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 1, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
In December, 2 Muslims, Jurat Nuri, 26, and Abduhalik...
In December, 2 Muslims, Jurat Nuri, 26, and Abduhalik Abdureshit, 23, were to be executed in Xinjiang and 9 others were jailed for separatist activities
- DECEMBER 1, 1999IraqDEATH PENALTY
On december: the Iraqi Communist Party accused President...
On december: the Iraqi Communist Party accused President Saddam Hussein's government of executing 54 political prisoners late in 1999
- DECEMBER 1, 1999IsraelDEATH PENALTY
In December, Israel Foreign Minister David Levi has...
In December, Israel Foreign Minister David Levi has been trying to persuade the Thai authorities not to execute two Israelis - Yosef Ohana and Avraham Huri - who were sentenced to death after being convicted of drug trafficking
- NOVEMBER 30, 1999Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
On November 30, President Laurent Kabila said he wanted...
On November 30, President Laurent Kabila said he wanted to see an independent judiciary in his Central African country
- NOVEMBER 29, 1999IraqDEATH PENALTY
On November 29, according to informed Iraqi sources...
On November 29, according to informed Iraqi sources arriving in the Jordanian capital of Amman, Col
- NOVEMBER 29, 1999Macao SAR ChinaDEATH PENALTY
On November 29, the Chinese Government informed the...
On November 29, the Chinese Government informed the Portuguese Government that it will pass 20 laws as soon as Macao is handed back to China
- NOVEMBER 29, 1999IllinoisDEATH PENALTY
On November 29, Rep
On November 29, Rep
- NOVEMBER 29, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
On November 29, the Ningbo Municipal Intermediate People's...
On November 29, the Ningbo Municipal Intermediate People's Court was called to order to try the case of Zhu Huaguang (2612 5478 0342), the "No
- NOVEMBER 27, 1999IndiaDEATH PENALTY
On November 27, Minister Ram Jethmalani hinted that...
On November 27, Minister Ram Jethmalani hinted that he was personally against awarding the death sentence to rapists
- NOVEMBER 27, 1999IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
On November 27, the death sentence was formally abolished...
On November 27, the death sentence was formally abolished in East Timor by UN transitional administrator Sergio Vieira de Mello
- NOVEMBER 27, 1999JapanDEATH PENALTY
On November 27, a survey has revealed that almost 79
On November 27, a survey has revealed that almost 79
- NOVEMBER 27, 1999MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
On November 27, UMNO Vice-President Seri Najib Tun...
On November 27, UMNO Vice-President Seri Najib Tun Razak said the Barisan National Government has incorporated the Shari'a law into the administration of the country
- NOVEMBER 27, 1999VietnamDEATH PENALTY
On November 27, a Vietnamese court sentenced to death...
On November 27, a Vietnamese court sentenced to death Tran Thi Mai Huong, 39, and Dan Kien Theit, 42, two Ministry of Trade employees who were convicted of stealing some 1
- NOVEMBER 26, 1999CyprusDEATH PENALTY
On November 26, commenting on the ratification of the...
On November 26, commenting on the ratification of the Kurd leader's death penalty, Government Spokesman Mikhail Papapetrou said that Cyprus had abolished the death penalty and was against its implementation in other countries
- NOVEMBER 26, 1999LebanonDEATH PENALTY
On November 26, the Lebanese army detained two Fatah...
On November 26, the Lebanese army detained two Fatah officials at the entrance to the Rashidiyah Camp near Tyre in South Lebanon
- NOVEMBER 26, 1999United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
On November 26, the Cassation Court upheld a death...
On November 26, the Cassation Court upheld a death sentence handed down to a man convicted of peddling 71
- NOVEMBER 25, 1999AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
On November 25, Khan Morad Shah Morad, was executed...
On November 25, Khan Morad Shah Morad, was executed before thousands of people in Maymana, the center of Fariab Province
- NOVEMBER 25, 1999SerbiaDEATH PENALTY
On November 25, the defense filed an appeal against...
On November 25, the defense filed an appeal against Tadic's sentence
- NOVEMBER 25, 1999TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
On November 25, the Court of Appeal confirmed Ocalan's...
On November 25, the Court of Appeal confirmed Ocalan's death sentence
- NOVEMBER 25, 1999IndiaDEATH PENALTY
On November 25, the Madras High Court set aside the...
On November 25, the Madras High Court set aside the Tamil Nadu Governor's order rejecting the clemency petitions of the four condemned prisoners
- NOVEMBER 25, 1999YemenDEATH PENALTY
On November 25, the death sentence against the Spanish...
On November 25, the death sentence against the Spanish national of Syrian origin, Nabil Kenani, was upheld in Aden
- NOVEMBER 24, 1999ItalyDEATH PENALTY
On November 24, following the European Union's decision...
On November 24, following the European Union's decision not to put the resolution presented at the UN General Assembly to the vote, the Italian Senate unanimously approved a motion, first signatory Ersilia Salvato, engaging the Government to take action w
- NOVEMBER 24, 1999IndiaDEATH PENALTY
On November 24, Nata Mullick, 73, a veteran hangman...
On November 24, Nata Mullick, 73, a veteran hangman but now an avid anti-death penalty campaigner, joined a citizens' group fighting for the abolition of capital punishment
- NOVEMBER 24, 1999United StatesDEATH PENALTY
"Innocence and the Death Penalty: The Increasing Danger...
"Innocence and the Death Penalty: The Increasing Danger of Executing the Innocent," a July 1997 report by the Death Penalty Information Center, updated November 24, 1999, indicates that 84 people have been freed from death row since 1973 after evidence o
- NOVEMBER 23, 1999AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
On November 23, Abdol Latif Mohammad Mosa, convicted...
On November 23, Abdol Latif Mohammad Mosa, convicted of murder by the three courts, and with the approval of Amir ol-Momenin, was executed before thousands of people at the Herat stadium
- NOVEMBER 23, 1999Hong Kong SAR ChinaDEATH PENALTY
On November 23, Hong Kong kingpin Ye Cheng-jian, 38,...
On November 23, Hong Kong kingpin Ye Cheng-jian, 38, and 2 mainland accomplices, He Jingsheng and Li Xinwen, convicted of murder, robberies and kidnappings dating back to 1994 were executed
- NOVEMBER 23, 1999IranDEATH PENALTY
On November 23, the Tehran morning newspapers, including...
On November 23, the Tehran morning newspapers, including Sobhe Emrooz, published a statement by the presiding judge of the Revolutionary Court of Tehran Gholamhossein Rahbarpoor, in which he announced that 3 of the students arrested during the demonstrati
- NOVEMBER 23, 1999ThailandDEATH PENALTY
On November 23, Samai Pan-intara, 59, a convicted drug...
On November 23, Samai Pan-intara, 59, a convicted drug trafficker, was executed by machine gun at Bang Khwang prison along with 2 convicted murderers
- NOVEMBER 23, 1999United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
On November 23, the Ras Al Khaimah Appeal Court commuted...
On November 23, the Ras Al Khaimah Appeal Court commuted the death sentence handed down to Mohammed Rashid, a national, for raping an 11-year-old Syrian girl, to 10 years in prison
- NOVEMBER 23, 1999CanadaDEATH PENALTY
On November 23, at the House of Commons there was the...
On November 23, at the House of Commons there was the first reading of Bill C-335, presented by Reform MP John Reynolds, seeking the death penalty only for those involved in "aggravated" first-degree murder meaning murders committed with a great deal of f