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 23, 2003JapanDEATH PENALTY
Nine executive members of the Committee on Judicial...
Nine executive members of the Committee on Judicial Affairs of Japan's lower house of parliament visited a new execution chamber at the Tokyo Detention Centre
- JULY 23, 2003OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
Convicted killer sentenced to death again
Convicted killer sentenced to death again
- JULY 23, 2003TexasDEATH PENALTY
Cedric Ransom, 29, was executed this evening for robbing...
Cedric Ransom, 29, was executed this evening for robbing and fatally shooting Herbert Primm, 47, on Dec
- JULY 23, 2003VirginiaDEATH PENALTY
Bobby Wayne Swisher, 27, was executed by injection...
Bobby Wayne Swisher, 27, was executed by injection at the Greensville Correctional Center in Jarratt, six years after he kidnapped and raped 22-year-old Dawn McNees Snyder on Feb
- JULY 22, 2003AzerbaijanDEATH PENALTY
"Several days ago, the Tabriz Revolutionary Court ruled...
"Several days ago, the Tabriz Revolutionary Court ruled that a leader of the student movement, Ms Faramaz Mohammadi, be executed," the Azerbaijani newspaper Xalq Qazeti reported
- JULY 22, 2003IranDEATH PENALTY
"Several days ago, the Tabriz Revolutionary Court ruled...
"Several days ago, the Tabriz Revolutionary Court ruled that a leader of the student movement, Ms Faramaz Mohammadi, be executed," the Azerbaijani newspaper Xalq Qazeti reported
- JULY 22, 2003JapanDEATH PENALTY
The Asahi Shimbun Liberal Democratic Party (LPD) members...
The Asahi Shimbun Liberal Democratic Party (LPD) members in favor of capital punishment stalled a bill to set up a panel on abolishing the death penalty, before it even reached the Diet
- JULY 22, 2003NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Human Rights Watch published a damning 32-page report...
Human Rights Watch published a damning 32-page report into the November 2002 violence, in the northern city of Kaduna, alleging that police and soldiers had shot indiscriminately during a riot which left 220 dead
- JULY 22, 2003UgandaDEATH PENALTY
President Yoweri Museveni said the death penalty must...
President Yoweri Museveni said the death penalty must remain as a deterrent against indiscriminate killings
- JULY 22, 2003New ZealandDEATH PENALTY
The Sensible Sentencing Trust brought together the...
The Sensible Sentencing Trust brought together the families of victims of "New Zealand's most horrific murders" at Parliament to lobby MPs to change sentencing laws
- JULY 22, 2003OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
Bryan Anthony Toles, 31, was executed
Bryan Anthony Toles, 31, was executed
- JULY 22, 2003RussiaDEATH PENALTY
State Duma Speaker Gennadiy Seleznev said he believed...
State Duma Speaker Gennadiy Seleznev said he believed the death penalty should be introduced for terrorists
- JULY 21, 2003United StatesDEATH PENALTY
A German court approved the extradition of Mohammed...
A German court approved the extradition of Mohammed Ali Hassan al-Moayad, a Yemeni cleric, and his assistant, Mohammed Mohsen Yahya Zayed, to face charges in the United States of supplying weapons, militants and millions of dollars in funding to the al-Qa
- JULY 21, 2003GermanyDEATH PENALTY
A German court approved the extradition of Mohammed...
A German court approved the extradition of Mohammed Ali Hassan al-Moayad, a Yemeni cleric, and his assistant, Mohammed Mohsen Yahya Zayed, to face charges in the United States of supplying weapons, militants and millions of dollars in funding to the al-Qa
- JULY 21, 2003YemenDEATH PENALTY
A German court approved the extradition of Mohammed...
A German court approved the extradition of Mohammed Ali Hassan al-Moayad, a Yemeni cleric, and his assistant, Mohammed Mohsen Yahya Zayed, to face charges in the United States of supplying weapons, militants and millions of dollars in funding to the al-Qa
- JULY 21, 2003ItalyDEATH PENALTY
The Italian Presidency's proposal regarding the presentation,...
