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 12, 2020NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH BY HANGING FOR STEALING IPHONE 6
An Ogun State High Court sitting at Isabo, Abeokuta, on 11 February 2020 sentenced a man identified as Olumide Adekanbi to death by hanging for armed robbery committed at Saraki-Adigbe area of Abeokuta in 2016.
- FEBRUARY 12, 2020IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Hadi Mahi and Sadeq Akbarpour hanged on February 12, 2020 in Adel Abad Prison
IRAN - Hadi Mahi and Sadeq Akbarpour hanged on February 12, 2020 in Adel Abad Prison
- FEBRUARY 12, 2020IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Two prisoners, Naeim Zavareh and Ali Dadkhah, hanged on February 12, 2020, at the central prison of Qom
IRAN - Two prisoners, Naeim Zavareh and Ali Dadkhah, hanged on February 12, 2020, at the central prison of Qom
- FEBRUARY 11, 2020DEATH BY PUNISHMENT
TEXAS (USA): CHANGES IN A RESTRICTIVE SENSE ON THE DEATH ROW
A friend of Hands Off Cain, Daniela Fontana, informs us of changes in a restrictive sense on the death row of Texas.
- FEBRUARY 11, 2020ThailandDEATH PENALTY
THAILAND: DEATH PENALTY UPHELD FOR 'NONG SNOW' KILLER
The Supreme Court on 11 February 2020 upheld the death sentence passed by the two lower courts on a former village headman for the murder of a teenage schoolgirl in Kamalasai district in 2015.
- FEBRUARY 11, 2020DEATH BY PUNISHMENT
IRAN. HANDS OFF CAIN PRESENTS THE DOSSIER ‘THE FACES OF REPRESSION’ FOR AN UPDATE OF THE EU LIST OF SUBJECT TO RESTRICTIVE MEASURES FOR SERIOUS VIOLATIONS OF HUMAN RIGHTS
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- FEBRUARY 11, 2020IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 20 Kurdish prisoners have passed away in Iran's prisons in 2019
IRAN - 20 Kurdish prisoners have passed away in Iran's prisons in 2019
- FEBRUARY 11, 2020ItalyDEATH BY PUNISHMENT
USA - Texas. Italy. Daniela Fontana informs us of changes in a restrictive sense on the death row of Texas.
USA - Texas. Italy. Daniela Fontana informs us of changes in a restrictive sense on the death row of Texas.
FEBRUARY 11, 2020IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: KRG SENTENCES TWO PKK TERRORISTS TO DEATH OVER KILLING OF TURKISH DIPLOMAT
The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) handed out the death sentence to two PKK terrorists who killed Turkish diplomat Osman Köse in the Iraqi autonomous region’s capital Irbil in July 2019, the local news outlet Rudaw reported on 10 February 2020.
FEBRUARY 10, 2020DEATH PENALTYIRAN: COURT UPHOLDS LONG PRISON SENTENCES OF ANTI-HIJAB WOMEN ACTIVISTS
A Court of Appeals of Tehran has upheld prison sentences of three women for defying the forced veiling laws but reduced it to a combined 31 years and seven months from an earlier total of 55 years and six months, Radio Farda reported on 6 February 2020.
FEBRUARY 10, 2020FranceDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: FRENCH JIHADISTS APPEAL TO UN TO AVOID DEATH PENALTY
Five French jihadists sentenced to death in Iraq have appealed to the UN to pressure France to bring them home, their lawyer has said, adding they were suffering inhumane treatment.
FEBRUARY 10, 2020BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: HC UPHOLDS DEATH PENALTY FOR FIVE JMB MEN
The High Court on 9 February 2020 confirmed the death penalty for five operatives of banned outfit Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) for killing a public prosecutor of Jhalakathi, Advocate Haider Hossain, in 2007.
