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
JUNE 18, 2019EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: FORMER PRESIDENT MORSI DIES AFTER FALLING ILL IN COURT
Egypt's first democratically elected president Mohamed Morsi, an Islamist who was ousted after one year of divisive rule, died after falling ill during a court hearing on 17 June 2019, the attorney general said. He was 67.
JUNE 18, 2019Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: TEENAGER ARRESTED AT 13 IS SAVED FROM THE DEATH PENALTY, ACCORDING TO A SOURCE
Murtaja Qureiris, an 18-year-old man who had been sentenced to death in Saudi Arabia, was saved from execution and sentenced to 12 years in prison, according to a source familiar with the matter.
JUNE 18, 2019NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: MAN WRONGLY SENTENCED TO DEATH REGAINS FREEDOM AFTER 16 YEARS IN JAIL
Mr. Oyenye Obasi, a 33-year-old man who was convicted at the age of 17 in Ibadan, regained freedom through the prerogative of mercy granted by former Oyo State Governor Abiola Ajimobi at the tail end of his administration.
- JUNE 18, 2019CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - California. ACLU Study: Los Angeles Death Penalty Discriminates Against Defendants of Color and the Poor.
USA - California. ACLU Study: Los Angeles Death Penalty Discriminates Against Defendants of Color and the Poor.
- JUNE 18, 2019United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Federal. Federal judge William Lawrence vacated the federal death sentence of Bruce Carneil Webster
USA - Federal. Federal judge William Lawrence vacated the federal death sentence of Bruce Carneil Webster
JUNE 17, 2019VietnamDEATH PENALTYVIETNAM: THREE DRUG TRAFFICKERS SENTENCED TO DEATH
A court in Lang Son Province in northern Vietnam on 13 June 2019 gave death sentences to two men and a woman for smuggling heroin and synthetic drugs.
JUNE 17, 2019GhanaDEATH PENALTYGHANA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER MURDER OF STEPMOTHER HE ACCUSED OF WITCHCRAFT
A 38-year-old man who murdered his stepmother on the accusation of witchcraft in 2010 has been sentenced to death by the Tamale High Court, ghanawebonline reported on 16 June 2019.
JUNE 17, 2019ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: BEIJING KNIFE-ATTACKER SENTENCED TO DEATH
A man who killed one person and wounded 14 more with a knife at a Beijing mall in 2018 has been sentenced to death for “intentional murder,” a local intermediate court ruled on 13 June 2019.
- JUNE 17, 2019CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - California. Poll finds Californians support the death penalty and moratorium on executions.
USA - California. Poll finds Californians support the death penalty and moratorium on executions.
- JUNE 15, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mohammad Shekaf hanged at Ahvaz’s central prison.
IRAN - Mohammad Shekaf hanged at Ahvaz’s central prison.
- JUNE 14, 2019EgyptDEATH PENALTY
83 EGYPTIANS COULD BE EXECUTED AT ANY TIME
The sentence of Ahmed Saddouma, who was 17 when he was arrested and accused of terror offences and the attempted murder of a federal judge, on 8 June 2019 was reduced from the death sentence to 15 years in prison.
JUNE 14, 2019DEATH PENALTYIRAN: THREE PRISONERS HANGED IN KARAJ
According to IHR sources, on the morning of 12 June 2019 three prisoners were executed at Rajai-Shahr prison in the Iranian city of Karaj.
JUNE 14, 2019BelarusDEATH PENALTYBELARUS: PRISONER EXECUTED FOR MURDER
Alexander Zhilnikov was executed in Belarus for the murder of three people.
- JUNE 13, 2019DEATH BY PUNISHMENT
COURT OF STRASBOURG. HANDS OFF CAIN, HISTORICAL JUDGMENT OF THE ECHR ON THE VIOLA CASE vs ITALY
For the "Hands off Cain" association, which for years has been involved, with the Radical Party, in the abolition of the life sentence, the judgment of the European Court for Human Rights in the case of Marcello Viola vs Italy is a historical pronouncemen
JUNE 13, 2019AlgeriaDEATH PENALTYALGERIA: THREE MEMBERS OF FORMER INTELLIGENCE SERVICE SENTENCED TO DEATH
A military court in Blida, 45 km South-west of Algiers, has pressed death sentence against three members of the former Security and Intelligence Directorate (DRS) for providing intelligence to foreign countries.
