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 19, 2004SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
Singapore authorities hanged Yen May Woen, a 37 year...
Singapore authorities hanged Yen May Woen, a 37 year old woman convicted of heroin trafficking, in the city-state's first drug execution in 2004
- MARCH 19, 2004Myanmar (Burma)DEATH PENALTY
The International Confederation of Free Trade Unions...
The International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU) strongly condemned the Burmese authorities for the 28 November 2003 sentencing to death of 9 Burmese workers on charges of high treason
- MARCH 19, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Wang Baosheng, 50, Lu Wenlin and Wu Zhijun were sentenced...
Wang Baosheng, 50, Lu Wenlin and Wu Zhijun were sentenced to death by the No 1 Intermediate People's Court of Beijing on charges of voluntary manslaughter and forging value-added invoices
- MARCH 19, 2004KyrgyzstanDEATH PENALTY
The Aksy District court in Kyrgyzstan's southwestern...
The Aksy District court in Kyrgyzstan's southwestern Dzhalal-Abad Region sentenced Dayyrbek Batyrbekov to death and his brother, Kasymbek Batyrbekov, to 22 years in prison for killing a policeman
- MARCH 19, 2004FloridaDEATH PENALTY
Jurors recommended to a Pinellas-Pasco circuit court...
Jurors recommended to a Pinellas-Pasco circuit court judge that Troy Merck jr
- MARCH 19, 2004South CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
In Columbia, at the Capital Punishment Facility at...
In Columbia, at the Capital Punishment Facility at Broad River Correctional Institution, David Clayton Hill died by lethal injection
- MARCH 18, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Wang Daohua, Yin Yaxiong, Zhu Zhongfa and Zheng Qiukang,...
Wang Daohua, Yin Yaxiong, Zhu Zhongfa and Zheng Qiukang, four convicted drug traffickers, were executed and Wang Yan, another member of the gang, was given a suspended death sentence on March 17 in Jinhua City of east China's Zhejiang Province
- MARCH 18, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Vietnam, which has been criticised by some human rights...
Vietnam, which has been criticised by some human rights groups for its use of capital punishment, agreed to host a meeting on the issue, visiting British Minister of State Mike O'Brien said
- MARCH 18, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Nguyen Huu Nghia, 27, and Pham Van Quoc Vinh, 26, were...
Nguyen Huu Nghia, 27, and Pham Van Quoc Vinh, 26, were executed by firing squad at dawn in Vietnam's southern business capital of Ho Chi Minh City for murder and armed robbery
- MARCH 18, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Aysha Akhtar, a 35 year old female and her brother-in-law...
Aysha Akhtar, a 35 year old female and her brother-in-law Shahidul Islam, 30, were sentenced to death by a court in Dhaka, Bangladesh for killing her two minor boys to eliminate witnesses to their illicit affair
- MARCH 18, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Jamal Hossain alias Jamal Shikder, 35, was sentenced...
Jamal Hossain alias Jamal Shikder, 35, was sentenced to death in absentia by a court in Narayanganj, Bangladesh, after being found guilty of strangulating his wife Nazma Begum to death on December 25, 2000 following a family feud
- MARCH 18, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
It was reported that Zhong Zubin and Tang Shangming,...
It was reported that Zhong Zubin and Tang Shangming, two Chinese men, were sentenced to death in Beihai City of southwest China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region for smuggling heroin
- MARCH 18, 2004LouisianaDEATH PENALTY
A Jefferson Parish jury decided that Christopher Arceneaux...
A Jefferson Parish jury decided that Christopher Arceneaux should be put to death
- MARCH 18, 2004MichiganDEATH PENALTY
In Lansing, the Michigan House failed to get enough...
In Lansing, the Michigan House failed to get enough votes to put a measure eliminating the state's 158-year-old death penalty ban on the November ballot
- MARCH 18, 2004VirginiaDEATH PENALTY
Brian Lee Cherrix, 30, volunteer, convicted of killing...
Brian Lee Cherrix, 30, volunteer, convicted of killing 23-year-old Tessa Van Hart in 1994, was pronounced dead by lethal injection at the Greensville Correctional Center at 9:10 p
- MARCH 18, 2004YemenDEATH PENALTY
a man named Abdullah Ali al-Nashiri was executed in Yemen for murder
a man named Abdullah Ali al-Nashiri was executed in Yemen for murder
- MARCH 17, 2004GermanyDEATH PENALTY
During his state visit to Nigeria, German President...
During his state visit to Nigeria, German President Johannes Rau criticised the fact that Islamic law was applied in the north of the country
- MARCH 17, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
The people's court in northern Haiphong City, Vietnam,...
The people's court in northern Haiphong City, Vietnam, sentenced to death Tran Thi Bach Diep, a 42 year old woman and gave life imprisonment to a man and a woman for running a drug trafficking ring that was uncovered in October 2002
- MARCH 17, 2004NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
During his state visit to Nigeria, German President...
During his state visit to Nigeria, German President Johannes Rau criticised the fact that Islamic law was applied in the north of the country
- MARCH 17, 2004CubaDEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International issued a statement calling on...
Amnesty International issued a statement calling on the Cuban government to release what it called "prisoners of conscience
- MARCH 17, 2004North CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
In Asheboro, a jury has sentenced Jason Wayne Hurst...
In Asheboro, a jury has sentenced Jason Wayne Hurst to death for the murder and robbery of Daniel Lee Branch on June 9, 2002
- MARCH 17, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A Speedy Trial Tribunal in Dhaka, Bangladesh, convicted...
A Speedy Trial Tribunal in Dhaka, Bangladesh, convicted five people, sentencing one of them to death and four others to life term imprisonment for the murder of Shajahan Hawlader Sujon
- MARCH 17, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Shah Alam Howlader, 35, was sentenced to death by a...
Shah Alam Howlader, 35, was sentenced to death by a Speedy Trail Tribunal Barisal, Bangladesh, for killing a fisherman at Uttar Kazlakathi village in Bakerganj on October 13, 2002 as a result of a past dispute over fishing in the Karkhana river
- MARCH 16, 2004GrenadaDEATH PENALTY
The Grenada High Court ruled that the death sentences...
The Grenada High Court ruled that the death sentences handed down in 1986 to the so called "Grenada 17" were unconstitutional
- MARCH 16, 2004KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
Kuwait will demand that Saddam Hussein be sentenced...
Kuwait will demand that Saddam Hussein be sentenced to death for crimes against the oil-rich Gulf Arab state, public prosecutor Hamed al-Othman said
- MARCH 16, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Moin Uddin, 24, and Shah Alam, 24, were sentenced to...
Moin Uddin, 24, and Shah Alam, 24, were sentenced to death, the latter in absentia, by a court in Chandpur, Bangladesh
- MARCH 16, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Former Czech president Vaclav Havel condemned China...
Former Czech president Vaclav Havel condemned China for its threat to execute a Tibetan monk Tenzin Delek Rinpoche
- MARCH 16, 2004UtahDEATH PENALTY
In Salt Lake City, Gov
In Salt Lake City, Gov
- MARCH 16, 2004DEATH PENALTY
Former Czech president Vaclav Havel condemned China...
Former Czech president Vaclav Havel condemned China for its threat to execute a Tibetan monk Tenzin Delek Rinpoche
- MARCH 16, 2004South AfricaDEATH PENALTY
The death sentence would have been a more appropriate...
The death sentence would have been a more appropriate sentence for the two Sizzlers killers, the New National Party said