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
- APRIL 28, 1999UgandaDEATH PENALTY
On April 28, 28 people were executed in Luzira prison,...
On April 28, 28 people were executed in Luzira prison, in Kampala
- APRIL 28, 1999TunisiaDEATH PENALTY
Tunisia abstained on the resolution on the death penalty...
Tunisia abstained on the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights on April 28, 1999
- APRIL 28, 1999CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
On April 28, hundreds of white "coffins," representing...
On April 28, hundreds of white "coffins," representing victims of the hundreds of inmates on California's death row made the pilgrimage to the state Capitol
- APRIL 28, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China voted against the resolution on the death penalty...
China voted against the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights on April 28, 1999 (1999/61)
- APRIL 27, 1999MaltaDEATH PENALTY
Malta was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death...
Malta was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights on April 28 (1999/61)
- APRIL 27, 1999KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
On April 27, a court sentenced 2 Iranians, Abdallah...
On April 27, a court sentenced 2 Iranians, Abdallah Abdel-Amir Nassari and Saed Mohsen Razij, to death for drug smuggling, while 3 others received life sentences
- APRIL 27, 1999ThailandDEATH PENALTY
On April 27, the Supreme Court upheld the death sentence...
On April 27, the Supreme Court upheld the death sentence imposed on Thawee Phuttachan, 42, a former Chiang Rai MP, for having paid, between December 1994 and April 1996, people to kill Saengchai Sunthornwat, director of the Mass Communications Organizatio
- APRIL 27, 1999VietnamDEATH PENALTY
On April 27, Nguyen Dinh Quyen, Deputy Director of...
On April 27, Nguyen Dinh Quyen, Deputy Director of the National Assembly's law department said the revisions to the Penal Code would also attempt narrower definitions of crimes and the substitution of certain prison terms with financial penalties
- APRIL 27, 1999Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
On April 27, the United Nations Commission on Human...
On April 27, the United Nations Commission on Human Rights approved a resolution, tabled by the European Union (EU), renewing a mandate for the special investigator for the Democratic Republic of Congo to carry out a joint investigation into all massacres
- APRIL 25, 1999BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
On April 25, Additional District and Sessions Judge,...
On April 25, Additional District and Sessions Judge, Monwara Begum sentenced Liton to the death penalty on a charge of murder
- APRIL 24, 1999Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
On April 24, Sultan bin Abdullah bin Diab al-Selami,...
On April 24, Sultan bin Abdullah bin Diab al-Selami, a Saudi, was executed in Mecca for shooting a compatriot
- APRIL 24, 1999South AfricaDEATH PENALTY
On April 24, New National Party leader Marthinus van...
On April 24, New National Party leader Marthinus van Schalkwyk challenged Deputy President Thabo Mbeki to publicly debate the issue of the death penalty during their joint television appearance preceding the June 2 elections
- APRIL 23, 1999Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
On April 23, Ghulam Abbas Ali Nawaz, a Pakistani, was...
On April 23, Ghulam Abbas Ali Nawaz, a Pakistani, was executed near Mecca for smuggling heroin in his intestines into the Kingdom
- APRIL 23, 1999Hong Kong SAR ChinaDEATH PENALTY
On April 23, Yuhui Li was sentenced to death in China...
On April 23, Yuhui Li was sentenced to death in China for crimes committed in Hong Kong
- APRIL 23, 1999PakistanDEATH PENALTY
On April 23, Ghulam Abbas Ali Nawaz, a Pakistani man,...
On April 23, Ghulam Abbas Ali Nawaz, a Pakistani man, was executed near the Muslim Holy City of Mecca in western Saudi Arabia for smuggling heroin in his intestines into the kingdom
- APRIL 23, 1999DelawareDEATH PENALTY
On April 23 in Smyrna, Delaware executed David J
On April 23 in Smyrna, Delaware executed David J
- APRIL 23, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
On April 23, Wu Biao a former official of the Ningbo...
