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 4, 2019VietnamDEATH PENALTYVIETNAM: 4 DRUG TRAFFICKERS GET DEATH SENTENCE
Four Vietnamese people on 3 July 2019 were sentenced to death and two others got jail terms of 18 years and 20 years respectively for trafficking over 3.4 kg of heroin.
JULY 3, 2019DEATH PENALTYUSA: DEATH PENALTY ABOLITIONISTS FASTING AT SUPREME COURT
As Death Penalty Use Declines, Highly Visible Anti-Death Penalty Activists from AAC (Abolitionist Action Committee) Continue Four Day Fast and Vigil at U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, DC.
JULY 3, 2019NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: TARABA STATE ASSEMBLY ADOPTS DEATH PENALTY FOR KIDNAPPERS
The Taraba House of Assembly on 2 July 2019 amended the state Kidnapping and Abduction Prohibition Act 2010, to introduce death penalty and life imprisonment for offenders.
JULY 3, 2019Sri LankaDEATH PENALTYSRI LANKA: CARRYING OUT DEATH PENALTY WILL CAUSE LOSS OF GSP+ SAYS JVP
President Maithripala Sirisena’s decision to carry out the death penalty will lead Sri Lanka to lose GSP+ benefits received from the European Union as well as set the stage for an anti-Sri Lanka campaigns across the world, the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (J
- JULY 3, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mehdi Assadi and Hassan Baradaran hanged at Rajai-Shahr prison on July 3.
IRAN - Mehdi Assadi and Hassan Baradaran hanged at Rajai-Shahr prison on July 3.
- JULY 3, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Majid Sadr was hanged at Kashan prison on July 3.
IRAN - Majid Sadr was hanged at Kashan prison on July 3.
JULY 2, 2019IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: MAN HANGED IN BANDAR ABBAS FOR MURDER
According to IHR sources, on the early morning of 30 June 2019 a man was hanged at Tohid Prison in Bandar Abbas.
JULY 2, 2019Sri LankaDEATH PENALTYSRI LANKA: PRIME MINISTER SAYS HE AND HIS PARTY OPPOSE REINSTATING DEATH PENALTY
Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said on 30 June 2019 he and the United National Party (UNP) do not agree to implementing the death penalty ending a 43-year moratorium and many political parties including the opposition are against it.
JULY 2, 2019Myanmar (Burma)DEATH PENALTYMYANMAR: GUNMAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR ARMED ROBBERY IN MANDALAY
Mandalay District Court on 27 June 2019 sentenced a man to death for an armed robbery that resulted in the death of a woman in Chan Mya Tharsi township in Mandalay Region.
- JULY 2, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - At Least 110 Executed at the First Half of 2019.
IRAN - At Least 110 Executed at the First Half of 2019.
- JULY 1, 2019Sri LankaDEATH PENALTY
EU SAYS PLANNED SRI LANKA EXECUTIONS CONTRADICT COMMITMENTS
The European Union on 27 June 2019 criticized Sri Lanka’s move to resume executions, saying it would directly contradict the country’s commitment to maintain a 43-year moratorium on death penalty at the U.N. General Assembly last year.
- JULY 1, 2019Sri LankaDEATH PENALTY
SRI LANKA HIRES FIRST TWO HANGMEN IN 43 YEARS
Sri Lanka has recruited two hangmen as it prepares to carry out four executions - the first in 43 years.
JULY 1, 2019SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: PUNTLAND COURT OKS DEATH SENTENCES AGAINST 3 RAPED 12-YEAR-OLD GIRL
A high court in Somalia's northeastern regional state on 30 June 2019 upheld the death sentence of three men convicted of raping, mutilating and killing of a teenager early this year.
JULY 1, 2019IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: SOGHRA KHALILI, MOTHER OF 4-YEAR-OLD SON, SENTENCED TO DEATH IN SANANDAJ
The death penalty of Soghra Khalil was upheld on 24 June 2019.
