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
- APRIL 8, 2019EgyptDEATH PENALTY
CLOSING OF THE NATIONAL SEMINAR ON ‘MODERNIZING PENAL LEGISLATION IN EGYPT’ BY AGREEING TO CONTINUE THE COMMUNITY DIALOGUE AND ADOPT THE OUTPUTS
The National Seminar on "Modernization of Penal Legislation in Egypt", which started on 6 April, was held in Cairo this evening and discussed five issues related to modernizing the law system in Egypt.
APRIL 8, 2019EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: COURT RECOMMENDS DEATH PENALTY FOR 7 OVER 2016 GIZA HOTEL ATTACK
Giza Criminal Court on 6 April 2019 recommended the death penalty for seven defendants accused of orchestrating a 2016 attack on a tourist bus and hotel near Egypt’s Giza Pyramids.
APRIL 8, 2019IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: ALLEGED ISIS LAWYER SENTENCED TO DEATH
Iraq’s Nineveh Criminal Court on 7 April 2019 sentenced to death a man who reportedly worked as a lawyer for the Islamic State following the emergence of the jihadist group in Iraq and Syria in 2014.
- APRIL 8, 2019OhioDEATH PENALTY
USA - Ohio. Maurice Mason, 55, Black, gets 26 years to life.
USA - Ohio. Maurice Mason, 55, Black, gets 26 years to life.
- APRIL 8, 2019OregonDEATH PENALTY
USA - Oregon. The Senate Judiciary Committee passed SB 1013 to reduce use of death penalty
USA - Oregon. The Senate Judiciary Committee passed SB 1013 to reduce use of death penalty
- APRIL 7, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Hayyari Periods and Mehran Hazro Shah Qasemi were hanged on April 7
IRAN - Hayyari Periods and Mehran Hazro Shah Qasemi were hanged on April 7
- APRIL 5, 2019Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Crown Prince bin Salman announces intention to decrease number of executions
5 April 2018: Time Magazine interview
APRIL 5, 2019ZimbabweDEATH PENALTYZIMBABWE: MAN GETS DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDERING LOVER
The High Court sentenced a Harare man to death by hanging on 20 March 2019 for killing his lover and her three children.
APRIL 5, 2019PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: TWO SENTENCED TO DEATH IN DUAL MURDER CASE IN OKARA
A court on 4 April 2019 sentenced two accused to death and awarded seven years to another in a murder case in Okara. The judgment was announced by Additional Sessions Judge Mushtaq Ahmed.
APRIL 5, 2019IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: SERIAL KILLER MOHAN KUMAR CONVICTED IN TWO MORE CASES, AWARDED DEATH SENTENCE
Serial Killer Mohan Kumar, who is facing 20 criminal cases, was on 27 March 2019 convicted to death sentence in two cases by Courts in Madikeri and Dakshina Kannada Districts, in the indian State of Karnataka.
- APRIL 5, 2019IowaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Iowa. SF 296 to reinstate the death penalty died in a House Committee
USA - Iowa. SF 296 to reinstate the death penalty died in a House Committee
- APRIL 5, 2019TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. The House Criminal Jurisprudence Committee passed HB 1936 to ban execution of mentally ill.
USA - Texas. The House Criminal Jurisprudence Committee passed HB 1936 to ban execution of mentally ill.
- APRIL 4, 2019United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UAE: MAN GETS DEATH PENALTY FOR KILLING COUSIN OVER DH400
A farm worker, who killed his cousin because the victim demanded that he pay back the Dh400 he owed, has been sentenced to death.
APRIL 4, 2019NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: ONDO STATE GOVERNOR AKEREDOLU WILL SIGN DEATH WARRANT OF CONVICTS SENTENCED TO DEATH
Ondo State Governor Mr Rotimi Akeredolu will soon sign the death warrant of convicts sentenced to death by different courts in the southwestern state.
