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
- AUGUST 11, 2003NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Kano State governor, Malam Ibrahim Shekarau condemned...
Kano State governor, Malam Ibrahim Shekarau condemned in strong terms the Federal Government's proposal to abolish capital punishment in Nigeria
- AUGUST 11, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Firoj, 32, was sentenced to death by a court in Bangladesh...
Firoj, 32, was sentenced to death by a court in Bangladesh for killing his cousin
- AUGUST 11, 2003IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
Topo Santoso from the University of Indonesia and Bambang...
Topo Santoso from the University of Indonesia and Bambang Widjoyanto, former director of the Indonesian Legal Aid Foundation (YLBHI), expressed concerns that a death sentence could provoke other people with similar beliefs to emulate Amrozi and his cohort
- AUGUST 10, 2003PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Lal Rahman Habibullah Khan, a Pakistani national caught...
Lal Rahman Habibullah Khan, a Pakistani national caught smuggling heroin into Saudi Arabia and convicted of drug trafficking, was beheaded by sword in the Saudi capital Riyadh
- AUGUST 10, 2003AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Assadullah bin Mohammed Jan bin Rahim Dad, known as...
Assadullah bin Mohammed Jan bin Rahim Dad, known as Mohammed Nabi Hamsha, an Afghan national found guilty of smuggling heroin into Saudi Arabia, was beheaded by sword in the Red Sea city of Jeddah
- AUGUST 10, 2003Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Assadullah bin Mohammed Jan bin Rahim Dad, known as...
Assadullah bin Mohammed Jan bin Rahim Dad, known as Mohammed Nabi Hamsha, an Afghan national found guilty of smuggling heroin into Saudi Arabia, was beheaded by sword in the Red Sea city of Jeddah
- AUGUST 10, 2003Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Lal Rahman Habibullah Khan, a Pakistani national caught...
Lal Rahman Habibullah Khan, a Pakistani national caught smuggling heroin into Saudi Arabia and convicted of drug trafficking, was beheaded by sword in the Saudi capital Riyadh
- AUGUST 10, 2003IndiaDEATH PENALTY
The Indian Law Commission said that public opinion...
The Indian Law Commission said that public opinion on the mode of executing prisoners on death row favoured an amendment to the law, which stipulated hanging as the method of execution
- AUGUST 10, 2003NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
In an interview with Sunday Vanguard Abdul Oroh, journalist,...
In an interview with Sunday Vanguard Abdul Oroh, journalist, Nigerian parliamentarian and Hands Off Cain board member, stated: "I want to see a bill that will introduce a moratorium on death penalty in Nigeria, I don't believe in capital punishment
- AUGUST 10, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Deepak Chakrawarty, a 30 year old Bangladeshi, was...
Deepak Chakrawarty, a 30 year old Bangladeshi, was sentenced to death after being convicted of killing his younger brother, Ripon Chakrawarty, 24, with an axe on 2 February 2002 following an argument
- AUGUST 10, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Mollah Mamun, a young Bangladeshi man, was sentenced...
Mollah Mamun, a young Bangladeshi man, was sentenced to death by the Additional Metropolitan Session Court and three others were awarded life-term imprisonment yesterday for stabbing to death Masum on 31 July 2000
- AUGUST 10, 2003IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
"Indonesian law bans public executions, so the obscenely...
"Indonesian law bans public executions, so the obscenely grinning Bali bomber will be cheated of the chance for a farewell performance," reported the Sunday Telegraph
- AUGUST 10, 2003ThailandDEATH PENALTY
The Thai Supreme Court upheld the death sentence for...
The Thai Supreme Court upheld the death sentence for Fang Kee Tun, a 46 year old Singaporean convicted of possessing 1
- AUGUST 10, 2003SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
The Thai Supreme Court upheld the death sentence for...
The Thai Supreme Court upheld the death sentence for Fang Kee Tun, a 46 year old Singaporean convicted of possessing 1
- AUGUST 9, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Twenty-six convicted criminals were collectively sentenced...
