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
- JANUARY 9, 2019MaldivesDEATH PENALTY
MALDIVES: SUPREME COURT QUASHES NAIFARU WOMAN’S DEATH SENTENCE
The Supreme Court of the Maldives on 7 January 2019 quashed a magistrate court verdict of death by stoning, passed against a woman for extramarital sex.
- JANUARY 9, 2019BahrainDEATH PENALTY
BAHRAIN: COURT HANDS DOWN DEATH SENTENCES TO DUO CONVICTED OF SELLING NARCOTICS
Seven men have been handed down various sentences on drug-related charges, Northern Prosecutor Mohammed Al Maliki announced on 31 December 2018.
JANUARY 9, 2019ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: TWO HUMAN TRAFFICKERS ARE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR SNATCHING NINE BOYS FROM THEIR NEIGHBOURS BEFORE SELLING THEM ON
Two human traffickers on 27 December 2018 were sentenced to death in China for snatching nine boys from their neighbours before selling them on, according to Chinese media.
- JANUARY 9, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 12 prisoners were hanged at the Rajai Shahr prison on Jan. 9.
IRAN - 12 prisoners were hanged at the Rajai Shahr prison on Jan. 9.
- JANUARY 8, 2019MaldivesDEATH PENALTY
MALDIVES: NAIFARU COURT SENTENCES WOMAN IN ABSENTIA TO DEATH BY STONING
Naifaru magistrate court has sentenced a 25-year-old woman from Naifaru island to death by stoning, after she confessed to having extramarital sex, RaajjeMV reported on 7 January 2019.
- JANUARY 8, 2019DEATH PENALTY
USA: IN 2018 THE POLICE KILLED 1810 PEOPLE
According to Fatal Encounters, in 2018 the police killed 1810 people.
JANUARY 8, 2019IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: AL-KARKH CRIMINAL COURT SENTENCES TO DEATH A TERRORIST WHO WAS ARRESTED IN POSSESSION OF AN EXPLOSIVE BELT AND TO LIFE IMPRISONMENT ANOTHER
Al-Karkh Criminal Court issued two sentences to death and to life for two convicted of affiliation to terrorist organizations...
- JANUARY 8, 2019SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
SOMALIA: MILITARY EXECUTES TWO AL-SHABAAB MEMBERS IN MOGADISHU
Somali military authorities on 7 January 2019 executed two members of the Al-Shabaab militia group in the capital of Mogadishu, after being convicted for the murder of a traditional elder in Mogadishu.
- JANUARY 7, 2019DEATH PENALTY
STUDY: INTERNATIONAL DATA SHOWS DECLINING MURDER RATES AFTER ABOLITION OF DEATH PENALTY
Nations that abolish the death penalty then tend to see their murder rates decline, according to a December 2018 report by the Abdorrahman Boroumand Center, a Washington, DC-based organization that promotes human rights and democracy in Iran.
JANUARY 7, 2019ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: BANK COMPUTER HACKERS SENTENCED TO DEATH
China has sentenced two computer hackers to death to deter the growth of computer crime, Cyware reported on 31 December 2018.
JANUARY 7, 2019KuwaitDEATH PENALTYKUWAIT: DEATH UPHELD FOR MAN IN LITTLE GIRL'S MURDER
The Appeals Court on 30 December 2018 upheld the verdict of the First Instance Court which sentenced a Kuwaiti man to death by hanging for beating and torturing to death a five-year-old girl in Qussor.
JANUARY 7, 2019NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: AKEREDOLU COMMUTES DEATH SENTENCE OF 3 INMATES TO LIFE IMPRISONMENT, PARDONS 12
Ondo State Governor Rotimi Akeredolu on 31 December 2018 commuted the death sentence of three prison inmates to life imprisonment, while he granted pardon to 12 others as part of activities to mark the New Year celebration.
- JANUARY 7, 2019OhioDEATH PENALTY
USA - Ohio. Supreme Court rules lower court erred in setting aside death penalty for Hill.
USA - Ohio. Supreme Court rules lower court erred in setting aside death penalty for Hill.
- JANUARY 6, 2019United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - According to Fatal Encounters, in 2018 the police killed 1810 people.
USA - According to Fatal Encounters, in 2018 the police killed 1810 people.
- JANUARY 5, 2019United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Netflix’s The Innocent Man: The American injustice system.
