Chronological archive
August 2003
The 170 news items published by Hands Off Cain in August 2003, in chronological order.
A court in Bangladesh convicted Abdus Salam, 27, Nazrul...
A court in Bangladesh convicted Abdus Salam, 27, Nazrul Islam, 25, and Selim, 25, in absentia and condemned them to death for murder
- AUGUST 30, 2003AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
In Albertville, Circuit Judge Tim Jolley sentenced...
In Albertville, Circuit Judge Tim Jolley sentenced Rick Belisle, 34, to death in the May 19, 1999 capital murder of Joyce Moore, 51
- AUGUST 30, 2003IndiaDEATH PENALTY
Three people were sentenced to death and one to life...
Three people were sentenced to death and one to life imprisonment by the Kolkata city sessions court, India, for murder
- AUGUST 30, 2003MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
Jefri Ibrahim, a 26 year old welder, was sentenced...
Jefri Ibrahim, a 26 year old welder, was sentenced to death by the Malaysian High Court for trafficking 1,7 kg of cannabis on August 10, 2001
- AUGUST 29, 2003VietnamDEATH PENALTY
A court in Vietnam's southern Long An province sentenced...
A court in Vietnam's southern Long An province sentenced four men and a woman to death for running a drug-trafficking network that smuggled heroin and opium into the country from Cambodia
- AUGUST 29, 2003UgandaDEATH PENALTY
Herbert Bwangalo, 34, Jackson Kuyoka, 28, and Charles...
Herbert Bwangalo, 34, Jackson Kuyoka, 28, and Charles Lule, 29, were sentenced to death by a court in Uganda for killing Benon Mmaali on suspicion that he was a thief
- AUGUST 29, 2003PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Muhammad Ayub Hazara was sentenced to death on four...
Muhammad Ayub Hazara was sentenced to death on four counts by a Special court for Anti terrorist Activities after being found guilty of gunning down his wife, her parents and a nearby driver
- AUGUST 29, 2003ThailandDEATH PENALTY
A father and son were acquitted of heroin-trafficking...
A father and son were acquitted of heroin-trafficking charges, but the father's mistress and two accomplices in the same gang were sentenced to death
- AUGUST 29, 2003VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Nguyen Thanh Vu, a 27 year old man convicted of raping...
Nguyen Thanh Vu, a 27 year old man convicted of raping and murdering a seven year old girl in southern Vietnam, was sentenced to death by the provincial People's Court in the southern Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang
- AUGUST 28, 2003JapanDEATH PENALTY
A Japanese court sentenced to death Mamoru Takuma,...
A Japanese court sentenced to death Mamoru Takuma, a 39-year-old man who killed eight children after running amok with a butcher's knife in an elementary school in 2001
- AUGUST 28, 2003NevadaDEATH PENALTY
A Washoe County jury sentenced Robert McConnell, 31,...
A Washoe County jury sentenced Robert McConnell, 31, to death for the murder of Brian Pierce, his former girlfriend's fiancé
- AUGUST 28, 2003TexasDEATH PENALTY
A jury sentenced Ray McArthur Freeney, 29, to death...
A jury sentenced Ray McArthur Freeney, 29, to death for raping and killing 2 prostitutes, Kirschalynne S
- AUGUST 28, 2003JapanDEATH PENALTY
Japan's Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi and other...
Japan's Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi and other ministers said that Mamoru Takuma, who murdered eight children and injured 13 others and two teachers in a stabbing frenzy at an Osaka elementary school, deserved the death penalty he was given by the Osa
- AUGUST 27, 2003NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
A Nigerian Islamic court said it would wait another...
A Nigerian Islamic court said it would wait another four weeks to pass judgement in the case of Amina Lawal, a single mother sentenced to be stoned to death for adultery
- AUGUST 27, 2003IndiaDEATH PENALTY
The Indian Supreme Court imposed the death penalty...
The Indian Supreme Court imposed the death penalty on Keraj Ram, a man who, having doubts regarding his wife's fidelity, killed "in a cruel and diabolic manner" his wife, children and brother-in-law
- AUGUST 27, 2003DEATH PENALTY
NIGERIAN STONING TRIAL ADJOURNED UNTIL SEPTEMBER 25
August 27, 2003: a Nigerian Islamic court said it would pass judgement in the case of Amina Lawal, a single mother who has been sentenced to be stoned to death for adultery, in four weeks time.
- AUGUST 26, 2003Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Two Pakistani men convicted of drug trafficking were...
Two Pakistani men convicted of drug trafficking were beheaded in the Red Sea city of Jeddah, Saudi Arabian city
- AUGUST 26, 2003PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Two Pakistani men convicted of drug trafficking were...
Two Pakistani men convicted of drug trafficking were beheaded in the Red Sea city of Jeddah, Saudi Arabian city
- AUGUST 26, 2003MaliDEATH PENALTY
Fousseyni Thera, 27, a Malian man, who had his five-year-old...
Fousseyni Thera, 27, a Malian man, who had his five-year-old son's throat slit in order to conjure up good luck, was sentenced to death
- AUGUST 26, 2003JordanDEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International slammed the execution in Jordan...
Amnesty International slammed the execution in Jordan of Jamal Darwish Fatayri
- AUGUST 26, 2003JordanDEATH PENALTY
According to Jordan Times, the Jordanian Court of Cassation...
