2020 Greenhills hostage crisis, Background, Perpetrator
During the hostage taking, Paray maintained contact with local authorities and the media through his mobile phone and a walkie-talkie.


2020 Greenhills hostage crisis, Background, Hostage taking
The hostage crisis began when Paray, armed with a .45 caliber pistol, entered the employees' entrance of the Virra Mall at around 11:14 am. Paray was confronted by a security officer, who he promptly shot twice. The wounded officer was immediately rushed to a hospital as Paray took people at the finance office as hostages. At 11:22 am, the Greenhill management contacted the San Juan city police and within three minutes city police chief Colonel Jimmy Santos, a SWAT team, and other officials arrived at the scene.


2020 Greenhills hostage crisis, Background, Hostage taking
Paray threatened to kill the hostages and made his first demand: to have all security guards of the mall gather outside the mall. He later demanded to be given media presence. At around 12:30 pm, the police set up a command post inside the Greenhills chapel. The mall was placed under lock down at around 1 pm. At that time the incident was being reported as a shooting incident with the police not yet officially confirming that a hostage taking was underway.


2020 Greenhills hostage crisis, Background, Hostage taking
San Juan Mayor Francis Zamora and National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) chief Debold Sinas arrived at the hostage taking site. At 2:30 pm, the Greenhills management issued a statement publicly confirming the then-ongoing hostage taking. Despite the closure, several onlookers still managed to gather at the site to film the incident live and give updates about the situation online.


2020 Greenhills hostage crisis, Background, Hostage taking
The police began setting up a press conference at 4 pm as part of fulfilling one of the demands of the hostage taker. An hour later, the media was brought in the Greenhills shopping mall complex for a briefing with the police. A video call was made by a police officer to confirm the attendance of representatives of the media including reporters from CNN, GMA, ABS-CBN, and TV5, and representatives from Paray's former employer, SASCOR.


2020 Greenhills hostage crisis, Background, Hostage taking
At 6 pm, six SASCOR officials publicly announced their intention to resign from their post in a bid to appease Paray. In response, Paray demanded that two of them eat ₱2,500 in front of the media. He offered one condition that must be fulfilled to drop that particular demand: for the police to plead with him via the media to not force the act on his two former bosses, a demand with which the police complied.


2020 Greenhills hostage crisis, Background, Hostage taking
The hostages were freed at around 8:16 pm. Paray, initially thought to be unarmed, exited with the hostages. Paray then proceeded to air his grievances against his former employers on national television for 20 minutes before the police managed to arrest him at around 8:45 pm.


2020 Greenhills hostage crisis, Background, Victims
The only injury was the security guard who confronted Paray at the start of the incident. The guard, who was shot twice, was rushed to the Cardinal Santos Medical Center, and was reported to be in stable condition. The 55 hostages were all released unharmed.


2020 Greenhills hostage crisis, Aftermath
Archie Paray was charged with frustrated murder, illegal possession of firearms and ammunition, illegal possession of explosives, and serious illegal detention. The police were able to confiscate a .45 caliber pistol, sixteen rounds of ammunition, and a tactical knife from Paray. Paray was also tested for illegal drugs, but the results were negative.


2020 Greenhills hostage crisis, Aftermath
The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) was urged to investigate labor-related issues raised by Paray. Senator Joel Villanueva and labor group Defend Jobs Philippines were among those which urged DOLE to launch an investigation. Villanueva condemned the hostage taking and expressed the need to only issue security guard licenses to individuals with "tough mental disposition".


2020 Greenhills hostage crisis, Aftermath
The Philippine National Police placed SASCOR under investigation over the incident.


2020 Greenlandic Football Championship
The 2020 GrønlandsBANKEN GM was set to be the 50th edition of the Greenlandic Football Championship. The final round was to be started in Ilulissat on August 10, however the tournament was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Greenland.


2020 Greenlandic Football Championship, Qualifying Stage, Sermersooq
B-67 Nuuk and Inuit Timersoqatigiiffiat-79 qualified for the Final Round.


2020 Greenlandic Football Championship, Final Round
The Final Round was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Greenland.


2020 Greenville Triumph SC season
The 2020 Greenville Triumph SC season is the second season in the soccer team's history, where they compete in the third division of American soccer, USL League One, the second season of that competition. Greenville Triumph SC will also participate in the 2020 U.S. Open Cup. Greenville Triumph SC play their home games at Legacy Early College Field, located in Greenville, South Carolina, United States.


2020 Greenville Triumph SC season, Competitions, USL League One, Playoff Final
Note: Game was cancelled the day before because several Union Omaha players tested positive for COVID-19. Greenville was awarded the title based on points per game average (2.188 to 1.825).


2020 Greenville Triumph SC season, Competitions, U.S. Open Cup
As a USL League One club, Greenville will enter the competition in the Second Round, to be played April 7–9. On January 29, 2020 the Second Round schedule was announced.


2020 Groom by-election
The 2020 Groom by-election was held on 28 November 2020 to elect the next Member of Parliament for the division of Groom in the House of Representatives. The by-election was triggered following the resignation of incumbent Liberal National MP John McVeigh on 18 September 2020.


2020 Groom by-election, Background
The electorate of Groom, like the Division of Darling Downs before it, is a safe conservative seat. Since its foundation in 1984, it has always been held by the Country/National, Liberal or, since 2010, Liberal National parties. Groom has been represented by four MPs: the first, Tom McVeigh, was a Nationals MP and father of the outgoing MP John McVeigh. McVeigh's appointment as Queensland Agent-General in London led to his resignation, with both the National and Liberal parties contesting the ensuing by-election. With a 20.1% drop in the Nationals primary vote following the failed Joh for Canberra campaign, the Liberal candidate Bill Taylor, a former naval officer, was elected and served until his retirement at the 1998 federal election.


2020 Groom by-election, Background
Taylor was succeeded by Ian Macfarlane, who served as a minister in the Howard and Abbott Governments. Macfarlane remained aligned to the federal Liberal Party following the merger of the Queensland Liberals and Nationals in 2008, but in 2015 attempted to defect to the federal Nationals after being dropped from cabinet. The move was blocked by party executives, and Macfarlane opted to retire at the 2016 election.


2020 Groom by-election, Background
The outgoing MP, John McVeigh, was elected to federal parliament in 2016, having previously served in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland as the member for Toowoomba South. McVeigh's pre-selection triggered the 2016 Toowoomba South state by-election, with the seat being retained by the Liberal Nationals. Despite serving as the Toowoomba branch president of the Young Nationals in the 1980s, McVeigh sat with the federal Liberals upon his election.


2020 Groom by-election, Preselection, Liberal National
Matt Canavan, an LNP Senator for Queensland who sits with the federal National Party room, had publicly expressed interest in seeking Liberal National preselection. On 28 September, Canavan confirmed he would not stand after the Groom branch of the Liberal Nationals voted to defer a decision on whether the seat would remain aligned with the federal Liberal Party.


2020 Groom by-election, Preselection, Liberal National
Preselection for the Liberal National Party was to be held on 25 October, and was expected to be contested by eight candidates:


2020 Groom by-election, Preselection, Liberal National
Prior to the preselection, van Gend's candidacy was endorsed by several prominent conservatives, including Canavan, Tasmanian senator Eric Abetz, former Nationals leader and Deputy Prime Minister John Anderson and columnist Miranda Devine. Councillor Vonhoff was believed to have to the backing of Prime Minister Scott Morrison and former Groom MP Ian Macfarlane.


2020 Groom by-election, Preselection, Liberal National
On 25 October 2020, Garth Hamilton won the preselection and was the LNP candidate for the by-election.


2020 Groom by-election, Preselection, Labor
Lawyer Chris Meibusch was preselected by Labor to contest the by-election. Meibusch previously contested the seat in the 2007 and 2010 federal elections but was unsuccessful.


2020 Groom by-election, Preselection, Greens
The Australian Greens decided to not contest the by-election. It was the first federal by-election the party had not contested since Warringah in 1994.


2020 Group 10 Rugby League season
The 2020 Group 10 Rugby League season would have been the 74th season of Group 10 Rugby League, the premier rugby league competition in the Central West area of New South Wales. It would have been the first season the competition will be run under the auspices of New South Wales Rugby League, after NSWRL agreed to a new constitution and the Country Rugby League voted to wind up its affairs immediately. The decision was made on 19 October 2019 and the merger means that the aim of a unified administration of the sport in NSW was achieved over a year ahead of time. The Group 10 season was officially cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic on 9 June 2020.


2020 Group 10 Rugby League season
The season would have been the first time since 2013 that there would have been a change in competing teams, with the competition planning to drop down to eight teams after Oberon Tigers withdrew due to a lack of numbers. Mudgee Dragons also sought a potential move to Group 11 Rugby League in the off-season, but decided not to nominate at the competition's annual general meeting in November, 2019.


2020 Groupama–FDJ season
The 2020 cycling season for Groupama–FDJ began in January at the Tour Down Under in Australia.


2020 Guamanian legislative election
Legislative elections were held in Guam on Tuesday, November 3, 2020, along with the election for the Guam delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives. Before the election, the Democratic Party held ten of the fifteen seats in the Legislature while the Republican Party held five seats. The election resulted in a gain of two seats for the Republican and a loss of two seats for Democrats to retain. Democrats also won the runoff race for Guam's US House Delegate.


2020 Guamanian legislative election, Primary
Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, Guam cancelled its August primary elections. All 29 certified candidates advanced to the Legislative general election and appeared on the ballot in November 2020.


2020 Guamanian legislative election, Results
The members of the legislature are elected at-large with the first 15 winning candidates elected as the new members of the legislature. The Republican Party picked up two seats from Demcorats, leaving the composition for the next legislature at 8 Democrats and 7 Republicans. Democrat Michael F.Q. San Nicolas also won the re-election for the runoff Delegate.


2020 Guamanian legislative election, Incoming Senators to the 36th Guam Legislature
There were 15 senators elected on November 3, 2020 to serve in the 36th Guam Legislature and set to inaugurated on January 4, 2021:


2020 Guangzhou Charge season
The 2020 Guangzhou Charge season was the second season of Guangzhou Charge's existence in the Overwatch League. The Charge planned to hold a league-high five homestands in the 2020 season; the firth three homestands were to be held at be held at the Foshan International Sports and Cultural Center, with the final two at Tianhe Gymnasium. However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, all homestand events were cancelled.


