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
- JUNE 10, 1999ThailandDEATH PENALTY
On June 10, the Supreme Court upheld the verdicts of...
On June 10, the Supreme Court upheld the verdicts of the Criminal Court and the Appeals Court in sentencing Sompong Boonrith and Samak Toopbuchakorn for the abduction and murder in 1986 of Sherry Ann Duncan, an Amerasian girl who was then 16 years old
- JUNE 9, 1999IranDEATH PENALTY
On June 9, a statement made by the head of the security...
On June 9, a statement made by the head of the security service in Shiraz Province, confirmed the arrest of 13 Jewish leaders in the city on charges of spying for Israel and the United States
- JUNE 8, 1999IndiaDEATH PENALTY
On June 8, the Supreme Court stayed till July 19 the...
On June 8, the Supreme Court stayed till July 19 the execution of the death sentence on the four convicts, to enable the court to consider their review petition, in which the four have asked the court to consider the former prime minister's killing as a c
- JUNE 7, 1999TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
On June 7, the Diyarbakir State Security Court No
On June 7, the Diyarbakir State Security Court No
- JUNE 7, 1999St. LuciaDEATH PENALTY
On June 17, Prime Minister Kenny Anthony said: "While...
On June 17, Prime Minister Kenny Anthony said: "While the position on hanging was morally defensible, the cabinet supports the death penalty, a position we held through the election campaign
- JUNE 7, 1999Trinidad & TobagoDEATH PENALTY
On June 7, Joel Ramsingh, Stephen Eversley and Bhagwandeen...
On June 7, Joel Ramsingh, Stephen Eversley and Bhagwandeen Singh were put to death within 3 hours, starting at 6
- JUNE 7, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
On June 7, 6 people, including 2 former Customs chiefs,...
On June 7, 6 people, including 2 former Customs chiefs, were executed in Guangdong after losing their appeals in the mainland's biggest smuggling case
- JUNE 5, 1999VietnamDEATH PENALTY
On June 5, the amended Penal Code, with 24 chapters...
On June 5, the amended Penal Code, with 24 chapters and 340 articles, was approved by the National Assembly after heated debates on several issues, especially death sentences and the new crimes springing from the market economy
- JUNE 5, 1999Trinidad & TobagoDEATH PENALTY
On June 5, Clive Thomas, Robin Gopaul and Russel Sankerali...
On June 5, Clive Thomas, Robin Gopaul and Russel Sankerali were also hanged for the above murder
- JUNE 4, 1999PakistanDEATH PENALTY
On June 4, an anti-terrorist court sentenced 9 activists...
On June 4, an anti-terrorist court sentenced 9 activists from an opposition political party to death for the murder of former Governor of southern Sindh Province Hakim Said and two aides, in October 1998
- JUNE 4, 1999JamaicaDEATH PENALTY
On June 4, Prime Minister Patterson, while visiting...
On June 4, Prime Minister Patterson, while visiting Toronto, said Jamaica was likely to resume executing death row prisoners, like Trinidad and Tobago
- JUNE 4, 1999Trinidad & TobagoDEATH PENALTY
On June 4, Dole Chadee, 47, was hanged in the Royal...
On June 4, Dole Chadee, 47, was hanged in the Royal jail in Port of Spain at 6
- JUNE 4, 1999Trinidad & TobagoDEATH PENALTY
On June 4, Prime Minister Basedo Panday announced the...
On June 4, Prime Minister Basedo Panday announced the date for a local government election, the first time in many years that a local poll has been called during the legal term of an existing local government campaign
- JUNE 4, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
On June 4, Huzhou City Intermediate People's Court,...
On June 4, Huzhou City Intermediate People's Court, Zhejiang, meted out a death sentence with a 2-year reprieve to Xie Jianbang, former vice-mayor of Ningbo City, on charges of corruption
- JUNE 3, 1999LebanonDEATH PENALTY
In June, 3 former Christian militiamen were sentenced...
