Chronological archive
November 2003
The 161 news items published by Hands Off Cain in November 2003, in chronological order.
Nurul Islam was convicted and sentenced to death in...
Nurul Islam was convicted and sentenced to death in Bangladesh for killing his wife Jahanara Khatum in July, 1999
- NOVEMBER 30, 2003PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Philippine Presidential spokesman Ignacio Bunye asked...
Philippine Presidential spokesman Ignacio Bunye asked for understanding towards the moral reasons of President Macapagal-Arroyo to continue to enforce the moratorium on executions
- NOVEMBER 30, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Huang Yaquan and Huang Shengyu, two prisoners wrongly...
Huang Yaquan and Huang Shengyu, two prisoners wrongly convicted of robbery in March 1994 and given suspended death sentences were released and given compensation by a court in southern China's Hainan province
- NOVEMBER 30, 2003ItalyDEATH PENALTY
The "Cities for Life-Cities Against the Death Penalty"...
The "Cities for Life-Cities Against the Death Penalty" event involved 122 cities worldwide in lighting up their monuments against capital punishment
- NOVEMBER 30, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A court in Meherpur, Bangladesh, sentenced to death...
A court in Meherpur, Bangladesh, sentenced to death Qader, Yasin and Hossain and awarded life imprisonment to Saiful after convicting them of murder
- NOVEMBER 30, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Julmur Raza Babul was sentenced to death after being...
Julmur Raza Babul was sentenced to death after being convicted of murdering his mother after an argument on December 14, 1999
- NOVEMBER 30, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A man named Salimullah was sentenced to death in Dhaka,...
A man named Salimullah was sentenced to death in Dhaka, Bangladesh, for murdering his wife in April 2001
- NOVEMBER 30, 2003ItalyDEATH PENALTY
"We need to transform a slow historical process into...
"We need to transform a slow historical process into political terms and time frames," HOC General Secretary Sergio D'Elia said during of the fourth world summit of the Nobel Peace Laureates
- NOVEMBER 30, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Xie Deming and Cui Wenxian, two leaders of a gang accused...
Xie Deming and Cui Wenxian, two leaders of a gang accused of trafficking 118 babies, were sentenced to death by the Yulin city Intermediate People's Court in the southern China, state media said
- NOVEMBER 30, 2003ItalyDEATH PENALTY
HOC REITERATES THE NEED FOR A MORATORIUM NOW AT NOBEL SUMMIT
November 30, 2003: “We need to transform a slow historical process into political terms and time frames,” HOC General Secretary Sergio D’Elia said during of the fourth world summit of the Nobel Peace Laureates.
- NOVEMBER 29, 2003TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
The number of executions carried out in Taiwan had...
The number of executions carried out in Taiwan had decreased in recent years, according to statistics released by the Ministry of Justice (MOJ)
- NOVEMBER 28, 2003SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International urged Singapore to halt criminal...
Amnesty International urged Singapore to halt criminal executions after an Australian man appeared in court on charges of trafficking in heroin - a crime that carries a mandatory death sentence
- NOVEMBER 28, 2003VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Than Nhan Bo, 44, Duong Ngo Luyen, 46, and Trang A...
Than Nhan Bo, 44, Duong Ngo Luyen, 46, and Trang A Co, 26, were sentenced to death by a court in Vietnam's northern province of Bac Giang at the conclusion of a two-day trial
- NOVEMBER 28, 2003PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
The Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP) asked President...
The Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP) asked President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo to lift the moratorium on the execution of death row convicts
- NOVEMBER 28, 2003Myanmar (Burma)DEATH PENALTY
A Myanmar court has sentenced nine people to death...
A Myanmar court has sentenced nine people to death for high treason, including the editor of a sports magazine, legal community sources said
- NOVEMBER 28, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A Chinese couple were sentenced to death for the murder...
A Chinese couple were sentenced to death for the murder of 12 women who had been lured with offers of jobs, the state-run Xinhua news agency reported
- NOVEMBER 27, 2003SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
An assurance that Michael McCrea, a 45 year old British...
An assurance that Michael McCrea, a 45 year old British national wanted in Singapore over a double murder, would not face the death penalty if he was extradited from Australia was not legally enforceable, the Australian Federal Court was told
- NOVEMBER 27, 2003United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
An assurance that Michael McCrea, a 45 year old British...
An assurance that Michael McCrea, a 45 year old British national wanted in Singapore over a double murder, would not face the death penalty if he was extradited from Australia was not legally enforceable, the Australian Federal Court was told
- NOVEMBER 27, 2003VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Nguyen Tat Tung, a 31 year old farmer, was executed...
Nguyen Tat Tung, a 31 year old farmer, was executed in northern Vietnam for stabbing to death his father and younger brother following a dispute over family inheritance, state media said
- NOVEMBER 27, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A Chinese man who beheaded a crying baby during a botched...
A Chinese man who beheaded a crying baby during a botched 10 yuan (1
- NOVEMBER 27, 2003AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
An assurance that Michael McCrea, a 45 year old British...
