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
AUGUST 4, 2020IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Abolfazl Bigzadeh and Rouhollah Sabzi were executed in Qom Central Prison on August 4
IRAN - Abolfazl Bigzadeh and Rouhollah Sabzi were executed in Qom Central Prison on August 4
AUGUST 3, 2020MalaysiaDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA: HAWKER SENT TO GALLOWS FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
A hawker has been sentenced to death for trafficking in 41.7gm of heroin and monoacetylmorphines following a cross-appeal by the prosecution under the amended Dangerous Drugs Act (DDA), Free Malaysia Today reported on 30 July 2020.
AUGUST 3, 2020PhilippinesDEATH PENALTYPHILIPPINES: CHR WARNS OF VIOLATING INT'L TREATIES BY REINSTATING DEATH PENALTY
An official of the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) has warned the government of possible sanctions from the international community if it pushes through with the move to restore capital punishment in the country.
AUGUST 3, 2020Sri LankaDEATH PENALTYSRI LANKA: SLPP RATHNAPURA DISTRICT CANDIDATE PREMALAL JAYASEKARA AND TWO OTHERS SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
Former MP, SLPP (Sri Lanka People's Front) candidate from Rathnapura district, Premalal Jayasekara and two others on 31 July 2020 were sentenced to death over a fatal shooting incident during President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s campaign in Kahawatta in the run
AUGUST 3, 2020OregonDEATH PENALTYUSA - Oregon. Angela McAnulty, the only woman on Oregon’s death, row has been resentenced to life in prison.
USA - Oregon. Angela McAnulty, the only woman on Oregon’s death row, has been resentenced to life in prison.
- AUGUST 2, 2020IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Two men, “B. D.” and “F. A.”, were executed in Shahrekord Prison on August 2.
IRAN - Two men, “B. D.” and “F. A.”, were executed in Shahrekord Prison on August 2.
AUGUST 2, 2020IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Young woman, Mehri, was hanged in Mashhad on August 2.
IRAN - Young woman, Mehri, was hanged in Mashhad on August 2.
AUGUST 2, 2020CaliforniaDEATH PENALTYUSA - California. Orlando G. Romero died from COVID-19
USA - California. Orlando G. Romero died from COVID-19
AUGUST 1, 2020VietnamDEATH PENALTYVIETNAM: CAMBODIAN CROSS-BORDER DRUG TRAFFICKER GETS DEATH SENTENCE
The People's Court of the southern province of Tay Ninh handed a death penalty to a Cambodian drug trafficker during a trial on 31 July 2020.
AUGUST 1, 2020MoroccoDEATH PENALTYMOROCCO: KING MOHAMMED VI OFFERS ROYAL PARDON TO 1,446 CONVICTS
King Mohammed VI has ordered a royal pardon for 1,446 convicts on the eve of Throne Day, which will take place on 30 July 2020.
AUGUST 1, 2020ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: OFFICIAL SENTENCED TO DEATH WITH TWO-YEAR REPRIEVE
A senior Chinese Communist Party official charged with taking bribes worth more than $100 million was sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve, Xinhua news agency reported on 31 July 2020.
- JULY 31, 2020United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Arizona. At least 8 death row prisoners tested positive for COVID-19, 1 died (Alfonso Salazar)
USA - Arizona. At least 8 death row prisoners tested positive for COVID-19, 1 died (Alfonso Salazar)
- JULY 31, 2020IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Morteza Pirkhezri was executed in Sanandaj Central Prison on July 31.
IRAN - Morteza Pirkhezri was executed in Sanandaj Central Prison on July 31.
JULY 31, 2020United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Federal. The 1st US Circuit Court of Appeals in Boston overturned Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's death sentence.
USA - Federal. The 1st US Circuit Court of Appeals in Boston overturned Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's death sentence.