2020 Guangzhou Charge season, Preceding offseason, Roster changes
The Charge enter the new season with three free agents, six players which they have the option to retain for another year, and two players under contract. The OWL's deadline to exercise a team option is November 11, after which any players not retained will become a free agent. Free agency officially began on October 7.


2020 Guangzhou Charge season, Preceding offseason, Roster changes
On November 11, the Charge announced the departure of several players. The team did not re-sign free agents Choi "HOTBA" Hong-jun, Joona "fragi" Laine, and Kim "Bischu" Hyung-seok. Additionally, they released Lizhen "OnlyWish" Chen, and Lee "Rise" Won-jae retired from professional Overwatch. The Charge's first acquisitions of the season were announced on November 14 with the signings of former Philadelphia Fusion support Alberto "neptuNo" González and off-tank Nam "Cr0ng" Ki-cheol, along with the promotion of Qi "Wya" Haomiao from their academy team T1w.GZA.


2020 Guangzhou Charge season, Preceding offseason, Organizational changes
On October 30, the Charge announced that they had parted ways with assistant coach Rohit "Curryshot" Nathani.


2020 Guangzhou Charge season, Homestand events
In August 2019, the Charge announced that they would hold a league-high five homestand events; the events would take place at Tianhe Gymnasium and the Foshan International Sports and Cultural Center. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Charge decided to relocate their team to South Korea with no specific return time. Additionally, the league cancelled all February and March matches planned in China, which cancelled the Charge's first three homestands; all were to at the Foshan International Sports and Cultural Center from February 22 to 23, March 14 to 15, and March 21 to 22. The Overwatch League announced that the cancelled homestand events in China would be rescheduled for Weeks 5 through 7 in a studio in Seoul, South Korea; however, due to the COVID-19 pandemic in South Korea, these matches were cancelled as well.


2020 Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao F.C. season
The 2020 Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao season is the 67th year in Guangzhou Evergrande's existence and its 53rd season in the Chinese football league, also its 31st season in the top flight.


2020 Guatemalan protests
On November 21, 2020, protests began in Guatemala City and several other parts of the country in response to the passing of a controversial budget bill by Congress in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic and the aftermath of Hurricanes Eta and Iota. More than 7,000 protesters gathered in the capital city to demonstrate against the bill, which included cuts to education and health spending and increased funding for meals and expenses for lawmakers. During the protests in Guatemala City, social media reports showed a fire burning inside a window of the National Congress building.


2020 Guatemalan protests, Background
At the time of the protests, Guatemala was dealing with the effects of Hurricanes Eta and Iota, back-to-back storms that brought torrential rains to the country, and the COVID-19 pandemic. The storms caused landslides that buried more than 100 Indigenous people and destroyed crops across the country. During this time, Congress passed a budget bill that cut spending for COVID-19 patients and human rights agencies. The protesters claimed that this bill was passed while the country was distracted by national disasters. The bill also increased the legislator's stipend for meals and expenses while cutting $25 million from the budget earmarked to fight malnutrition in the country. The budget also cut spending for the judiciary.


2020 Guatemalan protests, Background
On November 20, 2020, Vice President Guillermo Castillo called for himself and President Alejandro Giammattei to resign. Castillo said he would not resign unless the president did so as well.


2020 Guatemalan protests, Protests
On November 21, 2020, more than 7,000 people gathered in protest in Guatemala City, the capital of Guatemala. Hundreds of protesters also gathered in other parts of the country. University students led a protest that began four blocks away from the National Congress. Once they arrived at the plaza in front of the building, they set up a guillotine. Protesters called on President Giammattei to veto the 2021 budget bill. They also called for the resignation of 125 of the 160 legislators in Congress.


2020 Guatemalan protests, Protests
Uniformed police officers stood by as protesters climbed the front of the National Congress building, broke windows, and threw in incendiary devices. After the building was set on fire, the security forces fired tear gas in an attempt to disperse the crowd. Several people were injured. Firefighters arrived to stop the fire. The building, which was empty at the time, was on fire for about 10 minutes but the extent of the damage is not yet known.


2020 Guatemalan protests, Protests
The protests also included peaceful demonstrations in the nation's capital. Among the targets of the protesters was the Supreme Court of Justice which recently withdrew immunity from prosecution for constitutional magistrates. The magistrates had blocked efforts by politicians to stop investigations into corruption in the government. Attorney General María Consuelo Porras was also targeted for requesting the withdrawal of immunity for the constitutional magistrates.


2020 Guatemalan protests, Reaction
President Giammattei condemned the events, saying: "I reiterate that people have the right to protest as allowed by law. But we cannot permit public and private property to be vandalised." He warned that anyone identified to have participated in causing the fire would be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.


2020 Guernsey general election
The 2020 Guernsey general election took place on 7 October 2020 to elect 38 members of the States of Guernsey. Originally scheduled to be held in June 2020, it was delayed a year to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic before being brought forward to its final date. This election was the first on the island to include political parties, as the first ones were organised and registered in 2020.


2020 Guernsey general election
On 16 October 2020, Peter Ferbrache was elected president of the Policy and Resources Committee by a vote of 23–17, ahead of incumbent Gavin St Pier.


2020 Guernsey general election, Electoral system
The electoral system was changed as a result of a 2018 referendum. The 38 members of the States will be elected from a single island-wide constituency by plurality-at-large voting, with voters being able to cast up to 38 votes.


2020 Guernsey general election, Electoral system
Prior to the elections, the age for candidates to stand was reduced from 20 to 18. The voting age is 16. Campaign spending per candidate was also reduced from £9,000 to £6,000.


2020 Guernsey general election, Electoral system
For the first time, a Guernsey election was scrutinised by a team of international observers who will produce two reports on the process.


2020 Guernsey general election, Candidates
A total of 119 candidates filed nominations. There were 28 female candidates (24%), which was an increase over the previous two elections, with 10 of 12 current female deputies standing for re-election. Twenty-nine candidates in total stood for re-election. The election was the first including political parties, as the first parties were organised in 2020.


2020 Guernsey general election, Candidates
Rick Lowe, a candidate for the Guernsey Party, withdrew from the election following a medical diagnosis.


2020 Guernsey general election, Candidates
All but 6 candidates provided a manifesto for printing in a book which was then sent to every address that had a registered voter. The book and the mandates from the other 6 candidates were published on the election2020 website. A small number of candidates paid the cost of sending their expanded manifestos to registered voters.


2020 Guernsey general election, Candidates, Hustings
An all day public hustings event at Beau Sejour on Sunday 20 September with 116 candidates showed disappointing numbers of the public attending. Those that did were mainly elderly people, with Islanders thinking that having over 100 candidates makes it too difficult and time-consuming to research which candidates have acceptable views on matters of personal interest.


2020 Guernsey general election, Candidates, Postal votes
Over 21,000 postal votes were requested, representing over 67% of registered voters.


2020 Guernsey general election, Results
The results were reported at 01:15 local time on Friday, 9 October. The new deputies will be sworn in on 16 October.


2020 Guernsey general election, Results
Four unsuccessful candidates who had polled within 493 votes (2% of voters) of the final elected candidate's votes requested a recount. The recount did not change the elected candidates but adjusted the number of voters from 24,647 to 24,627 with votes for a number of candidates increasing or decreasing by single digit amounts. The largest change for one candidate was 11 votes, while the number of rejected ballots increased by 67, two pairs of unelected candidates switched final positions and two candidates of the same surname were mixed up in the first count, receiving each other's count, which was fixed.


2020 Guernsey general election, Results
The elected deputies will serve until the next general election in June 2025.


2020 Guernsey general election, Results, Summary results
A total of 18 deputies were re-elected, while 20 were newcomers. The number of female deputies fell from 12 to 8, with four re-elected and four new deputies, giving 21% female representation in the States.


2020 Guinean constitutional referendum
A constitutional referendum was held in Guinea on 22 March 2020, alongside parliamentary elections. The new constitution would reset presidential term limits (normally two terms), allowing president Alpha Condé to be elected for a third term, among other changes.


2020 Guinean constitutional referendum, Conduct
The constitutional referendum was originally scheduled to be on 1 March 2020. However it was pushed back as international observers raised concerns about electoral register. The African Union cancelled an electoral observations mission, citing major issues with the poll. The European Union also highlighted its doubt on the poll's credibility.


2020 Guinean constitutional referendum, Conduct
As a consequence, the authorities removed over 2.5 million unverifiable names (out of a total of 7.7 million names) from the register in line with the advice of the Economic Community of West African States after they were identified by Organisation internationale de la Francophonie. The unverifiable names were mostly concentrated in the region where president Alpha Condé had significant support.


2020 Guinean constitutional referendum, Conduct
Prior to the vote Mike Pompeo, United States Secretary of State, said "We question whether the process will be free, fair and transparent and accurately reflect the will of all eligible voters. We urge all parties to engage in nonviolent civil dialogue." The United States government also called on authorities to allow peaceful demonstrations while asking opposition to refrain from violence.


2020 Guinean constitutional referendum, Conduct
The British government argued the Government of Guinea to respect democratic institutions and all forms of human rights including the right to peaceful protest, as well as encouraging all parties to engage in constructive dialogue and refrain from using violence. The UK as well called upon the government to ensure the elections and referendum would be conducted in a fair and transparent way.


2020 Guinean constitutional referendum, Conduct, Protests
Protests against the referendum in the buildup to polling day led to the deaths of over 32 people between October 2019 to March 2020, with regular protests taking place in Conakry and other cities including Labé, Mamou, Boké and Nzérékoré.


2020 Guinean constitutional referendum, Conduct, Protests
During the protests, several government offices, schools and police stations were attacked with the aim of destroying voting materials. Some of the scenes that took place during that period included attackers entering a police station in Mamou and tearing up voter lists and ransacking boxes of electoral cards;  two schools that were planned to be used as polling stations were set on fire; several administrative buildings in the north and southern part of the country were also set on fire; and in Labé, tyres were burnt in the streets and road barricades set up.


