Archive timeline
2003
The news published by Hands Off Cain in 2003, month by month, with the countries most present that year.
Latest news of 2003
- 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
- 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