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
- FEBRUARY 25, 2019SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
SOMALIA: MILITARY COURT SENTENCES SOLDIER TO DEATH FOR KILLING CIVILIAN
A military tribunal in Mogadishu has sentenced a government soldier to death for killing a civilian in Mahad district in Middle Shabelle region, south of Somalia, radioshabelle.com reported on 25 February 2019.
FEBRUARY 25, 2019EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: FORMER VICE-PRESIDENT CALLS FOR ABOLITION OF DEATH PENALTY
Former Egyptian Vice-President Mohamed ElBaradei on 21 February 2019 decried Egypt’s frequent resort to capital punishment and called for the abolition of the practice.
- FEBRUARY 24, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Ghafour Gari was hung in public in the city of Aq Qala on Feb. 24.
IRAN - Ghafour Gari was hung in public in the city of Aq Qala on Feb. 24.
- FEBRUARY 23, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mojtaba Mirzadeh was executed at Shirvan Prison on Feb. 23.
IRAN - Mojtaba Mirzadeh was executed at Shirvan Prison on Feb. 23.
- FEBRUARY 23, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Soheil Haji was executed at Shirvan Prison on Feb. 23.
IRAN - Soheil Haji was executed at Shirvan Prison on Feb. 23.
- FEBRUARY 22, 2019KansasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Kansas. House Committee defeated HB 2282 to repeal capital punishment
USA - Kansas. House Committee defeated HB 2282 to repeal capital punishment
FEBRUARY 22, 2019BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR RAPE AND MURDER OF A CHILD IN CHATTOGRAM
A Chattogram court on 10 February 2019 sentenced a man to death for the rape and murder of a 10-year-old child in Chattogram’s Hathazari.
- FEBRUARY 22, 2019CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - California. Governor Gavin Newsom orders DNA testing for Kevin Cooper.
USA - California. Governor Gavin Newsom orders DNA testing for Kevin Cooper.
FEBRUARY 22, 2019IndonesiaDEATH PENALTYINDONESIA: SOUTH SUMATRA COURT DELIVERS DEATH PENALTY TO NINE DRUG DEALERS
The Palembang District Court in South Sumatra sentenced nine people to death on 7 February 2019 after finding them guilty of transporting 80 kilograms of crystal methamphetamine.
FEBRUARY 22, 2019PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: MAN AWARDED TWO TIMES DEATH SENTENCE
The Anti-Terrorist Court (ATC) No-III, Rawalpindi Judge Abdul Raheem on 10 February 2019 awarded two times death sentence and imprisonment of 31 years to Zafar Iqbal for killing a police officer on August 10, 1999.
FEBRUARY 21, 2019Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTYGAZA: DEATH SENTENCE IMPOSED FOR MURDER
Khan Younis Court of First Instance on 29 January 2019 imposed a death sentence against a citizen (Y/A’).
FEBRUARY 21, 2019IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: GUJARAT HIGH COURT SPARES TWO CHILD KILLERS THE GALLOWS
The Gujarat High Court on 18 February 2019 saved two persons—Akshay Patel and Kuldip Panchal—who had brutally murdered a four-and-a-half-year-old kid for ransom, from the gallows.
FEBRUARY 21, 2019EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: 15 EXECUTIONS IN FEBRUARY
15 people have so far been executed in Egypt in February alone (7th, 13th & 20th), all were condemned among many others (present & absent) for terrorism crimes.
FEBRUARY 21, 2019TaiwanDEATH PENALTYTAIWAN: COURT UPHOLDS DEATH PENALTY FOR ARSONIST
The Taiwan High Court on 20 February 2019 upheld convicted arsonist Weng Jen-hsien’s death sentence.
- FEBRUARY 20, 2019DEATH PENALTY
USA - Montana. Committee voted against HB 350 abolishing capital punishment.
USA - Montana. Committee voted against HB 350 abolishing capital punishment.