2020 Guinean constitutional referendum, Conduct, Protests
The National Front for the Defense of the Constitution (FNDC), an umbrella opposition group, called for a boycott of the referendum and rejected its results.


2020 Guinean constitutional referendum, Conduct, Polling day
On the day of the referendum, state controlled Guinea Broadband Guinéenne de Large Bande announced that it expected that internet and telephony services to be disturbed due to a planned maintenance work on undersea cables. Although the planned works were later postponed, NetBlocks confirmed that social media was blocked from 20:00 on the evening before polling day until the morning of the day after, spanning 36 hours. The block included Twitter, Facebook, Instagram while WhatsApp servers were restricted.


2020 Guinean constitutional referendum, Conduct, Polling day
Opponents of the proposals attempted to disrupt voting, vandalising voting equipment.


2020 Guinean constitutional referendum, Conduct, Polling day
Some polling stations required voters to wash their hands before casting their ballot and radio stations reminded citizens to keep distance from one another however it was noticed that at some polling stations crowds were squeezed in line to vote and few people wore masks.


2020 Guinean constitutional referendum, Results
Preliminary results showed that the new constitution received almost 90% of votes in favor amid a full boycott by opposition parties. Turnout was around 58%. The Constitutional Court made public the final results on 3 April, and proclaimed the new constitution adopted by an absolute majority of voters.


2020 Guinean constitutional referendum, Aftermath
After the referendum results were announced, protesters went out to the streets again, as with protesting before the referendum, and torched cars, as well as setting up barricades. Protests turned violent in several cities, including Nzérékoré where at least 32 people were killed.


2020 Guinean constitutional referendum, Reactions
Mohamed Ibn Chambas, United Nations special representative to West Africa, released a statement highlighting that the following developments were with great concern. António Guterres, UN Secretary-General, called for a constructive dialogue between the Government, the opposition and civil society. The French government condemned the related violence and said that the vote was not credible.


2020 Guinean legislative election
Parliamentary elections were held in Guinea on 22 March 2020 alongside a constitutional referendum, after being postponed four times from the original date of January 2019.


2020 Guinean legislative election, Electoral system
The 114 members of the National Assembly are elected by a mixed member system; 38 are elected from single-member constituencies based on the 33 prefectures and five communes of Conakry by first-past-the-post voting, whilst the other 76 are elected from a single nationwide constituency by proportional representation.


2020 Guinean legislative election, Results
The elections were boycotted by the main opposition parties. As a result, President Condé's party won a supermajority of seats.


2020 Guinean presidential election
Presidential elections were held in Guinea on 18 October 2020. Incumbent president Alpha Condé was running for a third term. He was challenged by former prime minister Cellou Dalein Diallo, as well as several other candidates.


2020 Guinean presidential election, Background
The Guinean constitution limits a president to two terms. However, changes in the new constitution passed in the controversial constitutional referendum earlier in the year included resetting the presidential terms allowing incumbent president Alpha Condé to run for a third term. Both the referendum and the legislative election being run alongside it was boycotted by most of the opposition, and was marred by protests.


2020 Guinean presidential election, Background
Former prime minister Cellou Dalein Diallo who ran against Condé and placed second in the previous two presidential elections ran again after first considering boycotting the vote, and was seen as the main challenger. Protests against the incumbent president have continued throughout the year. The protests have been harshly repressed by security forces claiming a number of civilian lives.


2020 Guinean presidential election, Electoral system
The elections were held using the two-round system, with a second round taking place between the top two finishers on 24 November 2020 if no candidate received more than 50% of the vote in the first round.


2020 Guinean presidential election, Results
Preliminary estimates were reported to indicate that Diallo was in the lead. On 19 October, Diallo declared himself the winner of the election despite the official results not being known yet, based on polling information gathered by his party. The incumbent president condemned this declaration as "irresponsible and dangerous." The electoral commission expected the official results to be released by the end of the week. With 96.14% of the results counted, the Independent National Electoral Commission declared incumbent president Alpha Condé the winner in the first round with 59.49% of the vote on 24 October.


2020 Guinean presidential election, Aftermath
Diallo called for mass demonstrations after Condé's victory was certified by the election commission. The post-election period saw national protests in which at least 12 people were killed by security forces, including two children in Conakry. In September 2021, the military overthrew President Conde in the 2021 Guinean coup d'état and detained him.


2020 Gujarat Legislative Assembly by-elections
The bypolls in Gujarat were necessitated after sitting Congress MLAs resigned. Five of them then joined the ruling BJP, which fielded them from the same seats they had won in the 2017 assembly elections. As many as 81 candidates contested the bypolls across the eight seats.


2020 Gulf 12 Hours
The 2020 Gulf 12 Hours was the tenth edition of the Gulf 12 Hours held at Bahrain International Circuit on 9 January 2021. The race was contested with GT3-spec cars and GT4-spec cars. The event promoters were the Driving Force Events (DFE). This edition has been relocated from Abu Dhabi’s Yas Marina Circuit to Bahrain International Circuit.


2020 Guyanese general election
Snap general elections were held in Guyana on 2 March 2020. They were called early after the government of President David A. Granger lost a vote of no confidence by a margin of 33–32 on 21 December 2018, the government having held a one-seat majority since the 2015 elections. However, one of its own MPs, Charrandas Persaud of the Alliance for Change (AFC), voted with the opposition. Granger announced on 25 September 2019 that the elections would be held on 2 March 2020.


2020 Guyanese general election
The elections were expected to be one of the most significant since Guyanese independence in 1966 because of one of the largest new discoveries of oil in the world off the coast of the country. According to ExxonMobil, Guyana could be producing 750,000 barrels of oil per day within five years, and the expected revenue from this oil would dwarf Guyana's previous US$3 billion GDP and transform its development possibilities.


2020 Guyanese general election
Nine parties contested the elections for the presidency and for the 65 seats in the National Assembly. Although election day and the initial count was deemed to be free, fair and credible, the process of tabulating the votes was widely seen to have been fraudulent. The final region to declare gave a significant boost to the ruling APNU–AFC alliance, allowing it to overtake the main opposition party, the People's Progressive Party (PPP/C). Bruce Golding, a former Prime Minister of Jamaica, who was present during the elections, stated he had "never seen a more transparent attempt to alter the result of an election".


2020 Guyanese general election
Attempts to swear David A. Granger back in as president were thwarted when an injunction was granted on 6 March by the High Court to block the declaration of the overall results of the elections until the matter could be heard and determined. Granger subsequently agreed to a recount, which was completed on 8 June. The recount showed that the PPP/C party won the most votes, with a bare majority of one seat.


2020 Guyanese general election
Thereafter, several more legal challenges were launched in an attempt to nullify the results of the recount and even to prevent tens of thousands of cast ballots from being registered as valid. However, on 2 August 2020, several days after the Court of Appeal ruled that the results of the recount be utilized as the official results of the election, PPP leader Irfaan Ali was ultimately sworn in as president, with Mark Phillips as Prime Minister.


2020 Guyanese general election, Background
Following the no-confidence motion, Attorney General Basil Williams filed a court case arguing that the no-confidence motion was invalid as an absolute majority of the 65 members of Parliament would constitute 34 votes rather than the 33 which the motion received. He also argued that Charrandas Persaud, whose vote decided the motion in the opposition's favour, was ineligible to be an MP as he holds dual Guyanese-Canadian citizenship, which is not permitted under the constitution.


2020 Guyanese general election, Background
On 31 January 2019, Acting Chief Justice Roxane George-Wiltshire ruled that although Persaud was ineligible to sit in Parliament, the motion was nonetheless validly passed according to Article 165 of the Constitution, and the government of President Granger should have resigned in its aftermath to allow for early elections. The Attorney General rejected the Acting Chief Justice's ruling and stated that he would appeal against it at the Court of Appeal.


2020 Guyanese general election, Background
In February 2019, officials from the Guyana Elections Commission stated that there was not enough time left to organise elections by the constitutional deadline of mid-March. It was reported that the opposition might agree to postpone them until a later date.


2020 Guyanese general election, Background
On 22 March 2019, the Court of Appeal overturned the Acting Chief Justice's ruling, prompting the opposition People's Progressive Party (PPP/C) to appeal to the Caribbean Court of Justice, whose ruling on the matter would be final. On 18 June, the CCJ ruled that the no confidence vote had been validly passed by a majority of MPs, constitutionally necessitating fresh elections. Its ruling also stated that although Persaud may have been ineligible to be an MP due to his dual citizenship, his vote could not be nullified as the irregularity had not been taken up with the proper bodies within the designated timeframe following the 2015 elections.


2020 Guyanese general election, Electoral system
The 65 elected members of the National Assembly were elected using closed list proportional representation from a single nationwide 40-seat constituency and 10 sub-national constituencies with a total of 25 seats. Seats are allocated using the Hare quota.


2020 Guyanese general election, Electoral system
The leader of the single party or coalition which emerges with the largest number of seats in the election will become the President of Guyana.


2020 Guyanese general election, Campaign
On 19 January 2019, the PPP/C chose former Housing minister Irfaan Ali as its presidential candidate. Former Chief of Staff of the Guyana Defence Force, Brigadier Mark Phillips, was chosen as his running mate. Other potential choices included Juan Edghill MP and Hugh Todd, a lecturer at the University of Guyana.


2020 Guyanese general election, Campaign
On 16 June, the AFC chose Khemraj Ramjattan as its candidate for Prime Minister should the APNU-AFC coalition be returned to power with Granger as president.


2020 Guyanese general election, Campaign
An agreement was made by Liberty and Justice Party, The New Movement and A New and United Guyana to combine their lists for the national allocation of seats. The pre-election agreement was for the parties to share any seats won for a period of time relative to their proportion of the vote.


2020 Guyanese general election, Conduct
Elections day proceeded smoothly and efficiently. All political parties, plus local and international observers stated that the voting process, plus the counting of votes at polling stations, were free, fair and credible. Counting of votes was done in the presence of all political parties, as well as local and international observers. At every polling station, Statements of Poll (SOPs) were produced and signed by all political parties to verify their accuracy. These SOPs were displayed in public locations outside polling stations.


2020 Guyanese general election, Conduct
Ballot boxes were then sealed, with each contesting party affixing their own tamper-proof seal to the box, along with some other security measures specified by Guyanese electoral law. By the end of election day, the elections commission (GECOM), local and international observers, the media and local individuals all had copies of the SOPs.