An assurance that Michael McCrea, a 45 year old British national wanted in Singapore over a double murder, would not face the death penalty if he was extradited from Australia was not legally enforceable, the Australian Federal Court was told
- NOVEMBER 27, 2003SpainDEATH PENALTY
When the case of Pablo Ibar, who was convicted in a...
When the case of Pablo Ibar, who was convicted in a notorious 1994 triple murder in Miramar, reaches Florida's Supreme Court in December, Spain will be watching closely
- NOVEMBER 27, 2003DEATH PENALTY
When the case of Pablo Ibar, who was convicted in a...
When the case of Pablo Ibar, who was convicted in a notorious 1994 triple murder in Miramar, reaches Florida's Supreme Court in December, Spain will be watching closely
- NOVEMBER 26, 2003CanadaDEATH PENALTY
Five years after Canada deported a man to Pennsylvania,...
Five years after Canada deported a man to Pennsylvania, with the full knowledge he was headed for death row, the federal government asked that the death penalty not be carried out against convicted killer Roger Judge
- NOVEMBER 26, 2003PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
The Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines...
The Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) expressed support for the decision of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo not to lift the moratorium on the death penalty, saying there was no clear evidence that it had a deterrent effect
- NOVEMBER 26, 2003CanadaDEATH PENALTY
Five years after Canada deported a man to Pennsylvania,...
Five years after Canada deported a man to Pennsylvania, with the full knowledge he was headed for death row, the federal government asked that the death penalty not be carried out against convicted killer Roger Judge
- NOVEMBER 26, 2003IranDEATH PENALTY
The new democratic Iran that will follow the downfall...
The new democratic Iran that will follow the downfall of the current democratic regime should abolish the death penalty, even for those responsible for grave violations of human rights, HOC Board Director Antonio Stango said
- NOVEMBER 26, 2003ItalyDEATH PENALTY
The new democratic Iran that will follow the downfall...
The new democratic Iran that will follow the downfall of the current democratic regime should abolish the death penalty, even for those responsible for grave violations of human rights, HOC Board Director Antonio Stango said
- NOVEMBER 26, 2003ItalyDEATH PENALTY
The new democratic Iran that will follow the downfall...
The new democratic Iran that will follow the downfall of the current democratic regime should abolish the death penalty, even for those responsible for grave violations of human rights, HOC Board Director Antonio Stango said
- NOVEMBER 26, 2003BotswanaDEATH PENALTY
The Botswana Centre for Human Rights (Ditshwanelo)...
The Botswana Centre for Human Rights (Ditshwanelo) criticised Botswana authorities for continuing to hang death row convicts
- NOVEMBER 26, 2003VietnamDEATH PENALTY
The European Union called on Vietnam to improve its...
The European Union called on Vietnam to improve its human rights record as the communist nation's parliament lashed out at criticism from the European Parliament and the US Congress
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- NOVEMBER 26, 2003VietnamDEATH PENALTY
The European Union called on Vietnam to improve its...
The European Union called on Vietnam to improve its human rights record as the communist nation's parliament lashed out at criticism from the European Parliament and the US Congress
- NOVEMBER 25, 2003TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
The Miaoli District Court in central Taiwan sentenced...
The Miaoli District Court in central Taiwan sentenced to death Wang Chung-hsing, the skipper of a smuggling boat, for drowning six Chinese illegal women immigrants by throwing them off a boat while trying to escape from authorities
- NOVEMBER 25, 2003New YorkDEATH PENALTY
New York State's highest court has tossed out the death...
New York State's highest court has tossed out the death sentence against a man convicted of the poisoning death of his wife in a Syracuse hospital
- NOVEMBER 25, 2003United StatesDEATH PENALTY
Australian officials said that the United States promised...
Australian officials said that the United States promised not to seek the death penalty against two Australian citizens being held at a detention camp in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, with others captured during the war on terrorism
- NOVEMBER 25, 2003AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
Australian officials said that the United States promised...
Australian officials said that the United States promised not to seek the death penalty against two Australian citizens being held at a detention camp in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, with others captured during the war on terrorism
- NOVEMBER 24, 2003FloridaDEATH PENALTY
Jurors recommended by a 9-3 vote that Gerhard "Chip"...
Jurors recommended by a 9-3 vote that Gerhard "Chip" Hojan, 28, should die for killing Christina De La Rosa, 17, and Willy Absolu, 29, during a robbery at a Davie Waffle House on March 11, 2002
- NOVEMBER 24, 2003Papua New GuineaDEATH PENALTY
Lady Carol Kidu, Ministrer of Social Welfare and Development...
Lady Carol Kidu, Ministrer of Social Welfare and Development in Papua New Guinea, said judges should start fast-tracking the worst criminals for hanging
- NOVEMBER 24, 2003PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo favoured...
Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo favoured the lifting of the ban on the imposition of the death penalty for convicted kidnappers and drug lords, the presidential palace said
- NOVEMBER 23, 2003IranDEATH PENALTY
An Iranian man was hanged publicly in a square in the...
An Iranian man was hanged publicly in a square in the north-western city of Tabriz after being convicted of raping 23 girls ranging in age from six to 11, the Kayhan newspaper reported
- NOVEMBER 23, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A court in northeast China sentenced three people to...
