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 6, 2003DEATH PENALTY
Texas said it would ignore a World Court order demanding...
Texas said it would ignore a World Court order demanding it stay the executions of 2 Mexicans, Cesar Robert Fierro Reyna and Roberto Moreno Ramos
- FEBRUARY 6, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Four people were sentenced to death and four others...
Four people were sentenced to death and four others sentenced to life imprisonment in the Murder Case of Gopal Krishna Muhuri
- FEBRUARY 6, 2003SloveniaDEATH PENALTY
The Slovenian Ministry for Foreign Affairs joined the...
The Slovenian Ministry for Foreign Affairs joined the expressions of deep regret addressed at China upon the execution of the former Tibetan monk Lobsang Dhondup which took place despite appeals of the international community
- FEBRUARY 6, 2003North KoreaDEATH PENALTY
"Back in the North, first-time escapees are mostly...
"Back in the North, first-time escapees are mostly set free; but repeaters are banished, often with their entire families, to Soviet-style concentration camps
- FEBRUARY 6, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Slovenian Ministry for Foreign Affairs joined the...
The Slovenian Ministry for Foreign Affairs joined the expressions of deep regret addressed at China upon the execution of the former Tibetan monk Lobsang Dhondup which took place despite appeals of the international community
- FEBRUARY 5, 2003DEATH PENALTY
State lawmakers gave final approval to a bill that...
State lawmakers gave final approval to a bill that would restore Idaho's death penalty, which was overturned last year by a US Supreme Court ruling
- FEBRUARY 5, 2003MexicoDEATH PENALTY
The International Court of Justice ruled that three...
The International Court of Justice ruled that three of the Mexican nationals on death row in the United States should be granted a temporary stay of execution
- FEBRUARY 5, 2003DEATH PENALTY
The International Court of Justice ruled that three...
The International Court of Justice ruled that three of the Mexican nationals on death row in the United States should be granted a temporary stay of execution
- FEBRUARY 5, 2003DEATH PENALTY
The International Court of Justice ruled that three...
The International Court of Justice ruled that three of the Mexican nationals on death row in the United States should be granted a temporary stay of execution
- FEBRUARY 5, 2003FloridaDEATH PENALTY
Gov. Jeb Bush lifted the stay of execution for Amos...
Gov. Jeb Bush lifted the stay of execution for Amos King and rescheduled his execution for Feb. 26, saying DNA testing didn't produce any new evidence in the case
- FEBRUARY 5, 2003DEATH PENALTY
Two lawmakers want to give juries the option of sentencing...
Two lawmakers want to give juries the option of sentencing capital murderers to life in prison with no chance of parole
- FEBRUARY 5, 2003MissouriDEATH PENALTY
Kenneth Kenley was executed by injection early today...
Kenneth Kenley was executed by injection early today in the Potosi Correctional Center
- FEBRUARY 5, 2003North CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
The 4th U
The 4th U
- FEBRUARY 5, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A Bangladeshi man identified as Sagar was sentenced...
A Bangladeshi man identified as Sagar was sentenced to death for murdering his wife Salma Khatun, 24, with a hammer on January 21, 1999
- FEBRUARY 5, 2003KenyaDEATH PENALTY
Peter Esinyeni Aroto and Eric Ebeno Ebei, both of Kenya,...
Peter Esinyeni Aroto and Eric Ebeno Ebei, both of Kenya, were sentenced to death by the Nairobi High Court after pleading guilty to murder
- FEBRUARY 5, 2003United StatesDEATH PENALTY
State lawmakers gave final approval to a bill that...
State lawmakers gave final approval to a bill that would restore Idaho's death penalty, which was overturned last year by a US Supreme Court ruling
- FEBRUARY 5, 2003DEATH PENALTY
A UN report said that death squads responsible for...
A UN report said that death squads responsible for executions in Ivory Coast were linked to government officials in the country
- FEBRUARY 5, 2003TexasDEATH PENALTY
Lawyers and supporters of Jackie Elliott, a UK national...
Lawyers and supporters of Jackie Elliott, a UK national convicted of a murder in Texas in 1986, reacted furiously to his execution, saying the US legal system had refused even to look at compelling evidence pointing to his innocence or to allow more time
- FEBRUARY 5, 2003United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
Lawyers and supporters of Jackie Elliott, a UK national...
Lawyers and supporters of Jackie Elliott, a UK national convicted of a murder in Texas in 1986, reacted furiously to his execution, saying the US legal system had refused even to look at compelling evidence pointing to his innocence or to allow more time
- FEBRUARY 5, 2003Côte d’IvoireDEATH PENALTY
A UN report said that death squads responsible for...
A UN report said that death squads responsible for executions in Ivory Coast were linked to government officials in the country
- FEBRUARY 5, 2003IndiaDEATH PENALTY
It was reported that the Jharkhand High Court had recently...
It was reported that the Jharkhand High Court had recently commuted the death sentences of Saiyad Rizwan and Chaitali Bhowmick, husband and wife, to life imprisonment
- FEBRUARY 5, 2003North KoreaDEATH PENALTY
Norbert Vollertsen, in an editorial on the plight of...
Norbert Vollertsen, in an editorial on the plight of North Korean refugees, wrote: "I interviewed several hundred North Korean defectors in Seoul, as well as near the Chinese-North Korean border, plus in several other locations where they are hiding
- FEBRUARY 5, 2003IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
Head of the Fatwa Committee of the Indonesian Ulemas...
Head of the Fatwa Committee of the Indonesian Ulemas Council (MUI), KH Ma'ruf Amin, affirmed the council's support for the upholding of the death sentences handed down to drug traffickers
- FEBRUARY 5, 2003BelarusDEATH PENALTY
Vitaly Staver has been executed in Belarus, OSCE reported
Vitaly Staver has been executed in Belarus, OSCE reported
- FEBRUARY 4, 2003ThailandDEATH PENALTY
Twenty-three suspected drug traffickers have been killed...
Twenty-three suspected drug traffickers have been killed since Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's most recent war on drugs got under way, police in Thailand reported
- FEBRUARY 4, 2003IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
Indonesian President Megawati Sukarnoputri refused...
Indonesian President Megawati Sukarnoputri refused to pardon six convicted drug dealers currently on death row, a report said
- FEBRUARY 4, 2003DEATH PENALTY
And 134 MPs signed a Commons motion urging Prime Minister...
And 134 MPs signed a Commons motion urging Prime Minister Tony Blair to speak directly to US President George Bush on Elliott's behalf
- FEBRUARY 4, 2003OhioDEATH PENALTY
The Sixth U
The Sixth U
- FEBRUARY 4, 2003JapanDEATH PENALTY
Shizuka Kamei, head of the Diet Members' League for...
Shizuka Kamei, head of the Diet Members' League for the Abolition of the Death Penalty, said he would submit to the current Diet session a bill calling for the introduction of life imprisonment without parole, adding that it would be a milestone in the ab
- FEBRUARY 4, 2003United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International UK campaigners held a vigil at...
Amnesty International UK campaigners held a vigil at London's Westminster Abbey for British born Jackie Elliott, due to be executed in Texas, USA, for a murder committed in 1986