 12, 1991, killing of her husband, Alexander Jorda
- OCTOBER 7, 1999GuatemalaDEATH PENALTY
On October 7, a Guatemalan court sentenced Carlos Chen,...
On October 7, a Guatemalan court sentenced Carlos Chen, Pedro Gonzalez and Fermin Lajuj, 3 former right-wing paramilitaries, to death for the killing of 2 women in the Rio Negro village massacre, some 40 miles north of the capital, in which 70 women and 1
- OCTOBER 6, 1999PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
On October 6, the President halted Esparas' execution...
On October 6, the President halted Esparas' execution by commuting the death sentence imposed by a trial court
- OCTOBER 6, 1999JordanDEATH PENALTY
On October 6, lawyer Saleh al-Armouti said Jordan's...
On October 6, lawyer Saleh al-Armouti said Jordan's state security prosecutor pressed new charges against detained leaders of the Palestinian militant group Hamas that could carry the death sentence
- OCTOBER 6, 1999TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
On October 6, 8 people were executed by gunshots to the head
On October 6, 8 people were executed by gunshots to the head
- OCTOBER 5, 1999Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
On October 5, Abdullah Bin Khidar Bin Muhammad al-Zahrani,...
On October 5, Abdullah Bin Khidar Bin Muhammad al-Zahrani, a Saudi Arabian national, was beheaded
- OCTOBER 5, 1999BotswanaDEATH PENALTY
On October 5, Lobatse High Court Judge, Dudley Reynolds,...
On October 5, Lobatse High Court Judge, Dudley Reynolds, upheld Ditshwanelo's application to temporarily suspend the execution of the two convicts after listening for two days to arguments on the possibility of mistrial by both the defense attorneys and t
- OCTOBER 5, 1999CameroonDEATH PENALTY
On October 5, a military tribunal in Cameroon rejected...
On October 5, a military tribunal in Cameroon rejected a prosecution request for the death penalty against 5 of the 87 defendants in a mass trial in connection with pre-election attacks in 1997 which the government blamed on separatist terrorists
- OCTOBER 4, 1999Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
On October 4, a Saudi identified as Ali Bin Suhaym...
On October 4, a Saudi identified as Ali Bin Suhaym Bin Hassan al-Shihri was beheaded in Dammam, 10 miles from Dhahran
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- OCTOBER 2, 1999Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
On October 2, Muhammad ibn Abdullah Al-Haji, a 70-year-old...
On October 2, Muhammad ibn Abdullah Al-Haji, a 70-year-old Saudi, was being led to his place of execution in Abha's Al-Najar Square when the victim's 2 sons rushed out of the crowd to talk to him
- OCTOBER 1, 1999BulgariaDEATH PENALTY
On October 1, came into force Protocol No
On October 1, came into force Protocol No
- OCTOBER 1, 1999New ZealandDEATH PENALTY
On October 1, the Assignment-Colmar Brunton poll found...
On October 1, the Assignment-Colmar Brunton poll found that 51% of respondents believed the death penalty should be an option for certain types of crime, and 41% opposed the death penalty
- OCTOBER 1, 1999Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
In October, President Joseph Estrada said he would...
In October, President Joseph Estrada said he would seek clemency for 17 Filipinos reportedly detained for various offenses in Saudi Arabia
- OCTOBER 1, 1999Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
In October, a Saudi man, identified as Hani el-Sayegh,...
In October, a Saudi man, identified as Hani el-Sayegh, was extradited from the U
- OCTOBER 1, 1999IranDEATH PENALTY
In October, a youth of 17 and his accomplice, aged...
In October, a youth of 17 and his accomplice, aged 19, were publicly hanged in a square for having killed two people in an attempt to rob them
- OCTOBER 1, 1999MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
In October, Abdul Hadi Awang, the Parti Islam se-Malaysia...
In October, Abdul Hadi Awang, the Parti Islam se-Malaysia (PAS) Vice-President and an MP, reaffirmed his party's commitment to forming an Islamic state and gave notice that he would attempt again to table a bill that would apply the death penalty for apos
- OCTOBER 1, 1999Sri LankaDEATH PENALTY
In October, security has been tightened in the country's...
In October, security has been tightened in the country's two main jails amid signs of unrest among the prisoners sentenced to be executed by hanging, following earlier announcements that the death penalty would be carried out in future
- OCTOBER 1, 1999BarbadosDEATH PENALTY
In October, Foreign Minister Billie Miller stated,...
In October, Foreign Minister Billie Miller stated, "We must reject any attempt to impose a blanket abolition on countries around the world
- OCTOBER 1, 1999Trinidad & TobagoDEATH PENALTY
In October, it was reported that the murder rate in...
In October, it was reported that the murder rate in this southern Caribbean nation of 1
- OCTOBER 1, 1999AngolaDEATH PENALTY
In October, representatives of the Angolan mission...
In October, representatives of the Angolan mission at the United Nations in New York said that at the beginning of the year, because of increasing criminality, a group of judges called for the reintroduction of the death penalty
- OCTOBER 1, 1999RwandaDEATH PENALTY
In October, prosecutor Edouard Kayihura opened the...
In October, prosecutor Edouard Kayihura opened the proceedings against Bishop Augustin Misago who, when he was head of the Gikongoro diocese about 100 miles southwest of the Rwandan capital Kigali, told terrified arrivals they must move on, sending them t
- OCTOBER 1, 1999EswatiniDEATH PENALTY
In October, Swaziland's Minister of Health and Social...
In October, Swaziland's Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Phetsile Dlamini presented a Public Health Bill which calls for the death sentence for rapists with infectious diseases
- OCTOBER 1, 1999United StatesDEATH PENALTY
In October, republican presidential candidate Andy...
In October, republican presidential candidate Andy Martin, who is on the ballot in New Hampshire, announced he would campaign in the 2000 presidential primaries asking Republican voters to reject the "culture of death" which is "executing our future with
- OCTOBER 1, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
In October, Liu Jiaguo was executed for 11 cases of...
In October, Liu Jiaguo was executed for 11 cases of rape, some of which involved juveniles under 14
- OCTOBER 1, 1999PennsylvaniaDEATH PENALTY
In October, State Senators Allen Kukovich, a Westmoreland...
In October, State Senators Allen Kukovich, a Westmoreland County Democrat, and Edward Helfrick, a Northumberland County Republican, proposed a stay of all scheduled executions in Pennsylvania and a commission appointed by the state Supreme Court to study
- OCTOBER 1, 1999Governo Federale degli Stati UnitiDEATH PENALTY
In October, a Saudi man Mr Sayegh was extradited from...
In October, a Saudi man Mr Sayegh was extradited from USA to Saudi Arabia