2020 Guyanese general election, Conduct, Tabulation
The SOPs were transmitted to Guyana's capital, Georgetown, and the ballot boxes were transported to the headquarters of GECOM. A tabulation process then began, to consolidate all 2,339 SOPs across Guyana's ten electoral districts. This tabulation process involved GECOM displaying each SOP, and all contesting parties confirming that the SOP was accurate. Once this check was complete, the SOPs numbers were entered into the overall vote total, from which a President and National Assembly would be installed.


2020 Guyanese general election, Conduct, Tabulation
By the evening of 3 March, nine of the ten districts had been tabulated successfully. A large number of SOPs for the final (and largest) district had also been tabulated. The results showed the PPP leading by around 51,000 votes. The process then started to derail once it became clear that the Granger government was heading for defeat. Returning Officer Clairmont Mingo said he felt unwell and was taken to hospital, resulting in the tabulation being suspended for several hours while a replacement for Mingo was sought. That replacement then felt unwell so the tabulation did not restart. Meanwhile, a data entry clerk was found attempting to load SOPs using a suspect laptop and flash drive.


2020 Guyanese general election, Conduct, Tabulation
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Karen Cummings, arrived at the tabulation centre, summoned all foreign observers and threatened to revoke their accreditation. The British High Commissioner Greg Quinn and the former Barbadian Prime Minister Owen Arthur opposed these threats as inappropriate and possibly illegal. Cummings then left the building. On the morning of 5 March, police sought to clear the building, saying there was a bomb threat, but many representatives of the political parties and international observers refused to leave.


2020 Guyanese general election, Conduct, Tabulation
In the evening of 5 March, Mingo appeared at the top of a staircase, surrounded by police, and read out purported results for the final electoral district. These results did not match the SOPs of the political parties or of the local and international observers. Agents of the political parties raised their voices during Mr. Mingo's attempt to declare the results, but he persisted. Despite heavy criticism from party and international observers for the lack of transparency, results were released to the media by GECOM showing that the APNU–AFC coalition had won by 59,077 votes, a result that would give them a one-seat majority in the National Assembly.


2020 Guyanese general election, Conduct, Tabulation
The results released by GECOM came under further scrutiny due to the results of Region 4 bearing the signature of Volda Lawrence, the Minister of Health in the APNU–AFC government, instead of just the stamp and signature of the Returning Officer of that region. A joint statement from the American, British and Canadian governments and the European Union questioned the credibility of the Region 4 results. The Commonwealth, Organization of American States, the European Union and Carter Center stated clearly that "The tabulation of results for the election in Region 4 was interrupted and remains incomplete... the result of these elections cannot be credibly declared."


2020 Guyanese general election, Conduct, Court injunction
Later on 5 March, Granger addressed his supporters and thanked them for giving him another term. However, the PPP obtained a court injunction preventing the Region 4 returning officer from declaring the results until further verification had taken place.


2020 Guyanese general election, Conduct, Court injunction
On 11 March, the Supreme Court annulled the results of Region 4, ruled that a partial recount in the election must take place, ordering that Region Four continue verifying votes. According to the BBC, "Judge Roxane George also ruled the electoral body should not declare a winner before the recount is finished." She ordered that the tabulation be completed using official SOPs in the presence of party agents.


2020 Guyanese general election, Conduct, Tabulation resumes
When the tabulation resumed on 12 March, Mingo attempted to read results directly from a spreadsheet. In the words of the European Union Observer Mission, this was "in blatant defiance of the Chief Justice's explicit call for transparency and the use of SOPs".


2020 Guyanese general election, Conduct, Tabulation resumes
Sustained objections from the political parties forced an adjournment while the Secretary-General of the 54-nation Commonwealth added to calls to adhere to the Chief Justice's rulings, stating that to do otherwise would be "a serious violation of the fundamental political values of the Commonwealth" When the process resumed on 13 March, Mingo read from a set of purported SOPs that were not visible to anybody else present. These SOPs did not match the SOPs in the possession of party agents or any of the local and international observers.


2020 Guyanese general election, Conduct, Tabulation resumes
In protest at the violation of the Chief Justice's instructions, the Ambassadors of the United States, European Union, United Kingdom and Canada walked out of the tabulation centre and made it clear that any declaration based on the results being announced by Mingo would not be seen as internationally credible. Despite this, Mingo persisted and declared unverified results on the night of the 13 March.


2020 Guyanese general election, Conduct, CARICOM intervenes
The Chair of CARICOM and Prime Minister of Barbados, Mia Mottley, led a team of five Caribbean Prime Ministers to mitigate the crisis on 11 and 12 March, meeting with Granger and opposition leader Bharrat Jagdeo. Following the development at the tabulation centre, on 14 March Mottley announced that, according to Stabroek News, "an independent high-level Caribbean Community team is [set] to supervise a full recount of the ballots cast in all ten regions at Guyana's elections based on an agreement by President David Granger and Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo."


2020 Guyanese general election, Conduct, CARICOM intervenes
A five-person high-level team was rapidly assembled and arrived in Guyana on 15 March. GECOM prepared for the recount to start. However, an election candidate (in the concurrent regional elections) from the APNU+AFC party obtained a court objection blocking the recount and the CARICOM team left on 17 March.


2020 Guyanese general election, Conduct, CARICOM intervenes
Prime Minister Mottley stated that "it is clear that there are forces in Guyana that do not want to see the votes recounted."


2020 Guyanese general election, Conduct, Threat of international sanctions
International condemnation of the Granger Government grew, with the United States and European Union making it clear that a Government based on the Mingo declaration of March 13 would not be seen as legitimate, and that sanctions would be placed on anyone who benefitted from that declaration.


2020 Guyanese general election, Conduct, Threat of international sanctions
The Government barred several international observers including the Carter Center, over strong objections from the US and Canadian Governments.


2020 Guyanese general election, Conduct, Recount goes ahead
After almost two months, the recount started on 6 May.


2020 Guyanese general election, Conduct, Recount goes ahead
The Government placed strict limits on the number of recount stations that would be allowed, citing COVID-19 precautions.


2020 Guyanese general election, Conduct, Recount goes ahead
As a result, the planned 25 days for the recount was insufficient, but the recount was completed on the 8 June.


2020 Guyanese general election, Conduct, Recount goes ahead
The results were publicly available, and almost exactly matched the SOPs in the possession of all the political parties and the observers. The results showed a victory for the PPP/C's presidential candidate with the PPP/C winning 33 seats in the National Assembly. APNU+AFC won 31 seats, and three of the smaller parties shared 1 seat in accordance with the agreement they made before the election.


2020 Guyanese general election, Conduct, Recount goes ahead
Statements of Recount (SORs) were produced to mirror the SOPs from Election Day. These SORs provided proof that the results announced by Mingo on March 13 had inflated APNU+AFC votes by 19,116 votes and reduced PPP/C votes by 3,689.


2020 Guyanese general election, Conduct, Recount goes ahead
According to Guyana's constitution, Irfaan Ali was deemed president-elect, and his swearing in should follow the formal declaration of the winner by GECOM.


2020 Guyanese general election, Aftermath
Following the recount, the GECOM delayed declaring a winner. The APNU+AFC alliance refused to sign the recount certification, claiming fraud, based on a report written by Keith Lowenfield, CEO of GECOM. In an about-face from his previous position, Lowenfield later claimed that the voting process had been fraudulent and that over 60% of the votes counted on election day were fraudulent. Of the 40% of votes he claimed were valid, more than two-thirds went to the APNU+AFC alliance. On 14 June, Granger said that Lowenfield "did remarkably well" in his conduct of the elections and subsequent processes.


2020 Guyanese general election, Aftermath
Opposition parties called on Granger to accept defeat. The Ambassador of the European Union had said: "It was impossible to cheat... on Elections Day". According to the former Prime Minister of Barbados Owen Arthur, the recount results were "incontrovertible". When asked for his views on what would happen if the Granger government refused to accept the results, Arthur said "I find it almost impossible for them [APNU+AFC] to feel that that can be done. It would be tantamount to a coup. It would be unusual and would have implication for the future of Guyana."


2020 Guyanese general election, Aftermath
On 23 June Lowenfield released a new set of results, in which he had invalidated over 115,000 votes. The new results had the APNU+AFC as the winning party with 171,825 votes and 33 seats and the PPP/C in second place with 166,343 votes and 31 seats. However, the Caribbean Court of Justice issued a ruling barring GECOM from declaring the figures as the official results, while the release of the new figures was criticised by Mottley.


2020 Guyanese general election, Aftermath, International reactions
U.S. imposed sanctions on Guyana on 15 July 2020, citing that "Visa permits have been revoked for the persons complicit in undermining Guyana's democratic values."


2020 Guyanese general election, Aftermath, International reactions
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo called for Granger's resignation. Tariq Ahmed and  Liz Sugg, UK foreign office ministers also made calls for his resignation. Canada said that it would use all tools at its disposal to ensure peaceful transfer of power. Ralph Gonsalves, Prime minister of Saint Vincent and Grenadines and OAS also called for the Guyanese President to accept the outcome of the recount.


2020 Guyanese general election, Aftermath, International reactions
The State Government of Roraima, Brazil acknowledged Irfaan Ali as the new Guyanese President. It expressed concerns about electoral instability in Guyana.


2020 Guyanese general election, Aftermath, International reactions
The US visa restrictions were viewed as "Trump administration's interference into Guyanese elections" by Congressman Hakeem Jeffries and Congresswoman Yvette Clarke.


2020 Guyanese general election, Aftermath, Chief Justice ruling
On 20 July Acting Chief Justice Roxane George-Wiltshire ruled that as the Caribbean Court of Justice had endorsed the recount of votes that the results declared on 13 March could not be reinstated. She said that "Lowenfield is not a lone ranger and has to come under GECOM and its chair." She also said that the court could not invalidate the election results, as the matter had been adjudicated at the upper courts."


2020 Guyanese general election, Aftermath, Court of Appeals ruling
On 30 July 2020, the Court of Appeals, based on petition filed by APNU-AFC Supporter Misenga Jones, ruled unanimously that the results of recount of the elections were legitimate and should be used to declare winner of the election.


