Archive timeline
2019
The news published by Hands Off Cain in 2019, month by month, with the countries most present that year.
Latest news of 2019
- SEPTEMBER 23, 2019United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Guantánamo Costed To Taxpayers More than $6 Billion.
USA - Guantánamo Costed To Taxpayers More than $6 Billion.
SEPTEMBER 20, 2019ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: A UIGHUR PROFESSOR VANISHED AND MAY BE EXECUTED
Uyghur intellectual Tashpolat Tiyip may be facing imminent execution by the Chinese government after two years of languishing in secret detention, Amnesty International warned on 9 September 2019.
SEPTEMBER 20, 2019IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: ODISHA COURT AWARDS DEATH PENALTY IN MINOR'S RAPE CASE
A special POCSO court in Odisha's Cuttack on 19 September 2019 awarded the death sentence to Mohammad Mustaq for raping and murdering a six-year-old girl.
SEPTEMBER 20, 2019SudanDEATH PENALTYSUDAN: 8 DARFUR REBEL DEATH SENTENCES ANNULLED TO 'BUILD CONFIDENCE'
Sudan said on 19 September 2019 it had annulled death sentences against eight rebels from Darfur, a move aimed at "building confidence" with armed groups as new authorities attempt to bring peace to the war-torn region.
SEPTEMBER 19, 2019PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: WOMAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDERING HER FAMILY
A sessions judge in Sargodha has awarded the death sentence for five times to a woman for killing her husband, son and three daughters, The Nation reported on 17 September 2019.
SEPTEMBER 19, 2019BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: THREE GET DEATH PENALTY FOR KILLING MOTHER, SON IN RAJSHASHAI
A tribunal in Rajshahi gave death penalty to three people for killing a woman and her son in 2014, bangladeshpost.net reported on 18 September 2019.
SEPTEMBER 19, 2019VietnamDEATH PENALTYVIETNAM: WOMAN GETS DEATH PENALTY FOR SMUGGLING 22 BRICKS OF HEROIN
A Vietnamese woman on 17 September 2019 was sentenced to death for smuggling 22 bricks of heroin weighing 7.73 kilograms from Laos into Vietnam.
- SEPTEMBER 18, 2019FranceDEATH PENALTY
UN EXPERT URGES FRANCE TO TRY NATIONALS ON DEATH ROW IN IRAQ
A U.N. human rights expert on 12 August 2019 called on the French government to repatriate and try seven French nationals sentenced to death on terror charges in Iraq.
- SEPTEMBER 18, 2019FloridaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Florida. Judge Don Lester sentenced Donald Davidson Jr. to death.
USA - Florida. Judge Don Lester sentenced Donald Davidson Jr. to death.
SEPTEMBER 18, 2019SingaporeDEATH PENALTYSINGAPORE: COUPLE UNDER PROBE FOR WEARING ANTI-DEATH PENALTY SHIRTS
A Singaporean couple who wore anti-death penalty t-shirts at a running event are under investigation for violating tough laws against public protests, police said on 18 September 2019.
SEPTEMBER 18, 2019PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING YOUNG DAUGHTER
A court in Karachi on 27 August 2019 awarded death sentence to a man for killing his daughter for ‘honour’.
- SEPTEMBER 18, 2019KentuckyDEATH PENALTY
USA - Kentucky. Eugene Mitchell Acquitted of Capital Murder After Nearly 6 Years in Jail Because of Unaffordable Bail
USA - Kentucky. Eugene Mitchell Acquitted of Capital Murder After Nearly 6 Years in Jail Because of Unaffordable Bail
- SEPTEMBER 17, 2019UgandaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA: MAN IN GULU SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
A 43-year-old man in Gulu, Uganda, has been sentenced to death for murder, URN reported on 22 August 2019.
SEPTEMBER 17, 2019SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: TRIBUNAL COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE AGAINST 3 SOLDIERS
Somali Military Court in Baidoa town on 18 August 2019 upheld death sentence against three members of armed forces for murder.
SEPTEMBER 17, 2019Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: MORE THAN 130 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN EXECUTED SO FAR IN 2019
Saudi Arabia has executed 134 people so far this year, including six who were kids when they were arrested, The Death Penalty Project revealed in a report presented at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva.