A court in northeast China sentenced three people to death for defrauding 6,400 people through investment schemes, state media said
- NOVEMBER 23, 2003New JerseyDEATH PENALTY
A Camden County jury was unable to reach a unanimous...
A Camden County jury was unable to reach a unanimous verdict on whether a convicted killer should be executed for two of three murders in a January 1995 dispute over how a marijuana distribution operation
- NOVEMBER 23, 2003LouisianaDEATH PENALTY
A day after finding Kellen Parker, 20, guilty of 1st-degree...
A day after finding Kellen Parker, 20, guilty of 1st-degree murder, a Jefferson Parish jury could not agree Sunday whether to sentence him to death, meaning he automatically will be sentenced to life in prison without parole
- NOVEMBER 22, 2003MexicoDEATH PENALTY
Heron Varela Flores, a Mexican soldier facing the death...
Heron Varela Flores, a Mexican soldier facing the death penalty for killing a superior, rejected a decision by President Vicente Fox to spare his life
- NOVEMBER 22, 2003SudanDEATH PENALTY
7 people were tried for an attack on a village belonging...
7 people were tried for an attack on a village belonging to the Reziegat tribe on 1 July 2003
- NOVEMBER 21, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Three men were executed in Guangdong for robbery and...
Three men were executed in Guangdong for robbery and murder immediately after being sentenced at mass sentencing rallies held on November 21 at seven different locations in the provincial capital, Guangzhou, the Xinxi Shibao newspaper said
- NOVEMBER 21, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A drug addict from Beijing and three people from southern...
A drug addict from Beijing and three people from southern China's Guangdong province were executed for drug-related crimes, state media reported
- NOVEMBER 21, 2003ArizonaDEATH PENALTY
Judge Brian Hauser of Maricopa County Superior Court,...
Judge Brian Hauser of Maricopa County Superior Court, who imposed the death penalty on Efren Medina, has changed his mind and ordered that he be resentenced
- NOVEMBER 21, 2003MexicoDEATH PENALTY
The Mexican armed forces announced that they were in...
The Mexican armed forces announced that they were in favour of formally ending the use of the death penalty in their country - where no one has been executed since 1942 - and of adjusting military law to modern times
- NOVEMBER 21, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Li Changjiang, a hired assassin, was executed after...
Li Changjiang, a hired assassin, was executed after being convicted of the murder of the woman who hired him
- NOVEMBER 21, 2003PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Sen. Robert Barbers urged Philippine President Arroyo...
Sen. Robert Barbers urged Philippine President Arroyo to lift the moratorium on the implementation of the death penalty following the increasing cases of heinous crimes, particularly illegal drugs and kidnapping for ransom. "I call on the President to lif
- NOVEMBER 21, 2003TexasDEATH PENALTY
In Longview a jury decided to sentence Mario Rashad...
In Longview a jury decided to sentence Mario Rashad Swain,24, to death in connection with the killing of Lola Nixon, 46, in December 2002 while burglarizing her Longview home
- NOVEMBER 21, 2003DEATH PENALTY
MEXICAN MILITARY WANTS TO PUT AN END TO THE DEATH PENALTY
November 21, 2003: the Mexican armed forces announced that they are in favour of formally ending the use of the death penalty in their country.
- NOVEMBER 20, 2003United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
Hundreds of prisoners on death row in the Caribbean...
Hundreds of prisoners on death row in the Caribbean were given new hope as the Privy Council in Britain declared the mandatory death penalty in Trinidad and Tobago unconstitutional
- NOVEMBER 20, 2003Trinidad & TobagoDEATH PENALTY
Hundreds of prisoners on death row in the Caribbean...
Hundreds of prisoners on death row in the Caribbean were given new hope as the Privy Council in Britain declared the mandatory death penalty in Trinidad and Tobago unconstitutional
- NOVEMBER 20, 2003TexasDEATH PENALTY
In Huntsville, Robert Henry, 41, was executed
In Huntsville, Robert Henry, 41, was executed
- NOVEMBER 20, 2003DEATH PENALTY
A convicted murderer asked for his victim's forgiveness...
A convicted murderer asked for his victim's forgiveness as he avoided a jury-imposed death sentence because of issues tied to his nationality
- NOVEMBER 19, 2003VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Ngo Van Da, a 27 year old unemployed man, was sentenced...
Ngo Van Da, a 27 year old unemployed man, was sentenced to death in Vietnam for killing his brother-in-law and the man's two children after he thought they were encouraging his wife to file for divorce
- NOVEMBER 19, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Intermediate People's Court of Changsha, capital...
The Intermediate People's Court of Changsha, capital of central China's Hunan Province, has sentenced Zhang Xiufa to death with a two-year reprieve and confiscated all his personal property for accepting huge bribes
- NOVEMBER 19, 2003MexicoDEATH PENALTY
Mexican President Vicente Fox's office said he would...
Mexican President Vicente Fox's office said he would reject the death penalty handed down by a military court against Heron Varela Flores, a 24-year-old lieutenant found guilty in a court martial of murdering a senior officer
- NOVEMBER 19, 2003United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
More than 98 per cent of Daily Express readers who...
