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 12, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
the Department of Public Places of Isfahan's State Security Forces announced that
the Department of Public Places of Isfahan's State Security Forces announced that
- JULY 12, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
the death sentence of a man named Ali Deldari was issued
the death sentence of a man named Ali Deldari was issued
- JULY 11, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A female official, in Qingyuan City of south China's...
A female official, in Qingyuan City of south China's Guangdong Province, was sentenced to death on charges of embezzlement
- JULY 11, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
Iran's supreme court quashed the sentences against...
Iran's supreme court quashed the sentences against four policeman who faced death by stoning for belonging to a gang that kidnapped and raped girls
- JULY 11, 2004PolandDEATH PENALTY
Poland's right wing Law and Justice Party (PiS) demanded...
Poland's right wing Law and Justice Party (PiS) demanded the restoration of the death penalty for murderers
- JULY 10, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
Two Iranians convicted of murder were hanged in Fuman,...
Two Iranians convicted of murder were hanged in Fuman, in the northern province of Gilan
- JULY 10, 2004LebanonDEATH PENALTY
A draft law presented by 7 MPs to Parliament calling...
A draft law presented by 7 MPs to Parliament calling for the abolishment of capital punishment was met with mixed reviews from academics
- JULY 10, 2004IraqDEATH PENALTY
About 200 women rallied in the Shiite Muslim holy city...
About 200 women rallied in the Shiite Muslim holy city of Najaf to demand that ousted leader Saddam Hussein be executed for his regime's crimes against Iraq's majority community
- JULY 9, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Five men were executed by firing squad at dawn in Vietnam...
Five men were executed by firing squad at dawn in Vietnam for rape and murder
- JULY 9, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A senior banker has been executed and at least eight...
A senior banker has been executed and at least eight bank executives arrested amid reports of loan fraud and other abuses at China's state-run banks, official media reported
- JULY 9, 2004LebanonDEATH PENALTY
It was reported that the Bekaa Criminal Court issued...
It was reported that the Bekaa Criminal Court issued five death sentences against suspects charged with murder and attempts at premeditated murder, no further details were given
- JULY 9, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China executed its first HIV-positive criminal, Ai...
China executed its first HIV-positive criminal, Ai Haiti, a 29-year-old drug addict arrested in 2003 with 382 grams of heroin
- JULY 9, 2004IraqDEATH PENALTY
Wth weapons in their hands, thousands of Shiites, supporters...
Wth weapons in their hands, thousands of Shiites, supporters of rebel leader Moqtada al Sadr, took to the streets of Baghdad, to demand death for Saddam Hussein without a trial
- JULY 9, 2004IndiaDEATH PENALTY
The Bombay High Court confirmed the death sentence...
The Bombay High Court confirmed the death sentence awarded by a lower court to Shivaji Shankar Alhalt, a 42-year-old labourer from Junnar near Pune, for the rape and murder of a 10-year-old girl
- JULY 9, 2004BarbadosDEATH PENALTY
There was mixed Caribbean reaction to three separate...
There was mixed Caribbean reaction to three separate decisions handed down by the London-based Privy Council in death penalty
- JULY 9, 2004JamaicaDEATH PENALTY
There was mixed Caribbean reaction to three separate...
There was mixed Caribbean reaction to three separate decisions handed down by the London-based Privy Council in death penalty
- JULY 9, 2004DEATH PENALTY
There was mixed Caribbean reaction to three separate...
There was mixed Caribbean reaction to three separate decisions handed down by the London-based Privy Council in death penalty
- JULY 9, 2004United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
There was mixed Caribbean reaction to three separate...
There was mixed Caribbean reaction to three separate decisions handed down by the London-based Privy Council in death penalty
- JULY 9, 2004CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
Riverside Superior Court Judge Dennis A
Riverside Superior Court Judge Dennis A
- JULY 8, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Purna Maya Shrestha claimed that her Nepali, Ishowri...
Purna Maya Shrestha claimed that her Nepali, Ishowri Shrestha, who was facing a death sentence in China, was innocent
- JULY 8, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Two Hong Kong residents were executed in southern China...
Two Hong Kong residents were executed in southern China for murdering a friend then chopping up his body
- JULY 8, 2004NepalDEATH PENALTY
Purna Maya Shrestha claimed that her Nepali, Ishowri...
Purna Maya Shrestha claimed that her Nepali, Ishowri Shrestha, who was facing a death sentence in China, was innocent
- JULY 8, 2004IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
Indonesian President Megawati Soekarnoputri rejected...
Indonesian President Megawati Soekarnoputri rejected appeals for clemency made by seven drug traffickers who had been sentenced to death
- JULY 8, 2004IraqDEATH PENALTY
A criminal court in the southern Iraqi city of Karbala...
A criminal court in the southern Iraqi city of Karbala issued the first six death sentences in the country since the toppling of former president Saddam Hussein's regime, local newspaper Al Taakhi reported
- JULY 8, 2004TajikistanDEATH PENALTY
The upper house of the Tajik parliament, the National...
The upper house of the Tajik parliament, the National Assembly, endorsed a new law implementing a moratorium on the death penalty in the country and replacing capital punishment with a prison term
- JULY 8, 2004IndiaDEATH PENALTY
Indonesian President Megawati Soekarnoputri rejected...
Indonesian President Megawati Soekarnoputri rejected appeals for clemency made by seven drug traffickers who had been sentenced to death
- JULY 8, 2004ZimbabweDEATH PENALTY
The following are extracts from an editorial entitled...
The following are extracts from an editorial entitled "Why Death Penalty Should Be Abolished?" by John Dzvinamurungu, vice-chairman of Amnesty International Zimbabwe
- JULY 8, 2004ArizonaDEATH PENALTY
Pima County Superior Court Judge Charles Sabalos overturned...
Pima County Superior Court Judge Charles Sabalos overturned Jose Amaya-Ruiz's death sentence, a Salvadoran convicted in the 1985 stabbing death of Kimberly McManus-Lopez, the 27-year-old pregnant wife of a ranch owner who employed Amaya-Ruiz as a stable h
- JULY 8, 2004CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
In San Francisco, the Ninth U
In San Francisco, the Ninth U
- JULY 8, 2004DEATH PENALTY
TAJIKISTAN. UPPER HOUSE ENDORSES DEATH PENALTY MORATORIUM
July 8, 2004: the upper house of the Tajik parliament endorsed a new law implementing a moratorium on the death penalty in the country and replacing death sentences with prison terms.