- SEPTEMBER 16, 2019EgyptDEATH PENALTY
EGYPT: 6 SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR JOINING TERRORIST GROUP, MANUFACTURING EXPLOSIVES
A Damanhour criminal court in Egypt's Behiera governorate sentenced on 15 September 2019 six defendants to death, two to life in prison and acquitted eight others over charges of joining a terrorist group and manufacturing and possessing explosives.
- SEPTEMBER 16, 2019DEATH PENALTY
OHIO (USA): JONATHAN MANN AGAINST THE DEATH PENALTY
Jonathan Mann against the death penalty: “Death penalty does more harm than good for victim’s son. I lost my father two years ago to a brutal and senseless murder.
SEPTEMBER 16, 2019SyriaDEATH PENALTYSYRIA: PRESIDENT BASHAR AL-ASSAD DECREES AMNESTY, REDUCES SENTENCES
Syria's President Bashar al-Assad on 15 September 2019 issued a decree to release or decrease the punishment of various prisoners, including some detained under the war-torn country's "terrorism law".
SEPTEMBER 13, 2019ThailandDEATH PENALTYTHAILAND: MAN CONVICTED OF MURDERING FAMILY, SENTENCED TO DIE
A Thai provincial court on 11 September 2019 convicted and sentenced a 37-year-old man for murdering five family members – including his pregnant wife.
SEPTEMBER 13, 2019SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: 2 AL SHABAAB MILITANTS SENTENCED TO DEATH, LIFE IMPRISONMENT FOR CAR BOMB THAT KILLED 12 IN MOGADISHU
A Somali military court has sentenced a man to death and another to life in prison for their involvement in a car bomb that killed 12 people in Mogadishu, Strategic Intelligence reported on 12 September 2019.
SEPTEMBER 13, 2019ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: SUPREME PEOPLE’S COURT ISSUES NEW GUIDELINES FOR DEATH PENALTY
The Supreme People’s Court issued guidelines on 9 August 2019 to regulate death sentence review and execution procedures to better protect the rights and interests of people on death row.
- SEPTEMBER 12, 2019FloridaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Florida. Judge Anthony Tatti resentence Michael Bargo to death
USA - Florida. Judge Anthony Tatti resentence Michael Bargo to death
SEPTEMBER 12, 2019VietnamDEATH PENALTYVIETNAM: LAO MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR CARRYING HEROIN
A Laotian man was sentenced to death on 9 September 2019 for transporting 35 kilos of heroin into Vietnam last year, and his Vietnamese accomplice got life.
- SEPTEMBER 12, 2019NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA: 2 SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR ARMED ROBBERY
Two men, Emeka Alieze and Dada Ojo, have been sentence to death by an Akure High Court for their involvement in armed robbery, The Hope reported on 6 September 2019.
- SEPTEMBER 12, 2019EgyptDEATH PENALTY
EGYPT: 6 SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER FORMING 'KERDASA COMMITTEE' TERROR CELL
Giza Criminal Court handed down on 19 August 2019 a death penalty to six people over founding a terrorist group that aimed to disrupt the constitution and killing three persons including a policeman.
SEPTEMBER 12, 2019IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR RAPE, MURDER OF MINOR
A designated fast track court in Odisha on 10 September 2019 awarded death sentence to a 28-year-old man for rape and murder of a nine-year-old girl at Gadharishpur within Erasama police limits in March last year.
- SEPTEMBER 12, 2019North CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
USA - North Carolina. Federal Appeals Court has vacated the death sentence of William Leroy Barnes
USA - North Carolina. Federal Appeals Court has vacated the death sentence of William Leroy Barnes
SEPTEMBER 11, 2019SingaporeDEATH PENALTYSINGAPORE: MAN GETS DEATH PENALTY FOR TRAFFICKING HEROIN
A 59-year-old man was sentenced to death in the High Court after being found in possession of 52.75 g of diamorphine, also known as heroin, for the purpose of drug trafficking.
SEPTEMBER 11, 2019JapanDEATH PENALTYJAPAN: FATHER OF KILLED SON ON CRUSADE FOR ABOLITION OF DEATH PENALTY
Once filled with hatred and anger toward a truck driver who killed his son, Tadaari Katayama now is an unlikely anti-death penalty advocate.
SEPTEMBER 11, 2019NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: 2,742 INMATES AWAITING EXECUTION
The controller general, Nigeria Correctional Service (NCS), Ahmed Jafa’aru on 5 September 2019 revealed that Nigeria now has 2,742 inmates on death row.