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
- MAY 7, 2003PakistanDEATH PENALTY
A court in Pakistan sentenced a woman to death for...
A court in Pakistan sentenced a woman to death for drugs offences
- MAY 7, 2003ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Former EU Humanitarian Aid Commissioner and Hands Off...
Former EU Humanitarian Aid Commissioner and Hands Off Cain honorary president MEP Emma Bonino welcomed the commitment of the Italian government to present a resolution for a worldwide moratorium on executions to the United Nations General Assembly express
- MAY 7, 2003ItalyDEATH PENALTY
The Italian government's commitment to re-propose the...
The Italian government's commitment to re-propose the moratorium resolution to the UN General Assembly was greeted jubilantly by the Italian Senate's Commission for Human Rights
- MAY 7, 2003NevadaDEATH PENALTY
In Las Vegas Clark County District Judge Joseph Bonaventure...
In Las Vegas Clark County District Judge Joseph Bonaventure has reaffirmed the death sentence against Timmy (T
- MAY 7, 2003OhioDEATH PENALTY
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- MAY 7, 2003ItalyDEATH PENALTY
ITALIAN GOVERNMENT TO PRESENT MORATORIUM RESOLUTION AT UNGA
May 7, 2003: Deputy Prime Minister Gianfranco Fini last night pledged the Italian government’s commitment to HOC’s campaign for a worldwide moratorium on executions. Italy will re-present the moratorium resolution in the upcoming UN General Assembly.
- MAY 6, 2003DEATH PENALTY
The Italian capital city's most famous landmark was...
The Italian capital city's most famous landmark was brightly lit to mark a visit by former Illinois governor George Ryan
- MAY 6, 2003ItalyDEATH PENALTY
The Italian capital city's most famous landmark was...
The Italian capital city's most famous landmark was brightly lit to mark a visit by former Illinois governor George Ryan
- MAY 6, 2003ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Deputy Prime Minister Gianfranco Fini pledged the Italian...
Deputy Prime Minister Gianfranco Fini pledged the Italian government's commitment to Hands Off Cain's campaign for a worldwide moratorium on executions
- MAY 6, 2003DEATH PENALTY
Deputy Prime Minister Gianfranco Fini pledged the Italian...
Deputy Prime Minister Gianfranco Fini pledged the Italian government's commitment to Hands Off Cain's campaign for a worldwide moratorium on executions
- MAY 6, 2003MoroccoDEATH PENALTY
Morocco condemned a man to death for the murder of...
Morocco condemned a man to death for the murder of a policeman during an escape attempt from court
- MAY 6, 2003TexasDEATH PENALTY
Roger Dale Vaughn, 48, was executed for strangling...
Roger Dale Vaughn, 48, was executed for strangling and raping Dora Watkins, 66, on Oct
- MAY 6, 2003GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
Carl Isaacs, 49, was given a lethal injection at the...
Carl Isaacs, 49, was given a lethal injection at the state prison in Jackson for orchestrating the Alday family killings (Ned, Aubrey, Chester, Jerry, Jimmy and Mary Alday) at their home on May 14, 1973
- MAY 6, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
An Additional District and Sessions Court in Bangladesh...
An Additional District and Sessions Court in Bangladesh sentenced two youths to hang and sentenced two others to one year rigorous imprisonment for murder
- MAY 5, 2003IranDEATH PENALTY
Iran's Supreme Court confirmed the death sentences...
Iran's Supreme Court confirmed the death sentences handed down to eight members of a kidnapping gang that operated in the northeastern city of Mashhad, the Qods newspaper reported
- MAY 5, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Hebei Intermediate People's Court, China, sentenced...
The Hebei Intermediate People's Court, China, sentenced Hou Wanli to death, and Ma Qingli, his spouse, to 10 years imprisonment for trafficking children in central China, state media said
- MAY 5, 2003PakistanDEATH PENALTY
The Special Anti-Terrorism Court sentenced to death...
The Special Anti-Terrorism Court sentenced to death on two counts with a fine of Rs 2 hundred thousand Shabbir Ahmad for murdering a Police Inspector and a Head Constable as they conducted a raid on a house
- MAY 5, 2003ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Ryan argued that the American public is for a fair,...
Ryan argued that the American public is for a fair, honest and just death penalty system, and the study conducted on the Illinois system showed that this was not so
- MAY 5, 2003ItalyDEATH PENALTY
In his first public debate on the death penalty outside...
In his first public debate on the death penalty outside the United States, former Illinois Governor George Ryan called for states that execute people all over the world to impose moratoria and take the time to study their capital punishment systems
- MAY 5, 2003NigerDEATH PENALTY
Following over 40 years of independence, since 1960,...
Following over 40 years of independence, since 1960, Niger's National Assembly adopted a new criminal code
- MAY 5, 2003DEATH PENALTY
FORMER ILLINOIS GOVERNOR CALLS FOR WORLDWIDE MORATORIUM
May 5, 2003: in his first public debate on the death penalty outside the United States, former Illinois Governor George Ryan called for states that execute people all over the world to impose moratoria and take the time to study their capital punishment s
- MAY 4, 2003Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Abdul Rahman bin Hanash al-Shihri was publicly beheaded...
Abdul Rahman bin Hanash al-Shihri was publicly beheaded in Riyadh for shooting dead a male relative in a dispute
- MAY 3, 2003MissouriDEATH PENALTY
A Jefferson County Jury sentenced Cameron Deck to death
A Jefferson County Jury sentenced Cameron Deck to death
- MAY 3, 2003NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
In an editorial entitled 'Impunity and Human Rights'...
In an editorial entitled 'Impunity and Human Rights' Chino Obiagwu stated "in 2002, we recorded ? over 150 cases of summary or extra judicial executions, that is, killings by police and other security agents
- MAY 3, 2003AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
Australian Foreign Affairs Minister Alexander Downer...
Australian Foreign Affairs Minister Alexander Downer said that the Bali bombers should not be executed for the nightclub attacks which killed more than 200 people
- MAY 3, 2003UruguayDEATH PENALTY
It was decided that El Said Hassan Al-Mokhis, an Egyptian...
It was decided that El Said Hassan Al-Mokhis, an Egyptian citizen arrested in Uruguay in 1999, be extradited to his homeland to face charges for the 1997 massacre of 22 European tourists at Luxor Temple
- MAY 3, 2003EgyptDEATH PENALTY
It was decided that El Said Hassan Al-Mokhis, an Egyptian...
It was decided that El Said Hassan Al-Mokhis, an Egyptian citizen arrested in Uruguay in 1999, be extradited to his homeland to face charges for the 1997 massacre of 22 European tourists at Luxor Temple
- MAY 3, 2003IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
Australian Foreign Affairs Minister Alexander Downer...
Australian Foreign Affairs Minister Alexander Downer said that the Bali bombers should not be executed for the nightclub attacks which killed more than 200 people
- MAY 2, 2003MississippiDEATH PENALTY
In George County Freddie Spicer Jr
In George County Freddie Spicer Jr
- MAY 2, 2003PakistanDEATH PENALTY
The anti-terrorist court at Hyderabad sentenced to...
The anti-terrorist court at Hyderabad sentenced to death two men named as Aurangzeb and Ashraf and fined them Rs