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2020
The news published by Hands Off Cain in 2020, month by month, with the countries most present that year.
Latest news of 2020
MARCH 26, 2020IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Radio Farda Estimates 3,036 Coronavirus Deaths.
IRAN - Radio Farda Estimates 3,036 Coronavirus Deaths.
MARCH 26, 2020JapanDEATH PENALTYJAPAN: HANGED EX-AUM MEMBER URGED WOULD-BE TERRORISTS TO HALT ATTACKS
A former senior Aum Shinrikyo member wrote a letter in English urging would-be terrorists not to carry out their planned attacks before he was executed in 2018 for his involvement in the cult's 1995 sarin nerve gas attack on the Tokyo subway system.
- MARCH 26, 2020DEATH PENALTY
IRAN: 70 POLITICAL PRISONERS IN TEHRAN AND KARAJ PROTEST SPREAD OF CORONAVIRUS
Forty political prisoners in the Greater Tehran Penitentiary have started a hunger strike since 16 March 2020 to protest Judiciary officials’ rejection of granting leaves to political prisoners and prisoners of conscience after the spread of Coronavirus t
- MARCH 26, 2020IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Iran. Today, March 26, Coronavirus Death Toll Exceeds 11,900
IRAN - Iran. Today, March 26, Coronavirus Death Toll Exceeds 11,900
- MARCH 26, 2020IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Coronavirus Fatalities on the Rise in Iran’s Prisons
IRAN - Coronavirus Fatalities on the Rise in Iran’s Prisons
- MARCH 26, 2020IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Iran Allies Call To Lift Sanctions To Fight Against Coronavirus
IRAN - Iran Allies Call To Lift Sanctions To Fight Against Coronavirus
- MARCH 25, 2020United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
UK - USA. United Kingdom Supreme Court Rules Britain Cannot Provide Evidence to U.S. for Use in Death-Penalty Cases.
UK - USA. United Kingdom Supreme Court Rules Britain Cannot Provide Evidence to U.S. for Use in Death-Penalty Cases.
MARCH 25, 2020NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: SIX DEATH SENTENCES FOR MURDER IN EKITI
An Ekiti State High Court sitting in Ado Ekiti has sentenced six persons to death for murder and attempted murder, Daily Post reported on 24 March 2020.
MARCH 25, 2020ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: COURT HANDS RARE DEATH SENTENCE TO RAPIST WHO HELD GIRL CAPTIVE FOR 24 DAYS
A man has been sentenced to death in the central Hunan province for kidnapping and raping a 16-year-old girl whom he held captive in a hidden room under the floor of his home for over three weeks, domestic outlet Red Star News reported on 23 March 2020.
MARCH 25, 2020United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTYUAE: COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE OF FATHER WHO SEXUALLY ABUSED DAUGHTER
The Ras Al Khaimah Criminal Court of Appeal has upheld the death sentence earlier issued against an Asian father after he was found guilty of sexually abusing his minor daughter, Khaleej Times reported on 25 March 2020.
- MARCH 25, 2020IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Official Says Chinese Nationals, Iranian Students From Wuhan Spread Coronavirus.
IRAN - Official Says Chinese Nationals, Iranian Students From Wuhan Spread Coronavirus.
- MARCH 25, 2020IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - According to PMOI/MEK, today, March 23, the number of Coronavirus victims exceeds 11,500.
IRAN - According to PMOI/MEK, today, March 23, the number of Coronavirus victims exceeds 11,500.
MARCH 25, 2020United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Retirement of Guantánamo Military Judge Likely to Further Delay Sept. 11 Death-Penalty Trial.
USA - Retirement of Guantánamo Military Judge Likely to Further Delay Sept. 11 Death-Penalty Trial.
- MARCH 24, 2020IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights urges to re-evaluate sanctions
IRAN - The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights urges to re-evaluate sanctions
- MARCH 24, 2020IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Iran Rejects Offer Of Help By Doctors Without Borders To Fight Coronavirus.