APRIL 4, 2019NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING HIS WIFE A MONTH AFTER THEIR WEDDING
The Federal High court in Yenogoa, Bayelsa state, on 22 March 2019 sentenced 42 year old Ogho-Oghene Stephen Akpata to death by hanging for stabbing his wife of just one month, Oyinye Faustina Eze, to death at their home in the Kpansia area of Yenagoa in
- APRIL 4, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Kamal Shahshahr hanged on April 4 (or April 27) at Kerman Prison
IRAN - Kamal Shahshahr hanged on April 4 (or April 27) at Kerman Prison
- APRIL 3, 2019TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. Texas bars all spiritual advisers from death chambers
USA - Texas. Texas bars all spiritual advisers from death chambers
- APRIL 3, 2019DEATH PENALTY
USA - Arizona. The House passed SB 1314 which would eliminate 3 aggravating circumstances.
USA - Arizona. The House passed SB 1314 which would eliminate 3 aggravating circumstances.
- APRIL 3, 2019YemenDEATH PENALTY
Rami Amer Khamis bin Thabit al-Nahdi on 7 March 2019 was executed by shooting in public for murder.
Rami Amer Khamis bin Thabit al-Nahdi on 7 March 2019 was executed by shooting in public for murder.
APRIL 3, 2019EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: POLICEMAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING CHRISTIAN FATHER AND SON
An Egyptian policeman found guilty of killing a Christian man and his son in a case that outraged the minority Coptic community was sentenced to death on 2 April 2019, judicial sources said.
APRIL 3, 2019SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: MAN EXECUTED FOR RAPE, MURDER OF GIRL
A man on 5 March 2019 was executed for the rape and murder of an 18-year old girl in a village near the regional capital of Gedo region of the Jubaland Federal State of Somalia.
- APRIL 3, 2019ArizonaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Arizona. A jury sentenced Kenneth Wayne Thompson to death.
USA - Arizona. A jury sentenced Kenneth Wayne Thompson to death.
- APRIL 3, 2019AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Alabama. Judge Brad Almond sentenced Michael Belcher to death
USA - Alabama. Judge Brad Almond sentenced Michael Belcher to death
APRIL 3, 2019IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: MAN GETS DEATH SENTENCE FOR RAPE, MURDER OF TWO-YEAR-OLD IN KOLKATA
The Kolkata Sessions Court on 28 March 2019 sentenced a 42-year-old man to death for rape and murder of a two-and-a-half-year-old pavement dweller in Kolkata in 2013.
- APRIL 3, 2019TennesseeDEATH PENALTY
USA - Tennesse. Cynthia Vaughn seeks mercy for Donnie Edward Johnson.
USA - Tennesse. Cynthia Vaughn seeks mercy for Donnie Edward Johnson.
- APRIL 3, 2019ArkansasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Arkansas. SB 464 (a secrecy law) passed the full House
USA - Arkansas. SB 464 (a secrecy law) passed the full House
- APRIL 2, 2019BruneiDEATH PENALTY
ELTON JOHN ALIGNES WITH GEORGE CLOONEY'S BOYCOTT OF BRUNEI-OWNED HOTELS
Elton John has aligned with George Clooney’s boycott of Brunei-owned luxury hotels after the Asian nation passed strict “Sharia law” that would allow for the stoning death of LGBTQ people.
- APRIL 2, 2019Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
A Pakistani executed for drug
18 March 2019: Qul Rahman Saifur Rahman (or Rakhman Sifur Rehman), a Pakistani national, was executed for smuggling a quantity of heroin.
- APRIL 2, 2019Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
A Pakistani executed for drug
21 March 2019: Nur al-Rahman Qul Faqir (or Nawur al-Rahman Fakir), a Pakistani national, was executed for smuggling heroin.
- APRIL 2, 2019Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
A Chadi executed for drug
25 March 2019: Abdulrahman Saleh Hassan (or Abdul Rahman Saleh Hassan, a Chadi, was executed for smuggling a quantity of drug cocaine.