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
- MAY 14, 2019LouisianaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Louisiana. The House Administration of Criminal Justice advanced HB 215 to abolish the death penalty.
USA - Louisiana. The House Administration of Criminal Justice advanced HB 215 to abolish the death penalty.
MAY 13, 2019SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: PUNTLAND COURT SENTENCES THREE MEN TO DEATH FOR RAPING AND MURDER
A regional court in Puntland on 12 May 2019 sentenced 3 men to death for the rape and murder of a 12-year-old girl, Aisha Ilyas Adan in Galkayo city early this year.
MAY 13, 2019EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: TWO SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER CHURCH ATTACK
An Egyptian court on 12 May 2019 sentenced two men to death and eight others to between three years and life in prison over an attack on a church and Christian-owned shop in Cairo that killed 10 people.
MAY 13, 2019MalawiDEATH PENALTYMALAWI: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING BOY WITH ALBINIM
There has been a landmark court ruling in Malawi which has seen the first person sentenced to death for killing a teenager with albinism.
- MAY 13, 2019ArizonaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Arizona. Court of Appeals overturnes death sentence of George Kayer
USA - Arizona. Court of Appeals overturnes death sentence of George Kayer
- MAY 13, 2019TennesseeDEATH PENALTY
USA - Tennessee. The U.S. Supreme Court declined to review Tennessee's lethal injection protocol
USA - Tennessee. The U.S. Supreme Court declined to review Tennessee's lethal injection protocol
MAY 13, 2019PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: SHC COMMUTES DEATH SENTENCES FOR SHAHRUKH JATOI, SIRAJ TALPUR IN SHAHZEB MURDER CASE
The Sindh High Court on 13 May 2019 commuted the death sentences handed to Shahrukh Jatoi and Siraj Talpur in the Shahzeb Khan murder case into life imprisonment as it announced its verdict on their appeals against conviction in the case.
- MAY 11, 2019IraqDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ: TERRORIST SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING SOLDIERS AND RAPING WOMEN
Nineveh Criminal Court sentenced a terrorist of Daesh groups to death for killing Iraqi soldiers and raping Yazidi women, INA reported on 9 May 2019.
MAY 11, 2019GambiaDEATH PENALTYGAMBIA: GOVERNMENT COMMUTES ALL DEATH SENTENCES TO LIFE IMPRISONMENT
Abubacar Tambadou, the Attorney General and Minister of Justice said on 7 May 2019 the government of the Gambia as part of fulfilling its international obligation is willing to remove the death penalty.
MAY 10, 2019IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: PRISONER EXECUTED AT ARDABIL PRISON FOR MURDER
A prisoner was executed at Ardabil prison on 4 May 2019, HRANA reported.
MAY 9, 2019IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: MAN HANGED AT TABRIZ PRISON FOR RAPE CHARGES
According to the Kurdistan Human Rights Network, on the morning of 30 April 2019 a man was hanged at Tabriz central prison for “rape charges.”
- MAY 9, 2019TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
TAIWAN: DEATH PENALTY FOR SPIES
Lawmakers in Taiwan voted on 7 May 2019 to amend existing laws to enforce heavier penalties against anyone – locals, Hong Kongers or mainland residents – who leak state secrets or spy for Beijing.
MAY 9, 2019NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: 5 PRISONERS TO BE STONED TO DEATH IN BAUCHI
Five condemned persons who have been convicted to be stoned to death while another 10 whose legs and hands are to be amputated are said to be languishing in Bauchi prison presently.
- MAY 9, 2019PennsylvaniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Pennsylvania. Orlando Maisonet has been freed after spending 28 years on death row.
USA - Pennsylvania. Orlando Maisonet has been freed after spending 28 years on death row.
- MAY 9, 2019TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. House passed HB 1936 to ban the execution of severely mentally ill inmates.
USA - Texas. House passed HB 1936 to ban the execution of severely mentally ill inmates.
- MAY 9, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Documents Prove Judiciary Has Lied About the Executed Minors.