More than 98 per cent of Daily Express readers who took part in a phone poll suppored the reintroduction of capital punishment for "cold-blooded killings"
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- NOVEMBER 19, 2003IndiaDEATH PENALTY
The Delhi High Court acquitted Sunil Kumar Mandal,...
The Delhi High Court acquitted Sunil Kumar Mandal, a man who had been sentenced to death by an Additional Sessions Court on November 2, 2001, for burning his wife for dowry
- NOVEMBER 19, 2003CambodiaDEATH PENALTY
The Vietnamese President Tran Duc Luong commuted the...
The Vietnamese President Tran Duc Luong commuted the death penalty to life imprisonment for two Cambodian nationals, according to official sources
- NOVEMBER 19, 2003OhioDEATH PENALTY
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- NOVEMBER 19, 2003IranDEATH PENALTY
The Dubai Supreme Court confirmed the June 1st death...
The Dubai Supreme Court confirmed the June 1st death sentences given to two of six Iranian drug smugglers who set fire to a boat containing two tonnes of cannabis as an anti-narcotics squad approached them off the Dubai coast
- NOVEMBER 19, 2003United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
The Dubai Supreme Court confirmed the June 1st death...
The Dubai Supreme Court confirmed the June 1st death sentences given to two of six Iranian drug smugglers who set fire to a boat containing two tonnes of cannabis as an anti-narcotics squad approached them off the Dubai coast
- NOVEMBER 19, 2003VietnamDEATH PENALTY
The Vietnamese President Tran Duc Luong commuted the...
The Vietnamese President Tran Duc Luong commuted the death penalty to life imprisonment for two Cambodian nationals, according to official sources
- NOVEMBER 18, 2003IndiaDEATH PENALTY
The Allahabad High Court, India, commuted nine out...
The Allahabad High Court, India, commuted nine out of thirteen death sentences and acquitted the four remaining convicts of their death sentences
- NOVEMBER 18, 2003UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International urged Uzbekistan to stop using...
Amnesty International urged Uzbekistan to stop using the death penalty and accused the ex-Soviet republic of executing dozens of people annually without giving them access to a proper justice system
- NOVEMBER 18, 2003MexicoDEATH PENALTY
The US Supreme Court declined to review the case of...
The US Supreme Court declined to review the case of Osbaldo Torres, a Mexican national facing execution in the US state of Oklahoma, who claimed he did not get consular assistance as required by international law
- NOVEMBER 18, 2003MexicoDEATH PENALTY
The US Supreme Court declined to review the case of...
The US Supreme Court declined to review the case of Osbaldo Torres, a Mexican national facing execution in the US state of Oklahoma, who claimed he did not get consular assistance as required by international law
- NOVEMBER 17, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Li Dawei, a Chinese businessman, was sentenced to death...
Li Dawei, a Chinese businessman, was sentenced to death for bank fraud by an intermediate court in Xian city, northern Shaanxi province, after he promised a company high interest rates but swindled it out of some 29
- NOVEMBER 17, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A man who allegedly killed and dismembered his male...
A man who allegedly killed and dismembered his male lover was sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve
- NOVEMBER 17, 2003VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Nguyen The Thang, 27, was executed in Vietnam's northern...
Nguyen The Thang, 27, was executed in Vietnam's northern province of Ha Tay for killing a taxi driver in May 2002
- NOVEMBER 16, 2003United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
The newly-appointed Conservative Party shadow home...
The newly-appointed Conservative Party shadow home secretary has sparked controversy by suggesting United Kingdom should bring back the death penalty
- NOVEMBER 16, 2003United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
A survey of 1,012 people for the Sunday Telegraph revealed...
A survey of 1,012 people for the Sunday Telegraph revealed that 62 per cent of those questioned wanted the death penalty brought back for child murderers, while 54 per cent backed its re-introduction for all murderers
- NOVEMBER 16, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Five people were sentenced to death in Bangladesh for...
Five people were sentenced to death in Bangladesh for killing Rafiqul Islam, 30, on December 29, 2000
- NOVEMBER 16, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A Special Tribunal in Rangpur, Bangladesh, sentenced...
A Special Tribunal in Rangpur, Bangladesh, sentenced to death Mohshin Ali, Hafizur Rahman and his wife Razika Begum of Osmanpur Sholipara village after finding them guilty of poisoning to death Komola Begum, 18, after taking it in turns to rape her, on Ap
- NOVEMBER 16, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
The Speedy Trial Tribunal of Dhaka, Bangladesh, sentenced...
The Speedy Trial Tribunal of Dhaka, Bangladesh, sentenced eight people to death, five of which in absentia, and sentenced five others to life rigorous imprisonment for their involvement in the murder of two jewellery shop salesmen in Kishoreganj
- NOVEMBER 15, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Huang Ligang, 22 and Cheng Liang 29, were executed...