Twenty-six convicted criminals were collectively sentenced to death in China's southern city of Guangzhou as part of a government effort to clear a back-log of cases awaiting verdict, state press reported
- AUGUST 9, 2003IraqDEATH PENALTY
Hadi Hama Salih Rahman, a former member of the Iraqi...
Hadi Hama Salih Rahman, a former member of the Iraqi intelligence service and Ba'th Party official, was sentenced to death by the Sulaymaniyah Criminal Court
- AUGUST 9, 2003PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Six accused were sentenced to death on two counts by...
Six accused were sentenced to death on two counts by a Special Anti-Terrorism Court in Pakistan
- AUGUST 8, 2003IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott welcomed the conviction...
Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott welcomed the conviction of first Bali bombing suspect Amrozi bin Nurhasyim, and said that, despite its opposition to the death penalty, the British Government would not to try to stop the Indonesian authorities from car
- AUGUST 8, 2003ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
Prisoners on death row at Nubarashen prison, Armenia,...
Prisoners on death row at Nubarashen prison, Armenia, demanded a meeting with the leaders of the Armenian National Assembly
- AUGUST 8, 2003United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott welcomed the conviction...
Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott welcomed the conviction of first Bali bombing suspect Amrozi bin Nurhasyim, and said that, despite its opposition to the death penalty, the British Government would not to try to stop the Indonesian authorities from car
- AUGUST 8, 2003CanadaDEATH PENALTY
Five Britons, a Canadian and a Belgian convicted of...
Five Britons, a Canadian and a Belgian convicted of carrying out a wave of bombings in Saudi Arabia in 2000 and early 2001 were freed by the Gulf state
- AUGUST 8, 2003United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
Five Britons, a Canadian and a Belgian convicted of...
Five Britons, a Canadian and a Belgian convicted of carrying out a wave of bombings in Saudi Arabia in 2000 and early 2001 were freed by the Gulf state
- AUGUST 8, 2003Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Five Britons, a Canadian and a Belgian convicted of...
Five Britons, a Canadian and a Belgian convicted of carrying out a wave of bombings in Saudi Arabia in 2000 and early 2001 were freed by the Gulf state
- AUGUST 8, 2003PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Musaddiq Aziz was sentenced to death by Additional...
Musaddiq Aziz was sentenced to death by Additional Session Judge Rahimyar Khan Aun Mohammed Rizwi after being convicted of murdering Pervez Iqbal following a dispute over water supply in 2001
- AUGUST 8, 2003MoroccoDEATH PENALTY
The Moroccan Association of Human Rights Defence (AMDH)...
The Moroccan Association of Human Rights Defence (AMDH) lauded the intention expressed by the Moroccan government to abrogate capital punishment
- AUGUST 8, 2003IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
Convicted Bali bomber Amrozi bin Nurhasyim instructed...
Convicted Bali bomber Amrozi bin Nurhasyim instructed his lawyers to appeal against his death sentence
- AUGUST 8, 2003MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
Mijan Mohamed Deros, a 57 year old Malaysian national,...
Mijan Mohamed Deros, a 57 year old Malaysian national, was sentenced to death by the High Court for trafficking in 527
- AUGUST 8, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Jiang Wei and Du Shaolin were executed after being...
Jiang Wei and Du Shaolin were executed after being sentenced to death by the Henan Provincial Higher People's Court
- AUGUST 8, 2003IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
Rudy Satrio, a criminal law expert at the University...
Rudy Satrio, a criminal law expert at the University of Indonesia's School of Law, said he was against the death sentence handed to Bali bomber Amrozi bin H Nurhasyim as the presentation of evidence had not followed the Criminal Court Procedure
- AUGUST 8, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The shanghai No 2 Intermediate People's Court imposed...
The shanghai No 2 Intermediate People's Court imposed the death penalty on Cui Yun for killing his former wife