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
- SEPTEMBER 25, 2003ItalyDEATH PENALTY
The Italian Senate approved a motion asking the government,...
The Italian Senate approved a motion asking the government, representing the EU, to present at the UN a resolution for a universal moratorium on executions
- SEPTEMBER 25, 2003ItalyDEATH PENALTY
The Italian Senate approved a motion asking the government,...
The Italian Senate approved a motion asking the government, representing the EU, to present at the UN a resolution for a universal moratorium on executions
- SEPTEMBER 25, 2003NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
An Upper Shariah Court in Nigeria ruled that Amina...
An Upper Shariah Court in Nigeria ruled that Amina Lawal's conviction was invalid because she was already pregnant when Islamic Shariah law was implemented in her home province
- SEPTEMBER 25, 2003NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
On Amina Lawal's acquittal, Secretary of Hands Off...
On Amina Lawal's acquittal, Secretary of Hands Off Cain, Sergio D'Elia declared: "Amina Lawal was acquitted, according to the judges, due to the conviction being void as she was already pregnant when Islamic law came into effect in her state, as reported
- SEPTEMBER 25, 2003FloridaDEATH PENALTY
Randy Schoenwetter, 21, should be executed for the...
Randy Schoenwetter, 21, should be executed for the stabbing deaths in 2000 of a 10-year-old girl and her father, jurors recommended
- SEPTEMBER 25, 2003NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Governments in Europe and Africa as well as rights...
Governments in Europe and Africa as well as rights groups and Islamic scholars on welcomed a decision by a Nigerian court to acquit Amina Lawal
- SEPTEMBER 25, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A court in Shanghai sentenced Bo Jun to death for robbery...
A court in Shanghai sentenced Bo Jun to death for robbery and rape
- SEPTEMBER 25, 2003MoroccoDEATH PENALTY
A Moroccan court convicted Abdelouahab Rabii and Hamid...
A Moroccan court convicted Abdelouahab Rabii and Hamid Slimani for preparing acts of terrorism, murdering an official and stealing weapons from an army barracks in the town of Taza for use against 'Jewish interests'
- SEPTEMBER 25, 2003MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
The Malaysian Court of Appeal acquitted and discharged...
The Malaysian Court of Appeal acquitted and discharged five men who appealed against their conviction and death sentence for the 26 July 1998 murder of A
- SEPTEMBER 25, 2003SenegalDEATH PENALTY
The International Federation of Human Rights, a Dakar-based...
The International Federation of Human Rights, a Dakar-based human rights organisation, urged the Senegalese government to reprieve Diagne, sentenced to death on 22 September for "armed robbery and violence leading to the death of a man," and abolish the d
- SEPTEMBER 25, 2003CubaDEATH PENALTY
The news agency Agencia Brasil web site reported that...
The news agency Agencia Brasil web site reported that Fidel Castro's government had announced an end to executions by firing squad in Cuba
- SEPTEMBER 25, 2003VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Vietnamese public security vice minister Le The Tiem...
Vietnamese public security vice minister Le The Tiem was reported as saying that the death penalty was an effective method of preventing drugs production and trafficking and that the country would continue to use the punishment for those crimes
- SEPTEMBER 25, 2003SpainDEATH PENALTY
Former Illinois governor and HOC honorary president...
Former Illinois governor and HOC honorary president George Ryan and former death row inmate Leroy Orange visited the Spanish capital Madrid to promote the campaign for a worldwide moratorium on executions through a UN resolution
- SEPTEMBER 25, 2003ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Former Illinois governor and HOC honorary president...
Former Illinois governor and HOC honorary president George Ryan and former death row inmate Leroy Orange visited the Spanish capital Madrid to promote the campaign for a worldwide moratorium on executions through a UN resolution
- SEPTEMBER 25, 2003SudanDEATH PENALTY
Five men had their death sentence, followed by crucifixion,...