2020 Guyanese protests
The 2020 Guyanese protests were mass protests and rioting against the results of the 2020 Guyanese general election in March 2020 in Guyana and claimed there was electoral voter fraud during the campaigns, calling for the end of the political crisis and the resignation of President David Granger, yet fresh elections.


2020 Guyanese protests, Background
Guyana has a long history of protest actions, such as the disturbances and demonstrations in 1962–1963 against working conditions and demands for reforms grew. Riots and popular unrest in 1964 countrywide left at least 110 dead and no concessions was made. This time, the government dispersed protesters and didn't tolerate any acts of disobedience.


2020 Guyanese protests, Protests
Dissenters marches, protest rallies, strikes, labour protests, demonstrations, unrest, rioting, civil disobedience movement, significant discontent and campaigns for new elections led by the opposition turned violent. Turmoil spilled onto the streets and turned was burned.


2020 Guyanese protests, Protests
Schoolchildren and young students participated in the protests, burning tyres and sticks, chanting anti-government slogans and demanded fresh votes in Berbice. Police used tear gas and killed an 18-year-old unemployed man in the city as protesters ramped the protests.


2020 Guyanese protests, Protests
3 days of popular protests and citywide demonstrations turned violent. Berbice was the epicentre of protests where protesters demanded the overhaul of the elections over electoral fraud and ‘rigging’ of the elections. The rioting had turned deadly.


2020 HA10
2020 HA10 is a near-Earth object of the Atira group.


2020 HA10, Discovery
2020 HA10 was discovered at G=20.4 mag on 2020 April 28 by the Mount Lemmon Survey using the 0.5 m reflector + 10 K CCD.


2020 HA10, Orbit and classification
It orbits the Sun at a distance of 0.7–0.9 AU once every 9 months (271 days; semi-major axis of 0.82 AU). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.15 and an unusually high inclination of 50° with respect to the ecliptic.


2020 HA10, Orbit and classification
The orbital evolution of 2020 HA10 leads the object into the  Aten orbital realm periodically.


2020 HFX Wanderers FC season
The 2020 HFX Wanderers FC season was the second season in the club's history, as well as second season in Canadian Premier League history. The Wanderers were CPL runners-up, having been defeated by Forge FC in the 2020 CPL Final.


2020 HFX Wanderers FC season, Transfers, In, Draft picks
HFX Wanderers selected the following players in the 2019 CPL–U Sports Draft on November 11, 2019. Draft picks are not automatically signed to the team roster. Only those who are signed to a contract will be listed as transfers in.


2020 HJK season, Season Events
On 9 January, Harmeet Singh left HJK by mutual consent.


2020 HJK season, Season Events
On 11 January, HJK announced the signing of Rasmus Schüller on a two-year contract.


2020 HJK season, Season Events
On 29 January, HJK announced the signing of Jakob Tånnander on a one-year contract, with the option of another year, from Malmö, and Ivan Ostojić from Radnički Niš on a 1+1-year contract.


2020 HJK season, Season Events
On 3 February, HJK announced the signing of Papua New Guinea international forward David Browne on a one-year contract, with the option of an additional two years.


2020 HJK season, Season Events
On 3 March, HJK announced that Atomu Tanaka had returned to the club after two-years playing in Japan, signing on a contract until the end of July.


2020 HJK season, Season Events
On 10 March, HJK announced that yougster Jimi Tauriainen would leave the club to join Chelsea in the summer.


2020 HJK season, Season Events
On 13 March, the 2020 Veikkausliiga season was delayed until June, and HJK's Quarterfinal match against KPV was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.


2020 HJK season, Season Events
On 6 May, the Veikkausliiga announced that the 2020 season would begin on 1 July, running until 21 November.


2020 HJK season, Season Events
On 15 May, Atomu Tanaka extended his contract with HJK until the end of the 2020 season.


2020 HJK season, Season Events
On 26 May, Enoch Banza extended his contract with HJK until the end of the 2021 season, before joining RoPS on loan for the season on 7 June.


2020 HJK season, Season Events
On 6 June, HJK announced the signing of Hugo Keto from Brighton & Hove Albion on a contract until the end of 2021, with the option for an additional year.


2020 HJK season, Season Events
On 15 June, goalkeeper Matias Niemelä left the club to join RoPS on loan for the rest of the season.


2020 HJK season, Season Events
On 18 June, HJK announce the singing of Pyry Hannola from Midtjylland.


2020 HJK season, Season Events
On 2 July, HJK announced that Julius Tauriainen, who had been on loan at SC Freiburg U19, was now permanently moving to the German club.


2020 HJK season, Season Events
On 3 July, Roni Peiponen announced his retirement from football, whilst HJK announced the signing of Ítalo to their second team, Klubi 04.


2020 HJK season, Season Events
On 20 July, Kalle Katz's loan move to RoPS was confirmed having been held up by the COVID-19 pandemic in Finland.


2020 HJK season, Season Events
On 25 July, Valtteri Moren returned to HJK on a contract until the end of the 2022 season.


2020 HJK season, Season Events
On 21 August, Matti Peltola signed a new contract with HJK, keeping him at the club until 2022, with the option of an additional year.


2020 HJK season, Season Events
On 27 August, HJK announced the signing of Markus Halsti on a contract until the end of the season, with the option of an additional year.


2020 HJK season, Season Events
On 4 September, HJK announced the signing of Joose Mäkinen on a contract until the end of the 2022 season, with the option of an additional year.


2020 HJK season, Squad, On loan
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2020 HJK season, Squad, Left the club during the season
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2020 HS7
2020 HS7 is an asteroid classified as a near-Earth object that passed within 42,730 kilometres (26,550 mi) of Earth on April 28, 2020, with a fly-by speed of 9.7 miles (15.6 km) per second. The car-sized asteroid when first discovered had a 10% chance of impact with Earth, but additional observations showed that the asteroid posed no risk of impact to Earth. However, it did pass within 1,210 kilometres (750 mi) of the nearest satellite in the geostationary ring at 35,785 kilometres (22,236 mi) above Earth's equator.


2020 HS7
The asteroid was discovered April 27, 2020 using Pan-STARRS at the Haleakala Observatory, Hawaii. There are no encounters closer than the distance to the Moon predicted to occur before the year 2055.


2020 Halifax Thunderbirds season
The Halifax Thunderbirds are a lacrosse team based in Halifax, Nova Scotia, that plays in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). the 2020 NLL season was their first season the NLL. They were formerly the Rochester Knighthawks but moved to Halifax, as Rochester gained an expansion franchise. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the season was suspended on March 12, 2020. On April 8, the league made a further public statement announcing the cancellation of the remaining games of the 2020 season and that they would be exploring options for playoffs once it was safe to resume play.


2020 Halifax Thunderbirds season
On June 4th, the league confirmed that the playoffs would also be cancelled due to the pandemic.


2020 Halifax Thunderbirds season, Regular season, Final standings
x: Clinched playoff berth; c: Clinched playoff berth by crossing over to another division; y: Clinched division; z: Clinched best regular season record; GP: Games PlayedW: Wins; L: Losses; GB: Games back; PCT: Win percentage; Home: Record at Home; Road: Record on the Road; GF: Goals scored; GA: Goals allowedDifferential: Difference between goals scored and allowed; GF/GP: Average number of goals scored per game; GA/GP: Average number of goals allowed per game


2020 Halifax Thunderbirds season, Roster, Entry Draft
The 2019 NLL Entry Draft took place on September 17, 2019. The Thunderbirds made the following selections:


2020 Halifax municipal election
The 2020 Halifax municipal election was held on 17 October 2020 to elect councillors and a mayor to a four-year term on the Halifax Regional Council, the governing body of the Halifax Regional Municipality. Members of the Conseil scolaire acadien provincial were also elected. The election was held in conjunction with municipal elections across the province.


2020 Halifax municipal election
Of the 16 incumbent councillors, 11 ran for re-election. Of those, nine retained their seats. Mike Savage sought another term as mayor, competing for the position against incumbent councillor Matt Whitman and social media personality and copywriter Max Taylor. Savage was handily re-elected, capturing over 80 per cent of votes cast for the position.


2020 Halifax municipal election
A record number of women were elected, achieving gender parity on Halifax council for the first time.


2020 Halifax municipal election, Electoral system
Councillors (elected by residents of each of the 16 electoral districts) and the mayor (elected at-large by all voters) are chosen using the first-past-the-post voting system. Each district elects one councillor; the candidate with the most votes wins. There are no political parties at the municipal level in Nova Scotia.


2020 Halifax municipal election, Electoral system
The boundaries of the 16 districts, updated in 2015, were the same as those used in the 2016 election.


2020 Halifax municipal election, Synopsis
In the run-up to the election, four incumbent councillors declared their intentions to retire from municipal politics. In October 2019, longtime Spryfield councillor Steve Adams (District 11) announced that he would not re-offer in the following year's election. Adams was first elected in 1991. Veteran Dartmouth councillor Bill Karsten (District 3) announced in May 2020 that he would not run again. Lorelei Nicoll (District 4) and Russell Walker (District 10) followed suit in July 2020.


2020 Halifax municipal election, Synopsis
The first confirmed mayoral candidate was Matt Whitman, the incumbent councillor in District 13. Whitman announced his campaign at the Grand Parade in October 2019. Incumbent mayor Mike Savage announced his candidacy for re-election in March 2020. A third candidate, Max Taylor, joined the race in September 2020. Taylor's platform centred on encouraging Halifax residents to "get out and vote".


2020 Halifax municipal election, Synopsis
Local market research firm Narrative Research (formerly Corporate Research Associates) polled the public in August 2020 to gauge support for Savage and Whitman (Taylor had not yet nominated). Of the decided voters polled, 89 per cent stated that they would vote for Savage for mayor.


2020 Halifax municipal election, Synopsis
District 12 candidate Eric Jury attracted controversy after publishing a video in which he promised, if elected, to "bring any motion you want forward" on behalf of anyone who donated over $100 to his campaign. Jury's entry on the municipality's online list of candidates included a link to the video. Richard Zurawski, the incumbent councillor for District 12, stated that he was "absolutely floored" by the video, and expressed concern that municipal staff had apparently not vetted material posted to the elections website. The legality of Jury's proclamation was questioned. A city spokesperson responded, "the returning officer for the election has reached out to this candidate, and the video has been removed. No further action will be taken at this time." Jury received only two per cent of votes cast in the district, and was not elected.