According to Jordan Times, the Jordanian Court of Cassation upheld a September 2002 Criminal Court ruling sentencing three men to death for robbing and murdering a jewellery store owner in Irbid in May 2000
- AUGUST 26, 2003ArizonaDEATH PENALTY
The Arizona Supreme Court on overturned the death sentence...
The Arizona Supreme Court on overturned the death sentence of a man who murdered his 13-year-old stepdaughter during a domestic dispute with his wife
- AUGUST 26, 2003MissouriDEATH PENALTY
In Jefferson City, the Missouri Supreme Court overturned...
In Jefferson City, the Missouri Supreme Court overturned the death sentence of Christopher Simmons, who was 17 when he killed a woman a decade ago
- AUGUST 25, 2003YemenDEATH PENALTY
A Yemeni court sentenced Mohsen Yehya Monassar, 42,...
A Yemeni court sentenced Mohsen Yehya Monassar, 42, to death by firing squad
- AUGUST 25, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Hafizur Rahman, a 36 year old Bangladeshi man convicted...
Hafizur Rahman, a 36 year old Bangladeshi man convicted of killing his wife and two sons, was condemned to death for the triple-murder
- AUGUST 25, 2003JordanDEATH PENALTY
Jamal Darwish Fatayri, an Iraqi-born Jordanian linked...
Jamal Darwish Fatayri, an Iraqi-born Jordanian linked to Palestinian militant Abu Nidal, was hanged at dawn at Swaqa prison south of Amman, Jordan
- AUGUST 24, 2003TennesseeDEATH PENALTY
The Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals upheld the...
The Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals upheld the opinion of 24 jurors in 2 separate trials that Ricky Thompson, convicted in the 1989 shooting death of his 21-year-old wife, Nina Vann Thompson, should die in the state's death chamber
- AUGUST 24, 2003South AfricaDEATH PENALTY
The savage rape and murder of three generations of...
The savage rape and murder of three generations of a family during a carjacking in which a baby was executed in front of her mother has led to widespread calls for the return of the death penalty in South Africa, the Sunday Telegraph reported
- AUGUST 23, 2003DEATH PENALTY
A man who was convicted of raping his 8-year-old stepdaughter...
A man who was convicted of raping his 8-year-old stepdaughter was sentenced to death
- AUGUST 23, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A District and Sessions court in Bangladesh sentenced...
A District and Sessions court in Bangladesh sentenced to death Ali Hossain, 22 and his younger brother Babu, for murder
- AUGUST 23, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A court in Bangladesh sentenced nine people to death,...
A court in Bangladesh sentenced nine people to death, including three brothers, after convicting them of killing a 42-year-old man
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- AUGUST 23, 2003IranDEATH PENALTY
Iran hanged 10 drug smugglers and armed robbers in...
Iran hanged 10 drug smugglers and armed robbers in the southern province of Kerman, the conservative Jam-e Jam newspaper reported
- AUGUST 22, 2003North CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
William Quentin Jones, 34, was executed today
William Quentin Jones, 34, was executed today
- AUGUST 22, 2003Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Mashari bin Omair al-Shahrani, a Saudi national, was...
Mashari bin Omair al-Shahrani, a Saudi national, was beheaded for stabbing his father to death inside a mosque
- AUGUST 22, 2003VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Duong Duc Son, Phung Mai Khoi, Chiem Van Beo, Le Tung...
Duong Duc Son, Phung Mai Khoi, Chiem Van Beo, Le Tung Lam and Vu Thi Tien, a woman, were sentenced to death by the Ha Tinh People's Court for running a drug-trafficking network that smuggled heroin and opium into the country from Laos
- AUGUST 22, 2003North CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
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- AUGUST 21, 2003MaliDEATH PENALTY
During a live radio program conducted in Rome on Radio...
During a live radio program conducted in Rome on Radio Radicale, Demba Traore, vice President of the Mali Justice Commission, gave assurances that Mali would vote in favour of a resolution for a moratorium on capital executions at the UN General Assembly
- AUGUST 21, 2003IndiaDEATH PENALTY
The Thalassery Additional District and Sessions Court...
The Thalassery Additional District and Sessions Court awarded death sentences to five CPM activists for the murder of Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha Vice-president K T Jayakrishnan in 1999
- AUGUST 21, 2003FloridaDEATH PENALTY
The Florida Supreme Court unanimously reinstated the...
The Florida Supreme Court unanimously reinstated the death sentence given to Thomas Knight for fatally stabbing a guard in 1980
- AUGUST 21, 2003IranDEATH PENALTY
Three Iranian men were hanged in prison in Karaj, western...
Three Iranian men were hanged in prison in Karaj, western Tehran, for drug trafficking, a government-sponsored daily reported
- AUGUST 20, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Two employees of the state-owned China Construction...
Two employees of the state-owned China Construction Bank were sentenced to death by the Intermediate People's Court in Xi'an after being found guilty of embezzling 412 million yuan, the China Daily said
- AUGUST 20, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Two brothers, Sagar and Swapan, were sentenced to death...
Two brothers, Sagar and Swapan, were sentenced to death in Bangladesh, the latter in absentia, for shooting dead a man inside mosque
- AUGUST 20, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A Shanghai court sentenced to death Huang Ligang, 22,...
A Shanghai court sentenced to death Huang Ligang, 22, and Cheng Liang, 19, after convicting them of stabbing to death Soong Yu, 40, a Taiwan businessman living in the city, the Shanghai Daily reported
- AUGUST 20, 2003PakistanDEATH PENALTY
A Pakistani anti-terrorism court sentenced Mohammad...