JULY 31, 2020OhioDEATH PENALTYUSA - Ohio. 88 died of Coronavirus in Ohio prisons, and 23 Ohio death row inmates tested positive
USA - Ohio. 88 died of Coronavirus in Ohio prisons, and 23 Ohio death row inmates tested positive
JULY 31, 2020CaliforniaDEATH PENALTYUSA - California. New trial for Marvin Walker
USA - California. New trial for Marvin Walker
JULY 31, 2020North CarolinaDEATH PENALTYUSA - North Carolina. Keith Wiley's conviction and death sentence overturned
USA - North Carolina. Keith Wiley's conviction and death sentence overturned
- JULY 30, 2020CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - California. New trial for Paul Henderson
USA - California. New trial for Paul Henderson
- JULY 30, 2020IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Three men have been executed in Hamedan Central Prison "last week".
IRAN - Three men have been executed in Hamedan Central Prison "last week".
JULY 30, 2020EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: CRIMINAL COURT REFERS ‘BEHEIRA BRIDE’ MURDER CASE TO GRAND MUFTI TO CONSIDER DEATH SENTENCE
Damanhur Criminal Court in Egypt on 29 July 2020 referred the case of twenty-year-old bride Amira to the Grand Mufti of Egypt so he can issue a religious opinion on the death sentence resulting from charges that she killed her husband, al-Shahat, 28, five
JULY 30, 2020PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: DEATH ROW CONVICTS FREED DUE TO ‘LIFE EXPECTANCY RIGHT’
The Supreme Court has overturned death sentence of two brothers – Sikandar Hayat and Jamshed Ali – who have spent 27 years of their lives in jail on account of “the right of expectancy of life”.
JULY 30, 2020South SudanDEATH PENALTYSOUTH SUDAN: MINOR REMOVED FROM DEATH ROW
Magai Matiop Ngong on 29 July 2020 was removed from death row following the South Sudan Court of Appeal’s decision on 14 July to quash the death sentence imposed on him because he was a child at the time of the crime.
JULY 29, 2020EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: 7 EXECUTED OVER KILLING OF POLICEMAN IN 2013
Egypt on 28 July 2020 executed seven people over the killing of a police officer in the northeastern city of Ismailiya in 2013, a security official said.
JULY 29, 2020PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: MUSLIM ACCUSED OF INSULTING ISLAM KILLED IN COURT
A young Pakistani Muslim walked into a courtroom in the northwestern city of Peshawar on 29 July 2020 and shot and killed a fellow Muslim who was on trial for blasphemy, a police officer said.
JULY 29, 2020NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: TWO SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER MURDER OF ENUGU LAWYER
Two suspected masterminds in the murder of former Executive Secretary of Enugu State Committee on Adada state creation, Mr Ejimofor Ozongwu, were sentenced to death on 27 July 2020 by an Enugu State High Court.
JULY 29, 2020United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - The U.S. government has set an August 26, 2020 execution date for Lezmond Mitchell, the sole Native American on federal death row
USA - The U.S. government has set an August 26, 2020 execution date for Lezmond Mitchell, the sole Native American on federal death row
- JULY 29, 2020IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Hamed Amian executed in Yasuj Central Prison around July 29.
IRAN - Hamed Amian executed in Yasuj Central Prison around July 29.
- JULY 28, 2020SudanDEATH PENALTY
SUDAN FINDS MASS GRAVE BELIEVED TO HAVE BODIES OF OFFICERS EXECUTED BY BASHIR
Sudan has found a mass grave that most likely contains remains of 28 army officers executed in 1990 for plotting an attempted coup against the former president Omar al-Bashir, the public prosecutor office said late on 23 July 2020.
- JULY 28, 2020EgyptDEATH PENALTY
EGYPT: EXECUTED 7 TERRORISTS ACCUSED OF KILLING THE OFFICER AHMED ABU DOUMA IN ISMAILIA ON NOVEMBER 2013
On July 28, 2020, it took place the execution of 7 prisoners.
JULY 28, 2020DEATH PENALTYIRAN: SUPREME COURT UPHELD DEATH SENTENCES OF FIVE PROTESTERS ARRESTED AT DEMONSTRATIONS
The Supreme Court has upheld the death sentences of five protesters arrested at the nationwide December 2017/January 2018 demonstrations in Khomeini Shahr, Isfahan, Iran Human Rights (IHR) confirmed on 26 July 2020.