Huang Ligang, 22 and Cheng Liang 29, were executed for the murder of a Taiwanese couple and their four year-old daughter
- NOVEMBER 15, 2003VietnamDEATH PENALTY
At the execution ground at Tam Hop Hamlet, Vietnam,...
At the execution ground at Tam Hop Hamlet, Vietnam, nearly a thousand people gathered to witness the executions of Ms Cao Thi Lien, also known as Gai and Tran Vinh Sanh, also known as Son
- NOVEMBER 14, 2003North CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
In Raleigh, a man who strangled his elderly aunt in...
In Raleigh, a man who strangled his elderly aunt in 1990 was executed by injection
- NOVEMBER 14, 2003NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
"The fact that human nature is fallible makes it inevitable...
"The fact that human nature is fallible makes it inevitable that errors can be committed by the judiciary in convicting an accused," the Nigerian daily, the Vanguard, reported
- NOVEMBER 14, 2003MexicoDEATH PENALTY
A Mexican court-martial condemned Second Lt
A Mexican court-martial condemned Second Lt
- NOVEMBER 14, 2003GuatemalaDEATH PENALTY
A court in Guatemala sentenced Santos Hernandez to...
A court in Guatemala sentenced Santos Hernandez to death by lethal injection for killing five native family members in Chiquimula
- NOVEMBER 14, 2003ItalyDEATH PENALTY
"Notwithstanding the fact that it had backing from...
"Notwithstanding the fact that it had backing from both the Italian and European Parliaments, together with requests from civil society, including firstly Hands Off Cain, the Italian Government registered its umpteenth failure"
- NOVEMBER 14, 2003NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
The Upper Sharia Court in Bauchi, the capital of Bauchi...
The Upper Sharia Court in Bauchi, the capital of Bauchi state, Nigeria, overturned the adultery conviction of Yunusa Rafinchiyawa, 36, and saved him from being stoned to death
- NOVEMBER 13, 2003SudanDEATH PENALTY
A criminal court in western Sudan sentenced five men...
A criminal court in western Sudan sentenced five men to death by hanging after it found them guilty of murder
- NOVEMBER 13, 2003EthiopiaDEATH PENALTY
Solomon Yimsegan, chairman of a revolutionary guard...
Solomon Yimsegan, chairman of a revolutionary guard squad in Addis Ababa during Mengistu's "Red Terror" period that followed the overthrow of emperor Haile Selassie, was sentenced to death for his role in the killing of 13 inmates and the torture of 51 be
- NOVEMBER 13, 2003PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
The Philippine Supreme Court commuted the death sentence...
The Philippine Supreme Court commuted the death sentence of Hideshi Suzuki, a 47-year-old Japanese man convicted of drug trafficking, to life imprisonment
- NOVEMBER 13, 2003JapanDEATH PENALTY
The Philippine Supreme Court commuted the death sentence...
The Philippine Supreme Court commuted the death sentence of Hideshi Suzuki, a 47-year-old Japanese man convicted of drug trafficking, to life imprisonment
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- NOVEMBER 13, 2003South AfricaDEATH PENALTY
South African Deputy President Jacob Zuma ruled out...
South African Deputy President Jacob Zuma ruled out testing public opinion on the death penalty as part of the 2004 general elections
- NOVEMBER 13, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Li Zhen, the former director of the State Taxation...
Li Zhen, the former director of the State Taxation Bureau in China's northern Hebei province, was executed for taking huge bribes and embezzling public funds, state media reported
- NOVEMBER 13, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Shanghai No 2 Intermediate People's Court imposed...
The Shanghai No 2 Intermediate People's Court imposed the death penalty on Wang Hao, after convicting him of robbery and murder
- NOVEMBER 13, 2003DEATH PENALTY
“NO EXPLOITATION, THE GOVERNMENT HAS BETRAYED A DECADE LONG BATTLE”
November 13, 2003: Italian undersecretary for Foreign Affairs Margherita Bonniver, speaking at the senate’s human rights commission aid that the situation had been “exploited” by the opposition and, with obvious reference to Hands Off Cain, also by an “im
- NOVEMBER 12, 2003TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Turkey officially presented the sixth protocol to the...
Turkey officially presented the sixth protocol to the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms concerning the abolition of death penalty
- NOVEMBER 12, 2003DEATH PENALTY
Turkey officially presented the sixth protocol to the...
Turkey officially presented the sixth protocol to the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms concerning the abolition of death penalty
- NOVEMBER 12, 2003EgyptDEATH PENALTY
Ashraf Mahmud, a 46-year-old Egyptian, was sentenced...
Ashraf Mahmud, a 46-year-old Egyptian, was sentenced to hang for having murdered his three children, his wife and her lover, court sources said
- NOVEMBER 12, 2003ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Italian undersecretary for Foreign Affairs Margherita...
Italian undersecretary for Foreign Affairs Margherita Bonniver, speaking on at the senate's human rights commission to explain the government's decision for the non presentation of a resolution for a universal moratorium on capital executions at the ongoi
- NOVEMBER 12, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
The Speedy Trial Tribunal in Dhaka, Bangladesh, sentenced...