A Pakistani anti-terrorism court sentenced Mohammad Attaullah and Mohammad Azam, two members of the banned Sunni Muslim extremist Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LJ), to death for the murder of six Shiites
- AUGUST 20, 2003GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
Apparently alarmed at deteriorating law and order in...
Apparently alarmed at deteriorating law and order in Georgia, the country's president publicly expressed his regret at being forced into abolishing the death penalty
- AUGUST 20, 2003AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
"The argument for capital punishment against terrorists...
"The argument for capital punishment against terrorists fails on three counts," said The Australian daily newspaper
- AUGUST 20, 2003VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Phan Ngoc Hanh, a 37 year old director and owner of...
Phan Ngoc Hanh, a 37 year old director and owner of the Dong Nai Company, a water bottling operation, was given the death penalty by the Ho Chi Minh City People's Court
- AUGUST 19, 2003KazakhstanDEATH PENALTY
Kazakh Justice Minister Onalsyn Zhumabekov said the...
Kazakh Justice Minister Onalsyn Zhumabekov said the government planned to replace the death penalty with life imprisonment as of January 1, 2004
- AUGUST 19, 2003DEATH PENALTY
August 19, 2002, the Indiana Supreme Court vacated...
August 19, 2002, the Indiana Supreme Court vacated Amy Bostick's three sentences of life without parole
- AUGUST 19, 2003IranDEATH PENALTY
A statement from the Kerman province judiciary said...
A statement from the Kerman province judiciary said that "Mohammad-Zaman-Q
- AUGUST 19, 2003MoroccoDEATH PENALTY
A Moroccan criminal court sentenced four Islamic activists...
A Moroccan criminal court sentenced four Islamic activists to death and dozens of others to heavy jail terms for suicide bomb attacks that killed 45 people in the city of Casablanca in May 2003
- AUGUST 19, 2003UgandaDEATH PENALTY
The High Court in Masaka, Uganda, presided over by...
The High Court in Masaka, Uganda, presided over by Justice Elidad Mwangusya, sentenced Rogers Lutalemwa to death for killing his two-year-old son on July 27, 2003
- AUGUST 19, 2003NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
A Nigerian Islamic appeal court quashed the conviction...
A Nigerian Islamic appeal court quashed the conviction of Had Sarimu Mohammed, a 55-year-old peasant farmer who had been sentenced to be stoned to death for the rape of a nine-year-old girl
- AUGUST 19, 2003JamaicaDEATH PENALTY
"The last polls show about 82% in favour of the death...
"The last polls show about 82% in favour of the death penalty, even though there is no more evidence here than anywhere else that it acts as a deterrent," said Nancy Anderson, a defence attorney and activist with the Independent Jamaica Council for Human
- AUGUST 19, 2003AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
Federal Liberal MP Alby Schultz said he had no doubt...
Federal Liberal MP Alby Schultz said he had no doubt Australia would again adopt the death penalty if the decision was left up to voters
- AUGUST 19, 2003AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
A Newspoll published in The Australian found that 56...
A Newspoll published in The Australian found that 56 per cent of respondents want the death sentence reintroduced for barbaric acts of terrorism
- AUGUST 19, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Shanghai No 1 Intermediate People's Court sentenced...
The Shanghai No 1 Intermediate People's Court sentenced Zhang Ping to death penalty for murder and gave his ex-wife Shao Yuying seven years in prison for being an accomplice
- AUGUST 18, 2003AlbaniaDEATH PENALTY
"Some people have said that the death penalty should...
"Some people have said that the death penalty should be reintroduced," said Nard Ndoka, leader of the Assembly group of the Democrat Party during an interview on Albanian radio
- AUGUST 17, 2003IndiaDEATH PENALTY
Jail authorities in the eastern Indian state of Orissa...
Jail authorities in the eastern Indian state of Orissa suspended their search for a hangman after the death sentence of Dayanidhi Bishnoi, 35, was commuted to life imprisonment
- AUGUST 17, 2003JordanDEATH PENALTY
According to Jordan Times, the Criminal Court sentenced...
According to Jordan Times, the Criminal Court sentenced two brothers to 10 years in prison after convicting them of killing their married 23-year-old sister by driving over her with a water tanker in South Shouneh in December 2002
- AUGUST 16, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The high court in Liaoning province, China, gave former...
The high court in Liaoning province, China, gave former legislator Liu Rong a two-year reprieve on the death sentence handed down to him in April 2002 for involvement in the affair in Shenyang city, Xinhua news agency said
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- AUGUST 15, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Liaoning Higher People's Court sentenced Liu Yong...
The Liaoning Higher People's Court sentenced Liu Yong to death with two years reprieve for leading an organised gang, intentional homicide, offering bribes and illegal possession of guns
- AUGUST 15, 2003Myanmar (Burma)DEATH PENALTY
Myanmar's Supreme Court upheld the death sentences...
Myanmar's Supreme Court upheld the death sentences handed to four relatives of former dictator Ne Win for plotting to overthrow the ruling junta
- AUGUST 13, 2003ChadDEATH PENALTY
Abdullah bin Yahia Mohammed of Chad, was publicly executed...
Abdullah bin Yahia Mohammed of Chad, was publicly executed in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, after being found guilty of smuggling hallucinogenic tablets into the kingdom
- AUGUST 13, 2003KenyaDEATH PENALTY
John King'ori Wachira and John Maina Mwangi were sentenced...
