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
- DECEMBER 1, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
The 2nd Additional District and Sessions Judge of Dhaka,...
The 2nd Additional District and Sessions Judge of Dhaka, Bangladesh, sentenced M
- DECEMBER 1, 2003DEATH PENALTY
The Supreme Court agreed on Monday to decide whether...
The Supreme Court agreed on Monday to decide whether its decision that overturned the death penalty laws of five states 18 months ago should be applied retroactively
- NOVEMBER 30, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Nurul Islam was convicted and sentenced to death in...
Nurul Islam was convicted and sentenced to death in Bangladesh for killing his wife Jahanara Khatum in July, 1999
- NOVEMBER 30, 2003PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Philippine Presidential spokesman Ignacio Bunye asked...
Philippine Presidential spokesman Ignacio Bunye asked for understanding towards the moral reasons of President Macapagal-Arroyo to continue to enforce the moratorium on executions
- NOVEMBER 30, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Huang Yaquan and Huang Shengyu, two prisoners wrongly...
Huang Yaquan and Huang Shengyu, two prisoners wrongly convicted of robbery in March 1994 and given suspended death sentences were released and given compensation by a court in southern China's Hainan province
- NOVEMBER 30, 2003ItalyDEATH PENALTY
The "Cities for Life-Cities Against the Death Penalty"...
The "Cities for Life-Cities Against the Death Penalty" event involved 122 cities worldwide in lighting up their monuments against capital punishment
- NOVEMBER 30, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A court in Meherpur, Bangladesh, sentenced to death...
A court in Meherpur, Bangladesh, sentenced to death Qader, Yasin and Hossain and awarded life imprisonment to Saiful after convicting them of murder
- NOVEMBER 30, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Julmur Raza Babul was sentenced to death after being...
Julmur Raza Babul was sentenced to death after being convicted of murdering his mother after an argument on December 14, 1999
- NOVEMBER 30, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A man named Salimullah was sentenced to death in Dhaka,...
A man named Salimullah was sentenced to death in Dhaka, Bangladesh, for murdering his wife in April 2001
- NOVEMBER 30, 2003ItalyDEATH PENALTY
"We need to transform a slow historical process into...
"We need to transform a slow historical process into political terms and time frames," HOC General Secretary Sergio D'Elia said during of the fourth world summit of the Nobel Peace Laureates
- NOVEMBER 30, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Xie Deming and Cui Wenxian, two leaders of a gang accused...
Xie Deming and Cui Wenxian, two leaders of a gang accused of trafficking 118 babies, were sentenced to death by the Yulin city Intermediate People's Court in the southern China, state media said
- NOVEMBER 30, 2003ItalyDEATH PENALTY
HOC REITERATES THE NEED FOR A MORATORIUM NOW AT NOBEL SUMMIT
November 30, 2003: “We need to transform a slow historical process into political terms and time frames,” HOC General Secretary Sergio D’Elia said during of the fourth world summit of the Nobel Peace Laureates.
- NOVEMBER 29, 2003TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
The number of executions carried out in Taiwan had...
The number of executions carried out in Taiwan had decreased in recent years, according to statistics released by the Ministry of Justice (MOJ)
- NOVEMBER 28, 2003SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International urged Singapore to halt criminal...
Amnesty International urged Singapore to halt criminal executions after an Australian man appeared in court on charges of trafficking in heroin - a crime that carries a mandatory death sentence
- NOVEMBER 28, 2003VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Than Nhan Bo, 44, Duong Ngo Luyen, 46, and Trang A...
Than Nhan Bo, 44, Duong Ngo Luyen, 46, and Trang A Co, 26, were sentenced to death by a court in Vietnam's northern province of Bac Giang at the conclusion of a two-day trial
- NOVEMBER 28, 2003PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
The Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP) asked President...
The Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP) asked President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo to lift the moratorium on the execution of death row convicts
- NOVEMBER 28, 2003Myanmar (Burma)DEATH PENALTY
A Myanmar court has sentenced nine people to death...
A Myanmar court has sentenced nine people to death for high treason, including the editor of a sports magazine, legal community sources said
- NOVEMBER 28, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A Chinese couple were sentenced to death for the murder...
A Chinese couple were sentenced to death for the murder of 12 women who had been lured with offers of jobs, the state-run Xinhua news agency reported
- NOVEMBER 27, 2003SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
An assurance that Michael McCrea, a 45 year old British...
An assurance that Michael McCrea, a 45 year old British national wanted in Singapore over a double murder, would not face the death penalty if he was extradited from Australia was not legally enforceable, the Australian Federal Court was told
- NOVEMBER 27, 2003United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
An assurance that Michael McCrea, a 45 year old British...
An assurance that Michael McCrea, a 45 year old British national wanted in Singapore over a double murder, would not face the death penalty if he was extradited from Australia was not legally enforceable, the Australian Federal Court was told
- NOVEMBER 27, 2003VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Nguyen Tat Tung, a 31 year old farmer, was executed...
Nguyen Tat Tung, a 31 year old farmer, was executed in northern Vietnam for stabbing to death his father and younger brother following a dispute over family inheritance, state media said
- NOVEMBER 27, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A Chinese man who beheaded a crying baby during a botched...
A Chinese man who beheaded a crying baby during a botched 10 yuan (1
- NOVEMBER 27, 2003AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
An assurance that Michael McCrea, a 45 year old British...
An assurance that Michael McCrea, a 45 year old British national wanted in Singapore over a double murder, would not face the death penalty if he was extradited from Australia was not legally enforceable, the Australian Federal Court was told
- NOVEMBER 27, 2003SpainDEATH PENALTY
When the case of Pablo Ibar, who was convicted in a...
When the case of Pablo Ibar, who was convicted in a notorious 1994 triple murder in Miramar, reaches Florida's Supreme Court in December, Spain will be watching closely
- NOVEMBER 27, 2003DEATH PENALTY
When the case of Pablo Ibar, who was convicted in a...
When the case of Pablo Ibar, who was convicted in a notorious 1994 triple murder in Miramar, reaches Florida's Supreme Court in December, Spain will be watching closely
- NOVEMBER 26, 2003CanadaDEATH PENALTY
Five years after Canada deported a man to Pennsylvania,...
Five years after Canada deported a man to Pennsylvania, with the full knowledge he was headed for death row, the federal government asked that the death penalty not be carried out against convicted killer Roger Judge
- NOVEMBER 26, 2003PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
The Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines...
The Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) expressed support for the decision of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo not to lift the moratorium on the death penalty, saying there was no clear evidence that it had a deterrent effect
- NOVEMBER 26, 2003CanadaDEATH PENALTY
Five years after Canada deported a man to Pennsylvania,...
Five years after Canada deported a man to Pennsylvania, with the full knowledge he was headed for death row, the federal government asked that the death penalty not be carried out against convicted killer Roger Judge
- NOVEMBER 26, 2003IranDEATH PENALTY
The new democratic Iran that will follow the downfall...
The new democratic Iran that will follow the downfall of the current democratic regime should abolish the death penalty, even for those responsible for grave violations of human rights, HOC Board Director Antonio Stango said
- NOVEMBER 26, 2003ItalyDEATH PENALTY
The new democratic Iran that will follow the downfall...
The new democratic Iran that will follow the downfall of the current democratic regime should abolish the death penalty, even for those responsible for grave violations of human rights, HOC Board Director Antonio Stango said