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
NOVEMBER 14, 2019VietnamDEATH PENALTYVIETNAM: 5 DRUG TRAFFICKERS SENTENCED TO DEATH
Five members of a transnational drug trafficking ring, including the 41-year-old Lao ringleader and four Vietnamese accomplices, were sentenced to death for smuggling 148 cakes of heroin, Vietnam News Agency reported on 14 November 2019.
- NOVEMBER 14, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - UN 66th Condemnation Against Human Rights Violations in Iran.
IRAN - UN 66th Condemnation Against Human Rights Violations in Iran.
- NOVEMBER 14, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Salman Babanzadeh was hanged at Tohid Prison (in Bandar Abbas) on November 14.
IRAN - Salman Babanzadeh was hanged at Tohid Prison (in Bandar Abbas) on November 14.
NOVEMBER 13, 2019Sri LankaDEATH PENALTYSRI LANKA: MAN CONVICTED FOR POSSESSING DRUGS SENTENCED TO DEATH
A person who was convicted for the possession of 200g 600mg of heroin was sentenced to death on 11 November 2019.
NOVEMBER 13, 2019SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: FIVE ISLAMIC STATE AND AL-SHABAAB MILITANTS EXECUTED IN PUBLIC IN PUNTLAND
Five men belonging to the Islamic State group and Al Shabaab Amniyaad on 7 November 2019 were publicly executed by firing squad by a local military court in Puntland.
NOVEMBER 13, 2019IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: FOUR GET DEATH PENALTY FOR 2008 RAMPUR ATTACK
Four persons, including two Pakistani nationals were sentenced to death in the Rampur ‘terror’ attack case by Additional District and Sessions Judge Sanjay Kumar Singh on 2nd November 2019.
- NOVEMBER 13, 2019DEATH PENALTY
IRAN: AUTHORITIES CUT OFF A MAN'S HAND FOR STEALING
Iranian authorities have amputated one hand of a prisoner who was charged with stealing.
- NOVEMBER 13, 2019DEATH PENALTY
USA - Georgia. Ray Jefferson Cromartie, 52, Black, was executed.
USA - Georgia. Ray Jefferson Cromartie, 52, Black, was executed.
- NOVEMBER 13, 2019TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. Rodney Reed files petition saying 7 new witnesses can exonerate him
USA - Texas. Rodney Reed files petition saying 7 new witnesses can exonerate him
- NOVEMBER 13, 2019OhioDEATH PENALTY
USA - Ohio. Judge Timothy J. McCormick has imposed the death penalty on Matthew Nicholson
USA - Ohio. Judge Timothy J. McCormick has imposed the death penalty on Matthew Nicholson
- NOVEMBER 13, 2019TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. A jury sentenced Hector Acosta to death
USA - Texas. A jury sentenced Hector Acosta to death
- NOVEMBER 13, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - A man, not identified, hanged at the prison of the city of Bushehr on November 13.
IRAN - A man, not identified, hanged at the prison of the city of Bushehr on November 13.
- NOVEMBER 13, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mohamad Rasool Chawlaki hanged on 13 November in Ilam prison.
IRAN - Mohamad Rasool Chawlaki hanged on 13 November in Ilam prison.
- NOVEMBER 12, 2019DEATH PENALTY
OHIO (USA): SUPREME COURT ORDERS REVIEW OF FORD’S DEATH SENTENCE IN 2013 SLEDGEHAMMER KILLINGS
Ohio Supreme Court on 7 November 2019 threw out the death sentence of Shawn Ford Jr, 25, because of his low IQ.
NOVEMBER 12, 2019IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: OFFICIAL SAYS 15,000 EXECUTED FOR DRUG OFFENSES SINCE 1979
The secretary of a religious watchdog office in Iran has admitted that since the establishment of the Islamic Republic 4 decades ago (1979), the authorities have executed 15,000 people for drug-related crimes.
