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 1, 1999CubaDEATH PENALTY
In June, the European Union, alarmed by the growing...
In June, the European Union, alarmed by the growing number of executions in the country, called on the Cuban authorities to limit their use of the death penalty and also the number of death-qualifiable offenses, and to adopt a moratorium on executions, in
- JUNE 1, 1999JamaicaDEATH PENALTY
At the beginning of June, a death warrant was read...
At the beginning of June, a death warrant was read at the District Prison of St
- JUNE 1, 1999AlgeriaDEATH PENALTY
In June, President Bouteflika decided to grant mercy...
In June, President Bouteflika decided to grant mercy to fundamentalists if they surrendered following the "civil conciliation" law, approved by a large majority of the Parliament and part of an agreement between Government and the group "Islamic Army of S
- JUNE 1, 1999NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
In June, President Olusegun Obasanjo formed a 7-man...
In June, President Olusegun Obasanjo formed a 7-man panel, chaired by a retired Supreme Court Judge, Chukwudifu Oputa, to investigate abuses committed between 1994 and 1999 when thousands of perceived military opponents were either harassed, detained, jai
- JUNE 1, 1999RwandaDEATH PENALTY
In June, a journalist, Valerie Bemeriki, was arrested...
In June, a journalist, Valerie Bemeriki, was arrested and is to be charged with genocide and crimes against humanity for her role in the massacres
- JUNE 1, 1999KentuckyDEATH PENALTY
In June, the Kentucky Coalition to Abolish the Death...
In June, the Kentucky Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty decided a yearlong campaign of public education, recruiting, statewide organizing and the lobbying of legislators, to culminate in a bill before the 2000 General Assembly to end capital punishme
- JUNE 1, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
In June, Lan Yike, a cadre of the Sichuan Provincial...
In June, Lan Yike, a cadre of the Sichuan Provincial Foreign Exchange Administrative Bureau, embezzled, or obtained by swindling, more than 10m yuan ($1
- JUNE 1, 1999MissouriDEATH PENALTY
Clarence Dexter, Jr
Clarence Dexter, Jr
- JUNE 1, 1999MarylandDEATH PENALTY
David Gatton, charged with fatally shooting Anthony...
David Gatton, charged with fatally shooting Anthony Henson in a Brooklyn, Md
- JUNE 1, 1999TexasDEATH PENALTY
In June, the OAS' Inter-American Commission on Human...
In June, the OAS' Inter-American Commission on Human Rights issued "precautionary measures," requiring Texas and U
- JUNE 1, 1999Governo Federale degli Stati UnitiDEATH PENALTY
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- JUNE 1, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
In June, a number of drug traffickers were punished...
In June, a number of drug traffickers were punished or executed in Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Shantou, Chengdu, Hangzhou, and Wenzhou on the eve of International Anti-drug Day
- MAY 31, 1999Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
On May 31, a Saudi man was executed in the Qassim region...
On May 31, a Saudi man was executed in the Qassim region for murdering his wife
- MAY 31, 1999TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
On May 31, at the opening of the trial to which only...
On May 31, at the opening of the trial to which only 12 international observers and very few journalists were admitted, Ocalan urged PKK guerrillas to lay down their arms and to declare that they were prepared to serve the Turkish State
- MAY 31, 1999Sri LankaDEATH PENALTY
On May 31, the Colombo High Court sentenced 3 Sri Lankans,...
On May 31, the Colombo High Court sentenced 3 Sri Lankans, Basil Mendis, Chaminda Kumara and Ajith Fernando, all in their early twenties, to death for the rape and murder of Rita Manoharan, killed last October
- MAY 30, 1999LebanonDEATH PENALTY
On May 30, the Permanent Military Court, headed by Brig
On May 30, the Permanent Military Court, headed by Brig
- MAY 29, 1999CubaDEATH PENALTY
On May 29, Sergio A
On May 29, Sergio A
- MAY 28, 1999Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
On May 28, a Nigerian woman and an Indian were beheaded...
On May 28, a Nigerian woman and an Indian were beheaded for smuggling cocaine and heroin
- MAY 28, 1999IndiaDEATH PENALTY
On May 28, an Indian was beheaded in Rjad, Saudi Arabia,...
On May 28, an Indian was beheaded in Rjad, Saudi Arabia, for smuggling cocaine and heroin
- MAY 27, 1999UkraineDEATH PENALTY
On May 27, President Kuchma said he doubted that the...
On May 27, President Kuchma said he doubted that the country's Parliament would vote to abolish capital punishment
- MAY 26, 1999OmanDEATH PENALTY
On May 26, the Oman police arrested a gang of drug...
On May 26, the Oman police arrested a gang of drug smugglers and seized 600kg of hashish
- MAY 26, 1999KentuckyDEATH PENALTY
Double murderer Eddie Harper, who after 16 years on...
Double murderer Eddie Harper, who after 16 years on death row said he preferred death over life, was executed by injection on May 26
- MAY 25, 1999BurundiDEATH PENALTY
On May 25, 11 people were summarily executed in Ruziba,...
On May 25, 11 people were summarily executed in Ruziba, in the province of Bujumbura
- MAY 25, 1999Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
On May 25, 23 people convicted of crimes including...
On May 25, 23 people convicted of crimes including armed robbery and embezzlement, were executed
- MAY 22, 1999United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
On May 22, the Cassation Court said it would hand down...
On May 22, the Cassation Court said it would hand down a final ruling on May 29 in the case of a Canadian sentenced to death for drug dealing
- MAY 20, 1999UkraineDEATH PENALTY
On May 20, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council...
On May 20, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe decided to recommend that the Assembly should suspend the credentials of the Ukrainian delegation because Ukraine did not respect its commitments on the death penalty
- MAY 18, 1999UkraineDEATH PENALTY
On May 18, President Kuchma said at a meeting with...
On May 18, President Kuchma said at a meeting with teachers and students of the Institute for Foreign Relations at Kiev National University that "he will never agree" to replacing the death penalty for Onopriyenko with life imprisonment
- MAY 18, 1999IranDEATH PENALTY
On May 18, according to Iranian human rights organizations,...
On May 18, according to Iranian human rights organizations, 3 men identified as Namdar, Faraj and Mojtaba were hanged in Qsar prison in Tehran
- MAY 18, 1999YemenDEATH PENALTY
On May 18, Yahya Ali al-Hakim, his sons Amer and Qassem...
On May 18, Yahya Ali al-Hakim, his sons Amer and Qassem and their cousins Ismail and Yayha al-Hakim were publicly executed
- MAY 18, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
On May 18, Jiangxi Ye Xiaojun, who killed a policeman...
On May 18, Jiangxi Ye Xiaojun, who killed a policeman during a robbery on March 31, was executed in Jingdezhen City