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
- 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
- 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