The Speedy Trial Tribunal in Dhaka, Bangladesh, sentenced seven people to death and one person to life imprisonment for killing Juba Dal leader Kabul Khan, 27
- NOVEMBER 12, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
The 7th Additional District and Sessions Court of Dhaka,...
The 7th Additional District and Sessions Court of Dhaka, Bangladesh, sentenced Abdul Kader to death penalty for stabbing to death his wife
- NOVEMBER 12, 2003PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Senator Robert Barbers urged Philippine President Gloria...
Senator Robert Barbers urged Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo to consider death by "firing squad" as the most effective deterrent to quash the drug menace in the country
- NOVEMBER 12, 2003Council of EuropeDEATH PENALTY
Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly President...
Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly President Peter Schieder and the Secretary General of the Organisation, Walter Schwimmer, welcomed Turkey's formal deposition of the ratification instruments for Protocol No
- NOVEMBER 12, 2003DEATH PENALTY
Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly President...
Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly President Peter Schieder and the Secretary General of the Organisation, Walter Schwimmer, welcomed Turkey's formal deposition of the ratification instruments for Protocol No
- NOVEMBER 11, 2003IndiaDEATH PENALTY
The Allahabad high court, India, commuted six death...
The Allahabad high court, India, commuted six death sentences, in four separate cases
- NOVEMBER 11, 2003PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Niaz Ahmed, a Muslim, was sentenced to death in Pakistan...
Niaz Ahmed, a Muslim, was sentenced to death in Pakistan for insulting Islam's Prophet Mohammad
- NOVEMBER 11, 2003MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
A total of 121 death row convicts were awaiting execution...
A total of 121 death row convicts were awaiting execution in prisons nationwide, the Malaysian Senate was told
- NOVEMBER 11, 2003IranDEATH PENALTY
Four Iranian men found guilty of a series of kidnappings...
Four Iranian men found guilty of a series of kidnappings and rapes were sentenced to execution by stoning, the conservative Qods newspaper said
- NOVEMBER 11, 2003Papua New GuineaDEATH PENALTY
Papua New Guinea Justice Minister Mark Maipakai admitted...
Papua New Guinea Justice Minister Mark Maipakai admitted in parliament that there was a problem in how the death penalty would be carried out once it was imposed on a prisoner
- NOVEMBER 10, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Mohammad Ishaq, 36 year old betel leaf seller, was...
Mohammad Ishaq, 36 year old betel leaf seller, was sentenced to death by a District and Sessions court in Chittagong, Bangladesh, for the murder of a neighbour following an argumant over payment of Tk 20 at Banshkhali
- NOVEMBER 10, 2003NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
More than 10,000 rights activists demonstrated in the...
More than 10,000 rights activists demonstrated in the Nigerian oil city of Port Harcourt to mark the eighth anniversary of the execution of writer and campaigner Ken Saro-Wiwa, witnesses said
- NOVEMBER 10, 2003NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
The attorney General and Commissioner for Justice of...
The attorney General and Commissioner for Justice of Bauchi State, Mallam Habib Aliyu warned against the abolition of the death penalty in Nigeria saying that any such attempt was an invitation for a military coup
- NOVEMBER 9, 2003ChadDEATH PENALTY
A man was shot dead by firing squad in the Chadian...
A man was shot dead by firing squad in the Chadian capital Ndjamena for the murder of a Guatemalan religious worker
- NOVEMBER 9, 2003TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
Taiwan's Vice President Annette Lu called on parliament...
Taiwan's Vice President Annette Lu called on parliament to better safeguard human rights by approving a draft of the country's first "human rights basic law", including the abolition of the death penalty
- NOVEMBER 8, 2003IraqDEATH PENALTY
"There are 263 mass graves, including approximately...
"There are 263 mass graves, including approximately 40 of them confirmed to hold evidence of systematic killings," said Sandra Hodgkinson, director of the Office for Human Rights Transitional Justice (OHRTJ) within the Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA
- NOVEMBER 7, 2003IndiaDEATH PENALTY
A court in India's capital, Delhi, sentenced to death...
A court in India's capital, Delhi, sentenced to death a former politician who shot his wife and burned her dismembered body in a restaurant oven
- NOVEMBER 7, 2003Sri LankaDEATH PENALTY
A UN panel denounced persistent reports of torture...
A UN panel denounced persistent reports of torture in Sri Lanka and criticised the impunity enjoyed by security forces for crimes committed in the conflict with the Tamil Tiger rebels
- NOVEMBER 7, 2003DEATH PENALTY
A UN panel denounced persistent reports of torture...
A UN panel denounced persistent reports of torture in Sri Lanka and criticised the impunity enjoyed by security forces for crimes committed in the conflict with the Tamil Tiger rebels
- NOVEMBER 7, 2003North CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
Joseph Timothy Keel, 39, was executed by lethal injection...
Joseph Timothy Keel, 39, was executed by lethal injection at Central Prison in Raleigh
- NOVEMBER 7, 2003OhioDEATH PENALTY
A jury that convicted an ex-convict of savagely beating...
A jury that convicted an ex-convict of savagely beating his former girlfriend to death has recommended that he be sentenced to die by lethal injection
- NOVEMBER 7, 2003North CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
The state Supreme Court ordered a new sentencing hearing...
