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 1, 2003IndiaDEATH PENALTY
An Indian court sentenced to death a man, identified...
An Indian court sentenced to death a man, identified only as Poonaji, who was convicted of burning his wife, four daughters and a neighbour to death in a fit of rage
- OCTOBER 1, 2003IranDEATH PENALTY
Iranian courts sentenced three men to death for, in...
Iranian courts sentenced three men to death for, in at least two of the cases, having contacts with outlawed political organisations, the Paris-based International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) said in a statement
- OCTOBER 1, 2003IranDEATH PENALTY
Three Iranian MPs wrote to the head of the judiciary...
Three Iranian MPs wrote to the head of the judiciary calling for the freeing of Afsaneh Noruzi, a young woman sentenced to death for killing a man who was attempting to rape her, press reports said
- OCTOBER 1, 2003DEATH PENALTY
The Council of Europe lamented the lack of progress...
The Council of Europe lamented the lack of progress in efforts to persuade the United States and Japan to abolish the death penalty and again warned that their observer status at the pan-European rights body was at risk
- OCTOBER 1, 2003DEATH PENALTY
The Council of Europe lamented the lack of progress...
The Council of Europe lamented the lack of progress in efforts to persuade the United States and Japan to abolish the death penalty and again warned that their observer status at the pan-European rights body was at risk
- OCTOBER 1, 2003JapanDEATH PENALTY
The Council of Europe lamented the lack of progress...
The Council of Europe lamented the lack of progress in efforts to persuade the United States and Japan to abolish the death penalty and again warned that their observer status at the pan-European rights body was at risk
- OCTOBER 1, 2003PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
The Philippine government reiterated that it would...
The Philippine government reiterated that it would still resort to capital punishment on " high-profile drug dealers" despite its announcement of a "moratorium on the death penalty" under the Arroyo administration
- OCTOBER 1, 2003DEATH PENALTY
In Lebanon, a Warren County jury has recommended that...
In Lebanon, a Warren County jury has recommended that Rocky Lee Barton should die for the shotgun slaying of his wife, which preceded his effort to kill himself
- OCTOBER 1, 2003DEATH PENALTY
The Council of Europe lamented Wednesday the lack of...
The Council of Europe lamented Wednesday the lack of progress in efforts to persuade the United States and Japan to abolish the death penalty and again warned that their observer status at the pan-European rights body was at risk
- OCTOBER 1, 2003AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Qabel Ould Abderrahman Abderrahim, an Afghan found...
Qabel Ould Abderrahman Abderrahim, an Afghan found guilty of smuggling heroin, was beheaded by sword on Wednesday in Saudi Arabia's city of Jeddah
- OCTOBER 1, 2003Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Qabel Ould Abderrahman Abderrahim, an Afghan found...
Qabel Ould Abderrahman Abderrahim, an Afghan found guilty of smuggling heroin, was beheaded by sword on Wednesday in Saudi Arabia's city of Jeddah
- OCTOBER 1, 2003IranDEATH PENALTY
A 19-year-old identified only as Alireza was executed...
A 19-year-old identified only as Alireza was executed in the southwestern town of Marvdasht, the Yas-e No paper reported
- OCTOBER 1, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
From this date all those who engaged in the illegal...
From this date all those who engaged in the illegal making, buying, selling, transporting or storing of tetramine, a hyper-toxic rat poison, and other prohibited hyper-toxic chemicals, would face serious punishment including the death penalty, Xinhua News
- OCTOBER 1, 2003ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Ottaviano del Turco, senator for the left-wing SDI...
Ottaviano del Turco, senator for the left-wing SDI (Italian Socialist Democrats) and Hands Off Cain member, tabled a parliamentary question on the presentation of a resolution calling for a worldwide moratorium on executions to the UN General Assembly
- SEPTEMBER 30, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China executed at least 18 people in the run-up to...
China executed at least 18 people in the run-up to National Day, including five members of the same family and the notorious leader of a massive prostitution ring, state media reported
- SEPTEMBER 30, 2003DEATH PENALTY
The Florida Supreme Court set aside a Wednesday deadline...
