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
- APRIL 29, 2004DelawareDEATH PENALTY
A Sussex County Superior Court jury recommended that...
A Sussex County Superior Court jury recommended that Linda Lou Charbonneau be executed for orchestrating the 2001 murders of her husband and ex-husband
- APRIL 28, 2004EgyptDEATH PENALTY
Hassan Ramadhan Mahmoud, a shoe-shiner, and his cousin...
Hassan Ramadhan Mahmoud, a shoe-shiner, and his cousin Ramadhan Mohammed Abu el-Magd Azab were sentenced to death after being found guilty of killing Mahmoud's wife's four-year-old daughter from her first marriage
- APRIL 28, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
Iran's hardline judiciary ordered a ban on the use...
Iran's hardline judiciary ordered a ban on the use of torture which human rights groups said the Islamic Republic's security organisations routinely used to extract confessions
- APRIL 28, 2004North CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
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- APRIL 28, 2004OhioDEATH PENALTY
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- APRIL 27, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
The Speedy Trial Tribunal in Barisal, Bangladesh, sentenced...
The Speedy Trial Tribunal in Barisal, Bangladesh, sentenced Sultan Hawlader, a 35 year old resident of Bhabanipur village in Babuganj, to death and sentenced four of his family members to life imprisonment after convicting them of murder
- APRIL 27, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Seikh Abdul Muyeed and his first wife Monwara Begum...
Seikh Abdul Muyeed and his first wife Monwara Begum were sentenced to death by the District court in Madaripur, Bangladesh, for killing Muyeed's second wife, Bela Begum, 20 for dowry
- APRIL 27, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Cracking down on rat poison that had been used for...
Cracking down on rat poison that had been used for mass murder, a court in China's Henan province issued a suspended death sentence to Fan Yuemin for making and selling the toxin
- APRIL 27, 2004LibyaDEATH PENALTY
Despite recent progress, Libya continued to violate...
Despite recent progress, Libya continued to violate basic human rights and a "climate of fear" persisted in the country, Amnesty International said in a report, entitled "Libya: Time to make human rights a reality," issued in Brussels as Libyan leader Moa
- APRIL 27, 2004United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
Nearly 60 per cent of Britons waned the death penalty...
Nearly 60 per cent of Britons waned the death penalty restored for terrorists who kill, an ICM poll for the BBC found
- APRIL 27, 2004DEATH PENALTY
Senate passed SB 224
Senate passed SB 224
- APRIL 27, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
two Iranian men named Zolfali Derebalai and Ali Derebalai were hanged
two Iranian men named Zolfali Derebalai and Ali Derebalai were hanged
- APRIL 27, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
on the order of Judge Hozan presiding the 1089th Branch of the penal court,
on the order of Judge Hozan presiding the 1089th Branch of the penal court,
- APRIL 26, 2004Hong Kong SAR ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Hong Kong signed an agreement with Thailand that allows...
Hong Kong signed an agreement with Thailand that allows convicts from either country to serve their sentences at home, provided the offence they have committed is a crime in both places
- APRIL 26, 2004Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Dheeb bin Mohammed bin Bashir al-Qahtani was executed...
Dheeb bin Mohammed bin Bashir al-Qahtani was executed in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, after being convicted of killing another Saudi in a row over money
- APRIL 26, 2004CubaDEATH PENALTY
With the adoption on April 22 a resolution on the situation...
With the adoption on April 22 a resolution on the situation in Cuba after its emergency debate, the European Parliament again called on the Cuban authorities to immediately release all political detainees
- APRIL 26, 2004DEATH PENALTY
With the adoption on April 22 a resolution on the situation...
With the adoption on April 22 a resolution on the situation in Cuba after its emergency debate, the European Parliament again called on the Cuban authorities to immediately release all political detainees
- APRIL 26, 2004TajikistanDEATH PENALTY
In an appeal to the Tajik government, Amnesty International...
In an appeal to the Tajik government, Amnesty International (AI) urged the government not to execute seven members of a group headed by the rebel commander, Rahmon Sanginov
- APRIL 26, 2004DEATH PENALTY
SB 224, a measure to raise the minimum age for the...
SB 224, a measure to raise the minimum age for the death penalty to 18 , won preliminary Senate approval today (see also April 13 and 21, 2004)
- APRIL 26, 2004FloridaDEATH PENALTY
A jury unanimously recommended that Quawn Franklin...
A jury unanimously recommended that Quawn Franklin - already serving 6 life sentences - be sentenced to death for the slaying of Jerry Lawley
- APRIL 26, 2004North CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
Jonathan Gregory Hoffman will receive a new trial after...
Jonathan Gregory Hoffman will receive a new trial after the prosecutor who convinced a jury to convict him admitted in court that critical evidence had been withheld at his 1996 trial
- APRIL 26, 2004IraqDEATH PENALTY
it was unlikely that Saddam would be tried within the next few months...
it was unlikely that Saddam would be tried within the next few months...
- APRIL 25, 2004JapanDEATH PENALTY
The following are some replies to questions on the...
The following are some replies to questions on the death penalty put to Kazuhiko Tokoro, specialist in criminal policy and professor emeritus at Rikkyo (St
- APRIL 25, 2004JapanDEATH PENALTY
"I don't think that the government should use public...
"I don't think that the government should use public opinion as an excuse [to retain the death penalty],'' said Kyoko Otani, a Tokyo-based lawyer who had defended five death-row inmates
- APRIL 25, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
a number of girls were arrested en masse
a number of girls were arrested en masse
- APRIL 24, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Ma Jiajue was sentenced to death deprived of his political...
Ma Jiajue was sentenced to death deprived of his political rights for life by the Kunming Intermediate People's Court, in southwest China's Yunnan Province, after he was convicted of killing four fellow students
- APRIL 24, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A court in Habiganj, Bangladesh, sentenced Moram Ali...
A court in Habiganj, Bangladesh, sentenced Moram Ali to death in absentia and five others to life imprisonment for killing a man in 1997
- APRIL 24, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
It was reported that Nguyen Quoc Tuan, 26, had been...
It was reported that Nguyen Quoc Tuan, 26, had been sentenced to death the previous week in Vietnam's southern Ca Mau province for killing his wife's brother after a family dispute
- APRIL 23, 2004JapanDEATH PENALTY
The Fukushima District Court, Japan, sentenced Kiyoshi...
The Fukushima District Court, Japan, sentenced Kiyoshi Ishii, a 63-year-old man, to death for setting a house on fire and killing a couple inside after quarreling with them on June 6, 2000
- APRIL 23, 2004European UnionDEATH PENALTY
The Irish Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr Cowen, welcomed...
The Irish Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr Cowen, welcomed the adoption by the United Nations Commission on Human Rights of a resolution against the death penalty