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 15, 2004LibyaDEATH PENALTY
The motives for the death sentences of the five Bulgarian...
The motives for the death sentences of the five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor, charged with intentionally infecting over 400 Libyan children with HIV, were given to the lawyers eight days after the legal deadline expired
- JUNE 15, 2004LibyaDEATH PENALTY
The motives for the death sentences of the five Bulgarian...
The motives for the death sentences of the five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor, charged with intentionally infecting over 400 Libyan children with HIV, were given to the lawyers eight days after the legal deadline expired
- JUNE 15, 2004BulgariaDEATH PENALTY
The motives for the death sentences of the five Bulgarian...
The motives for the death sentences of the five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor, charged with intentionally infecting over 400 Libyan children with HIV, were given to the lawyers eight days after the legal deadline expired
- JUNE 15, 2004PakistanDEATH PENALTY
"Prisoners in Pakistan, especially those on the death...
"Prisoners in Pakistan, especially those on the death row, live in cramped, overcrowded cells and often face abuse
- JUNE 15, 2004JapanDEATH PENALTY
Japan's Supreme Court upheld lower court rulings sentencing...
Japan's Supreme Court upheld lower court rulings sentencing to death Seiha Fujima, 43, for killing five people during eight months in the early 1980s
- JUNE 15, 2004DEATH PENALTY
Bill outlines competency to die----Severe mental illness...
Bill outlines competency to die----Severe mental illness will prevent execution Prisoners on Louisiana's death row who are so mentally incapacitated that they don't understand that they are going to die could be spared execution after being examined by me
- JUNE 15, 2004MissouriDEATH PENALTY
A divided federal appeals court reversed one of its...
A divided federal appeals court reversed one of its own 3-judge panels and reinstated a death sentence
- JUNE 15, 2004OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
In Sapulpa, Calvin Lee Johnson will get a new trial...
In Sapulpa, Calvin Lee Johnson will get a new trial after the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals reversed his conviction because the trial judge allowed the jury to go to lunch
- JUNE 15, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
a man named Li Pingping was executed in China for murder
a man named Li Pingping was executed in China for murder
- JUNE 15, 2004PakistanDEATH PENALTY
two brother, Dossa e Naseer Ahmed, were executed
two brother, Dossa e Naseer Ahmed, were executed
- JUNE 14, 2004UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
The Uzbek authorities slammed Human Rights Watch for...
The Uzbek authorities slammed Human Rights Watch for what they called a "groundless" allegation that an Uzbek prisoner, Andrey Shelkavenko, had been tortured to death by police
- JUNE 14, 2004JapanDEATH PENALTY
The Japan Federation of Bar Associations urged the...
The Japan Federation of Bar Associations urged the Justice Ministry on not to execute death row inmates after the current Diet session ended on May 16
- JUNE 14, 2004KyrgyzstanDEATH PENALTY
The human rights commissioner of Kyrgyzstan, Tursunbai...
The human rights commissioner of Kyrgyzstan, Tursunbai Bakir-uulu, proposed introducing a moratorium on the death penalty
- JUNE 14, 2004UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
The Uzbek authorities slammed Human Rights Watch for...
The Uzbek authorities slammed Human Rights Watch for what they called a "groundless" allegation that an Uzbek prisoner, Andrey Shelkavenko, had been tortured to death by police
- JUNE 14, 2004IdahoDEATH PENALTY
The death sentence of Richard Albert Leavitt, 45, was...
The death sentence of Richard Albert Leavitt, 45, was thrown out because it was imposed by a judge without the involvement of a jury
- JUNE 13, 2004EgyptDEATH PENALTY
Egyptian lawyer Hanan Mohammed Ali Rashed was sentenced...
Egyptian lawyer Hanan Mohammed Ali Rashed was sentenced to death for killing her husband in collusion with her lover
- JUNE 13, 2004IndiaDEATH PENALTY
Major Singh and Baldev Singh were sentenced to death...
Major Singh and Baldev Singh were sentenced to death by an Additional District and Sessions Court in India after being convicted of killing their brother in law
- JUNE 13, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
The European Union and Iran were to hold a fourth round...
The European Union and Iran were to hold a fourth round of talks on human rights, as EU diplomats admitted their efforts to engage the Islamic republic had so far failed to stem widespread abuses
- JUNE 13, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
The case against prominent Iranian dissident Hasham...
The case against prominent Iranian dissident Hasham Aghajari, whose death sentence for blasphemy was quashed by the Islamic republic's supreme court, was handed over to a Tehran court for a "full reexamination", press reports said
- JUNE 13, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
The European Union and Iran were to hold a fourth round...
The European Union and Iran were to hold a fourth round of talks on human rights, as EU diplomats admitted their efforts to engage the Islamic republic had so far failed to stem widespread abuses
- JUNE 13, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
The case against prominent Iranian dissident Hasham...
The case against prominent Iranian dissident Hasham Aghajari, whose death sentence for blasphemy was quashed by the Islamic republic's supreme court, was handed over to a Tehran court for a "full reexamination", press reports said
- JUNE 13, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
six youth were flogged in public in Fardis district in Karaj.
six youth were flogged in public in Fardis district in Karaj.
- JUNE 12, 2004IndiaDEATH PENALTY
Four sadhus and a disciple of the Vadtal Swaminarayan...
Four sadhus and a disciple of the Vadtal Swaminarayan sect were sentenced to death by a Nadiad sessions court in India
- JUNE 12, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
Following the fourth session of the EU/Iran human rights...
Following the fourth session of the EU/Iran human rights dialogue in Tehran, the Federation Internationale des ligues des droits de l'homme (FIDH) sent a note to member states confirming that the prospects of reform in Iran were less than positive, partic
- JUNE 12, 2004European UnionDEATH PENALTY
Following the fourth session of the EU/Iran human rights...
Following the fourth session of the EU/Iran human rights dialogue in Tehran, the Federation Internationale des ligues des droits de l'homme (FIDH) sent a note to member states confirming that the prospects of reform in Iran were less than positive, partic
- JUNE 12, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
a man whose death sentence had been upheld by the Supreme Court was hanged
a man whose death sentence had been upheld by the Supreme Court was hanged
- JUNE 11, 2004IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
HOC General Secretary Sergio D'Elia requested Italian...
HOC General Secretary Sergio D'Elia requested Italian authorities to ensure that Jury Angione, the Italian national risking the firing squad for drug charges in Indonesia, gets all the consular assistance necessary, and said the association is informing o
- JUNE 11, 2004ItalyDEATH PENALTY
HOC General Secretary Sergio D'Elia requested Italian...
HOC General Secretary Sergio D'Elia requested Italian authorities to ensure that Jury Angione, the Italian national risking the firing squad for drug charges in Indonesia, gets all the consular assistance necessary, and said the association is informing o
- JUNE 11, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Three convicted Hong Kong drug traffickers weere executed...
Three convicted Hong Kong drug traffickers weere executed in Shenzhen, China
- JUNE 11, 2004IraqDEATH PENALTY
Iyad Allawi, Iraq's newly appointed prime minister...
Iyad Allawi, Iraq's newly appointed prime minister planed to resurrect domestic intelligence services and consider reinstituting the death penalty as ways to combat the country's persistent lawlessness and violence