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 18, 2003IraqDEATH PENALTY
The US military said it had discovered a mass grave...
The US military said it had discovered a mass grave near Mosul, in northern Iraq, containing up to 400 bodies
- JULY 18, 2003TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Turkish President Ahmet Necdet Sezer approved the sixth...
Turkish President Ahmet Necdet Sezer approved the sixth European Union (EU) adjustment package envisaging amendments to laws, including the commutation into life imprisonment of the death penalty envisaged in the Gelibolu Peninsula Historical National Par
- JULY 18, 2003ThailandDEATH PENALTY
Pattana Sriwiboon, 38, was sentenced to death after...
Pattana Sriwiboon, 38, was sentenced to death after he admitted killing Thaweepong Boonsin, 45, mayor of tambon Tha Phae, on August 22, 2001
- JULY 17, 2003AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
Le My Linh, an Australian woman condemned to death...
Le My Linh, an Australian woman condemned to death by a Vietnamese court in 2002 on drug trafficking charges, had her sentence commuted to life imprisonment
- JULY 17, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A Speedy Trial Court in Bangladesh sentenced to death...
A Speedy Trial Court in Bangladesh sentenced to death in absentia Shafiqur Rahman Tuhin for poisoning to death his mother-in-law and five other members of the family on 25 June 2002
- JULY 17, 2003IllinoisDEATH PENALTY
Gov. Blagojevich, who supports capital punishment,...
Gov. Blagojevich, who supports capital punishment, signs death-penalty reform -- Police must now tape all statements of murder suspects. Police departments have 2 years to begin recording interrogations and confessions in murder cases under a death-penal
- JULY 17, 2003South CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
Willie Hicks, 38, was freed from South Carolina's death row
Willie Hicks, 38, was freed from South Carolina's death row
- JULY 17, 2003ItalyDEATH PENALTY
ITALY: NATIONAL ALLIANCE MOTION FOR A UN MORATORIUM ON EXECUTIONS
July 17, 2003: a motion that “favourably receives and gives support to the government’s decision to present a resolution for a universal moratorium on executions at the next UN General Assembly” was on Wednesday presented in Parliament by the National All
- JULY 16, 2003LiberiaDEATH PENALTY
The families of two deputy ministers who were apparently...
The families of two deputy ministers who were apparently killed by government fighters in June for their alleged involvement in a failed coup to depose President Charles Taylor, demanded that the government release the bodies and conduct a full inquiry
- JULY 16, 2003SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
A court in Boosaaso, Somalia, sentenced to death four...
A court in Boosaaso, Somalia, sentenced to death four soldiers for committing murders in various parts of the region, the Somali daily Ayaamaha reported
- JULY 16, 2003TanzaniaDEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International-Tanzania advised the government...
Amnesty International-Tanzania advised the government to repeal the death penalty enshrined in the constitution
- JULY 16, 2003ItalyDEATH PENALTY
A motion that "favourably receives and gives support...
A motion that "favourably receives and gives support to the government's decision to present a resolution for a universal moratorium on executions at the next UN General Assembly" was presented in Parliament by the National Alliance (AN) party
- JULY 15, 2003KenyaDEATH PENALTY
Vice Justice Minister of Kenya Njeru Githae announced...
Vice Justice Minister of Kenya Njeru Githae announced his governments intention to abolish the death penalty and to declare a general amnesty affecting all convicts on death row for 20 years or more
- JULY 15, 2003NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Amina Lawal, the Nigerian woman sentenced to death...
Amina Lawal, the Nigerian woman sentenced to death last year for adultery by a Sharia court in the state of Katsina, will not be stoned, Zamfara state Minister for Women and Children's Affairs, Amina Yusuf Garba, told the Italian daily Avvenire
- JULY 15, 2003ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
The Constitutional Court (CC) of Armenia recognized...
The Constitutional Court (CC) of Armenia recognized the provisions of Protocol No
- JULY 15, 2003DEATH PENALTY
The Constitutional Court (CC) of Armenia recognized...
The Constitutional Court (CC) of Armenia recognized the provisions of Protocol No
- JULY 15, 2003UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
Yevgeniy Toropov, a 25-year-old man living in the Uzbek...
Yevgeniy Toropov, a 25-year-old man living in the Uzbek capital, Tashkent, was sentenced to death for murdering four people in order to steal their money, Uzbek TV reported
- JULY 15, 2003European UnionDEATH PENALTY
The Italian Presidency has made the following statement...
The Italian Presidency has made the following statement on behalf of the European Union: "The European Union welcomes the entry into force on 1 July 2003 of Protocol No
- JULY 15, 2003North KoreaDEATH PENALTY
North Korean defector Soon Ok Lee, author of "Eyes...
North Korean defector Soon Ok Lee, author of "Eyes of the Tailless Animal: Prison Memoirs of a North Korean Woman," detailed her experiences at a National Endowment for Democracy (NED) conference
- JULY 15, 2003VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Ho Van Xuan, 46, a man jailed in 1979 for belonging...
Ho Van Xuan, 46, a man jailed in 1979 for belonging to a former South Vietnamese "reactionary organization", was sentenced to death in Vietnam for scalping his brother-in-law
- JULY 15, 2003SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
Soosainathan Dass Saminathan, 41, was sentenced to...
Soosainathan Dass Saminathan, 41, was sentenced to death for the murder of a six-month-old baby girl found in a rubbish chute in Hougang, Singapore, in 2002
- JULY 15, 2003North CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
Jimmy McNeill, 50, was sentenced to death by a Scotland...
Jimmy McNeill, 50, was sentenced to death by a Scotland County jury for the murder of his wife
- JULY 15, 2003CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
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- JULY 15, 2003SudanDEATH PENALTY
In Sudan, the Appeal Court has confirmed the death...
In Sudan, the Appeal Court has confirmed the death sentence for Ibraheam Yahya Yagoub issued by the Bouram town Criminal Court on May 29th, 2003
- JULY 15, 2003SudanDEATH PENALTY
The Appeal Court confirmed the sentence on Ibraheam...
The Appeal Court confirmed the sentence on Ibraheam Yahya Yagoub convicted of Murder under Article 130 of the Penal Code (1991) and sentenced to death on 29 May 2003 before Bouram Court
- JULY 14, 2003ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
The "Orinats Yerkir" party is for abolition of the...
The "Orinats Yerkir" party is for abolition of the capital punishment in Armenia, Chairman of the Armenian National Assembly and Leader of the party, Arthur Baghdasaryan, said at a press-conference
- JULY 14, 2003FranceDEATH PENALTY
In a declaration announced by Ensemble Contre La Peine...
In a declaration announced by Ensemble Contre La Peine De Mort, the French organisation said amongst other things: "A moratorium means less executions and death sentences on the decrease
- JULY 14, 2003ItalyDEATH PENALTY
In a declaration announced by Ensemble Contre La Peine...
In a declaration announced by Ensemble Contre La Peine De Mort, the French organisation said amongst other things: "A moratorium means less executions and death sentences on the decrease
- JULY 14, 2003UgandaDEATH PENALTY
The head of the Tabliq muslim sect, Sheikh Sulaiman...
The head of the Tabliq muslim sect, Sheikh Sulaiman Kakeeto, said he was opposed to the appeal by condemned inmates in Uganda to abolish the death penalty
- JULY 12, 2003SudanDEATH PENALTY
In Sudan, the Appeal Court has confirmed the death...
In Sudan, the Appeal Court has confirmed the death sentence for Abdelraheam Omer Zakaria issued by the Nyala town Criminal Court on May 17th, 2003