The Florida Supreme Court set aside a Wednesday deadline for inmates to request DNA testing of evidence that could prove their innocence
- SEPTEMBER 30, 2003MissouriDEATH PENALTY
In Jefferson City, the Missouri Supreme Court overturned...
In Jefferson City, the Missouri Supreme Court overturned the death sentence of a convicted triple murderer today because the sentence had been imposed by a judge, not a jury
- SEPTEMBER 30, 2003TexasDEATH PENALTY
In Fort Worth, jurors decided that Billy Jack Crutsinger,...
In Fort Worth, jurors decided that Billy Jack Crutsinger, 48, should die for slaying an elderly mother and daughter earlier this year
- SEPTEMBER 30, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Du Huikai, Dai Yingqiang, and Shi Xiaoqiang were sentenced...
Du Huikai, Dai Yingqiang, and Shi Xiaoqiang were sentenced to death by the Luoyang Intermediate People's Court for kidnapping, murder and robbery
- SEPTEMBER 30, 2003LebanonDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty is indicative of the government's...
The death penalty is indicative of the government's failure to face social problems, said Father Louis Khawand, president of the Religious Education Center in the Maronite monastery of Mashmoushe, Jezzine, in an interview with Beirut's The Daily Star
- SEPTEMBER 30, 2003PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Shaggier Ahmed was sentenced to death on three counts...
Shaggier Ahmed was sentenced to death on three counts by a District and Sessions court in Pakistan for murdering his wife, his father-in-law and his mother-in-law in 2002
- SEPTEMBER 30, 2003SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
Tan Chee Wee, 30, was sentenced to death by a court...
Tan Chee Wee, 30, was sentenced to death by a court in Singapore for murdering a woman during a house robbery on 9 January 2003
- SEPTEMBER 30, 2003UgandaDEATH PENALTY
The Ugandan Attorney General replied to the constitutional...
The Ugandan Attorney General replied to the constitutional petition against the death penalty, saying the petitioners' right to life was not absolute
- SEPTEMBER 30, 2003BelgiumDEATH PENALTY
HOC MEETS PRODI AND FRATTINI AS EUROPEAN MISSION ENDS
September 30, 2003: the European mission conducted by George Ryan together with Leroy Orange came to an end on Monday in Brussels.
- SEPTEMBER 29, 2003ItalyDEATH PENALTY
The Italian EU Presidency remained committed to the...
The Italian EU Presidency remained committed to the objective of seeing adopted a worldwide moratorium on capital executions, said Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini, speaking in Brussels during a meeting with a Hands Off Cain delegation which inclu
- SEPTEMBER 29, 2003ItalyDEATH PENALTY
The Italian EU Presidency remained committed to the...
The Italian EU Presidency remained committed to the objective of seeing adopted a worldwide moratorium on capital executions, said Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini, speaking in Brussels during a meeting with a Hands Off Cain delegation which inclu
- SEPTEMBER 29, 2003ItalyDEATH PENALTY
The European mission conducted by former governor of...
The European mission conducted by former governor of Illinois and current Hands Off Cain Honorary President George Ryan, together with Leroy Orange, ex death row inmate who is alive thanks to the moratorium on executions introduced by the governor in his
- SEPTEMBER 29, 2003BelgiumDEATH PENALTY
The European mission conducted by former governor of...
The European mission conducted by former governor of Illinois and current Hands Off Cain Honorary President George Ryan, together with Leroy Orange, ex death row inmate who is alive thanks to the moratorium on executions introduced by the governor in his
- SEPTEMBER 29, 2003VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Dinh Son Hai, a 22 year old Vietnamese man, was sentenced...
Dinh Son Hai, a 22 year old Vietnamese man, was sentenced to death after being convicted by a court in southern Binh Duong province of murdering his friend Ho Viet Quoc in December 2002, in order to steal his motorcycle and jewellery
- SEPTEMBER 29, 2003VietnamDEATH PENALTY
A court in Vietnam's southern province of Dong Nai...
A court in Vietnam's southern province of Dong Nai handed down the death penalty to Dinh Quang Tuan for stabbing and beating to death his neighbour, Kieu Thi Phung, in June 2003, while trying to rob her motorbike and jewellery