- JULY 1, 2019United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - 26th Annual Fast & Vigil to Abolish the Death Penalty on the sidewalk in front of the US Supreme Court.
USA - 26th Annual Fast & Vigil to Abolish the Death Penalty on the sidewalk in front of the US Supreme Court.
- JUNE 30, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Sohrab Tajmehr hanged at Bandar Abbas prison on June 30.
IRAN - Sohrab Tajmehr hanged at Bandar Abbas prison on June 30.
- JUNE 29, 2019OregonDEATH PENALTY
USA - Oregon. The Senate passed SB 1013 to restrict capital punishment.
USA - Oregon. The Senate passed SB 1013 to restrict capital punishment.
JUNE 28, 2019DEATH PENALTYIRAN: FIVE MEN HANGED IN RAJA’I SHAHR PRISON
Five men were hanged at Rajai-Shahr prison on 26 June 2019.
JUNE 28, 2019IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: DAESH MEMBER SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KIDNAPPING, KILLING YAZIDIS
The Niniveh Criminal Court in northern Iraq has sentenced one person to death for belonging to Daesh and taking part in the kidnapping and murder of Iraqi citizens from the Yazidi religious minority.
- JUNE 28, 2019New MexicoDEATH PENALTY
USA - New Mexico. New Mexico sets aside final 2 death sentences.
USA - New Mexico. New Mexico sets aside final 2 death sentences.
- JUNE 27, 2019Sri LankaDEATH PENALTY
SRI LANKA: PRESIDENT SIGNS FOUR DEATH SENTENCES FOR DRUG CRIMES
Sri Lanka's president on 26 June 2019 signed death sentences for four people convicted of drug-related offences.
JUNE 27, 2019DEATH PENALTYUSA: CHARLES RAY FINCH BECOMES 166TH DEATH-ROW EXONEREE
Charles Ray Finch Becomes 166th Death-Row Exoneree as North Carolina Prosecutor Formally Drops All Charges.
JUNE 27, 2019BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: TWO TO WALK THE GALLOWS FOR GANG RAPE IN SHARIATPUR
A Shariatpur tribunal sentenced two men to death for gang-raping a girl at Mahmud Shikdar Kandi village in Zajira upazila in 2015.
- JUNE 27, 2019OhioDEATH PENALTY
USA - Ohio. Judge Lisa Allen reduced the sentence of Genesis Hill to 30 years to life
USA - Ohio. Judge Lisa Allen reduced the sentence of Genesis Hill to 30 years to life
- JUNE 27, 2019OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Oklahoma. Court reinstates death penalty for James Pavatt.
USA - Oklahoma. Court reinstates death penalty for James Pavatt.
- JUNE 26, 2019DEATH PENALTY
A SNAPSHOT IN TIME: THE U.S. REACHES 1500 EXECUTIONS
When Georgia executed Marion Wilson, Jr., on June 20, 2019, it marked the 1500th execution in the United States since the U.S. Supreme Court struck down all death-penalty statutes in Furman v. Georgia in 1972.
JUNE 26, 2019VietnamDEATH PENALTYVIETNAM: THREE SENTENCED TO DEATH IN HANOI FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
The Hanoi People’s Court sentenced three Vietnamese to death on 25 June 2019 on drugs charges.
- JUNE 26, 2019United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - North Carolina. Charles Ray Finch Becomes 166th Death-Row Exoneree
USA - North Carolina. Charles Ray Finch Becomes 166th Death-Row Exoneree
JUNE 26, 2019BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: 3 SENTENCED TO DEATH, 7 AWARDED LIFETIME IMPRISONMENT
A Kishoreganj court on 19 June 2019 awarded death sentence to three convict and lifetime imprisonment to seven in a murder case.
- JUNE 26, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Five men were hanged at Rajai-Shahr prison on June 26.
IRAN - Five men were hanged at Rajai-Shahr prison on June 26.