Archive timeline
2019
The news published by Hands Off Cain in 2019, month by month, with the countries most present that year.

The year in data
- Executions recorded worldwide
- 686
- Countries where they were recorded
- 24
- News items in the archive
- 1,580
Latest news of 2019
- APRIL 2, 2019ColoradoDEATH PENALTY
USA - Colorado. Proponents of death-penalty repeal bill SB 19-182 withdraw the bill
USA - Colorado. Proponents of death-penalty repeal bill SB 19-182 withdraw the bill
- APRIL 2, 2019ArkansasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Arkansas. House Judiciary Committee passed SB 464, an execution drug secrecy bill.
USA - Arkansas. House Judiciary Committee passed SB 464, an execution drug secrecy bill.
- APRIL 2, 2019ArkansasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Arkansas. Hikma and Fresenius Kabi object to execution secrecy measure.
USA - Arkansas. Hikma and Fresenius Kabi object to execution secrecy measure.
- APRIL 2, 2019MissouriDEATH PENALTY
USA - Missouri. The Missouri Supreme Court has overturned the death sentence of Marvin Rice
USA - Missouri. The Missouri Supreme Court has overturned the death sentence of Marvin Rice
APRIL 2, 2019Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYA 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 PENALTYA Saudi executed for drug
13 March 2019: Khaled bin Halal bin Abdul Qader Sulaimani, a Saudi national, was executed for traffiking cannabis
APRIL 2, 2019Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYA Saudi executed for murder
12 March 2019: Omer bin Salem bin Manae al-Qahtani, a Saudi national, was executed for murdering anoter Saudi,
APRIL 2, 2019Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYA Pakistani executed for drug
18 March 2019: Tur Khan Khawshal Khan (or Taur Khan Khushal Khan), a Pakistani national, was executed for smuggling heroin into his womb.
APRIL 2, 2019Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYA Saudi executed for murder
14 March 2019: Nayef bin Asaf bin Asaf al-Dariri (or Nayef bin Assaf bin Assaf al-Dossari), a Saudi national, was executed for murder
APRIL 2, 2019Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYA 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, 2019BruneiDEATH PENALTYELTON 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 PENALTYA 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.
APRIL 2, 2019Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYOne Syrian executed for drug
13 March 2019: Ahmad Abdulrahman Abdul Razak, a Syrian national, was executed for smuggling a quantity of amphetamine pills
APRIL 2, 2019Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYA Pakistani executed for drug
27 March 2019: Khalid Khan Muhbet Khan, a Pakistani national, was executed for smuggling heroin.
- APRIL 1, 2019MissouriDEATH PENALTY
USA - Missouri. The U.S. Supreme Court has denied Russell Bucklew's challenge to Missouri's lethal-injection protocol
USA - Missouri. The U.S. Supreme Court has denied Russell Bucklew's challenge to Missouri's lethal-injection protocol
APRIL 1, 2019NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: COURT SENTENCES FOUR TO DEATH BY HANGING IN DELTA
A four-man syndicate that specialised in robbing, kidnapping and snatching exotic cars in Asaba and its environs have been sentenced to death by hanging by a High Court in Asaba, the Delta State capital.
- APRIL 1, 2019WashingtonDEATH PENALTY
USA - Washington. The House Judiciary Committee passed SB 5339 to abolish the death penalty
USA - Washington. The House Judiciary Committee passed SB 5339 to abolish the death penalty
APRIL 1, 2019PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN SCRAPS TRIALS BEFORE MILITARY COURTS AFTER 4 YEARS
Pakistan scrapped terrorism trials before special military courts after the tribunals' mandate expired on 1 April 2019, ending a measure that had been in place for over four years to help authorities curb militant attacks, a government minister said.
APRIL 1, 2019DEATH PENALTYFLORIDA (USA): MAN AND NEPHEW WHO SPENT 42 YEARS IN PRISON CLEARED OF MURDER
After 43 years in prison, including 4 on death row, Clifford Williams has become Florida's 29th Death Row exoneration
MARCH 29, 2019BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: FIVE SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER WAR CRIMES IN NETROKONA
A court in Netrokona has sentenced to death five fugitives on charges of torture, abduction, murder and rape during the Liberation War in 1971 in Purbodhala.
MARCH 29, 2019TaiwanDEATH PENALTYTAIWAN: PREMIER APPROVES DEATH PENALTY FOR DRUNK DRIVING
Premier Su Tseng-chang on 28 March 2019 approved draft amendments to the Criminal Code that could see drunk drivers deemed to have caused fatalities with murderous intent sentenced to death.
- MARCH 29, 2019ArkansasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Arkansas. Governor Asa Hutchinson signed HB 1792 (now Act 615) into law.
USA - Arkansas. Governor Asa Hutchinson signed HB 1792 (now Act 615) into law.
MARCH 29, 2019BruneiDEATH PENALTYBRUNEI TO PUNISH GAY SEX AND ADULTERY WITH DEATH BY STONING
A new law which comes into effect from next week will punish homosexual sex and adultery with death in the small southeast Asian kingdom of Brunei.
- MARCH 28, 2019BelarusDEATH PENALTY
BELARUS - Two executed
In mid-May, two executions, of Viktar Liotau and Alyaksey Mikhalenia, have reportedly taken place in secret.
- MARCH 28, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: FATHER, SON EXECUTED ON DRUG RELATED CHARGES
MARCH 28, 2019IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Jalaluddin Mosala Nezhad was publically hanged in Jahrom
A prisoner - Jalaluddin Mosala Nezhad – on 14 March 2019 was publically hanged in Jahrom
- MARCH 28, 2019FloridaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Florida. Clifford Williams exonerated.
USA - Florida. Clifford Williams exonerated.
MARCH 28, 2019PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: SHC ANNULS DEATH PENALTY
The Sindh High Court (SHC) on 21 March 2019 annulled the death sentence of two accused and released them in the case of firing on a police vehicle.
- MARCH 28, 2019TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. The U.S. Supreme Court has issued a stay of execution to Patrick Murphy for "religious reasons"
USA - Texas. The U.S. Supreme Court has issued a stay of execution to Patrick Murphy for "religious reasons"
- MARCH 28, 2019PennsylvaniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Pennsylvania. A jury sentence Jacob Sullivan, 46, White, to death.
USA - Pennsylvania. A jury sentence Jacob Sullivan, 46, White, to death.