JUNE 13, 2019VietnamDEATH PENALTYVIETNAM: TWO MEN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
A central Vietnam court has sentenced two men to death for trafficking meth and heroin from Laos to Vietnam.
- JUNE 13, 2019South CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
USA - South Carolina. A jury sentenced Tim Jones, 37, White, to death for killing his 5 children
USA - South Carolina. A jury sentenced Tim Jones, 37, White, to death for killing his 5 children
- JUNE 12, 2019DEATH PENALTY
TEXAS (USA): COMPLAINT AGAINST FORMER ASSISTANT DISTRICT ATTORNEY DANIEL RIZZO
A special prosecutor in Harris County, John Raley, on 5 June 2019 filed a complaint with the Texas State Bar Office of Chief Disciplinary Counsel against former Assistant District Attorney Daniel Rizzo, alleging that Rizzo intentionally concealed exculpat
- JUNE 12, 2019NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING HIS GIRLFRIEND IN YOBE
A Yobe High Court on 11 June 2019 sentenced one Muhammed Adamu to death by hanging for killing his girlfriend, Hauwa Muhammad, 24.
- JUNE 12, 2019BotswanaDEATH PENALTY
BOTSWANA DECRIMINALISES HOMOSEXUALITY
Botswana's High Court on 11 June 2019 overturned a law criminalizing consensual same-sex relations in a landmark victory for Africa's LGBTQ movements.
- JUNE 12, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Amir Tahmaseb, Samad Basideh and 1 other man hanged at Rajai-Shahr prison.
IRAN - Amir Tahmaseb, Samad Basideh and 1 other man hanged at Rajai-Shahr prison.
- JUNE 12, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - One prisoner (not identified) executed at Ardabil’s prison.
IRAN - One prisoner (not identified) executed at Ardabil’s prison.
- JUNE 11, 2019PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: TWO TOP RANKING ARMY OFFICERS AND A CIVILIAN SENTENCED ON ESPIONAGE CHARGES AND LEAKING SENSITIVE INFORMATION
Pakistan Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa has endorsed the death sentence to a retired army officer and a civilian and rigorous imprisonment to one army officer on charges of "espionage/leakage of sensitive information to foreign agencies pre
- JUNE 11, 2019IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
INDONESIA: MEDAN DRUG KINGPIN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR SMUGGLING METHAMPHETAMINES FROM MALAYSIA
The Medan District Court on 11 June 2019 sentenced Junaidi Siagian to death for smuggling 53.3 kilograms of methamphetamines from Malaysia.
JUNE 11, 2019EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: COURT OF CASSATION COMMUTES DEATH PENALTY, UPHOLDS JAIL TERMS IN 2013 STORMING OF KERDASA POLICE STATION
Egypt’s Court of Cassation on 10 June 2019 commuted a death sentence against a defendant convicted in the case of the storming of the Kerdasa police station in Giza in July 2013, and has upheld life imprisonment terms against three other men in the same c
JUNE 11, 2019IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: BOMBAY HC UPHOLDS DEATH PENALTY CLAUSE FOR REPEAT OFFENDERS IN RAPE CASES
The Bombay High Court on 3 June 2019 upheld the Constitutional validity of an amended section of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) under which repeat offenders in rape cases can be awarded life imprisonment or death penalty.
JUNE 10, 2019EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: COURT OF CASSATION UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE FOR MAN OVER TERROR INVOLVEMENT
Egypt's Court of Cassation upheld on 8 June 2019 a death sentence previously issued by a criminal court against a man over an assassination attempt of a judge and involvement in a terror cell, state-run Al-Ahram news website reported.
JUNE 10, 2019PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: 2 LASHKAR-E-JHANGVI MILITANTS HANDED DOWN DEATH PENALTY FOR KILLING LAWYER
An anti-terrorism court (ATC) on 23 May 2019 sentenced 2 Lashkar-e-Jhangvi militants to death in an eight-year-old case of a lawyer’s killing in a sectarian attack outside a former judge’s residence.
JUNE 10, 2019MalawiDEATH PENALTYMALAWI: KILLER OF PEOPLE LIVING WITH ALBINISM SENTENCED TO DEATH
Malawi’s high court on 7 June 2019 sentenced to death a man who murdered a young albino.
- JUNE 10, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Unidentified prisoner hanged at Rajai-Shahr prison.
IRAN - Unidentified prisoner hanged at Rajai-Shahr prison.