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
JULY 28, 2020MalaysiaDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA: BANGLADESHI MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDERING FELLOW COUNTRYMAN TWO YEARS AGO
A Bangladeshi man on 28 July 2020 was sentenced to death by the High Court in George Town, Malaysia, after he was found guilty for the murder of a countryman two years ago.
JULY 28, 2020IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - According to PMOI/MEK, on July 28, 2020, the Coronavirus death toll is 78,100.
IRAN - According to PMOI/MEK, on July 28, 2020, the Coronavirus death toll is 78,100.
- JULY 27, 2020United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - California. 10th death row inmate (Johnny Avila) dies from COVID-19.
USA - California. 10th death row inmate (Johnny Avila) dies from COVID-19.
JULY 27, 2020PhilippinesDEATH PENALTYPHILIPPINES: DUTERTE RENEWS PUSH FOR DEATH PENALTY FOR DRUG CRIMES
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said on 27 July 2020 drug offenders should be executed by lethal injection, in a fresh push for the death penalty as part of his anti-narcotics crackdown that has killed thousands.
JULY 27, 2020VietnamDEATH PENALTYVIETNAM: FIVE DEATH SENTENCES HANDED DOWN IN DRUG CASE
The People’s Court of HCM City on 27 July 2020 handed down five death sentences and four terms of life imprisonment to defendants involved in a major drug ring led by Van Kinh Duong.
JULY 27, 2020DEATH PENALTYIRAN: PRISONER HANGED IN QAZVIN FOR MURDER
According to Iran Human Rights, that reported the news on 25 July 2020, on the morning of 14 July, a 21-year-old prisoner on death row was executed in Qazvin Central Prison.
JULY 27, 2020IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Judiciary Blocks Nasrin Sotoudeh’s Bank Account, Cutting Off Funds for Family.
IRAN - Judiciary Blocks Nasrin Sotoudeh’s Bank Account, Cutting Off Funds for Family.
JULY 27, 2020IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Appeal for Abbas Lisani
IRAN - Appeal for Abbas Lisani
JULY 27, 2020IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Iran sends death row inmates to fight in Syria.
IRAN - Iran sends death row inmates to fight in Syria.
- JULY 26, 2020IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Supreme Court upheld death sentences of five protesters arrested at demonstrations
IRAN - Supreme Court upheld death sentences of five protesters arrested at demonstrations
JULY 26, 2020IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ali Abdi and Amirhossein Ghahrian were executed in Urmia on July 26.
IRAN - Ali Abdi and Amirhossein Ghahrian were executed in Urmia on July 26.
JULY 25, 2020DEATH PENALTYIRAN: KAMIL GHADERI-AGHDAM EXECUTED IN NAGHDEH PRISON FOR MURDER
According to Iran Human Rights, a prisoner on death row was executed in Naghdeh Prison on 22 July 2020.
JULY 25, 2020NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH BY HANGING FOR KILLING NEWBORN BABY IN ADAMAWA
The Appeal Court in Yola, Adamawa State, on 22 July 2020 upheld the death sentence of a man for killing his newborn baby boy.
JULY 25, 2020MalaysiaDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER OF PEPPER BUSINESSMAN
The High Court of Kuching, Malaysia, on 24 July 2020 convicted and sentenced a man, who killed a pepper businessman in 2016, to death.
JULY 25, 2020IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Morteza Refahi executed at Rasht Central Prison on July 25.
IRAN - Morteza Refahi executed at Rasht Central Prison on July 25.
JULY 23, 2020EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: THREE DEFENDANTS SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER ABDUCTION, RAPE OF A MINOR
Egypt’s Qena Criminal Court, headed by Counselor Othman Mohamedin, on 21 July 2020 sentenced to death three defendants over the abduction, rape and attempted murder of a young 17-year old woman.
