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 4, 2004ZambiaDEATH PENALTY
Twelve bishops from the Roman Catholic Church, the...
Twelve bishops from the Roman Catholic Church, the biggest Christian denomination in Zambia, called on Lusaka to scrap the death penalty from its new constitution
- OCTOBER 4, 2004CanadaDEATH PENALTY
Opponents of the death penalty from around the world...
Opponents of the death penalty from around the world were to have their second world congress in Montreal
- OCTOBER 4, 2004Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi Arabia executed a Saudi national convicted of...
Saudi Arabia executed a Saudi national convicted of murdering a man after a row between their relatives, the Interior Ministry said
- OCTOBER 4, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
An Iranian man convicted of armed robbery, banditry...
An Iranian man convicted of armed robbery, banditry and drug trafficking was hanged in public in the central city of Isfahan, the local judiciary said
- OCTOBER 4, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
State-owned newspapers reported that two prisoners...
State-owned newspapers reported that two prisoners were hanged in the southern city of Jiroft
- OCTOBER 4, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
Mehrzad Vajeb-Olhoghough was hanged in a public square...
Mehrzad Vajeb-Olhoghough was hanged in a public square in Isfahan, in front of his wife and his child
- OCTOBER 4, 2004Council of EuropeDEATH PENALTY
The Council of Europe's newly elected Secretary General...
The Council of Europe's newly elected Secretary General Terry Davis described as "outrageous" the case of five Bulgarian nurses sentenced to death in Libya on charges of deliberate HIV infection of several hundred Libyan children
- OCTOBER 3, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
A man found guilty of raping a young girl was hanged...
A man found guilty of raping a young girl was hanged in Iran in the northern province of Mazandaran
- OCTOBER 3, 2004Trinidad & TobagoDEATH PENALTY
Kenrick London and his wife Chandroutie, who were convicted...
Kenrick London and his wife Chandroutie, who were convicted of the murder of Chandroutie's sister Meena Sookoo, in Trinidad and Tobago, had their sentences of death by hanging commuted to life imprisonment by the Court of Appeal
- OCTOBER 3, 2004IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
Legal experts urged the Indonesian government to impose...
Legal experts urged the Indonesian government to impose a deadline for the execution of convicts sentenced to death to avoid double punishment
- OCTOBER 2, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
A man in northern Vietnam was sentenced to death by...
A man in northern Vietnam was sentenced to death by firing squad and three others received life terms in jail as courts enforced a zero tolerance approach to illegal narcotics
- OCTOBER 2, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
Two Iranians were sentenced to death for smuggling...
Two Iranians were sentenced to death for smuggling thousands of antiques to the US, Europe and Asia, state-run Tehran radio reported
- OCTOBER 2, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China cracked a 36-member gang that kidnapped and sold...
China cracked a 36-member gang that kidnapped and sold 96 women and children over a dozen years, sentencing two to death and handing the others at least two years' jail time
- OCTOBER 1, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A police officer in central China's Henan province...
A police officer in central China's Henan province was sentenced to death for robbing, raping and murdering six women
- OCTOBER 1, 2004Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
A three-judge special judicial committee ordered that...
A three-judge special judicial committee ordered that four suspects arrested in connection with a series of robberies targeting the Saudi French Bank and Al-Rajhi Banking and Investment Corporation be put to death
- OCTOBER 1, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Several hundred Chinese schoolchildren watched public...
Several hundred Chinese schoolchildren watched public sentencings for criminals who were later executed, Amnesty International said
- OCTOBER 1, 2004JapanDEATH PENALTY
In a book titled 'He Who Killed my Brother and Me'...
In a book titled 'He Who Killed my Brother and Me' Masaru Harada recalled how he was shocked and wanted revenge at the beginning when his brother was killed, but later on realised how the execution was not the solution
- OCTOBER 1, 2004TongaDEATH PENALTY
It was reported that ten Parliamentarians in Tonga...
It was reported that ten Parliamentarians in Tonga moved against a Bill that called for stiffer penalties, like death, against illicit drug offenders, resulting in the Bill's defeat
- OCTOBER 1, 2004Papua New GuineaDEATH PENALTY
A person sentenced for murder has caused the end of...
A person sentenced for murder has caused the end of another person's life but the killer could be used to help make reparation, said Bishop Peter Fox
- OCTOBER 1, 2004Papua New GuineaDEATH PENALTY
The British High Commissioner outlined the results...
The British High Commissioner outlined the results of a survey they had initiated to gauge public opinion about the death penalty in Papua New Guinea
- OCTOBER 1, 2004KyrgyzstanDEATH PENALTY
The Dzhayyl district court, Kyrgyzstan, sentenced two...
The Dzhayyl district court, Kyrgyzstan, sentenced two men to death after convicting them of murdering police officer Mirlan Abdydzhaparov
- OCTOBER 1, 2004JamaicaDEATH PENALTY
the Jamaica government said it wanted legislators to debate the issue of the death penalty
the Jamaica government said it wanted legislators to debate the issue of the death penalty
- OCTOBER 1, 2004Sierra LeoneDEATH PENALTY
the Sierra Leone Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) finally published its report.
the Sierra Leone Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) finally published its report.
- OCTOBER 1, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
State Security Forces (SSF) in the town of Bukan
State Security Forces (SSF) in the town of Bukan
- OCTOBER 1, 2004Sierra LeoneDEATH PENALTY
the Sierra Leone Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) finally published its report
the Sierra Leone Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) finally published its report
- SEPTEMBER 30, 2004IndiaDEATH PENALTY
A sessions court in India awarded capital punishment...
A sessions court in India awarded capital punishment to a person for killing a farmer to acquire his property and also sentenced three builders to life imprisonment for participating in the conspiracy
- SEPTEMBER 30, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Nguyen Quoc Thang, 34, was put to death at dawn at...
Nguyen Quoc Thang, 34, was put to death at dawn at the Cau Nga execution site in Hanoi's Tu Liem district, Vietnam
- SEPTEMBER 30, 2004MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
A lorry driver was sentenced to death by the High Court...
A lorry driver was sentenced to death by the High Court in Bernama, Malaysia, for trafficking in 874
- SEPTEMBER 30, 2004KazakhstanDEATH PENALTY
The European Union hoped that a moratorium on the death...
The European Union hoped that a moratorium on the death penalty that Kazakhstan imposed on December 17, 2003 would lead to its absolute abolishment, Dutch Ambassador to Kazakhstan Peter van Leeuwen said at a press conference in Almaty
- SEPTEMBER 30, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Lo Van Tuoi, 40, was put to death at dawn at the Cau...
Lo Van Tuoi, 40, was put to death at dawn at the Cau Nga execution site in Hanoi's Tu Liem district, Vietnam