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
- DECEMBER 22, 2003United NationsDEATH PENALTY
In view of a resolution approved on 22 December 2003...
In view of a resolution approved on 22 December 2003 on the human rights situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the Third Committee of the 58th General Assembly asked the country, with two ad hoc paragraphs, to re-impose a moratorium on exe
- DECEMBER 22, 2003DEATH PENALTY
In view of a resolution approved on 22 December 2003...
In view of a resolution approved on 22 December 2003 on the human rights situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the Third Committee of the 58th General Assembly asked the country, with two ad hoc paragraphs, to re-impose a moratorium on exe
- DECEMBER 21, 2003United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
Cherie Blair entered the debate over the fate of Saddam...
Cherie Blair entered the debate over the fate of Saddam Hussein by calling for the abolition of the death penalty around the world
- DECEMBER 21, 2003BelgiumDEATH PENALTY
Cardinal Godfried Danneels said he supported capital...
Cardinal Godfried Danneels said he supported capital punishment in theory but was opposed to it in practice, Belgian television reported
- DECEMBER 21, 2003IndiaDEATH PENALTY
The Supreme Court of India upheld the death penalty...
The Supreme Court of India upheld the death penalty awarded to Suhsil Murmu for sacrificing a nine-year-old child to appease a deity in Jharkhand
- DECEMBER 20, 2003VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Tran Hoai Nam, 27, and Nguyen Van Phi, 28, were shot...
Tran Hoai Nam, 27, and Nguyen Van Phi, 28, were shot in Ho Chi Minh City for producing over 50,000 dollars of fake banknotes
- DECEMBER 20, 2003ItalyDEATH PENALTY
During the customary end of year press conference a...
During the customary end of year press conference a journalist asked Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi if he was in agreement with US President George Bush, who hinted that Saddam should be put to death
- DECEMBER 19, 2003CanadaDEATH PENALTY
Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin said he did not...
Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin said he did not believe ousted Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein should be executed for crimes against humanity
- DECEMBER 19, 2003IraqDEATH PENALTY
Adnan al-Pachachi, member of the Interim Iraqi Governing...
Adnan al-Pachachi, member of the Interim Iraqi Governing Council said that he was personally against passing the death penalty for former Iraqi President Saddam Husayn
- DECEMBER 19, 2003UgandaDEATH PENALTY
Richard Arinaitwe was convicted and sentenced to death...
Richard Arinaitwe was convicted and sentenced to death by the high court of Uganda for the murder of an American woman, Maria Cecilia Goetz
- DECEMBER 19, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Zhao Guoma, 40, the leader of a major drug smuggling...
Zhao Guoma, 40, the leader of a major drug smuggling ring in south China's Guangdong province, was executed and 17 other drug dealers were given the death penalty or life imprisonment, Xinhua news agency reported
- DECEMBER 19, 2003VietnamDEATH PENALTY
The People's Court in Vietnam's southern province of...
The People's Court in Vietnam's southern province of Long An sentenced to death Tran Thi Ngoc Yen, female, for trafficking heroin from Cambodia, the Tuoi Tre newspaper said
- DECEMBER 18, 2003PennsylvaniaDEATH PENALTY
A man convicted of murdering seven women and leaving...
A man convicted of murdering seven women and leaving their decomposed bodies in his apartment cannot be executed because he is mentally retarded, a judge has ruled
- DECEMBER 18, 2003AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
By an eleven to one vote jurors recommended James Barber...
By an eleven to one vote jurors recommended James Barber be executed for the May 2001 killing of 75-year-old Dottie Epps, the woman he worked for
- DECEMBER 18, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Ma Yong, 43, and his partner Duan Zhiqun, 20, were...
Ma Yong, 43, and his partner Duan Zhiqun, 20, were executed after being convicted by the Shenzhen Intermediate People's Court of murdering and robbing 12 women lured to their deaths with offers of jobs in the southern Chinese town of Shenzhen
- DECEMBER 18, 2003GermanyDEATH PENALTY
Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer said that Germany...
Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer said that Germany would oppose any decision to execute fallen Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein, after talks with leaders of Iraq's interim Governing Council
- DECEMBER 18, 2003IndiaDEATH PENALTY
Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee's cabinet...
Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee's cabinet gave the green light for the death sentence for those guilty of making fake pharmaceutical products in the country, officials said
- DECEMBER 18, 2003South AfricaDEATH PENALTY
"The South African government joins the international...
"The South African government joins the international community in expressing its rejection of calls for the execution of former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein in line with dictates of our own constitution," a South African foreign ministry statement said
- DECEMBER 18, 2003United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
A poll in the UK revealed that 59 percent of those...
A poll in the UK revealed that 59 percent of those questioned supported Saddam being tried by a court in Iraq, while 29 percent said the United Nations should deal with him
- DECEMBER 18, 2003ZambiaDEATH PENALTY
Zambia's Supreme Court confirmed death sentences for...
Zambia's Supreme Court confirmed death sentences for 44 soldiers for their role in a failed 1997 military coup, but acquitted 10 others, citing a lack of evidence
- DECEMBER 18, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China's supreme court urged courts nationwide to equip...
China's supreme court urged courts nationwide to equip themselves with special execution vans that can put to death convicted criminals immediately after sentencing, a judicial official said
- DECEMBER 18, 2003IranDEATH PENALTY
An Iranian man faces a possible lengthy prison term...
An Iranian man faces a possible lengthy prison term or even the death penalty for attaching a sticker to the rear window of his car proclaiming "The era of arrogant rulers is over"
- DECEMBER 18, 2003VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Seven opium traffickers were sentenced to death by...
Seven opium traffickers were sentenced to death by the People's Court in Vietnam's northern province of Tuyen Quang and 40 others from the drug network were jailed as part of a government crackdown, court officials said
- DECEMBER 18, 2003KazakhstanDEATH PENALTY
Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev signed a death...
Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev signed a death penalty moratorium, deputy head of the presidential administration in charge of the state and legal department Igor Rogov said at a briefing in Astana
- DECEMBER 17, 2003IranDEATH PENALTY
Jalil Attaii, an Iranian man convicted of a murder...
Jalil Attaii, an Iranian man convicted of a murder committed on 12 July 2000, was hanged in public at dawn in the main square of the northern Iranian town of Gonbad-e-Kavoos, the Kayhan evening newspaper said
- DECEMBER 17, 2003South CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
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- DECEMBER 17, 2003IranDEATH PENALTY
Iran's reformist President Mohammad Khatami voiced...
Iran's reformist President Mohammad Khatami voiced his opposition to the death penalty, adding that he did not even wish for the execution of captured ex-Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein
- DECEMBER 17, 2003IraqDEATH PENALTY
Iran's reformist President Mohammad Khatami voiced...
Iran's reformist President Mohammad Khatami voiced his opposition to the death penalty, adding that he did not even wish for the execution of captured ex-Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein
- DECEMBER 17, 2003IraqDEATH PENALTY
The European Union is opposed "by principle" to the...
The European Union is opposed "by principle" to the death penalty for former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein, a spokesman for the European Commission said
- DECEMBER 17, 2003European UnionDEATH PENALTY
The European Union is opposed "by principle" to the...
The European Union is opposed "by principle" to the death penalty for former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein, a spokesman for the European Commission said