Five men had their death sentence, followed by crucifixion, carried out
- SEPTEMBER 25, 2003NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
AN APPEALS COURT HAS ACQUITTED AMINA, SENTENCED TO DEATH BY STONING FOR ADULTERY
September 25, 2003: the Shariah Court of Appeal ruled on Thursday that Amina Lawal´s conviction was invalid because she was already pregnant when harsh Islamic Shariah law was implemented in her home province.
- SEPTEMBER 24, 2003AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Afghan national Nader Khan Bardel was executed by beheading...
Afghan national Nader Khan Bardel was executed by beheading in the Saudi Arabian city of Jeddah for an unspecified drug related crime
- SEPTEMBER 24, 2003Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Daher Shah Arab Khan, a Pakistani national, was beheaded...
Daher Shah Arab Khan, a Pakistani national, was beheaded by sword in the Saudi Arabia city of Jeddah, after admitting that "he smuggled a quantity of heroin into the kingdom," a statement issued by the Saudi Interior Ministry said
- SEPTEMBER 24, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A court in Bangladesh convicted Rabi Munda, 37, and...
A court in Bangladesh convicted Rabi Munda, 37, and sentenced him to death by hanging for killing his colleague
- SEPTEMBER 24, 2003JordanDEATH PENALTY
Three men were sentenced to death by a Criminal Court...
Three men were sentenced to death by a Criminal Court in Jordan for robbing and murdering a jewellery store owner in Irbid in May 2000
- SEPTEMBER 24, 2003IraqDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty, suspended after the US-led coalition...
The death penalty, suspended after the US-led coalition ousted Saddam Hussein, could be reintroduced when Iraq regains its sovereignty, Dara Nurredin, a member of the interim Governing Council, said
- SEPTEMBER 24, 2003PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Daher Shah Arab Khan, a Pakistani national, was beheaded...
Daher Shah Arab Khan, a Pakistani national, was beheaded by sword in the Saudi Arabia city of Jeddah, after admitting that "he smuggled a quantity of heroin into the kingdom," a statement issued by the Saudi Interior Ministry said
- SEPTEMBER 24, 2003SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
Singaporean national Yeo See Soon, charged with drug...
Singaporean national Yeo See Soon, charged with drug trafficking under Section 39(b) of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952, punishable with the death penalty, was overjoyed when High Court judge Datuk Arifin Jaka ruled that the charge be amended to one of posse
- SEPTEMBER 24, 2003SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
The Singaporean government revealed it had dramatically...
The Singaporean government revealed it had dramatically escalated the use of the death penalty in 2003 with the execution rate roughly triple that of the previous three years
- SEPTEMBER 24, 2003VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Nguyen Thi Yen, a 41 year old woman convicted of drug...
Nguyen Thi Yen, a 41 year old woman convicted of drug trafficking, was sentenced to death in northern Vietnam
- SEPTEMBER 24, 2003FranceDEATH PENALTY
Saw the commencement in Paris of the European tour...
Saw the commencement in Paris of the European tour conducted by former Governor of Illinois George Ryan and Leroy Orange, the ex death row inmate he pardoned
- SEPTEMBER 24, 2003ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Saw the commencement in Paris of the European tour...
Saw the commencement in Paris of the European tour conducted by former Governor of Illinois George Ryan and Leroy Orange, the ex death row inmate he pardoned
- SEPTEMBER 24, 2003PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
The Cebu Regional Trial Court, the Philippines, found...
The Cebu Regional Trial Court, the Philippines, found Marieto Alvizo, Ronald Tumalon and Ronald Caballero guilty of the 1998 kidnapping of Regan King, a young Filipino-Chinese businessman, and sentenced them to death by lethal injection
- SEPTEMBER 23, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Five people were sentenced to death in China's westernmost...
Five people were sentenced to death in China's westernmost Xinjiang Autonomous Region in a trial touted as the region's biggest ever mafia court case, state press said
- SEPTEMBER 23, 2003ItalyDEATH PENALTY
In his speech at the UN, Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi,...
In his speech at the UN, Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi, speaking on behalf of the EU as current Presidency holder, asked for the universal abolition of the death penalty and for a general moratorium on executions