2020 Halifax municipal election, Synopsis
Advance telephone and Internet polls ran from October 6 to 14. Advance in-person polls ran from October 10 to 13. The election was held on October 17.


2020 Halifax municipal election, Synopsis
Mike Savage was re-elected as mayor by a large margin, earning a greater share of votes (80 per cent) than in 2016 (68 per cent). A record number of women (eight) were elected, achieving gender parity on council for the first time in history. In contrast, only two women were elected in the 2016 election. Of the 11 incumbent councillors that ran for re-election, nine retained their seats while two (Steve Streatch and Richard Zurawski) did not.


2020 Halifax municipal election, Synopsis
The results for most districts were known by the end of election day, as the unofficial results provided a clear indication of the winning candidates. However, the race in District 11 was too close to call, as Patty Cuttell led Bruce Holland by a small margin and results from two polls had not been published. The results were issued the following afternoon, with Cuttell winning the race by 28 votes. The municipal returning officer attributed the delay to confusion surrounding the tallying of two advance polls, as well as a large number of new, inexperienced election staff. Holland requested an official recount, commenting that the number of spoiled and rejected ballots was greater than the 28 votes that won the race. On 28 October 2020, the judicial recount was officially ordered. The recount confirmed Cuttell's win.


2020 Halifax municipal election, Synopsis
Voter turnout increased over the previous election. In 2016, only 33.62 per cent of eligible residents voted. In 2020, approximately 39.65 per cent voted. A professor of political science at Cape Breton University commented that the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic may have prompted a stronger interest in community affairs. The pandemic may also have encouraged the use of e-voting.


2020 Halifax municipal election, Synopsis
The new council was sworn in on 29 October 2020 at the Halifax Convention Centre with the exception of Patty Cuttell, who had to await the results of the District 11 recount. Cuttell was sworn in on 10 November.


2020 Halifax municipal election, Candidates and results
Note: The figures below do not take into account spoiled or rejected ballots.


2020 Halifax municipal election, Candidates and results, District 3: Dartmouth South - Eastern Passage
Incumbent Bill Karsten did not re-offer. Becky Kent, who served as regional councillor for the former Woodside-Eastern Passage district from 2004 to 2007, was elected.


2020 Halifax municipal election, Candidates and results, District 4: Cole Harbour - Westphal
Incumbent Lorelei Nicoll did not re-offer. Trish Purdy was elected.


2020 Halifax municipal election, Candidates and results, District 10: Halifax - Bedford Basin West
Incumbent Russell Walker did not re-offer. Kathryn Morse was elected.


2020 Halifax municipal election, Candidates and results, District 11: Spryfield - Sambro Loop - Prospect Road
Incumbent Steve Adams did not re-offer. Patty Cuttell was elected.


2020 Halifax municipal election, Candidates and results, District 13: Hammonds Plains - St. Margarets
Incumbent councillor Matt Whitman did not re-offer as he ran for mayor. Candidates are not allowed to run for mayor and councillor at the same time. Pam Lovelace was elected.


2020 Halifax municipal election, Candidates and results, Conseil scolaire acadien provincial
Three candidates for the Conseil scolaire acadien provincial were elected by acclamation, namely: Jeff Arsenault, Katherine Howlett, and Marc Pinet.


2020 Hamburg European Open
The 2020 Hamburg European Open was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor red clay courts. It was the 114th edition of the German Open Tennis Championships and part of the ATP Tour 500 series of the 2020 ATP Tour. Originally scheduled for 13 to 19 July 2020, but due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, it was rescheduled from 20 to 27 September 2020 and took place at the Am Rothenbaum in Hamburg, Germany.


2020 Hamburg European Open, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following player received entry as a special exempt into the main draw:


2020 Hamburg European Open, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following player used a protected ranking into the main draw:


2020 Hamburg European Open, Doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:


2020 Hamburg European Open – Doubles
Oliver Marach and Jürgen Melzer were the defending champions, but Melzer chose not to participate this year. Marach played alongside Raven Klaasen, but lost in the first round to Kevin Krawietz and Andreas Mies.


2020 Hamburg European Open – Doubles
John Peers and Michael Venus won the title, defeating Ivan Dodig and Mate Pavić in the final, 6–3, 6–4.


2020 Hamburg European Open – Singles
Nikoloz Basilashvili was the two-time defending champion, but lost in the first round to Roberto Bautista Agut.


2020 Hamburg European Open – Singles
Andrey Rublev won the title, his third of the 2020 season, defeating Stefanos Tsitsipas in the final, 6–4, 3–6, 7–5. Tsitsipas served for the championship at 5–4 in the third set.


2020 Hamburg state election
The 2020 Hamburg state election was held on 23 February 2020 to elect the members of the 22nd Hamburg Parliament. The outgoing government was a coalition of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) and The Greens led by First Mayor Peter Tschentscher.


2020 Hamburg state election
Despite losses, the SPD remained comfortably in first place with 39% of votes. The Greens doubled their vote share to 24%, becoming the second largest party in the state Parliament for the first time. The opposition Christian Democratic Union (CDU) suffered their worst ever result in Hamburg, and their worst result in any state election since 1952, falling to third place with 11% of votes. The Left achieved a small upswing and remained in fourth place.


2020 Hamburg state election
The Alternative for Germany (AfD) narrowly cleared the 5% electoral threshold, recording a decline compared to its previous result for the first time in any state or national-level election. The Free Democratic Party lost a third of its vote share and fell narrowly short of the 5% electoral threshold, in total winning only one seat from a direct constituency.


2020 Hamburg state election
The SPD–Green government was returned with an increased majority of 87 seats, comprising 71% of the Parliament. The coalition was subsequently renewed. Peter Tschentscher was re-elected Mayor on 10 June.


2020 Hamburg state election, Issues and campaign, Federal
The Hamburg state election was overshadowed by the Thuringia government crisis, the resignation of Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer as federal CDU leader, and a terrorist attack targeting immigrants in Hanau which took place four days before the election.


2020 Hamburg state election, Issues and campaign, Local
In the wake of the Thuringia government crisis, approximately 20% of the FDP's election posters in Hamburg were defaced or destroyed. Greens leader Katharina Fegebank stated that such actions "harmed democracy".


2020 Hamburg state election, Electoral system
The elections were conducted under a list proportional system in the same manner as the prior election. 71 seats were awarded directly in the 17 multi-mandate constituencies (of between 3-5 seats each) via open constituency lists, and the remaining 50 via at-large open state lists (German: landesliste) based on percentage of the overall vote with a 5% electoral threshold.


2020 Hamburg state election, Electoral system
Each voter had a total of ten votes: five constituency votes for the direct candidates in the constituency, and five at-large votes for candidates on the state lists (or for state lists in their entirety). The five votes could be amassed all on one person, party, or list (accumulation) or could be distributed/split between different candidates, parties, or lists as desired (panachage). Voting privileges were passively awarded, meaning anyone over the age of 18 meeting eligibility requirements was automatically enrolled.


2020 Hamburg state election, Parties
The table below lists parties represented in the 21st Hamburg Parliament.


2020 Hamburg state election, Election result
At one polling booth in Langenhorn, the results for the FDP and Greens were accidentally reversed, meaning the preliminary results placed the FDP only 121 votes above the threshold. The mistake was corrected in the official count which took place over 24 hours later. Exit polls suggested that AfD would miss the threshold while FDP would exceed it, leading to early press reports of an AfD defeat and exclusion of its politicians from post-election debates.


2020 Hamburg state election, Government formation
Mayor Tschentscher stated that exploratory talks with the Greens were "the first priority", but that "we will also - if the majorities are confirmed - approach the CDU and hold a conversation." Marcus Weinberg of the CDU stated he was "ready for talks" with the SPD. Lead candidate for the Greens Katharina Fegebank called for "More red-green, with strong greens in the government." Cansu Özdemir of The Left stated her party wished to remain a strong opposition force.


2020 Hamburg state election, Government formation
The SPD and Greens came to a coalition agreement at the end of May. The SPD took 7 ministries and the Greens 4, a net gain of one for the Greens. The vote for Mayor took place on 10 June, and Tschentscher was re-elected Mayor with 87 votes in favour, 34 against, and 2 abstentions. The new cabinet was also approved with 83 votes in favour, 38 against, and 2 abstentions.


2020 Hamilton Tiger-Cats season
The 2020 Hamilton Tiger-Cats season was scheduled to be the 63rd season for the team in the Canadian Football League and their 71st overall. This would have been the second season under co-general managers Drew Allemang and Shawn Burke and the second season under head coach Orlondo Steinauer.


2020 Hamilton Tiger-Cats season
Training camps, pre-season games, and regular season games were initially postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Ontario. The CFL announced on April 7, 2020 that the start of the 2020 season would not occur before July 2020. On May 20, 2020, it was announced that the league would likely not begin regular season play prior to September 2020. On August 17, 2020 however, the season was officially cancelled due to COVID-19.


2020 Hamilton Tiger-Cats season, Offseason, CFL National  Draft
The 2020 CFL National Draft took place on April 30, 2020. The Tiger-Cats had nine selections in the eight-round draft after acquiring another first-round pick from the Montreal Alouettes as part of the Johnny Manziel trade. By finishing as the Grey Cup runner up, the Tiger-Cats had the second-to-last selection in each round of the draft.


2020 Hamilton Tiger-Cats season, Offseason, CFL Global Draft
The 2020 CFL Global Draft was scheduled to take place on April 16, 2020. However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this draft and its accompanying combine were postponed to occur just before the start of training camp, which was ultimately cancelled. The Tiger-Cats were scheduled to select eighth in each round with the number of rounds never announced.


2020 Hamilton Tiger-Cats season, Team, Roster
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2020 Hammarby Fotboll season
The 2020 season was Hammarby Fotboll's 105th in existence, their 51st season in Allsvenskan and their 6th consecutive season in the league. They competed in Allsvenskan, Svenska Cupen and Europa League during the year. League play was planned to start in early April, but was postponed until June due to concerns over the coronavirus pandemic. Stefan Billborn made his third season as manager.


