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
JULY 29, 2019MoroccoDEATH PENALTYMOROCCO: KING GRANTS ROYAL PARDONS TO DETAINEES OF HIRAK RIF, RECONCILIATION PROGRAM APPLICANTS
The Ministry of Justice issued a statement on 29 July 2019 to announce the royal pardons granted in the event of the King Mohammed’s 20th Throne Day.
- JULY 28, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Arash Shah-hosseini hanged at Adel Abad Prison “a week ago”.
IRAN - Arash Shah-hosseini hanged at Adel Abad Prison “a week ago”.
- JULY 28, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Touraj Ghassemi (Qasemi), maybe a juvenile, was hanged at Nur prison on July 28.
IRAN - Touraj Ghassemi (Qasemi), maybe a juvenile, was hanged at Nur prison on July 28.
JULY 26, 2019GambiaDEATH PENALTYGAMBIA: SENEGALESE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR STRANGLING WOMAN
Justice Z. Jawara Alami of the High Court last week sentenced one Pap Ibrahim Khalilulaye Thiam, a Senegalese national to death for strangling one Fatou Loum, The Standard reported on 25 July 2019.
JULY 26, 2019IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: TWO MEN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR JOINING ISLAMIC STATE
An Iraqi court has sentenced two men to death after finding them guilty of joining the Islamic State group, a judicial council said.
JULY 26, 2019DEATH PENALTYIRAN: TWO WOMEN HANGED AT THE CENTRAL PRISON OF URMIA
Two women, Arasteh Ranjbar and Nazdar Vatankhah, were hanged at the Central Prison of Urmia on 23 July 2019.
- JULY 25, 2019United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Federal Government Announces New Execution Protocol, Sets Five Execution Dates.
USA - Federal Government Announces New Execution Protocol, Sets Five Execution Dates.
JULY 25, 2019ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: SUSPENDED DEATH PENALTY FOR LESBIAN WHO MURDERED LOVER OVER GAMBLING DEBTS
A woman has been given a suspended death sentence for murdering her lesbian ex-lover by stabbing her nearly 200 times following an argument in a Hunan hotel, DailyMail Online reported on 24 July 2019.
- JULY 25, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Heshmat Imani hanged at Zanjan prison on July 25.
IRAN - Heshmat Imani hanged at Zanjan prison on July 25.
- JULY 24, 2019MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
DON'T HANG A MENTALLY DISABLED PERSON, LAWYER TELLS SINGAPORE
A rights group on 23 July 2019 urged the Singapore government not to execute a 31-year-old Malaysian who was convicted of drug trafficking and sentenced to death in 2010.
JULY 24, 2019PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: MURDERER OF TRANSGENDER PERSON GETS DEATH PENALTY
The killer of a transgender person was sentenced to death by district and session court in Peshawar on 22 July 2019. The judgment was announced by Judge Saadia Andaleeb in the murder case of Alisha, who was brutally gunned down by Fazal Dayan Alias Fazal
JULY 24, 2019PhilippinesDEATH PENALTYPHILIPPINES: DUTERTE URGES LAWMAKERS TO RESTORE DEATH PENALTY
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte urged lawmakers on 22 July 2019 to bring back the death penalty as part of his internationally-condemned crackdown on narcotics in which police have already killed thousands.
- JULY 24, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Peyman Hamdollahi Boroujerdi was hanged at Bandar-Abbas prison on July 24.
IRAN - Peyman Hamdollahi Boroujerdi was hanged at Bandar-Abbas prison on July 24.
- JULY 24, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Behnam Ranjbar executed at Tabriz Prison on July 24.
IRAN - Behnam Ranjbar executed at Tabriz Prison on July 24.
- JULY 23, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN SAYS IT ARRESTED CIA SPIES AND SENTENCED SOME TO DEATH
Iran says it has arrested 17 spies who it says were working for the CIA, and sentenced some of them to death.
JULY 23, 2019VietnamDEATH PENALTYVIETNAM: FORMER POLICE OFFICER SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR TRADING DRUG
Two former police officers in Hai Phong were sentenced to death and 20 years in jail on 22 July 2019 for trading meth stolen from a drug bust.
JULY 23, 2019Sri LankaDEATH PENALTYSRI LANKA: DRUG TRAFFICKER SENTENCED TO DEATH
A suspect that was convicted of heroin racketeering charges was sentenced to death by the Colombo High Court on 18 July 2019.
JULY 23, 2019KenyaDEATH PENALTYKENYA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING DIVORCED WOMAN WHO REJECTED HIM
A 34-year-old man has been sentenced to death for killing a woman who turned down his advances for a love relationship after separating from her husband, Nairobinews reported on 19 July 2019.
- JULY 23, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 2 women, Arasteh Ranjbar and Nazdar Vatankhah, hanged at Urmia on July 23
IRAN - 2 women, Arasteh Ranjbar and Nazdar Vatankhah, hanged at Urmia on July 23
- JULY 23, 2019OhioDEATH PENALTY
USA - Ohio. Judge McClelland sent Anthony Apanovitch back to death row
USA - Ohio. Judge McClelland sent Anthony Apanovitch back to death row
- JULY 23, 2019United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Every top 2020 Democrat supports ending the death penalty.
USA - Every top 2020 Democrat supports ending the death penalty.
- JULY 23, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Aqeel Shadehi and Jalal Baba’I executed at Tabriz Prison on July 23.
IRAN - Aqeel Shadehi and Jalal Baba’I executed at Tabriz Prison on July 23.
- JULY 23, 2019OhioDEATH PENALTY
USA - Ohio. A jury sentenced Thomas Knuff to death
USA - Ohio. A jury sentenced Thomas Knuff to death
- JULY 23, 2019United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - BJS Releases “Capital Punishment, 2017”.
USA - BJS Releases “Capital Punishment, 2017”.
- JULY 22, 2019CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - California. State Supreme Court overturns death sentence for David Keith Rogers.
USA - California. State Supreme Court overturns death sentence for David Keith Rogers.
- JULY 21, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - A man, Majid Mosleh, was hanged at Kashan Central Prison on July 21.
IRAN - A man, Majid Mosleh, was hanged at Kashan Central Prison on July 21.
JULY 19, 2019MoroccoDEATH PENALTYMOROCCO: COURT ORDERS DEATH PENALTY FOR JIHADISTS WHO BEHEADED TOURISTS
Three men have been sentenced to death in Morocco for the Isis-inspired murder of two Scandinavian hikers in the Atlas mountains last December.
- JULY 19, 2019TanzaniaDEATH PENALTY
TANZANIA: HIGH COURT RULES TO UPHOLD THE DEATH PENALTY
Tanzanian High Court on 18 July 2019 ruled to uphold or keep the death penalty, stating that there is not enough evidence to challenge the death penalty, which means that it will remain in place and operating.
JULY 19, 2019Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: PRINCE SAVES DEFENDANT ON DEATH ROW FROM EXECUTION
A member of the Saudi royal family, who is also the governor of the Saudi region of Asir, has garnered many observers’ praise when he intervened to stop the execution of one convict who was sentenced to death on a charge of murder.
JULY 19, 2019DEATH PENALTYIRAN: WOMAN HANGED IN MAHABAD PRISON FOR MURDER
A Kurdish woman named Maliheh Salehian was executed in the central prison of Mahabad on July 16, 2019.