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
- MAY 1, 1999South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
In a seminar on the death penalty held in May, the...
In a seminar on the death penalty held in May, the Committee for Justice and Peace, which is under the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Korea, kicked off a lengthy war against capital punishment
- MAY 1, 1999NepalDEATH PENALTY
On May 1, Nepal completely abolished the death penalty,...
On May 1, Nepal completely abolished the death penalty, after being abolitionist for ordinary crimes since 1990
- MAY 1, 1999TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
In May, Guangdong and Fujian public security forces...
In May, Guangdong and Fujian public security forces cracked 7 cases involving the smuggling of fake bank notes from 1995 to last year, while arresting 12 Taiwanese suspects and seizing 3 vessels
- MAY 1, 1999VietnamDEATH PENALTY
In May, Justice Minister Nguyen Dinh Loc presented...
In May, Justice Minister Nguyen Dinh Loc presented to the National Assembly (NA) the draft of the amended Penal Code containing new offenses arising from the market economy
- MAY 1, 1999Trinidad & TobagoDEATH PENALTY
In May, the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council...
In May, the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council refused to grant petitioners, Nankissoon Boodram, also called Dole Chadee, and 8 others, special leave to appeal the judgment of the Court of Appeal of Trinidad and Tobago on May 16, 1999, upholding the
- MAY 1, 1999United StatesDEATH PENALTY
In May, 1999, the state of Illinois exonerated convicted...
In May, 1999, the state of Illinois exonerated convicted murderer Ronald Jones, the 3rd person freed from Illinois' death row in 1999, and the 12th since 1987
- MAY 1, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
In May, it was also reported that China had extended...
In May, it was also reported that China had extended its nationwide campaign against tax evasion to e-commerce
- MAY 1, 1999DEATH PENALTY
In May, "Old Sparky," the electric chair that Florida...
In May, "Old Sparky," the electric chair that Florida has used to execute 237 men and one woman since 1923, was retired
- MAY 1, 1999IllinoisDEATH PENALTY
In May, Catholic, Protestant, Greek Orthodox and Jewish...
In May, Catholic, Protestant, Greek Orthodox and Jewish leaders filed a petition asking the Illinois Supreme Court to impose a halt on executions until the death penalty process could be studied to find possible flaws
- MAY 1, 1999DEATH PENALTY
In May, two foreign lawmakers - Kevin McNamara, a Labor...
In May, two foreign lawmakers - Kevin McNamara, a Labor Party member of the British Parliament, and Usman Santi, a Labor Party member of the Dutch Parliament - campaigned against New Hampshire's death penalty
- MAY 1, 1999DEATH PENALTY
In May, a delegation composed of three MPs - David...
In May, a delegation composed of three MPs - David Pratt (Liberal, Nepean-Carleton, Ontario), Richard Marceau (Bloc Quebecois, Charlesbourg, Quebec), Peter Mancini (NDP, Sydney-Victoria, Nova Scotia) - came to Texas and met with a number of state official
- MAY 1, 1999PennsylvaniaDEATH PENALTY
In May, several state senators, encouraged by the vote...
In May, several state senators, encouraged by the vote in the Nebraska legislature to suspend executions for two years, urged Pennsylvania to adopt a similar measure and commission a study on whether condemned prisoners receive adequate legal counsel and
- MAY 1, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
In May, it was reported that City People's Court in...
In May, it was reported that City People's Court in Xinjiang sentenced Wang Chengbo to death, Liu Weishan to death with a 2-year reprieve, and Li Long to life imprisonment on charges of murder and kidnapping on July 17, 1998
- MAY 1, 1999TennesseeDEATH PENALTY
In May, Edward Witt Chandler, a criminal defense lawyer...
In May, Edward Witt Chandler, a criminal defense lawyer known for his philosophical approach to the law, filed a challenge to the death penalty contending that it is a "religious ritual" that violates the separation of church and state
- APRIL 30, 1999Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
On April 30, Dhoar ibn Majed Al-Qahtani, a Saudi, received...
