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 2, 2003LebanonDEATH PENALTY
The Judicial Council in Lebanon sentenced to death...
The Judicial Council in Lebanon sentenced to death Ahmad Ali Mansour after he was convicted of deliberately shooting eight people dead and injuring four others, at a shoot-out in the private teachers' fund at UNESCO, Beirut, on July 31, 2002
- MAY 2, 2003IndianaDEATH PENALTY
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- MAY 1, 2003IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
It was reported that the Indonesian government was...
It was reported that the Indonesian government was working to save 12 Indonesians on death row in Malaysia for various crimes
- MAY 1, 2003MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
It was reported that the Indonesian government was...
It was reported that the Indonesian government was working to save 12 Indonesians on death row in Malaysia for various crimes
- APRIL 30, 2003JapanDEATH PENALTY
A man charged with brutally murdering two housewives...
A man charged with brutally murdering two housewives in Yamato, Kanagawa Prefecture, in August and September, 2001, was sentenced to death
- APRIL 30, 2003European UnionDEATH PENALTY
The European Court of Human Rights obligated Ukraine...
The European Court of Human Rights obligated Ukraine to pay 6 Ukrainian detainees, which had filed suits against the country, between 2 and 3 thousand Euros each
- APRIL 30, 2003UkraineDEATH PENALTY
The European Court of Human Rights obligated Ukraine...
The European Court of Human Rights obligated Ukraine to pay 6 Ukrainian detainees, which had filed suits against the country, between 2 and 3 thousand Euros each
- APRIL 30, 2003St. LuciaDEATH PENALTY
Kim John, 23, and Francis Phillip, 37, were sentenced...
Kim John, 23, and Francis Phillip, 37, were sentenced to death by a high court for the murder of two members of the Roman Catholic Church three years ago
- APRIL 30, 2003IndiaDEATH PENALTY
A court sentenced a priest, Shushil Murmu, to death...
A court sentenced a priest, Shushil Murmu, to death for sacrificing a nine-year-old child to appease a deity in the eastern Indian state of Jharkhand
- APRIL 30, 2003ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
Armenian President Kocharian signed a new Criminal...
Armenian President Kocharian signed a new Criminal Code, which had been approved by the National Assembly on April 18, and the law on enactment of the new Criminal Code starting from August 1, 2003
- APRIL 29, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Cong Fukui, former executive vice-governor of Hebei...
Cong Fukui, former executive vice-governor of Hebei Province, was sentenced to death by the Zhangjiakou City Intermediate People's Court of Hebei Province
- APRIL 29, 2003BotswanaDEATH PENALTY
Lawyers representing Botswana death row prisoner Lehlohonolo...
Lawyers representing Botswana death row prisoner Lehlohonolo Kobedi are in the process of preparing a petition for clemency to be submitted to the Office of the President sometime in May
- APRIL 29, 2003MissouriDEATH PENALTY
In Jefferson City, the Missouri Supreme Court overturned...
In Jefferson City, the Missouri Supreme Court overturned the conviction of Joseph Amrine
- APRIL 29, 2003OhioDEATH PENALTY
At the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility in Lucasville,...
At the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility in Lucasville, David Brewer, 44, was executed for kidnapping, sexually assaulting and killing Sherry Byrne, 21, on March 21, 1985
- APRIL 29, 2003North CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
In Raleigh, a state Senate committee approved a 2-year...
In Raleigh, a state Senate committee approved a 2-year moratorium on executions
- APRIL 29, 2003Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
The UN rights rapporteur for the Democratic Republic...
The UN rights rapporteur for the Democratic Republic of Congo commended President Joseph Kabila's abolition of a special military tribunal, calling the move "major progress" for justice
- APRIL 29, 2003VietnamDEATH PENALTY
The People's Court in the southern business capital...
The People's Court in the southern business capital of Ho Chi Minh City was asked by the prosecuting panel to hand down death sentences to Nam Cam and four of his lieutenants for murder
- APRIL 29, 2003ThailandDEATH PENALTY
Five people were sentenced to death, including two...
Five people were sentenced to death, including two prison officers and a policeman, for possessing more than 800,000 methamphetamine pills with intent to sell
- APRIL 29, 2003CubaDEATH PENALTY
Nobel laureate Gabriel Garcia Marquez, a friend of...
Nobel laureate Gabriel Garcia Marquez, a friend of Fidel Castro, condemned the death penalty "anywhere and for any reason," in reply to US writer Susan Sontag, who said she was troubled that the Colombian writer had not condemned the April 11 executions i
- APRIL 29, 2003DEATH PENALTY
The UN rights rapporteur for the Democratic Republic...
The UN rights rapporteur for the Democratic Republic of Congo commended President Joseph Kabila's abolition of a special military tribunal, calling the move "major progress" for justice
- APRIL 29, 2003JordanDEATH PENALTY
A Jordanian military court condemned three men to death,...
A Jordanian military court condemned three men to death, two in absentia, for a bombing that killed two people in 2002
- APRIL 29, 2003ColombiaDEATH PENALTY
Nobel laureate Gabriel Garcia Marquez, a friend of...
Nobel laureate Gabriel Garcia Marquez, a friend of Fidel Castro, condemned the death penalty "anywhere and for any reason," in reply to US writer Susan Sontag, who said she was troubled that the Colombian writer had not condemned the April 11 executions i
- APRIL 29, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Eight criminals, convicted of charges including robbery...
Eight criminals, convicted of charges including robbery and murder, were executed in the Chinese capital of Beijing
- APRIL 29, 2003ThailandDEATH PENALTY
Thailand lost its membership of the United Nations...
Thailand lost its membership of the United Nations High Commission on Human Rights after a secret ballot at the UN headquarters in New York resulted in Thailand's failure to win a second term
- APRIL 29, 2003DEATH PENALTY
Thailand lost its membership of the United Nations...
Thailand lost its membership of the United Nations High Commission on Human Rights after a secret ballot at the UN headquarters in New York resulted in Thailand's failure to win a second term
- APRIL 29, 2003IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
Ruslan Bendadeh, 28, an Indonesian labourer was sentenced...
Ruslan Bendadeh, 28, an Indonesian labourer was sentenced to death by the High Court for drug trafficking
- APRIL 29, 2003CubaDEATH PENALTY
The Italian Chamber of Representatives approved a motion...
The Italian Chamber of Representatives approved a motion presented by the ruling faction calling for an end to Italian aid programmes, bilateral or multilateral, to Cuba if its "Communist regime" persists in "arbitrary arrests and summary executions
- APRIL 29, 2003ItalyDEATH PENALTY
The Italian Chamber of Representatives approved a motion...
The Italian Chamber of Representatives approved a motion presented by the ruling faction calling for an end to Italian aid programmes, bilateral or multilateral, to Cuba if its "Communist regime" persists in "arbitrary arrests and summary executions
- APRIL 29, 2003SudanDEATH PENALTY
In Sudan, the Appeal Court has confirmed the death...
In Sudan, the Appeal Court has confirmed the death sentence for Omer Alajib Jobara issued by the Aldeain town Criminal Court on March 17th, 2003
- APRIL 29, 2003SudanDEATH PENALTY
The Criminal Appeal Court in Aldeain town confirmed...
The Criminal Appeal Court in Aldeain town confirmed the sentence on Omer Alajib Jobara, convicted of Murder under Article 130 of the Penal Code (1991) and sentenced to death on 17 March 2003