2020 Hammarby Fotboll season, Summary
In a season postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the side disappointedly finished 8th in the Allsvenskan table. The club won 3–0 against Puskás Akadémia in the first round of the 2020–21 UEFA Europa League, but was eliminated from the tournament in the second round against Lech Poznań through a 0–3 loss.


2020 Hangzhou Spark season
The 2020 Hangzhou Spark season was the second season of Hangzhou Spark's existence in the Overwatch League and their second season under head coach Lee "Mask" Mu-ho. The Spark planned on hosting two homestand events in the 2020 season, taking place at the Hangzhou Grand Theatre and Wuzhen Grand Theatre; however, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, all homestand events were cancelled by the league.


2020 Hangzhou Spark season, Preceding offseason, Organizational changes
In late October, the Spark announced that they had parted ways with assistant coach Han "Sup7eme" Seung-jun. The team signed former Florida Mayhem assistant coach Jung "yeah" Young-su as an assistant coach in mid-November.


2020 Hangzhou Spark season, Preceding offseason, Roster changes
The Spark enter the new season with no free agents, four players which they have the option to retain for another year, and eight players under contract. The OWL's deadline to exercise a team option was November 11, after which any players not retained became a free agent. Free agency officially began on October 7. The Spark's first departure of the offseason was on November 11, when the team released flex support An "Revenge" Hyeong-Geun. On November 23, it was announced that tank player Jeong "NoSmite" Da-Un had signed to the Paris Eternal. The Spark promoted support players Liu "M1ka" Jiming and Tong "Coldest" Xiaodong from their academy team Bilibili Gaming on January 14.


2020 Hangzhou Spark season, Homestand events
In August 2019, the Spark announced that they would hold two homestand events, with the first at the Hangzhou Theatre from February 29 to March 1, 2020 and the second at the Wuzhen Grand Theatre from June 21 to 22, 2020. However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the league cancelled all February and March matches planned in China, which cancelled the Spark's first homestand at the Hangzhou Theatre. The Overwatch League announced that the cancelled homestand events in China would be rescheduled for Weeks 5 through 7 in a studio in Seoul, South Korea; however, due to the COVID-19 pandemic in South Korea, these matches were cancelled as well.


2020 Hangzhou Spark season, Roster, Transactions
Transactions of/for players on the roster during the 2020 regular season:


2020 Hank Steinbrecher Cup
The 2020 Hank Steinbrecher Cup was planned to be the eighth edition of the United States Adult Soccer Association's (USASA) tournament whose winner is recognized with the title of U.S. National Amateur Champions. This edition was canceled in April due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States.


2020 Hank Steinbrecher Cup
USL League Two (USL L2) side Flint City Bucks were the defending champion, having won the last three competitions.


2020 Hank Steinbrecher Cup, Host selection
Flint City Bucks were selected to host the tournament following their crowning as the 2019 National Amateur Champion.


2020 Hank Steinbrecher Cup, Teams
The tournament would have featured the 2019 USASA National Amateur Cup winner Newtown Pride FC and the defending Steinbrecher Cup winner Flint City Bucks. Ordinarily the tournament would have also featured the 2019 USL League Two Champion and the 2019 National Professional Soccer League (NPSL) champion. However the 2019 USL League 2 champion was the previously qualified Flint City Bucks, so in their place USL League Two Runner-up Reading United AC was invited. The 2019 NPSL Champion The Miami FC was ruled ineligible due to being a professional club. In their place the USASA invited the NPSL's top amateur club Cleveland SC.


2020 Hartford Athletic season
The 2020 Hartford Athletic season was the club's second season of existence and their second in the USL Championship, the second tier of American soccer. This article covers the period from October 20, 2019, the day after Hartford's final match of the 2019 regular season, to the conclusion of the 2020 USL-C Playoff Final, scheduled for November 12–16, 2020.


2020 Hartford Athletic season, Season in Review, Background, Off-Season and Pre-Season
Hartford finished its inaugural season in next to last place in the Eastern Conference, seven table positions and fourteen points out of the playoff spots. The club parted ways with head coach Jimmy Nielsen just seven days after the 2019 season's end and signed former Southampton U-23 coach Radhi Jaïdi to fill the vacancy on November 8. The club also parted ways with COO Donovan Powell five days later.


2020 Hartford Athletic season, Season in Review, Background, Off-Season and Pre-Season
The club began announcing roster moves in October, also, quickly announcing the return of four players from the 2019 roster (Harry Swartz, Alex Dixon, Alex Davey, and Nicky Downs), with the return of Danny Barrera and Mads Jørgensen being announced in early November, and the return of Mike Novotny being announced in early December.


2020 Hartford Athletic season, Season in Review, Background, Off-Season and Pre-Season
New signings began in earnest in late November with the addition of Aiden Mesias, former Fresno FC defender Sam Strong, Brazilian defender Gabriel Torres, 2019 Greenville Triumph center back Kevin Politz, Cal State Northridge products Dre Deas and Alex Lara, Dartmouth midfielder Noah Paravicini, and UT-Rio Grande Valley midfielder Arthur Rogers. In January, the club signed San Antonio FC's all-time leading scorer Éver Guzmán, Brazilian defender Matheus Silva, and announced the return of forward Mac Steeves. In February, the club announced loan deals for goalkeeper Parfait Mandanda and Southampton U-23 midfielder Tyreke Johnson.


2020 Hartford Athletic season, Competitions, USL Championship, Match results
In the preparations for the resumption of league play following the shutdown prompted by the COVID-19 pandemic, Hartford's schedule was announced on July 2.


2020 Hartford Athletic season, Competitions, U.S. Open Cup
As a USL Championship club, Hartford as enter the competition in the Second Round, to be played April 7–9. The 2020 U.S. Open Cup was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.


2020 Hartford Hawks baseball team
The 2020 Hartford Hawks baseball team represented the University of Hartford in the 2020 NCAA Division I baseball season as a member of the America East Conference. The team was coached by Justin Blood and played their home games at Fiondella Field with select games being played at Dunkin' Donuts Park. The season was cut short due to the COVID-19 pandemic. On March 12, the NCAA announced all spring and winter sports championships were cancelled.


2020 Harvey Norman NSW Women's Premiership
The 2020 Harvey Norman NSW Women's Premiership will be the sixteenth season of the NSW Women's Premiership, the top tier women's rugby league competition administered by the New South Wales Rugby League. The competition acts as a second-tier league to the NRL Women's Premiership teams.


2020 Harvey Norman NSW Women's Premiership, Teams
In 2020, due to an initial COVID-19 postponement, an adjusted competition will take place. 7 clubs will field teams in the NSW Women's Premiership.


2020 Harvey Norman NSW Women's Premiership, Results, Round 5
*The NSWRL abandoned this match with 26 minutes remaining due to a player sustaining a serious injury. The match was deemed a draw.


2020 Hastings Deering Colts season
The 2020 Hastings Deering Colts season is the 3rd season of the under-20 competition, sponsored by Hastings Deering and run by the Queensland Rugby League. The draw and structure of the competition mirrors that of its senior counterpart, the Queensland Cup.


2020 Hastings Deering Colts season, Teams
In 2020, the lineup of teams remains unchanged for the second consecutive year.


2020 Hathras gang rape and murder
On 14 September 2020, a 19-year-old Dalit woman was gang-raped in Hathras district, Uttar Pradesh, India, by four upper caste men. She died two weeks later in a Delhi hospital.


2020 Hathras gang rape and murder
Initially, it was reported that one accused had tried to kill her, though later in her statement to the magistrate, the victim named four accused as having raped her. The victim's brother claimed that no arrests were made in the first 10 days after the incident took place. After her death, the victim was forcibly cremated by the police without the consent of her family, a claim denied by the police.


2020 Hathras gang rape and murder
The case and its subsequent handling has received widespread media attention and condemnation from across the country, and was the subject of protests against the Yogi Adityanath government by activists and opposition.


2020 Hathras gang rape and murder, Incident
The incident took place on 14 September 2020, when the victim, a 19-year-old Dalit woman went to a farm to collect cattle fodder. Four men — Sandip, Ramu, Lavkush and Ravi — allegedly dragged her away by dupatta around her neck injuring her spinal cord in the process. The four upper caste men accused of rape belong to the Thakur caste. The violence left her paralyzed with a severe spinal cord injury. Her tongue was cut off. The perpetrators had tried to strangle the girl as she resisted their rape attempt. She ended up biting her tongue while being strangled.


2020 Hathras gang rape and murder, Incident
Her cries were heard by her mother, who came to the spot to find her lying down in the farm. She was at first taken to the Chand Pa police station, where the police rejected her claims and, according to the family, humiliated them. The police registered a complaint only on 20 September. The police were able to record the victim's statement on 22 September. In her three recorded statements she mentioned that "she was raped" and was strangled when she attempted to resist.


2020 Hathras gang rape and murder, Incident
The victim was initially admitted to the Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College and Hospital in Aligarh on 14 September, with her spinal cord severely damaged. She was later moved to the Safdarjung Hospital in Delhi after her condition worsened. According to the police, the victim had been strangled with her dupatta. She died on 29 September 2020.


2020 Hathras gang rape and murder, Incident
The mother of the victim said that Sandeep and Luvkush had been harassing her and the victim for months.


2020 Hathras gang rape and murder, Incident
The autopsy registered the cause of death as "injury to the cervical spine by blunt-force trauma," and refers to "rape and strangulation" in the medical history.


2020 Hathras gang rape and murder, Cremation
The victim was cremated on the night at about 2:30 am  on 29 September 2020 by Uttar Pradesh Police without the consent or knowledge of the victim's family. The brother of the victim alleged that it was done without the family's consent and that they were locked up in their house. He also alleged that petrol was used for cremation. However Prashant Kumar, ADG (law and order), said that the family's consent was obtained.


2020 Hathras gang rape and murder, Cremation
The forced cremation led the Allahabad High Court to take suo moto cognisance. The bench also asked the victim's family, the District Magistrate and the Superintendent of Police to appear before it. The bench added, "The incidents which took place after the death of the victim on 29.09.2020 leading up to her cremation, as alleged, have shocked our conscience".


