Archive timeline
1999
The news published by Hands Off Cain in 1999, month by month, with the countries most present that year.
Latest news of 1999
- NOVEMBER 1, 1999ZimbabweDEATH PENALTY
In November, Zimbabwe's Attorney-General Patrick Chinamasa,...
In November, Zimbabwe's Attorney-General Patrick Chinamasa, who is also Chairperson of the Constitutional Commission's legal committee, said in a statement issued on the occasion of the launching of the commission's constitutional drafting committee that
- NOVEMBER 1, 1999SudanDEATH PENALTY
In November, Ambassador Mubarak Husein Rahmatalla,...
In November, Ambassador Mubarak Husein Rahmatalla, speaking at the Third Committee of the General Assembly, referring to the European Union's resolution on the death penalty, said, "Firstly, we would like to point out that there is no unanimous view on th
- NOVEMBER 1, 1999UgandaDEATH PENALTY
In November, some 500 treason suspects, who face possible...
In November, some 500 treason suspects, who face possible execution if convicted, went on strike over poor conditions in prison and the failure of the authorities to hear their case
- NOVEMBER 1, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
In November, it was reported that 23 drug smugglers...
In November, it was reported that 23 drug smugglers were executed and 46 given suspended death sentences in Shaanxi Province, in northwest China, since an intensive campaign to curb drug-related crimes was launched in 1998
- NOVEMBER 1, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
On November 1, China passed a law which opens the way...
On November 1, China passed a law which opens the way for the death penalty for the leaders of the banned Falun Gong group -a mixture of Buddhism, Taoism and qiqong, which is designed to harness inner energy and heal
- OCTOBER 31, 1999IndiaDEATH PENALTY
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