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
NOVEMBER 21, 2020United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - 1,450 inmates and 98 agents died of Covid-19 in US prisons.
USA - 1,450 inmates and 98 agents died of Covid-19 in US prisons.
- NOVEMBER 20, 2020IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Ahmed Yousry was reportedly hanged on November 20
IRAN - Ahmed Yousry was reportedly hanged on November 20
- NOVEMBER 19, 2020South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
SOUTH KOREA VOTES FOR UN RESOLUTION ON DEATH PENALTY MORATORIUM FOR 1ST TIME
South Korea's Justice Ministry said on 18 November 2020 that the country has voted in favor of a UN resolution calling for the suspension of the death penalty.
NOVEMBER 19, 2020United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Judge Delays Federal Execution Of Lisa Montgomery
USA - Judge Delays Federal Execution Of Lisa Montgomery
NOVEMBER 19, 2020JordanDEATH PENALTYJORDAN: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDERING, ROBBING HIS FATHER
The Court of Cassation has upheld a June Criminal Court ruling, sentencing a man to death after convicting him of murdering and robbing his 60-year-old father in Amman in January 2017, Jordan Times reported on 18 November 2020.
NOVEMBER 19, 2020NorwayDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: NORWEGIAN CITIZEN SENTENCED TO DEATH IN SOMALILAND
Norwegian citizen Saad Jidre on 18 November 2020 was sentenced to death in Hargeisa District Court in the self-proclaimed Republic of Somaliland.
NOVEMBER 19, 2020United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Orlando Hall Was Executed In Federal Prison.
USA - Orlando Hall Was Executed In Federal Prison.
- NOVEMBER 18, 2020DEATH PENALTY
ROGER HOOD PASSED AWAY. HE DEDICATED HIS LIFE TO THE FIGHT AGAINST THE DEATH PENALTY
Professor Roger Hood passed away on 17 November 2020 after a short illness, aged 84.
- NOVEMBER 18, 2020United NationsDEATH PENALTY
DEATH PENALTY: MAJORITY OF STATES CONTINUE TO SUPPORT UN CALL FOR MORATORIUM ON EXECUTIONS AT COMMITTEE VOTE
An overwhelming majority of states continued to support a UN call to halt executions on 17 November 2020, when the Third Committee of the UN General Assembly (UNGA) considered a draft resolution on a moratorium on the use of the death penalty.
- NOVEMBER 18, 2020DEATH PENALTY
IRAN: EXECUTION IN KARAJ CENTRAL PRISON
According to reports received by the Human Rights Center of “No to prison, no to execution”, on 28 October 2020 a prisoner by the name of Ehsan Nemati was executed in Karaj Central Prison.
NOVEMBER 18, 2020IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ghassem Gh. Executed in Mashhad Prison on November 18.
IRAN - Ghassem Gh. Executed in Mashhad Prison on November 18.
NOVEMBER 18, 2020IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - United Nations 3rd Committee condemns Iran
IRAN - United Nations 3rd Committee condemns Iran
- NOVEMBER 17, 2020IraqDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ EXECUTES 21 CONVICTED OF ‘TERRORISM’ AT NOTORIOUS NASIRIYAH PRISON
Iraq executed 21 men convicted of “terrorism” on 16 November 2020 at the notorious Nasiriyah prison in the country’s south, medical and police sources said.
- NOVEMBER 17, 2020DEATH PENALTY
IRAN: PRISONER EXECUTED AT TAYBAD PRISON FOR DRUG CHARGES
According to Iran Human Rights, a male prisoner’s death sentence for charges of “transporting and possessing drugs” was carried out in Taybad Prison on 15 November 2020.
- NOVEMBER 17, 2020United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
UK - Professor Roger Hood, one of the founders of the international movement for the abolition of the death penalty, passed away.
UK - Professor Roger Hood, one of the founders of the international movement for the abolition of the death penalty, passed away.
