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
FEBRUARY 19, 2020EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: 5 EXECUTED FOR ABDUCTING, MURDERING 4-YEAR-OLD GIRL. TWO WERE WOMEN
Egyptian security authorities have executed five persons from the same family after they were convicted of abducting and killing a four-year-old child, Middle East Monitor reported on 5 August 2019.
FEBRUARY 19, 2020IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: TWO SENTENCED TO DEATH IN TRIPURA FOR RAPE, MURDER OF MINOR
A district court in Tripura on 13 February 2020 sentenced two people to death for the rape and murder of a 15-year-old girl in December last year.
FEBRUARY 19, 2020ZimbabweDEATH PENALTYZIMBABWE: TWO BROTHERS TO BE HANGED FOR TWO MURDERS
Two siblings from the Midlands province, who ganged up and murdered a taxi driver in Bulawayo and a shop owner in Inyathi in Matabeleland North before stealing their property worth more than US$6 000, were on 17 February 2020 sentenced to death by hanging
FEBRUARY 19, 2020Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: SAUDI MAN EXECUTED FOR MURDER
The Ministry of Interior on 4 February 2020 issued a statement regarding the execution of a Saudi man, Hamoud bin Muhammad bin Mughram Al Nahid Asiri, in Abha, in the Asir region.
FEBRUARY 19, 2020IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - The UN Special Rapporteur, Javaid Rehman, on the November Protests.
IRAN - The UN Special Rapporteur, Javaid Rehman, on the November Protests.
- FEBRUARY 19, 2020IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Two men, Mohammad Cheraghi and Mehrdad, hanged on February 19 at Rajai-Shahr prison
IRAN - Two men, Mohammad Cheraghi and Mehrdad, hanged on February 19 at Rajai-Shahr prison
FEBRUARY 18, 2020NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: 7 ARMED ROBBERS SENTENCED TO DEATH BY HANGING IN KWARA STATE
Seven armed robbers have been sentenced to death by hanging by a Kwara State High Court, sitting in Ilorin, Lawyard reported on 14 February 2020.
FEBRUARY 18, 2020PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: KARACHI COURT HANDS DEATH PENALTY TO WOMAN, ACCOMPLICE FOR KILLING HUSBAND
A model court in Karachi on 13 February 2020 announced a death penalty for a woman and her accomplice after finding their role in the killing of the former’s husband in 2013, ARY NEWS reported.
FEBRUARY 18, 2020Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: YEMENI WOMAN EXECUTED FOR HER HUSBAND’S MURDER
The Ministry of Interior on 30 January 2020 issued a statement regarding the execution of a woman named Aisha Ahmed Omar Bahasin - Yemeni nationality.
FEBRUARY 18, 2020ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: HIDING CORONAVIRUS MAY BE PUNISHABLE BY DEATH, COURT SAYS
Intentionally hiding or misreporting symptoms related to the novel coronavirus constitutes a criminal offense that could incur a death penalty, according to a notice issued on 15 February 2020 by the Chinese court.
- FEBRUARY 18, 2020ColoradoDEATH PENALTY
USA - Colorado. The House Judiciary committee approved SB 20-100 to repeal the death penalty
USA - Colorado. The House Judiciary committee approved SB 20-100 to repeal the death penalty
- FEBRUARY 17, 2020PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: HIGH COURT UPHOLDS DEATH PENALTY FOR NINE TERRORISTS FOR ATTACK ON MILITARY CONVOY IN 2004
The Sindh High Court in Pakistan on 14 February 2020 upheld the death sentence of nine terrorists for carrying out an attack on security forces in 2004 in which 10 people, including six army personnel, were killed.
FEBRUARY 17, 2020MalaysiaDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA: DRUG TRAFFICKING ACCUSED SENTENCED TO DEATH
A 49-year-old man on 14 February 2020 was sentenced to death by the High Court in Tawau for drug trafficking.
FEBRUARY 17, 2020Sri LankaDEATH PENALTYSRI LANKA: THREE ACCUSED IN MURDER CASE SENTENCED TO DEATH
Colombo High Court on 13 February 2020 sentenced three accused to death for killing a person.
FEBRUARY 17, 2020EthiopiaDEATH PENALTYETHIOPIA: HUMAN TRAFFICKER SENTENCED TO DEATH
A Higher court in East Harar, South-Eastern part of Ethiopia, sentenced a suspected human trafficker, who is said to be responsible for the death of five women, to death, Borkena.com reported on 17 February 2020.
