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
- OCTOBER 13, 2003DEATH PENALTY
ITALIAN FM PLEDGES TO CONTINUE WORKING TOWARDS MORATORIUM
October 13, 2003: the Italian presidency of the European Union will continue to work towards “getting the necessary consensus to present to the UN a proposal for a resolution calling for a moratorium on the death penalty.”
- OCTOBER 12, 2003IndiaDEATH PENALTY
Capital punishment forecloses the chance for reformation...
Capital punishment forecloses the chance for reformation and hence should be repealed as has been done by most civilised nations, former Indian Supreme Court Judge, K
- OCTOBER 11, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Chanchal Hossain was sentenced to death by a court...
Chanchal Hossain was sentenced to death by a court in Bangladesh for hacking to death his brother's wife Afroza Akhtar,30, at Dakkhin Sarabaria in Singair upazila on January 2, 2002
- OCTOBER 11, 2003IranDEATH PENALTY
Iranian Nobel Peace Prize winner Shirin Ebadi called...
Iranian Nobel Peace Prize winner Shirin Ebadi called for an end to Islamic punishments in her country and their replacement by modern penalties "as in all democratic countries"
- OCTOBER 10, 2003United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
The United Kingdom ratified Protocol 13 to the European...
The United Kingdom ratified Protocol 13 to the European Convention on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms banning the death penalty in all circumstances
- OCTOBER 10, 2003ItalyDEATH PENALTY
On occasion of the "World Day Against the Death Penalty",...
On occasion of the "World Day Against the Death Penalty", Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini declared that "Italy will continue to contribute, on all levels, to the objective of the abolishment of the death penalty and to a moratorium on capital exe
- OCTOBER 10, 2003ItalyDEATH PENALTY
On the "World Day Against The Death Penalty", HOC declared:...
On the "World Day Against The Death Penalty", HOC declared: "the objectives and the message behind the "World Day Against The Death Penalty" are such as to exclude the involvement of Hands Off Cain
- OCTOBER 10, 2003European UnionDEATH PENALTY
On occasion of the "World Day Against the Death Penalty",...
On occasion of the "World Day Against the Death Penalty", the European Parliament declared that: "The EU reaffirms its commitments in promoting the abolishment of the death penalty, both in times of war and in times of peace
- OCTOBER 10, 2003IranDEATH PENALTY
Hands Off Cain greets the award of the Nobel Peace...
Hands Off Cain greets the award of the Nobel Peace prize to Iranian lawyer and activist Shirin Ebadi
- OCTOBER 10, 2003ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Hands Off Cain greets the award of the Nobel Peace...
Hands Off Cain greets the award of the Nobel Peace prize to Iranian lawyer and activist Shirin Ebadi
- OCTOBER 10, 2003VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Tong Thanh Thao, 28, and Pham Nhat Tri, 32, were executed...
Tong Thanh Thao, 28, and Pham Nhat Tri, 32, were executed by firing squad in Vietnam's Ho Chi Minh City, on the Thu Duc killing fields, for beating to death another prisoner in October 1995
- OCTOBER 10, 2003UgandaDEATH PENALTY
According to Ugandan Prison authorities, inmates on...
According to Ugandan Prison authorities, inmates on death row numbered more than 400
- OCTOBER 10, 2003IndiaDEATH PENALTY
Lahu Dhekane was sentenced to death by an Additional...
Lahu Dhekane was sentenced to death by an Additional and Sessions Court in Pune, India, for the 4 July 2003 abduction, and eventual murder, of Amit Sonawane, 13, from Nira
- OCTOBER 10, 2003ThailandDEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International urged Thailand to abolish the...
Amnesty International urged Thailand to abolish the death penalty and said its October 19, 2003 switch to execution by lethal injection instead of firing squad did not change the "inhumanity" of the penalty
- OCTOBER 10, 2003NorwayDEATH PENALTY
The World Day against the Death Penalty is being arranged...
