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 12, 2003PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Judge Ch
Judge Ch
- JULY 12, 2003MoroccoDEATH PENALTY
10 alleged members of a radical Islamic group which...
10 alleged members of a radical Islamic group which was suspected of having been involved in the 16 May 2003 suicide attacks in Morocco that killed 44 people were sentenced to death
- JULY 12, 2003ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
The Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) is for the abolition...
The Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) is for the abolition of death penalty in Armenia, RPA Chairman and Armenian Prime Minister Andranik Margarian stated at the RPA's 8th congress
- JULY 12, 2003SudanDEATH PENALTY
In Sudan, the Appeal Court has confirmed the death...
In Sudan, the Appeal Court has confirmed the death sentence for Ibraheam Dawood Abdelrahman issued by the Nyala Criminal Court on May 17th, 2003
- JULY 12, 2003SudanDEATH PENALTY
In Sudan, the Appeal Court has confirmed the death...
In Sudan, the Appeal Court has confirmed the death sentence for Hassan Shigaf Ali issued by the Nyala town Criminal Court on June 8th, 2003
- JULY 12, 2003SudanDEATH PENALTY
In Sudan, the Appeal Court has confirmed the death...
In Sudan, the Appeal Court has confirmed the death sentence for Ibraheam Mohamed Hussain issued by the Nyala town Criminal Court on June 8th, 2003
- JULY 12, 2003SudanDEATH PENALTY
The Appeal Court confirmed the sentence on Abdelraheam...
The Appeal Court confirmed the sentence on Abdelraheam Omer Zakaria convicted of Murder under Article 130 of the Penal Code (1991) and sentenced to death on 17 May 2003
- JULY 12, 2003SudanDEATH PENALTY
The Appeal Court confirmed the sentence onIbraheam...
The Appeal Court confirmed the sentence onIbraheam Dawood Abdelrahman convicted of Murder under Article 130 of the Penal Code (1991) and sentenced to death on 17 May 2003 before Nyala Court
- JULY 12, 2003SudanDEATH PENALTY
The Appeal Court confirmed the sentence on Ibraheam...
The Appeal Court confirmed the sentence on Ibraheam Mohamed Hussein convicted of Murder under Article 130 of the Penal Code (1991) and sentenced to death on 8 June 2003 before Nyala court
- JULY 12, 2003SudanDEATH PENALTY
The Appeal Court confirmed the sentence on Hassan Shigaf...
The Appeal Court confirmed the sentence on Hassan Shigaf Ali convicted of Murder under Article 130 of the Penal Code (1991) and sentenced to death on 8 June 2003 before Nyala court
- JULY 11, 2003PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Omar Khaleq Abdul Khaleq, a Pakistani national convicted...
Omar Khaleq Abdul Khaleq, a Pakistani national convicted of trying to smuggle an unknown quantity of heroin into Saudi Arabia, was beheaded in the country by sword near Riyadh
- JULY 11, 2003Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Ali bin Zuheir al-Qorni, a Saudi, was executed in the...
Ali bin Zuheir al-Qorni, a Saudi, was executed in the Mecca region by beheading
- JULY 11, 2003Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Omar Khaleq Abdul Khaleq, a Pakistani national convicted...
Omar Khaleq Abdul Khaleq, a Pakistani national convicted of trying to smuggle an unknown quantity of heroin into Saudi Arabia, was beheaded in the country by sword near Riyadh
- JULY 11, 2003VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Tang Minh Phung, 47, a businessman, and 60-year-old...
Tang Minh Phung, 47, a businessman, and 60-year-old banker Pham Nhat Hong were shot dead by firing squad in southern Ho Chi Minh City after their appeals for clemency were rejected by President Tran Duc Luong in May 2003
- JULY 11, 2003TajikistanDEATH PENALTY
The president of the 55-nation Organisation for Security...
The president of the 55-nation Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Jaap de Hoop Scheffer called on Tajikistan President Emomali Rakhmonov to impose a moratorium on the death penalty
- JULY 10, 2003KenyaDEATH PENALTY
Convicted prisoners at the Kamiti Maximum Security...
Convicted prisoners at the Kamiti Maximum Security Prison, Kenya, complained to Home Affairs Minister Moody Awori, during his visit to the institution, saying their appeals took too long to be determined, especially for those sentenced to death, and that
- JULY 10, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Haji Giasuddin, 58, and Jamaluddin, 48, two Bangladeshi...
Haji Giasuddin, 58, and Jamaluddin, 48, two Bangladeshi men sentenced to death in 1994, were executed in the early hours of the day
- JULY 10, 2003KazakhstanDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty rate in Kazakhstan was declining,...
The death penalty rate in Kazakhstan was declining, Justice Minister Onalsyn Zhumabekov told a session of the Legal Policy Council in Astana
- JULY 10, 2003European UnionDEATH PENALTY
Italy's EU presidency was urged to ensure that the...
Italy's EU presidency was urged to ensure that the rights of terrorist suspects facing secret US military tribunals in Guantanamo Bay were respected
- JULY 10, 2003DEATH PENALTY
Italy's EU presidency was urged to ensure that the...
Italy's EU presidency was urged to ensure that the rights of terrorist suspects facing secret US military tribunals in Guantanamo Bay were respected
- JULY 10, 2003ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Italy's EU presidency was urged to ensure that the...
Italy's EU presidency was urged to ensure that the rights of terrorist suspects facing secret US military tribunals in Guantanamo Bay were respected
- JULY 10, 2003United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
Italy's EU presidency was urged to ensure that the...
Italy's EU presidency was urged to ensure that the rights of terrorist suspects facing secret US military tribunals in Guantanamo Bay were respected
- JULY 10, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Pan Rongyu, an unemployed man from Shanghai, was sentenced...
Pan Rongyu, an unemployed man from Shanghai, was sentenced to death for multiple crimes, including assault and rape
- JULY 10, 2003IndiaDEATH PENALTY
It was reported that Indian Health Minister Sushma...
It was reported that Indian Health Minister Sushma Swaraj said he wanted the death penalty for manufacturers of "spurious drugs"
- JULY 10, 2003KazakhstanDEATH PENALTY
The introduction of life prison sentences in Kazakhstan...
The introduction of life prison sentences in Kazakhstan for those who commit grave crimes would facilitate the full abolition of the death penalty in the country, Kazakh Justice Minister Onalsyn Zhumabekov said
- JULY 10, 2003FloridaDEATH PENALTY
Joe Elton Nixon, convicted of murdering a woman, will...
Joe Elton Nixon, convicted of murdering a woman, will get a new trial 19 years later because he never explicitly agreed with his lawyer's strategy of admitting guilt, the Florida Supreme Court decided today
- JULY 9, 2003MaliDEATH PENALTY
Abdullah Othman Ashur al-Tareqi, a Mali national convicted...
Abdullah Othman Ashur al-Tareqi, a Mali national convicted of murdering a compatriot in Saudi Arabia, was beheaded by sword in the capital Riyadh
- JULY 9, 2003AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
"The Bali bombers who murdered my son last October...
"The Bali bombers who murdered my son last October are evil extremists, but they don't deserve the death penalty," Brian Deegan, the Adelaide magistrate farther of one of the victims of the Bali bombing, wrote in The Australian
- JULY 9, 2003KyrgyzstanDEATH PENALTY
OSCE Chairman-in-Office Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, said...
OSCE Chairman-in-Office Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, said he favoured an extension of the moratorium on the death penalty in Kyrgyzstan due to expire in December 2003
- JULY 9, 2003TexasDEATH PENALTY
Christopher Black Sr
Christopher Black Sr