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
- FEBRUARY 25, 1999SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
On February 25, the High Court condemned to death odd-job...
On February 25, the High Court condemned to death odd-job laborer Mohamed Ibrahim Moulana Abdul Kader, 35, but his brother, bartender Mohamed Makar Moulana Abdul Kader, 24, was acquitted
- FEBRUARY 25, 1999ItalyDEATH PENALTY
On February 25, the Italian Senate passed a motion,...
On February 25, the Italian Senate passed a motion, first signatory Ersilia Salvato, engaging the Government to expand the text of the resolution for presentation at the UN Commission on Human Rights in Geneva, by including paragraphs regarding the refusa
- FEBRUARY 25, 1999MissouriDEATH PENALTY
On February 25, a bill to abolish the death penalty,...
On February 25, a bill to abolish the death penalty, sponsored by Springfield Democratic State Representative Mike Schilling, was defeated in the House Criminal Law Committee
- FEBRUARY 24, 1999PakistanDEATH PENALTY
On February 24, the Anti-Terrorism Court in Gujranwala...
On February 24, the Anti-Terrorism Court in Gujranwala announced a 7-times death sentence, a 2-times life imprisonment, and a 321-year imprisonment for each of the three agents of the Research and Analysis Wing [RAW] for conducting bomb blasts in Gujranwa
- FEBRUARY 24, 1999Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
On February 24, Human Rights Watch released a report...
On February 24, Human Rights Watch released a report stating that in areas of actual fighting government forces and some of its foreign allies, particularly Angola, had carried out summary executions
- FEBRUARY 24, 1999New MexicoDEATH PENALTY
A bill to abolish the death penalty passed 6-5 the...
A bill to abolish the death penalty passed 6-5 the House Judiciary Committee on February 24
- FEBRUARY 24, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
On February 24, Luzhou City Intermediate Court in Sichuan...
On February 24, Luzhou City Intermediate Court in Sichuan sentenced Zhou Yan to death on charges of corruption
- FEBRUARY 23, 1999Sri LankaDEATH PENALTY
On February 23, the Forum of the Representatives of...
On February 23, the Forum of the Representatives of State Corporations and Statutory Bodies urged the Government to take steps to arrest the rising wave of crime in the country by amending Section 296 of the Penal Code to include murder, sexual abuse agai
- FEBRUARY 22, 1999CyprusDEATH PENALTY
On February 22, the Cyprus Government supported a joint...
On February 22, the Cyprus Government supported a joint statement by EU foreign ministers expressing the view that PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan should have an open and fair trial before an independent court and in the presence of lawyers chosen by him and i
- FEBRUARY 20, 1999BahrainDEATH PENALTY
On February 20, the trial of Sheikh Abdul-Amir al-Jamri,...
On February 20, the trial of Sheikh Abdul-Amir al-Jamri, Bahrain's leading Shiite Muslim opposition activist began in the island's State Security Court and was adjourned to allow Jamri's wife, who was also present with their three sons, to form a group of
- FEBRUARY 19, 1999PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
On February 19, President Estrada wrote to Supreme...
On February 19, President Estrada wrote to Supreme Court Chief Justice Hilario Davide to ensure that "pauper" litigants in capital cases are given competent lawyers
- FEBRUARY 19, 1999GuatemalaDEATH PENALTY
On February 19, two Salvadoran men, Dimas Samayoa Garcia...
On February 19, two Salvadoran men, Dimas Samayoa Garcia and Lucas Revolorio Samayoa, were sentenced to death after a quick trial
- FEBRUARY 19, 1999OhioDEATH PENALTY
Ohio had its first execution in over thirty-five years...
Ohio had its first execution in over thirty-five years when Wilford Berry Jr
- FEBRUARY 18, 1999CyprusDEATH PENALTY
On February 18, the House of Representatives unanimously...
On February 18, the House of Representatives unanimously voted for the abolition of the death penalty under domestic law
- FEBRUARY 18, 1999IraqDEATH PENALTY
On February 18, the Revolution Command Council (RCC)...
On February 18, the Revolution Command Council (RCC) issued Decree No
- FEBRUARY 18, 1999PennsylvaniaDEATH PENALTY
A French appeals court was scheduled to rule on February...