On April 30, Dhoar ibn Majed Al-Qahtani, a Saudi, received the death penalty at Al-Rowidha in Riyadh Province for murdering Ali Al-Sahli while Painadakath Vidayathil Varghese, an Indian, was beheaded in Riyadh for smuggling heroin to the Kingdom in his su
- APRIL 30, 1999BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
On April 30, the President of the Bangladesh Awami...
On April 30, the President of the Bangladesh Awami Ulama League Hafez Maulana Habibullah Kanchpuri and other senior leaders of the organization in a joint statement demanded the death penalty for the deputy leader of the opposition in Parliament and for B
- APRIL 30, 1999AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
On April 30, at the Kabul sports stadium, a crowd of...
On April 30, at the Kabul sports stadium, a crowd of thousands, men and women, gathered to watch Mohammed Ullah convicted of murder being shot dead by a relative of the victim, in an Islamic eye-for-an-eye public execution
- APRIL 30, 1999IndiaDEATH PENALTY
On April 30, Painadakath Vidayathil Varghese, Indian,...
On April 30, Painadakath Vidayathil Varghese, Indian, was beheaded in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, for smuggling heroin to the kingdom in his suitcase
- APRIL 30, 1999United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
On April 30, the Cassation Court upheld the death sentence...
On April 30, the Cassation Court upheld the death sentence against Iranian Mahdi Attallah Tchawerzi for peddling 800g of heroin and opium
- APRIL 30, 1999CanadaDEATH PENALTY
The Supreme Court has wrestled with whether to extradite...
The Supreme Court has wrestled with whether to extradite accused murderers who face the death penalty in the past
- APRIL 30, 1999NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
On April 30, Nigerian Al-Hassan Moussa Shahib was executed...
On April 30, Nigerian Al-Hassan Moussa Shahib was executed in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, for smuggling cocaine into the Kingdom
- APRIL 30, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
On April 30, the Jiangsu province higher court sentenced...
On April 30, the Jiangsu province higher court sentenced Wu Zhongming to death and Zheng Shuiyao to a 2-year suspended death sentence for smuggling a total of 26,000 tons of copper and aluminium into the southern port of Shekou
- APRIL 29, 1999LuxembourgDEATH PENALTY
The Constitution of Luxembourg of October 17, 1868,...
The Constitution of Luxembourg of October 17, 1868, as amended on April 29, 1999 states at Art
- APRIL 29, 1999PakistanDEATH PENALTY
On April 29, President Rafiq Tarar issued an Ordinance...
On April 29, President Rafiq Tarar issued an Ordinance to amend the Anti-Terrorism Act, 1997 and turned special courts into anti-terrorism courts, following the Supreme Court's decision on February 17 to strike down military trial courts
- APRIL 29, 1999NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
On April 29, the Commonwealth foreign ministers in...
On April 29, the Commonwealth foreign ministers in London adopted a recommendation to end the Nigeria's suspension from the 54-nation grouping of mainly former British colonies
- APRIL 28, 1999AndorraDEATH PENALTY
Andorra was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death...
Andorra was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death penalty approved by the Commission on Human Rights on April 28 (1999/61)
- APRIL 28, 1999ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
Armenia was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death...
Armenia was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death penalty approved by the Commission on Human Rights on April 28 (1999/61)
- APRIL 28, 1999AustriaDEATH PENALTY
Austria was a cosponsor and voted in favor of the resolution...
Austria was a cosponsor and voted in favor of the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights on April 28 (1999/61)
- APRIL 28, 1999AzerbaijanDEATH PENALTY
Azerbaijan was a cosponsor of the resolution on the...
Azerbaijan was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights on April 28 (1999/61)
- APRIL 28, 1999BelgiumDEATH PENALTY
Belgium was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death...
Belgium was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights on April 28 (1999/61)