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
- MARCH 25, 2004KyrgyzstanDEATH PENALTY
Kyrgyz President Askar Akayev signed amendments to...
Kyrgyz President Askar Akayev signed amendments to the country's Criminal Code abolishing the death penalty for the attempted murder of a statesman or public official, for the attempted murder of an official in the judicial or investigative branches and f
- MARCH 25, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Hoang Thi Dan, a 46 year old woman convicted of drug...
Hoang Thi Dan, a 46 year old woman convicted of drug trafficking, was sentenced to death by the People's Court in Hai Phong city, northern Vietnam, for illegally transporting and trafficking drugs
- MARCH 25, 2004RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Vladimir Lukin, the commissioner for human rights in...
Vladimir Lukin, the commissioner for human rights in the Russian Federation, said that Russia should ratify a Council of Europe protocol that forbade capital punishment
- MARCH 25, 2004RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Vladimir Lukin, the commissioner for human rights in...
Vladimir Lukin, the commissioner for human rights in the Russian Federation, said that Russia should ratify a Council of Europe protocol that forbade capital punishment
- MARCH 25, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
The European Union warned Tehran on that it had seen...
The European Union warned Tehran on that it had seen little progress in Iran's human rights dossier, which Brussels had effectively made a precondition to improved trade ties
- MARCH 25, 2004PakistanDEATH PENALTY
An Indian court in Bhuj town in Gujarat state sentenced...
An Indian court in Bhuj town in Gujarat state sentenced four Pakistani men to death for "waging war" against India after they were caught smuggling the deadly explosive RDX into the country in 1999
- MARCH 25, 2004IndiaDEATH PENALTY
An Indian court in Bhuj town in Gujarat state sentenced...
An Indian court in Bhuj town in Gujarat state sentenced four Pakistani men to death for "waging war" against India after they were caught smuggling the deadly explosive RDX into the country in 1999
- MARCH 25, 2004JapanDEATH PENALTY
The Sendai District Court, Japan, sentenced 40-year-old...
The Sendai District Court, Japan, sentenced 40-year-old Shu Takahashi to death and four other people to life imprisonment for murder, robbery and other charges
- MARCH 25, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
South Korea was trying to confirm reports that about...
South Korea was trying to confirm reports that about 100 North Korean refugees at a detention centre in China were on hunger strike to protest plans to repatriate them
- MARCH 25, 2004North KoreaDEATH PENALTY
South Korea was trying to confirm reports that about...
South Korea was trying to confirm reports that about 100 North Korean refugees at a detention centre in China were on hunger strike to protest plans to repatriate them
- MARCH 25, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
The European Union warned Tehran on that it had seen...
The European Union warned Tehran on that it had seen little progress in Iran's human rights dossier, which Brussels had effectively made a precondition to improved trade ties
- MARCH 25, 2004New JerseyDEATH PENALTY
In Trenton, the state Supreme Court overturned 4-3...
In Trenton, the state Supreme Court overturned 4-3 the death sentence of John Chew
- MARCH 25, 2004PennsylvaniaDEATH PENALTY
A man convicted of beating a man with a baseball bat...
A man convicted of beating a man with a baseball bat has been sentenced to life in prison with no possibility of parole -- despite previously being sentenced to death
- MARCH 24, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A court in Sylhet, Bangladesh, sentenced Fazal Khan...
A court in Sylhet, Bangladesh, sentenced Fazal Khan to death and two brothers, Arshod and Waris Khan, to life imprisonment for murder case
- MARCH 24, 2004NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Nigeria´s Niger State Sharia Appeal Court postponed...
Nigeria´s Niger State Sharia Appeal Court postponed for almost a month the appeal of a young couple of former lovers who were sentenced to be stoned to death
- MARCH 24, 2004SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
The following is an editorial entitled " Singapore's...
The following is an editorial entitled " Singapore's Grim Parade Of Death" published in the Australian pubilcation 'The Age'
- MARCH 24, 2004AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
The following is an editorial entitled " Singapore's...
The following is an editorial entitled " Singapore's Grim Parade Of Death" published in the Australian pubilcation 'The Age'
- MARCH 24, 2004ThailandDEATH PENALTY
British teenager Alan Connell narrowly escaped the...
British teenager Alan Connell narrowly escaped the death penalty in Thailand when a court commuted his sentence to life imprisonment for trafficking thousands of ecstasy pills
- MARCH 24, 2004United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
British teenager Alan Connell narrowly escaped the...
British teenager Alan Connell narrowly escaped the death penalty in Thailand when a court commuted his sentence to life imprisonment for trafficking thousands of ecstasy pills
- MARCH 24, 2004KentuckyDEATH PENALTY
In Kenton County, Circuit Judge Douglas Stephens followed...
In Kenton County, Circuit Judge Douglas Stephens followed the Jury's recommendations and sentenced Fred Furnish to death for a 2nd time for the July 25, 1998 robbery and murder of Ramona Jean Williamson
- MARCH 24, 2004MinnesotaDEATH PENALTY
The state Senate Crime Prevention and Public Safety...
The state Senate Crime Prevention and Public Safety Committee, defeated a plan to reinstate the death penalty
- MARCH 24, 2004TexasDEATH PENALTY
Nobel Peace Prize laureate Bishop Desmond Tutu spent...
Nobel Peace Prize laureate Bishop Desmond Tutu spent about 45 minutes with inmate Dominique Green on Texas death row in Livingston's Polunsky Prison Unit
- MARCH 24, 2004DEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA. APPEAL OF COUPLE SENTENCED TO BE STONED POSTPONED
March 24, 2004: Nigeria´s Niger State Sharia Appeal Court postponed for almost a month the appeal of a young couple of former lovers who were sentenced to be stoned to death.
- MARCH 23, 2004OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
In McAlester, Hung Thanh Le, the Vietnamese refugee...
In McAlester, Hung Thanh Le, the Vietnamese refugee was executed at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary
- MARCH 23, 2004PennsylvaniaDEATH PENALTY
The death sentence for a man who strangled his 2nd...
The death sentence for a man who strangled his 2nd wife was vacated by the state Supreme Court
- MARCH 23, 2004HaitiDEATH PENALTY
Five policemen suspected of taking part in summary...
Five policemen suspected of taking part in summary executions were placed in solitary confinement by Haitian National Police administrators, said the human rights group National Coalition for the Rights of Haitians (NCRH)
- MARCH 23, 2004South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
The majority of South Koreans support capital punishment...
The majority of South Koreans support capital punishment but remain uncertain about its effectiveness in preventing crimes, a state-run commission said in a survey
- MARCH 23, 2004United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
The family and supporters of Linda Carty, a British...
The family and supporters of Linda Carty, a British woman on death row in Texas for murder, called on British Prime Minister Tony Blair to intervene
- MARCH 23, 2004DEATH PENALTY
The family and supporters of Linda Carty, a British...
The family and supporters of Linda Carty, a British woman on death row in Texas for murder, called on British Prime Minister Tony Blair to intervene
- MARCH 23, 2004South AfricaDEATH PENALTY
"As the April elections loom, marking 10 years of democracy,...
"As the April elections loom, marking 10 years of democracy, several political parties are voicing support for the death penalty as a way of reducing crime in a fresh bid to win votes