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 19, 2004ItalyDEATH PENALTY
HANDS OFF CAIN AT THE UN COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS
Hands Off Cain, together with the Transnational Radical Party, will be present at the UN Commission on Human Rights in order to add its weight to the support for the death penalty resolution which will be presented this year by current EU Presidency holde
- APRIL 18, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
A man named as Mehdi, 25, was hanged in Rezvanshahr, Iran
A man named as Mehdi, 25, was hanged in Rezvanshahr, Iran
- APRIL 17, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Tibetan activists expressed dismay after the UN Human...
Tibetan activists expressed dismay after the UN Human Rights Commission threw out a US-sponsored resolution condemning China, saying the rights situation remained poor in Tibet
- APRIL 17, 2004IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
Lorry driver S
Lorry driver S
- APRIL 17, 2004DEATH PENALTY
Tibetan activists expressed dismay after the UN Human...
Tibetan activists expressed dismay after the UN Human Rights Commission threw out a US-sponsored resolution condemning China, saying the rights situation remained poor in Tibet
- APRIL 17, 2004New JerseyDEATH PENALTY
Confessions by murder suspects must be electronically...
Confessions by murder suspects must be electronically recorded by police officers under a new policy enacted this week by Attorney General Peter Harvey
- APRIL 16, 2004United NationsDEATH PENALTY
Reporters Without Borders voiced outrage at the UN...
Reporters Without Borders voiced outrage at the UN Human Rights Commission's failure to condemn the Islamic Republic during its 60th session
- APRIL 16, 2004SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
Harith Gary Lee alias Lee Cheng Thiam was sentenced...
Harith Gary Lee alias Lee Cheng Thiam was sentenced to death for murdering his girlfriend, Diana Teo Siew Peng, 32
- APRIL 16, 2004MexicoDEATH PENALTY
Mexico's Senate backed a proposal by President Vicente...
Mexico's Senate backed a proposal by President Vicente Fox to strip the constitution of a provision that allowed military courts to impose the death penalty
- APRIL 16, 2004ZambiaDEATH PENALTY
The Kitwe High court, Zambia, sentenced Gerthin Musonda,...
The Kitwe High court, Zambia, sentenced Gerthin Musonda, 28, John Mwenya, 21, Brian Lumamba, 28 and Mabvuto Phiri after convicting them of murdering taxi driver Obby Chama on January 12, 2003
- APRIL 16, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
Reporters Without Borders voiced outrage at the UN...
Reporters Without Borders voiced outrage at the UN Human Rights Commission's failure to condemn the Islamic Republic during its 60th session
- APRIL 16, 2004KenyaDEATH PENALTY
Scores of human rights activists demonstrated in the...
Scores of human rights activists demonstrated in the streets of the Kenyan capital Nairobi against what they called "blantant violation of human rights across the country
- APRIL 16, 2004Papua New GuineaDEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International said Papua New Guinea's pursuit...
Amnesty International said Papua New Guinea's pursuit of the death penalty was leaving it internationally isolated and called on the country to place an immediate moratorium on any executions
- APRIL 16, 2004KyrgyzstanDEATH PENALTY
During a debate on the death penalty at the UNCHR,...
During a debate on the death penalty at the UNCHR, Ambassador Z
- APRIL 16, 2004IndiaDEATH PENALTY
Gnanaprakasham, Simon, M
Gnanaprakasham, Simon, M
- APRIL 16, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Yu Zhendong, a man accused of the biggest embezzlement...
Yu Zhendong, a man accused of the biggest embezzlement in recent Chinese history, was extradited from Las Vegas to Beijing
- APRIL 16, 2004DEATH PENALTY
Yu Zhendong, a man accused of the biggest embezzlement...
Yu Zhendong, a man accused of the biggest embezzlement in recent Chinese history, was extradited from Las Vegas to Beijing
- APRIL 16, 2004RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Russia's rights activists decried the failure of the...
Russia's rights activists decried the failure of the UN's top human rights body for the third year in a row to censure Russia over abuses in its war-torn republic of Chechnya
- APRIL 16, 2004CubaDEATH PENALTY
"The Theatre of the Absurd continues in Geneva," read...
"The Theatre of the Absurd continues in Geneva," read an editorial in The Miami Herald
- APRIL 16, 2004Papua New GuineaDEATH PENALTY
The Papua New Guinea government should halt its moves...
The Papua New Guinea government should halt its moves towards executions and work with international donors to establish a more effective system of fighting violent crime, Amnesty International said
- APRIL 16, 2004DEATH PENALTY
During a debate on the death penalty at the UNCHR,...
During a debate on the death penalty at the UNCHR, Ambassador Z
- APRIL 16, 2004DEATH PENALTY
Russia's rights activists decried the failure of the...
Russia's rights activists decried the failure of the UN's top human rights body for the third year in a row to censure Russia over abuses in its war-torn republic of Chechnya
- APRIL 16, 2004DEATH PENALTY
"The Theatre of the Absurd continues in Geneva," read...
"The Theatre of the Absurd continues in Geneva," read an editorial in The Miami Herald
- APRIL 16, 2004European UnionDEATH PENALTY
Former Governor of Illinois and Hands Off Cain Honorary...
Former Governor of Illinois and Hands Off Cain Honorary President Georage Ryan made an urgent appeal for an international moratorium on capital executions at the UN Commission on Human Rights in Geneva
- APRIL 16, 2004FloridaDEATH PENALTY
After 3 trials, Ronnie Keith Williams was sentenced...
After 3 trials, Ronnie Keith Williams was sentenced to die for that 1993 murder of a pregnant teen Lisashantill "Lisa" Dyke, 18
- APRIL 16, 2004DEATH PENALTY
Gov. Kathleen Sebelius signed a bill creating a sentence...
Gov. Kathleen Sebelius signed a bill creating a sentence of life in prison without parole as an alternative to the death penalty in capital murder cases. The law takes effect July 1
- APRIL 16, 2004South CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
Jerry McWee was put to death for killing John Perry,...
Jerry McWee was put to death for killing John Perry, a store clerk before stealing $350 from the cash register
- APRIL 15, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
The Democratic Party of Kurdistan (DPK) in Iran said...
The Democratic Party of Kurdistan (DPK) in Iran said six of its members were executed in Iran's prisons
- APRIL 15, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Shanghai No
The Shanghai No
- APRIL 15, 2004DEATH PENALTY
The United Nations Human Rights Commission rejected...
The United Nations Human Rights Commission rejected an attempt by the European Union to urge Russia to prevent executions, torture and other human rights abuses in war-torn Chechnya