- FEBRUARY 20, 2019UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
UZBEKISTAN URGED NOT TO HAND ETHNIC KAZAKH OVER TO CHINA
Human rights activists are urging Uzbekistan to deny a Chinese extradition request for an ethnic Kazakh citizen of China who is now stuck in the Central Asian nation’s main air terminal, Reuters reported on 8 February 2019.
- FEBRUARY 20, 2019EgyptDEATH PENALTY
HUMAN RIGHTS ORGANIZATIONS CALL FOR EGYPT TO END DEATH PENALTY
In a statement released on 11 February 2019, the Egyptian Front for Human Rights, the Committee for Justice, and the Arab Foundation for Civil and Political Rights called for an end to the death penalty in Egypt pending “a broad societal dialogue.”
- FEBRUARY 20, 2019MontanaDEATH PENALTY
USA - New Hampshire. Death penalty repeal (HB 455) clears committee
USA - New Hampshire. Death penalty repeal (HB 455) clears committee
FEBRUARY 20, 2019BahrainDEATH PENALTYBAHRAIN: MOSQUE IMAM MURDERER DEATH SENTENCE UPHELD
The Court of Cassation upheld on 11 February 2019 the death sentence handed down to the killer of the Imam of Bin Shaddah Mosque.
FEBRUARY 20, 2019EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: NINE MEN EXECUTED OVER PROSECUTOR'S DEATH
Egyptian authorities executed nine young men on 20 February 2019 morning despite calls by rights groups to halt the executions over due process violations, a source close to their families told Middle East Eye.
- FEBRUARY 20, 2019CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - California. Freddie Taylor freed from Death Row nearly 33 years
USA - California. Freddie Taylor freed from Death Row nearly 33 years
- FEBRUARY 19, 2019NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA: COURT SENTENCES LAGOS NURTW CHAIRMAN TO DEATH BY HANGING
Justice Olabisi Akinlade of the Lagos State High Court on 6 February 2019 sentenced the Chairman of the National Union of Road Transport Workers, NURTW, Boundary/Aiyetoro unit area of the state, Saheed Arogundade, to death by hanging for the murder of a p
- FEBRUARY 19, 2019YemenDEATH PENALTY
YEMEN: TWO MEN SHOT IN PUBLIC FOR KIDNAPING, RAPING AND MURDERING 12-YEAR-OLD BOY
Yemen on 7 February 2019 executed two men for abducting, raping and murdering a 12-year-old boy by shooting them in public.
FEBRUARY 19, 2019NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: TWO SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR ARMED ROBBERY
An Ado-Ekiti High Court on 7 February 2019 sentenced two men, Oluwayomi Adedayo, 27, and Seyi Daramola, 23, to death for armed robbery.
- FEBRUARY 19, 2019OhioDEATH PENALTY
USA - Ohio. Gov. Mike DeWine freezes all executions
USA - Ohio. Gov. Mike DeWine freezes all executions
- FEBRUARY 19, 2019FloridaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Florida. A Jury recommended death for Michael Anthony Gordon.
USA - Florida. A Jury recommended death for Michael Anthony Gordon.
- FEBRUARY 19, 2019TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. U.S. Supreme Court Again Reverses Bobby James Moore's death sentence.
USA - Texas. U.S. Supreme Court Again Reverses Bobby James Moore's death sentence.
FEBRUARY 19, 2019IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: THREE INMATES EXECUTED IN RAJA’I SHAHR AND ARDEBIL PRISONS
At least three prisoners were executed on 13 February 2019 in Raja’i Shahr and Ardebil Prisons.
- FEBRUARY 19, 2019ArkansasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Arkansas. The U.S. Supreme Court denied certiorari to Judge Griffen
USA - Arkansas. The U.S. Supreme Court denied certiorari to Judge Griffen
- FEBRUARY 18, 2019DEATH PENALTY
WASHINGTON (USA): SENATE PASSES DEATH PENALTY REPEAL BILL
Washington Senate on 15 February 2019 passed death penalty repeal bill (SB 5339).