In June, 3 former Christian militiamen were sentenced to death in absentia, and their notorious leader Samir Geagea to life imprisonment, for killing Sunni Muslim prime minister Rashid Karami in 1987
- JUNE 3, 1999RwandaDEATH PENALTY
On June 3, a military court sitting in Gitarama (central...
On June 3, a military court sitting in Gitarama (central Rwanda) sentenced to death gendarme Maj
- JUNE 3, 1999MalawiDEATH PENALTY
On June 3, Malawi's High Court Thursday ruled in Blantyre...
On June 3, Malawi's High Court Thursday ruled in Blantyre that prisoners be allowed to vote in all future elections in the country
- JUNE 2, 1999RussiaDEATH PENALTY
On June 2, President Yeltsin issued a decree commuting...
On June 2, President Yeltsin issued a decree commuting the death sentences of the 716 prisoners to life or 25 years in prison, piling pressure on the country's Parliament to put a definitive end to capital punishment to comply with the terms of its member
- JUNE 2, 1999NepalDEATH PENALTY
On June 2, the German President of the European Union...
On June 2, the German President of the European Union spoke for all fifteen members when he congratulated Nepal on abolishing the death penalty
- JUNE 1, 1999Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
On June 1, a Saudi was executed for killing a compatriot...
On June 1, a Saudi was executed for killing a compatriot in a dispute
- JUNE 1, 1999BhutanDEATH PENALTY
In June, the abbot of a Buddhist monastery was murdered...
In June, the abbot of a Buddhist monastery was murdered when some very rare precious stones were stolen in Pangsho, in Wangdi Phondrang
- JUNE 1, 1999LatviaDEATH PENALTY
On June 1, the country officially abolished the death...
On June 1, the country officially abolished the death penalty after the entry into force of the Protocol No
- JUNE 1, 1999UkraineDEATH PENALTY
In June, the Parliamentary Assembly concluded from...
In June, the Parliamentary Assembly concluded from the report submitted by its Monitoring Committee that no substantial progress was achieved by May 20, 1999 in the above-mentioned areas
- JUNE 1, 1999IranDEATH PENALTY
In June, the weekly Iran reported that a man of 35...
In June, the weekly Iran reported that a man of 35 had received two death sentences for kidnappings
- JUNE 1, 1999KazakhstanDEATH PENALTY
In June, ethnic Kurdish women living in Kazakhstan...
In June, ethnic Kurdish women living in Kazakhstan appealed to President Nursultan Nazarbayev and also to the world community, the European Union, all human rights organizations and women of the world, to "influence the Turkish leadership so that it will
- JUNE 1, 1999PakistanDEATH PENALTY
On June 1, a Pakistani man 33-year- has been executed...
On June 1, a Pakistani man 33-year- has been executed in the United Arab Emirates for murdering a Pakistani girl, 15-year-old, whose family had refused him her hand in marriage
- JUNE 1, 1999SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
In June, Aziz Abdul Kadir, caught with more than 10kg...
In June, Aziz Abdul Kadir, caught with more than 10kg of cannabis in his taxi, lost his appeal against the death penalty
- JUNE 1, 1999United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
On June 1, a 33-year-old Pakistani man was executed...
On June 1, a 33-year-old Pakistani man was executed for murdering a 15-year-old Pakistani girl, whose family had refused him her hand in marriage
- JUNE 1, 1999United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
In June, United Kingdom Transport Minister Glenda Jackson...
In June, United Kingdom Transport Minister Glenda Jackson intervened on behalf of British mariners who fear they could face the death penalty if they are caught polluting the waters of the Persian Gulf
- JUNE 1, 1999YemenDEATH PENALTY
In June, a man sentenced to death for a double homicide...
In June, a man sentenced to death for a double homicide was publicly shot and then crucified in a square in the town of Taiz, in the north of the country, the newspaper Al Thawra reported, specifying that the body was bound to a cross and placed where the