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
- JANUARY 31, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Tibetan protestors, who were arrested on January 30...
Tibetan protestors, who were arrested on January 30 in New Delhi while holding a demonstration outside the Chinese Embassy against the execution of Tibetan monk Lobsang Dhondup [on January 26 in China], went on a hunger strike inside Tihar jail, the Tibet
- JANUARY 31, 2003IndiaDEATH PENALTY
Tibetan protestors, who were arrested on January 30...
Tibetan protestors, who were arrested on January 30 in New Delhi while holding a demonstration outside the Chinese Embassy against the execution of Tibetan monk Lobsang Dhondup [on January 26 in China], went on a hunger strike inside Tihar jail, the Tibet
- JANUARY 31, 2003PolandDEATH PENALTY
In a letter to Chinese Peoples' Assembly head Li Peng,...
In a letter to Chinese Peoples' Assembly head Li Peng, Parliamentary Speaker of Poland Marek Borowski appealed to China to halt the execution of Tenzin Delk, one of two Tibetan monks sentenced to die for plotting bomb attacks in protest against Chinese ru
- JANUARY 31, 2003PakistanDEATH PENALTY
The Sindh High Court commuted the death sentence of...
The Sindh High Court commuted the death sentence of Abdul Hussain Khaskehli awarded to him on 6 May 2000
- JANUARY 31, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
In a letter to Chinese Peoples' Assembly head Li Peng,...
In a letter to Chinese Peoples' Assembly head Li Peng, Parliamentary Speaker of Poland Marek Borowski appealed to China to halt the execution of Tenzin Delk, one of two Tibetan monks sentenced to die for plotting bomb attacks in protest against Chinese ru
- JANUARY 31, 2003ThailandDEATH PENALTY
The Thanyaburi Provincial Court in Pathum Thani sentenced...
The Thanyaburi Provincial Court in Pathum Thani sentenced to death four people for producing and trafficking methamphetamine
- JANUARY 31, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Five men were sentenced to death for kidnapping and...
Five men were sentenced to death for kidnapping and murdering a 13-year-old girl in Henan province
- JANUARY 31, 2003JapanDEATH PENALTY
The Nagasaki District Court sentenced a woman and her...
The Nagasaki District Court sentenced a woman and her lover to death for killing her husband and son in 1992 and 1998 in order to obtain life insurance money
- JANUARY 30, 2003TexasDEATH PENALTY
In Huntsville, Granville Riddle was executed
In Huntsville, Granville Riddle was executed
- JANUARY 30, 2003MarylandDEATH PENALTY
Maryland Attorney General J
Maryland Attorney General J
- JANUARY 30, 2003Papua New GuineaDEATH PENALTY
The National Council of Women announced in a press...
The National Council of Women announced in a press conference that it had changed its stance on capital punishment, stating that its implementation should be introduced
- JANUARY 30, 2003JordanDEATH PENALTY
The Criminal Court sentenced to death Omar Qassem,...
The Criminal Court sentenced to death Omar Qassem, a 24-year-old man, after convicting him of murdering his future brother in law in April 2002, reported the Jordan Times
- JANUARY 30, 2003PolandDEATH PENALTY
Poland condemned the execution of a Tibetan convicted...
Poland condemned the execution of a Tibetan convicted of a series of bomb blasts
- JANUARY 30, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Poland condemned the execution of a Tibetan convicted...
Poland condemned the execution of a Tibetan convicted of a series of bomb blasts
- JANUARY 30, 2003SudanDEATH PENALTY
In a resolution the European Parliament called for...
In a resolution the European Parliament called for the United States, Iran, China, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Congo and others to introduce a moratorium on executions "with a view to completely abolishing the death penalty
- JANUARY 30, 2003United StatesDEATH PENALTY
In a resolution the European Parliament called for...
In a resolution the European Parliament called for the United States, Iran, China, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Congo and others to introduce a moratorium on executions "with a view to completely abolishing the death penalty
- JANUARY 30, 2003Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
In a resolution the European Parliament called for...
In a resolution the European Parliament called for the United States, Iran, China, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Congo and others to introduce a moratorium on executions "with a view to completely abolishing the death penalty
- JANUARY 30, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
In a resolution the European Parliament called for...
In a resolution the European Parliament called for the United States, Iran, China, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Congo and others to introduce a moratorium on executions "with a view to completely abolishing the death penalty
- JANUARY 30, 2003IranDEATH PENALTY
In a resolution the European Parliament called for...
In a resolution the European Parliament called for the United States, Iran, China, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Congo and others to introduce a moratorium on executions "with a view to completely abolishing the death penalty
- JANUARY 30, 2003DEATH PENALTY
In a resolution the European Parliament called for...
In a resolution the European Parliament called for the United States, Iran, China, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Congo and others to introduce a moratorium on executions "with a view to completely abolishing the death penalty
- JANUARY 30, 2003Congo - BrazzavilleDEATH PENALTY
In a resolution the European Parliament called for...
In a resolution the European Parliament called for the United States, Iran, China, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Congo and others to introduce a moratorium on executions "with a view to completely abolishing the death penalty
- JANUARY 30, 2003IranDEATH PENALTY
Iran hanged four gangsters in public after they were...
Iran hanged four gangsters in public after they were convicted for a series of kidnappings and rapes, the official IRNA news agency reported
- JANUARY 29, 2003TexasDEATH PENALTY
Richard Dinkins was executed tonight in Huntsville
Richard Dinkins was executed tonight in Huntsville
- JANUARY 29, 2003LebanonDEATH PENALTY
A military appeals court in Beirut upheld a death sentence...
A military appeals court in Beirut upheld a death sentence against a Lebanese man convicted of shooting and killing three soldiers, judicial officials
- JANUARY 29, 2003UgandaDEATH PENALTY
A Ugandan High Court sitting in Mbale sentenced a man...
A Ugandan High Court sitting in Mbale sentenced a man to death for murder
- JANUARY 29, 2003IndiaDEATH PENALTY
Seven people were sentenced to death and an equal number...
Seven people were sentenced to death and an equal number given life imprisonment by a sessions court in India for setting ablaze a bus which killed six persons in 1998 following a dispute over money
- JANUARY 29, 2003IraqDEATH PENALTY
Iraq denied a leading US defense official's charge...
Iraq denied a leading US defense official's charge that Iraqi President Saddam Hussein ordered the execution of any scientists seen cooperating with UN arms inspectors
- JANUARY 29, 2003RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Human Rights Watch issued a report condemning the Russian...
Human Rights Watch issued a report condemning the Russian government's human rights policies in Chechnya
- JANUARY 29, 2003United StatesDEATH PENALTY
Iraq denied a leading US defense official's charge...
Iraq denied a leading US defense official's charge that Iraqi President Saddam Hussein ordered the execution of any scientists seen cooperating with UN arms inspectors
- JANUARY 29, 2003Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
The Kinshasa government issued a warrant for the arrest...
The Kinshasa government issued a warrant for the arrest of Xavier Chiribanya, who had just been named as governor of the eastern province of South Kivu by the Rwandan-backed Congolese Rally for Democracy (RCD)