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
- SEPTEMBER 22, 2004AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
An Afghan convicted of kidnapping identified as Obaidullah...
An Afghan convicted of kidnapping identified as Obaidullah Noorzehi was hanged in public in Iran's southeastern city of Zahedan
- SEPTEMBER 22, 2004JapanDEATH PENALTY
Toshio Hosoya was sentenced to death at the Akita District...
Toshio Hosoya was sentenced to death at the Akita District Court in Japan for killing his wife and her mother to obtain insurance money
- SEPTEMBER 22, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Ly Thi Ai was sentenced to death after it was discovered...
Ly Thi Ai was sentenced to death after it was discovered that she had lied about her son's age at her trial in order to escape the death penalty
- SEPTEMBER 22, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
An Afghan convicted of kidnapping identified as Obaidullah...
An Afghan convicted of kidnapping identified as Obaidullah Noorzehi was hanged in public in Iran's southeastern city of Zahedan
- SEPTEMBER 22, 2004OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
Brenda Andrew has been formally sentenced to death
Brenda Andrew has been formally sentenced to death
- SEPTEMBER 22, 2004DEATH PENALTY
Charles Wesley Roache gave up his appeals to demonstrate his remorse for 6 murders in 1999.
Charles Wesley Roache gave up his appeals to demonstrate his remorse for 6 murders in 1999.
- SEPTEMBER 21, 2004Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi Arabia executed on a Pakistani man convicted...
Saudi Arabia executed on a Pakistani man convicted of drug smuggling, money laundering and incitement to murder, the Interior Ministry said in a statement
- SEPTEMBER 21, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Four drug traffickers have been executed Tuesday in...
Four drug traffickers have been executed Tuesday in Nanchang, capital city of east China's Jiangxi province, for trafficking and selling 27
- SEPTEMBER 21, 2004PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Saudi Arabia executed on a Pakistani man convicted...
Saudi Arabia executed on a Pakistani man convicted of drug smuggling, money laundering and incitement to murder, the Interior Ministry said in a statement
- SEPTEMBER 21, 2004PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
A group of lawmakers in the Philippines pledged to...
A group of lawmakers in the Philippines pledged to move for the speedy enactment of measures to repeal the Death Penalty Law
- SEPTEMBER 21, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China said that it hoped visiting UN human rights experts...
China said that it hoped visiting UN human rights experts would have a "comprehensive and objective" view of its judicial system and treatment of crime suspects by police
- SEPTEMBER 21, 2004IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
It was reported that Amnesty International had stepped...
It was reported that Amnesty International had stepped up a campaign to save 10 people on death row in Indonesia
- SEPTEMBER 21, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A court in Pabna, Bangladesh, sentenced to death Faraz...
A court in Pabna, Bangladesh, sentenced to death Faraz Ali of Ilshimari village in Iswardi after convicting him of killing his wife
- SEPTEMBER 21, 2004JamaicaDEATH PENALTY
The Department of Correctional Services in Jamaica...
The Department of Correctional Services in Jamaica said it would be seeking legal advice on the status of several death row inmates who had been staging various protests for the past week
- SEPTEMBER 21, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China said that it hoped visiting UN human rights experts...
China said that it hoped visiting UN human rights experts would have a "comprehensive and objective" view of its judicial system and treatment of crime suspects by police
- SEPTEMBER 21, 2004ThailandDEATH PENALTY
It was reported that Amnesty International had stepped...
It was reported that Amnesty International had stepped up a campaign to save 10 people on death row in Indonesia
- SEPTEMBER 21, 2004PakistanDEATH PENALTY
It was reported that Amnesty International had stepped...
It was reported that Amnesty International had stepped up a campaign to save 10 people on death row in Indonesia
- SEPTEMBER 21, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Sabuj, 28, and Habib were sentenced to death in Bangladesh,...
Sabuj, 28, and Habib were sentenced to death in Bangladesh, the latter in absentia, after being convicted of shooting down a neighbour out of enmity at Azampur, Uttara
- SEPTEMBER 21, 2004IndiaDEATH PENALTY
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- SEPTEMBER 21, 2004NepalDEATH PENALTY
It was reported that Amnesty International had stepped...
It was reported that Amnesty International had stepped up a campaign to save 10 people on death row in Indonesia
- SEPTEMBER 21, 2004MalawiDEATH PENALTY
It was reported that Amnesty International had stepped...
It was reported that Amnesty International had stepped up a campaign to save 10 people on death row in Indonesia
- SEPTEMBER 21, 2004TexasDEATH PENALTY
In Huntsville, Andrew Flores, 32, was executed this evening
In Huntsville, Andrew Flores, 32, was executed this evening
- SEPTEMBER 21, 2004NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
It was reported that Amnesty International had stepped...
It was reported that Amnesty International had stepped up a campaign to save 10 people on death row in Indonesia
- SEPTEMBER 21, 2004SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
Harith Gary Lee, a man convicted of pushing his girlfriend...
Harith Gary Lee, a man convicted of pushing his girlfriend from the 10th floor of a block of flats in Choa Chu Kang, Singapore, lost his appeal against being hanged
- SEPTEMBER 21, 2004NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Islamic law courts in northern Nigeria had failed to...
Islamic law courts in northern Nigeria had failed to respect due legal process and human rights, resulting in discriminatory and harsh sentences, Human Rights Watch said
- SEPTEMBER 21, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Nguyen Anh Minh, a 36 year old Vietnamese woman, was...
Nguyen Anh Minh, a 36 year old Vietnamese woman, was sentenced to death for attempting to traffic heroin to Taiwan
- SEPTEMBER 21, 2004ThailandDEATH PENALTY
The Thai appeals court upheld an August 2002 Criminal...
The Thai appeals court upheld an August 2002 Criminal Court decision to sentence Maj
- SEPTEMBER 21, 2004IraqDEATH PENALTY
The trial and possible execution of Saddam Hussein...
The trial and possible execution of Saddam Hussein would discourage the die-hard remnants of the old Ba'athist regime and "show Iraq and those beyond Iraq that tyranny will not win", Iyad Allawi, the country's interim Prime Minister, said
- SEPTEMBER 20, 2004TennesseeDEATH PENALTY
The 6th Circuit Court of Appeals denied a motion by...
The 6th Circuit Court of Appeals denied a motion by the state of Tennessee's office of the attorney general to vacate the stay of execution of Philip Workman
- SEPTEMBER 20, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
the Supreme Court upheld the death sentence for a man
the Supreme Court upheld the death sentence for a man