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 19, 2004GuyanaDEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International said that the Commission of Inquiry...
Amnesty International said that the Commission of Inquiry to probe allegations that a Guyana government minister was involved in a "death squad" should meet international guidelines
- MAY 19, 2004IndiaDEATH PENALTY
Santosh Bariyar was sentenced to death by an Additional...
Santosh Bariyar was sentenced to death by an Additional Sessions court in India after it found him guilty of being the mastermind behind the murder of former national junior tennis champion R Kartikraj
- MAY 19, 2004DEATH PENALTY
On the eve of the first court-martial in the Iraq prisoner...
On the eve of the first court-martial in the Iraq prisoner abuse by American soldiers ion the county, relatives of those still held at Abu Ghraib prison said the only suitable punishment would be death
- MAY 19, 2004BulgariaDEATH PENALTY
Bulgaria's Foreign Minister said he hoped for a quick...
Bulgaria's Foreign Minister said he hoped for a quick solution to a dispute with Tripoli over death sentences imposed on five Bulgarian nurses convicted of infecting Libyan children with the HIV virus
- MAY 19, 2004DEATH PENALTY
The House Administration of Criminal Justice Committee...
The House Administration of Criminal Justice Committee committee voted 6-2 for a bill that would ban the state from imposing the death penalty for crimes committed by people younger than 18
- MAY 18, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A Speedy Trail Tribunal in Sylhet, Bangladesh, sentenced...
A Speedy Trail Tribunal in Sylhet, Bangladesh, sentenced to death Sujan Mia and Jasim Uddin, after convicting them of murdering Dr
- MAY 18, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Rahmat Ali alias Shukur, 27, was sentenced to death...
Rahmat Ali alias Shukur, 27, was sentenced to death for the murder of an elderly woman at Chandiber para village in Bhairab, Bangladesh, on May 16, 2003
- MAY 18, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
The Iranian parliament passed legislation introducing...
The Iranian parliament passed legislation introducing the death penalty as maximum punishment for those found guilty of human trafficking
- MAY 18, 2004BulgariaDEATH PENALTY
The EU chief executive reiterated a call to Libya to...
The EU chief executive reiterated a call to Libya to release five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor it has sentenced to death for allegedly infecting hundreds of children with the virus that causes AIDS
- MAY 18, 2004BulgariaDEATH PENALTY
The EU chief executive reiterated a call to Libya to...
The EU chief executive reiterated a call to Libya to release five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor it has sentenced to death for allegedly infecting hundreds of children with the virus that causes AIDS
- MAY 18, 2004OmanDEATH PENALTY
A court in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) sentenced...
A court in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) sentenced to death an Omani for smuggling in large amounts of hashish and opium, a newspaper reported
- MAY 18, 2004DEATH PENALTY
The EU chief executive reiterated a call to Libya to...
The EU chief executive reiterated a call to Libya to release five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor it has sentenced to death for allegedly infecting hundreds of children with the virus that causes AIDS
- MAY 18, 2004LibyaDEATH PENALTY
The EU chief executive reiterated a call to Libya to...
The EU chief executive reiterated a call to Libya to release five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor it has sentenced to death for allegedly infecting hundreds of children with the virus that causes AIDS
- MAY 18, 2004United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
A court in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) sentenced...
A court in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) sentenced to death an Omani for smuggling in large amounts of hashish and opium, a newspaper reported
- MAY 18, 2004LouisianaDEATH PENALTY
The Senate Judiciary B Committee approved Senate Bill...
The Senate Judiciary B Committee approved Senate Bill 221 by Sen
- MAY 18, 2004TexasDEATH PENALTY
Kelsey Patterson, 50, a diagnosed paranoid schizophrenic,...
Kelsey Patterson, 50, a diagnosed paranoid schizophrenic, was executed this evening as Gov
- MAY 17, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
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- MAY 17, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
The Iranian Judiciary denied having received any decree...
The Iranian Judiciary denied having received any decree from supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamene'i to review a court ruling on the execution of jailed dissident Hashem Aghajari
- MAY 17, 2004JapanDEATH PENALTY
The Tokyo High Court upheld a death sentence imposed...
The Tokyo High Court upheld a death sentence imposed on former senior AUM Shinrikyo member Kiyohide Hayakawa for crimes including the murders of a lawyer and his family and of an AUM member who wanted to leave the cult
- MAY 17, 2004KazakhstanDEATH PENALTY
Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev wants the death...
Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev wants the death penalty to be fully abolished in Kazakhstan
- MAY 17, 2004Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi national Sarhan bin Hassen bin Mahdi al-Kobra,...
Saudi national Sarhan bin Hassen bin Mahdi al-Kobra, convicted of murdering a compatriot after a quarrel, was beheaded by the sword in the country's capital Riyadh
- MAY 17, 2004PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Fazal-ur-Rehman, the leader of a hardline Islamic alliance...
Fazal-ur-Rehman, the leader of a hardline Islamic alliance in Pakistan, vowed to resist any attempt by President Pervez Musharraf to amend Islamic laws that discriminate against women and non-Muslims
- MAY 17, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
A court in Vietnam's northern province of Hai Duong...
A court in Vietnam's northern province of Hai Duong sentenced to death Tran Huy Son after finding him guilty of running a syndicate that smuggled 390 million dong (25,000 dollars) in counterfeit Vietnamese banknotes from China in 2002
- MAY 17, 2004DEATH PENALTY
The Supreme Court refused to consider whether the 9th U
The Supreme Court refused to consider whether the 9th U
- MAY 17, 2004MissouriDEATH PENALTY
A federal appeals court has, in effect, ordered Richard...
A federal appeals court has, in effect, ordered Richard Clay, an accused hit man, back to Missouri's death row for the May 1994 murder of businessman Randy Martindale
- MAY 17, 2004North CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
63 % of North Carolinians support a temporary suspension...
63 % of North Carolinians support a temporary suspension of executions while the state's capital punishment system is studied, according to a major statewide public opinion poll released today by the North Carolina Coalition for a Moratorium
- MAY 17, 2004PennsylvaniaDEATH PENALTY
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- MAY 16, 2004HondurasDEATH PENALTY
Honduras asked Governor Rick Perry to spare the lives...
Honduras asked Governor Rick Perry to spare the lives of two of its citizens on Texas' death row, saying its consulate wasn't properly notified about the charges the men were facing
- MAY 16, 2004DEATH PENALTY
Honduras asked Governor Rick Perry to spare the lives...
Honduras asked Governor Rick Perry to spare the lives of two of its citizens on Texas' death row, saying its consulate wasn't properly notified about the charges the men were facing
- MAY 16, 2004PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf called on religious...
Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf called on religious scholars to re-examine strict Islamic laws which discriminate against women and non-Muslims