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 11, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Aslam Gain and co-accused Borhan were sentenced to...
Aslam Gain and co-accused Borhan were sentenced to death for the rape and murder of Gain's wife on July 26, 2001 at Delarbati village in Bangladesh
- OCTOBER 11, 2004Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
A Saudi man was beheaded in the western city of Taef...
A Saudi man was beheaded in the western city of Taef after he was convicted of murder
- OCTOBER 11, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
A 28-year-old drug addict was executed in Vietnam for...
A 28-year-old drug addict was executed in Vietnam for murdering and stealing money from a gasoline vendor in order to buy heroin
- OCTOBER 11, 2004CubaDEATH PENALTY
The 75 dissidents - many of whom supporters of the...
The 75 dissidents - many of whom supporters of the 'Varela project' that aims to gather signatures for a referendum to propose the introduction of a multi-party system in Cuba - were arrested by Castro's regime on March 18, 2003
- OCTOBER 11, 2004ItalyDEATH PENALTY
The 75 dissidents - many of whom supporters of the...
The 75 dissidents - many of whom supporters of the 'Varela project' that aims to gather signatures for a referendum to propose the introduction of a multi-party system in Cuba - were arrested by Castro's regime on March 18, 2003
- OCTOBER 11, 2004CubaDEATH PENALTY
As concern for the 75 civil liberties activists arrested...
As concern for the 75 civil liberties activists arrested in Cuba in March 2003 and currently jailed under harsh detention conditions rises, Hands Off Cain and the Italian Helsinki Committee are promoting an exhibition in Rome to draw attention to their pl
- OCTOBER 11, 2004ItalyDEATH PENALTY
As concern for the 75 civil liberties activists arrested...
As concern for the 75 civil liberties activists arrested in Cuba in March 2003 and currently jailed under harsh detention conditions rises, Hands Off Cain and the Italian Helsinki Committee are promoting an exhibition in Rome to draw attention to their pl
- OCTOBER 11, 2004PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
The Catholic bishops of the Philippines renewed their...
The Catholic bishops of the Philippines renewed their appeal to President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo to abolish the death penalty
- OCTOBER 11, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
Ms. Sarvnaz Chitsaz, chair of the Women's Committee...
Ms. Sarvnaz Chitsaz, chair of the Women's Committee of the NCRI urged all international human rights and women's rights bodies to act immediately to prevent the execution of Fatemeh Haqiqatjou who is going to be hanged in the coming days. Fatemeh was sent
- OCTOBER 10, 2004IndiaDEATH PENALTY
Death penalty is no deterrent to crime and it has to...
Death penalty is no deterrent to crime and it has to go, Saji Thomas, secretary of interim National Executive Committee of Amnesty International India, said
- OCTOBER 10, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Guangzhou Intermediate People's Court in south...
The Guangzhou Intermediate People's Court in south China's Guangdong Province sentenced to death Zhang Qisheng and sentenced nine others to terms of up to life imprisonment for trafficking 12
- OCTOBER 10, 2004YemenDEATH PENALTY
Yemen's attorney general in Sanaa called for the death...
Yemen's attorney general in Sanaa called for the death penalty for five Yemenis who had been tried over the issue of blowing up the "Limburg" oil tanker in 2002; the five had been sentenced by the elementary court to 10 year imprisonment
- OCTOBER 10, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Solaiman Hossain was sentenced to death in Bangladesh...
Solaiman Hossain was sentenced to death in Bangladesh for killing his wife for dowry in a remote village of the country's Bera district
- OCTOBER 10, 2004MarylandDEATH PENALTY
A Baltimore County judge has resentenced former death...
A Baltimore County judge has resentenced former death row inmate Kevin Wiggins to life in prison
- OCTOBER 10, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
An Iranian man convicted of murdering a family of four...
An Iranian man convicted of murdering a family of four was hanged publicly in the northeastern city of Mashhad
- OCTOBER 10, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
An Iranian man convicted of armed robbery was publicly...
An Iranian man convicted of armed robbery was publicly hanged in the southern city of Ahwaz
- OCTOBER 10, 2004UgandaDEATH PENALTY
Uganda's Attorney General has opposed the constitutional...
Uganda's Attorney General has opposed the constitutional petition signed by 417 death row inmates against the death penalty, reported New Vision
- OCTOBER 10, 2004SerbiaDEATH PENALTY
forensic experts in Bosnia investigated a site believed to contain the remains of more than 100 Muslim civilians Serb forces.
forensic experts in Bosnia investigated a site believed to contain the remains of more than 100 Muslim civilians Serb forces.
- OCTOBER 10, 2004IndiaDEATH PENALTY
a court in Thalassery in the Indian state of Kerala, sentenced to death four Communist Party of India (CPI-M) activists
a court in Thalassery in the Indian state of Kerala, sentenced to death four Communist Party of India (CPI-M) activists
- OCTOBER 10, 2004North CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
Russell Holden Jr., sentenced to death 19 years ago, has had the sentence vacated
Russell Holden Jr., sentenced to death 19 years ago, has had the sentence vacated
- OCTOBER 10, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
an Iranian man named Mohammad D. was hanged in public
an Iranian man named Mohammad D. was hanged in public
- OCTOBER 9, 2004United StatesDEATH PENALTY
Congress passed and sent legislation to President Bush...
Congress passed and sent legislation to President Bush that would give rape victims and convicted felons greater access to DNA testing
- OCTOBER 8, 2004Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
The Court of Cassation in Saudi Arabia dropped the...
The Court of Cassation in Saudi Arabia dropped the death sentence for three men accused of taking part in a series of armed robberies targeting a number of local Saudi banks and replaced it with imprisonment, but upheld the death sentence for a fourth sus
- OCTOBER 8, 2004LibyaDEATH PENALTY
The Bureau of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council...
The Bureau of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) decided that the PACE Legal Affairs and Human Rights Committee would draw up a special report on the case of five Bulgarian nurses sentenced to death in Libya on AIDS infection charg
- OCTOBER 8, 2004PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
The Philippine Supreme Court reaffirmed the death sentence...
The Philippine Supreme Court reaffirmed the death sentence on Gerry H
- OCTOBER 8, 2004BulgariaDEATH PENALTY
The Bureau of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council...
The Bureau of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) decided that the PACE Legal Affairs and Human Rights Committee would draw up a special report on the case of five Bulgarian nurses sentenced to death in Libya on AIDS infection charg
- OCTOBER 8, 2004LibyaDEATH PENALTY
The Bureau of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council...
The Bureau of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) decided that the PACE Legal Affairs and Human Rights Committee would draw up a special report on the case of five Bulgarian nurses sentenced to death in Libya on AIDS infection charg
- OCTOBER 8, 2004North CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
Sammy Crystal Perkins was executed today at Central...
Sammy Crystal Perkins was executed today at Central Prison in Raleigh, Perkins was convicted in 1993 of raping and smothering Jo Jo Moore to death in her grandmother's Hopkins Drive home
- OCTOBER 7, 2004IndiaDEATH PENALTY
A fast track court in Godhra in the Indian state of...
A fast track court in Godhra in the Indian state of Gujarat, sentenced to death Ratansinh alias Anupsinh Chauhan after convicting him of raping and murdering a six year old girl on August 16, 2003
- OCTOBER 7, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Sohel and Raju Roy were sentenced to death by a Speedy...
Sohel and Raju Roy were sentenced to death by a Speedy Trial Tribunal and two others were sentenced to life imprisonment after being found guilty of killing Saiful Islam in Rajshahi, Bangladesh, on September 5, 2003