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 2, 2004United StatesDEATH PENALTY
Mexican President Vicente Fox will complain to President...
Mexican President Vicente Fox will complain to President Bush about the pending execution in Oklahoma of a Mexican double murderer when the pair meet this weekend, Mexican officials said
- MARCH 2, 2004MexicoDEATH PENALTY
Defying an order from the judicial arm of the United...
Defying an order from the judicial arm of the United Nations and the request of its state attorney general, in a 3-2 decision the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals sceduled a May 18 execution date for Osvaldo Torres, a Mexican prisoner sentenced to death
- MARCH 2, 2004MexicoDEATH PENALTY
Defying an order from the judicial arm of the United...
Defying an order from the judicial arm of the United Nations and the request of its state attorney general, in a 3-2 decision the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals sceduled a May 18 execution date for Osvaldo Torres, a Mexican prisoner sentenced to death
- MARCH 1, 2004JordanDEATH PENALTY
A 24-year-old woman, convicted of murdering two children...
A 24-year-old woman, convicted of murdering two children in March 2002, was executed at dawn, in Jordan
- MARCH 1, 2004NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Nigeria said that it was looking for ways to "decongest"...
Nigeria said that it was looking for ways to "decongest" the death row sections of its jails, where 458 prisoners were awaiting execution, some of them for more than 20 years
- MARCH 1, 2004Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Dhafer Iqbal Qadhi Kalim, a Pakistani convicted of...
Dhafer Iqbal Qadhi Kalim, a Pakistani convicted of smuggling an undisclosed amount of heroin, was beheaded by the sword in the Red Sea port city of Jeddah, the Saudi interior ministry said, announcing the first execution in the country this year
- MARCH 1, 2004PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Dhafer Iqbal Qadhi Kalim, a Pakistani convicted of...
Dhafer Iqbal Qadhi Kalim, a Pakistani convicted of smuggling an undisclosed amount of heroin, was beheaded by the sword in the Red Sea port city of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, the Saudi interior ministry said, announcing the first execution in the country this
- MARCH 1, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Four men including three brothers were sentenced to...
Four men including three brothers were sentenced to death for stabbing to death Harun Gazi, 28, at Kholisha in the Patuakhali area of Banlgadesh, "approximately a year ago"
- MARCH 1, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Vo Thanh Trung, a 24-year-old unemployed man, was sentenced...
Vo Thanh Trung, a 24-year-old unemployed man, was sentenced to death by firing squad by a court in Vietnam's southern province of Can Tho after being convicted of murdering his neighbour, Huynh Van Quy, in October 2003
- MARCH 1, 2004RwandaDEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International declared itself very concerned...
Amnesty International declared itself very concerned at the prospect of renewed judicial executions in Burundi
- MARCH 1, 2004BurundiDEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International declared itself very concerned...
Amnesty International declared itself very concerned at the prospect of renewed judicial executions in Burundi
- MARCH 1, 2004IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
Since the enforcement of the 1997 narcotics and psychotropic...
Since the enforcement of the 1997 narcotics and psychotropic substances law, the Tangerang District Court, Indonesia handed down death sentences against 23 people, six women, five Indonesians and the rest foreigners, who were arrested at the Soekarno Hatt
- MARCH 1, 2004DEATH PENALTY
A three-judge panel of the 6th U
A three-judge panel of the 6th U
- MARCH 1, 2004DEATH PENALTY
More than 1/2 of Michigan voters say they'd support...
More than 1/2 of Michigan voters say they'd support changing the state constitution to allow the death penalty for people convicted of 1st degree murder
- MARCH 1, 2004JordanDEATH PENALTY
a Jordanian woman convicted of murdering two children was hanged
a Jordanian woman convicted of murdering two children was hanged
- MARCH 1, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
in March 2004 Xinjiang's chairman Ismail Tiliwaldi asserted the campaign had improved security...
in March 2004 Xinjiang's chairman Ismail Tiliwaldi asserted the campaign had improved security...
- FEBRUARY 29, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A court in Bangladesh sentenced to death in absentia...
A court in Bangladesh sentenced to death in absentia Salauddin Akhter for killing his sister-in-law
- FEBRUARY 29, 2004ZambiaDEATH PENALTY
Catholic Archbishop of Lusaka Medardo Mazombwe and...
Catholic Archbishop of Lusaka Medardo Mazombwe and Zambia Episcope Conference (ZEC) general secretary Fr
- FEBRUARY 28, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
the body of Ismail Yousefi, an Iranian asylum seeker...
the body of Ismail Yousefi, an Iranian asylum seeker who had been deported to Iran from Norway
- FEBRUARY 27, 2004RwandaDEATH PENALTY
Five people were sentenced to death for the murder...
Five people were sentenced to death for the murder of Charles Rutinduka, a genocide survivor killed on 26 November 2003, in Kaduha, Gikongoro Province
- FEBRUARY 27, 2004ZambiaDEATH PENALTY
Zambian President Levy Mwanawasa quashed the death...
Zambian President Levy Mwanawasa quashed the death sentences imposed on 44 soldiers convicted of treason in 1999
- FEBRUARY 27, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A court in Chapainawabganj, Bangladesh, sentenced to...
A court in Chapainawabganj, Bangladesh, sentenced to death Hazrat Ali after convicting him of killing and raping a girl
- FEBRUARY 27, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Chinese authorities reprimanded the United States for...
Chinese authorities reprimanded the United States for what it called "double standards" on human rights, after the US State Department accused China of "backsliding on key human rights issues
- FEBRUARY 27, 2004DEATH PENALTY
Chinese authorities reprimanded the United States for...
Chinese authorities reprimanded the United States for what it called "double standards" on human rights, after the US State Department accused China of "backsliding on key human rights issues
- FEBRUARY 27, 2004ThailandDEATH PENALTY
The Thai government lodged a formal complaint against...
The Thai government lodged a formal complaint against the US' annual global human rights report, in which it described Thailand's record as having worsened in the past year
- FEBRUARY 27, 2004ThailandDEATH PENALTY
The Thai government lodged a formal complaint against...
The Thai government lodged a formal complaint against the US' annual global human rights report, in which it described Thailand's record as having worsened in the past year
- FEBRUARY 27, 2004IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
Islamic militant Amrozi, on death row for his role...
Islamic militant Amrozi, on death row for his role in the Bali bombings, may appeal to Indonesia's constitutional court to have his execution order overturned, his lawyer Adnan Wirawan said
- FEBRUARY 27, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Nguyen Dang Chung, a 19-year-old unemployed man, was...
Nguyen Dang Chung, a 19-year-old unemployed man, was sentenced to death by a court in Bac Ninh for the murder of his 80-year-old neighbour in August 2003
- FEBRUARY 27, 2004JapanDEATH PENALTY
Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi welcomed...
Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi welcomed the decision by a Tokyo court to sentence former doomsday cult leader Shoko Asahara to death for a series of crimes including the 1995 sarin nerve gas attack on the Tokyo subway system that killed 12 peop
- FEBRUARY 27, 2004JapanDEATH PENALTY
The head of the defense team for AUM Shinrikyo founder...
The head of the defense team for AUM Shinrikyo founder Shoko Asahara criticized the verdict against the cult leader, saying the reasons for his being given the death penalty were unpersuasive