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
- MARCH 15, 1999Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
On March 15, the Rome-based MISNA agency, said that...
On March 15, the Rome-based MISNA agency, said that more than 100 people were killed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo on March 5 in reprisals by rebel troops
- MARCH 14, 1999KyrgyzstanDEATH PENALTY
On March 14, a court sentenced Pavel Gorobets to death...
On March 14, a court sentenced Pavel Gorobets to death for murdering and dismembering one of his tenants, Viktor Grekhovodov, in December 1997, and his girlfriend Valentina Kashina, in March 1998 before eating their flesh
- MARCH 13, 1999Vatican CityDEATH PENALTY
On March 13, Pope John Paul asked Italy's President...
On March 13, Pope John Paul asked Italy's President to show clemency towards Mehmet Ali Agca, the Turkish gunman who shot and nearly killed the Pontiff in 1981
- MARCH 13, 1999IraqDEATH PENALTY
On March 13, the Iraqi Public Security Directorate...
On March 13, the Iraqi Public Security Directorate announced that Muhammad Khudayyir Abbas, Abbas Khudayyir Abbas, Jasim Khudayyir Abbas, Haqqi Isma'il Abd Radi, Basim Abbas Abd Abbas, Abd Ali Mahdi Hassun, Abd al-Razzaq Hasan Mani and Faysal Ni'mah Husay
- MARCH 13, 1999IranDEATH PENALTY
On March 13, according to the newspaper Khordad of...
On March 13, according to the newspaper Khordad of March 16, Ali Asghar Ghazanfarnejad Jelodar was sentenced to death and executed at Evin prison without a trial, on a charge of "war against the Islamic Republic," as he was a sympathizer of the Mojahedin
- MARCH 13, 1999Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
On March 13, Arafat promised to review the above death...
On March 13, Arafat promised to review the above death sentence
- MARCH 13, 1999Sri LankaDEATH PENALTY
On March 13, Sri Lanka said it would start carrying...
On March 13, Sri Lanka said it would start carrying out executions again, after a gap of more than 40 years, to curb rising crime
- MARCH 13, 1999United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
On March 13, John Aquino, a Filipino man who had been...
On March 13, John Aquino, a Filipino man who had been on death row for 10 years in the United Arab Emirates, had his death sentence for murder commuted to 15 years in jail
- MARCH 13, 1999CubaDEATH PENALTY
On March 13, the Provincial Tribunal of Granma gave...
On March 13, the Provincial Tribunal of Granma gave out the news that José Luis Osorio Zamora, sentenced to death for murdering his 5-year-old son in Campechuela, had been executed
- MARCH 13, 1999SudanDEATH PENALTY
On March 13, Ahmed Hussein and 8 others were condemned...
On March 13, Ahmed Hussein and 8 others were condemned to death by hanging for looting, by a special tribunal in Niyala
- MARCH 12, 1999IndiaDEATH PENALTY
On March 12, the European Parliament examined the report...
On March 12, the European Parliament examined the report by Belgian Liberal Anne Andre-Leonard on strengthening the EU-India partnership
- MARCH 11, 1999RussiaDEATH PENALTY
On March 11, Grigory Kryuchkovsky, 48, and Lema Bakayev,...
On March 11, Grigory Kryuchkovsky, 48, and Lema Bakayev, 43, found guilty of murder were executed by firing squad in Russia's breakaway region of Chechnya
- MARCH 11, 1999RwandaDEATH PENALTY
On March 11, a military court in Rwanda upheld the...
On March 11, a military court in Rwanda upheld the death penalty on Pierre Bizimana, an officer in the former Rwandan army, and Martin Kageruka, a doctor, for the murder of Queen Rosalia Gicanda and her family, as well as other genocidal crimes in July 19
- MARCH 11, 1999South AfricaDEATH PENALTY
On March 11, Simon Grindrod, founder of the Association...
On March 11, Simon Grindrod, founder of the Association for the Restoration of Capital Punishment (ARCAP) said, "the question of the death penalty could be part of the ballot paper and a simple tick in a yes or no box is all that would be necessary for th
- MARCH 11, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
On March 11, Weifang Intermediate People's Court in...
