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
JANUARY 16, 2020Myanmar (Burma)DEATH PENALTYMYANMAR: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH BY HANGING FOR LOVE TRIANGLE MURDER
A local court in Ayeyarwady Region sentenced a former healthcare assistant to death by hanging on 13 January 2020 for murdering a schoolteacher and hiding the corpse after a love triangle turned violent in 2016.
JANUARY 16, 2020IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Two men (Heshmat Sheikhani + unk) were hanged on January 16 at the prison of Borujerd
IRAN - Two men (Heshmat Sheikhani + unk) were hanged on January 16 at the prison of Borujerd
JANUARY 16, 2020DEATH PENALTYUSA - Georgia. Hours before he was to be executed, Jimmy Fletcher Meders was granted clemency
USA - Georgia. Hours before he was to be executed, Jimmy Fletcher Meders was granted clemency
- JANUARY 15, 2020SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
SOMALILAND (SOMALIA): SIX CONVICTS EXECUTED FOR MURDER AND TERRORISM
Six men who had been convicted for murder and terrorism in Somaliland were executed in Hargeisa on 15 January 2020.
JANUARY 15, 2020TexasDEATH PENALTYUSA - Texas. John Gardner, 64, White, was executed.
USA - Texas. John Gardner, 64, White, was executed.
JANUARY 15, 2020MalaysiaDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA: DEATH PENALTY WON’T BE TOTALLY ABOLISHED, COMMITTEE TELLS VICTIMS’ FAMILIES
The special committee looking into the abolishment of the mandatory death penalty on 15 January 2020 assured the families of murder victims that the court will still have the discretionary powers to decide on whether to impose the sentence.
JANUARY 15, 2020Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: EXECUTION OF A SAUDI FOR MURDER IN THE JAZAN REGION
The Ministry of Interior on 14 January 2020 issued a statement regarding the execution of Suwaid bin Ali bin Ali Bakir Aati - a Saudi national –
JANUARY 15, 2020IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Two brothers, Darioush and Danesh Darvishpour, executed on January 15, at Urmia.
IRAN - Two brothers, Darioush and Danesh Darvishpour, executed on January 15, at Urmia.
- JANUARY 14, 2020IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - A man (not identified) was hanged at Vakilabad prison on January 14, 2020
IRAN - A man (not identified) was hanged at Vakilabad prison on January 14, 2020
JANUARY 14, 2020PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: COURT OVERTURNS DEATH PENALTY FOR EX-PRESIDENT
A Pakistani court on 13 January 2020 overturned the death sentence given to the country's ex-military ruler, Pervez Musharraf.
JANUARY 14, 2020BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: SC UPHOLDS QAISAR’S DEATH PENALTY
The Supreme Court on 14 January 2020 upheld the death sentence of Jatiya Party leader Syed Mohammad Qaisar for his crimes against humanity and war crimes during the Liberation War of the country in 1971.
JANUARY 14, 2020Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: 184 PEOPLE EXECUTED IN 2019
Saudi Arabia executed 184 people in 2019, the most in a calendar year in six years, human rights organisation Reprieve has said, calling it a "grim milestone" for the kingdom.
JANUARY 14, 2020IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - A woman, Sara M., executed in in Vakilabad Prison, maybe on Jan. 14
IRAN - A woman, Sara M., executed in in Vakilabad Prison, maybe on Jan. 14
JANUARY 14, 2020IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - A woman, Maliheh Haji Hassani, was executed on January 14 in Adelabad Prison
IRAN - A woman, Maliheh Haji Hassani, was executed on January 14 in Adelabad Prison
- JANUARY 14, 2020FloridaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Florida. David Snelgrove resentenced to life without parole
USA - Florida. David Snelgrove resentenced to life without parole
JANUARY 13, 2020IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: TWO SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR RAPE, MURDER OF MINOR IN UP
A special POCSO court in Bareilly, in the indian State of Uttar Pradesh, on 9 January 2020 sentenced to death the two accused of rape and murder of a minor in January 2016.
