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 2, 2003Sri LankaDEATH PENALTY
A Sri Lankan court sentenced five people to death,...
A Sri Lankan court sentenced five people to death, including two police officers, for their role in a massacre at a detention camp housing suspected Tamil Tiger rebels and former child soldiers
- JULY 2, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Five convicted criminals were put to death by lethal...
Five convicted criminals were put to death by lethal injection in the central Chinese province of Henan
- JULY 2, 2003DEATH PENALTY
HOC WELCOMES BERLUSCONI PLEDGE TO MORATORIUM CAMPAIGN IN EU PRESIDENCY SPEECH
July 2, 2003: in the debate on Italy’s agenda for its EU presidency presented this morning by Premier Silvio Berlusconi to the European Parliament, MEP and HOC president Marco Pannella, called on Italy to “include the moratorium issue in the agenda of the
- JULY 1, 2003IraqDEATH PENALTY
Three new mass graves were discovered in Iraq containing...
Three new mass graves were discovered in Iraq containing the corpses of more than 3,000 Kurds, the Al-Sabah newspaper reported
- JULY 1, 2003Bosnia & HerzegovinaDEATH PENALTY
Forensic experts exhumed 12 bodies from a mass grave...
Forensic experts exhumed 12 bodies from a mass grave believed to contain the remains of Bosnian Muslims summarily executed in the beginning of last decade's war
- JULY 1, 2003DEATH PENALTY
In McAlester, Lewis Eugene Gilbert was executed for the Sept
In McAlester, Lewis Eugene Gilbert was executed for the Sept
- JULY 1, 2003ThailandDEATH PENALTY
Thailand's Criminal Court sentenced four Laotians to...
Thailand's Criminal Court sentenced four Laotians to death for intending to sell illegal drugs in the kingdom
- JULY 1, 2003LaosDEATH PENALTY
Thailand's Criminal Court sentenced four Laotians to...
Thailand's Criminal Court sentenced four Laotians to death for intending to sell illegal drugs in the kingdom
- JULY 1, 2003JapanDEATH PENALTY
Daizo Fukushima, a 78 year old Japanese man, was sentenced...
Daizo Fukushima, a 78 year old Japanese man, was sentenced to death by hanging for killing a woman and severely burning her husband after he set fire to their lodge on a chicken farm in 1989
- JULY 1, 2003Council of EuropeDEATH PENALTY
Council of Europe leaders welcomed the entry into force...
Council of Europe leaders welcomed the entry into force of Protocol No
- JULY 1, 2003IranDEATH PENALTY
Two men, found guilt of armed robbery and rape, were...
Two men, found guilt of armed robbery and rape, were hanged publicly in the south-western Iranian province of Khuzestan, the conservative evening daily al-Kahyan reported
- JULY 1, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
It was reported that the Taiyuan Intermediate People's...
It was reported that the Taiyuan Intermediate People's Court, in Shanxi Province, China, tried 17 suspects and sentenced Zhuang Xiaodong to death with two years reprieve
- JULY 1, 2003DEATH PENALTY
FORMER EU COMMISSIONER EXPRESSES SATISFACTION ON NEW DRC GOVERNMENT
July 1, 2003: former EU Humanitarian Aid Commissioner and HOC president Emma Bonino welcomed the formation of a new government in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, which she visited last weekend as part of a Hands Off Cain delegation.
- JUNE 30, 2003PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Hekmat Shah Ahmad, a Pakistani man convicted in Saudi...
Hekmat Shah Ahmad, a Pakistani man convicted in Saudi Arabia of drug trafficking, was beheaded by the sword in the Red Sea port city of Jeddah
- JUNE 30, 2003TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Turkey's Parliament ratified Protocol No
Turkey's Parliament ratified Protocol No
- JUNE 30, 2003Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Hekmat Shah Ahmad, a Pakistani man convicted in Saudi...
Hekmat Shah Ahmad, a Pakistani man convicted in Saudi Arabia of drug trafficking, was beheaded by the sword in the Red Sea port city of Jeddah
- JUNE 30, 2003UgandaDEATH PENALTY
The Ugandan Commissioner of Prisons, Joseph Etima,...
The Ugandan Commissioner of Prisons, Joseph Etima, appealed to the government to abolish the death penalty
- JUNE 30, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A young Bangladeshi, Shaju Mia, was sentenced to death...
A young Bangladeshi, Shaju Mia, was sentenced to death for murdering and raping a girl of nine
- JUNE 30, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
The Special Tribunal for Prevention of Women and Children...
The Special Tribunal for Prevention of Women and Children Repression, Dhaka, Bangladesh, sentenced there people to death by hanging
- JUNE 30, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
It was reported that Kola Mia, 25, was sentenced to...
It was reported that Kola Mia, 25, was sentenced to death by a District Court in Bangladesh for killing a neighbour after she refused to marry him
- JUNE 30, 2003PakistanDEATH PENALTY
A Pakistani court sentenced three Islamic militants...
A Pakistani court sentenced three Islamic militants to death for plotting a May 2002 suicide car bomb attack that killed 11 French naval engineers and two Pakistani bystanders in the southern port city Karachi
- JUNE 30, 2003PakistanDEATH PENALTY
A French humanitarian group said it was opposed to...
A French humanitarian group said it was opposed to the death sentences passed on Pakistani extremists for the murder of French nationals, even though some of its members had personal links with the victims
- JUNE 30, 2003TajikistanDEATH PENALTY
Tajikistan's lower house of parliament ruled that women...
Tajikistan's lower house of parliament ruled that women found guilty of major crimes would no longer be executed, while their male counterparts were still subject to capital punishment
- JUNE 30, 2003MissouriDEATH PENALTY
Circuit Court Judge Gary P
Circuit Court Judge Gary P
- JUNE 30, 2003FranceDEATH PENALTY
A French humanitarian group said it was opposed to...
A French humanitarian group said it was opposed to the death sentences passed on Pakistani extremists for the murder of French nationals, even though some of its members had personal links with the victims
- JUNE 30, 2003GhanaDEATH PENALTY
President John Agyekum Kufuor granted amnesty to a...
President John Agyekum Kufuor granted amnesty to a number of prisoners including those on the death row, life sentence and first offenders
- JUNE 30, 2003AlgeriaDEATH PENALTY
The Constantine criminal court handed down six death...
The Constantine criminal court handed down six death sentences in absentia for the members of a terrorist group responsible for approximately 15 assassinations, racketeering, sabotage and destruction of public property, reported Le Matin web site
- JUNE 29, 2003KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
A court in Kuwait sentenced Farraj Mansour, a 32 year...
A court in Kuwait sentenced Farraj Mansour, a 32 year old Kuwaiti man, to death for the rape and murder of an eight-year-old Pakistani girl
- JUNE 29, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
The Speedy Trial Tribunal-1 of Dhaka, Bangladesh, awarded...
The Speedy Trial Tribunal-1 of Dhaka, Bangladesh, awarded the death penalty to three leaders of the Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD), student wing of Bangladesh National Party, and sentenced five others to life-term Rigorous Imprisonment for the killing Sab
- JUNE 29, 2003PakistanDEATH PENALTY
A Pakistani court sentenced two men to hang after they...
A Pakistani court sentenced two men to hang after they were found guilty of killing a woman by throwing acid at her, police said