The World Day against the Death Penalty is being arranged for the first time on 10 October 2003 on the initiative of the World Coalition against the Death Penalty, an international coalition of human rights organisations
- OCTOBER 10, 2003AlbaniaDEATH PENALTY
On the occasion of the International Day Against Death...
On the occasion of the International Day Against Death Penalty, the Albanian Committee of Helsinki (KSHH) reiterated that capital punishment was not and could not be a determinative factor in crime prevention and appealed to public opinion to say "Stop" t
- OCTOBER 10, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
School teacher Wang Furong was sentenced to death for...
School teacher Wang Furong was sentenced to death for raping five young pupils and molesting other children at a rural school in northern China's Shaanxi province
- OCTOBER 10, 2003United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International urged people around the world...
Amnesty International urged people around the world to pressure countries to abolish the death penalty
- OCTOBER 9, 2003IranDEATH PENALTY
An Iranian court sentenced Mohammad Ali Firouzi, a...
An Iranian court sentenced Mohammad Ali Firouzi, a 34 year old man convicted of serial raping children, to eight death sentences and 173 lashes, the judge in charge of the case said
- OCTOBER 9, 2003BrazilDEATH PENALTY
A Brazilian man shot dead after testifying before a...
A Brazilian man shot dead after testifying before a UN envoy on police-sanctioned death squads in Brazil, became the second such witness killed in two weeks, police said
- OCTOBER 8, 2003JordanDEATH PENALTY
See under 'The Death Penalty For Violent Crimes' of...
See under 'The Death Penalty For Violent Crimes' of the same date
- OCTOBER 8, 2003IranDEATH PENALTY
Zinat al-Sadat, a 34 year old nurse convicted of murder,...
Zinat al-Sadat, a 34 year old nurse convicted of murder, was executed by hanging in a Tehran prison, the Etemad newspaper reported
- OCTOBER 8, 2003IraqDEATH PENALTY
An Iraqi and his Jordanian accomplice convicted of...
An Iraqi and his Jordanian accomplice convicted of murdering a friend in January 2001 over a loan reimbursement, were executed at dawn at the Swaqa prison south of Amman, Jordan
- OCTOBER 8, 2003JordanDEATH PENALTY
An Iraqi and his Jordanian accomplice convicted of...
An Iraqi and his Jordanian accomplice convicted of murdering a friend in January 2001 over a loan reimbursement, were executed at dawn at the Swaqa prison south of Amman, Jordan
- OCTOBER 8, 2003ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Enrico Buemi, MP (SDI - Italian Social Democrats) and...
Enrico Buemi, MP (SDI - Italian Social Democrats) and Hands Off Cain member, deposited an urgent parliamentary question at the Chamber of Deputies, addressed to Foreign Minister Frattini and signed by 50 MPs from all sides, asking the government to inform
- OCTOBER 8, 2003TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. Judge Bob Gill sentenced Billy Jack Crutsinger, 48, White, to death
USA - Texas. Judge Bob Gill sentenced Billy Jack Crutsinger, 48, White, to death
- OCTOBER 7, 2003PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Khan Waley ben Sayed Mir Jan, a Pakistani national,...
Khan Waley ben Sayed Mir Jan, a Pakistani national, was beheaded by the sword in Saudi Arabia's city of Jeddah
- OCTOBER 7, 2003Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Khan Waley ben Sayed Mir Jan, a Pakistani national,...
Khan Waley ben Sayed Mir Jan, a Pakistani national, was beheaded by the sword in Saudi Arabia's city of Jeddah
- OCTOBER 7, 2003VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Lo Van Tuoi, a 39 year old man from Lai Chau province,...
Lo Van Tuoi, a 39 year old man from Lai Chau province, Vietnam, was sentenced to death for trafficking heroin from Laos and China
- OCTOBER 7, 2003NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
The Nigerian Party for Social Democracy (PSD) commended...
The Nigerian Party for Social Democracy (PSD) commended the recent decision to acquit Amina Lawal of her adultery conviction