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 4, 2004North KoreaDEATH PENALTY
Song Dae Ri, a North Korean defector, thanked Canada...
Song Dae Ri, a North Korean defector, thanked Canada for saving him after it decided not to deport him to probable execution in his homeland
- MARCH 4, 2004CanadaDEATH PENALTY
Song Dae Ri, a North Korean defector, thanked Canada...
Song Dae Ri, a North Korean defector, thanked Canada for saving him after it decided not to deport him to probable execution in his homeland
- MARCH 4, 2004KenyaDEATH PENALTY
A Court of Appeal, sitting in Nakuru, Kenya, upheld...
A Court of Appeal, sitting in Nakuru, Kenya, upheld a decision to send to the gallows Albert Kitur Kimaiyo, a catechist, and Pastor Benedict Wanjala Biketi, for murder
- MARCH 4, 2004JordanDEATH PENALTY
A 19-year-old, named only as Ahmed A was sentenced...
A 19-year-old, named only as Ahmed A was sentenced to death in Jordan after killing a 40-year-old German woman in September 2003 and then having sex with her corpse before stealing her money, the Jordan Times newspaper said the defendant started crying wh
- MARCH 4, 2004IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
It was reported that five Nepalese nationals were among...
It was reported that five Nepalese nationals were among 23 persons sentenced to death for drugs trafficking in Indonesia since the country enacted strong laws to curb drugs trafficking in 1997
- MARCH 4, 2004PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Shaikh Amjad was hanged till death in Karachi Central...
Shaikh Amjad was hanged till death in Karachi Central Prison, Pakistan, on the orders of the Anti-Terrorism Court in Karachi
- MARCH 4, 2004NepalDEATH PENALTY
It was reported that five Nepalese nationals were among...
It was reported that five Nepalese nationals were among 23 persons sentenced to death for drugs trafficking in Indonesia since the country enacted strong laws to curb drugs trafficking in 1997
- MARCH 4, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Ngo Viet Anh, 27, was executed by firing squad after...
Ngo Viet Anh, 27, was executed by firing squad after being convicted of killing a rival gangster in a turf war for control of the crime scene in Vietnam's northeastern port city of Haiphong
- MARCH 4, 2004South AfricaDEATH PENALTY
South Africa's New National Party criticised Democratic...
South Africa's New National Party criticised Democratic Alliance (DA) leader Tony Leon for his latest stance on the death penalty, saying his opportunism knew no end
- MARCH 4, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
Hojatol Islam Taqwa sentenced a man to execution
Hojatol Islam Taqwa sentenced a man to execution
- MARCH 3, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
An Iranian man identified as Kamal Jabarpour, was hanged...
An Iranian man identified as Kamal Jabarpour, was hanged publicly in a square in the north-western Iranian town of Morand after being found guilty of murder and armed robbery, the Qods newspaper reported
- MARCH 3, 2004ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Some 318 members of the 630-seat Italian lower house...
Some 318 members of the 630-seat Italian lower house of parliament, a majority including leftists and conservatives, supported a petition by the Mujahedeen Khalq, an Iranian opposition group, that thousands of their fighters not be extradited from Iraq to
- MARCH 3, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
Some 318 members of the 630-seat Italian lower house...
Some 318 members of the 630-seat Italian lower house of parliament, a majority including leftists and conservatives, supported a petition by the Mujahedeen Khalq, an Iranian opposition group, that thousands of their fighters not be extradited from Iraq to
- MARCH 3, 2004MexicoDEATH PENALTY
Mexico was set to complain to US President Bush at...
Mexico was set to complain to US President Bush at talks to be held in Texas about Oklahoma's plans to execute a Mexican convict, Osvaldo Torres, on May 18
- MARCH 3, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A court in Habiganj, Bangladesh, sentenced to death...
A court in Habiganj, Bangladesh, sentenced to death Nibarsha, 45, after convicting him of for killing his wife
- MARCH 3, 2004MexicoDEATH PENALTY
Mexico was set to complain to US President Bush at...
Mexico was set to complain to US President Bush at talks to be held in Texas about Oklahoma's plans to execute a Mexican convict, Osvaldo Torres, on May 18
- MARCH 3, 2004ThailandDEATH PENALTY
The Thai Criminal Court sentenced to death Phan Phripwai...
The Thai Criminal Court sentenced to death Phan Phripwai and Phongsri Kulasithi, female, for trading 250,000 methamphetamine tablets
- MARCH 3, 2004TexasDEATH PENALTY
In Huntsville, Marcus Cotton was executed this evening
In Huntsville, Marcus Cotton was executed this evening
- MARCH 3, 2004DEATH PENALTY
South Dakota abolished the juvenile death penalty,...
South Dakota abolished the juvenile death penalty, bringing to 31 the number of states that do not execute youthful offenders for crimes committed at the age of 16 or 17
- MARCH 3, 2004WyomingDEATH PENALTY
Governor Freudenthal has signed a bill outlawing the...
Governor Freudenthal has signed a bill outlawing the death penalty for children under 18
- MARCH 3, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Lin Qimu and Xia Yuechang were executed in China for causing an explosion.
Lin Qimu and Xia Yuechang were executed in China for causing an explosion.
- MARCH 3, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
Ardeshir Afshinzadeh, a 25 year old film editor who had been transferred
Ardeshir Afshinzadeh, a 25 year old film editor who had been transferred
- MARCH 3, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
the head of the first branch of Baneh's public court, Judge Hosseinpour issued...
the head of the first branch of Baneh's public court, Judge Hosseinpour issued...
- MARCH 2, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
With approval from the Supreme People's Court of China,...
With approval from the Supreme People's Court of China, brothers Liao Shaohui and Liao Shaowu, both in their thirties, were executed after being convicted of forging value-added invoices
- MARCH 2, 2004JapanDEATH PENALTY
Yuji Kubota, a former insurance salesman who tried...
Yuji Kubota, a former insurance salesman who tried to fake his own death, was sentenced to die by the Kushiro District Court, Japan, for murdering a couple that had taken out a policy with his firm
- MARCH 2, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A Beijing court sentenced taxi driver Li Pingping to...
A Beijing court sentenced taxi driver Li Pingping to death for killing seven people, three of which he dismembered, and sentenced his wife to 15 years in prison for serving as his accomplice and harbouring loot
- MARCH 2, 2004IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
Twenty-three-year-old Thai national Nothanam M
Twenty-three-year-old Thai national Nothanam M
- MARCH 2, 2004IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
Mohamad Abdul Hafeez, a Pakistani sentenced to death...
Mohamad Abdul Hafeez, a Pakistani sentenced to death in Indonesia for attempting to smuggle 995 grams of heroin into the country from Karachi in May 2001, said his death sentence was too harsh
- MARCH 2, 2004PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Mohamad Abdul Hafeez, a Pakistani sentenced to death...
Mohamad Abdul Hafeez, a Pakistani sentenced to death in Indonesia for attempting to smuggle 995 grams of heroin into the country from Karachi in May 2001, said his death sentence was too harsh
- MARCH 2, 2004ThailandDEATH PENALTY
Twenty-three-year-old Thai national Nothanam M
Twenty-three-year-old Thai national Nothanam M