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 18, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
State media reported that 18 convicted criminals were...
State media reported that 18 convicted criminals were put to death, 11 of them by lethal injection, in an annual tradition of carrying out executions before the Lunar New Year
- JANUARY 18, 2003SlovakiaDEATH PENALTY
It was reported that Slovakia's Justice Minister Daniel...
It was reported that Slovakia's Justice Minister Daniel Lipsic said capital punishment was a "plausible system of penalty, which does not make corrections possible
- JANUARY 17, 2003IllinoisDEATH PENALTY
The Presidency of the European Union issued a declaration...
The Presidency of the European Union issued a declaration on behalf of the EU on the decision to commute the sentences of all prisoners on death row in Illinois, US
- JANUARY 17, 2003DEATH PENALTY
The Presidency of the European Union issued a declaration...
The Presidency of the European Union issued a declaration on behalf of the EU on the decision to commute the sentences of all prisoners on death row in Illinois, US
- JANUARY 17, 2003IranDEATH PENALTY
An Iranian court sentenced one man to death and two...
An Iranian court sentenced one man to death and two others to 10-year jail terms for cooperating with an outlawed leftist Kurdish rebel group, the official IRNA news agency reported
- JANUARY 16, 2003DEATH PENALTY
In McAlester, Daniel Juan Revilla, 34, was pronounced...
In McAlester, Daniel Juan Revilla, 34, was pronounced dead at 6:12 p
- JANUARY 16, 2003Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
Greece, the current holder of the European Union presidency,...
Greece, the current holder of the European Union presidency, called on Democratic Republic of Congo leader Joseph Kabila to commute the death sentences of 30 people involved in the murder of his predecessor and father Laurent Kabila, the foreign ministry
- JANUARY 16, 2003TajikistanDEATH PENALTY
A court in Dushanbe sentenced Rahim Qalandarov to death
A court in Dushanbe sentenced Rahim Qalandarov to death
- JANUARY 16, 2003DEATH PENALTY
Macedonian police have beaten, tortured and even killed...
Macedonian police have beaten, tortured and even killed suspects held in detention, the Council of Europe said in two reports
- JANUARY 16, 2003DEATH PENALTY
Greece, the current holder of the European Union presidency,...
Greece, the current holder of the European Union presidency, called on Democratic Republic of Congo leader Joseph Kabila to commute the death sentences of 30 people involved in the murder of his predecessor and father Laurent Kabila, the foreign ministry
- JANUARY 16, 2003Council of EuropeDEATH PENALTY
Walter Schwimmer, Council of Europe Secretary-general,...
Walter Schwimmer, Council of Europe Secretary-general, released a statement commending the decision made by George Ryan, the outgoing Governor of Illinois "for his moral and political leadership in commuting the sentences of all 156 inmates on death row (
- JANUARY 16, 2003Council of EuropeDEATH PENALTY
Macedonian police have beaten, tortured and even killed...
Macedonian police have beaten, tortured and even killed suspects held in detention, the Council of Europe said in two reports
- JANUARY 16, 2003DEATH PENALTY
Walter Schwimmer, Council of Europe Secretary-general,...
Walter Schwimmer, Council of Europe Secretary-general, released a statement commending the decision made by George Ryan, the outgoing Governor of Illinois "for his moral and political leadership in commuting the sentences of all 156 inmates on death row (
- JANUARY 16, 2003IndiaDEATH PENALTY
Tika Ram, a citizen of Nepal, was sentenced to death...
Tika Ram, a citizen of Nepal, was sentenced to death for murdering five members of a family in India in 1996
- JANUARY 16, 2003NepalDEATH PENALTY
Tika Ram, a citizen of Nepal, was sentenced to death...
Tika Ram, a citizen of Nepal, was sentenced to death for murdering five members of a family in India in 1996
- JANUARY 16, 2003RussiaDEATH PENALTY
The European Court of Human Rights declared as admissible...
The European Court of Human Rights declared as admissible six cases lodged against Russia for events in Chechnya
- JANUARY 16, 2003Council of EuropeDEATH PENALTY
The European Court of Human Rights declared as admissible...
The European Court of Human Rights declared as admissible six cases lodged against Russia for events in Chechnya
- JANUARY 15, 2003TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Turkey signed a European protocol banning the death...
Turkey signed a European protocol banning the death penalty in peacetime a symbolic move demonstrating its commitment to human rights as it waits to open talks on EU membership
- JANUARY 15, 2003TexasDEATH PENALTY
In Fort Worth, Dale Devon Scheanette, 29, charged with...
In Fort Worth, Dale Devon Scheanette, 29, charged with a string of rapes and 2 murders was sentenced to death today for killing Wendie Prescott, 22, on Christmas Eve 1996
- JANUARY 15, 2003SudanDEATH PENALTY
The EU strongly condemned the executions of the three...
The EU strongly condemned the executions of the three persons recently sentenced to death in Sudan
- JANUARY 15, 2003VirginiaDEATH PENALTY
A Prince William County jury recommended that Paul...
A Prince William County jury recommended that Paul Warner Powell, 24, be put to death for stabbing 16-year-old Stacie Reed through the heart after trying to rape her, a verdict that could send Powell back to death row for the 1999 attack
- JANUARY 15, 2003Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
Hands Off Cain has sent an appeal to Joseph Kabila,...
Hands Off Cain has sent an appeal to Joseph Kabila, president of the Democratic Republic of Congo to commute the death sentences passed on at least 26 people convicted on January 7 of his father's -Laurent Kabila- murder two years ago
- JANUARY 15, 2003TexasDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty controversy sparked by the commutation...
The death penalty controversy sparked by the commutation of all 167 death row inmates in Illinois may spread to Texas if two bills filed last week pass the state Legislature
- JANUARY 15, 2003TexasDEATH PENALTY
In Huntsville, John Baltazar, 30, was executed for...
In Huntsville, John Baltazar, 30, was executed for killing 5-year-old Adriana Marines on the night of Sept
- JANUARY 15, 2003LibyaDEATH PENALTY
Nigeria urged Libya to commute the death sentences...
Nigeria urged Libya to commute the death sentences of a Nigerian and three Ghanaians convicted of a 1995 murder, a foreign ministry statement said
- JANUARY 15, 2003NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Nigeria urged Libya to commute the death sentences...
Nigeria urged Libya to commute the death sentences of a Nigerian and three Ghanaians convicted of a 1995 murder, a foreign ministry statement said
- JANUARY 15, 2003TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
A human rights protection panel under the Executive...
A human rights protection panel under the Executive Yuan [government] asked the Ministry of Justice to make the death penalty optional instead of mandatory as it now is in some cases as a first step toward eliminating capital punishment
- JANUARY 15, 2003GhanaDEATH PENALTY
Nigeria urged Libya to commute the death sentences...
Nigeria urged Libya to commute the death sentences of a Nigerian and three Ghanaians convicted of a 1995 murder, a foreign ministry statement said
- JANUARY 15, 2003SudanDEATH PENALTY
The EU strongly condemned the executions of the three...
The EU strongly condemned the executions of the three persons recently sentenced to death in Sudan
- JANUARY 15, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A 25-year-old Bangladeshi man received the death penalty...
A 25-year-old Bangladeshi man received the death penalty for maiming two people with acid, the first time the sentence has been given for such a crime, judicial sources said