NOVEMBER 17, 2020BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: DEATH PENALTY OF THREE UPHELD FOR MURDERING PREGNANT WOMAN
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on 17 November 2020 upheld death sentence for three people in a case lodged over the murder of a pregnant woman on Jahangirnagar University campus in 2000.
- NOVEMBER 16, 2020DEATH PENALTY
IRAN: 400 YEARS IMPRISONMENT AND 787 LASHES FOR 53 RIGHTS DEFENDERS
New Iran Human Rights Report profiles 53 human rights defenders, who have collectively been sentenced to nearly 400 years of imprisonment and 787 lashes.
NOVEMBER 16, 2020PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING WARDEN
The Anti-Terrorist Court (ATC) of Rawalpindi on 11 November 2020 awarded three times death sentence to an accused in murder of a traffic warden and a passerby.
NOVEMBER 16, 2020YemenDEATH PENALTYYEMEN: REBEL-RUN COURT SENTENCES 21 TO DEATH FOR SPYING FOR SAUDI-LED COALITION
A court controlled by Yemen’s Houthi rebels on 14 November 2020 sentenced 21 men to death for allegedly spying for the Saudi-led coalition which backs the Yemeni government, Houthi-run al-Masirah TV reported.
- NOVEMBER 15, 2020IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Fakhreddin Dastyar executed at Taybad Prison on November 15, 2020.
IRAN - Fakhreddin Dastyar executed at Taybad Prison on November 15, 2020.
NOVEMBER 15, 2020BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING STUDENT IN KHULNA
A court in Khulna on 9 November 2020 sentenced a man to death for killing a college student in 2012.
NOVEMBER 15, 2020SingaporeDEATH PENALTYSINGAPORE: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING PREGNANT WIFE, DAUGHTER
A former property agent was sentenced to death on 12 November 2020 after he was found guilty of murdering his pregnant wife and their four-year-old daughter.
NOVEMBER 15, 2020MaliDEATH PENALTYMALI: JIHADIST CHIEF, 14 OTHERS, SENTENCED TO DEATH
A court in Mali’s capital Bamako sentenced an Islamist militant leader and 14 other people to death on 13 November 2020 for jihadist activity in the south of the war-torn Sahel state.
NOVEMBER 15, 2020IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Zaman Fadaii was lashed 80 times for drinking communion wine
IRAN - Zaman Fadaii was lashed 80 times for drinking communion wine
NOVEMBER 14, 2020IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - ABAN, International People’s Tribunal Established to Investigate Iran Atrocities.
IRAN - ABAN, International People’s Tribunal Established to Investigate Iran Atrocities.
NOVEMBER 13, 2020United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Federal. Lawyers for Lisa Montgomery Contract COVID-19 During Prison Visits, Seek Stay of Execution.
USA - Federal. Lawyers for Lisa Montgomery Contract COVID-19 During Prison Visits, Seek Stay of Execution.
- NOVEMBER 12, 2020DEATH BY PUNISHMENT
COVID EMERGENCY: RITA BERNARDINI IS ON HUNGER STRIKE FOR AMNESTY, INDULT, SPECIAL EARLY RELEASE
From midnight on November 10, 2020, the President of Hands Off Cain Rita Bernardini has embarked on a hunger strike aimed at the Government and Parliament to address what is happening in prisons.
- NOVEMBER 12, 2020IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Kurdish Political Prisoner Zeinab Jalalian Transferred to Jail Far Away From Family
IRAN - Kurdish Political Prisoner Zeinab Jalalian Transferred to Jail Far Away From Family
NOVEMBER 12, 2020IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - IHR: Human Rights Defenders Report
IRAN - IHR: Human Rights Defenders Report
- NOVEMBER 12, 2020NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA: TWO SENTENCED TO DEATH BY HANGING FOR ROBBERY IN EKITI
An Ekiti State high court sitting in Ado Ekiti on 11 November 2020 sentenced two persons; Lanre Kayode, 34 and Olanrewaju Aremu, 35, to death by hanging for conspiracy and burglary.