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 5, 2004NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
The Nigerian federal government would start hand down...
The Nigerian federal government would start hand down death sentences to couriers of "hard" drugs and other illicit drugs, Almarun Ribadu, director of the Public Relations Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, warned
- APRIL 5, 2004MexicoDEATH PENALTY
The ruling by the International Court of Justice that...
The ruling by the International Court of Justice that the United States violated the rights of Mexican inmates on death row should not affect diplomatic relations between the two countries involved, Mexican President Vicente Fox said
- APRIL 5, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
According to the information and public relations department...
According to the information and public relations department of the Justice Department of Iran's Khuzestan province, a man named Hadi H
- APRIL 3, 2004South AfricaDEATH PENALTY
The founder of the new Pro-Death Penalty Party, Pieter...
The founder of the new Pro-Death Penalty Party, Pieter du Toit, said he did not expect to win the South African elections on April 14, 2004
- APRIL 3, 2004MexicoDEATH PENALTY
Mexican President Vicente Fox said the International...
Mexican President Vicente Fox said the International Court of Justice and the United Nations would have to decide what to do if the United States refused comply with a ruling that it review the cases of 51 Mexicans on death row
- APRIL 2, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Three people received the death penalty in Guangzhou...
Three people received the death penalty in Guangzhou city three people were sentenced to death by the Guangzhou Intermediate People's Court for their role in the largest ecstasy and ice trafficking case in China
- APRIL 2, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
in its initial trial, the Jiaozuo Intermediate People's Court in Henan Province...
in its initial trial, the Jiaozuo Intermediate People's Court in Henan Province...
- APRIL 1, 2004NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Nigeria's notoriously aggressive police killed 7,198...
Nigeria's notoriously aggressive police killed 7,198 suspected armed robbers since the start of the year 2000, the force announced at a news conference
- APRIL 1, 2004KenyaDEATH PENALTY
Three people suspected of plotting to rob a restaurant...
Three people suspected of plotting to rob a restaurant in Mombasa were shot dead by police in a cold blooded execution, bystanders said
- APRIL 1, 2004IraqDEATH PENALTY
Search and excavation operations to find out the fate...
Search and excavation operations to find out the fate of those executed and buried in mass graves by the deposed Saddam regime were ongoing
- APRIL 1, 2004MexicoDEATH PENALTY
Around 100 Mexicans on death row in US prisons required...
Around 100 Mexicans on death row in US prisons required immediate consular protection, an ICJ judge said, after the International Court of Justice ordered the United States to "review and reconsider" the cases of 51 Mexicans facing execution
- APRIL 1, 2004YemenDEATH PENALTY
the Appeal Courts of Sana’a and Al-Jawf sentenced four men
the Appeal Courts of Sana’a and Al-Jawf sentenced four men
- MARCH 31, 2004MexicoDEATH PENALTY
Mexican President Vicente Fox sent the Senate a bill...
Mexican President Vicente Fox sent the Senate a bill aimed at abolishing the death penalty under military jurisdiction and replacing it with prison terms ranging from 30 to 60 years
- MARCH 31, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A special court in Barisal, Bangladesh, sentenced Kamal...
A special court in Barisal, Bangladesh, sentenced Kamal Sarder, 38, to death for murder
- MARCH 31, 2004Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi Arabia, which implements strict Islamic sharia...
Saudi Arabia, which implements strict Islamic sharia law, executed Jarwan bin Hamad bin Marhan al-Abdan, a Saudi man, for smuggling drugs into the kingdom
- MARCH 31, 2004UgandaDEATH PENALTY
The Foundation for Human Rights Initiative (UHRI) accused...
The Foundation for Human Rights Initiative (UHRI) accused Ugandan security forces of carrying out extra-judicial killings especially on detained persons and during the forceful disarmament of the Karimojong
- MARCH 31, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
The Ho Chi Minh City People's Court, Vietnam, handed...
The Ho Chi Minh City People's Court, Vietnam, handed down two death sentences to Nguyen Chi Dung, the head of an armed gang that preyed on goods trucks and vehicles in the southern Mekong Delta region
- MARCH 31, 2004UgandaDEATH PENALTY
Uganda should stop field executions of soldiers tried...
Uganda should stop field executions of soldiers tried under martial law until their appeals have been heard, the African Commission on Human and Peoples Rights said
- MARCH 31, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
It was reported that China executed two men extradited...
It was reported that China executed two men extradited from neighboring Kyrgyzstan who were convicted of murdering a Chinese diplomat and his driver in the Central Asian country
- MARCH 31, 2004CambodiaDEATH PENALTY
Nguyen Ngoc Tam, a 47-year-old Cambodian national of...
Nguyen Ngoc Tam, a 47-year-old Cambodian national of Vietnamese origin, was executed in Vietnam's Ho Chi Minh City for belonging to a methamphetamine manufacturing and trafficking network
- MARCH 31, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Nguyen Anh Tuan, a 24-year-old Vietnamese drug addict,...
Nguyen Anh Tuan, a 24-year-old Vietnamese drug addict, was put to death by firing squad at dawn in Ho Chi Minh City for murdering a motorbike taxi driver in January 2001 to fund his heroin addiction
- MARCH 31, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Four people, including a married couple, were sentenced...
Four people, including a married couple, were sentenced to death in Vietnam after being convicted of smuggling drugs into the country from Laos
- MARCH 31, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
The People's Court in Vietnam's southern province of...
The People's Court in Vietnam's southern province of Binh Phuoc sentenced to death Nguyen Hai Son, 40
- MARCH 31, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Nguyen Ngoc Tam, a 47-year-old Cambodian national of...
Nguyen Ngoc Tam, a 47-year-old Cambodian national of Vietnamese origin, was executed in Vietnam's Ho Chi Minh City for belonging to a methamphetamine manufacturing and trafficking network
- MARCH 31, 2004South CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
Troy Burkhart will return to death row for killing...
Troy Burkhart will return to death row for killing 3 people more than 6 years ago
- MARCH 31, 2004MexicoDEATH PENALTY
Mexico hailed the world court ruling calling for review...
Mexico hailed the world court ruling calling for review of death sentences against 51 Mexicans in US prisons, convicts whose rights the Mexican government says were violated when they were not put in touch with consular officials
- MARCH 31, 2004VirginiaDEATH PENALTY
Mitchell Orbe was executed by injection tonight at...
Mitchell Orbe was executed by injection tonight at Greensville Correctional Center for the Jan
- MARCH 31, 2004SudanDEATH PENALTY
Nyala Criminal Court sentenced two men to death by...
Nyala Criminal Court sentenced two men to death by hanging under articles 130 and 175 of the 1991 Penal Code
- MARCH 31, 2004DEATH PENALTY
THE HAGUE. ICJ RULES US MUST REVIEW CASES OF 51 MEXICANS ON DEATH ROW
March 31, 2004: the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ordered the United States to "review and reconsider" the cases of 51 Mexicans on death row in US prisons.
- MARCH 30, 2004MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
Mohamad Sofri Che Ani, was sentenced to death by the...
Mohamad Sofri Che Ani, was sentenced to death by the Malaysian High Court for trafficking in 3,632gm of cannabis