John King'ori Wachira and John Maina Mwangi were sentenced to death by hanging after being found guilty of storming into their victim's home armed with a toy pistol and other crude weapons and robbing him of money and a mobile phone on 20 February 2003
- AUGUST 13, 2003ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Sergio D'Elia and Elisabetta Zamparutti, together with...
Sergio D'Elia and Elisabetta Zamparutti, together with Silvia Piccinini of the Italian Embassy in Lusaka, met with MP Doris Katai Mwinga, Clerk of the Zambian National Assembly
- AUGUST 13, 2003SudanDEATH PENALTY
Sudanese national Idriss bin Adam bin Ali was publicly...
Sudanese national Idriss bin Adam bin Ali was publicly executed in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, after being found guilty of smuggling hallucinogenic tablets into the kingdom
- AUGUST 13, 2003IndiaDEATH PENALTY
A government committee has recommended the death penalty...
A government committee has recommended the death penalty for those who sell or manufacture fake pharmaceutical drugs, Indian Health Minister Sushma Swaraj said
- AUGUST 13, 2003NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
The Emir of Gwandu, Alhaji Mustapha Haruna Jokolo,...
The Emir of Gwandu, Alhaji Mustapha Haruna Jokolo, said that any Muslim supporting the removal of capital punishment from the Nigerian constitution should regard himself as an infidel
- AUGUST 13, 2003NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
The chairman of the Katsina State chapter of Izala,...
The chairman of the Katsina State chapter of Izala, Sheik Yakubu Musa, declared that Muslims would resist any attempt to abrogate capital punishment in Nigeria, saying that doing so will be tantamount to tampering with Sharia law, the Islamic legal system
- AUGUST 13, 2003NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Speaker of the Nigerian House of Representatives Aminu...
Speaker of the Nigerian House of Representatives Aminu Bello Masari said that no matter related to the abrogation of capital punishment in the country had ever been tabled before the House
- AUGUST 13, 2003Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Sudanese national Idriss bin Adam bin Ali and Abdullah...
Sudanese national Idriss bin Adam bin Ali and Abdullah bin Yahia Mohammed of Chad, were publicly executed in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, after being found guilty of smuggling hallucinogenic tablets into the kingdom
- AUGUST 13, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Shi yongsheng, Qi Kexiong and Luo Yingfeng were executed...
Shi yongsheng, Qi Kexiong and Luo Yingfeng were executed after being sentenced by the Shanghai Higher People's Court for murder and robbery
- AUGUST 13, 2003Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saad bin Ateq al-Harbi, a Saudi national convicted...
Saad bin Ateq al-Harbi, a Saudi national convicted of shooting dead Mohammed bin Muateq al-Harbi, was publicly decapitated by sword in the Kingdom's eastern Al-Ihsa province
- AUGUST 12, 2003VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Two women, Hoang Tu Lien, 43, and Tran Thi My Ha, 30,...
Two women, Hoang Tu Lien, 43, and Tran Thi My Ha, 30, were sentenced to death at the end of a four-day trial in Vietnam's central province of Quang Nam
- AUGUST 12, 2003ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Sergio D'Elia and Elisabetta Zamparutti, HOC Secretary...
Sergio D'Elia and Elisabetta Zamparutti, HOC Secretary and Treasurer respectively, met with Kenyan Interior Minister, Moody Awori
- AUGUST 12, 2003EritreaDEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International voiced concern at a reported...
Amnesty International voiced concern at a reported Libyan plan to deport seven Eritrean army deserters to their country where they could face torture and execution without trial
- AUGUST 12, 2003LibyaDEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International voiced concern at a reported...
Amnesty International voiced concern at a reported Libyan plan to deport seven Eritrean army deserters to their country where they could face torture and execution without trial
- AUGUST 12, 2003UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
The Uzbek Supreme Court upheld a ruling passed by the...
The Uzbek Supreme Court upheld a ruling passed by the Tashkent city court for criminal affairs sentencing Iskandar Khudoyberganov, 29, to death
- AUGUST 12, 2003AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
"If we condone the execution of Amrozi bin Nurhasyim,...
"If we condone the execution of Amrozi bin Nurhasyim, we become no better than any others who employ death as a means to an end," wrote Rob Talbot in response to the death sentence handed down to Bali bomber Amrozi
- AUGUST 12, 2003RussiaDEATH PENALTY
State Duma Speaker Gennady Seleznyov suggested reinstating...
State Duma Speaker Gennady Seleznyov suggested reinstating capital punishment in Russia for terrorism and other grave crimes
- AUGUST 11, 2003HaitiDEATH PENALTY
Charles Jean Panel, a Haitian police officer who deserted...
Charles Jean Panel, a Haitian police officer who deserted from the force, told a local broadcaster that torture and summary executions were not uncommon at police stations, and that civilians often took part in such activities
- AUGUST 11, 2003VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Ha Thu Thuy, a 35-year-old woman, was sentenced to...
Ha Thu Thuy, a 35-year-old woman, was sentenced to death in Vietnam's southern province of Kien Giang
- AUGUST 11, 2003CameroonDEATH PENALTY
The Nkongsamba High Court in Cameroon's Littoral province...
The Nkongsamba High Court in Cameroon's Littoral province sentenced to death Laure Huguette Kinding Yango, a 24 year old nurse, for spreading AIDS
- AUGUST 11, 2003NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Kano State governor, Malam Ibrahim Shekarau condemned...
Kano State governor, Malam Ibrahim Shekarau condemned in strong terms the Federal Government's proposal to abolish capital punishment in Nigeria
- AUGUST 11, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Firoj, 32, was sentenced to death by a court in Bangladesh...
