Archive timeline
2019
The news published by Hands Off Cain in 2019, month by month, with the countries most present that year.
The year in data
- Executions recorded worldwide
- 686
- Countries where they were recorded
- 24
- News items in the archive
- 1,580
Latest news of 2019
CHINA: DEATH SENTENCE UPHELD FOR SHANGHAI MAN FOR KILLING STUDENTS
Shanghai Municipal Higher People's Court on 30 December 2019 upheld the death sentence for a man who stabbed and killed two school children outside a primary school in Shanghai last year.
DECEMBER 31, 2019ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: DEATH PENALTY UPHELD FOR GANG LEADER IN RAPE CASES
Twenty-one years after being sentenced to death for rapes and other crimes, Sun Xiaoguo had his death penalty upheld by the Yunnan High People's Court on 23 December 2019.
DECEMBER 31, 2019VietnamDEATH PENALTYVIETNAM: 6 MEN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR RAPING, KILLING STUDENT
A court in north-western Vietnam on 29 December 2019 sentenced six men to death for raping and murdering 22-year-old student Cao My Duyen in a case that shocked the country earlier this year.
DECEMBER 31, 2019IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: 102 DEATH SENTENCES IN 2019
Trial courts in India delivered 102 death sentences in 2019, over 60% fewer than the 162 death sentences passed in 2018.
DECEMBER 30, 2019PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: DEATH SENTENCE COMMUTED IN BROTHER-IN-LAW’S MURDER CASE
The Sindh High Court has commuted the death sentence of a man to life in prison in a murder case, the Dawn reported on 29 December 2019.
DECEMBER 30, 2019SudanDEATH PENALTYSUDAN: 27 INTELLIGENCE AGENTS SENTENCED TO HANG FOR TEACHER'S KILLING
A Sudanese court sentenced 27 members of the national intelligence service to death by hanging on 30 December 2019 over the killing of a teacher in detention in February during protests that led to the overthrow of former president Omar al-Bashir.
DECEMBER 30, 2019Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: RIYADH CONCERT STABBER SENTENCED TO DEATH
A Saudi Arabian court on 29 December 2019 sentenced to death a man accused of stabbing three performers at a live show in the capital Riyadh in November, state television said.
- DECEMBER 29, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - As of December 29, 615 victims of the "November riots" identified
IRAN - As of December 29, 615 victims of the "November riots" identified
- DECEMBER 29, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - The age of sex workers in Iran reached 12-year-olds.
IRAN - The age of sex workers in Iran reached 12-year-olds.
DECEMBER 29, 2019IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Kurd political prisoner Houshmand Alipour sentenced to death
IRAN - Kurd political prisoner Houshmand Alipour sentenced to death
DECEMBER 27, 2019BelarusDEATH PENALTYBELARUS: LUKASHENKO ON PROSPECTS FOR ABOLISHING DEATH PENALTY
Retaining the death penalty helps maintain stability in the country and prevent the spread of banditry, Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko said as he gave an interview to editor-in-chief of the Ekho Moskvy radio station Aleksei Venediktov in Minsk on
- DECEMBER 27, 2019JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN: CHINESE MAN HANGED OVER MURDER OF FAMILY OF FOUR
Japan on 26 December 2019 hanged a Chinese man convicted of the murder of a family of four whose bodies were found handcuffed and weighted down with dumbbells in a bay, the justice minister said.
DECEMBER 27, 2019ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: ARSONIST EXECUTED OVER FATAL FIRE IN GUANGDONG
An arsonist who set a fire in a KTV bar in south China's Guangdong Province that killed 18 people was executed on 24 December 2019, according to a local court.
DECEMBER 25, 2019IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - A man, not identified, hanged at the prison of Sirjan on December 25
IRAN - A man, not identified, hanged at the prison of Sirjan on December 25
- DECEMBER 25, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - As of Dec. 25, identified the names of 601 victims of the "november uprising"
IRAN - As of Dec. 25, identified the names of 601 victims of the "november uprising"
- DECEMBER 25, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - As of Dec. 25, 400 women killed in the "November uprising". The names of 35.
IRAN - As of Dec. 25, 400 women killed in the "November uprising". The names of 35.
- DECEMBER 25, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 48 Cases of Child Brides Under the age of 13 Registered in Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province
IRAN - 48 Cases of Child Brides Under the age of 13 Registered in Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province
- DECEMBER 25, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mohammad Ali Aramesh hanged at the prison of Zanjan city on December 25.
IRAN - Mohammad Ali Aramesh hanged at the prison of Zanjan city on December 25.
DECEMBER 25, 2019IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Elimination of death penalty for juveniles under 18 is not on the agenda.
IRAN - Elimination of death penalty for juveniles under 18 is not on the agenda.
- DECEMBER 24, 2019DEATH BY PUNISHMENT
ENDED IN OPERA PRISON IN MILAN THE VIII CONGRESS OF ‘HANDS OFF CAIN-SPES CONTRA SPEM’
As you know, the VIII Congress of "Hands off Cain-Spes contra spem" (in its new name) ended in the Opera prison in Milan on 21 December 2019 with the election of a new Council Board
DECEMBER 24, 2019PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: PROFESSOR SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR BLASPHEMY
A Pakistani court on 21 December 2019 sentenced a university professor to death for blasphemy under a law that critics say is often used to target minorities and liberal activists.
DECEMBER 24, 2019BelarusDEATH PENALTYBELARUS: MAN EXECUTED FOR THE MURDER OF TWO WOMEN
Alexandre Ossipovitch, 37, a citizen for the town of Bobrouïsk, was executed in Belarus on 17 December 2019, the newspaper Kamertsyïny Kourier stated, quoting the regional prosecutor Olga Ivanova.
DECEMBER 24, 2019Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: FIVE SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER JAMAL KHASHOGGI'S MURDER
Saudi Arabia's public prosecutor said on 23 December 2019 five people had been sentenced to death over the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Istanbul in October last year.
- DECEMBER 22, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - The identities of two women hanged in Raja’i Shahr on December 4, 2019, have been confirmed.
IRAN - The identities of two women hanged in Raja’i Shahr on December 4, 2019, have been confirmed.
- DECEMBER 20, 2019DEATH PENALTY
USA - Death Row USA Summer 2018
USA - Death Row USA Summer 2018
- DECEMBER 20, 2019DEATH PENALTY
IRAN - in Geneva UN human rights experts today (20 December 2019) intervened on the "November Protests"
IRAN - in Geneva UN human rights experts today (20 December 2019) intervened on the "November Protests"
- DECEMBER 18, 2019DEATH BY PUNISHMENT
PRISON. HANDS OFF CAIN IN CONGRESS IN OPERA IN MILAN
The VIII Congress of Hands Off Cain will be held in the Opera prison in Milan on 20 and 21 December.
- DECEMBER 18, 2019Trinidad & TobagoDEATH PENALTY
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO: 5 MEN SENTENCED TO HANG FOR MURDER
Five death sentences were read out on 17 December 2019 to the five men convicted of the murder of businessman Dr Eddie Koury in September 2005.
- DECEMBER 18, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - The names of 30 women killed so far during the "November protests"
IRAN - The names of 30 women killed so far during the "November protests"
DECEMBER 18, 2019YemenDEATH PENALTYYEMEN: HOUTHI-CONTROLLED COURT SENTENCES 4 TO DEATH FOR ALLEGEDLY SPYING FOR SAUDI ARABIA
A Houthi rebel-controlled court in Yemen's capital Sanaa on 16 December 2019 sentenced four men to death for allegedly spying for Saudi Arabia, the Houthi-run al-Masirah TV reported.