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
- JULY 31, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A district court in Bangladesh sentenced two men to...
A district court in Bangladesh sentenced two men to death and two others to life imprisonment in absentia for the kidnap and murder of a boy at Dhamrai in 1995
- JULY 30, 2003IranDEATH PENALTY
Lista Bonino MEPs deposited an urgent interrogation...
Lista Bonino MEPs deposited an urgent interrogation to the Commission and the Council regarding the recent execution of a university student in Iran
- JULY 30, 2003IranDEATH PENALTY
Lista Bonino MEPs deposited an urgent interrogation...
Lista Bonino MEPs deposited an urgent interrogation to the Commission and the Council regarding the recent execution of a university student in Iran
- JULY 30, 2003IranDEATH PENALTY
Two Iranians convicted of murder were hanged in Tehran's...
Two Iranians convicted of murder were hanged in Tehran's Ghasr prison, the government daily Iran reported
- JULY 30, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
It was reported that Bahauddin Sikder, "a young man",...
It was reported that Bahauddin Sikder, "a young man", was awarded capital punishment for torturing his wife to death at Bhonga in Mehendiganj, Bangladesh, "about three years ago"
- JULY 30, 2003MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
Wong Joo Sen, 34, was sentenced to death by the Malaysian...
Wong Joo Sen, 34, was sentenced to death by the Malaysian High Court after he was found guilty of trafficking in 6,000 Ecstasy pills in 2001
- JULY 29, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Swapan Gazi, a 24 year old Bangladeshi, was sentenced...
Swapan Gazi, a 24 year old Bangladeshi, was sentenced to death by hanging for hurling acid on his nine-year-old wife, leaving her partially deaf and blind
- JULY 29, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Li Feng, an elementary school teacher in Tonghua city,...
Li Feng, an elementary school teacher in Tonghua city, in northeast China's Jilin Province, was sentenced to death and executed for raping and molesting 19 girl students under the age of 14
- JULY 29, 2003IsraelDEATH PENALTY
Minister Yisrael Katz proposed to legislate a law that...
Minister Yisrael Katz proposed to legislate a law that would impose the death sentence on any Israeli citizen assisting in the murder of other Israelis as part of his support for an enemy country or a terrorist organization
- JULY 29, 2003OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
In McAlester, Harold Loyd McElmurry III was executed
In McAlester, Harold Loyd McElmurry III was executed
- JULY 29, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Faisal Alam Ansari, 42, his brother Saiful Alam Ansari...
Faisal Alam Ansari, 42, his brother Saiful Alam Ansari and Rana Ahmed were sentenced to death by a court in Bangladesh for murdering business partner Humayun Kabir at Dhanmondi in 1999
- JULY 29, 2003NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Marco Cappato, Lista Bonino MEP, together with Italian...
Marco Cappato, Lista Bonino MEP, together with Italian Ambassador Marcello Ricoveri and vice President of the Commission of Human Rights of the Nigerian Chamber of Deputies Hon
- JULY 29, 2003DEATH PENALTY
THE MOTION CALLING FOR A UN MORATORIUM IS APPROVED BY ITALIAN CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES
July 29, 2003: the Italian Chamber of Deputies on Tuesday approved the modification of the operative text regarding the initiative in favour of a universal moratorium on capital executions, put forward to parliament by Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frat
- JULY 28, 2003St. LuciaDEATH PENALTY
St Lucia's Prime Minister Dr Kenny Anthony told a one-day...
St Lucia's Prime Minister Dr Kenny Anthony told a one-day consultation on the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) that the time had come for the Commonwealth Caribbean to engage in serious debate on the retention of the death penalty
- JULY 28, 2003IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
Indonesians prosecutors demanded the death sentence...
Indonesians prosecutors demanded the death sentence for Imam Samudra, the man accused of masterminding the Bali terror bombings
- JULY 28, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The No 2 Intermediate People's Court of Chongqing convicted...
The No 2 Intermediate People's Court of Chongqing convicted six men of murdering and dismembering six people in the city's Wanzhou area
- JULY 28, 2003MissouriDEATH PENALTY
Joseph Amrine was released today from the Cole County jail
Joseph Amrine was released today from the Cole County jail
- JULY 28, 2003NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Marco Cappato, Lista Bonino MEP, and Nigerian parliamentary...
Marco Cappato, Lista Bonino MEP, and Nigerian parliamentary Abdul Oroh, both Hands Off Cain board members, together with Marcello Ricoveri, Italian ambassador to Nigeria, met with Nigerian Foreign Minister Saisu Balarabe Samaila, on the purpose to obtain
- JULY 26, 2003ZambiaDEATH PENALTY
Moses Mulenga, 32, and Amon Banda, 36, were sentenced...
Moses Mulenga, 32, and Amon Banda, 36, were sentenced to death by Lusaka High Court Judge Gregory Phiri for the murder of Major Wezi Kaunda, the son of Zambia's first president Kenneth Kaunda
- JULY 25, 2003United NationsDEATH PENALTY
The United Nations Human Rights Committee strongly...
The United Nations Human Rights Committee strongly criticised Uzbekistan's execution of six people whose cases were awaiting the committee's consideration
- JULY 25, 2003UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
The United Nations Human Rights Committee strongly...
The United Nations Human Rights Committee strongly criticised Uzbekistan's execution of six people whose cases were awaiting the committee's consideration
- JULY 25, 2003JordanDEATH PENALTY
Theree men were put to death in the morning hours
Theree men were put to death in the morning hours
- JULY 24, 2003AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
The US government promised not to seek the death penalty...
The US government promised not to seek the death penalty for David Hicks, an Australian terrorist suspect captured fighting against US forces in Afghanistan, officials said
- JULY 24, 2003AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
The US government promised not to seek the death penalty...
The US government promised not to seek the death penalty for David Hicks, an Australian terrorist suspect captured fighting against US forces in Afghanistan, officials said
- JULY 24, 2003TexasDEATH PENALTY
In Huntsville, a convicted hit man was executed this...
In Huntsville, a convicted hit man was executed this evening for fatally shooting a 14-month-old boy in his crib more than 24 years ago as part of a murder-for-hire scheme that also left the child's parents shot dead
- JULY 24, 2003OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
In McAlester, Jackie Lee Willingham, 33, was executed...
In McAlester, Jackie Lee Willingham, 33, was executed for a 1994 murder
- JULY 23, 2003VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Forty-nine people on death row in Vietnam's southern...
Forty-nine people on death row in Vietnam's southern Ho Chi Minh City were expected to be executed soon, after their appeals for presidential clemency had been rejected, state media said
- JULY 23, 2003United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
Two Britons captured as part of the US "war on terror"...
Two Britons captured as part of the US "war on terror" and held at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba will not face the death penalty, British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw said
- JULY 23, 2003United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
Two Britons captured as part of the US "war on terror"...
Two Britons captured as part of the US "war on terror" and held at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba will not face the death penalty, British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw said
- JULY 23, 2003Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Ayedh bin Eid bin Ayedh al-Shamlani al-Enezi, a Saudi...
Ayedh bin Eid bin Ayedh al-Shamlani al-Enezi, a Saudi citizen convicted of stabbing a compatriot to death was beheaded by the sword in the capital Riyadh