Firoj, 32, was sentenced to death by a court in Bangladesh for killing his cousin
- AUGUST 11, 2003IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
Topo Santoso from the University of Indonesia and Bambang...
Topo Santoso from the University of Indonesia and Bambang Widjoyanto, former director of the Indonesian Legal Aid Foundation (YLBHI), expressed concerns that a death sentence could provoke other people with similar beliefs to emulate Amrozi and his cohort
- AUGUST 10, 2003PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Lal Rahman Habibullah Khan, a Pakistani national caught...
Lal Rahman Habibullah Khan, a Pakistani national caught smuggling heroin into Saudi Arabia and convicted of drug trafficking, was beheaded by sword in the Saudi capital Riyadh
- AUGUST 10, 2003AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Assadullah bin Mohammed Jan bin Rahim Dad, known as...
Assadullah bin Mohammed Jan bin Rahim Dad, known as Mohammed Nabi Hamsha, an Afghan national found guilty of smuggling heroin into Saudi Arabia, was beheaded by sword in the Red Sea city of Jeddah
- AUGUST 10, 2003Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Assadullah bin Mohammed Jan bin Rahim Dad, known as...
Assadullah bin Mohammed Jan bin Rahim Dad, known as Mohammed Nabi Hamsha, an Afghan national found guilty of smuggling heroin into Saudi Arabia, was beheaded by sword in the Red Sea city of Jeddah
- AUGUST 10, 2003Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Lal Rahman Habibullah Khan, a Pakistani national caught...
Lal Rahman Habibullah Khan, a Pakistani national caught smuggling heroin into Saudi Arabia and convicted of drug trafficking, was beheaded by sword in the Saudi capital Riyadh
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- AUGUST 10, 2003IndiaDEATH PENALTY
The Indian Law Commission said that public opinion...
The Indian Law Commission said that public opinion on the mode of executing prisoners on death row favoured an amendment to the law, which stipulated hanging as the method of execution
- AUGUST 10, 2003NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
In an interview with Sunday Vanguard Abdul Oroh, journalist,...
In an interview with Sunday Vanguard Abdul Oroh, journalist, Nigerian parliamentarian and Hands Off Cain board member, stated: "I want to see a bill that will introduce a moratorium on death penalty in Nigeria, I don't believe in capital punishment
- AUGUST 10, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Deepak Chakrawarty, a 30 year old Bangladeshi, was...
Deepak Chakrawarty, a 30 year old Bangladeshi, was sentenced to death after being convicted of killing his younger brother, Ripon Chakrawarty, 24, with an axe on 2 February 2002 following an argument
- AUGUST 10, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Mollah Mamun, a young Bangladeshi man, was sentenced...
Mollah Mamun, a young Bangladeshi man, was sentenced to death by the Additional Metropolitan Session Court and three others were awarded life-term imprisonment yesterday for stabbing to death Masum on 31 July 2000
- AUGUST 10, 2003IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
"Indonesian law bans public executions, so the obscenely...
"Indonesian law bans public executions, so the obscenely grinning Bali bomber will be cheated of the chance for a farewell performance," reported the Sunday Telegraph
- AUGUST 10, 2003ThailandDEATH PENALTY
The Thai Supreme Court upheld the death sentence for...
The Thai Supreme Court upheld the death sentence for Fang Kee Tun, a 46 year old Singaporean convicted of possessing 1
- AUGUST 10, 2003SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
The Thai Supreme Court upheld the death sentence for...
The Thai Supreme Court upheld the death sentence for Fang Kee Tun, a 46 year old Singaporean convicted of possessing 1
- AUGUST 9, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Twenty-six convicted criminals were collectively sentenced...
Twenty-six convicted criminals were collectively sentenced to death in China's southern city of Guangzhou as part of a government effort to clear a back-log of cases awaiting verdict, state press reported
- AUGUST 9, 2003IraqDEATH PENALTY
Hadi Hama Salih Rahman, a former member of the Iraqi...
Hadi Hama Salih Rahman, a former member of the Iraqi intelligence service and Ba'th Party official, was sentenced to death by the Sulaymaniyah Criminal Court
- AUGUST 9, 2003PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Six accused were sentenced to death on two counts by...
Six accused were sentenced to death on two counts by a Special Anti-Terrorism Court in Pakistan
- AUGUST 8, 2003IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott welcomed the conviction...
Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott welcomed the conviction of first Bali bombing suspect Amrozi bin Nurhasyim, and said that, despite its opposition to the death penalty, the British Government would not to try to stop the Indonesian authorities from car
- AUGUST 8, 2003ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
Prisoners on death row at Nubarashen prison, Armenia,...
Prisoners on death row at Nubarashen prison, Armenia, demanded a meeting with the leaders of the Armenian National Assembly
- AUGUST 8, 2003United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott welcomed the conviction...
Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott welcomed the conviction of first Bali bombing suspect Amrozi bin Nurhasyim, and said that, despite its opposition to the death penalty, the British Government would not to try to stop the Indonesian authorities from car
- AUGUST 8, 2003CanadaDEATH PENALTY
Five Britons, a Canadian and a Belgian convicted of...
Five Britons, a Canadian and a Belgian convicted of carrying out a wave of bombings in Saudi Arabia in 2000 and early 2001 were freed by the Gulf state
- AUGUST 8, 2003United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
Five Britons, a Canadian and a Belgian convicted of...
