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 4, 2020United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UAE: SUPREME COURT QUASHES DEATH PENALTY FOR DRUG DEALERS; FRESH TRIAL ORDERED
Two men convicted of dealing heroin have had their death sentences overturned by the UAE’s top court, Khaleej Times reported on 4 November 2020.
- NOVEMBER 4, 2020SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
SINGAPORE: MAN WHO ESCAPED THE GALLOWS FOR KILLING CNB OFFICER GETS DEATH SENTENCE FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
A 61-year-old man on 2 November 2020 was sentenced to the mandatory death penalty in Singapore for trafficking in at least 78.77g of heroin, almost three decades after escaping the hangman’s noose for killing a Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) officer.
NOVEMBER 4, 2020BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING WIFE OVER DOWRY IN BOGRA
A man, who lived with two wives, was sentenced to death on 29 October 2020 after he beat his second wife to death over dowry in Bogra in 2016.
- NOVEMBER 3, 2020BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: CONDEMNED CONVICT HANGED AT KASHIMPUR JAIL FOR MURDER
A condemned convict was hanged on 1st November 2020 night at Kashimpur Central Jail in Gazipur for killing his pregnant wife and two-year-old daughter in 2006.
- NOVEMBER 3, 2020DEATH PENALTY
IRAN: 19-YEAR-OLD PRISONER EXECUTED IN RAJAI SHAHR PRISON
According to semi-official news website Javan Online, a prisoner sentenced to qisas (retribution-in-kind) for murder was executed in recent days in Rajai Shahr Prison, IHR reported on 29 October 2020.
NOVEMBER 3, 2020IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Still on the 4 executions carried out in Urmia on 29 October.
IRAN - Still on the 4 executions carried out in Urmia on 29 October.
NOVEMBER 3, 2020ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: GANG LEADER SENTENCED TO DEATH IN QINGHAI
A court in Qinghai province sentenced a leader of a mafia-style gang to death on 30 October 2020 for more than 10 crimes, including intentional homicide, and handed 38 other gang members prison terms ranging from two years to life.
NOVEMBER 2, 2020PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: MAN AWARDED DEATH PENALTY FOR MURDERING MOTHER
A court in Attock, Pakistan, on 29 October 2020 awarded death sentence to a man for his involvement in a murder case in Rangoo Police station of Attock besides imposing fine worth Rs0.620 million.
NOVEMBER 2, 2020IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: SUPREME COURT COMMUTES DEATH PENALTY TO LIFE IMPRISONMENT FOR MAN CONVICTED FOR RAPE, MURDER OF 2-YEAR-OLD
The Supreme Court on 2 November 2020 commuted to life imprisonment the death penalty awarded to a Maharashtra man convicted of raping and killing a 2-year-old infant in 2013.
NOVEMBER 2, 2020BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: 3 SENTENCED TO DEATH IN KHULNA VAN PULLER MURDER
A Khulna court on 29 October 2020 sentenced three people to death for killing a van puller in Khulna.
- NOVEMBER 1, 2020DEATH PENALTY
CALIFORNIA (USA): GOVERNOR AND SIX DISTRICT ATTORNEYS SAY STATE’S DEATH PENALTY IS ARBITRARY AND ‘INFECTED BY RACISM’
Calling California capital sentencing proceedings “infected by racism,” Governor Gavin Newsom has filed a brief in the California Supreme Court supporting a death-row prisoner’s claim that capital punishment as currently practiced in the state violates th
- NOVEMBER 1, 2020IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Habib Alaswad extradited from Turkey.
IRAN - Habib Alaswad extradited from Turkey.
NOVEMBER 1, 2020PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: CHRISTIAN FAMILY FLEES FOR THEIR LIVES AFTER HUSBAND SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR 'BLASPHEMY'
A Pakistani Christian's wife and family have gone into hiding after he was sentenced to death for allegedly committing blasphemy against Islam, CBN News denounced on 28 October 2020.
