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 1, 2003GabonDEATH PENALTY
Gabon has signed and ratified the statutes of the International...
Gabon has signed and ratified the statutes of the International Criminal Court, the UN permanent war crimes tribunal, that does not have the death penalty
- JANUARY 1, 2003DEATH PENALTY
Montana forbids the execution of the mentally retarded...
Montana forbids the execution of the mentally retarded and juvenile offenders
- JANUARY 1, 2003EgyptDEATH PENALTY
Aggravated murder, arson, rape, hijacking, espionage,...
Aggravated murder, arson, rape, hijacking, espionage, drug trafficking, political and military offences
- JANUARY 1, 2003DEATH PENALTY
Kansas forbids the execution of the mentally retarded...
Kansas forbids the execution of the mentally retarded and juvenile offenders
- JANUARY 1, 2003DEATH PENALTY
Oregon forbids the execution of the mentally retarded...
Oregon forbids the execution of the mentally retarded and juvenile offenders
- JANUARY 1, 2003EgyptDEATH PENALTY
Egypt retains the death penalty for ordinary crimes
Egypt retains the death penalty for ordinary crimes
- JANUARY 1, 2003CubaDEATH PENALTY
Cuba interrupted a three-year de facto moratorium on...
Cuba interrupted a three-year de facto moratorium on executions in April 2003 with the shooting of three men accused of terrorism
- JANUARY 1, 2003SenegalDEATH PENALTY
Senegal became the first country, in 1999, to sign...
Senegal became the first country, in 1999, to sign and ratify the statutes of the International Criminal Court, the first permanent international judicial body capable of trying individuals for genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes
- JANUARY 1, 2003EgyptDEATH PENALTY
Military and state security courts in Egypt sentenced...
Military and state security courts in Egypt sentenced more than 90 people to death since militant groups like al-Gama'a al-Islamiya took up arms against the state in 1992, and approximately 70 were executed, Reuters reported in March 2000
- JANUARY 1, 2003SenegalDEATH PENALTY
Aggravated murder, aggravated kidnapping, spying and treason
Aggravated murder, aggravated kidnapping, spying and treason
- JANUARY 1, 2003MoroccoDEATH PENALTY
Art. 16 of the Moroccan penal code provides the death...
Art. 16 of the Moroccan penal code provides the death penalty for aggravated murder, torture, armed robbery, arson, treason, desertion and attempt on the King's life.
- JANUARY 1, 2003ZambiaDEATH PENALTY
Zambia has signed and ratified the statutes of the...
Zambia has signed and ratified the statutes of the International Criminal Court, the UN permanent war crimes tribunal
- JANUARY 1, 2003SenegalDEATH PENALTY
Senegal has executed only two people since independence...
Senegal has executed only two people since independence in 1960
- JANUARY 1, 2003GabonDEATH PENALTY
Murder, treason, espionage, coup d'état and insurrection
Murder, treason, espionage, coup d'état and insurrection
- JANUARY 1, 2003MoroccoDEATH PENALTY
Morocco retains the death penalty for ordinary crimes...
Morocco retains the death penalty for ordinary crimes in its penal code
- JANUARY 1, 2003SenegalDEATH PENALTY
The Constitution of Senegal does not make a specific...
The Constitution of Senegal does not make a specific mention of the death penalty
- JANUARY 1, 2003ZimbabweDEATH PENALTY
Zimbabwe has signed but not yet ratified the statutes...
Zimbabwe has signed but not yet ratified the statutes of the International Criminal Court, the first permanent international judicial body capable of trying individuals for genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes
- JANUARY 1, 2003GhanaDEATH PENALTY
According to human rights activists and the Ghana Bar...
According to human rights activists and the Ghana Bar Association, at least 155 people were executed between 1984 and 1993 when former President Jerry Rawlings headed an iron-fisted military government
- JANUARY 1, 2003UgandaDEATH PENALTY
Execution notices are pinned to the prison gate once...
Execution notices are pinned to the prison gate once issued, then the condemned prisoner is informed and asked to make a will before being taken to the gallows on the scheduled day
- JANUARY 1, 2003UgandaDEATH PENALTY
Article 22 of the Constitution says no person shall...
Article 22 of the Constitution says no person shall be deprived of life intentionally except in execution of a sentence passed by a court of competent jurisdiction in respect a criminal offence under the laws of Uganda and the conviction and sentence have
- JANUARY 1, 2003EgyptDEATH PENALTY
In 1999 the Government abolished an article of the...
In 1999 the Government abolished an article of the Penal Code that permitted a rapist to be absolved of criminal charges if he married his victim
- JANUARY 1, 2003GhanaDEATH PENALTY
No executions have taken place since July 1993, when...
No executions have taken place since July 1993, when 12 prisoners who had been convicted of armed robbery or murder were executed by firing squad
- JANUARY 1, 2003GabonDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty was applied for the first time in...
The death penalty was applied for the first time in Gabon on June 21, 1974 after the Libreville Criminal Court found a Gabonese citizen guilty of two murders
- JANUARY 1, 2003MoroccoDEATH PENALTY
The last execution in Morocco was carried out in 1993
The last execution in Morocco was carried out in 1993
- JANUARY 1, 2003ZambiaDEATH PENALTY
The Zambia Constitution of 1991, foresees the death...
The Zambia Constitution of 1991, foresees the death penalty in Part III on the Protection of Fundamental Rights and Freedom of the Individual
- JANUARY 1, 2003KenyaDEATH PENALTY
Murder, treason and armed robbery
Murder, treason and armed robbery
- JANUARY 1, 2003ZambiaDEATH PENALTY
The last executions took place in 1997, when former...
The last executions took place in 1997, when former president Frederick Chiluba authorised the hanging of eight prisoners
- JANUARY 1, 2003ZimbabweDEATH PENALTY
Sixty-nine people were hanged in Zimbabwe between independence...
Sixty-nine people were hanged in Zimbabwe between independence in 1980, when Robert Mugabe was elected president, and 2002, when he was again confirmed to continue his uninterrupted rule of the country
- JANUARY 1, 2003ZimbabweDEATH PENALTY
The Constitution of Zimbabwe at Chapter 3, section...
The Constitution of Zimbabwe at Chapter 3, section 12, dealing with the protection of right to life states that: "No person shall be deprived of his life intentionally save in execution of the sentence of a court in respect of a criminal offence of which
- JANUARY 1, 2003ZambiaDEATH PENALTY
The Zambian penal code, section 43, foresees that the...
The Zambian penal code, section 43, foresees that the death penalty be enforced in cases regarding high treason, murder and armed robbery