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
- APRIL 16, 2020YemenDEATH PENALTY
YEMEN: HOUTHIS UNDER PRESSURE TO RELEASE JOURNALISTS
The Houthis are coming under increasing pressure to reverse their decision to execute four Yemeni journalists, who were sentenced to death in court on 11 April 2020 on spying charges.
APRIL 16, 2020IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - IHR Report: the "Revolutionary Courts".
IRAN - IHR Report: the "Revolutionary Courts".
APRIL 16, 2020OklahomaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Pennsylvania. Federal Court Approves Settlement of Death-Row Conditions Lawsuit.
USA - Pennsylvania. Federal Court Approves Settlement of Death-Row Conditions Lawsuit.
- APRIL 16, 2020IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Hossein Taheri was hanged in Khalkhal city, on April 16.
IRAN - Hossein Taheri was hanged in Khalkhal city, on April 16.
- APRIL 15, 2020TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
CZECH REPUBLIC: CONSTITUTIONAL COURT BARS EXTRADITION OF 8 TAIWANESE TO CHINA
The Constitutional Court of the Czech Republic on 9 April 2020 ruled that eight Taiwanese charged with being involved in cross-border telecom fraud cannot be extradited to the People’s Republic of China.
- APRIL 15, 2020DEATH PENALTY
IRAN EXECUTIONS 2019: QISAS AND FORGIVENESS
The 12th annual Report on the death penalty by Iran Human Rights (IHR) and ECPM (Together Against the Death Penalty) provides an assessment of the abolitionist movement within Iran, including the forgiveness movement and its contribution to limiting the u
- APRIL 15, 2020TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. Gilmar Guevara intellectually disabled
USA - Texas. Gilmar Guevara intellectually disabled
- APRIL 15, 2020IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Amir Hossein Zandi hanged in Hamedan Central Prison on April 15, 2020.
IRAN - Amir Hossein Zandi hanged in Hamedan Central Prison on April 15, 2020.
APRIL 15, 2020Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: 800 EXECUTIONS CARRIED OUT UNDER KING SALMAN
Saudi Arabia has carried out the 800th execution of King Salman bin Abdulaziz's five years of rule, human rights organisation Reprieve said on 14 April 2020.
- APRIL 15, 2020IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - A man was hanged at Hamadan prison on April 15
IRAN - A man was hanged at Hamadan prison on April 15
APRIL 15, 2020FloridaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Florida. Joseph Edward Williams, released amid coronavirus concerns, is arrested on a murder charge.
USA - Florida. Joseph Edward Williams, released amid coronavirus concerns, is arrested on a murder charge.
APRIL 15, 2020United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Two tv series about death penalty.
USA - Two tv series about death penalty.
- APRIL 14, 2020YemenDEATH PENALTY
CPJ CALLS ON HOUTHIS TO REVERSE DEATH SENTENCE AGAINST YEMENI JOURNALISTS, RELEASE THEM FROM CUSTODY
The Committee to Protect Journalists on 11 April 2020 expressed alarm at a decision by the Ansar Allah group, known as the Houthis, to sentence Abdulkhaleq Amran, Akram al-Waleedi, Hareth Hameed, and Tawfiq al-Mansouri to death, and urged the Houthis to r
APRIL 14, 2020PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: 29 YEARS ON DEATH ROW, WOMAN SUFFERS MENTAL ILLNESS
Kanizan Bibi was 16 when she was charged with murdering her employer’s wife and five children. The police said she was having an affair with her employer, who was also arrested and later hanged.
APRIL 14, 2020DEATH PENALTYIRAN: POLITICAL PRISONER MOSTAFA SALIMI EXECUTED
Political prisoner Mostafa Salimi was executed at Saqqez prison, Iranian province of Kurdistan, on 11 April 2020.