Five Britons, a Canadian and a Belgian convicted of carrying out a wave of bombings in Saudi Arabia in 2000 and early 2001 were freed by the Gulf state
- AUGUST 8, 2003Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Five Britons, a Canadian and a Belgian convicted of...
Five Britons, a Canadian and a Belgian convicted of carrying out a wave of bombings in Saudi Arabia in 2000 and early 2001 were freed by the Gulf state
- AUGUST 8, 2003PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Musaddiq Aziz was sentenced to death by Additional...
Musaddiq Aziz was sentenced to death by Additional Session Judge Rahimyar Khan Aun Mohammed Rizwi after being convicted of murdering Pervez Iqbal following a dispute over water supply in 2001
- AUGUST 8, 2003MoroccoDEATH PENALTY
The Moroccan Association of Human Rights Defence (AMDH)...
The Moroccan Association of Human Rights Defence (AMDH) lauded the intention expressed by the Moroccan government to abrogate capital punishment
- AUGUST 8, 2003IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
Convicted Bali bomber Amrozi bin Nurhasyim instructed...
Convicted Bali bomber Amrozi bin Nurhasyim instructed his lawyers to appeal against his death sentence
- AUGUST 8, 2003MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
Mijan Mohamed Deros, a 57 year old Malaysian national,...
Mijan Mohamed Deros, a 57 year old Malaysian national, was sentenced to death by the High Court for trafficking in 527
- AUGUST 8, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Jiang Wei and Du Shaolin were executed after being...
Jiang Wei and Du Shaolin were executed after being sentenced to death by the Henan Provincial Higher People's Court
- AUGUST 8, 2003IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
Rudy Satrio, a criminal law expert at the University...
Rudy Satrio, a criminal law expert at the University of Indonesia's School of Law, said he was against the death sentence handed to Bali bomber Amrozi bin H Nurhasyim as the presentation of evidence had not followed the Criminal Court Procedure
- AUGUST 8, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The shanghai No 2 Intermediate People's Court imposed...
The shanghai No 2 Intermediate People's Court imposed the death penalty on Cui Yun for killing his former wife
- AUGUST 8, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Li Fajian was sentenced to death for his part in stabbing...
Li Fajian was sentenced to death for his part in stabbing a British woman
- AUGUST 7, 2003AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
The following is an edited text of Australian Prime...
The following is an edited text of Australian Prime Minister John Howard's response to the guilty verdict against Bali bomber Amrozi: "Good evening
- AUGUST 7, 2003AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
Australia will not make any approach to Indonesia to...
Australia will not make any approach to Indonesia to overturn the decision to impose the death penalty on Bali bomber Amrozi, Prime Minister John Howard said
- AUGUST 7, 2003IndiaDEATH PENALTY
India's Supreme Court commuted the death sentence of...
India's Supreme Court commuted the death sentence of Ram Pal, a man convicted of murdering 21 people including women and children, to life imprisonment as the murders he committed 17 years ago appeared to have been an act of extreme provocation
- AUGUST 7, 2003IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
"Don't treat terrorists like common criminals who can...
"Don't treat terrorists like common criminals who can follow legal procedures such as appeal
- AUGUST 7, 2003IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
Australia will not make any approach to Indonesia to...
Australia will not make any approach to Indonesia to overturn the decision to impose the death penalty on Bali bomber Amrozi, Prime Minister John Howard said
- AUGUST 7, 2003IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
The following is an edited text of Australian Prime...
The following is an edited text of Australian Prime Minister John Howard's response to the guilty verdict against Bali bomber Amrozi: "Good evening
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- AUGUST 7, 2003PakistanDEATH PENALTY
A court in the central Punjab city of Bahawalnagar,...
A court in the central Punjab city of Bahawalnagar, Pakistan, sentenced to death Bashir Ahmed, a man who claimed to be a Muslim prophet, after convicting him of blasphemy
- AUGUST 7, 2003IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
The families of British Bali bombing victims will ask...
The families of British Bali bombing victims will ask for Amrozi bin Nurhasyim's death sentence to be commuted to life imprisonment amid fears execution will turn him into a martyr
- AUGUST 7, 2003United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
The families of British Bali bombing victims will ask...
The families of British Bali bombing victims will ask for Amrozi bin Nurhasyim's death sentence to be commuted to life imprisonment amid fears execution will turn him into a martyr
- AUGUST 7, 2003AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
Tommy Jerry Fortenberry died in silence in the death...
Tommy Jerry Fortenberry died in silence in the death chamber at Holman prison for the murders almost 19 years ago of 4 people shot down during a robbery
- AUGUST 7, 2003IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
The first Bali bombings suspect, Amrozi bin Nurhasyim,...
The first Bali bombings suspect, Amrozi bin Nurhasyim, a 40-year-old mechanic who bought chemicals and a van used in the bombing, was found guilty of planning and helping to execute the bombings and was sentenced to death for his role in the attacks by a
- AUGUST 7, 2003ThailandDEATH PENALTY
"The new execution law will be effective from October...
"The new execution law will be effective from October 19, requiring lethal injection to replace the firing squad," Thai correction Department officials told AFP
- AUGUST 7, 2003AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
The desire by families of Bali victims to see convicted...
The desire by families of Bali victims to see convicted bomber Amrozi suffer a painful death was a legitimate response from those who had lost loved ones, spiritual adviser to condemned men, Sister Helen Prejean, said
- AUGUST 7, 2003KyrgyzstanDEATH PENALTY
The HOC delegation formed by Bruno Mellano, Antonio...