- FEBRUARY 9, 2020IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Dozens of detainees of the November protests reportedly have died under torture
IRAN - Dozens of detainees of the November protests reportedly have died under torture
- FEBRUARY 9, 2020LouisianaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Louisiana. A jury sentenced Kyle Joekel to death
USA - Louisiana. A jury sentenced Kyle Joekel to death
- FEBRUARY 9, 2020IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Dozens of detainees of the November protests reportedly have died under torture
IRAN - Dozens of detainees of the November protests reportedly have died under torture
- FEBRUARY 7, 2020DEATH PENALTY
GEORGIA (USA): DONNIE CLEVELAND LANCE EXECUTED
Donnie Cleveland Lance, 66, White, was executed in Georgia on 5 February 2020.
- FEBRUARY 7, 2020DEATH PENALTY
TEXAS (USA): ABEL REVILL OCHOA EXECUTED
Abel Revill Ochoa, 47, Hispanic, was executed in Texas on 6 February 2020.
FEBRUARY 7, 2020BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: THREE SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER KILLING OF AL LEADER IN LAKSHMIPUR
A Lakshmipur court has sentenced three people to death over the killing of Awami League leader Abdul Mannan Bhuiyan in Lakshmipur six years ago.
FEBRUARY 7, 2020NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING UBER DRIVER IN ABUJA
The High Court in Nyanya, Abuja, on 6 February 2020 sentenced to death one Obinna Echanu, 42, for killing an Uber driver identified as Edwin Ali.
- FEBRUARY 6, 2020NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA: COURT SENTENCES MAN TO DEATH BY HANGING FOR KILLING WIFE
An FCT High Court in Abuja, on 5 February 2020 sentenced a 38-year-old man, Eric Chigbor, to death by hanging for killing his wife.
- FEBRUARY 6, 2020DEATH PENALTY
VIRGINIA (USA): TWENTY-ONE PROSECUTORS SIGN LETTER URGING REPEAL OF DEATH PENALTY
Calling the death penalty “a failed government program,” 21 current and former Virginia prosecutors have signed on to a letter to the commonwealth’s General Assembly urging the legislature to abolish capital punishment.
- FEBRUARY 6, 2020TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. Abel Revill Ochoa, 47, Hispanic, was executed.
USA - Texas. Abel Revill Ochoa, 47, Hispanic, was executed.
FEBRUARY 6, 2020BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: 5 TO BE HANGED FOR KILLING CHILD IN DINAJPUR
A Dinajpur court on 5 February 2020 sentenced five people to death for killing a child after abduction in Ghoraghat upazila in 2015.
- FEBRUARY 6, 2020FloridaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Florida. Death sentence reinstated for man Thomas Ford McCoy
USA - Florida. Death sentence reinstated for man Thomas Ford McCoy
- FEBRUARY 6, 2020IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Sentences confirmed for three women's rights activists: Yasaman Aryani, Monireh Arabshahi and Mojan Keshavarz
IRAN - Sentences confirmed for three women's rights activists: Yasaman Aryani, Monireh Arabshahi and Mojan Keshavarz
FEBRUARY 5, 2020DEATH PENALTYIRAN: THREE PRISONERS HANGED AT RAJA’I SHAHR PRISON
According to Iran Human Rights (IHR) sources, on the morning of 2nd February 2020, at least three prisoners were hanged at Raja’i Shahr prison in Karaj city, near Tehran.
- FEBRUARY 5, 2020IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - At least 52 Kurdish citizens have been executed in 2019
IRAN - At least 52 Kurdish citizens have been executed in 2019
- FEBRUARY 5, 2020DEATH PENALTY
USA - Georgia. Donnie Cleveland Lance, 66, White, was executed.
USA - Georgia. Donnie Cleveland Lance, 66, White, was executed.
FEBRUARY 5, 2020IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: 33 CHILDREN CONVICTED OF ISIS-RELATED TERRORISM IN 18 MONTH PERIOD
Nearly 400 individuals were tried in Iraqi courts between mid-2018 and late 2019 on terrorism charges for alleged affiliation to the Islamic State -including 33 minors who were found guilty, the United Nations said on 28 January 2020.
- FEBRUARY 5, 2020IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: TELANGANA COURT AWARDS DEATH SENTENCE FOR THREE IN SAMATHA CASE
The special fast track court in Adilabad convicted the three accused in connection with the sensational Samatha gangrape and murder case and sentenced them to death by hanging on 30 January 2020.