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
- JULY 15, 1999SerbiaDEATH PENALTY
On July 15, the ICTY's Appeals Chamber found Dusko...
On July 15, the ICTY's Appeals Chamber found Dusko Tadic additionally guilty by virtue of his individual criminal responsibility on 6 counts of grave breaches of the 1949 Geneva Conventions, one count of a violation of the laws or customs of war and one c
- JULY 15, 1999MalawiDEATH PENALTY
On July 15, Amnesty International called on Malawi...
On July 15, Amnesty International called on Malawi President Bakili Muluzi to take bold steps to scrap the death penalty from the country's statute books
- JULY 15, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
On July 15, 20 people convicted of robbery and murder...
On July 15, 20 people convicted of robbery and murder were executed in Shenzhen, the Shenzhen Evening News reported
- JULY 14, 1999LesothoDEATH PENALTY
On July 14, the United Nations Resident Coordinator...
On July 14, the United Nations Resident Coordinator to Lesotho Edward Omotoso promised the wives of the 42 detained military officers charged with mutiny by the Court Martial to pass their petition to all relevant offices of the United Nations' systems
- JULY 14, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
On July 14, the Higher People's Court of South China's...
On July 14, the Higher People's Court of South China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region announced the result of its second-instance trial of Li Chenglong, former deputy mayor of Guigang City, and upheld a lower court ruling of the death penalty
- JULY 13, 1999LebanonDEATH PENALTY
On July 13, Tripoli's Criminal Court postponed the...
On July 13, Tripoli's Criminal Court postponed the trial of Ali Qaddour, 22, a man accused of raping and murdering an 8-year-old boy, Ahmad Mohammed Sidawi, in May and dumping his body in the sea, until the judiciary's vacation ended in October
- JULY 9, 1999IranDEATH PENALTY
On July 9, the police's storming of a Tehran University...
On July 9, the police's storming of a Tehran University dormitory sparked mass protests, which highlighted the struggle between reformists and conservatives in the Government
- JULY 8, 1999IraqDEATH PENALTY
On July 8, as reported by London-based newspaper Al-Sharq...
On July 8, as reported by London-based newspaper Al-Sharq al-Awsat, Bayan Jabr, representative of the Supreme Council of the Islamic Revolution in Syria and Lebanon, said that after the haphazard arrests made in the wake of the incidents that occurred in
- JULY 8, 1999FloridaDEATH PENALTY
On July 8, Florida executed Allen Lee Davis, the first...
On July 8, Florida executed Allen Lee Davis, the first man to die in the new electric chair
- JULY 7, 1999PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
On July 7, Dante Piandiong, Jesus Moralles and Archie...
On July 7, Dante Piandiong, Jesus Moralles and Archie Bulan were executed
- JULY 7, 1999UkraineDEATH PENALTY
On July 7, the Ukrainian Parliament demanded that the...
On July 7, the Ukrainian Parliament demanded that the death sentence passed on Kurd leader Abdullah Ocalan be reversed
- JULY 7, 1999ThailandDEATH PENALTY
On July 7, Decha Suwannasuk, 38, was executed by machine...
On July 7, Decha Suwannasuk, 38, was executed by machine gun at Bang Khwang prison for raping and killing his 4-year-old daughter in July 1997
- JULY 7, 1999Sierra LeoneDEATH PENALTY
On July 7, President Ahmad Tejan Kabbah signed a peace...
On July 7, President Ahmad Tejan Kabbah signed a peace deal with Sierra Leone's rebel leader Foday Sankoh in Togo, lifting the death sentence imposed on him for treason and giving the rebels seats in government
- JULY 5, 1999MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
On July 5, Deputy Home Minister Azmi Khalid, speaking...
On July 5, Deputy Home Minister Azmi Khalid, speaking after flagging off and taking part in an "Anti-Dadah Walkathon," said: "When the death penalty was introduced in the early 1980s, many called it 'barbaric' but today even the United Nations and the Uni
- JULY 3, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
On July 3, 37-year-old Zhao Lianrong, who murdered...
