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
DECEMBER 5, 2019PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: ATC HANDS DEATH TO FOUR MURDERERS OF 20 PERSONS
Anti-Terrorism Court in Sargodha sentenced to death on twenty counts to custodian of a shrine and three other suspects for killing 20 people and ordered the police to confiscate their properties.
DECEMBER 5, 2019BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: THREE JMB MEN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING AN OPERATIVE OF THE SAME OUTFIT IN CHAPAINAWABGANJ
A Chapainawabganj court has sentenced three members of the banned militant outfit Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen (JMB) to death and four others to life in prison for killing an operative of the same group in 2012.
DECEMBER 5, 2019TennesseeDEATH PENALTYUSA - Tennessee. Lee Hall executed in the electric chair
USA - Tennessee. Lee Hall executed in the electric chair
DECEMBER 5, 2019SudanDEATH PENALTYSUDAN: RSF OFFICER SENTENCED TO DEATH BY HANGING FOR KILLING CIVILIAN IN EL GENEINA
Capital punishment has been chosen as a sentence for a Rapid Support Forces officer by the Criminal Court of El-Geneina, Sudan, Live Report reported on 4 December 2019.
DECEMBER 5, 2019IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ali Golmohammadi executed at Rajai-Shahr prison on December 4.
IRAN - Ali Golmohammadi executed at Rajai-Shahr prison on December 4.
DECEMBER 4, 2019Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: SPECIALIZED CRIMINAL COURT HANDS DOWN DEATH SENTENCES TO FIVE SHIA ACTIVISTS FROM QATIF
Saudi Arabia's Specialized Criminal Court has sentenced five anti-regime dissidents from the kingdom’s oil-rich and Shia-populated Eastern Province to death.
DECEMBER 4, 2019DEATH PENALTYUSA: FEDERAL APPEALS COURT REFUSES TO LIFT INJUNCTION AGAINST FEDERAL EXECUTIONS
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on 2nd December 2019 denied the Department of Justice’s motion to lift the preliminary injunction issued by a federal district court judge on 21 November barring the United States government f
DECEMBER 4, 2019BotswanaDEATH PENALTYBOTSWANA: 44-YEAR-OLD MAN HANGED FOR MURDERING HIS EMPLOYER
Botswana on 2nd December 2019 hanged a 44-year-old man for murdering his boss, prisons services announced, despite mounting criticism from rights groups and the European Union.
DECEMBER 4, 2019IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - A woman, Somayyeh Shahbazi Jahrouii, was hanged in Sepidar Prison on December 4.
IRAN - A woman, Somayyeh Shahbazi Jahrouii, was hanged in Sepidar Prison on December 4.
DECEMBER 4, 2019IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ali Mahmoudpour and Morteza Ashrafi were hanged at Urmia prison on December 4.
IRAN - Ali Mahmoudpour and Morteza Ashrafi were hanged at Urmia prison on December 4.
- DECEMBER 4, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Elias Notizehi hanged at the prison of Zahedan on December 4.
IRAN - Elias Notizehi hanged at the prison of Zahedan on December 4.
DECEMBER 4, 2019ItalyDEATH PENALTYIRAN - HoC and Italian Lawmakers Urge Support for Iran Protests.
IRAN - HoC and Italian Lawmakers Urge Support for Iran Protests.
- DECEMBER 4, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Maybe 2 women hanged on December 4, 2019, in Raja’i Shahr Prison
IRAN - Maybe 2 women hanged on December 4, 2019, in Raja’i Shahr Prison
- DECEMBER 3, 2019MoroccoDEATH PENALTY
MOROCCO: AN EGYPTIAN MAN AND HIS ACCOMPLICE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDERING A MOROCCAN
An Egyptian citizen and his accomplice on 26 November 2019 were sentenced to death by the Tangier Court of Appeal for murdering a Moroccan man, mutilating and cremating his remains, Arabic-language newspaper Al Ahdath reports.
