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 6, 2003Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Makhdoum Ahmad bin Wali Mohammad, a Pakistani national,...
Makhdoum Ahmad bin Wali Mohammad, a Pakistani national, was executed in the Red Sea city of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, after he was convicted of attempting to smuggle a quantity of heroin into the kingdom
- JULY 6, 2003PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Makhdoum Ahmad bin Wali Mohammad, a Pakistani national,...
Makhdoum Ahmad bin Wali Mohammad, a Pakistani national, was executed in the Red Sea city of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, after he was convicted of attempting to smuggle a quantity of heroin into the kingdom
- JULY 6, 2003Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Khaled Nasser bin Shaye al-Dossari, a Saudi national,...
Khaled Nasser bin Shaye al-Dossari, a Saudi national, was executed by public beheading for murdering a female compatriot following a dispute
- JULY 6, 2003European UnionDEATH PENALTY
The European Parliament Foreign Affairs Commission...
The European Parliament Foreign Affairs Commission evaluated the project Report on the Global Human Rights Situation (the Van den Bos report), voting on almost 300 amendments put forward by different parties
- JULY 5, 2003IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
Alleged Bali bomber, Amrozi Nurhasyim is prepared to...
Alleged Bali bomber, Amrozi Nurhasyim is prepared to face the death penalty
- JULY 5, 2003IraqDEATH PENALTY
The remains of about 300 people, believed to be Kurdish...
The remains of about 300 people, believed to be Kurdish victims of the deposed regime of Saddam Hussein, were found in a mass grave seen in northern Iraq by an AFP correspondent
- JULY 4, 2003Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saud bin Mohammad bin Hamad al-Idhiani, a Saudi citizen...
Saud bin Mohammad bin Hamad al-Idhiani, a Saudi citizen convicted of stabbing a compatriot to death, was beheaded by the sword in Afif in the Riyadh region
- JULY 4, 2003United StatesDEATH PENALTY
The European Commission urged the United States on...
The European Commission urged the United States on to avoid applying the death penalty to six foreign captives designated by President George W
- JULY 4, 2003DEATH PENALTY
The European Commission urged the United States on...
The European Commission urged the United States on to avoid applying the death penalty to six foreign captives designated by President George W
- JULY 4, 2003JordanDEATH PENALTY
The Court of Cassation in Amman overturned seven death...
The Court of Cassation in Amman overturned seven death sentences passed against Ra'id Hijazi and six other men allegedly affiliated with Al-Qa'idah network, convicted in two separate trials in 2003 and 2000, their lawyer said on July 3
- JULY 4, 2003IndiaDEATH PENALTY
It was reported that the Chief Justice of the Calcutta...
It was reported that the Chief Justice of the Calcutta High Court sought views from colleagues on ways to execute people in a less painful manner
- JULY 4, 2003SudanDEATH PENALTY
Sudanese armed forces arrested 45 people of the Ma'alia...
Sudanese armed forces arrested 45 people of the Ma'alia tribe in Adila province, in southern Darfur state
- JULY 3, 2003Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Ali bin Saeed al-Shahrani, a Saudi citizen convicted...
Ali bin Saeed al-Shahrani, a Saudi citizen convicted of shooting a compatriot to death, was beheaded by the sword in the southern province of Assir
- JULY 3, 2003PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo said through...
Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo said through her spokesman that she agreed to the idea of executing convicted big-time drug traffickers in an effort to curb the drug problem in the country
- JULY 3, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A Bangladeshi court ordered Kamal Pasha to be hanged...
A Bangladeshi court ordered Kamal Pasha to be hanged for gunning down two brothers
- JULY 3, 2003LithuaniaDEATH PENALTY
The Lithuanian parliament ratified Protocol No
The Lithuanian parliament ratified Protocol No
- JULY 3, 2003IndiaDEATH PENALTY
A division bench of the Karnataka High Court changed...
A division bench of the Karnataka High Court changed the life sentence of Sardar Khan to a death sentence for murdering his wife in 1997
- JULY 3, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
It was reported that the Tonghua Intermediate People's...
It was reported that the Tonghua Intermediate People's Court, in Jilin Province, China, sentenced Guo Ziyu and Wu Deli to death for kidnapping and killing Hou, president of the Agricultural Development Bank, Liuhe County Branch
- JULY 3, 2003FloridaDEATH PENALTY
17 years ago, an Indian River County jury convicted...
17 years ago, an Indian River County jury convicted Harold Lee Harvey of premeditated murder and voted 11 to 1 to impose the death penalty
- JULY 2, 2003LouisianaDEATH PENALTY
A Caddo Parish jury sentenced Darrell Draughn, 32,...
A Caddo Parish jury sentenced Darrell Draughn, 32, to die for the robbery-murder of a 64-year-old woman
- JULY 2, 2003TexasDEATH PENALTY
Hilton Crawford, the convicted murderer of a 12-year-old...
Hilton Crawford, the convicted murderer of a 12-year-old boy in a septembre 1995 kidnap plot that turned deadly, was put to death by injection at 6:19 p
- JULY 2, 2003Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
International rights group Human Rights Watch (HRW)...
International rights group Human Rights Watch (HRW) urged Saudi Arabia to spare two female housemaids, from Indonesia and the Philippines, on death row for allegedly killing their female employers
- JULY 2, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Ripon, 20, was sentenced to death by the a Speedy Trial...
Ripon, 20, was sentenced to death by the a Speedy Trial Court in Bangladesh for the murder of his brother-in-law at Demra
- JULY 2, 2003PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
A bill seeking to punish "drug lords" and drug financiers...
A bill seeking to punish "drug lords" and drug financiers with beheading was filed at the House of Representatives
- JULY 2, 2003PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) Deputy Director...
Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) Deputy Director General Rodolfo Caisip argued for the immediate lifting of the government-imposed moratorium on the execution of more than two dozens drug traffickers held in the Death Row of the Bilibid Prison in
- JULY 2, 2003PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
International rights group Human Rights Watch (HRW)...
International rights group Human Rights Watch (HRW) urged Saudi Arabia to spare two female housemaids, from Indonesia and the Philippines, on death row for allegedly killing their female employers
- JULY 2, 2003PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
The Philippines Department of Justice argued for the...
The Philippines Department of Justice argued for the lifting of the moratorium on the death penalty, particularly concerning drug convicts, so that the heightened campaign against illegal drugs would have more "impact"
- JULY 2, 2003IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
International rights group Human Rights Watch (HRW)...
International rights group Human Rights Watch (HRW) urged Saudi Arabia to spare two female housemaids, from Indonesia and the Philippines, on death row for allegedly killing their female employers
- JULY 2, 2003ItalyDEATH PENALTY
In the debate on Italy's agenda for its EU presidency...
In the debate on Italy's agenda for its EU presidency presented by Premier Silvio Berlusconi to the European Parliament, MEP and Hands Off Cain president Marco Pannella, called on Italy to "include the moratorium issue in the agenda of the next UN General
- JULY 2, 2003ItalyDEATH PENALTY
In the debate on Italy's agenda for its EU presidency...
In the debate on Italy's agenda for its EU presidency presented by Premier Silvio Berlusconi to the European Parliament, MEP and Hands Off Cain president Marco Pannella, called on Italy to "include the moratorium issue in the agenda of the next UN General