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 1, 2003DEATH PENALTY
The Council of Europe urged nations across the globe...
The Council of Europe urged nations across the globe to abolish the death penalty as the organisation celebrated Death Penalty Abolition Day
- FEBRUARY 28, 2003DEATH PENALTY
Legislation that would have abolished the death penalty...
Legislation that would have abolished the death penalty for juvenile offenders died this week in the South Dakota House of Representatives on a 39-29 vote, after clearing the Senate on a vote of 20-13
- FEBRUARY 28, 2003TexasDEATH PENALTY
The Harris County jury that convicted Tarus V
The Harris County jury that convicted Tarus V
- FEBRUARY 28, 2003MarylandDEATH PENALTY
A bill that would halt executions in Maryland for the...
A bill that would halt executions in Maryland for the next two years while the death penalty gets a more stringent review cleared a major hurdle, surviving a close committee vote and moving to the Senate floor
- FEBRUARY 28, 2003TexasDEATH PENALTY
A Montgomery County jury deliberated for about 6 hours...
A Montgomery County jury deliberated for about 6 hours before sentencing Michael James "Romeo" Perry, 20, to death
- FEBRUARY 28, 2003MississippiDEATH PENALTY
In Rankin County, in Judge William E
In Rankin County, in Judge William E
- FEBRUARY 28, 2003CameroonDEATH PENALTY
A military tribunal in the west African state of Cameroon...
A military tribunal in the west African state of Cameroon sentenced seven people to death for the murder of the police chief in the town of Bamenda, legal officials said
- FEBRUARY 28, 2003VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Two men convicted on murder charges were executed by...
Two men convicted on murder charges were executed by firing squad in Vietnam's capital, state media reported
- FEBRUARY 28, 2003IrelandDEATH PENALTY
Dana Rosemary Scallon, MEP for Connacht and Ulster,...
Dana Rosemary Scallon, MEP for Connacht and Ulster, handed in a letter to Dublin's Nigerian Ambassador appealing for help in the case of Mrs Amina Lawal Kurami, sentenced to death by stoning for having a child out of wedlock
- FEBRUARY 28, 2003NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Dana Rosemary Scallon, MEP for Connacht and Ulster,...
Dana Rosemary Scallon, MEP for Connacht and Ulster, handed in a letter to Dublin's Nigerian Ambassador appealing for help in the case of Mrs Amina Lawal Kurami, sentenced to death by stoning for having a child out of wedlock
- FEBRUARY 28, 2003KenyaDEATH PENALTY
The heads of thirteen EU countries represented in Kenya...
The heads of thirteen EU countries represented in Kenya asked the Government to abolish the death penalty
- FEBRUARY 28, 2003JamaicaDEATH PENALTY
Jamaica has too many "questionable police shootings"...
Jamaica has too many "questionable police shootings" and the government of the northern Caribbean island is doing too little to punish the officers involved, said Asma Jahangir, UN special rapporteur on extra-judicial, summary or arbitrary executions
- FEBRUARY 28, 2003PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Saeed Ahmed, 28, was hanged in Central Jail, Sahiwal
Saeed Ahmed, 28, was hanged in Central Jail, Sahiwal
- FEBRUARY 28, 2003European UnionDEATH PENALTY
French diplomats prevented European Union justice ministers...
French diplomats prevented European Union justice ministers from concluding negotiations on an unprecedented extradition pact with Washington
- FEBRUARY 28, 2003European UnionDEATH PENALTY
The heads of thirteen EU countries represented in Kenya...
The heads of thirteen EU countries represented in Kenya asked the Government to abolish the death penalty
- FEBRUARY 28, 2003DEATH PENALTY
French diplomats prevented European Union justice ministers...
French diplomats prevented European Union justice ministers from concluding negotiations on an unprecedented extradition pact with Washington
- FEBRUARY 28, 2003United NationsDEATH PENALTY
Jamaica has too many "questionable police shootings"...
Jamaica has too many "questionable police shootings" and the government of the northern Caribbean island is doing too little to punish the officers involved, said Asma Jahangir, UN special rapporteur on extra-judicial, summary or arbitrary executions
- FEBRUARY 28, 2003LiberiaDEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International urged an international contact...
Amnesty International urged an international contact group on Liberia, formed by international bodies such as the UN and the EU, to condemn sweeping rights abuses by both rebels and troops loyal to President Charles Taylor
- FEBRUARY 28, 2003ItalyDEATH PENALTY
The dossier says that around 4,000 people were executed...
The dossier says that around 4,000 people were executed in the Abu Ghraib prison in the first reported prison 'cleansing' campaign in 1984
- FEBRUARY 28, 2003IraqDEATH PENALTY
Mass executions, prisoner torture, beheadings, amputations...
Mass executions, prisoner torture, beheadings, amputations and disappearances in Iraq make up the chilling content of The death penalty and more under Saddam Hussein, a dossier compiled by Hands Off Cain released in Rome
- FEBRUARY 28, 2003ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Mass executions, prisoner torture, beheadings, amputations...
Mass executions, prisoner torture, beheadings, amputations and disappearances in Iraq make up the chilling content of The death penalty and more under Saddam Hussein, a dossier compiled by Hands Off Cain released in Rome
- FEBRUARY 28, 2003IraqDEATH PENALTY
The dossier says that around 4,000 people were executed...
The dossier says that around 4,000 people were executed in the Abu Ghraib prison in the first reported prison 'cleansing' campaign in 1984
- FEBRUARY 28, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Six people sentenced to death for murder were executed...
Six people sentenced to death for murder were executed in Beijing
- FEBRUARY 28, 2003ItalyDEATH PENALTY
HANDS OFF CAIN DOSSIER ON THE DEATH PENALTY AND MASS EXECUTIONS IN IRAQ
February 28, 2003: mass executions, prisoner torture, beheadings, amputations and disappearances in Iraq make up the chilling content of The death penalty and more under Saddam Hussein, a dossier compiled by Hands Off Cain released in Rome on Friday. The
- FEBRUARY 27, 2003IllinoisDEATH PENALTY
Coles County Circuit Judge Dale Cini set an execution...
Coles County Circuit Judge Dale Cini set an execution date of May 5 for Anthony Mertz
- FEBRUARY 27, 2003DEATH PENALTY
A House committee endorsed legislation that would add...
A House committee endorsed legislation that would add murdering an older person to the list of aggravating circumstances for which the death penalty could be imposed
- FEBRUARY 27, 2003ColoradoDEATH PENALTY
Douglas County District Court Judge Paul King sentenced...
Douglas County District Court Judge Paul King sentenced Edward Montour Jr
- FEBRUARY 27, 2003NevadaDEATH PENALTY
In a Clark County District Court, a jury decided that...
In a Clark County District Court, a jury decided that Timmy "T
- FEBRUARY 27, 2003VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Three Vietnamese men were condemned to death in Vietnam's...
Three Vietnamese men were condemned to death in Vietnam's central province of Nghe An after being convicted of trafficking drugs from Laos, officials said
- FEBRUARY 27, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
MP Monirul Haq Chowdhury brought a resolution seeking...
MP Monirul Haq Chowdhury brought a resolution seeking capital punishment for peddling in phensidyl and other drugs but later withdrew it saying that he retracted it only because he was a treasury-bench lawmaker