NOVEMBER 1, 2020QatarDEATH PENALTYQATAR: 4 KERALITES SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING YEMENI TRADER
Four Keralites on 28 October 2020 were sentenced to death by a Qatari Criminal court in Doha after being convicted of murdering a Yemeni gold merchant, local media has reported.
NOVEMBER 1, 2020IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Heydar Ali Mohammadian executed at Yazd Central Prison on November 1
IRAN - Heydar Ali Mohammadian executed at Yazd Central Prison on November 1
NOVEMBER 1, 2020IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Jafar Hassani executed in Rasht Central Prison on November 1.
IRAN - Jafar Hassani executed in Rasht Central Prison on November 1.
OCTOBER 29, 2020VietnamDEATH PENALTYVIETNAM: HCMC COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE FOR MALAYSIAN DRUG MULE
An appeals court in Ho Chi Minh City on 28 October 2020 upheld the death sentence handed down to a Malaysian woman for illegally transporting over four kg of cocaine.
OCTOBER 29, 2020SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: MILITARY COURT EXECUTES MAN FOR MURDER OF SOLDIER
Somali military court on 26 October 2020 executed a man by firing squad in Luq town of Somalia’s southern region Gedo.
OCTOBER 29, 2020IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Peyman executed in Rajai Shahr
IRAN - Peyman executed in Rajai Shahr
OCTOBER 29, 2020MaliDEATH PENALTYMALI: TWO SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER HOTEL, RESTAURANT ATTACKS
A Malian court on 28 October 2020 handed a death sentence to a suspected jihadist and his co-defendant, his lawyer said, after he pleaded guilty to shooting five people to death in a 2015 attack and planning two other attacks targeting Westerners that kil
- OCTOBER 29, 2020IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Four prisoners executed in Urmia on October 29, 2020, and one committed suicide.
IRAN - Four prisoners executed in Urmia on October 29, 2020, and one committed suicide.
- OCTOBER 29, 2020IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Four Prisoners Hanged at Orumiyeh Central Prison (Urmia).
IRAN - Four Prisoners Hanged at Orumiyeh Central Prison (Urmia).
- OCTOBER 29, 2020PennsylvaniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Pennsylvania. Roderick Johnson cannot be tried a second time.
USA - Pennsylvania. Roderick Johnson cannot be tried a second time.
- OCTOBER 28, 2020DEATH PENALTY
IRAN: PRISONER EXECUTED IN SANANDAJ CENTRAL PRISON FOR MURDER
According to Iran Human Rights, a prisoner was executed on 21 October 2020 morning in Sanandaj Central Prison.
- OCTOBER 28, 2020IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Coronavirus: One person dies of COVID-19 in Iran every three minutes
IRAN - Coronavirus: One person dies of COVID-19 in Iran every three minutes
- OCTOBER 28, 2020IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - According to PMOI/MEK, on October 28, 2020 the Coronavirus death toll passed 135,300
IRAN - According to PMOI/MEK, on October 28, 2020 the Coronavirus death toll passed 135,300
- OCTOBER 28, 2020IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - A man, identified only as Meysam, was executed on October 28 in Gohardasht (Rajai Shahr) prison.
IRAN - A man, identified only as Meysam, was executed on October 28 in Gohardasht (Rajai Shahr) prison.
- OCTOBER 28, 2020IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Ehsan Nemati was executed in Karaj Central Prison on October 28. The torture of interrupted executions
IRAN - Ehsan Nemati was executed in Karaj Central Prison on October 28. The torture of interrupted executions
OCTOBER 28, 2020ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDERING HIS GIRLFRIEND'S TWO-YEAR-OLD SON
The Intermediate People's Court of Xi'an on 27 October 2020 sentenced a man to death for murdering his girlfriend's two-year-old son.
OCTOBER 28, 2020IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: BIHAR MAN GETS DEATH PENALTY FOR KILLING NINE PEOPLE IN WARANGAL
A local court in Warangal on 28 October 2020 awarded death penalty to a migrant worker after holding him guilty of killing nine persons and dumping them in a well near a gunny bags manufacturing unit in Gorrekunta village on 21 May.