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
- JULY 14, 2004Trinidad & TobagoDEATH PENALTY
Two Trinidadian men were sentenced to die by hanging...
Two Trinidadian men were sentenced to die by hanging for the murder of a former BBC anchorwoman, her mother and her brother-in-law
- JULY 14, 2004TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
The Turkish parliament ratified a draft law changing...
The Turkish parliament ratified a draft law changing the expressions of ''execution of death sentence'' and ''death sentence'' in laws as ''heavy life imprisonment'' in order to conform to recent constitutional amendments
- JULY 14, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Yang Fengrui, deputy secretary-general of the National...
Yang Fengrui, deputy secretary-general of the National Narcotics Control Commission, defended China's frequent use of the death penalty against drug traffickers amid stepped-up efforts to control growing narcotics use
- JULY 14, 2004New ZealandDEATH PENALTY
A poll showed that nearly a third of adult New Zealanders...
A poll showed that nearly a third of adult New Zealanders want the death penalty back
- JULY 14, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
It was reported that Do Van Tien, a 28 year old Vietnamese...
It was reported that Do Van Tien, a 28 year old Vietnamese farmer, will face a firing squad for stabbing to death his wife and her mother while in an alcoholic rage
- JULY 14, 2004IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
Human rights campaigners said that the Indonesian policy...
Human rights campaigners said that the Indonesian policy of upholding the death sentence for drug traffickers was politically motivated in a bid to defend the corrupt legal system that failed to stop trafficking in the first place
- JULY 14, 2004CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
In Bakersfield, Larry Kusuth Hazlett Jr
In Bakersfield, Larry Kusuth Hazlett Jr
- JULY 14, 2004CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
The California Supreme Court upheld a previous court's...
The California Supreme Court upheld a previous court's ruling of guilt for Richard Bert Stewart, 40, but said that evidence of improper jury selection compelled it to reverse the death sentence
- JULY 14, 2004OhioDEATH PENALTY
In Lucasville, Stephen Vrabel was executed
In Lucasville, Stephen Vrabel was executed
- JULY 14, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
a prisoner was hanged at Khazar Square in the city of Sari, northern Iran.
a prisoner was hanged at Khazar Square in the city of Sari, northern Iran.
- JULY 13, 2004IndiaDEATH PENALTY
The Indian embassy asked Indonesian authorities to...
The Indian embassy asked Indonesian authorities to spare the life of Ayodhya Prasad Chaubey, an Indian national who was facing a firing squad for drug trafficking
- JULY 13, 2004IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
The Indian embassy asked Indonesian authorities to...
The Indian embassy asked Indonesian authorities to spare the life of Ayodhya Prasad Chaubey, an Indian national who was facing a firing squad for drug trafficking
- JULY 13, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A Muslim has been executed on charges of seeking independence...
A Muslim has been executed on charges of seeking independence for China's Muslim-majority northwestern region of Xinjiang and making explosives, a court official said
- JULY 13, 2004KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
Ghanem Abdullah al-Mutairi, a Kuwaiti convicted of...
Ghanem Abdullah al-Mutairi, a Kuwaiti convicted of premeditated murder, was executed in Kuwait city
- JULY 13, 2004IndiaDEATH PENALTY
The fourth additional district court of Indore, India,...
The fourth additional district court of Indore, India, sentenced to death a man named Ganesh, accused of killing his wife and four children on April 9, 2002
- JULY 13, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
It was reported that Mahmud Kazeminia, convicted of...
It was reported that Mahmud Kazeminia, convicted of killing a man of 17 with the intention of stealing his motorcycle, was brought down from the gallows after he confessed to another murder before his sentence of hanging was carried out in Dezful, Iran
- JULY 13, 2004IraqDEATH PENALTY
Foreign Minister Wlodzimierz Cimoszewicz met with his...
Foreign Minister Wlodzimierz Cimoszewicz met with his Iraqi counterpart Hoshiar Zebari in Brussels to dissuade the Iraqi government from using capital punishment
- JULY 13, 2004KyrgyzstanDEATH PENALTY
Roziyev Abdurakhman and Ibragimov Rakhman were sentenced...
Roziyev Abdurakhman and Ibragimov Rakhman were sentenced to death and another two to long prison terms in southern Kyrgyzstan, the Kyrgyz independent fergana
- JULY 13, 2004PolandDEATH PENALTY
Foreign Minister Wlodzimierz Cimoszewicz met with his...
Foreign Minister Wlodzimierz Cimoszewicz met with his Iraqi counterpart Hoshiar Zebari in Brussels to dissuade the Iraqi government from using capital punishment
- JULY 13, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
in Tehran, a 23-year-old named Erfan was sentenced to death
in Tehran, a 23-year-old named Erfan was sentenced to death
- JULY 12, 2004Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
A Sri Lankan woman was beheaded in the Saudi capital...
A Sri Lankan woman was beheaded in the Saudi capital for murdering her employer, the Interior Ministry said
- JULY 12, 2004Sri LankaDEATH PENALTY
A Sri Lankan woman was beheaded in the Saudi capital...
A Sri Lankan woman was beheaded in the Saudi capital for murdering her employer, the Interior Ministry said
- JULY 12, 2004IraqDEATH PENALTY
European Union foreign ministers have urged the interim...
European Union foreign ministers have urged the interim Iraqi government not to reinstate the death penalty, which some Baghdad leaders have said could be brought back into force
- JULY 12, 2004DEATH PENALTY
European Union foreign ministers have urged the interim...
European Union foreign ministers have urged the interim Iraqi government not to reinstate the death penalty, which some Baghdad leaders have said could be brought back into force
- JULY 12, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A Speedy Trial Tribunal in Dhaka, Bangladesh, sentenced...
A Speedy Trial Tribunal in Dhaka, Bangladesh, sentenced to death five people, four of which in absentia, and sentenced five others to life imprisonment after being convicted of stabbing to death Shipon, 35, at about midnight on February 19, 2001
- JULY 12, 2004PolandDEATH PENALTY
Poland's Prime Minister Marek Belka said that he was...
Poland's Prime Minister Marek Belka said that he was against the death penalty but was in favour of life imprisonment without parole
- JULY 12, 2004IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
Human rights campaigners reiterated their call for...
Human rights campaigners reiterated their call for an end to the death penalty, which they said had proven ineffective in deterring drug dealers and was against the basic human right to live
- JULY 12, 2004IraqDEATH PENALTY
Iraqi interim President Sheikh Ghazi al-Yawar confirmed...
Iraqi interim President Sheikh Ghazi al-Yawar confirmed the country would soon reinstate the death penalty, as the European Union voiced its strong opposition to the sentence
- JULY 12, 2004IraqDEATH PENALTY
One of Iraq's top Shiite politicians, Abdul Aziz al-Hakim,...
One of Iraq's top Shiite politicians, Abdul Aziz al-Hakim, said during a visit to Iran that ousted president Saddam Hussein deserved the death penalty for his war against Iran as well as other crimes
- JULY 12, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
iranian security forces have stepped up what appears
iranian security forces have stepped up what appears