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 10, 1999Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
On December 10, Human Rights Minister Leonard She Okitundu...
On December 10, Human Rights Minister Leonard She Okitundu announced a moratorium on all executions to mark the 51st anniversary of the international human rights charter
- DECEMBER 10, 1999LesothoDEATH PENALTY
On December 10, as the mutiny trial in which 38 Lesotho...
On December 10, as the mutiny trial in which 38 Lesotho Defense Force (LDF) members face possible death penalty ticked closer to an end, the fiftieth accused, Private Mochema Mochema unwaveringly rejected part of the prosecution evidence as he testified i
- DECEMBER 9, 1999RwandaDEATH PENALTY
On December 9, a verdict was read to 42 people charged...
On December 9, a verdict was read to 42 people charged with genocidal crimes and other crimes against humanity committed in Rutongo Commune, Kigali-Rural Prefecture, after a mass trial
- DECEMBER 9, 1999FloridaDEATH PENALTY
On December 9, Gov
On December 9, Gov
- DECEMBER 8, 1999PakistanDEATH PENALTY
On December 8, District and Sessions Judge Rahimyar...
On December 8, District and Sessions Judge Rahimyar Khan Saifur Rehman awarded the death sentence to Abid Hussain and life imprisonment to Muhammad Iqbal, in the Rana Bazar murder case
- DECEMBER 8, 1999TajikistanDEATH PENALTY
On December 8, the Khatlon Regional Court sentenced...
On December 8, the Khatlon Regional Court sentenced Davlatali Husenov and J
- DECEMBER 8, 1999TexasDEATH PENALTY
On December 8, David Long, a convicted killer who was...
On December 8, David Long, a convicted killer who was hospitalized for a suicide attempt, was executed after the state determined he was healthy enough to die
- DECEMBER 7, 1999JapanDEATH PENALTY
On December 7, prosecutors sought the death penalty...
On December 7, prosecutors sought the death penalty for Toru Toyoda, 31, and Kenichi Hirose, 35, two doomsday cult leaders accused of spraying nerve gas in a deadly attack on Tokyo's subways, an official said
- DECEMBER 6, 1999PakistanDEATH PENALTY
On December 6, Additional District and Session Judge...
On December 6, Additional District and Session Judge Syed Akhtar Hussain Zahid sentenced drug pedlar M
- DECEMBER 6, 1999PakistanDEATH PENALTY
On December 6, the Supreme Court said that it would...
On December 6, the Supreme Court said that it would start hearing the petition in January 2000 and ordered the army-led government to reply to five lawsuits filed by the Pakistan Muslim League, but did not rule on another request from the party that crimi
- DECEMBER 6, 1999SudanDEATH PENALTY
On December 6, two Roman Catholic priests, Hilary Boma...
On December 6, two Roman Catholic priests, Hilary Boma and Lino Sebit, and 18 other civilians arrested in June 1998, were pardoned by Sudanese President Omar el-Bashir
- DECEMBER 6, 1999United StatesDEATH PENALTY
On December 6, the National Jewish/Catholic Consultation,...
On December 6, the National Jewish/Catholic Consultation, a group co-sponsored by the National Council of Synagogues and the National Conference of Catholic Bishops' Committee for Ecumenical and Inter-religious Affairs, issued a joint statement calling fo
- DECEMBER 5, 1999IraqDEATH PENALTY
On December 6, Iraqi sources confirmed that the death...
On December 6, Iraqi sources confirmed that the death sentence was carried out on Shaykh Muhammad al-Nu'mani, who was related by marriage to well-known Islamic intellectual Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr, executed along with his sister, Bint al-Huda, in 1980 for
- DECEMBER 4, 1999Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
On December 4, Saudi Arabia beheaded a Pakistani man...
On December 4, Saudi Arabia beheaded a Pakistani man for stabbing to death an Afghani man following an argument
- DECEMBER 4, 1999TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
On December 4, the conservative National Movement Party...
On December 4, the conservative National Movement Party (MHP), which is a member of the ruling coalition, said that it was in favor of the ratification by the Parliament of Ocalan's death by hanging
- DECEMBER 4, 1999PakistanDEATH PENALTY
On December 4, Saudi Arabia beheaded a Pakistani man...
