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 2, 2019United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Death-Penalty Film, ‘Clemency,’ Wins Sundance Festival Best Drama Award.
USA - Death-Penalty Film, ‘Clemency,’ Wins Sundance Festival Best Drama Award.
- FEBRUARY 1, 2019CanadaDEATH PENALTY
ASIA BIBI REUNITES WITH FAMILY IN CANADA
Asia Bibi, the Christian woman who spent eight years on death row on blasphemy charges in Pakistan, has arrived in Canada with her husband, German media reported on 1 February 2019, quoting her lawyer.
FEBRUARY 1, 2019EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: CABINET APPROVES DEATH PENALTY FOR DRUG DEALERS
Egypt’s Cabinet on 30 January 2019 approved a draft law amending some provisions of Law No. 182 of 1960 on regulating the use of drugs and combating trafficking.
- FEBRUARY 1, 2019WyomingDEATH PENALTY
USA - Wyoming. House passes repeal of death penalty (HB 145)
USA - Wyoming. House passes repeal of death penalty (HB 145)
- FEBRUARY 1, 2019FloridaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Florida. Kenneth Ray Jackson re-sentenced to life in prison without parole.
USA - Florida. Kenneth Ray Jackson re-sentenced to life in prison without parole.
- FEBRUARY 1, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: WOMAN HANGED IN NOWSHAHR IS THE 87TH EXECUTED UNDER ROUHANI
A woman only identified as M.A. was hanged on 30 January 2019 morning in the Prison of Nowshahr, in the northern Iranian province of Mazandaran.
FEBRUARY 1, 2019Trinidad & TobagoDEATH PENALTYTRINIDAD AND TOBAGO: MAN SENTENCED TO HANG FOR 2008 MURDER
A San Juan man has been sentenced to hang for the 2008 murder of URP labourer Sean Joel Pollard, Newsday reported on 30 January 2019.
- JANUARY 31, 2019DEATH PENALTY
TEXAS (USA): ROBERT MITCHELL JENNINGS EXECUTED
January 30, 2019: Robert Mitchell Jennings was executed on 30 January 2019.
JANUARY 31, 2019Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: FILIPINO WORKER EXECUTED
A 39-year-old Filipino household service worker was executed for murder in Saudi Arabia on 29 January 2019, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) confirmed.
JANUARY 31, 2019IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: COURT AWARDS DEATH SENTENCE TO FATHER WHO WAS GUILTY OF POISONING TWO CHILDREN
The Kundapur additional sessions court on 19 January 2019 awarded the death penalty for a father who was found guilty in the death of two children by poisoning them at Ganganadu near Byndoor.
JANUARY 31, 2019BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: 4 TO WALK GALLOWS FOR MURDER
A Sirajganj court on 22 January 2019 sentenced four people to death for killing a woman over dowry in 2001.
- JANUARY 31, 2019DEATH PENALTY
USA - Georgia. Judge Amy Totenberg throws out death sentence of Eric Perkinson.
USA - Georgia. Judge Amy Totenberg throws out death sentence of Eric Perkinson.
- JANUARY 30, 2019TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. Robert Mitchell Jennings was executed
USA - Texas. Robert Mitchell Jennings was executed
JANUARY 30, 2019IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: MAN HANGED AT AHVAZ PRISON
According to IHR sources, on the morning of 22 January 2019 a man identified as Rahman Jasemi Zargani was executed at Sepidar (also known as Qods) prison in Ahvaz.
JANUARY 30, 2019SingaporeDEATH PENALTYSINGAPORE: MALAYSIAN DRUG TRAFFICKER HANGED
A convicted Malaysian drug trafficker was hanged in Singapore on 25 January 2019, officials said, after the city-state rejected last minute efforts to save him.
JANUARY 30, 2019MalaysiaDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA: COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE ON CHINESE NATIONAL FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
The Court of Appeal in Putrajya on 28 January 2019 upheld the death sentence of a Chinese national who was convicted for trafficking in 4,401.5g of methamphetamine at the Senai International Airport in Johor in 2014.
- JANUARY 30, 2019South CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
USA - South Carolina. Senators passed bill to bring back the electric chair, add firing squad.
USA - South Carolina. Senators passed bill to bring back the electric chair, add firing squad.
- JANUARY 30, 2019WyomingDEATH PENALTY
USA - Wyoming. Capital punishment repeal passes 1st test in House.
USA - Wyoming. Capital punishment repeal passes 1st test in House.
- JANUARY 30, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Tabib Rouzmehr was hanged at Quchan prison on Jan. 30.
IRAN - Tabib Rouzmehr was hanged at Quchan prison on Jan. 30.
- JANUARY 30, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mehdi Kouhkhani and another unknown prisoner were hanged on January 30 at Rajai Shahr prison.
IRAN - Mehdi Kouhkhani and another unknown prisoner were hanged on January 30 at Rajai Shahr prison.
- JANUARY 30, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - A woman, identified only as M. A., was hanged on January 30 in Nowshahr prison.
IRAN - A woman, identified only as M. A., was hanged on January 30 in Nowshahr prison.
JANUARY 29, 2019DEATH PENALTYUSA: JAY-Z AND MEEK MILL OFFICIALLY LAUNCH THEIR REFORM ALLIANCE WITH A $50 MILLION PLEDGE
In the months since Meek Mill was released from prison after a lengthy — and as-yet-unfinished — battle with the criminal justice system, the Philadelphia rapper has been an outspoken advocate for criminal justice reform, appearing on television and writi
JANUARY 29, 2019NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: DISMISSED SOLDIER SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDERING GIRLFRIEND OVER SMS
A Plateau high court sitting in Barkin Ladi on 23 January 2019 sentenced a 34-year-old dismissed soldier, Sunday Umaru, to death by hanging, for hacking his lover to death over a message found on her phone.
JANUARY 29, 2019IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: MAN HANGED AT TABAS PRISON
According to Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA), on the morning of 24 January 2019 a prisoner was hanged at the prison of Tabas, South Khorasan Province, Iran.
JANUARY 29, 2019PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: ASIA BIBI BLASPHEMY ACQUITTAL UPHELD BY SUPREME COURT
Pakistan's top court has rejected a challenge to the acquittal of a Christian woman on blasphemy charges.
- JANUARY 29, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - A man (unidentified) was executed at the Nur Prison on Jan. 29.
IRAN - A man (unidentified) was executed at the Nur Prison on Jan. 29.
- JANUARY 29, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Omran Gholam Khosravi was hanged on Jan. 29 at Maragheh Central Prison.
IRAN - Omran Gholam Khosravi was hanged on Jan. 29 at Maragheh Central Prison.
JANUARY 28, 2019ThailandDEATH PENALTYTHAILAND: WOMAN WHO LAUNDERED DRUG MONEY GETS DEATH PENALTY
The Criminal Court has handed down a death sentence to a Myanmar woman for laundering dirty money and her connection with the methamphetamine trade, thephuketnews.com reported on 26 January 2019.
JANUARY 28, 2019PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH BY LAHORE'S GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE COURT FOR RAPING MEDICAL STUDENT
A special Lahore court set up to deal with gender-based violence on 18 January 2019 sentenced to death a man for the rape of a female medical student.
JANUARY 28, 2019South SudanDEATH PENALTYSOUTH SUDAN: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH BY HANGING IN BOR
A High Court in Bor town in South Sudan’s Jonglei state on 21 January 2019 sentenced a man to death by hanging.