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
DECEMBER 18, 2019PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: EX PRESIDENT PERVEZ MUSHARRAF SENTENCED TO DEATH BY SPECIAL COURT FOR HIGH TREASON
Former Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf was on 17 December 2019 sentenced to death for high treason by a special court. He is the first former military ruler to have been tried and convicted for treason.
DECEMBER 18, 2019DEATH BY PUNISHMENTVIII HANDS OFF CAIN CONGRESS - PROGRAM PROPOSAL AND ORDER OF WORKS
Prison of Opera (MI), 20-21 December 2019
DECEMBER 18, 2019IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - A woman, Eshrat Nazari, was hanged in Raja’i Shahr prison on December 18.
IRAN - A woman, Eshrat Nazari, was hanged in Raja’i Shahr prison on December 18.
- DECEMBER 18, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - UN General Assembly censures Tehran regime for rights abuses.
IRAN - UN General Assembly censures Tehran regime for rights abuses.
- DECEMBER 18, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 134 Nobel prizes for Ahmadreza Djalali
IRAN - 134 Nobel prizes for Ahmadreza Djalali
- DECEMBER 18, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - An unidentified man was hanged in Raja'i Shahr prison on 18 December.
IRAN - An unidentified man was hanged in Raja'i Shahr prison on 18 December.
- DECEMBER 18, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Farzad Saifpanahi executed in the central prison of Sanandaj on December 18.
IRAN - Farzad Saifpanahi executed in the central prison of Sanandaj on December 18.
- DECEMBER 17, 2019DEATH PENALTY
KENTUCKY (USA): BEFORE LEAVING OFFICE, GOVERNOR MATT BEVIN COMMUTES THE SENTENCES OF TWO DEATH-ROW PRISONERS
In his last series of acts before leaving office, outgoing Governor Matt Bevin has commuted the sentences of two of the state’s longest serving death-row prisoners to life with the possibility of parole.
- DECEMBER 17, 2019ZambiaDEATH PENALTY
ZAMBIA: WITCH DOCTOR SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDERING CLIENT
Lusaka Judge Mwila Chitabo has sentenced to death a witch doctor from Paramount Chief Mpezeni area in Chipata for brutally murdering his client, Zambia Reports reported on 13 December 2019.
DECEMBER 17, 2019Sri LankaDEATH PENALTYSRI LANKA: DEATH SENTENCE FOR HEROIN PEDDLER
A youth was sentenced to death on 13 December 2019 by the Colombo High Court after being found guilty for possessing and peddling 25.77grams of heroin.
- DECEMBER 17, 2019TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. Death sentences in Texas continue to decline
USA - Texas. Death sentences in Texas continue to decline
- DECEMBER 17, 2019United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - DPIC 2019 Year End Report
USA - DPIC 2019 Year End Report
- DECEMBER 17, 2019PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN HANDED 3 DEATH SENTENCES IN CHUNIAN RAPE, MURDER CASE
An anti-terrorism court (ATC) in Lahore on 17 December 2019 convicted Sohail Shahzad for kidnapping, raping and murdering a minor boy in Chunian and handed him the death sentences on three counts.
- DECEMBER 16, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Over 1,500 protesters killed during the protests in November
IRAN - Over 1,500 protesters killed during the protests in November
DECEMBER 16, 2019DEATH PENALTYIRAN: WOMAN HANGED WITH HER HUSBAND IN THE PRISON OF MASHHAD
A woman by the name of Maryam on 8 December 2019 was hanged with her husband in the Central Prison of Mashhad.
DECEMBER 16, 2019JapanDEATH PENALTYJAPAN: EX-POLICEMAN SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER 2017 MURDER OF WIFE, 2 KIDS
A court sentenced a former policeman to death on 13 December 2019 for choking his wife and two children to death at their home in Fukuoka Prefecture, southwestern Japan, in June 2017.
DECEMBER 16, 2019Sri LankaDEATH PENALTYSRI LANKA: TWO FOUND GUILTY OF MURDER SENTENCED TO DEATH
The Colombo High Court sentenced to death two accused after they were found guilty of hacking to death a 17-year-old boy in 2001, News First reported on 12 December 2019.
DECEMBER 16, 2019MississippiDEATH PENALTYUSA - Mississippi. Judge Frees Curtis Flowers on Bail
USA - Mississippi. Judge Frees Curtis Flowers on Bail
DECEMBER 16, 2019JordanDEATH PENALTYJORDAN: 15 PEOPLE EXECUTED INCLUDING 10 FOR TERRORISM CONVICTIONS
Jordan executed 15 people on 14 December 2019 including 10 convicted on terrorism charges ranging from an attack a decade ago on Western tourists to the slaying of a writer, a judicial source and the government spokesman Mohammad al Momani said on 14 Dece
DECEMBER 16, 2019EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: SYMPOSIUM ON THE DEATH PENALTY
A two-day symposium on the modernization of the penal system was held in Cairo on December 14-15.
- DECEMBER 15, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Government Attempts for Recording Name of Dead Protesters at Martyr Foundation.
IRAN - Government Attempts for Recording Name of Dead Protesters at Martyr Foundation.
- DECEMBER 15, 2019United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - The Death Penalty in 2019: A Year of Incredible Progress, Marred by Unconscionable Executions.
USA - The Death Penalty in 2019: A Year of Incredible Progress, Marred by Unconscionable Executions.
- DECEMBER 15, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Davoud Shams executed at the central prison of Bandar Abbas on December 15.
IRAN - Davoud Shams executed at the central prison of Bandar Abbas on December 15.
- DECEMBER 14, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Iran protests 2019, day 30: Names of 457 victims published.
IRAN - Iran protests 2019, day 30: Names of 457 victims published.
- DECEMBER 13, 2019DEATH PENALTY
TEXAS (USA): TRAVIS TREVINO RUNNELS EXECUTED
Travis Trevino Runnels, 46, Black, was executed on December 11, 2019 in Texas.
DECEMBER 13, 2019MalaysiaDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA: APPEALS COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE OF BUSINESSMAN FOR MURDER
The Court of Appeal of Putrajaya on 10 December 2019 upheld the death sentence of a businessman for the murder of a scrap metal collector at Kampung Labohan, Kerteh, Terengganu, in December 2015.
DECEMBER 13, 2019Sri LankaDEATH PENALTYSRI LANKA: DRUG TRAFFICKER KALU THUSHARA SENTENCED TO DEATH
Drug trafficker “Kalu Thushara” was sentenced to death by the Colombo High Court on 10 December 2019.
- DECEMBER 13, 2019LouisianaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Louisiana. At retrial, Rogers LaCaze sentenced to life without parole
USA - Louisiana. At retrial, Rogers LaCaze sentenced to life without parole
- DECEMBER 13, 2019OhioDEATH PENALTY
USA - Ohio. Ohio 'not very close' to resuming executions, Gov. DeWine says.
USA - Ohio. Ohio 'not very close' to resuming executions, Gov. DeWine says.
DECEMBER 12, 2019DEATH PENALTYIRAN: SEVEN PRISONERS HANGED IN KERMANSHAH, KASHAN
Seven prisoners were hanged on 9 December 2019 in two different Iranian cities.