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
- FEBRUARY 16, 2003MexicoDEATH PENALTY
Mexican President Vicente Fox said that he is against...
Mexican President Vicente Fox said that he is against the death penalty and the referendum for its restoration called by two Mexican political parties in Mexico state
- FEBRUARY 16, 2003MexicoDEATH PENALTY
A proposal to institute the death penalty in Mexico's...
A proposal to institute the death penalty in Mexico's largest state was overwhelmingly approved by voters during a nonbinding referendum, but voter turnout was not as high as organizers had hoped
- FEBRUARY 15, 2003UgandaDEATH PENALTY
Two UPDF soldiers and four other men were sentenced...
Two UPDF soldiers and four other men were sentenced to death by the High Court in Kampala for the murder of Lt
- FEBRUARY 15, 2003KenyaDEATH PENALTY
A court in Kenya sentenced two middle-aged men to death...
A court in Kenya sentenced two middle-aged men to death after they were found guilty of robbery with violence
- FEBRUARY 15, 2003PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Hundreds of tribesmen stoned to death a man after he...
Hundreds of tribesmen stoned to death a man after he allegedly killed his rival over a land dispute
- FEBRUARY 15, 2003IndiaDEATH PENALTY
A man reportedly named as 'Munesh' was sentenced to...
A man reportedly named as 'Munesh' was sentenced to death by a Special Sessions Court in Bulandsahar, India, for the rape and murder of a minor girl
- FEBRUARY 14, 2003TexasDEATH PENALTY
Robert Leslie Roberson III, who had been found guilty...
Robert Leslie Roberson III, who had been found guilty of capital murder three days earlier, was assessed the death penalty by an Anderson County jury
- FEBRUARY 14, 2003IranDEATH PENALTY
Iran's Supreme Court lifted the death sentence ordered...
Iran's Supreme Court lifted the death sentence ordered in the case of a university professor whose sentencing provoked nationwide demonstrations
- FEBRUARY 14, 2003TanzaniaDEATH PENALTY
Lawyers and human rights activists criticised the Tanzanian...
Lawyers and human rights activists criticised the Tanzanian government over inhuman treatment of prisoners, excessive use of police force and maintainance of bad laws
- FEBRUARY 14, 2003IranDEATH PENALTY
The head of the Interior Ministry's Centre for the...
The head of the Interior Ministry's Centre for the Participation of Women announced that the most important human rights issues concerning women were that of unequal blood money and the practice of stoning to death adulteresses
- FEBRUARY 14, 2003IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN LIFTS DEATH SENTENCE ON HASHEM AGHAJARI
February 14, 2003: Iran´s Supreme Court has lifted the death sentence ordered in the case of a university professor whose sentencing provoked nationwide demonstrations.Hashem Aghajari, a history professor at Tehran´s Teachers Training University, had been
- FEBRUARY 14, 2003DEATH PENALTY
IRAN LIFTS DEATH SENTENCE ON HASHEM AGHAJARI
February 14, 2003: Iran´s Supreme Court has lifted the death sentence ordered in the case of a university professor whose sentencing provoked nationwide demonstrations.Hashem Aghajari, a history professor at Tehran´s Teachers Training University, had been
- FEBRUARY 13, 2003UgandaDEATH PENALTY
Ugandan prison officers urged the government to abolish...
Ugandan prison officers urged the government to abolish the death penalty and forwarded their proposals to end capital punishment to a commission reviewing the East African nation's constitution, a prisons service spokeswoman said
- FEBRUARY 13, 2003TexasDEATH PENALTY
Gregory Van Alstyne, 37, scheduled to die next week,...
Gregory Van Alstyne, 37, scheduled to die next week, won a reprieve from the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
- FEBRUARY 13, 2003DEATH PENALTY
The House Consumer and Public Affairs Committee gave...
