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
- JUNE 29, 2003VietnamDEATH PENALTY
A Ho Chi Minh City court, Vietnam, imposed a death...
A Ho Chi Minh City court, Vietnam, imposed a death sentence for murder and robbery on Trang Hoang Thai, 20
- JUNE 28, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Chinese President Hu Jintao praised the merits of his...
Chinese President Hu Jintao praised the merits of his country's "strike hard" against crime campaign, which resulted in the execution of scores of criminals since April 2001, state press reported
- JUNE 28, 2003VietnamDEATH PENALTY
A Vietnamese court turned down an appeal against execution...
A Vietnamese court turned down an appeal against execution lodged by two men sentenced to death for murdering a student in October 1999, state media reported
- JUNE 28, 2003ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Emma Bonino MEP asked Democratic Republic of Congo's...
Emma Bonino MEP asked Democratic Republic of Congo's President Joseph Kabila to pardon 30 people sentenced to death for the murder of his father, former president Laurent Kabila
- JUNE 28, 2003ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Emma Bonino MEP asked Democratic Republic of Congo's...
Emma Bonino MEP asked Democratic Republic of Congo's President Joseph Kabila to pardon 30 people sentenced to death for the murder of his father, former president Laurent Kabila
- JUNE 28, 2003DEATH PENALTY
Emma Bonino MEP asked Democratic Republic of Congo's...
Emma Bonino MEP asked Democratic Republic of Congo's President Joseph Kabila to pardon 30 people sentenced to death for the murder of his father, former president Laurent Kabila
- JUNE 28, 2003SudanDEATH PENALTY
In Sudan, the Appeal Court has confirmed the death...
In Sudan, the Appeal Court has confirmed the death sentence for Ibraheam Ahmed Omer Abaker issued by the Kass Court on September 30th, 2002
- JUNE 28, 2003SudanDEATH PENALTY
The Appeal Court confirmed the sentence on Ibraheam...
The Appeal Court confirmed the sentence on Ibraheam Ahmed Omer Abaker convicted of Murder under Article 130 of the Penal Code (1991) and sentenced to death on 30 September 2002 before Kass Court
- JUNE 27, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Qiao Yanqin was executed in southern China's Guangdong...
Qiao Yanqin was executed in southern China's Guangdong province for his role in the beating to death of a migrant worker in a detention centre
- JUNE 27, 2003IndiaDEATH PENALTY
Additional district judge L S Pavshe sentenced to death...
Additional district judge L S Pavshe sentenced to death Shivaji Alhat, 45, a former schoolteacher, for raping and murdering 10-year-old Hemalata Nanavre of Junnar, in Pune district, on January 14, 2002
- JUNE 27, 2003FijiDEATH PENALTY
Timoci Silatolu and Jo Nata, convicted of treason,...
Timoci Silatolu and Jo Nata, convicted of treason, were sentenced to life imprisonment with heavy minimum terms to serve for their role in Fiji's 2000 coup
- JUNE 27, 2003IndianaDEATH PENALTY
A Marion County judge dismissed death penalty convictions...
A Marion County judge dismissed death penalty convictions against 2 accused killers
- JUNE 27, 2003CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
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- JUNE 26, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
State media reported that four drug traffickers were...
State media reported that four drug traffickers were executed in Changsha City, capital of south China's Hunan Province, and 17 others were sentenced to death
- JUNE 26, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Wang Xiongyin, "convicted drug peddler", was sentenced...
Wang Xiongyin, "convicted drug peddler", was sentenced to death in Guangzhou as China marked International Anti-Drugs Day
- JUNE 26, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Shanghai Daily reported that local courts had convicted...
The Shanghai Daily reported that local courts had convicted 67 people for "severe crimes such as drug trafficking and drug making," sentencing them variously to more than five years imprisonment, life sentence and the death penalty
- JUNE 26, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Chang Chi-hsien, a Taiwanese man convicted of drug...
Chang Chi-hsien, a Taiwanese man convicted of drug trafficking, was executed in the southern Chinese city of Xiamen, the Beijing Times newspaper said
- JUNE 26, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Beijing No 1 Intermediate People's Court sentenced...
The Beijing No 1 Intermediate People's Court sentenced Uygur woman from the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region to death with probation for drug related crimes, no further details were given
- JUNE 26, 2003MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
The Federal Court of Malaysia substituted with a death...
The Federal Court of Malaysia substituted with a death sentence the sentence of life imprisonment imposed by the High Court on Jemari Jusoh, an Al-Ma'unah member convicted of committing treason in 2000
- JUNE 26, 2003MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
The Consumers Association of Subang and Shah Alam Selangor...
The Consumers Association of Subang and Shah Alam Selangor called for the public execution of those found guilty of rape and murder
- JUNE 26, 2003TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
Chang Chi-hsien, a Taiwanese man convicted of drug...
Chang Chi-hsien, a Taiwanese man convicted of drug trafficking, was executed in the southern Chinese city of Xiamen, the Beijing Times newspaper said
- JUNE 26, 2003Sri LankaDEATH PENALTY
Shanmuga Sundaram Raghupathi, a member of Sri Lanka's...
Shanmuga Sundaram Raghupathi, a member of Sri Lanka's separatist Tamil Tiger rebels who was charged with attacking a navy base at Karainagar in the northern Karaitivu island, was sentenced to death by the Colombo High Court, Sri Lanka, The Island newspape
- JUNE 26, 2003FloridaDEATH PENALTY
The Florida Supreme Court is vacating the death sentences...
The Florida Supreme Court is vacating the death sentences given to Thomas Thibault
- JUNE 26, 2003DEATH PENALTY
In 2001 and 2002 bills were put forward for the abolition...
In 2001 and 2002 bills were put forward for the abolition of the death penalty and for a seven year moratorium on executions
- JUNE 26, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Drug enforcement personnel in Chengdu, Sichuan Province,...
Drug enforcement personnel in Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China, escorted six drug traffickers to the execution ground, including Yu Wulin
- JUNE 26, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Guangdong Provincial Higher People's Court, China,...
The Guangdong Provincial Higher People's Court, China, approved the execution of 11 "principal drug traffickers", including Li Jinghua, Feng Haizhou and Li Xuejun
- JUNE 26, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
It was reported that Xian, Baoji, Xianyang, Yan'an,...
It was reported that Xian, Baoji, Xianyang, Yan'an, and Yulin Intermediate People's Courts, in Shaanxi Province, China, tried 25 drug cases, sentencing eight people to death including Zhou Kexue, Wang Xinmin and Feng Cuiqiong
- JUNE 26, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Chinese state media reported that "courts at different...
Chinese state media reported that "courts at different levels in Jiangsu Province tried 53 drug cases and punished 74 suspects
- JUNE 26, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Henan Provincial Higher People's Court, China,...
The Henan Provincial Higher People's Court, China, sentenced Zheng Ziyi and Liu Guobo to death and Ran Lingxiang to death with two years reprieve
- JUNE 26, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Chen Xulun was sentenced to death by the Hangzhou Intermediate...
Chen Xulun was sentenced to death by the Hangzhou Intermediate People's Court, Zhejiang Province, China, after being found guilty of trafficking in 10,175 ecstasy pills and 207 g of ketamine powder