- JANUARY 12, 2020IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - A prisoner, identified only as M. P., was hanged in the prison of the city of Amol on January 12
IRAN - A prisoner, identified only as M. P., was hanged in the prison of the city of Amol on January 12
JANUARY 12, 2020ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE FOR GANG LEADER IN HOMICIDE, BURIAL
The death penalty for Du Shaoping, who was convicted of killing a man and then burying him under a school sports ground, was upheld by the Hunan High People’s Court on 10 January 2020.
JANUARY 12, 2020IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Iran. 12 January 2020, second consecutive day of people's protests
IRAN - Iran. 12 January 2020, second consecutive day of people's protests
JANUARY 12, 2020BelarusDEATH PENALTYBELARUS: FIRST DEATH PENALTIES OF 2020 HANDED DOWN
The Mogilev Regional Court sentenced two brothers, who were found guilty of committing a murder in a particularly violent manner, to the death penalty on 10 January 2020, the Human Rights Center Viasna said.
- JANUARY 12, 2020IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - A man, identified only as Omid D. hanged at Vakilabad prison on January 12
IRAN - A man, identified only as Omid D. hanged at Vakilabad prison on January 12
- JANUARY 10, 2020IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - The 702 victims of the “November riots” identified by PMOI / MEK as of January 6, 2020
IRAN - The 702 victims of the “November riots” identified by PMOI / MEK as of January 6, 2020
JANUARY 10, 2020UgandaDEATH PENALTYUGANDA: MASAKA PANGA KILLERS SENTENCED TO DEATH
Four of the 6 Masaka machete- wielding men have been sentenced to death by General Court Martial sitting in Makidye, The Tower Post reported on 16 December 2019.
- JANUARY 10, 2020DEATH PENALTY
IRAN: AT LEAST 400 WOMEN KILLED DURING PROTESTS IN NOVEMBER 2019
The Iranian Resistance on 15 December 2019 announced that the number of those killed by security forces during Iran protests exceeded 1,500.
- JANUARY 10, 2020DEATH PENALTY
IRAN: KURD POLITICAL PRISONER HOUSHMAND ALIPOUR SENTENCED TO DEATH
An Iranian court on 29 December 2019 sentenced Kurd Political Prisoner Houshmand Alipour to death.
JANUARY 10, 2020SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: OFFICER HANDED DEATH SENTENCE IN PUNTLAND, TO RECEIVE 67 CAMELS FROM STATE FOR HARM
A military court of appeal in Puntland on 6 January 2020 upheld the ruling of a lower court which sentenced to death a military officer who killed his boss at Bosaso port but ordered the government compensate the defendant for injuries suffered during his
- JANUARY 10, 2020IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - The 702 victims of the “November riots” identified by PMOI / MEK as of January 6, 2020
IRAN - The 702 victims of the “November riots” identified by PMOI / MEK as of January 6, 2020
JANUARY 9, 2020BahrainDEATH PENALTYBAHRAIN: COURT REIMPOSES DEATH PENALTY FOR TWO PRO-DEMOCRACY ACTIVISTS
Bahrain’s top criminal court has reimposed the death penalty on two pro-democracy activists using “false confessions” obtained under torture, rights groups said on 8 January 2020.
JANUARY 9, 2020ThailandDEATH PENALTYTHAILAND: MAYOR SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER OF MUNICIPAL DIRECTOR
The Criminal Court in Songkhla has sentenced six people, including the Muang Singha Nakhon municipal mayor, to death and another to life imprisonment for the murder of a municipal director in July last year, reported the Bangkok Post on 24 December 2019.
JANUARY 9, 2020IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: NIRBHAYA CONVICTS TO BE HANGED ON 22 JANUARY
Four men sentenced to death for the gang rape and murder of a woman on a New Delhi bus in an attack that sent shockwaves across the world will be hanged on 22 January in Tihar Jail in the national Capital, an Indian court ruled on 7 January 2020.