The House Consumer and Public Affairs Committee gave a do pass with no recommendation to a bill that would expand the considerations for the death penalty
- FEBRUARY 13, 2003OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
In McAlester, Bobby Joe Fields was executed
In McAlester, Bobby Joe Fields was executed
- FEBRUARY 13, 2003TexasDEATH PENALTY
A Dallas County jury recommended death by lethal injection...
A Dallas County jury recommended death by lethal injection for Joseph Garcia in the Christmas Eve 2000 slaying of Irving Police Officer Aubrey Hawkins
- FEBRUARY 13, 2003BulgariaDEATH PENALTY
Bulgaria's Permanent Representative to the Council...
Bulgaria's Permanent Representative to the Council of Europe, Ambassador Yurii Shterk, deposited with Council of Europe Secretary General Walter Schimmer the instrument of ratification by Bulgaria of Protocol No
- FEBRUARY 13, 2003HaitiDEATH PENALTY
According to Haiti local radio, police attacked and...
According to Haiti local radio, police attacked and killed two alleged drug traffickers
- FEBRUARY 13, 2003United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
British MP and Minister for Europe Denis MacShane revealed...
British MP and Minister for Europe Denis MacShane revealed that two Iraqi doctors living in the UK fled their homeland after being ordered by Saddam Hussein to help commit atrocities against his own people
- FEBRUARY 13, 2003BulgariaDEATH PENALTY
Bulgaria's Permanent Representative to the Council...
Bulgaria's Permanent Representative to the Council of Europe, Ambassador Yurii Shterk, deposited with Council of Europe Secretary General Walter Schimmer the instrument of ratification by Bulgaria of Protocol No
- FEBRUARY 13, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Guo Chunhu, 25, and Guo Chunbao, 23, two brothers convicted...
Guo Chunhu, 25, and Guo Chunbao, 23, two brothers convicted of producing fraudulent value added tax invoices were sentenced to death with two years' suspension by the No 1 Intermediate People's Court of Beijing
- FEBRUARY 13, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Guo Chunhu, 25, and Guo Chunbao, 23, two brothers convicted...
Guo Chunhu, 25, and Guo Chunbao, 23, two brothers convicted of producing fraudulent value added tax invoices were sentenced to death with two years' suspension by the No 1 Intermediate People's Court of Beijing
- FEBRUARY 13, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
It was reported that Ma Lijun, a tourism official from...
It was reported that Ma Lijun, a tourism official from the province of Shaanxi, was sentenced to death for burning down a local Taoist temple because of a personal grudge
- FEBRUARY 13, 2003IraqDEATH PENALTY
British MP and Minister for Europe Denis MacShane revealed...
British MP and Minister for Europe Denis MacShane revealed that two Iraqi doctors living in the UK fled their homeland after being ordered by Saddam Hussein to help commit atrocities against his own people
- FEBRUARY 13, 2003ThailandDEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International spoke out against the deaths...
Amnesty International spoke out against the deaths of 352 suspects since a war on drugs was launched in Thailand in the beginning of February
- FEBRUARY 13, 2003IndiaDEATH PENALTY
The Indian government took diplomatic steps in a last...
The Indian government took diplomatic steps in a last ditch effort to save Indian national Ayodhya Prasad Chaubey from a death sentence for importing heroin into Indonesia
- FEBRUARY 13, 2003IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
The Indian government took diplomatic steps in a last...
The Indian government took diplomatic steps in a last ditch effort to save Indian national Ayodhya Prasad Chaubey from a death sentence for importing heroin into Indonesia
- FEBRUARY 13, 2003KenyaDEATH PENALTY
Elisha Otieno Odede and his wife, Elizabeth Akinyi,...
Elisha Otieno Odede and his wife, Elizabeth Akinyi, were sentenced to hang by a court in Homa Bay, Kenya, after being convicted of robbery with violence
- FEBRUARY 12, 2003VirginiaDEATH PENALTY
Lawyers for juvenile sniper suspect Lee Boyd Malvo...
Lawyers for juvenile sniper suspect Lee Boyd Malvo challenged the constitutionality of Virginia's death penalty law