The state Supreme Court ordered a new sentencing hearing for a man sentenced to death, ruling that the man did not get to fairly question a witness
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- NOVEMBER 6, 2003SudanDEATH PENALTY
A Sudanese man was publicly executed by firing squad...
A Sudanese man was publicly executed by firing squad in Chad's capital city of Ndjamena
- NOVEMBER 6, 2003VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Five people, including a woman, were shot dead in front...
Five people, including a woman, were shot dead in front of thousands of people in a suburb of southern Vietnam's Ho Chi Minh city
- NOVEMBER 6, 2003ChadDEATH PENALTY
Chad ignored protests from human rights groups and...
Chad ignored protests from human rights groups and carried out the death penalty for the first time since 1991, executing eight people after vowing to crack down on unrest in the impoverished desert state
- NOVEMBER 6, 2003ItalyDEATH PENALTY
HOC president Marco Pannella MEP, criticised the centre-right...
HOC president Marco Pannella MEP, criticised the centre-right Casa delle Liberta, or House of Freedoms, majority in Parliament for the "compact vote" that failed to commit the government to present to the UN General Assembly currently in session a resolut
- NOVEMBER 6, 2003ItalyDEATH PENALTY
"the Italian government has given up on the moratorium...
"the Italian government has given up on the moratorium resolution and faced with this cowardice, I renounce my Italian passport," HOC Board Member Oliviero Toscani stated in reaction to the Italian government's failure to present the resolution calling fo
- NOVEMBER 6, 2003ItalyDEATH PENALTY
The Italian Chamber of Representatives approved two...
The Italian Chamber of Representatives approved two motions presented by government MPs that generically require the government to "despite the verified lack of consensus currently at a European level, continue in every forum the intensive political and d
- NOVEMBER 6, 2003ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Hands Off Cain Secretary-General Sergio D'Elia says...
Hands Off Cain Secretary-General Sergio D'Elia says the Italian EU presidency has passed up on what may be its last chance to score a success before the end of its term
- NOVEMBER 6, 2003European UnionDEATH PENALTY
Pasqualina Napoletano, European elected member of the...
Pasqualina Napoletano, European elected member of the Democratici di Sinistra, expressed indignation about the fact that the Italian Presidency had renounced presenting to the UN a proposal of resolution on a moratorium on the death penalty
- NOVEMBER 6, 2003ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Pasqualina Napoletano, European elected member of the...
Pasqualina Napoletano, European elected member of the Democratici di Sinistra, expressed indignation about the fact that the Italian Presidency had renounced presenting to the UN a proposal of resolution on a moratorium on the death penalty
- NOVEMBER 6, 2003FloridaDEATH PENALTY
In Tallahassee, the Florida Supreme Court overturned...
In Tallahassee, the Florida Supreme Court overturned death sentences given to a pedophile who confessed to strangling two sisters in Broward County in 1996
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ITALIAN PARLIAMENT FAILS TO BIND GOVERNMENT TO PRESENT MORATORIUM RESOLUTION TO 2003 UNGA
November 6, 2003: the Italian Government has pulled back from presenting a resolution for a worldwide moratorium on executions at the ongoing UNGA, despite its stated commitments. And the Italian Chamber of Representatives fell short of keeping the govern
- NOVEMBER 5, 2003ThailandDEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International released a report criticising...
Amnesty International released a report criticising the lack of a credible investigation into the bloodshed unleashed by Thailand's 2003 official war on drugs
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A Thai court sentenced a Russian national to death...
A Thai court sentenced a Russian national to death for a bank robbery during which a police officer was shot dead
- NOVEMBER 5, 2003RussiaDEATH PENALTY
A Thai court sentenced a Russian national to death...
A Thai court sentenced a Russian national to death for a bank robbery during which a police officer was shot dead
- NOVEMBER 5, 2003OhioDEATH PENALTY
A jury recommended the death penalty for Martin L
A jury recommended the death penalty for Martin L
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In an overwhelmingly bipartisan vote, the House of...
In an overwhelmingly bipartisan vote, the House of Representatives passed legislation to give death-row inmates greater access to DNA testing to prove their innocence
- NOVEMBER 5, 2003MissouriDEATH PENALTY
The state Supreme Court re-sentenced another death...
The state Supreme Court re-sentenced another death row inmate to life in prison because a judge -- not a jury -- imposed the penalty
- NOVEMBER 5, 2003WashingtonDEATH PENALTY
Gary Leon Ridgway today admitted to being the Green...
Gary Leon Ridgway today admitted to being the Green River Killer, responsible for the deaths of 48 young women in the longest serial murder investigation in U
- NOVEMBER 4, 2003VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Truong Quoc Viet, 35, was put to death by firing squad...
Truong Quoc Viet, 35, was put to death by firing squad in Vietnam's central province of Lam Dong, a clerk at the Lam Dong People's Court said
- NOVEMBER 4, 2003ItalyDEATH PENALTY
HOC has warned that the Italian government may once...
