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
- MARCH 11, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China's top law enforcement officials promised redoubled...
China's top law enforcement officials promised redoubled efforts to crush terrorists, ethnic separatists, Falun Gong activists and others who they said threaten national security and economic progress
- MARCH 11, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A report released by China's supreme court president...
A report released by China's supreme court president to the National People's Congress revealed that over 800,000 Chinese had been sentenced to death or to life behind bars since 1998
- MARCH 11, 2003UgandaDEATH PENALTY
The Ugandan Government told the Constitutional Court...
The Ugandan Government told the Constitutional Court that executions sanctioned by the field courts-martial were necessary to instill discipline in the army
- MARCH 11, 2003RussiaDEATH PENALTY
The Supreme Shari'ah Court of the Chechen Republic...
The Supreme Shari'ah Court of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria released a text regarding the planned referendum to be held in Chechnya by the Russian Federation on March 23 asking voters whether they want to accept the Russian Constitution
- MARCH 10, 2003DEATH PENALTY
In Carson City, the Nevada Assembly voted to revise...
In Carson City, the Nevada Assembly voted to revise standards for court-appointed defence teams in death penalty cases
- MARCH 10, 2003JapanDEATH PENALTY
A convict on death row, who is asserting his innocence...
A convict on death row, who is asserting his innocence and seeking a retrial, met his lawyers for the first time in nearly 12 years at the Tokyo detention house
- MARCH 10, 2003MalawiDEATH PENALTY
The High Court in Malawi sentenced two men to death...
The High Court in Malawi sentenced two men to death for the murder of a German tourist
- MARCH 10, 2003VietnamDEATH PENALTY
In an article about female jail wardens Bui Hong Hanh,...
In an article about female jail wardens Bui Hong Hanh, a 35-year-old warden, was quoted as saying that one need have an "iron nerve" to be capable of witnessing the shock of the prisoners facing the death penalty
- MARCH 8, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Akhteruzzaman Shohag, 34, and Alam alias Khokan, 51,...
Akhteruzzaman Shohag, 34, and Alam alias Khokan, 51, were sentenced to death by a District and Sessions Court for murder
- MARCH 8, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The People's High Court in the eastern province of...
The People's High Court in the eastern province of Zhejiang announced that Yan Liang, 31, an employee of China Unicom's Quzhou branch, had been executed on terrorist charges
- MARCH 8, 2003AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
Australian Prime Minister John Howard backed executing...
Australian Prime Minister John Howard backed executing al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden if he was captured, despite professing to be against the death penalty
- MARCH 7, 2003CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
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- MARCH 7, 2003UgandaDEATH PENALTY
Eriabu Magala, 51, was sentenced to death by the High...
Eriabu Magala, 51, was sentenced to death by the High Court in Mpigi for stabbing to death Eriazari Lutwama, 60, on suspicion that he was a witchdoctor
- MARCH 7, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Shanghai Railway Intermediate People's Court sentenced...
The Shanghai Railway Intermediate People's Court sentenced Zhang Jianli to death for murder
- MARCH 7, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China has developed a "mobile execution vehicle" to...
China has developed a "mobile execution vehicle" to make capital punishment easier to deliver, state press said
- MARCH 7, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Shanghai Railway Intermediate People's Court sentenced...
The Shanghai Railway Intermediate People's Court sentenced Zhang Jianli to death for murder
- MARCH 7, 2003Papua New GuineaDEATH PENALTY
Social Welfare and Development Minister Lady Carol...
Social Welfare and Development Minister Lady Carol Kidu expressed anger at the "summary executions and brutality" on the streets in Port Moresby caused by police mobile squad units
- MARCH 6, 2003ArizonaDEATH PENALTY
A Mesa jury sentenced Robert Cromwell, 36, to death
A Mesa jury sentenced Robert Cromwell, 36, to death
- MARCH 6, 2003IllinoisDEATH PENALTY
An Illinois House committee voted to abolish the death...
An Illinois House committee voted to abolish the death penalty, raising the stakes in the long debate over how to respond to flaws in the state's capital punishment system
- MARCH 6, 2003MarylandDEATH PENALTY
Legislation that could impose a new moratorium on the...
Legislation that could impose a new moratorium on the death penalty in Maryland narrowly passed a procedural hurdle in the state Senate, but the legislation appears to be doomed when it reaches a final vote in the chamber
- MARCH 6, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China executed two people by lethal injection in southwestern...
China executed two people by lethal injection in southwestern Yunnan province
- MARCH 6, 2003NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
The Governor of Zamfara State, Ahmed Sani Yerima, started...
The Governor of Zamfara State, Ahmed Sani Yerima, started his election campaign for a second term in Kaura Namoda, headquarters of Kaura Namoda Local Council, vowing to carry out the death penalty passed on anyone by a sharia court in the state
- MARCH 6, 2003IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
Indonesia's House of Representatives passed into law...
Indonesia's House of Representatives passed into law emergency antiterrorism regulations issued in October 2002 following the Bali bombing attacks
- MARCH 6, 2003UgandaDEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International condemned the execution of three...
Amnesty International condemned the execution of three members of the Ugandan People's Defence Force (UPDF) who were convicted by a military court of murdering civilians
- MARCH 6, 2003DEATH PENALTY
SANREMO: ITALIAN SINGERS PRESENT VIDEO OF ANTI-DEATH PENALTY SONG
March 6, 2003: In a conference press, in the Ariston Theatre, Sanremo, Oliviero Toscani presented a new video called “Nessuno tocchi Caino”.
- MARCH 5, 2003DEATH PENALTY
Young teen-agers could not be executed under legislation...
Young teen-agers could not be executed under legislation headed to the House floor
- MARCH 5, 2003NevadaDEATH PENALTY
In Carson City, an Assembly panel has approved a bill...
In Carson City, an Assembly panel has approved a bill requiring Nevada judges to sentence murderers to life without the possibility of parole if a jury can't decide a sentence
- MARCH 5, 2003AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
A United Nations human rights expert called on Afghanistan...
A United Nations human rights expert called on Afghanistan to suspend the death penalty and stop executions because the country's judicial system was not up to international standards, according to a report released by the UN
- MARCH 5, 2003DEATH PENALTY
A United Nations human rights expert called on Afghanistan...
A United Nations human rights expert called on Afghanistan to suspend the death penalty and stop executions because the country's judicial system was not up to international standards, according to a report released by the UN
- MARCH 5, 2003SwedenDEATH PENALTY
Swedish Foreign Minister Anna Lindh blasted the Israeli...
Swedish Foreign Minister Anna Lindh blasted the Israeli army's "extrajudiciary executions" of Palestinians, saying Israel's method of fighting terrorism was "entirely reprehensible"