NOVEMBER 12, 2019PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: KARACHI COURT SENTENCES MUGGER TO DEATH FOR KILLING INSPECTOR
A Karachi court on 9 November 2019 sentenced to death an accused person found guilty of killing an inspector during an armed robbery in 2016.
- NOVEMBER 12, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - UN Human Rights Council Urges Iran Regime to End Torture, Execution of Minors and Discrimination Against Women
IRAN - UN Human Rights Council Urges Iran Regime to End Torture, Execution of Minors and Discrimination Against Women
- NOVEMBER 12, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - A prisoner, not identified, was executed on November 12, at Lakan Prison, in Rasht.
IRAN - A prisoner, not identified, was executed on November 12, at Lakan Prison, in Rasht.
- NOVEMBER 12, 2019United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Former Judges, Prosecutors, Law Enforcement Officials and Families of Victims Urge Federal Government to Call Off Executions.
USA - Former Judges, Prosecutors, Law Enforcement Officials and Families of Victims Urge Federal Government to Call Off Executions.
- NOVEMBER 12, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Two prisoners, Jassem Heidari and Jamshid Torkashvand, were executed at Tohid Prison (in Bandar Abbas) on November 12.
IRAN - Two prisoners, Jassem Heidari and Jamshid Torkashvand, were executed at Tohid Prison (in Bandar Abbas) on November 12.
NOVEMBER 11, 2019Sri LankaDEATH PENALTYSRI LANKA: DEATH SENTENCE IMPOSED ON JULAMPITIYE AMARE
The Tangalle High Court on 8 November 2019 imposed the death sentence on ‘Julampitiye Amare' over the Katuwana shooting incident in 2012.
NOVEMBER 11, 2019Sri LankaDEATH PENALTYSRI LANKA: PRESIDENT SIRISENA GRANTS PARDON TO ROYAL PARK MURDER CONVICT ON DEATH ROW
Sri Lanka President Maithripala Sirisena in the final week of his term in office has pardoned a death row prisoner who was convicted of a murder of a Swedish teenager in 2005, local media reported on 9 November 2019.
NOVEMBER 11, 2019IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: BOMBAY HC COMMUTES DEATH PENALTY OF TWO YOUNG MEN IN BHANDARA ROBBERY AND MURDER CASE
The Nagpur Bench of the Bombay High Court on 5 November 2019 commuted death penalty awarded to two young men convicted for robbery and murder of a woman and for injuring her minor son.
- NOVEMBER 11, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Iranian Women Have the Highest Suicide Rate in the Middle East.
IRAN - Iranian Women Have the Highest Suicide Rate in the Middle East.
- NOVEMBER 10, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Hossein Arasteh and Rashed Afrouz hanged on November 10 at Lakan Prison in Rasht
IRAN - Hossein Arasteh and Rashed Afrouz hanged on November 10 at Lakan Prison in Rasht
NOVEMBER 8, 2019MalaysiaDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA: DEATH SENTENCE FOR TWO WOMEN IN PENANG FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
The High Court in George Town on 31 October 2019 sentenced to death two women after finding them guilty on a charge of trafficking in 294.9 grammes of drugs into the country three years ago.
NOVEMBER 8, 2019Sri LankaDEATH PENALTYSRI LANKA: ACCUSED SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER MURDER
A man found guilty of killing his wife and two children in 2012 was sentenced to death on 7 November 2019.
NOVEMBER 8, 2019IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: SC RECONFIRMS DEATH PENALTY FOR CONVICT
The Supreme Court on 7 November 2019 rejected a plea by one Manoharan — a convict in a double murder case involving a 10-year-old girl and her seven-year-old brother — seeking reconsideration of the top court verdict upholding his death sentence.
- NOVEMBER 8, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - The United Nations Human Rights Council discussed the Iran case.
IRAN - The United Nations Human Rights Council discussed the Iran case.
- NOVEMBER 7, 2019DEATH PENALTY
TEXAS (USA): JUSTEN HALL EXECUTED
Justen Hall, 38, White, was executed on 6 November 2019 in Texas.