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
- MAY 28, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A special court in Rajshahi sentenced Shariful Haq...
A special court in Rajshahi sentenced Shariful Haq Koial to death for his attempt to burn his wife to death in 2003
- MAY 28, 2004IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
The Golkar Party's presidential aspirant, General Wiranto,...
The Golkar Party's presidential aspirant, General Wiranto, retired, said big-time corrupters must be sentenced to death if people are to be made afraid to commit the crime
- MAY 28, 2004BulgariaDEATH PENALTY
"China will use its influence to encourage a fair solution...
"China will use its influence to encourage a fair solution to the issue of the Bulgarian nurses sentenced in Libya," Wu Bangguo, chairman of the Standing Committee of China's National People's Congress (NPC), told Bulgarian National Assembly Chairman Ogny
- MAY 28, 2004SerbiaDEATH PENALTY
Serbia and Montenegro's President Svetozar Marovic...
Serbia and Montenegro's President Svetozar Marovic promised his Bulgarian counterpart Georgy Parvanov that his country would mediate on behalf of five Bulgarian nurses sentenced to death in Libya in a case involving AIDS-contaminated blood
- MAY 28, 2004United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
Britain wanted to push through an extradition request...
Britain wanted to push through an extradition request for Abu Hamza al-Masri, a radical Muslim cleric, as quickly as possible so he could stand trial in the United States on charges of aiding terrorists, the government said
- MAY 28, 2004United StatesDEATH PENALTY
Britain wanted to push through an extradition request...
Britain wanted to push through an extradition request for Abu Hamza al-Masri, a radical Muslim cleric, as quickly as possible so he could stand trial in the United States on charges of aiding terrorists, the government said
- MAY 28, 2004IllinoisDEATH PENALTY
Gordon Steidl was freed from an Illinois prison May...
Gordon Steidl was freed from an Illinois prison May 28th, 2004, 17 years after he was wrongly convicted and sentenced to die for a 1986 dual murder
- MAY 28, 2004South CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
In Columbia, at the Capital Punishment Facility at...
In Columbia, at the Capital Punishment Facility at Broad River Correctional Institution, James Neil Tucker, 47, was executed for the deaths of Rosa Lee Oakley and Shannon Mellon, in 1992
- MAY 28, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
the Sanqin Dushi Bao (Sanqin Daily) newspaper reported that...
the Sanqin Dushi Bao (Sanqin Daily) newspaper reported that...
- MAY 27, 2004Equatorial GuineaDEATH PENALTY
The South African government told the Pretoria High...
The South African government told the Pretoria High Court that it would not seek to extradite 70 suspected mercenaries arrested in Zimbabwe on charges of plotting a coup in Equatorial Guinea
- MAY 27, 2004South AfricaDEATH PENALTY
The South African government told the Pretoria High...
The South African government told the Pretoria High Court that it would not seek to extradite 70 suspected mercenaries arrested in Zimbabwe on charges of plotting a coup in Equatorial Guinea
- MAY 27, 2004ZimbabweDEATH PENALTY
The South African government told the Pretoria High...
The South African government told the Pretoria High Court that it would not seek to extradite 70 suspected mercenaries arrested in Zimbabwe on charges of plotting a coup in Equatorial Guinea
- MAY 27, 2004ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Oliviero Toscani's new video clip against the death...
Oliviero Toscani's new video clip against the death penalty in promotion of Hands Off Cain's international campaign for a universal moratorium on executions established by the UN General Assembly, was shown this morning at the European Institute of Design
- MAY 27, 2004LibyaDEATH PENALTY
Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I said he had learnt...
Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I said he had learnt with regret that the results on the case of the Bulgarian medics in Libya were not good and expressed hope that their death sentences would not be carried out
- MAY 27, 2004JapanDEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International highlighted reports of torture...
Amnesty International highlighted reports of torture and ill treatment of people while in custody in Japan
- MAY 27, 2004BulgariaDEATH PENALTY
Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew said he had learnt...
Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew said he had learnt with regret that the results on the case of the Bulgarian medics in Libya were not good and expressed hope that their death sentences would not be carried out
- MAY 27, 2004DEATH PENALTY
Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I said he had learnt...
Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I said he had learnt with regret that the results on the case of the Bulgarian medics in Libya were not good and expressed hope that their death sentences would not be carried out
- MAY 27, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
in its initial trial, the Anshan Intermediate People's Court in Liaoning Province...
in its initial trial, the Anshan Intermediate People's Court in Liaoning Province...
- MAY 27, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
in its initial trial, the Shantou Intermediate People's Court in Guangdong Province...
in its initial trial, the Shantou Intermediate People's Court in Guangdong Province...
- MAY 26, 2004PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
The Philippines High Court sentenced to death John...
The Philippines High Court sentenced to death John Mamarion, Major Rolando Maclang, Juliet Harisco and Charlito Domingo after finding them guilty of kidnapping
- MAY 26, 2004Equatorial GuineaDEATH PENALTY
Lawyers for the South African government said the state...
Lawyers for the South African government said the state could not intervene to save 70 alleged coup-plotters detained in Zimbabwe from extradition to Equatorial Guinea where they would face the death penalty
- MAY 26, 2004ZimbabweDEATH PENALTY
Lawyers for the South African government said the state...
Lawyers for the South African government said the state could not intervene to save 70 alleged coup-plotters detained in Zimbabwe from extradition to Equatorial Guinea where they would face the death penalty
- MAY 26, 2004South AfricaDEATH PENALTY
Lawyers for the South African government said the state...
Lawyers for the South African government said the state could not intervene to save 70 alleged coup-plotters detained in Zimbabwe from extradition to Equatorial Guinea where they would face the death penalty
- MAY 26, 2004BrazilDEATH PENALTY
The Brazilian government acknowledged, as the recently-released...
The Brazilian government acknowledged, as the recently-released Amnesty International report said, that "serious problems still exist" in the country on the human rights front, but it said the administration was fighting hard to end abuses
- MAY 26, 2004Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International said in its report for 2003 that...
Amnesty International said in its report for 2003 that "gross" human rights violations continued in Saudi Arabia where discrimination against women also remained "endemic"
- MAY 26, 2004LibyaDEATH PENALTY
It was reported that Turkey would raise the issue of...
It was reported that Turkey would raise the issue of the Bulgarian nurses, sentenced to death in Libya, at the 31st Session of the Islamic Conference of Foreign Ministers, due to open in Istanbul on June 14
- MAY 26, 2004North KoreaDEATH PENALTY
North Koreans were deprived of basic human rights by...
North Koreans were deprived of basic human rights by a totalitarian leadership that employs harsh repression for political crimes, Amnesty International said in its annual report
- MAY 26, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China's rights record has made little progress in the...
China's rights record has made little progress in the past year and has worsened in areas such as the treatment of ethnic minorities, Amnesty International said
- MAY 26, 2004IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
Indonesia resorted to increasingly repressive methods...
Indonesia resorted to increasingly repressive methods in 2003 in its attempts to crush separatist movements in Aceh and Papua provinces, Amnesty International said
- MAY 26, 2004NepalDEATH PENALTY
Torture, extrajudicial executions and "disappearances"...
Torture, extrajudicial executions and "disappearances" in Nepal, gripped by a deadly Maoist insurgency, had escalated since peace talks collapsed in August 2003, Amnesty International said in its annual report