IRAN - Documents Prove Judiciary Has Lied About the Executed Minors.
- MAY 8, 2019BelarusDEATH PENALTY
BELARUS PUTS ON HOLD DEPORTATION OF FOREIGNER WHO MAY FACE DEATH PENALTY IN IRAN
A Minsk court has overturned the decision to deport Iranian citizen Merhdat Jamshidiyan who has spent 10 months in Belarusian prison. His case has been sent back for review.
- MAY 8, 2019PakistanDEATH PENALTY
ASIA BIBI, CHRISTIAN CLEARED OF BLASPHEMY CHARGES, LEAVES PAKISTAN FOR CANADA
A Pakistani Christian woman who spent eight years on death row in Pakistan after being found guilty of blasphemy — a conviction that was later overturned — has arrived in Canada, her lawyer said on 8 May 2019.
MAY 8, 2019IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: FOUR MEN SECRETLY HANGED ON DRUG RELATED CHARGES IN ARAK PRISON
Iran secretly hanged on 29 April 2019 four prisoners on drug related charges in Central Prison of Arak.
- MAY 7, 2019EgyptDEATH PENALTY
EGYPT UPHOLDS DEATH PENALTY FOR 13 ON TERROR CHARGES
Egypt's highest appeals court on 7 May 2019 upheld death sentences for 13 people convicted of terror charges over attacks in the capital in which explosive devices killed at least two police officers.
MAY 7, 2019ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: SIX EXECUTED FOR KILLING WORKERS IN MINING COMPENSATION SCAM
Six men were executed on 12 April 2019 in northern China for killing mine workers and then claiming millions of yuan in compensation from the pit owners.
MAY 7, 2019BahrainDEATH PENALTYBAHRAIN: COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCES AND PRISON TERMS LINKED TO TERRORIST CELL
Bahrain’s supreme court of appeal on 6 May 2019 upheld death sentences for two men convicted of forming a terrorist group that attacked security forces.
- MAY 6, 2019BruneiDEATH PENALTY
BRUNEI 'WILL NOT ENFORCE GAY DEATH PENALTY AFTER GLOBAL BACKLASH'
Brunei's Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah has said gay sex will not be punished with the death penalty after he faced global backlash over the incoming legislation, the Evening Standard reported on 5 May 2019.
- MAY 6, 2019LouisianaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Louisiana. Senate rejected SB 112 to abolish death penalty
USA - Louisiana. Senate rejected SB 112 to abolish death penalty
MAY 6, 2019IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: MAN HANGED AT ZANJAN PRISON FOR MURDER
According to Iran Human Rights sources, Hedayat Mehrabi, 37, was hanged for murder charges on the morning of 16 April 2019 at Zanjan prison.
MAY 6, 2019IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: FOUR SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR JOINING ISLAMIC STATE
An Iraqi court has sentenced four people to death by hanging for belonging to the Islamic State militant group and committing terrorist crimes in Iraq and Syria, a judiciary statement said on 21 April 2019.
- MAY 3, 2019DEATH PENALTY
GEORGIA (USA): SCOTTY GARNELL MORROW EXECUTED
Scotty Garnell Morrow, 52, Black, Was Executed on 2 May 2019 in Georgia.
MAY 3, 2019IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: A PRISONER HANGED ON MURDER CHARGES AT SANANDAJ CENTRAL PRISON
A Kurdish prisoner, Ahmad Irani (known as Aha Chateh), was executed on murder charges at Sanandaj Central Prison on 28 April 2019.
MAY 3, 2019BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: SIX SENTENCED TO DEATH IN KHADEM MURDER CASE
A Dhaka court on 25 April 2019 sentenced six to death and another to life term imprisonment for killing administrative officer of Dhaka deputy commissioner's office Aminul Haque Khadem alias Anis Khadem in 2009, reports UNB.
- MAY 3, 2019TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. Alfred Dewayne Brown declared "actually innocent".
USA - Texas. Alfred Dewayne Brown declared "actually innocent".