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
- JUNE 28, 2004IndiaDEATH PENALTY
The place where convicted drug trafficker, Ayodhya...
The place where convicted drug trafficker, Ayodhya Prasad Chaubey, was due to be executed was still being kept a secret although police in Indonesia had prepared the team for carrying out the execution
- JUNE 28, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
Iran's hard-line judiciary dropped all charges against...
Iran's hard-line judiciary dropped all charges against dissident academic Hashem Aghajari that could lead to the death penalty, finally backing down in an affair that has sparked widespread protests
- JUNE 28, 2004IndiaDEATH PENALTY
Invoking the Ashokan edict that the state cannot kill...
Invoking the Ashokan edict that the state cannot kill an individual with vengeance, the Indian Law Commission recommended that authorities do away with hanging because found to be degrading and implement instead lethal injection
- JUNE 28, 2004TexasDEATH PENALTY
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- JUNE 28, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
a man was sentenced to death
a man was sentenced to death
- JUNE 27, 2004JapanDEATH PENALTY
People who had had experience dealing with death row...
People who had had experience dealing with death row inmates told a symposium in Tokyo that they believed such criminals could be rehabilitated
- JUNE 27, 2004AlgeriaDEATH PENALTY
Algerian Justice Minister Tayeb Belaiz pledged to abandon...
Algerian Justice Minister Tayeb Belaiz pledged to abandon the death penalty for all but serious crimes such as terrorism and treason
- JUNE 27, 2004SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
It was reported that the Indonesian Embassy in Singapore...
It was reported that the Indonesian Embassy in Singapore would strive to save Sundarti Supriyanto, a 23 year old Indonesian female worker from Central Java who was due to face execution on July 6 in Singapore
- JUNE 27, 2004IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
It was reported that the Indonesian Embassy in Singapore...
It was reported that the Indonesian Embassy in Singapore would strive to save Sundarti Supriyanto, a 23 year old Indonesian female worker from Central Java who was due to face execution on July 6 in Singapore
- JUNE 27, 2004IndiaDEATH PENALTY
"The death sentence awarded to the accused in the case...
"The death sentence awarded to the accused in the case of rape and murder of the 14-year-old Hetal Parekh in Kolkata in 1990 has understandably raised a controversy
- JUNE 27, 2004IndiaDEATH PENALTY
In the first public demand for the execution of Dhananjoy...
In the first public demand for the execution of Dhananjoy Chatterjee, sentenced to death for the rape and murder of a 14-year-old girl, politicians across the political divide and people from diverse backgrounds called for immediate implementation of the
- JUNE 27, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
a young man 17 years old named Mojtaba was sentenced to death
a young man 17 years old named Mojtaba was sentenced to death
- JUNE 27, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
a young man 22 years old named Aziz was sentenced to death
a young man 22 years old named Aziz was sentenced to death
- JUNE 26, 2004Hong Kong SAR ChinaDEATH PENALTY
10 convicted drug traffickers were executed in China...
10 convicted drug traffickers were executed in China as the country marked international day against drug abuse and illicit trafficking
- JUNE 26, 2004Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
The Saudi government beheaded 52 men and one woman...
The Saudi government beheaded 52 men and one woman last year for crimes including murder, homosexuality, armed robbery and drug trafficking
- JUNE 26, 2004IndiaDEATH PENALTY
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- JUNE 26, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
It was reported that prominent Iranian dissident Hasham...
It was reported that prominent Iranian dissident Hasham Aghajari might be released from prison on bail while awaiting the latest review of his death sentence for apostasy, recently quashed by the Supreme Court, the tribunal's chief justice said
- JUNE 26, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Some 17 drug traffickers were executed in China's southwestern...
Some 17 drug traffickers were executed in China's southwestern Chongqing and eastern Shanghai municipalities to mark International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking
- JUNE 26, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
following a quarrel between two men, the head of Ahwaz prisons
following a quarrel between two men, the head of Ahwaz prisons
- JUNE 25, 2004MexicoDEATH PENALTY
Texas Governor Rick Perry vowed to review the cases...
Texas Governor Rick Perry vowed to review the cases of at least 16 Mexicans on death row in Texas
- JUNE 25, 2004DEATH PENALTY
Texas Governor Rick Perry vowed to review the cases...
Texas Governor Rick Perry vowed to review the cases of at least 16 Mexicans on death row in Texas
- JUNE 25, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Nguyen Cong Tuan and Nguyen Van Giang were sentenced...
Nguyen Cong Tuan and Nguyen Van Giang were sentenced to death after being convicted by a court in Vietnam's southern commercial hub of Ho Chi Hinh City of murdering a friend in order to loot his house
- JUNE 25, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Dozens of drug dealers were sentenced to death in a...
Dozens of drug dealers were sentenced to death in a series of drug-related criminal cases across China as the International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking drew near
- JUNE 25, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Liu Zhigeng, a Chinese police officer, was given a...
Liu Zhigeng, a Chinese police officer, was given a suspended death sentence for beating a detainee to death and burying his body in secret to avoid discovery
- JUNE 25, 2004IndiaDEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International urged Indonesia to commute the...
Amnesty International urged Indonesia to commute the death sentence passed on an Indian who, the government hoped, would be the first drug trafficker executed in the country in recent years
- JUNE 25, 2004IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International urged Indonesia to commute the...
Amnesty International urged Indonesia to commute the death sentence passed on an Indian who, the government hoped, would be the first drug trafficker executed in the country in recent years
- JUNE 25, 2004JapanDEATH PENALTY
Japan's Supreme Court upheld a lower court ruling that...
Japan's Supreme Court upheld a lower court ruling that sentenced three men to death for the kidnapping of three people and murder of two of them between 1986 and 1991
- JUNE 25, 2004FloridaDEATH PENALTY
In Fort Lauderdale, a Broward Circuit Court jury recommended...
In Fort Lauderdale, a Broward Circuit Court jury recommended that Russell Scott Hudson receive a death sentence for the October 2001 murder of Lance Peller, 22
- JUNE 25, 2004PennsylvaniaDEATH PENALTY
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- JUNE 25, 2004TexasDEATH PENALTY
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