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 8, 1999Vatican CityDEATH PENALTY
On February 8, Archbishop Gabriel Montalvo, the Vatican...
On February 8, Archbishop Gabriel Montalvo, the Vatican ambassador to the United States, sent a letter to California Governor Gray Davis to appeal for clemency for Thai citizen Jaturun Siripongs
- FEBRUARY 5, 1999Vatican CityDEATH PENALTY
On February 5, the Philippines Supreme Court rejected...
On February 5, the Philippines Supreme Court rejected a last-minute appeal to halt the execution of Leo Echegaray, who was put to death at 3
- FEBRUARY 5, 1999PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
On February 5, the Philippines Supreme Court rejected...
On February 5, the Philippines Supreme Court rejected a last-minute appeal to halt the execution, and Leo Echegaray was put to death at 3 p
- FEBRUARY 5, 1999ThailandDEATH PENALTY
On February 5, Mao Du-ngae, 20, and Bang, 19, 2 illegal...
On February 5, Mao Du-ngae, 20, and Bang, 19, 2 illegal Burmese immigrants who were initially given the death penalty by the Thon Buri Criminal Court, had their sentences commuted to life following their confession and co-operation throughout the entire p
- FEBRUARY 4, 1999LatviaDEATH PENALTY
On February 4, Parliament approved the first reading...
On February 4, Parliament approved the first reading of legislation on Protocol No
- FEBRUARY 4, 1999MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
On February 4, Presiding Judge Tan Sri Lamin Yunus...
On February 4, Presiding Judge Tan Sri Lamin Yunus of the Court of Appeal upheld the conviction and death sentence pronounced by the High Court against Che Omar, 35
- FEBRUARY 4, 1999South AfricaDEATH PENALTY
On February 4, South African opposition parties called...
On February 4, South African opposition parties called for the reintroduction of the death penalty following the shooting of Daewoo executive Y
- FEBRUARY 4, 1999United StatesDEATH PENALTY
Although international law prohibits the execution...
Although international law prohibits the execution of people who were under 18 at the time of the crime, on February 4, 1999, Oklahoma executed Sean Sellers, 29, for murders he committed when he was 16 years old
- FEBRUARY 4, 1999DEATH PENALTY
Oklahoma executed Sean Sellers on February 4
Oklahoma executed Sean Sellers on February 4
- FEBRUARY 3, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
On February 3,11 people including a Muslim separatist...
On February 3,11 people including a Muslim separatist were executed in Xinjiang region for various crimes, like theft, rape, drug trafficking, gun running and organized crime, after their sentences were upheld by the High Court of Xinjiang and China's Sup
- FEBRUARY 1, 1999RussiaDEATH PENALTY
On February 2, the Constitutional Court ordered judges...
On February 2, the Constitutional Court ordered judges across the country to stop imposing death sentences until Parliament finds a way to guarantee a jury trial for all capital cases
- FEBRUARY 1, 1999Myanmar (Burma)DEATH PENALTY
On February 1, a local court in South China handed...
On February 1, a local court in South China handed down sentences ranging from imprisonment to death for 14 Myanmarese pirates charged with raiding a Taiwanese cargo ship and setting its 19 crew members adrift in the Andaman Sea
- FEBRUARY 1, 1999IndiaDEATH PENALTY
In February, the Supreme Court commuted the death sentence...
In February, the Supreme Court commuted the death sentence of Om Prakash (23), convicted for killing 7 persons with his service self-loading rifle in Haryana in 1990, to a life sentence
- FEBRUARY 1, 1999IraqDEATH PENALTY
In February, 23 people accused of murder and theft...
In February, 23 people accused of murder and theft were executed
- FEBRUARY 1, 1999PakistanDEATH PENALTY
In February, an appellate military court set aside...
In February, an appellate military court set aside the death sentence handed down by a summary military court to Mohammad Saleem, a 13-year- old boy who was among 4 people condemned to death on December 19 for killing 3 policemen in 1997
- FEBRUARY 1, 1999TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
In February, two men were arrested on allegations that...
