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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
OCTOBER 19, 2020SingaporeDEATH PENALTYSINGAPORE: MALAYSIAN ESCAPES GALLOWS AFTER COURT OF APPEAL REVERSES DEATH SENTENCE
Singapore’s Court of Appeal on 19 October 2020 set aside a previous death sentence it meted out to Gobi Avedian, a Malaysian who was convicted of drug trafficking.
OCTOBER 19, 2020JapanDEATH PENALTYJAPAN: MAN ON DEATH ROW SINCE 1999 DIES AT 88
An 88-year-old man on death row since 1999 for committing three murders died of pneumonia on 17 October 2020 morning at the Tokyo Detention Center.
- OCTOBER 19, 2020MissouriDEATH PENALTY
USA - Missouri. Death penalty restored against Carman Deck.
USA - Missouri. Death penalty restored against Carman Deck.
- OCTOBER 18, 2020Sri LankaDEATH PENALTY
SRI LANKA: SUPREME COURT EXTENDS STAY ORDER ON RE-IMPOSITION OF DEATH PENALTY
The Supreme Court on 14 October 2020 extended till 28 October 2020 the stay order issued earlier on the re-imposition of death penalty on murder convicts.
- OCTOBER 18, 2020IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Execution of Nearly 400 Kurdish Citizens Over the Past Five Years.
IRAN - Execution of Nearly 400 Kurdish Citizens Over the Past Five Years.
- OCTOBER 18, 2020IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - A female prisoner, identified as Zeinab Khodamradi, was reportedly hanged on October 18
IRAN - A female prisoner, identified as Zeinab Khodamradi, was reportedly hanged on October 18
OCTOBER 18, 2020BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: FIVE MEN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR 2012 GANG RAPE OF TEEN
A Bangladesh court on 15 October 2020 sentenced five men to death for the 2012 gang rape of a 15-year-old girl, amid growing public anger over rampant sexual violence.
OCTOBER 17, 2020IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: HAPUR COURT AWARDS DEATH PENALTY FOR RAPE, MURDER OF MINOR
The District and Sessions Court of Hapur, Uttar Pradesh, on 15 October 2020 awarded death penalty to two domestic helps for raping and killing a 12-year-old girl in September 2018.
OCTOBER 17, 2020WyomingDEATH PENALTYUSA - Wyoming. Christal Martin, Who Lost Mother and Husband in Separate Murders, Calls on Wyoming to Repeal Death Penalty.
USA - Wyoming. Christal Martin, Who Lost Mother and Husband in Separate Murders, Calls on Wyoming to Repeal Death Penalty.
OCTOBER 16, 2020United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Reuters study suggests over 3,000 deaths a year in US prisons.
USA - Reuters study suggests over 3,000 deaths a year in US prisons.
OCTOBER 16, 2020IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Christian convert Mohammad Reza Omidi lashed 80 times for drinking communion wine.
IRAN - Christian convert Mohammad Reza Omidi lashed 80 times for drinking communion wine.
- OCTOBER 15, 2020South SudanDEATH PENALTY
SOUTH SUDAN: TWO CATTLE RAIDERS SENTENCED TO DEATH BY HANGING
A judge in South Sudan's Jonglei state on 13 October 2020 sentenced two men to death for stealing two cows and killing the man who owned the animals.
- OCTOBER 15, 2020DEATH PENALTY
IRAN: FOUR MEN EXECUTED AT RAJAI SHAHR PRISON
According to Iran Human Rights, four male prisoners were executed in Rajai Shahr Prison in Karaj on 13 October 2020.
OCTOBER 15, 2020ZambiaDEATH PENALTYZAMBIA: HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION CALLS FOR ABOLISHMENT OF DEATH PENALTY
The Zambian government should completely remove the death penalty from its statute books so that the country joins other countries that have abolished it, the country's human rights body said on 13 October 2020.
OCTOBER 15, 2020BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: 3 SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING KHULNA WOMAN
Khulna court on 12 October 2020 sentenced three people including husband to death for killing a woman at Badurgaccha village in Dumuria upazila in 2016.
