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
- DECEMBER 18, 1999IndiaDEATH PENALTY
On December 18, General Secretary Vaiko of the MDMK,...
On December 18, General Secretary Vaiko of the MDMK, a partner in the ruling BJP-led coalition, said he and Tamils National Movement leader P
- DECEMBER 18, 1999PakistanDEATH PENALTY
On December 18, Pakistan's Supreme Court confirmed...
On December 18, Pakistan's Supreme Court confirmed the death sentence for Haq Nawaz, convicted of murdering Iranian diplomat Sadiq Ganji and injuring his companion Muhammad Ali Mukarram outside the International Hotel in Lahore on December 19, 1990, with
- DECEMBER 17, 1999IranDEATH PENALTY
On December 17, The General Assembly condemned, for...
On December 17, The General Assembly condemned, for the forty-fifth time, the Iranian Government with regard to human rights
- DECEMBER 17, 1999North CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
The most recent (eighty-fourth) person to be freed...
The most recent (eighty-fourth) person to be freed from death row in the U
- DECEMBER 16, 1999TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
On December 16, the People's Democracy Party (Hadep)...
On December 16, the People's Democracy Party (Hadep) gave a qualified welcome to a speech by Mesut Yilmaz, leader of the Motherland Party, in which he said that Turks and Kurds had an equal right to democracy and freedoms
- DECEMBER 16, 1999JapanDEATH PENALTY
On December 16, Japan hanged 2 men: Kazuo Sagawa, 48,...
On December 16, Japan hanged 2 men: Kazuo Sagawa, 48, and Teruo Ono, 62
- DECEMBER 16, 1999PakistanDEATH PENALTY
On December 16, Judge Mohammad Aslam Khan awarded the...
On December 16, Judge Mohammad Aslam Khan awarded the death sentence and a fine of Rs one lac to a man identified as Ramzan, for murder
- DECEMBER 16, 1999BermudaDEATH PENALTY
On December 16, the Bermudan House of Assembly voted...
On December 16, the Bermudan House of Assembly voted to abolish hanging and flogging in the British territory after debating the controversial proposal well into the night
- DECEMBER 15, 1999SerbiaDEATH PENALTY
On December 15, Counsel for Jelisic filed a notice...
On December 15, Counsel for Jelisic filed a notice of appeal against sentence and judgment
- DECEMBER 15, 1999JapanDEATH PENALTY
On December 15, prosecutors urged the Tokyo District...
On December 15, prosecutors urged the Tokyo District Court to pass the death sentence on Satoru Hashimoto, 32, the "home affairs minister" of the Aum Supreme Truth cult, who is charged with murdering a lawyer and his family and with involvement in the sar
- DECEMBER 15, 1999PakistanDEATH PENALTY
On December 15, District and Sessions Judge Mohammad...
On December 15, District and Sessions Judge Mohammad Aslam Khan handed down the death sentence and a fine of Rs50,000 each to Mohammad Boota and Arshad Kaalo in a murder case registered with thana Chatyana
- DECEMBER 15, 1999Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
On December 15, the Congolese government freed 156 prisoners
On December 15, the Congolese government freed 156 prisoners
- DECEMBER 14, 1999SerbiaDEATH PENALTY
On December 14, Goran Jelisic was sentenced by the...
On December 14, Goran Jelisic was sentenced by the ICTY to 40 years' imprisonment for the 31 counts of crimes against humanity and violations of the laws or customs of war to which he pleaded guilty on October 29, 1998
- DECEMBER 14, 1999IndiaDEATH PENALTY
On December 14, during a meeting organized by women's...
On December 14, during a meeting organized by women's organizations in the city of Chennai, Ossie Fernandez of the Campaign Against the Death Penalty explained the rationale of the lobby which was against the extreme punishment, by saying that the campaig
- DECEMBER 13, 1999TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
On December 13, Daniel Cohn-Bendit, Chair of the EU/Turkey...
