Archive timeline
2004
The news published by Hands Off Cain in 2004, month by month, with the countries most present that year.
Latest news of 2004
- OCTOBER 21, 2004ItalyDEATH PENALTY
A four-day visit to Zambia by a delegation from the...
A four-day visit to Zambia by a delegation from the Italian Senate's Human Rights Commission and HOC officials marked the point of no return in the process towards abolition in the country judging from political commitments made and the huge public exposu
- OCTOBER 21, 2004ItalyDEATH PENALTY
A resolution committing the Italian government to "intervene...
A resolution committing the Italian government to "intervene with the competent organs with the aim of suspending the execution" of Dominique Green slated for October 26 in the US state of Texas was tabled in the Chamber of Representatives by a bipartisan
- OCTOBER 21, 2004Papua New GuineaDEATH PENALTY
Anna Keral Galang, a representative in the Western...
Anna Keral Galang, a representative in the Western Highlands Province of Papua New Guinea strongly called on the National Government to hang rapists and on the courts to issue the death penalty for the offence
- OCTOBER 21, 2004AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International and the Australian government...
Amnesty International and the Australian government urged Singapore to spare the life of Nguyen Tuong Van, an Australian man sentenced to hang for heroin trafficking
- OCTOBER 21, 2004SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International and the Australian government...
Amnesty International and the Australian government urged Singapore to spare the life of Nguyen Tuong Van, an Australian man sentenced to hang for heroin trafficking
- OCTOBER 21, 2004LebanonDEATH PENALTY
Human rights activists and legal experts denounced...
Human rights activists and legal experts denounced Lebanon's death penalty as immoral and ineffective at stopping crime at a seminar held at Saint Esprit Kaslik University
- OCTOBER 21, 2004NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
two Nigerian Muslim women sentenced to death by stoning
two Nigerian Muslim women sentenced to death by stoning
- OCTOBER 21, 2004OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
a Rogers County jury decided Benjamin Robert Cole Sr. should die
a Rogers County jury decided Benjamin Robert Cole Sr. should die
- OCTOBER 20, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Three Bangladeshis were sentenced to death in their...
Three Bangladeshis were sentenced to death in their absence for their part in the 1975 "Jail Killings" of four people seen as heroes of the independence struggle
- OCTOBER 20, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Vietnam's government has asked the police to consider...
Vietnam's government has asked the police to consider abandoning firing squads in favour of a mechanised gun to execute criminals because shaky individuals can miss their target
- OCTOBER 20, 2004SpainDEATH PENALTY
The Spanish Parliament's Foreign Affairs Commission...
The Spanish Parliament's Foreign Affairs Commission unanimously approved a text committing the Spanish government to present a resolution for a worldwide moratorium on executions with a view to abolition at the UN General Assembly
- OCTOBER 20, 2004Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
The Gaza court of first instance sentenced Yousef Hasan...
The Gaza court of first instance sentenced Yousef Hasan Abdullah Al-Sinwar, from Khan Younis district, to death, after finding him guilty of collaborating with a Zionist security apparatus in liquidating three Palestinian resistance fighters and wounding
- OCTOBER 20, 2004SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
A Singapore court upheld the death sentence for a 24-year-old...
A Singapore court upheld the death sentence for a 24-year-old Australian man of Vietnamese origin found guilty of smuggling 400 grams (14 ounces) of heroin while in transit at the island's main airport
- OCTOBER 20, 2004AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
A Singapore court upheld the death sentence for a 24-year-old...
A Singapore court upheld the death sentence for a 24-year-old Australian man of Vietnamese origin found guilty of smuggling 400 grams (14 ounces) of heroin while in transit at the island's main airport
- OCTOBER 20, 2004DEATH PENALTY
Ricky Morrow was executed in the Texas
Ricky Morrow was executed in the Texas
- OCTOBER 19, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
The head of Iran's conservative judiciary, Ayatollah...
The head of Iran's conservative judiciary, Ayatollah Mahmoud Hashemi Shahrudi, quashed a stoning sentence for a woman convicted of adultery and an amputation sentence for a thief
- OCTOBER 19, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A woman convicted in the largest case of drug trafficking...
A woman convicted in the largest case of drug trafficking in China's capital in more than 50 years was executed, Chinanews
- OCTOBER 19, 2004EthiopiaDEATH PENALTY
The Federal High Court of Ethiopia sentenced three...
The Federal High Court of Ethiopia sentenced three genocide convicts to death and one other to a 20-year prison term for killing 207 people in East and West Harerge zones in 1991
- OCTOBER 19, 2004DEATH PENALTY
ZAMBIA. ITALIAN SENATE DELEGATION IN LUSAKA FOR ABOLITION
October 18, 2004: a mission from the Italian Senate’s human rights commission, together with an HOC’s delegation, is visiting Zambia to lobby in favour of abolition.
- OCTOBER 19, 2004MissouriDEATH PENALTY
a Dent County methamphetamine dealer who murdered a deputy sheriff...
a Dent County methamphetamine dealer who murdered a deputy sheriff...
- OCTOBER 19, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
five people were hanged in Sari and Qazvin.
five people were hanged in Sari and Qazvin.
- OCTOBER 19, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
Iran's Supreme Court upheld the execution of a man
Iran's Supreme Court upheld the execution of a man
- OCTOBER 18, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
Hamid Pourmand was a Protestant minister of the Assemblies...
Hamid Pourmand was a Protestant minister of the Assemblies of God Church
- OCTOBER 17, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
According to Iranian and foreign press, Zhila Izadi,...
According to Iranian and foreign press, Zhila Izadi, 13, from the northwestern city of Marivan, Iran, has been condemned to death after being impregnated by her 15-year-old brother
- OCTOBER 17, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
the Supreme Court has approved and upheld the execution sentence of 3 teenage boys
the Supreme Court has approved and upheld the execution sentence of 3 teenage boys
- OCTOBER 16, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
"There remains a conviction that only a penalty as...
"There remains a conviction that only a penalty as absolute as death is just for serious crime
- OCTOBER 16, 2004TexasDEATH PENALTY
concerning capital punishment, the Texas Democratic party platform states
concerning capital punishment, the Texas Democratic party platform states
- OCTOBER 15, 2004ZimbabweDEATH PENALTY
Zimbabwe's High Court acquitted the opposition leader...
Zimbabwe's High Court acquitted the opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai on charges of plotting to assassinate President Robert Mugabe, saying the state had failed to prove its case beyond reasonable doubt
- OCTOBER 15, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
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- OCTOBER 14, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Two convicted drug traffickers were executed by firing...
Two convicted drug traffickers were executed by firing squad in Vietnam