IRAN - Iran Rejects Offer Of Help By Doctors Without Borders To Fight Coronavirus.
- MARCH 24, 2020DEATH PENALTY
USA: COLORADO ABOLISHES DEATH PENALTY
Colorado became the 22nd U.S. state to abolish the death penalty, and the tenth to do so in the past decade-and-a-half, as Governor Jared Polis signed legislation repealing the state’s capital punishment statute.
MARCH 24, 2020North KoreaDEATH PENALTYNORTH KOREA: SMUGGLER EXECUTED AFTER CROSSING SINO-NORTH KOREAN BORDER
A smuggler in his 50s was recently executed in North Pyongan Province, sources told Daily NK earlier in March 2020.
MARCH 24, 2020YemenDEATH PENALTYYEMEN: HOUTHI-RUN COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE AGAINST BAHA’I PRISONER OF CONSCIENCE
An appeals court in Sana’a, Yemen, ruled on 22 March 2020 to uphold a religiously-motivated death sentence against Hamed bin Haydara, a Baha’i who has been imprisoned since 2013.
- MARCH 24, 2020IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - According to PMOI/MEK, today, March 24, the number of Coronavirus victims exceeds 10,900.
IRAN - According to PMOI/MEK, today, March 24, the number of Coronavirus victims exceeds 10,900.
- MARCH 23, 2020ColoradoDEATH PENALTY
USA - Colorado. Colorado Abolishes Death Penalty.
USA - Colorado. Colorado Abolishes Death Penalty.
MARCH 23, 2020ZimbabweDEATH PENALTYZIMBABWE: SERIAL RAPIST SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
A serial rapist from Bulawayo who raped and murdered a woman from Cowdray Park suburb who was coming from fetching firewood with her two neighbours was on 20 March 2020 sentenced to death.
- MARCH 23, 2020IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - According to PMOI / MEK, today, March 23, the number of Coronavirus victims exceeds 10,500.
IRAN - According to PMOI / MEK, today, March 23, the number of Coronavirus victims exceeds 10,500.
MARCH 23, 2020SyriaDEATH PENALTYSYRIA: PRESIDENT ASSAD ISSUES AMNESTY, REDUCES SENTENCES
Syrian President Bashar Assad granted amnesty and reduced sentences for all crimes committed before 22 March 2020, while also offering amnesty to military deserters who turn themselves in within the next few months.
MARCH 23, 2020DEATH PENALTYIRAN: ANOTHER NOVEMBER PROTESTER SENTENCED TO DEATH
A young man who was arrested during the protests in November 2019 in Iran was sentenced to death.
- MARCH 22, 2020IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Iran Official Says So Far 52,000 Infected With Coronavirus, Far Beyond Official Number.
IRAN - Iran Official Says So Far 52,000 Infected With Coronavirus, Far Beyond Official Number.
- MARCH 22, 2020IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Today, March 22, the number of Coronavirus victims exceeds 9,600.
IRAN - Today, March 22, the number of Coronavirus victims exceeds 9,600.
- MARCH 22, 2020IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 70 political prisoners protest spread of Coronavirus.
IRAN - 70 political prisoners protest spread of Coronavirus.
- MARCH 21, 2020IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Iran Coronavirus Death Toll Exceeds 8,800.
IRAN - Iran Coronavirus Death Toll Exceeds 8,800.
- MARCH 21, 2020IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Another November protester, Siamak Moghimi Momeni, sentenced to death.
IRAN - Another November protester, Siamak Moghimi Momeni, sentenced to death.
MARCH 20, 2020DEATH PENALTYIRAN: SUPREME LEADER TO PARDON 10,000 INCLUDING POLITICAL PRISONERS
The Spokesman of Iran’s Judiciary on 19 March 2020 said Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei will pardon about 10,000 prisoners “more than half of who are serving security-related jail terms”.