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
- 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
- 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