- APRIL 13, 2020DEATH BY PUNISHMENT
PRISON: CORONAVIRUS, PROCEDIMENTAL CLASS ACTION FOR RESPECTING HYGIENIC AND SANITARY MEASURES IN BARI PRISON
The Hands off Cain-Spes contra spem association sponsors the procedural class action for compliance with sanitary measures in the Bari prison promoted by lawyers Luigi Paccione and Alessio Carlucci and hopes that similar actions will be taken for prisons
APRIL 13, 2020ZambiaDEATH PENALTYZAMBIA: 2 COPS SENTENCED TO DEATH
Two police officers of Choma have been sentenced to death by hanging for causing the death of a suspected thief, The Daily Mail reported on 10 April 2020.
APRIL 13, 2020BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: BANGABANDHU’S KILLER MAJED HANGED
The self-confessed and convicted killer of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Abdul Majed was hanged on 12 April 2020 at Keraniganj Dhaka Central Jail amid tight security.
APRIL 12, 2020YemenDEATH PENALTYYEMEN: HOUTHI REBELS SENTENCE 4 REPORTERS TO DEATH
A court run by Yemen's Houthi rebels on 11 April 2020 sentenced four journalists to death after their conviction on spying charges, their defense lawyer said.
APRIL 12, 2020United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Military. David Bruck Is Selected for Guantánamo’s 9/11 Trial
USA - Military. David Bruck Is Selected for Guantánamo’s 9/11 Trial
- APRIL 11, 2020VietnamDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM TO SUSPEND LETHAL INJECTION EXECUTION AFTER THREE FAILED ATTEMPTS
Convicts will have their executions suspended temporarily if they are still alive after three doses of the lethal cocktail have been administered, a new decree says.
- APRIL 11, 2020IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Political prisoner Mostafa Salimi was executed at Saqqez prison on April 11, 2020.
IRAN - Political prisoner Mostafa Salimi was executed at Saqqez prison on April 11, 2020.
APRIL 11, 2020PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: SHC UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE OF TWO BROTHERS IN PIDC BLAST CASE
The Sindh High Court on 9 April 2020 upheld the death sentence of two brothers and overturned the death penalty of a co-accused in the Pakistan Industrial Development Corporation (PIDC) bomb blast case in Karachi.
- APRIL 11, 2020DEATH PENALTY
USA - Virginia. New law reduces secrecy in executions.
SB 270 signed by governor Ralph Northam.
APRIL 9, 2020LibyaDEATH PENALTYLIBYA: 1347 INMATES RELEASED FROM PRISON OVER CORONAVIRUS CONCERNS
The Ministry of Justice of the UN-backed Libyan government said on 6 April 2020 that a total of 1,347 prisoners have been released so far over the fears about the spread of COVID-19.
APRIL 9, 2020KenyaDEATH PENALTYKENYA: REPRIEVE FOR MAN ON DEATH SENTENCE FOR KILLING 4-YEAR-OLD BOY
A man who had been sentenced to death for killing his neighbour's four-year-old boy by strangling and chopping off his limbs will now serve 30 years in jail, The Star reported on 7 April 2020.
- APRIL 9, 2020BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: MERCY PLEA OF MAN WHO KILLED FOUNDING PRESIDENT REJECTED
The mercy petition of a man who has been sentenced to death for the killing of Bangladesh's founding President Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, was rejected on 8 April 2020 by incumbent President Md Abdul Hamid, a media report said.
APRIL 9, 2020IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 50 political prisoners infected with coronavirus in Urmia Central Prison.
IRAN - 50 political prisoners infected with coronavirus in Urmia Central Prison.
- APRIL 9, 2020NevadaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Nevada. Battle over drugs for execution ends with no decision.
USA - Nevada. Battle over drugs for execution ends with no decision.
- APRIL 8, 2020United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
DEATH PENALTY PROJECT PUBLISHES LATEST REPORT ON THE DEATH PENALTY IN THE CARIBBEAN
“The Death Penalty Project” on 7 April 2020 published its latest report: “Sentenced to Death Without Execution: Why capital punishment has not yet been abolished in the Eastern Caribbean and Barbados” by Professor Roger Hood and Dr Florence Seemungal with