USA - Netflix’s The Innocent Man: The American injustice system.
- JANUARY 5, 2019NevadaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Nevada. Scott Dozier, Who Pushed For Execution, Dead of Suicide in Cell.
USA - Nevada. Scott Dozier, Who Pushed For Execution, Dead of Suicide in Cell.
- JANUARY 4, 2019DEATH PENALTY
IRAQ SENTENCED 616 FOREIGNERS FOR IS LINKS IN 2018
Iraq sentenced more than 600 foreigners including many women and dozens of minors in 2018 for belonging to the Islamic State group, the judiciary said on 31 December 2018.
- JANUARY 4, 2019DEATH PENALTY
SAUDI NATIONAL EXECUTED IN MADINAH FOR STABBING MAN TO DEATH
A Saudi national was executed in Madinah on 2 January 2019 for stabbing a man to death, the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported.
- JANUARY 4, 2019DEATH PENALTY
SERIAL KILLER EXECUTED IN NORTHWEST CHINA
A man convicted of killing 11 women was executed on 3 January 2019 in northwest China's Gansu Province, local authorities said.
- JANUARY 4, 2019AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Alabama. New trial for Emanuel Aaron Gissendanner
USA - Alabama. New trial for Emanuel Aaron Gissendanner
- JANUARY 3, 2019DEATH PENALTY
IRAN HANGS YOUNG WOMAN, ANOTHER VICTIM OF SEXUAL VIOLENCE
A 25-year-old woman identified only as Noushin, 25, was hanged in Iran, the state-run Young Journalist Club reported on 22 December 2018.
- JANUARY 3, 2019IndianaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Indiana. Debra Denise Brown will no longer be executed.
USA - Indiana. Debra Denise Brown will no longer be executed.
JANUARY 3, 2019DEATH PENALTYBAHRAIN: DEATH PENALTY UPHELD FOR DEFENDANTS IN 2015 BOMBINGS
Bahrain’s High Court of Appeal on 26 December 2018 unanimously upheld a verdict handed down to 26 suspects in the 2015 Abu Saiba bombings that killed a security officer and injured many others including civilians, announced Chief of the Terror Crime Prose
JANUARY 3, 2019DEATH PENALTYCHINA: GANGSTER SENTENCED TO DEATH
On the afternoon of 28 December 2018 the Intermediate Peoples Court of Huaian City made a first instance judgment on a case of anti-gangster and anti-evil which was listed and supervised by Jiangsu Province.
- JANUARY 3, 2019DEATH PENALTY
ZAMBIA: MAN TO HANG FOR KILLING LOVER’S HUBBY
The Livingstone High Court has sentenced a 30-year-old man to death for killing his lover’s husband, the Daily Mail reported on 28 December 2018.
JANUARY 3, 2019DEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: ONE PAKISTANI NATIONAL, TWO EGYPTIANS EXECUTED FOR SMUGGLING DRUGS
A Pakistani national and two Egyptians have been executed in Saudi Arabia for smuggling drugs, the kingdom’s ministry of Interior said on 1 January 2019.
- JANUARY 2, 2019DEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN DEATH-SENTENCE COURTS ‘ARE FUNDED BY UK’
British taxpayers are funding prosecutions in Pakistan that have led to dozens of death sentences, according to newly disclosed details of a secretive UK aid programme, The Guardian reported on 22 December 2018.
- JANUARY 2, 2019DEATH PENALTY
CHINA’S DEATH PENALTY IS POPULAR AND RELEASING DATA WILL FUEL CALLS FOR MORE EXECUTIONS, JUDGE SAYS
Top judges from China’s Supreme People’s Court on 20 December 2018 made a rare defence of the death penalty, with one saying “a life for a life” is ingrained among the people.
- JANUARY 2, 2019DEATH PENALTY
INTERNATIONAL - Study: International Data Shows Declining Murder Rates After Abolition of Death Penalty.
INTERNATIONAL - Study: International Data Shows Declining Murder Rates After Abolition of Death Penalty.
- JANUARY 2, 2019DEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM SENTENCED MORE PEOPLE TO DEATH IN 2018 COMPARES TO 2017 AND EXECUTED PEOPLE, ON AVERAGE, EVERY WEEK
The government on 13 November 2018 reported to the National Assembly the status of death sentence implementation in the year 2018 and stated that there was a “dramatic increase from 2017, with 122 more (cases)”.