On April 23, Wu Biao a former official of the Ningbo branch of the People's Bank of China, was found to have used his banking and local government contacts to obtain loans and deposits totaling about 2 billion yuan ($240 million) that were then channeled
- APRIL 22, 1999LouisianaDEATH PENALTY
On April 22, Jeanerette lawmaker Troy Hebert said...
On April 22, Jeanerette lawmaker Troy Hebert said he wanted executions to be along the lines of the old courthouse steps hangings - to let people realize the consequences of their actions, he said
- APRIL 21, 1999IranDEATH PENALTY
On April 21, Hojatoleslam Kadivar, a supporter of Ayatollah...
On April 21, Hojatoleslam Kadivar, a supporter of Ayatollah Montazeri, was sentenced to 18 months imprisonment
- APRIL 21, 1999Trinidad & TobagoDEATH PENALTY
On April 21, Cletus Timothy, Dexter Reid and Sheldon...
On April 21, Cletus Timothy, Dexter Reid and Sheldon Lewis, 3 men held on death row in Trinidad and Tobago for nearly 4 years, were released after the British Privy Council overturned their convictions
- APRIL 21, 1999DEATH PENALTY
On April 21, a motion to submit to voters an amendment...
On April 21, a motion to submit to voters an amendment to the state constitution to allow the reinstatement of the death penalty was defeated in the House by a vote of 72-28
- APRIL 20, 1999IraqDEATH PENALTY
On 20th April, London-based newspaper Al-Hayat, citing...
On 20th April, London-based newspaper Al-Hayat, citing a source in the "Constitutional Monarchist Movement," reported the Iraqi authorities' execution of Ja'far al-Sayyid Jawad and the arrest of members of his family
- APRIL 20, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
On April 20, Li Yufui (47) a mainland Chinese citizen...
On April 20, Li Yufui (47) a mainland Chinese citizen and purported master of feng shui - the Chinese art of positioning buildings and furniture to harmonize man with nature - was executed by firing squad after a court rejected his appeal
- APRIL 19, 1999CanadaDEATH PENALTY
On April 19, Justice Minister Anne McLellan said that...
On April 19, Justice Minister Anne McLellan said that the European Union's resolution being debated at the Commission on Human Rights would, if passed, make Canada a safe haven for killers
- APRIL 19, 1999South AfricaDEATH PENALTY
On April 19, the Inkatha Freedom Party said numerous...
On April 19, the Inkatha Freedom Party said numerous surveys had shown that South Africans, irrespective of race, creed or color, were anxious about crime and believed the death penalty was an option
- APRIL 18, 1999TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
On April 18, the Party of the Democratic Left of Prime...
On April 18, the Party of the Democratic Left of Prime Minister Bulet Ecevit, the man responsible for Ocalan's arrest, and the Movement for Nationalist Action of the extreme right which asked for the death penalty for the Kurd leader, triumphed in the ele
- APRIL 18, 1999EgyptDEATH PENALTY
On April 18, in Heikstep, an Egyptian military court...
On April 18, in Heikstep, an Egyptian military court sentenced to death 9 of 107 defendants in the biggest trial of Muslim militants since those which followed the 1981 assassination of President Anwar Sadat
- APRIL 17, 1999IranDEATH PENALTY
On April 17, Nasser Saffarian, film critic of the newspaper...
On April 17, Nasser Saffarian, film critic of the newspaper Salam, was arrested for signing a letter protesting against the killing of writers and intellectuals
- APRIL 17, 1999CubaDEATH PENALTY
On April 17, Fidel Castro promised to consider sparing...
On April 17, Fidel Castro promised to consider sparing the lives of the two Salvadorans sentenced to death for terrorism
- APRIL 17, 1999El SalvadorDEATH PENALTY
On April 17, Fidel Castro promised to consider sparing...
On April 17, Fidel Castro promised to consider sparing the lives of the two Salvadorans sentenced to death for terrorism in Cuba