DECEMBER 3, 2019DEATH PENALTYIRAN: MAN EXECUTED AT BIRJAND PRISON FOR DRUG CHARGES
According to Baluchi Activists Campaign, on the morning of 24 November 2019, Mohammad Dabir was executed at Birjand prison for drug charges.
DECEMBER 3, 2019MalawiDEATH PENALTYMALAWI: FOUR SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING ALBINO
The High Court in Lilongwe has sentenced to death four people while four others have been handed life sentences for killing a 21-year-old woman with albinism in Dowa in 2016, the Nation reported on 2nd December 2019.
DECEMBER 3, 2019IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Naser Ilghami hanged at Tabriz Central Prison on December 3.
IRAN - Naser Ilghami hanged at Tabriz Central Prison on December 3.
- DECEMBER 3, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - As of Dec. 3, Death Toll Of Iran Protests Surpasses 1,000; Names of 221 Slain Protesters.
IRAN - As of Dec. 3, Death Toll Of Iran Protests Surpasses 1,000; Names of 221 Slain Protesters.
DECEMBER 3, 2019IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Joint Letter Of Nobel Laureates To The United Nations Secretary-General
IRAN - Joint Letter Of Nobel Laureates To The United Nations Secretary-General
- DECEMBER 2, 2019United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Federal appeals court confirms suspension of federal executions
USA - Federal appeals court confirms suspension of federal executions
- DECEMBER 2, 2019TanzaniaDEATH PENALTY
AFRICAN COURT DIRECTS TANZANIA TO DROP THE MANDATORY DEATH PENALTY
The African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights has ordered the government of Tanzania to remove from its statute books the mandatory death sentence imposed on persons convicted of murder, the Daily News reported on 29 November 2019.
- DECEMBER 2, 2019IraqDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ: COP SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING PROTESTERS
An Iraqi court sentenced a police officer to death on 1st December 2019 after convicting him of killing demonstrators, in the first such sentence in two months of deadly civil unrest.
DECEMBER 2, 2019EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: COURT HANDS DEATH SENTENCE TO 'IMBABA CELL' DEFENDANT
Giza Criminal Court on 30 November 2019 sentenced to death a defendant in the case known in media as "Imbaba Cell," over accusations including targeting Christians and armed forces.
- NOVEMBER 30, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Quran Expert Recommends Torturing Arrested Protesters
IRAN - Quran Expert Recommends Torturing Arrested Protesters
- NOVEMBER 30, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Press Conference In The Italian Parliament
IRAN - Press Conference In The Italian Parliament
- NOVEMBER 29, 2019DEATH PENALTY
EUROPEAN BAR ASSOCIATIONS AWARD 2019 HUMAN RIGHTS PRIZE TO FOUR IRANIAN LAWYERS
The Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe (CCBE) on 28 November 2019, announced that its human rights award for 2019 goes to the four Iranian lawyers Abdolfattah Soltani, Amirsalar Davoudi, Mohammad Najafi and Nasrin Sotoudeh.
- NOVEMBER 29, 2019Sri LankaDEATH PENALTY
SRI LANKA: 35-YEAR-OLD SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
A 35-year-old man was sentenced to death by Colombo High Court Judge Dhammika Ganepola for hacking to death a youth down Station Road in Ratmalana, News First reported on 28 November 2019.
NOVEMBER 29, 2019SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: 2 AL SHABAAB MEMBERS SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR AN ATTEMPTED BOMB ATTACK IN GURIEL TOWN
Two al Shabaab members on 24 November 2019 were sentenced to death in Somalia for being members of the terror organization as well as for conspiracy to assassinate leaders of Sufi-sect in Guri-El town.
NOVEMBER 29, 2019South KoreaDEATH PENALTYSOUTH KOREA: SCHIZOPHRENIC KILLER SENTENCED TO DEATH
A South Korean court on 27 November 2019 handed down a death sentence to a schizophrenic man who killed five people and injured 17 others in an arson and murder case in the southern part of the country early this year.
- NOVEMBER 29, 2019ArizonaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Arizona. Federal Appeals Court Grants New Trial to Barry Jones
USA - Arizona. Federal Appeals Court Grants New Trial to Barry Jones