JULY 23, 2020BahrainDEATH PENALTYBAHRAIN: KING URGED TO COMMUTE DEATH SENTENCES OF PRO-DEMOCRACY ACTIVISTS
More than a dozen human rights groups have signed an open letter to Bahrain's king in a last-ditch attempt to commute the death sentences of two activists who were charged with killing an officer by bombing a police convoy in 2014.
JULY 23, 2020VietnamDEATH PENALTYVIETNAM: TWO DRUG SMUGGLERS SENTENCED TO DEATH IN HCMC
The HCMC People’s Court on 22 July 2020 sentenced two men to death for trafficking over 44 kg of ecstasy pills from Cambodia in 2018.
- JULY 22, 2020DEATH PENALTY
CALIFORNIA (USA): 39 INMATES DIED BY COVID-19 IN STATE’S PRISONS
California’s inaction on COVID-19 amounts to a death sentence for prisoners, San Francisco Examiner denounced on July 19, 2020.
JULY 22, 2020DEATH PENALTYIRAN: RADIO PRESENTER LASHED 74 TIMES FOR DISCLOSING INFORMATION ON CORRUPTION OF MP
Sajjad Sadeghi, a radio presenter, was lashed 74 times on June 27, 2020 for disclosing information on “receiving a bribe in one of the oil transactions”.
JULY 22, 2020NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR ARMED ROBBERY
A Delta State High Court sitting in Asaba has sentenced one Amechi Stanley Chidokwe to death by hanging for armed robbery, The Sun reported on 22 July 2020.
- JULY 22, 2020IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Kamil Ghaderi-Aghdam has been executed in Naghdeh Prison on July 22.
IRAN - Kamil Ghaderi-Aghdam has been executed in Naghdeh Prison on July 22.
JULY 21, 2020DEATH PENALTYIRAN: TWO PRISONERS HANGED AT ORUMIYEH CENTRAL PRISON
Kurdistan Human Rights Network has been informed that the death sentences of two prisoners, Asad Keshavarz and Amin Safarkesh, were carried out in Orumiyeh Central Prison on 20 July 2020.
JULY 21, 2020KuwaitDEATH PENALTYKUWAIT: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDERING PREGNANT SAUDI WIFE
Kuwait’s top court on 20 July 2020 upheld a lower court’s ruling condemning a Kuwaiti man to death for killing his pregnant Saudi wife by strangulating her three years ago, Saudi Arabia’s Okaz newspaper reported.
JULY 21, 2020SudanDEATH PENALTYSUDAN: BASHIR FACES DEATH SENTENCE OVER HIS 1989 COUP
Former Sudanese president Omar al-Bashir has been summoned to appear before a court over charges of an alleged coup d‘état he staged over 30 years ago.
- JULY 21, 2020IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - According to PMOI/MEK, on July 21 the Coronavirus death toll has increased to 74,200. Government numbers are also high.
IRAN - According to PMOI/MEK, on July 21 the Coronavirus death toll has increased to 74,200. Government numbers are also high.
JULY 21, 2020CaliforniaDEATH PENALTYUSA - California. 9th death row inmate dies of coronavirus: John Beames
USA - California. 9th death row inmate dies of coronavirus: John Beames
- JULY 20, 2020MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: NOT ALL 6 CONVICTED OF MURDERING DPP DESERVE DEATH SENTENCE, SAYS NGO
A NGO against the mandatory death penalty on 17 July 2020 said not all the six sentenced to hang for the murder of a deputy public prosecutor in 2015 deserve to be sent to the gallows.
JULY 20, 2020DEATH PENALTYIRAN: MAHMOUD MOUSAVI MAJD EXECUTED ON ESPIONAGE CHARGES
According to state media, Mahmoud Mousavi-Majd’s death sentence was carried out on 18 July 2020.
JULY 20, 2020BahrainDEATH PENALTYBAHRAIN: CRITICISM OVER DEATH SENTENCES REJECTED
Bahrain has categorically rejected criticism of recent death sentences issued against two people convicted of murdering a policeman more than six years ago, Gulf News reported on 19 July 2020.