The HOC delegation formed by Bruno Mellano, Antonio Stango and Rosanna Degiovanni completed its official meetings in Bishkek, the capital of Kyrgyzstan
- AUGUST 6, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A sterile man who killed a family of four after learning...
A sterile man who killed a family of four after learning that the eldest son had slept with his wife, who wanted to conceive, was been sentenced to death
- AUGUST 6, 2003KenyaDEATH PENALTY
Roy Richard Elirama and Vincent Joseph Kessy, who had...
Roy Richard Elirama and Vincent Joseph Kessy, who had been sentenced to death on four counts of robbery with violence, escaped the hangman's noose after the Kenyan Appeal Court ruled that the two policemen who had prosecuted their case were unqualified
- AUGUST 6, 2003ItalyDEATH PENALTY
As part of a Hands Off Cain delegation Marco Cappato,...
As part of a Hands Off Cain delegation Marco Cappato, Lista Bonino MEP, was in Senegal gathering consensus for a UN moratorium on capital executions
- AUGUST 6, 2003SenegalDEATH PENALTY
As part of a Hands Off Cain delegation Marco Cappato,...
As part of a Hands Off Cain delegation Marco Cappato, Lista Bonino MEP, was in Senegal gathering consensus for a UN moratorium on capital executions
- AUGUST 6, 2003South AfricaDEATH PENALTY
Pieter Mulder, leader of Freedom Front (FF), a small...
Pieter Mulder, leader of Freedom Front (FF), a small South African right wing political party, said in a statement that his party would propose a motion calling for a referendum on whether the death penalty should be reinstated
- AUGUST 6, 2003MoroccoDEATH PENALTY
Moroccan Justice Minister Mohamed Bouzoubaâ declared...
Moroccan Justice Minister Mohamed Bouzoubaâ declared himself in favour of the abolition of the death penalty in the country
- AUGUST 5, 2003IllinoisDEATH PENALTY
In Toulon, Stark County judge Scott Shore sentenced...
In Toulon, Stark County judge Scott Shore sentenced Curtis Thompson, 61, to death for the March 2002 murders of Stark County deputy Adam Streicher, and James and Janet Giesenhagen
- AUGUST 5, 2003PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Former Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines...
Former Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) president Oscar Cruz called for the abolition of the death penalty in the country saying that only God had the right to take away one's life
- AUGUST 5, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The shanghai No 2 Intermediate People's Court said...
The shanghai No 2 Intermediate People's Court said it had imposed the death penalty on Huang Shanbin for kidnapping a 10-year-old boy
- AUGUST 5, 2003IndiaDEATH PENALTY
The Indian Supreme Court confirmed the death sentence...
The Indian Supreme Court confirmed the death sentence awarded to four men convicted of killing 15 people at a wedding party in a village in Punjab's Amritsar district in 1991 to avenge their humiliation at the hands of the bridegroom's father
- AUGUST 5, 2003ItalyDEATH PENALTY
The Hands Off Cain delegation completed its mission...
The Hands Off Cain delegation completed its mission to Uzbekistan, the second leg of the tour of Central Asian republics, in order to gain consensus for a UN moratorium resolution on capital executions
- AUGUST 5, 2003UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
The Hands Off Cain delegation completed its mission...
The Hands Off Cain delegation completed its mission to Uzbekistan, the second leg of the tour of Central Asian republics, in order to gain consensus for a UN moratorium resolution on capital executions
- AUGUST 5, 2003TajikistanDEATH PENALTY
Hakimjon Otaboyev, from northern Tajikistan, was sentenced...
Hakimjon Otaboyev, from northern Tajikistan, was sentenced to death by the Soghd regional criminal court
- AUGUST 5, 2003OhioDEATH PENALTY
U.S. District Judge James S
U.S. District Judge James S
- AUGUST 4, 2003NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Alhaji Aminu...
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Alhaji Aminu Bello Masari, gave assurances that the National Assembly would support the abrogation of capital punishment from the nation's laws
- AUGUST 4, 2003CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
Victor Miranda-Guerrero, 24, who admitted raping Bridgette...
Victor Miranda-Guerrero, 24, who admitted raping Bridgette Ballas, 29, on November 27, 1999 was sentenced to death
- AUGUST 4, 2003EthiopiaDEATH PENALTY
The Ethiopian Federal High Court sentenced 21 defendants,...
The Ethiopian Federal High Court sentenced 21 defendants, four of them to death, they had been indicted on charges of extra judicial killings of religious leaders and eminent personalities during the reign of Colonel Mengistu's military government
- AUGUST 3, 2003MaliDEATH PENALTY
Marco Cappato, Lista Bonino MEP and HOC Board Member...
Marco Cappato, Lista Bonino MEP and HOC Board Member visited Mali on behalf of Hands Off Cain to discuss the death penalty and Mali's position on a possible resolution calling for a worldwide moratorium on executions at the UN General Assembly
- AUGUST 3, 2003ItalyDEATH PENALTY
The Hands Off Cain delegation comprised by MEP Benedetto...
The Hands Off Cain delegation comprised by MEP Benedetto Della Vedova, regional parliamentary Bruno Mellano, HOC board member Antonio Stango and Rosanna Degiovanni, finished the first part of their Central Asian mission, to gather support in favour of a U
- AUGUST 3, 2003KazakhstanDEATH PENALTY
The Hands Off Cain delegation comprised by MEP Benedetto...