The Italian Presidency's proposal regarding the presentation, at the forthcomming UN General Assembly in September, of a European resolution for a universal moratorium on executions, was rejected durino a summit of EU Foreign Ministers
- JULY 21, 2003ItalyDEATH PENALTY
On the EU 'no' to the UN moratotium on capital executions,...
On the EU 'no' to the UN moratotium on capital executions, Hands Off Cain Secretary Segio D'Elia declared: "We thank (Italian Foreign) Minister Franco Frattini who, as promised, brough up the issue to his EU colleagues regarding the proposal for a univers
- JULY 21, 2003DEATH PENALTY
The Italian Presidency's proposal regarding the presentation,...
The Italian Presidency's proposal regarding the presentation, at the forthcomming UN General Assembly in September, of a European resolution for a universal moratorium on executions, was rejected durino a summit of EU Foreign Ministers
- JULY 21, 2003ItalyDEATH PENALTY
On the EU 'no' to the UN moratotium on capital executions,...
On the EU 'no' to the UN moratotium on capital executions, Hands Off Cain Secretary Segio D'Elia declared: "We thank (Italian Foreign) Minister Franco Frattini who, as promised, brough up the issue to his EU colleagues regarding the proposal for a univers
- JULY 21, 2003IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
Lawyers for accused Bali bomber Amrozi made a last-ditch...
Lawyers for accused Bali bomber Amrozi made a last-ditch plea to spare him from the firing squad, arguing that the death penalty is a vengeful punishment not acceptable in many countries, including Australia
- JULY 21, 2003DEATH PENALTY
HOC ON THE EUROPEAN ‘NO’ TOWARDS A UN MORATORIUM: “PREDICTABLE AND UNACCEPTABLE”
July 21, 2003: the Italian Presidency’s proposal regarding the presentation, at the forthcoming UN General Assembly in September, of a European resolution for a universal moratorium on executions, was Monday rejected at the summit of EU Foreign Ministers.
- JULY 20, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Mo Jifeng, a 27 year-old Internet surfer, was sentenced...
Mo Jifeng, a 27 year-old Internet surfer, was sentenced to death by a Shanghai court for robbing and murdering a friend he met in an Internet chat room
- JULY 19, 2003IranDEATH PENALTY
The Iranian newspaper Iran web site reported that the...
The Iranian newspaper Iran web site reported that the death sentences of five people were to be carried out in public on the 19th and 20th of July
- JULY 19, 2003VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Dinh Huu Huy, 26, was executed by firing squad in Vietnam...
Dinh Huu Huy, 26, was executed by firing squad in Vietnam after being convicted of in 2002 of murdering a motorcycle taxi driver in order to steal his vehicle, state media said
- JULY 18, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Utaik al-Islam Khan, a Bangladeshi man convicted of...
Utaik al-Islam Khan, a Bangladeshi man convicted of murdering a Saudi national, was beheaded by the sword in the western region of Mecca
- JULY 18, 2003South AfricaDEATH PENALTY
Lehlohonolo Kobedi, a South African man who had been...
Lehlohonolo Kobedi, a South African man who had been on death row in Botswana for five years, was executed at Gaborone Central Prison, SABC news reported
- JULY 18, 2003BotswanaDEATH PENALTY
Lehlohonolo Kobedi, a South African man who had been...
Lehlohonolo Kobedi, a South African man who had been on death row in Botswana for five years, was executed at Gaborone Central Prison, SABC news reported
- JULY 18, 2003Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Utaik al-Islam Khan, a Bangladeshi man convicted of...
Utaik al-Islam Khan, a Bangladeshi man convicted of murdering a Saudi national, was beheaded by the sword in the western region of Mecca
- JULY 18, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Ma Xin, a Beijing man, was sentenced to death by the...
Ma Xin, a Beijing man, was sentenced to death by the Beijing intermediate court on for counterfeiting official corporate stamps and financial documents
- JULY 18, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Four ring leaders of a gang in south-west China's Sichuan...
Four ring leaders of a gang in south-west China's Sichuan province were sentenced to death