- FEBRUARY 17, 2020TennesseeDEATH PENALTY
USA - Tennessee. Nicholas Sutton has chosen the electric chair for his scheduled execution
USA - Tennessee. Nicholas Sutton has chosen the electric chair for his scheduled execution
FEBRUARY 16, 2020IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - According to the “2019 Iran Human Rights Monitor Annual Report”, torture and corporal punishment are a common practice in Iran’s prisons.
IRAN - According to the “2019 Iran Human Rights Monitor Annual Report”, torture and corporal punishment are a common practice in Iran’s prisons.
- FEBRUARY 14, 2020DEATH BY PUNISHMENT
IRAN. HOC PRESENTS THE DOSSIER 'FACES OF REPRESSION' FOR AN UPDATE OF THE EU LIST OF PERSONS SUBJECTED TO RESTRICTIVE MEASURES FOR SERIOUS VIOLATIONS OF HUMAN RIGHTS
The dossier "The faces of repression" by Hands Off Cain - Spes contra spem presented today (13 February 2020) to the Senate outlines the profiles of 23 exponents of the Iranian regime that the association asks to be included in the EU list of persons subj
- FEBRUARY 14, 2020BelgiumDEATH PENALTY
BELGIUM: LAST REFERENCE TO DEATH PENALTY REMOVED FROM LAW
The Chamber of Representatives on 13 February 2020 unanimously approved the bill that proposed to remove the last reference to the death penalty in Belgian legislation.
FEBRUARY 14, 2020ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: MAN WHO KILLED BEIJING DOCTOR SENTENCED TO DEATH
Sun Wenbin who fatally stabbed a doctor at a hospital in Beijing last month was sentenced to death by the Beijing No 3 Intermediate People's Court on 16 January 2020.
FEBRUARY 14, 2020North KoreaDEATH PENALTYNORTH KOREA: OFFICIAL REPORTEDLY EXECUTED FOR BREAKING CORONAVIRUS QUARANTINE
A North Korean official who returned from China has reportedly been executed for going to a public bath in violation of his Coronavirus quarantine, the Dong-a Ilbo news outlet in South Korea reported on 13 February 2020.
- FEBRUARY 14, 2020FloridaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Florida. Judge Howard Maltz sentenced Norman Blake McKenzie to death
USA - Florida. Judge Howard Maltz sentenced Norman Blake McKenzie to death
FEBRUARY 13, 2020NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: GOMBE GOVERNOR PARDONS 31 PRISONERS
Gombe State Governor, Alhaji Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya, on 12 February 2020 pardoned 31 prisoners and commuted the death penalty passed on one other convict to 21-year imprisonment.
FEBRUARY 13, 2020IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hassan Saraei hanged at Isfahan prison on February 13, 2020.
IRAN - Hassan Saraei hanged at Isfahan prison on February 13, 2020.
- FEBRUARY 13, 2020NebraskaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Nebraska. The Legislature advanced LB 238 that would ensure a more transparent execution
USA - Nebraska. The Legislature advanced LB 238 that would ensure a more transparent execution
FEBRUARY 13, 2020CaliforniaDEATH PENALTYUSA - California. The State Supreme Court overturned Kenneth Earl Gay’s conviction
USA - California. The State Supreme Court overturned Kenneth Earl Gay’s conviction
- FEBRUARY 12, 2020DEATH PENALTY
USA - Wyoming. Death penalty repeal bill (HB 166) fails introduction vote.
USA - Wyoming. Death penalty repeal bill (HB 166) fails introduction vote.
- FEBRUARY 12, 2020PennsylvaniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Pennsylvania. Judge Rita Hathaway sentenced Rahmael Holt to death.
USA - Pennsylvania. Judge Rita Hathaway sentenced Rahmael Holt to death.
FEBRUARY 12, 2020MoroccoDEATH PENALTYMOROCCO: SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR RAPING AND KILLING A WOMAN AND VIDEOTAPING HIM
A Moroccan court on 11 February 2020 sentenced to death the principal accused of raping and killing a woman in a popular neighborhood in Rabat last summer, in addition to participating in the recording of a video with the facts and disseminating it on soc
FEBRUARY 12, 2020TexasDEATH PENALTYUSA - Texas. The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals overturned the death sentence imposed on Charles Brownlow
USA - Texas. The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals overturned the death sentence imposed on Charles Brownlow