In February, two men were arrested on allegations that they spied on Taiwan's military and then funneled secrets back to Beijing through Chinese agents in Hong Kong
- FEBRUARY 1, 1999BarbadosDEATH PENALTY
In February, when Parliament opened, the Governor explained...
In February, when Parliament opened, the Governor explained the program for next five years
- FEBRUARY 1, 1999El SalvadorDEATH PENALTY
In February, Archbishop Fernando Saenz Lacalle quietly...
In February, Archbishop Fernando Saenz Lacalle quietly approached Guatemalan leaders, seeking clemency for two Salvadoran men, Dimas Samayoa Garcia and Lucas Revolorio Samayoa, who were arrested in Adelanto, Guatemala, on February 5, and convicted on Febr
- FEBRUARY 1, 1999Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
In February, the Congolese Rally for Democracy, RCD,...
In February, the Congolese Rally for Democracy, RCD, Martial Court, handed down death sentences to 11 people, including 7 involved in the alleged Makobola massacre
- FEBRUARY 1, 1999UruguayDEATH PENALTY
In February, it was reported that Uruguay was likely...
In February, it was reported that Uruguay was likely to accept Egypt's request to extradite Said Hazan al Mohammed, who was arrested at the end of January attempting to enter Uruguay from Brazil allegedly with a false Malaysian passport
- FEBRUARY 1, 1999EgyptDEATH PENALTY
In February, it was reported that Uruguay was likely...
In February, it was reported that Uruguay was likely to accept Egypt's request to extradite Said Hazan al Mohammed, who was arrested at the end of January while attempting to enter Uruguay from Brazil, allegedly with a false Malaysian passport
- FEBRUARY 1, 1999EgyptDEATH PENALTY
In February, two people were hanged in a Cairo jail,...
In February, two people were hanged in a Cairo jail, Sayed Abdel Hameed Mohammed was convicted for kidnapping and raping a young woman, and Mohsen El Husseini Osman for murdering an entrepreneur
- FEBRUARY 1, 1999GhanaDEATH PENALTY
At the beginning of February, 4 civilians, Alex Offei,...
At the beginning of February, 4 civilians, Alex Offei, Kwame Ofori Appiah, Sylvester Addai Dwomoh and John Owusu Boakye, convicted of conspiracy and treason in 1994 against the Government of President Jerry Rawlings, were sentenced to death in Accra by a
- FEBRUARY 1, 1999RwandaDEATH PENALTY
In February, the Cyangugu genocide court, in Rwanda's...
In February, the Cyangugu genocide court, in Rwanda's southwest, sentenced 3 people to death after finding them guilty of genocide and crimes against humanity
- FEBRUARY 1, 1999South AfricaDEATH PENALTY
On February 1, the Mpumalanga Agricultural Union President...
On February 1, the Mpumalanga Agricultural Union President Lourie Bosman called for the reinstatement of the death penalty after Anna van der Berg was murdered in front of her Steynsdraai farmhouse near Carolina on January 30, by unidentified attackers wh
- FEBRUARY 1, 1999ZambiaDEATH PENALTY
In February, the CCJP called on the Government to reduce...
In February, the CCJP called on the Government to reduce the death penalty to life imprisonment in conformity with the declaration of Zambia as a Christian nation
- FEBRUARY 1, 1999ArkansasDEATH PENALTY
Johnie Michael Cox, 42, a triple-murderer who claimed...
Johnie Michael Cox, 42, a triple-murderer who claimed that he might be immune to the poisons used to kill death row inmates was executed by injection on 2 February
- FEBRUARY 1, 1999United StatesDEATH PENALTY
A Gallup Poll taken in February, 1999, found that...
A Gallup Poll taken in February, 1999, found that 71% of those surveyed favored the death penalty for someone convicted of murder, while only 22% were against it
- FEBRUARY 1, 1999DEATH PENALTY
In February, a bill to abolish capital punishment...
In February, a bill to abolish capital punishment passed in committee but was defeated in the House of Representatives by a vote of 47-23
- FEBRUARY 1, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
At the beginning of February, the Intermediate People's...
At the beginning of February, the Intermediate People's Court in Shaoguan city gave the death sentence to 24-year-old Hua Zhiwei, ringleader of a group which gang-raped 14 women on 10 occasions