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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
JANUARY 29, 2020SudanDEATH PENALTYSUDAN: SEVEN PEOPLE SENTENCED TO DEATH IN SOUTH DARFUR
Seven people were sentenced to death on 27 January 2020 by a court in Nyala, South Darfur, after being found guilty of killing nine people in September 2017, in the area of Tobasi, 43km south of Nyala.
JANUARY 29, 2020EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: 3 SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER FAILED ASSASSINATION
An Egyption court handed preliminary death sentences on 27 January 2020 to three defendants over a failed assassination of Alexandria’s security director in March 2018.
JANUARY 29, 2020BahrainDEATH PENALTYBAHRAIN: THREE BANGLADESHIS SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING COMPATRIOT
Three people who bludgeoned another to death with a hammer and a brick on 28 January 2020 were condemned to death in Bahrain.
JANUARY 29, 2020CaliforniaDEATH PENALTYUSA - California. Jury recommends death sentence for Hernan Rodriguez
USA - California. Jury recommends death sentence for Hernan Rodriguez
- JANUARY 28, 2020United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Death Row USA Fall 2019: Death row prisoners continue to decline
USA - Death Row USA Fall 2019: Death row prisoners continue to decline
JANUARY 28, 2020LaosDEATH PENALTYLAOS: EIGHT MEMBERS OF MR. X DRUG RING SENTENCED TO DEATH
Authorities in Laos last week sentenced eight people to death for their roles in connection with the major Southeast Asian drug ring run by drug kingpin Xaysana Keopimpha, better known as Mr. X., Radio Free Asia reported on 27 January 2020.
JANUARY 28, 2020IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: CHILD RAPIST SENTENCED TO DEATH
A 23-year-old man in Haryana was on 27 January 2020 sentenced to death for the rape and murder of a five-year-old girl.
JANUARY 28, 2020NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: MARYAM SANDA SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING HUSBAND
A Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court on 27 January 2020 sentenced to death Maryam Sanda for the killing of her husband, Bilyaminu Bello.
- JANUARY 27, 2020IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Peyman Sheikhi hanged in the prison of Raja’i Shahr on January 27.
IRAN - Peyman Sheikhi hanged in the prison of Raja’i Shahr on January 27.
- JANUARY 27, 2020SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
SOMALIA: AL-SHABAB ANNOUNCES IT PUBBLICLY EXECUTED THREE SOLDIERS
Somalia’s Al-Shabab Islamic extremist group says it has publicly executed three men accused of working with Somali troops and Kenyan Defence Forces (KDF), Garowe Online reports.
JANUARY 27, 2020JapanDEATH PENALTYJAPAN: HIGH COURT SCRAPS MAN'S DEATH SENTENCE OVER 2015 MURDERS OF FIVE
A high court scrapped on 27 January 2020 a lower court ruling that sentenced a man to death for killing five people on Awaji Island in 2015 and gave him life in prison instead after reviewing his mental state at the time.
- JANUARY 27, 2020IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 2 men, Kh. Gh. and A. Gh., hanged in Chaharmahal Bakhtiari Province on January 27
IRAN - 2 men, Kh. Gh. and A. Gh., hanged in Chaharmahal Bakhtiari Province on January 27
JANUARY 26, 2020SudanDEATH PENALTYSUDAN: 15-YEAR-OLD SENTENCED TO DEATH
The Sudanese cabinet expressed it unease following a court decision to execute a 15-year-old boy, local media reported.
- JANUARY 26, 2020IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 5 prisoners were executed at Rajai-Shahr prison on January 26
IRAN - 5 prisoners were executed at Rajai-Shahr prison on January 26
- JANUARY 26, 2020IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Sobhan Karimi was hanged at the prison of Zanjan on January 26
IRAN - Sobhan Karimi was hanged at the prison of Zanjan on January 26
JANUARY 25, 2020BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: 3 SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING YOUTH
A court in Gaibandha on 16 January 2020 sentenced three people to death for their roles in killing a young man in 2015.
- JANUARY 24, 2020NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA: TWO ROBBERS SENTENCED TO DEATH BY HANGING IN ADO-EKITI
Two middle-aged men, Ganiu Issah and Jamiu Idris, were sentenced to death by hanging for armed robbery in a court sitting in Ado-Ekiti, Lawyard.ng reported on 23 January 2020.
JANUARY 24, 2020IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: CONDEMNED PRISONERS CANNOT FIGHT DEATH PENALTY ENDLESSLY (SUPREME COURT)
While hearing a plea to commute the death sentence of two convicts for killing a family of seven, the Supreme Court on 23 January 2020 underlined that the “finality” of death sentence is extremely important and said that condemned prisoners should not be
JANUARY 24, 2020DEATH PENALTYIRAN: 106 WOMEN EXECUTED UNDER ROUHANI
According to the data the Women’s Committee of the National Council of Resistance of Iran collected from material published by the Iranian state-run press, human rights activists and their websites, or from private sources in touch with the Iranian Resist
JANUARY 24, 2020PennsylvaniaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Pennsylvania. Prosecutors will not seek the death penalty for a fourth time against Robert Fisher.
USA - Pennsylvania. Prosecutors will not seek the death penalty for a fourth time against Robert Fisher.
JANUARY 24, 2020United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Nevada. Paul Browning becomes the 168th person exonerated from death row.
USA - Nevada. Paul Browning becomes the 168th person exonerated from death row.
- JANUARY 24, 2020CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - California. Israel Ramirez Guardado sentenced to death
USA - California. Israel Ramirez Guardado sentenced to death
- JANUARY 23, 2020IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Isa Zamin Gerefteh, known as “the Crocodile of the Persian Gulf”, hanged in an unknown prison on January 23.
IRAN - Isa Zamin Gerefteh, known as “the Crocodile of the Persian Gulf”, hanged in an unknown prison on January 23.
- JANUARY 23, 2020IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Isa Bashgardi was hanged in the prison of Minab on January 23
IRAN - Isa Bashgardi was hanged in the prison of Minab on January 23
JANUARY 23, 2020Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: EXECUTION OF DRUG SMUGGLER OF AMPHETAMINE PILL IN TABUK
The Ministry of Interior on 14 January 2020 issued a statement regarding the execution of Muammar Al-Qadhafi Muhammad Omar Al-Qenawy, an Egyptian, in the Tabuk region for smuggling banned amphetamine pills.
JANUARY 23, 2020IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: MAN AWARDED DEATH PENALTY FOR RAPING, KILLING OWN MENTALLY UNSOUND DAUGHTER
A special court in Kota (Rajasthan) awarded death penalty to a 45-year-old man for repeatedly raping and impregnating his 17-year-old mentally unsound daughter before killing her, PTI reported on 21 January 2020.
JANUARY 23, 2020NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: COURT SENTENCES 22-YEAR-OLD MAN TO DEATH BY HANGING IN KANO
A Kano State High Court sitting on 20 January 2020 sentenced 22-year-old Ibrahim Suleiman to death by hanging for killing a 5-year-old girl.
JANUARY 23, 2020BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: FOUR SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING OF BUSINESSMAN IN BRAHMANBARIA
A Brahmanbaria court on 6 January 2020 sentenced four people to death for killing a businessman from Old Dhaka in 2014.
- JANUARY 23, 2020IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Urmia: Three Death Row Prisoners Taken Back to Ward.
IRAN - Urmia: Three Death Row Prisoners Taken Back to Ward.
- JANUARY 23, 2020IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Massih Hatami hanged on January 23, at the prison of Bandar Abbas.
IRAN - Massih Hatami hanged on January 23, at the prison of Bandar Abbas.