HOC has warned that the Italian government may once again attempt to weaken the text of the parliamentary motions calling for the presentation of the resolution for a worldwide moratorium on executions at the UN General Assembly currently in session in Ne
- NOVEMBER 4, 2003ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Hands Off Cain slammed the Italian government's stance...
Hands Off Cain slammed the Italian government's stance during the debate in the Italian Chamber of Representatives on the presentation at the UN General Assembly of a resolution calling for a worldwide moratorium on executions, accusing it of 'killing' th
- NOVEMBER 4, 2003VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Hoang Thanh Voi, a 54 year old former tax inspector,...
Hoang Thanh Voi, a 54 year old former tax inspector, was sentenced to death by firing squad by a court in Vietnam's northern Bac Giang province for killing his mistress after she broke off their relationship
- NOVEMBER 4, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Huang Mingxi, a 41 year old Chinese restaurant owner,...
Huang Mingxi, a 41 year old Chinese restaurant owner, was executed in accordance with a ruling from the Beijing No
- NOVEMBER 4, 2003CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
Serial rapist Vincent Sanchez,33, was sentenced to...
Serial rapist Vincent Sanchez,33, was sentenced to death for the July 5, 2001 kidnap-slaying of Megan Barroso, a 20-year-old student
- NOVEMBER 4, 2003DelawareDEATH PENALTY
A Superior Court jury unanimously recommended the death...
A Superior Court jury unanimously recommended the death sentence for Chauncy S
- NOVEMBER 4, 2003GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
James Willie Brown, 55, was executed for the May 12,...
James Willie Brown, 55, was executed for the May 12, 1975 rape and murder of Brenda Sue Watson
- NOVEMBER 4, 2003DEATH PENALTY
THE BERLUSCONI GOVERNMENT “ HAS KILLED” THE MORATORIUM RESOLUTION
November 4, 2003: the Italian government’s stance during the debate on the presentation at the UN General Assembly of a resolution calling for a worldwide moratorium on executions in the Italian Chamber of Representatives provoked a harsh response from H
- NOVEMBER 3, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Two men were sentenced to death by a Beijing intermediate...
Two men were sentenced to death by a Beijing intermediate court for fraud involving the buying and selling of value-added tax (VAT) vouchers that were eventually used in writing off some 393 million (47 million dollars) in taxes, state press said
- NOVEMBER 3, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Zhou Kun, a Chinese police officer given a national...
Zhou Kun, a Chinese police officer given a national award for huge drug busts, was sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve by a central Chinese court after being convicted of trafficking 5,000 kilograms (11,000 pounds) of heroin
- NOVEMBER 3, 2003IranDEATH PENALTY
An Iranian woman condemned to death for killing a police...
An Iranian woman condemned to death for killing a police officer she says was trying to rape her has had her case sent back to the supreme court by Iran's hardline-run judiciary, press reports said
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- NOVEMBER 3, 2003UgandaDEATH PENALTY
"No human being has power over the life of another
"No human being has power over the life of another
- NOVEMBER 3, 2003ItalyDEATH PENALTY
"I call on the Chamber to ensure that the Italian government...
"I call on the Chamber to ensure that the Italian government finally declares the truth on its commitment to the moratorium resolution," HOC General Secretary Sergio D'Elia said, also with reference to rumours that the Italian government has already given
- NOVEMBER 3, 2003ItalyDEATH PENALTY
The Italian Chamber of Representatives opened the debate...
The Italian Chamber of Representatives opened the debate on four motions regarding the presentation of a resolution calling for a worldwide moratorium on executions at the ongoing UN General Assembly by the Italian EU presidency
- NOVEMBER 3, 2003NevadaDEATH PENALTY
24-year-old Pascual Lozano, convicted of firing the...
24-year-old Pascual Lozano, convicted of firing the shots that killed a 9-year-old girl, Genesis Gonzales, will be put to death, jurors announced this morning
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The U
The U
- NOVEMBER 3, 2003TexasDEATH PENALTY
In Conroe, a Montgomery County jury sentenced convicted...
In Conroe, a Montgomery County jury sentenced convicted murderer Jason Burkett to life in prison for killing three people in a 2001 plot to steal their cars
- NOVEMBER 3, 2003LouisianaDEATH PENALTY
9th Judicial District Judge W
9th Judicial District Judge W
- NOVEMBER 3, 2003NevadaDEATH PENALTY
Dorion Lee Daniel's death sentence, for the 1997 execution-style...
Dorion Lee Daniel's death sentence, for the 1997 execution-style slayings of Mark Payne and Frederick Washington and attempted murders of 2 others following an argument over $10, was overturned by the Nevada Supreme Court
- NOVEMBER 3, 2003SudanDEATH PENALTY
The Nyala criminal court in Sudan sentenced three men...
The Nyala criminal court in Sudan sentenced three men to death by hanging after being convicted of murder under Article 130 of the Penal Code (1991)
- NOVEMBER 2, 2003PakistanDEATH PENALTY
The Additional District and Sessions Court in Daska,...
The Additional District and Sessions Court in Daska, Pakistan, sentenced Sajjad Ahmad to death for murder