Archive timeline
2020
The news published by Hands Off Cain in 2020, month by month, with the countries most present that year.
Latest news of 2020
IRAN - Hamid Rastbala, Kabir Sa’adat Jahani and Mohammad Ali Arayesh were executed on December 31
Three Sunni political prisoners executed in Vakilabad Prison of Mashhad.
DECEMBER 31, 2020KuwaitDEATH PENALTYKUWAIT: EMPLOYER SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING FILIPINA DOMESTIC WORKER
A Kuwaiti citizen has been sentenced to death a year after killing her Filipina domestic worker.
DECEMBER 31, 2020EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: KILLERS OF MAADI GIRL HANDED DOWN DEATH PENALTY
Two Egyptian men were sentenced to death after they were found guilty of dragging a young woman to death following a drive-by theft, a Cairo Criminal Court ruled on 30 December 2020.
DECEMBER 31, 2020IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - The United Nations condemns the execution of Mohammad Hassan Rezaiee.
IRAN - The United Nations condemns the execution of Mohammad Hassan Rezaiee.
- DECEMBER 31, 2020IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mohammad Hassan Rezaiee, a juvenile, has been executed
Mohammad Hassan Rezaiee executed at Rasht Central Prison on December 31.
DECEMBER 31, 2020IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Fereydoun Tavakoli was executed in Rasht Central Prison on 31 December 2020.
IRAN - Fereydoun Tavakoli was executed in Rasht Central Prison on 31 December 2020.
- DECEMBER 30, 2020KazakhstanDEATH PENALTY
KAZAKHSTAN: PARLIAMENT RATIFIES INTERNATIONAL PROTOCOL TO ABOLISH DEATH PENALTY
The upper house of Kazakhstan's parliament has ratified the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, which represents a formal commitment to abolish the death penalty, a Sputnik correspondent reported on 29 Dec
DECEMBER 30, 2020IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: MAN AWARDED DOUBLE DEATH PENALTY FOR RAPE, MURDER OF 7-YEAR OLD DALIT GIRL IN TAMIL NADU
A young man was on 29 December 2020 awarded double death sentence by a court in the district of Pudukottai, Tamil Nadu, for the rape and murder of a seven-year old Dalit girl last year.
DECEMBER 30, 2020IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mustafa Seifi executed on December 30 in Sanandaj Central Prison.
IRAN - Mustafa Seifi executed on December 30 in Sanandaj Central Prison.
DECEMBER 30, 2020IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - A man was executed at Rajaee Shahr Prison on on December 30.
He was identified only as "Rostam"
DECEMBER 30, 2020United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - California. Samuel Little died. He was serving life sentences
The FBI has called Little "the most prolific serial killer in the history of the United States"
- DECEMBER 29, 2020United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Architects against the construction of torture sites and death chambers.
USA - Architects against the construction of torture sites and death chambers.
DECEMBER 29, 2020ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: COURT REINSTATES DEATH SENTENCE FOR RAPE, MURDER OF 10-YEAR-OLD GIRL
The High People's Court in South China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region reheard the case of the rape and murder of a 10-year-old girl, reversing the second trial verdict and sentencing the perpetrator to death.
DECEMBER 29, 2020JapanDEATH PENALTYJAPAN: NO DEATH PENALTIES CARRIED OUT IN 2020 FOR FIRST TIME IN 9 YEARS
There have been no executions of death row inmates in Japan throughout 2020, making it the first time in nine years where capital punishment was not carried out in the country.
DECEMBER 29, 2020United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Ohio. Romell Broom, who survived execution attempt, dies. COVID suspected.
USA - Ohio. Romell Broom, who survived execution attempt, dies. COVID suspected.
DECEMBER 28, 2020TanzaniaDEATH PENALTYTANZANIA: FOUR GET DEATH PENALTY FOR KILLING CHADEMA OFFICIAL
Four people charged in Tanzania with the murder of former Chadema Geita regional chairman Alphonce Mawazo were on 24 December 2020 given death sentence after the High Court found them guilty.
DECEMBER 28, 2020KuwaitDEATH PENALTYKUWAIT: EGYPTIAN MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING KUWAITI WOMAN AND HER SAUDI MOTHER
Abd Al Tawab Sayed Youssef, the Egyptian man who was found guilty in Kuwait of murdering a Kuwaiti woman and her Saudi mother in October 2015, has been sentenced to death by hanging, Al Anba daily reported on 27 December 2020.
DECEMBER 28, 2020IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: ASSAM MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR RAPE AND MURDER OF A FIVE-YEAR-OLD GIRL
A court in Assam on 21 December 2020 sentenced a man to death for the rape and murder of a five-year-old girl. The incident reportedly took place in the Dekorai tea garden area under Sootea police station in Bishwanath district in 2018.
DECEMBER 27, 2020IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - A woman, Zeinab Khodamoradi, hanged in Sanandaj prison on December 27.
IRAN - A woman, Zeinab Khodamoradi, hanged in Sanandaj prison on December 27.
- DECEMBER 26, 2020NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA: OSUN MECHANIC TO DIE BY HANGING FOR ARMED ROBBERY
An Osun State High Court sitting in Ilesa on 17 December 2020 sentenced a 29-year-old mechanic, Sola Emorua, to death by hanging for armed robbery.
DECEMBER 26, 2020United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Federal. Stay of Lisa Montgomery’s execution.
USA - Federal. Stay of Lisa Montgomery’s execution.
- DECEMBER 26, 2020IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mehraban Barahouei and Khodadad Nohatani executed on December 26 at Zahedan Central Prison.
IRAN - Mehraban Barahouei and Khodadad Nohatani executed on December 26 at Zahedan Central Prison.
DECEMBER 26, 2020IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Second death sentence for Shaker Behrouz
IRAN - Second death sentence for Shaker Behrouz
DECEMBER 26, 2020IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Abdulhamid Mir-Balouchzehi hanged on December 26 in the Prison of Zahedan.
IRAN - Abdulhamid Mir-Balouchzehi hanged on December 26 in the Prison of Zahedan.
- DECEMBER 26, 2020IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Seyed Paki executed in Qom Central Prison on December 26.
IRAN - Seyed Paki executed in Qom Central Prison on December 26.
DECEMBER 26, 2020PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: RAWALPINDI MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR RAPING DIFFERENTLY-ABLED MINOR
A Rawalpindi criminal trial court for gender-based violence sentenced on 19 December 2020 Muhammad Ayub to death for raping a 12-year-old differently-abled girl, ARY News reported.
DECEMBER 24, 2020JapanDEATH PENALTYJAPAN: SUPREME COURT ALLOWS RETRIAL FOR ‘LONGEST’ DEATH ROW PRISONER
Japan’s highest court has upheld a ruling granting a retrial to a man described as the world’s longest-serving death row inmate.
DECEMBER 24, 2020SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: AL SHABAAB EXECUTE MAN FOR MURDER
Al Shabaab militants in Lower Shabelle on 22 December 2020 publicly executed by firing squad a man for murder.
DECEMBER 24, 2020IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 4 prisoners were executed at Ahvaz Sepidar Prison on December 24, 2020.
One of the executed was Jafar Zabi. The name of the other three has not been obtained.
- DECEMBER 23, 2020United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Published the latest edition of "Death Row USA", updated to 1 October 2020
2,553 death row prisoners.