On July 3, 37-year-old Zhao Lianrong, who murdered 8 girls in Beijing, was sentenced to deathby the Beijing No
- JULY 3, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
On July 3, 4 people were given death sentences for...
On July 3, 4 people were given death sentences for being members of a smuggling ring that sold thousands of skins and parts of endangered tigers, leopards, snakes and other animals through the post
- JULY 2, 1999Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
On July 2, a Jordanian man was beheaded in Saudi Arabia...
On July 2, a Jordanian man was beheaded in Saudi Arabia for smuggling drugs into the Kingdom
- JULY 2, 1999JordanDEATH PENALTY
On July 2, a Jordanian man was beheaded in Saudi Arabia...
On July 2, a Jordanian man was beheaded in Saudi Arabia for smuggling drugs into the kingdom
- JULY 1, 1999AlbaniaDEATH PENALTY
In July, a political debate on the question of the...
In July, a political debate on the question of the death penalty was generated by the request of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe for the ratification of Protocol No
- JULY 1, 1999San MarinoDEATH PENALTY
On July 1, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Gabriele...
On July 1, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Gabriele Gatti instructed San Marino's permanent representative at the Council of Europe, Guido Ceccoli, "to communicate to the General Secretariat and to the Presidency of the Committee of Ministers of th
- JULY 1, 1999AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
In July, the murder of Rockhampton schoolgirl Keyra...
In July, the murder of Rockhampton schoolgirl Keyra Steinhardt was used to highlight the need for the reintroduction of the death penalty
- JULY 1, 1999TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
In July, the Human Rights Association (IHD) started...
In July, the Human Rights Association (IHD) started a signature collection campaign in a bid to abolish the death sentence
- JULY 1, 1999South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
In July, the General Affairs Council examined the European...
In July, the General Affairs Council examined the European Commission's communication of December 1998 on "a new European Union policy towards the Republic of Korea
- JULY 1, 1999North KoreaDEATH PENALTY
In July, North Korea shot a total of 30 people at a...
In July, North Korea shot a total of 30 people at a hop farm next to Yonbong airport in Hyesan city, North Hamgyong Province
- JULY 1, 1999MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
In July, the celebrated Sheikh of al-Azhar University,...
In July, the celebrated Sheikh of al-Azhar University, the late Mahmud Shaltut who was esteemed for his vast knowledge of Islamic jurisprudence and Koranic interpretation, wrote that many ulama (doctors of law) are in agreement that hudud [Koranic punishm
- JULY 1, 1999OmanDEATH PENALTY
In July, eight people were jailed on a charge of drug...
In July, eight people were jailed on a charge of drug trafficking, according to the Royal Oman Police
- JULY 1, 1999SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
In July, Shaiful Edham Adam, 22, and Norishyam Mohamed...
In July, Shaiful Edham Adam, 22, and Norishyam Mohamed Ali, 26, convicted of killing Jordanka Apostolova, 26, a young Bulgarian woman while robbing her, were hanged in Changi prison
- JULY 1, 1999JamaicaDEATH PENALTY
In July, during a debate in the British Parliament...
In July, during a debate in the British Parliament on capital punishment in the Caribbean, Gerald Kaufman a Labour government backbencher said Trinidad and Tobago and Jamaica received £20
- JULY 1, 1999AlgeriaDEATH PENALTY
In July, President Bouteflika granted mercy to about...
In July, President Bouteflika granted mercy to about one thousand fundamentalists
- JULY 1, 1999MalawiDEATH PENALTY
In July, Malawi's Ombudsman and Human Rights Commissioner...
In July, Malawi's Ombudsman and Human Rights Commissioner Enock Chibwana visited one of the prisons in the country where he found prisoners in a horrible state after having been held for long periods without even the knowledge of the Justice Ministry