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
- MARCH 27, 2019SwitzerlandDEATH PENALTY
SWITZERLAND TO DEPORT TERRORISTS EVEN IF THEY FACE DEATH PENALTY AT HOME
The Swiss Council of States agreed earlier this week to allow for the deportation of terrorists to their home countries even if they face the death penalty in them.
MARCH 27, 2019NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: RTEAN MEMBER TO DIE FOR KILLING COLLEAGUE OVER ‘LOADING’
An Ekiti State High Court on 26 March 2019 sentenced a member of the Road Transport Employer Association of Nigeria (RTEAN) Abednego Ajibola, to death for killing his colleague over scuffle on loading arrangement.
MARCH 27, 2019SingaporeDEATH PENALTYSINGAPORE: MALAYSIAN CONVICTED OF MURDER EXECUTED
A Malaysian convicted of murder in 2015 was executed at Singapore's Changi Prison on 22 March 2019 morning.
MARCH 27, 2019United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTYUAE: ASIAN MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING HIS WIFE
The Fujairah Criminal Court has sentenced an Asian man to death for killing his wife, an Arab woman.
- MARCH 27, 2019ArkansasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Arkansas. The Senate passed HB 1792
USA - Arkansas. The Senate passed HB 1792
MARCH 26, 2019IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: YEZIDI MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR TERRORISM
An Iraqi court on 25 March 2019 sentenced a Yezidi (Ezidi) man to death for joining the Islamic State and participating in crimes against his own religious minority group in the town of Sinjar (Shingal) in 2014.
MARCH 26, 2019NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: COURT SENTENCES BOYFRIEND TO DEATH
An Akure High Court has sentenced a middle-aged man, Chukwudi Onweniwe, to death by hanging, for killing his girlfriend, Nifemi Adeyeye, an HND student of Rufus Giwa Polytechnic, Owo (RUGIPO).
MARCH 26, 2019IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: MAN HANGED AT SHIRVAN PRISON
According to the Iran Human Rights sources, on the morning of 13 March 2019, a prisoner identified as Salman Azarpanah, was executed at Shirvan Prison. Shirvan is a city in North Khorasan Province of Iran.
- MARCH 26, 2019PennsylvaniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Pennsylvania. State Supreme Court confirms new sentencing for Milton Montalvo
USA - Pennsylvania. State Supreme Court confirms new sentencing for Milton Montalvo
- MARCH 25, 2019DEATH PENALTY
USA - Utah. New hearing for Douglas Carter
USA - Utah. New hearing for Douglas Carter
- MARCH 25, 2019Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI TO EXTRADITE EGYPTIAN DEATH ROW CONVICT
An Egyptian convicted of murder in Egypt is to be flown back to his home country, according to Sabq.
MARCH 25, 2019IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: MAN GETS DEATH SENTENCE FOR TERRORISM
An Iraqi court on 24 March 2019 sentenced an alleged terrorist to death for attempting to blow himself up on security forces in the province of Salahuddin.
MARCH 25, 2019ZambiaDEATH PENALTYZAMBIA: LUSAKA BUSINESSMAN GETS DEATH PENALTY FOR KILLING WIFE, HER LOVER
The Lusaka High Court has sentenced to death a businessman who shot dead his wife and her alleged lover in Meanwood area last July, The Zambian Observer reported on 24 March 2019.
- MARCH 25, 2019PennsylvaniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Pennsylvania. A jury sentenced Jacob Sullivan to death
USA - Pennsylvania. A jury sentenced Jacob Sullivan to death
- MARCH 24, 2019CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - California. Poll: only 31% favour death penalty
USA - California. Poll: only 31% favour death penalty
- MARCH 23, 2019TunisiaDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty for the murderer of a soldier on duty at Menzel Bourguiba
18 April 2018: the accused charged with murdering a soldier at the military barracks in Zaârour of the delegation of Menzel Bourguiba (Bizerte) was sentenced to death.
- MARCH 22, 2019CambodiaDEATH PENALTY
CAMBODIA: HUN SEN WANTS DEATH SENTENCE FOR CHILD RAPISTS
Prime Minister Hun Sen on 10 March 2019 said he wants the constitution amended to allow the death sentence for child rapists.
MARCH 22, 2019ZambiaDEATH PENALTYZAMBIA: 14 WOMEN ON DEATH ROW
Fourteen women and an 18-year-old man are among 315 inmates on death row at Mukobeko Maximum Security Correctional Facility in Kabwe, Ministry of Home Affairs Permanent Secretary Chileshe Mulenga has said.
MARCH 22, 2019SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: MILITARY COURT SENTENCES TWO AL-SHABAB MILITANTS TO DEATH
Somalia's military court on 20 March 2019 sentenced two al-Shabab militants to death for their participation in terrorist attacks and killings.
- MARCH 22, 2019United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Federal. U.S. District Court Judge Edward Lodge ruled against Joseph E. Duncan
USA - Federal. U.S. District Court Judge Edward Lodge ruled against Joseph E. Duncan
- MARCH 21, 2019EgyptDEATH PENALTY
EGYPT: DEATH SENTENCE FOR ‘MURDERER’ FATHER IN MANSOURA REFERRED TO MUFTI
A criminal court in Dakahlia's Mansoura ordered on 18 March 2019 referring Mahmoud Nazmi, over filicide, to Egypt's Grand Mufti, and said it would issue its verdict on April 17.
MARCH 21, 2019Trinidad & TobagoDEATH PENALTYTRINIDAD AND TOBAGO: ONE SENTENCED TO DEATH, ANOTHER FREED FOR 2006 MURDER
One man was sentenced to hang for a 2006 murder while his co-accused walked free after a Port of Spain jury returned its verdict on 12 February 2019.
MARCH 21, 2019BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: 4 TO DIE FOR DOUBLE MURDER IN MYMENSINGH
A court in Mymensingh on 20 March 2019 sentenced four people to death for killing two siblings in Tarakanda upazila in 2001.
- MARCH 21, 2019TennesseeDEATH PENALTY
USA - Tennessee. Senate passed SB 0400 to reduce appeals for death sentences
USA - Tennessee. Senate passed SB 0400 to reduce appeals for death sentences
- MARCH 21, 2019FloridaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Florida. Anthony Welch re-sentenced to 3 life terms
USA - Florida. Anthony Welch re-sentenced to 3 life terms
- MARCH 21, 2019FloridaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Florida. Ronald Stewart Posthumously Exonerated
USA - Florida. Ronald Stewart Posthumously Exonerated
- MARCH 21, 2019IdahoDEATH PENALTY
USA - Idaho. Judge Lynn Norton says prison officials must release execution-related documents
USA - Idaho. Judge Lynn Norton says prison officials must release execution-related documents
- MARCH 20, 2019PakistanDEATH PENALTY
One executed for murder
7 March 2018: Shaukat alias Shauki, was executed in the Kot Lakhpat Jail for murder .
- MARCH 20, 2019PakistanDEATH PENALTY
One executed for murder
30 Janaury 2018: Faisal Sheraz, was executed for murder in the Peshawar Central Prison, after spending 11 years in the death row.
- MARCH 20, 2019TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
BRITISH OFFICE TAIPEI CALLS FOR TAIWAN TO END DEATH PENALTY
The British Office Taipei, which maintains and develops relations between the United Kingdom and Taiwan, called on 18 March 2019 for Taiwan to abolish the death penalty on the basis of human rights.