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 19, 2004JamaicaDEATH PENALTY
Jamaica's Opposition leader Edward Seaga described...
Jamaica's Opposition leader Edward Seaga described the proposed Caribbean Court of Justice as a "kangaroo court" which would be used by the government to violate human rights
- SEPTEMBER 19, 2004BarbadosDEATH PENALTY
Two men sentenced to hang in Bridgetown's Glendairy...
Two men sentenced to hang in Bridgetown's Glendairy Prison, Barbados, September 21, received a stay of execution
- SEPTEMBER 19, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
An Iranian man convicted of murdering two men and a...
An Iranian man convicted of murdering two men and a woman was hanged publicly in the southern town of Minnab in Hormozgan province, the Kayhan newspaper reported
- SEPTEMBER 18, 2004IndiaDEATH PENALTY
Virendra Kumar and Vinod Yadav were sentenced to death...
Virendra Kumar and Vinod Yadav were sentenced to death by a fast track court in Bihar state's Bhagalpur district, India, after they were convicted of raping and killing an eight-year-old girl on August 5, 1998
- SEPTEMBER 18, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A court in Tibet sentenced two Nepalese to death, close...
A court in Tibet sentenced two Nepalese to death, close on the heels of an outcry in Nepal over the same punishment awarded to two more Nepalese in an earlier case
- SEPTEMBER 18, 2004NepalDEATH PENALTY
A court in Tibet sentenced two Nepalese to death, close...
A court in Tibet sentenced two Nepalese to death, close on the heels of an outcry in Nepal over the same punishment awarded to two more Nepalese in an earlier case
- SEPTEMBER 17, 2004RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Sergey Ivanov, the first deputy chairman of the Federation...
Sergey Ivanov, the first deputy chairman of the Federation Council's commission for cooperation with the Audit Chamber, said that he did not approve of the idea of reinstating the death penalty in Russia, commenting on the respective proposal of some depu
- SEPTEMBER 17, 2004GhanaDEATH PENALTY
A Ghana Supreme Court nominee, Justice Felix Michael...
A Ghana Supreme Court nominee, Justice Felix Michael Lartey argued that death sentence should be expunged from the country's statute books because it is was not serving any purpose
- SEPTEMBER 17, 2004SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
Chew Seow Leng, a drug addict who refused to give evidence...
Chew Seow Leng, a drug addict who refused to give evidence in his defence, was sentenced to hang in Singapore for heroin trafficking
- SEPTEMBER 17, 2004JapanDEATH PENALTY
Justice Minister Daizo Nozawa said the ministry would...
Justice Minister Daizo Nozawa said the ministry would continue to maintain its policy of withholding the names of executed inmates, after it hanged two people on September 14
- SEPTEMBER 17, 2004North KoreaDEATH PENALTY
It was reported that North Korea may be showing a willingness...
It was reported that North Korea may be showing a willingness to improve its human rights conditions when it discussed the issue with a visiting British envoy
- SEPTEMBER 17, 2004DEATH PENALTY
US death penalty opponents hope that Democrat John Kerry, a former prosecutor...
US death penalty opponents hope that Democrat John Kerry, a former prosecutor...
- SEPTEMBER 17, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
the head of the public relations office of prisons
the head of the public relations office of prisons
- SEPTEMBER 16, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Two drug traffickers were sentenced to death in Vietnam...
Two drug traffickers were sentenced to death in Vietnam while two of their gang members were jailed for life
- SEPTEMBER 16, 2004RussiaDEATH PENALTY
The issue of sentencing terrorists to death needed...
The issue of sentencing terrorists to death needed serious debate, State Duma Chairman Boris Gryzlov told reporters
- SEPTEMBER 16, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Four drug traffickers were executed by firing squad...
Four drug traffickers were executed by firing squad in Vietnam as part of the communist nation's zero tolerance approach to illegal narcotics
- SEPTEMBER 16, 2004IndiaDEATH PENALTY
The crimes were the same
The crimes were the same
- SEPTEMBER 16, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
An Iranian man convicted of murdering two men was hanged...
An Iranian man convicted of murdering two men was hanged in the western town of Dezful, the government newspaper Iran reported
- SEPTEMBER 16, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
two people were sentenced to execution in public
two people were sentenced to execution in public
- SEPTEMBER 15, 2004NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Islamic court in Nigeria sentenced a women to death...
Islamic court in Nigeria sentenced a women to death by stoning for having sex out of wedlock, authorities said
- SEPTEMBER 15, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Officials said the execution of Amritlal Burman, a...
Officials said the execution of Amritlal Burman, a third Bangladeshi policeman convicted of the rape and murder of a 14-year-old girl in 1995, was fixed for September 29
- SEPTEMBER 14, 2004RussiaDEATH PENALTY
The Duma would not consider lifting the moratorium...
The Duma would not consider lifting the moratorium on the death penalty in Russia, first deputy head of its committee for criminal and civil law Valery Grebennikov (United Russia) said, adding that in 1996, Russia joined the Council of Europe convention w
- SEPTEMBER 14, 2004JapanDEATH PENALTY
Japan hanged two men convicted of murder including...
Japan hanged two men convicted of murder including a former psychiatric patient who stabbed eight children to death in 2001 in the country's worst school massacre
- SEPTEMBER 14, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
four men, named Wang Liming, Miao Ping, Wang Xiang and Liang Shihan were executed
four men, named Wang Liming, Miao Ping, Wang Xiang and Liang Shihan were executed
- SEPTEMBER 13, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A south Chinese court sentenced to death five people...
A south Chinese court sentenced to death five people for the murder of former Phoenix TV vice president Zhou Yinan and his family
- SEPTEMBER 13, 2004RwandaDEATH PENALTY
Rwandan President Paul Kagame said he would support...
Rwandan President Paul Kagame said he would support abolishing the death penalty for genocide suspects held by the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda in Arusha, Tanzania, if the prisoners were to be transferred to Rwandan national jurisdiction
- SEPTEMBER 13, 2004RwandaDEATH PENALTY
Rwandan President Paul Kagame said he would support...
Rwandan President Paul Kagame said he would support abolishing the death penalty for genocide suspects held by the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda in Arusha, Tanzania, if the prisoners were to be transferred to Rwandan national jurisdiction
- SEPTEMBER 12, 2004Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Three Saudi border guards were executed by the sword...
Three Saudi border guards were executed by the sword in Araar, which borders Iraq, for trying to smuggle a large quantity of hashish into the kingdom
- SEPTEMBER 11, 2004IndiaDEATH PENALTY
A Delhi court, India, sentenced to death Brijkishore...
A Delhi court, India, sentenced to death Brijkishore alias Bittu for killing another person by stabbing him 23 times on a road
- SEPTEMBER 10, 2004RussiaDEATH PENALTY
The parliament of the Russian internal republic of...
The parliament of the Russian internal republic of North Ossetia called for reinstatement of capital punishment in Russia