On December 13, Daniel Cohn-Bendit, Chair of the EU/Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee, welcomed the statements made during the EU Helsinki Summit by Bulent Ecevit on the abolition of the death penalty, saying he hoped this would be the "first step towa
- DECEMBER 13, 1999KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
On December 13, Kuwait's Court of Appeals sentenced...
On December 13, Kuwait's Court of Appeals sentenced Rameez Khan, a Pakistani, to death for heroin smuggling
- DECEMBER 12, 1999ItalyDEATH PENALTY
On December 12, the initiative "The Coliseum illuminates...
On December 12, the initiative "The Coliseum illuminates life" was inaugurated
- DECEMBER 12, 1999SpainDEATH PENALTY
On December 12, hundreds of protesters were expected...
On December 12, hundreds of protesters were expected to march to the U
- DECEMBER 12, 1999IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
On December 12, the Chairman of the Indonesian Youth...
On December 12, the Chairman of the Indonesian Youth National Committee (KNPI), Adhyaksa, said the Government should immediately institute the death penalty for convicted drug producers and traffickers, as well as strict sentencing of users
- DECEMBER 12, 1999PakistanDEATH PENALTY
On December 12, Judge Jhelum Muhammad Akhtar Khan awarded...
On December 12, Judge Jhelum Muhammad Akhtar Khan awarded the death sentence to one of the 12 accused in famous Lallah Town murder, in Pind Dadan Khan
- DECEMBER 12, 1999EgyptDEATH PENALTY
On December 12, the Supreme State Security Court began...
On December 12, the Supreme State Security Court began trial of 14 Islamic militant suspects, who are charged with joining illegal groups, assassinating public officials and seeking to topple the Egyptian government
- DECEMBER 12, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
On December 12, Chongqing Higher People's Court sentencedLin...
On December 12, Chongqing Higher People's Court sentencedLin Shiyuan, a former vice secretary of the Qijiang County Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, to death with a 2-year reprieve for disclosing information regarding the crimes of other suspects
- DECEMBER 11, 1999DEATH PENALTY
On December 11, Pope John Paul appealed for the world...
On December 11, Pope John Paul appealed for the world to seize the new millennium as an opportunity to abolish the death penalty
- DECEMBER 11, 1999ItalyDEATH PENALTY
On December 11, after the European Union had accepted...
On December 11, after the European Union had accepted Turkey's application for membership, and in reply to those who asked him if the granting of candidate status to Ankara would have blocked Abdullah Ocalan's execution, Italian President of the European
- DECEMBER 11, 1999TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
On December ll, the Council of Ministers of the European...
On December ll, the Council of Ministers of the European Union meeting in Helsinki formalized Turkey's candidacy for membership of the Union
- DECEMBER 11, 1999KenyaDEATH PENALTY
On December 11, 5 suspects - Joseph Nyamu Kamotho,...
On December 11, 5 suspects - Joseph Nyamu Kamotho, Bernard Mwngi Maina, Stephen Mwangi Gathua, Emmanuel Kamunya, Paul Kariuki Ngothi - who had been charged with robbery with violence and sentenced to death by the Nyahururu Principal Magistrate W
- DECEMBER 10, 1999AlbaniaDEATH PENALTY
On December 10, the head of the Constitutional Court,...
On December 10, the head of the Constitutional Court, Fehmi Abdiu, declared that: ?All articles of the penal code in peacetime that provide the death penalty are unconstitutional
- DECEMBER 10, 1999AlbaniaDEATH PENALTY
On December 10, the head of the Constitutional Court,...
On December 10, the head of the Constitutional Court, Fehmi Abdiu, declared that: "all articles of the penal code in peacetime that provide the death penalty are unconstitutional
- DECEMBER 10, 1999United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
On December 10, Britain ratified the Second Optional...
On December 10, Britain ratified the Second Optional Protocol to the UN International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
- DECEMBER 10, 1999RussiaDEATH PENALTY
On December 10, the Council of Europe announced that...
On December 10, the Council of Europe announced that Russia had signed the European Convention on Extradition