The Hands Off Cain delegation comprised by MEP Benedetto Della Vedova, regional parliamentary Bruno Mellano, HOC board member Antonio Stango and Rosanna Degiovanni, finished the first part of their Central Asian mission, to gather support in favour of a U
- AUGUST 3, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Four young men were sentenced to death in Bangladesh...
Four young men were sentenced to death in Bangladesh for the rape and murder of Hasina Banu, 15, in 1999
- AUGUST 3, 2003ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Marco Cappato, Lista Bonino MEP and HOC Board Member...
Marco Cappato, Lista Bonino MEP and HOC Board Member visited Mali on behalf of Hands Off Cain to discuss the death penalty and Mali's position on a possible resolution calling for a worldwide moratorium on executions at the UN General Assembly
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- AUGUST 2, 2003Council of EuropeDEATH PENALTY
The Secretary General of the Council of Europe, Walter...
The Secretary General of the Council of Europe, Walter Schwimmer, warmly welcomed the decision of Armenian President Robert Kocharyan to commute all outstanding death sentences to life imprisonment
- AUGUST 2, 2003PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Judge Haq Nawaz Balooch of Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC)-V...
Judge Haq Nawaz Balooch of Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC)-V in Karachi, sentenced defendants Kashif Aziz and Zahir to death on two counts under different sections of the Anti Terrorism Act
- AUGUST 2, 2003RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Kemerovo Region governor Aman Tuleyev called for public...
Kemerovo Region governor Aman Tuleyev called for public executions of terrorists and drugs traffickers in Russia, saying it was the only way to deal with such crimes
- AUGUST 2, 2003ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
The Secretary General of the Council of Europe, Walter...
The Secretary General of the Council of Europe, Walter Schwimmer, warmly welcomed the decision of Armenian President Robert Kocharyan to commute all outstanding death sentences to life imprisonment
- AUGUST 2, 2003TogoDEATH PENALTY
Marco Cappato went to Togo together with First Counsellor...
Marco Cappato went to Togo together with First Counsellor Basilio Toth
- AUGUST 2, 2003ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Continuing his mission in Africa, Marco Cappato went...
Continuing his mission in Africa, Marco Cappato went to Togo together with First Counsellor Basilio Toth
- AUGUST 2, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A court in Bangladesh convicted Mofizuddin, 53, and...
A court in Bangladesh convicted Mofizuddin, 53, and Abdus Samad Dewan, 45, and sentenced them to death for killing an aborigine man
- AUGUST 1, 2003PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Rana Mohammed Shafik Mohammed Rafik, a Pakistani national...
Rana Mohammed Shafik Mohammed Rafik, a Pakistani national caught smuggling heroin into Saudi Arabia, was executed in the kingdom by public beheading in the western city of Jeddah
- AUGUST 1, 2003Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Rashed bin Modhesh al-Dosari, a Saudi national convicted...
Rashed bin Modhesh al-Dosari, a Saudi national convicted of shooting a compatriot to death following an argument, was executed in the Riyadh region by public beheading
- AUGUST 1, 2003BotswanaDEATH PENALTY
"The execution of a convicted murderer last month has...
"The execution of a convicted murderer last month has re-opened the controversy over the administration of the death penalty in Botswana," said an All Africa editorial
- AUGUST 1, 2003Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Rana Mohammed Shafik Mohammed Rafik, a Pakistani national...
Rana Mohammed Shafik Mohammed Rafik, a Pakistani national caught smuggling heroin into Saudi Arabia, was executed in the kingdom by public beheading in the western city of Jeddah
- AUGUST 1, 2003ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
The new Criminal Code that came into force on August...
The new Criminal Code that came into force on August 1, 2003 removed the death penalty for ordinary crimes
- AUGUST 1, 2003RwandaDEATH PENALTY
A Rwandan court in Gikonko convicted 105 people of...
A Rwandan court in Gikonko convicted 105 people of involvement in the central African country's 1994 genocide, with 11 of them getting the death penalty
- AUGUST 1, 2003ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
Armenian President Robert Kocharian pardoned all inmates...
Armenian President Robert Kocharian pardoned all inmates who were sentenced to death by shooting under the old Criminal Code, the presidential press service said
- AUGUST 1, 2003GhanaDEATH PENALTY
MEP Marco Cappato went to Ghana to obtain political...
MEP Marco Cappato went to Ghana to obtain political backing for the moratorium proposal on capital executions at the forthcomming UN General Assembly
- AUGUST 1, 2003ItalyDEATH PENALTY
MEP Marco Cappato went to Ghana to obtain political...
MEP Marco Cappato went to Ghana to obtain political backing for the moratorium proposal on capital executions at the forthcomming UN General Assembly
- AUGUST 1, 2003ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
The new Armenian Criminal Code came into force, envisaging...
The new Armenian Criminal Code came into force, envisaging the complete repeal of the death penalty
- AUGUST 1, 2003Sierra LeoneDEATH PENALTY
August 4-11, 2003: a joint No Peace Without Justice...
August 4-11, 2003: a joint No Peace Without Justice and Hands Off Cain delegation, led by the President of the Transational Radical Party Sergio Stanzani, visited Sierra Leone to discuss the death penalty and the country's opinion with regard to a worldwi
- AUGUST 1, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A court in Guangzhou, in China's Guangdong Province,...
A court in Guangzhou, in China's Guangdong Province, sentenced Zhou Chengqiu, director of the Dangerous Building Renovation and Construction Administration Institution, to death with a two year reprieve for accepting 7m yuan in bribes