A French appeals court was scheduled to rule on February 18 whether Ira Einhorn, an anti-war student activist and leftist leader in the 1960s, should be returned home to face a retrial
- FEBRUARY 17, 1999LebanonDEATH PENALTY
On February 17, the Military Prosecutor accused 200...
On February 17, the Military Prosecutor accused 200 people of collaboration with Israeli intelligence, entering Israel and smuggling drugs and cigarettes across the Southern border
- FEBRUARY 17, 1999PakistanDEATH PENALTY
On February 17, the Supreme Court of Pakistan in a...
On February 17, the Supreme Court of Pakistan in a historic verdict declared the constitution of military trial courts and punishments awarded by them as unconstitutional
- FEBRUARY 17, 1999IndianaDEATH PENALTY
On February 17, after more than three hours of sometimes-heated...
On February 17, after more than three hours of sometimes-heated debate, a state Senate committee struck down 7-4 a bill that would have abolished the death penalty in Indiana
- FEBRUARY 16, 1999IranDEATH PENALTY
On February 16, Mahmoud Alizadeh Tabatabai, Khatami's...
On February 16, Mahmoud Alizadeh Tabatabai, Khatami's representative on drug issues, said "executing drug smugglers is not a suitable way to fight drugs and our ten-year experience shows that this has not been a solution
- FEBRUARY 15, 1999RussiaDEATH PENALTY
On February 15, Justice Minister Pavel Krasheninnikov...
On February 15, Justice Minister Pavel Krasheninnikov said that amendments to the Criminal Code to replace the death penalty with life imprisonment will be ready by March
- FEBRUARY 15, 1999TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
On February 15, the Turkish Secret Service arrested...
On February 15, the Turkish Secret Service arrested Ocalan while he was on his way to the airport, and the next day he was already a prisoner in the island penitentiary of Imrali, in the Sea of Marmara, where he was the only inmate with 5,000 guards keepi
- FEBRUARY 15, 1999CubaDEATH PENALTY
On February 15, President Fidel Castro said broader...
On February 15, President Fidel Castro said broader use of the death penalty was needed to save the island's socialist revolution
- FEBRUARY 12, 1999RussiaDEATH PENALTY
On February 12, Anatoly Pristavkin said that all Russia's...
On February 12, Anatoly Pristavkin said that all Russia's death-row convicts will have their sentences commuted to life imprisonment or lengthy prison terms by June
- FEBRUARY 12, 1999IndiaDEATH PENALTY
On February 12, the Maharashtra Control of Organized...
On February 12, the Maharashtra Control of Organized Crime Ordinance, 1999, was signed by President K
- FEBRUARY 12, 1999LebanonDEATH PENALTY
On February 12, Bananya Nadim Abdullah, a woman aged...
On February 12, Bananya Nadim Abdullah, a woman aged 24, was sentenced to death after pleading guilty to enlisting the help of 2 young shoeshine boys to kill her stepson near Zghorta in 1994
- FEBRUARY 12, 1999CubaDEATH PENALTY
On February 12, an official organ of the Communist...
On February 12, an official organ of the Communist Party in Las Tunas announced that two death sentences had been ratified by the Tribunal Supremo Popular
- FEBRUARY 12, 1999RwandaDEATH PENALTY
On February 12, a court of first instance in Rushashi,...
On February 12, a court of first instance in Rushashi, Kigali Rural Prefecture held a joint trial of 30 people accused of genocide and other crimes against humanity, committed in Tare Commune of Kigali Rural Prefecture in 1994
- FEBRUARY 9, 1999South AfricaDEATH PENALTY
On February 9, Federal Alliance spokesman Jan Bosman...
On February 9, Federal Alliance spokesman Jan Bosman said that the Government's idea of releasing 2000 more "petty" criminals showed that the Government was not serious about the war on crime, and was soft on crime itself
- FEBRUARY 9, 1999UgandaDEATH PENALTY
On February 9, Johnson Kamya Wavamunno, Semei Mwesigwa...
On February 9, Johnson Kamya Wavamunno, Semei Mwesigwa Bonde and Private Paddy Baryeijuka, were sentenced to death for murder and robbery of US$240,000, the property of Barclays Bank, on February 29,1996