On March 11, Weifang Intermediate People's Court in Shandong sentenced Cao Yasha, manager of an industrial company in Weifang City, to death for swindling other companies of more than 25m yuan ($3 million) by using financial vouchers
- MARCH 10, 1999PakistanDEATH PENALTY
On March 10, the Pakistan Government denied charges...
On March 10, the Pakistan Government denied charges that it violated human rights or ignored their violation in the country
- MARCH 10, 1999Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
On March 10, the State Security Court in Gaza issued...
On March 10, the State Security Court in Gaza issued a death sentence against 24-year-old Subhi 'Attar in a trial which is said to have lasted for 10 minutes
- MARCH 9, 1999PakistanDEATH PENALTY
On March 9, the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan...
On March 9, the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) claimed that one out of every five persons convicted in the country is sentenced to death, ranking Pakistan as having one of the world's highest death sentence rates
- MARCH 7, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
On March 7, the Supreme People's Court upheld death...
On March 7, the Supreme People's Court upheld death sentences for 2 Zhejiang farmers, Hu Yinfeng and Lu Huaming
- MARCH 6, 1999CubaDEATH PENALTY
On March 6, the Provincial Tribunal of Granma announced...
On March 6, the Provincial Tribunal of Granma announced that Francisco Javier Chavez Palacios, a 25-year-old musician, had been executed for having murdered Pedro Fonseca, a Communist Party official, in Bayamo on April 4, 1997
- MARCH 5, 1999SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
On March 5, Singapore hanged 3 men for drug trafficking
On March 5, Singapore hanged 3 men for drug trafficking
- MARCH 5, 1999CubaDEATH PENALTY
On March 5, two Cuban citizens were executed, an official...
On March 5, two Cuban citizens were executed, an official organ of the Communist Party in Las Tuna reported on March 12
- MARCH 5, 1999VirginiaDEATH PENALTY
In a statement issued on March 5, Bishop Walter Sullivan...
In a statement issued on March 5, Bishop Walter Sullivan of the Catholic Diocese of Richmond, called for an end to the death penalty
- MARCH 4, 1999SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
On March 4, Melody Zacarias-Dass a 36-year-old Filipino...
On March 4, Melody Zacarias-Dass a 36-year-old Filipino woman, who was suspected of having killed her sons, was charged with two counts of murder and could face the death penalty
- MARCH 4, 1999PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
On March 4, Melody Zacarias-Dass a 36-year-old Filipino...
On March 4, Melody Zacarias-Dass a 36-year-old Filipino woman, who was suspected of having killed her sons, was charged with two counts of murder and could face the death penalty in Singapore
- MARCH 3, 1999LebanonDEATH PENALTY
On March 3, the chief investigating magistrate in the...
On March 3, the chief investigating magistrate in the North, Salah Moukheiber, asked that the death penalty be given to Dib Eid Semaan, 58, for killing Bernadette Bazeouni, in Hadsheet, Bsharri in 1996, because of a long-standing feud between the two fami
- MARCH 3, 1999CubaDEATH PENALTY
On March 3, Cuban television reported that the Provincial...
On March 3, Cuban television reported that the Provincial Tribunal of Santiago had sentenced to death Francisco Portuondo Medina, aged 40, for murdering police Lieut
- MARCH 3, 1999MichiganDEATH PENALTY
On March 3, the Board of Directors of the Michigan...
On March 3, the Board of Directors of the Michigan Catholic Conference issued a statement opposing the reinstatement of the death penalty in Michigan
- MARCH 2, 1999TurkmenistanDEATH PENALTY
On March 2, documents for extraditing 3 Georgian citizens...
On March 2, documents for extraditing 3 Georgian citizens sentenced to death by the Askhabad court and later pardoned by the decree of President Niyazov were being prepared in Turkmenistan, Elene Tevdoradze, Chairwoman of the Parliamentary Committee for P
- MARCH 1, 1999AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
In March, the House debated a proposal, introduced...
In March, the House debated a proposal, introduced in 1998 by opposition Justice Spokesman Lawrence Springborg and known as "truth in sentencing" in a bid to ensure that serious violent offenders serve 100% of their jail terms