OCTOBER 15, 2020United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Published the latest edition of "Death Row USA" updated to 1 July 2020.
USA - Published the latest edition of "Death Row USA" updated to 1 July 2020.
OCTOBER 15, 2020IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Further details on Razieh’s execution in Vakilabad prison on 11 October.
IRAN - Further details on Razieh’s execution in Vakilabad prison on 11 October.
OCTOBER 14, 2020SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: KISMAYO HOTEL ATTACKER SENTENCED TO DEATH
A military court in Kismayo, Somalia, on 13 October 2020 sentenced to death one of the attackers in the July 2019 bombing at a hotel in the coastal city that left 26 people dead and injured 50 others.
OCTOBER 14, 2020VietnamDEATH PENALTYVIETNAM: FILIPINA RECEIVES DEATH FOR DRUG SMUGGLING
A Filipino woman in southern Tay Ninh Province was sentenced to death on 9 October 2020 for smuggling about 5 kg of drugs.
OCTOBER 14, 2020BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: PRESIDENT ABDUL HAMID SIGNS ORDINANCE ON CAPITAL PUNISHMENT IN RAPE CASES
Bangladesh President Md Abdul Hamid on 13 October 2020 signed an ordinance approving the death penalty for rapists, amid nationwide protests after a series of recent sexual assaults in the country.
- OCTOBER 13, 2020EgyptDEATH PENALTY
egypt The pro-government Al-Masry al-Youm newspaper on 13 October 2020 published the names of eight
The pro-government Al-Masry al-Youm newspaper on 13 October 2020 published the names of eight
- OCTOBER 13, 2020SudanDEATH PENALTY
SUDAN: POLICEMAN SENTENCED TO DEATH IN EAST DARFUR FOR RAPING A GIRL
A court in East Darfur State has sentenced to death a policeman for raping a thirteen year old girl, Darfur24 reported on 12 October 2020.
OCTOBER 13, 2020BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: FIVE GETS DEATH PENALTY FOR KILLING CHILD AFTER ABDUCTION
A tribunal in Joypurhat on 12 October 2020 sentenced five people to death for killing a two and a half years old girl after abduction in 2015.
- OCTOBER 13, 2020YemenDEATH PENALTY
YEMEN: HOUTHI-CONTROLLED COURTS ISSUED 200 DEATH SENTENCES SINCE 2017
SAM Organization for Rights and Liberties said on the occasion of the International Day against the Death Penalty, falls on October 10 of each year, that the courts under the control of the Houthis militia issued more than 200 death sentences against poli
OCTOBER 13, 2020IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Four men were executed at Rajai Shahr Prison on October 13.
IRAN - Four men were executed at Rajai Shahr Prison on October 13.
OCTOBER 13, 2020IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mehrshad Barahouyi has been executed at Ghaen Prison on October 13.
IRAN - Mehrshad Barahouyi has been executed at Ghaen Prison on October 13.
- OCTOBER 12, 2020DEATH PENALTY
IRAN: MAN SENTENCED TO HAVE FOUR FINGERS AMPUTATED
Iran has sentenced a man to have four fingers amputated as a punishment for stealing, iran-hrm reported on October 4, 2020.
- OCTOBER 12, 2020IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Survey On Iranians' Attitudes Towards The Death Penalty.
IRAN - Survey On Iranians' Attitudes Towards The Death Penalty.
- OCTOBER 12, 2020IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 30,000 Underage Girls Forcibly Marry Every Year.
IRAN - 30,000 Underage Girls Forcibly Marry Every Year.
OCTOBER 12, 2020ZambiaDEATH PENALTYZAMBIA: COURT SENTENCES LUSAKA MAN TO DEATH FOR KILLING GIRLFRIEND
Lusaka High Court Judge Sharon Newa has sentenced a 22-year-old man of Mandevu to death by hanging for killing his 20-year-old girlfriend, whose lifeless body was discovered in her house by her elder sister, Diggers News reported on 12 October 2020.