2020 Hathras gang rape and murder, Police and administration
When the news broke out initially through social media, Agra Police, Hathras District Magistrate, and UP's Information & Public Relations called it "fake news". Later, a senior UP Police officer claimed that no sperm was found in samples as per forensic report and that some people had "twisted" the incident to stir "caste-based tension." The officer also said that the forensic report revealed that the victim was not raped.


2020 Hathras gang rape and murder, Police and administration
However, critics have alleged this evidence is unreliable, citing guidelines that state swabs to test for sperm should only be taken if the assault might have occurred in the previous three days. After three to four days, swabs should be taken to test only for semen, not for sperm. Kumar also stated that the forensic report had found "no semen or semen excretion"; a retired officer quoted by the BBC criticized that "Police officers should not jump to conclusions. The presence or absence of semen by itself does not prove rape. We need a lot of other circumstantial and other evidence."


2020 Hathras gang rape and murder, Police and administration
The family alleged that they were faced pressure from the administration. A video emerged in which the Hathras District Magistrate is seen pressuring the family into changing their statement. He could be heard saying "Don’t ruin your credibility. These media people will leave in a couple of days. Half have already left, the rest will leave in 2–3 days. We are the ones standing with you. Now it depends on you if you want to keep changing your testimony...."


2020 Hathras gang rape and murder, Police and administration
On 3 October, the state government suspended five police officers including the Superintendent of Police.


2020 Hathras gang rape and murder, Police and administration
The Wire and others reported that the Uttar Pradesh government employed Concept PR, a Mumbai public relations firm. The PR firm allegedly sent out press releases (on behalf of the government) stating that the Hathras teenager was not raped. The press releases also alluded to a conspiracy to push the state of Uttar Pradesh into caste turmoil.


2020 Hathras gang rape and murder, Police and administration
On 4 October, Yogi Adityanath recommended a CBI probe. The victim’s family was not in favour of the CBI investigation and wanted a judicial probe to be conducted in the case. However, the CBI began its investigation on 10 October, amid nationwide outrage, after notification from central government.


2020 Hathras gang rape and murder, Police and administration
The Uttar Pradesh government claimed a "deep rooted conspiracy" and an "international plot" to incite caste based riots in Hathras and defame the Yogi government. Nineteen FIRs have been filed by the Uttar Pradesh police in the aftermath of the alleged gang rape. The charges listed by police on the main FIR include inciting caste based divides, religious discrimination, doctoring electronic evidence, a conspiracy against the state and defamation. Yogi Adityanath had earlier asked his party workers to "expose those who want to incite caste and communal riots".


2020 Hathras gang rape and murder, Police and administration
UP Police detained 4 men, including a Delhi based journalist Siddique Kappan under Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, for their alleged link to Popular Front of India PFI, on Mathura Toll Plaza, while on their way to the village. The administration alleged that the men were on their way to Hathras for inciting caste and communal violence.


2020 Hathras gang rape and murder, Arrests and compensation
Hathras police have arrested the four accused — Sandip, Ramu, Lavkush and Ravi — on charges of attempt to murder, gang rape and violations of the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989. One of the accused, Ravi, and his father had been arrested 15–20 years ago for allegedly assaulting the victim's grandfather. The victim's brother claimed that no arrest was made in the first 10 days of the incident. SSP Vikrant Vir had transferred the SHO of Chandpa police station to police lines for failing to promptly act in the case. The State government, Yogi Adityanath and district administration announced a compensation of ₹2.5 million (US$35,000) to the victim's family and a junior assistant job for a family member. Apart from this, the family will also be allotted a house in Hathras under State Urban Development Agency (SUDA) scheme.


2020 Hathras gang rape and murder, Claims of the accused
The main accused, Sandeep Thakur, who is in jail along with the three others, has written a letter to the police in Hathras, claiming that he and the 20-year-old girl were "friends", who "apart from meeting, used to speak on the phone once in a while"; further claiming that her family was against their friendship, and they killed her. The UP police has claimed that call records show that the woman’s family knew the main accused, Sandeep Thakur. As per the Call Detail Report released, around 100 phone calls were made from a phone number registered in the name of the girl's brother and the main accused Sandeep Thakur between October 2019 and March 2020.


2020 Hathras gang rape and murder, Reactions
The case and its subsequent handling has received widespread media attention and condemnation from across the country, and was the subject of protests against the Yogi Adityanath government by activists and opposition.


2020 Hathras gang rape and murder, Reactions
Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi and general secretary Priyanka Gandhi were accosted and detained by police in the state of Uttar Pradesh as they attempted to make their way to the village of the victim on foot after their vehicles had been stopped by officers on the motorway. BSP supremo and former CM Mayawati demanded resignation of Chief Minister Yogi stating him as a incapable to protecting Dalits in Uttar Pradesh, she further asserted that he should oversee newly built Ram Mandir, Ayodhya or join his Gorakhnath Math.


2020 Hathras gang rape and murder, Reactions
According to some media reports, a group calling itself "Rashtriya Savarna Parishad" came out in support of the accused. The involvement of the police was also implicitly found in various media reports. Another media report stated that an outfit called 'National Sawarna Council' visited the Superintendent of Police and filed a memorandum alleging the family of the victim girl to  be involved in implication of the innocent people. A day after the police forcibly cremated the body of the rape victim, Chandrashekhar Azad the president of Bhim Army (a Dalit-rights organisation based in Uttar Pradesh) was placed under house arrest for staging a protest against the government demanding justice for the victim.


2020 Hathras gang rape and murder, Reactions
On 3 October 2020, Indian National Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra visited the victim's family. This was dismissed by the BJP as a "political stunt".


2020 Hathras gang rape and murder, Reactions
Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal demanded execution of the accused.


2020 Hathras gang rape and murder, Reactions
On October 2, BJP IT cell head Amit Malviya tweeted a video of the 19-year-old victim, which showed her face, allegedly in contravention of Section 228A of the Indian Penal Code. Similarly, Tamil Nadu's BJP IT cell head CTR Nirmal Kumar posted a video of the 19-year-old Dalit woman with insensitive remark, that clearly revealed the identity of the woman, which is in violation of Supreme Court guidelines.


2020 Hathras gang rape and murder, Reactions
On October 4, Rajveer Singh Pehelwan, an ex-MLA of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), held a rally in support of the accused. Hundreds of people attended the rally, including the family members of the four accused. The meeting was also attended by members of various right-wing outfits like the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), Karni Sena and Bajrang Dal. These members were also part of various upper caste outfits including Kshatriya Mahasabha, Rashtriya Savarna Sangathan etc. On October 7, the Ex-BJP MLA and 100 others were booked by the UP Police for organizing the rally.


2020 Hathras gang rape and murder, Reactions
According to a BJP leader, Ranjeet Srivastava, the accused are not guilty of a crime. He further questioned that, "Such girls are found dead in only some places. They will be found dead in sugarcane, corn and millet fields or in bushes, gutters or forests. Why are they never found dead in paddy or wheat fields?". The head of the National Commission for Women commented this was unfit statement for any political party leader. Another remark that drew fierce criticism came from BJP MLA, Surendra Nath Singh that "Sanskar should be instilled in girls to prevent incidents of rape".


2020 Hathras gang rape and murder, Reactions
The United Nations in India expressed concerns over gender based violence. In the statement they mentioned that, "it is essential that authorities ensure the perpetrators are brought to justice speedily and families are empowered to seek timely justice, social support, counselling, healthcare and rehabilitation".


2020 Hathras gang rape and murder, Reactions
On 30 September, around 5000 sanitation workers in Agra, who belong to the Valmiki community, went on a strike to demand justice for the victim. Protestors in Jantar Mantar, New Delhi demanded the resignation of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on 2 October. However, the protest in India Gate on 1 October was rejected under the Section 144 of CrPC. On 9 October 2020, various dalit organizations called a Bandh which halted normal life in Punjab. Bahujan Samaj Party workers organized protests against Yogi Adityanath in the different parts of country.


2020 Hathras gang rape and murder, Reactions
Indian students, professors and scholars staged a protest in United Kingdom in memory of the victims. Protests were staged in the United States of America, particularly in Times Square, Headquarters of the United Nations, Michigan and Philadelphia, against the Indian government. B. R. Ambedkar followers in the parts of South America, North America, Middle East, Europe and Asia demanded justice for the victim.


2020 Hathras gang rape and murder, CBI Chargesheet and Trial
On 19th December 2020, CBI filed a chargesheet in a special court in Hathras, invoking gangrape and murder charges along with charges under SC/ST Prevention of Atrocities Act, against the four accused. CBI also mentioned lapses on part of UP Police that include delay in recording the victim's statement in writing and her subsequent medical examination. The CBI reportedly found a record of a total of 115 calls exchanged between the victim and the accused from October 2019 to March 2020.


2020 Hawaii Democratic presidential primary
The 2020 Hawaii Democratic presidential primary, part of the 2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries for the 2020 United States Presidential election, took place by mail and ended May 22, 2020. It was originally scheduled to take place on April 4, 2020, but in-person voting was canceled due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Instead, voters had until May 22 to submit mail-in ballots. The Hawaii primary was a closed, party-run primary (a firehouse primary officially referred to as a "presidential preference poll").


2020 Hawaii Democratic presidential primary
The state awards 33 delegates to the 2020 Democratic National Convention, of which 24 are pledged delegates allocated on the basis of the results of the primary. Voters cast ranked choice voting ballots, with a voter's ballot counting for a backup ranked choice if their first choice was in last place and below the 15 percent threshold for winning delegates. Joe Biden won the primary, taking 63.2% of the vote after the distribution of preferences compared to Bernie Sanders 36.8%.


2020 Hawaii Democratic presidential primary, Procedure
Hawaii was to be one of four states holding presidential primaries on April 4, 2020, along with Alaska, Louisiana and Wyoming. All four states moved their dates back in order to make the primary all mail-in ballots.


2020 Hawaii Democratic presidential primary, Procedure
The Hawaii Democratic Party's draft delegate selection plan published on March 25, 2019, calls for a shift away from caucuses as in previous years to a party-run primary, also known as a firehouse primary (officially referred to as a "presidential preference poll"), with a limited ranked choice voting system allowing voters to select their top three choices, in addition to accepting mail-in ballots from March 3 to March 28, 2020.