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
- AUGUST 4, 2004IraqDEATH PENALTY
Iraqi Defence Minister Hazem al-Shaalan said that former...
Iraqi Defence Minister Hazem al-Shaalan said that former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein should be sentenced to death for his crimes
- AUGUST 4, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
a special court in Chittagong, Bangladesh, convicted four Chhatra League leaders and sentenced two of them to death
a special court in Chittagong, Bangladesh, convicted four Chhatra League leaders and sentenced two of them to death
- AUGUST 4, 2004Myanmar (Burma)DEATH PENALTY
eight men who successfully appealed against death sentences
eight men who successfully appealed against death sentences
- AUGUST 4, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
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according to a report issued by
- AUGUST 3, 2004CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
A jury recommended the death penalty for Justin Helzer,...
A jury recommended the death penalty for Justin Helzer, 32, in the deaths of 3 people
- AUGUST 3, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Eleven members of a mafia-style gang were sentenced...
Eleven members of a mafia-style gang were sentenced to death by a court in northwest China for crimes ranging from murder to robbery and gambling
- AUGUST 3, 2004ChadDEATH PENALTY
Chad has sentenced 19 Arab herdsmen to death by firing...
Chad has sentenced 19 Arab herdsmen to death by firing squad for their part in killing 21 villagers during an attack in the south of the country earlier in the year
- AUGUST 3, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
Kioumars Nasir Moghadas, an Iranian man convicted of...
Kioumars Nasir Moghadas, an Iranian man convicted of murdering a jeweler in October 2003 was hanged publicly in the western Iranian province of Lorestan, the Ressalat newspaper reported
- AUGUST 3, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
an Iranian man named Saeed Karamshahi was hanged in public on charges of murder.
an Iranian man named Saeed Karamshahi was hanged in public on charges of murder.
- AUGUST 3, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
a 50-year-old man named Majid was sentenced to hanging
a 50-year-old man named Majid was sentenced to hanging
- AUGUST 2, 2004UkraineDEATH PENALTY
The Yabluko party's leader, Mykhailo Brodskyi, a candidate...
The Yabluko party's leader, Mykhailo Brodskyi, a candidate in the 2004 Ukrainian presidential elections, promised to reintroduce the capital punishment if he was elected president
- AUGUST 2, 2004PennsylvaniaDEATH PENALTY
A jury deliberated a death sentence against Christopher...
A jury deliberated a death sentence against Christopher Kennedy, 22
- AUGUST 2, 2004TexasDEATH PENALTY
In a ruling issued today, U
In a ruling issued today, U
- AUGUST 2, 2004UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International (AI), called upon Tashkent to...
Amnesty International (AI), called upon Tashkent to commute the capital sentences of two prisoners allegedly tortured to confess to murder
- AUGUST 2, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Abdul Bashir was executed by hanging in Mymensingh's...
Abdul Bashir was executed by hanging in Mymensingh's central jail, Bangladesh, in the early hours of the morning
- AUGUST 2, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
Six prisoners were sentenced to death in Mashad, northeast...
Six prisoners were sentenced to death in Mashad, northeast Iran, the state-controlled daily Jomhouri Islami reported
- AUGUST 2, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
widespread arrests of teenagers are carried out by the State Security Forces
widespread arrests of teenagers are carried out by the State Security Forces
- AUGUST 1, 2004AlgeriaDEATH PENALTY
Fouad Boulemia, an Algerian Islamist militant already...
Fouad Boulemia, an Algerian Islamist militant already sentenced to death for murder, received a second death sentence for his involvement in the worst civilian massacre during the country's recent civil war
- AUGUST 1, 2004TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
Taiwan’s Ministry of Justice's opened prison facilities to the public.
Taiwan’s Ministry of Justice's opened prison facilities to the public.
- AUGUST 1, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
the judicial system issued the death sentence of a man in Tehran
the judicial system issued the death sentence of a man in Tehran
- JULY 31, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Zhang Shuzhen, a woman who killed her gambler husband...
Zhang Shuzhen, a woman who killed her gambler husband before cooking and eating part of his body, was sentenced to death in China
- JULY 31, 2004IndiaDEATH PENALTY
The Hong Kong-based Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC)...
The Hong Kong-based Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) launched an exercise to mobilise public opinion against the death sentence of Dhananjay Chatterjee, a man convicted of raping and murdering a teenage girl in West Bengal
- JULY 31, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Tran van Giao was sentenced to death by firing squad...
Tran van Giao was sentenced to death by firing squad for defrauding investors out of 1
- JULY 31, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
Iran's leading academic dissident Hashem Aghajari was...
Iran's leading academic dissident Hashem Aghajari was freed on bail on after two years in jail facing the death penalty for telling Iranians not to follow their clerical leaders like "monkeys"
- JULY 31, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
The Iranian regime's media reported that four young...
The Iranian regime's media reported that four young men, Arash, Davoud, Ali and Javad, had been sentenced to death in Mashad, Iran
- JULY 31, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
the Public Relations of the Revolutionary Guards Forces announced
the Public Relations of the Revolutionary Guards Forces announced
- JULY 30, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A court in Bangladesh sentenced to death in absentia...
A court in Bangladesh sentenced to death in absentia M Abdul Majid and awarded life imprisonment to Hasan Ali, 45, Bhimpur UP chairman in the Mahadevpur and to Shamsul for the murder of businessman Azimuddin
- JULY 30, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Do Van Thao, a 24-year-old unemployed man, was sentenced...
Do Van Thao, a 24-year-old unemployed man, was sentenced to death by firing squad in Vietnam after being convicted of killing and robbing an elderly woman
- JULY 30, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Nguyen Van Thanh, unemployed, was sentenced to death...
Nguyen Van Thanh, unemployed, was sentenced to death by firing squad in Vietnam after being convicted of killing a motorbike taxi driver 13 years earlier and stealing his possessions
- JULY 30, 2004MissouriDEATH PENALTY
In Osceola, a jury recommends the death sentence for...
In Osceola, a jury recommends the death sentence for David Zink, 45, convicted of killing 19-year-old Amanda Morton on July 12th, 2001