On December 4, Saudi Arabia beheaded a Pakistani man for stabbing to death an Afghani man following an argument
- DECEMBER 4, 1999VietnamDEATH PENALTY
On December 4, Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen appealed...
On December 4, Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen appealed to his Vietnamese counterpart Pham Van Khai not to execute the 3 Cambodians sentenced to death on charges of drug trafficking
- DECEMBER 4, 1999RwandaDEATH PENALTY
On December 4, Carla Del Ponte, chief prosecutor for...
On December 4, Carla Del Ponte, chief prosecutor for the UN Tribunal trying suspects in the 1994 genocide, arrived in Kigali with hopes of meeting government officials, despite strained relations between Rwanda and the court
- DECEMBER 4, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
On December 4, the Yangzhou Intermediate People's Court...
On December 4, the Yangzhou Intermediate People's Court in eastern Jiangsu province rejected the appeal of Hao Jingwen, upholding a death sentence imposed in 1998
- DECEMBER 3, 1999PakistanDEATH PENALTY
On December 3, Judge Rahmat Hussain Jafferi of Anti...
On December 3, Judge Rahmat Hussain Jafferi of Anti Terrorism Court-1 sentenced to death Amir Buksh, 28, for killing HC Muhammed Yousuf on October 20, in his desperate bid to avoid arrest by a team of Anti-Dacoity and Robbery Cell (ADRC) in Malir
- DECEMBER 3, 1999UkraineDEATH PENALTY
On December 3, Deputy Justice Minister Lidia Gorbunova...
On December 3, Deputy Justice Minister Lidia Gorbunova said Ukraine was moving towards abolition of death penalty even though the society regarded this as premature because the Council of Europe was pressing for abolition, and Ukraine itself was willing t
- DECEMBER 3, 1999EstoniaDEATH PENALTY
A survey released on December 3, made by the private...
A survey released on December 3, made by the private EMOR polling firm, showed support for capital punishment was highest in Estonia, where 64% of people said they would like it restored
- DECEMBER 3, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
On December 3, Lin Guoti, former director of the Machinery...
On December 3, Lin Guoti, former director of the Machinery Industry Bureau of Hunan Province, was sentenced to death following his conviction on charges of bribery
- DECEMBER 2, 1999TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
On December 2, a Chinese court sentenced 2 Taiwan citizens...
On December 2, a Chinese court sentenced 2 Taiwan citizens to death and jailed 2 others for trying to smuggle out 44
- DECEMBER 2, 1999BelizeDEATH PENALTY
On December 2, Alan Cal, 20, and Estevan Sho, 21, were...
On December 2, Alan Cal, 20, and Estevan Sho, 21, were sentenced to death by a jury at the Dangriga Supreme Court after a two-week trial for the murder of Anna Lightfoot, a 27-year-old British aid worker stabbed in the jungle in August 1998
- DECEMBER 2, 1999ZimbabweDEATH PENALTY
On December 2, constitutional commissioners made frantic...
On December 2, constitutional commissioners made frantic last minute efforts to stop Commission Chairman, Justice Godfrey Chidyausiku from bulldozing them into accepting a "defective" final draft of a new Constitution
- DECEMBER 2, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
On December 2, a Chinese court sentenced 2 Taiwan citizens...
On December 2, a Chinese court sentenced 2 Taiwan citizens to death and jailed 2 more for trying to smuggle out 44
- DECEMBER 1, 1999BelgiumDEATH PENALTY
In December, according to Cumhuriyet, the Public Prosecutor's...
In December, according to Cumhuriyet, the Public Prosecutor's Office in Istanbul has officially requested the extradition of Yalcin Ozbey, one of the key figures in the Abdi Ipekci murder, from Belgium
- DECEMBER 1, 1999AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
In December, at a Kabul soccer stadium, a woman identified...
In December, at a Kabul soccer stadium, a woman identified solely as Zarmeena, her face covered by a blue "burka," was shot before about 4,000 people
- DECEMBER 1, 1999LithuaniaDEATH PENALTY
In December, a poll, by the private EMOR polling firm,...
In December, a poll, by the private EMOR polling firm, showed support for capital punishment in Lithuania as being 63 %