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
- FEBRUARY 27, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
Kobra Rahmanpour, 22, will be executed on February 28, 2004.
Kobra Rahmanpour, 22, will be executed on February 28, 2004.
- FEBRUARY 26, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
A Vietnam court sentenced four members of an international...
A Vietnam court sentenced four members of an international drug trafficking ring to death by firing squad and four others, including an American citizen, to life behind bars
- FEBRUARY 26, 2004ZimbabweDEATH PENALTY
The year-long treason trial of Zimbabwe opposition...
The year-long treason trial of Zimbabwe opposition chief Morgan Tsvangirai for allegedly plotting to kill President Robert Mugabe and stage a military coup ended, but judgment was not expected for several months
- FEBRUARY 26, 2004North KoreaDEATH PENALTY
The United States accused North Korea of being "one...
The United States accused North Korea of being "one of the world's most inhumane regimes," citing persecution of forcibly repatriated North Koreans and harsh prison camp conditions
- FEBRUARY 26, 2004KenyaDEATH PENALTY
Esther Wanjeri Kamau was sentenced to death with her...
Esther Wanjeri Kamau was sentenced to death with her daughter, Lucy Wanjiku Kamau, by a Court of Appeal in Nakuru, Kenya, for murdering her husband
- FEBRUARY 26, 2004JapanDEATH PENALTY
The widow of a subway station employee killed in Tokyo's...
The widow of a subway station employee killed in Tokyo's 1995 subway nerve-gas attack said she wished Shoko Asahara, guru of the Aum doomsday cult, could be hanged many times over
- FEBRUARY 26, 2004United StatesDEATH PENALTY
Thailand's human rights credentials declined in 2003,...
Thailand's human rights credentials declined in 2003, the United States said in a blunt criticism over the kingdom's deadly war on drugs
- FEBRUARY 26, 2004North KoreaDEATH PENALTY
The United States accused North Korea of being "one...
The United States accused North Korea of being "one of the world's most inhumane regimes," citing persecution of forcibly repatriated North Koreans and harsh prison camp conditions
- FEBRUARY 26, 2004ThailandDEATH PENALTY
Thailand's human rights credentials declined in 2003,...
Thailand's human rights credentials declined in 2003, the United States said in a blunt criticism over the kingdom's deadly war on drugs
- FEBRUARY 26, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
A 65-year-old Iranian was hanged at Tehran's Qasr prison...
A 65-year-old Iranian was hanged at Tehran's Qasr prison for raping an 11-month-old infant, the daily Etemad said
- FEBRUARY 26, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Sue Gunawardena-Vaughn, Director of Amnesty International...
Sue Gunawardena-Vaughn, Director of Amnesty International USA's Program to Abolish the Death Penalty, released the following statement on the impending execution of Hung Thanh Le, a Vietnamese foreign national who was on death row in Oklahoma and schedule
- FEBRUARY 26, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Hung Thanh Le, convicted in the death of a fellow refugee...
Hung Thanh Le, convicted in the death of a fellow refugee from Vietnam, was granted a stay of execution by Oklahoma Governor Brad Henry, a Democrat, at Hanoi's request an hour before the scheduled execution
- FEBRUARY 26, 2004DEATH PENALTY
Sue Gunawardena-Vaughn, Director of Amnesty International...
Sue Gunawardena-Vaughn, Director of Amnesty International USA's Program to Abolish the Death Penalty, released the following statement on the impending execution of Hung Thanh Le, a Vietnamese foreign national who was on death row in Oklahoma and schedule
- FEBRUARY 26, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Hung Thanh Le, convicted in the death of a fellow refugee...
Hung Thanh Le, convicted in the death of a fellow refugee from Vietnam, was granted a stay of execution by Oklahoma Governor Brad Henry, a Democrat, at Hanoi's request an hour before the scheduled execution
- FEBRUARY 26, 2004DEATH PENALTY
Moments before he was scheduled to be strapped to the...
Moments before he was scheduled to be strapped to the execution gurney at Oklahoma State Penitentiary, Hung Thanh Le received a governor's reprieve evening
- FEBRUARY 26, 2004TexasDEATH PENALTY
An Ellis County jury sentenced Kent William Sprouse...
An Ellis County jury sentenced Kent William Sprouse to death by lethal injection for the shooting death of Ferris Police officer Harry Marvin "Marty" Steinfeldt III
- FEBRUARY 26, 2004CanadaDEATH PENALTY
Iran has refused to send to Canada the body of a man
Iran has refused to send to Canada the body of a man
- FEBRUARY 25, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
The Tokyo District Court rejected a request for refugee...
The Tokyo District Court rejected a request for refugee status from a gay Iranian man who claimed that his homosexuality would be grounds for the death penalty if he was sent back to his homeland
- FEBRUARY 25, 2004JordanDEATH PENALTY
According to "Jordan Times", Khalid H, 36, was sentenced...
According to "Jordan Times", Khalid H, 36, was sentenced to death by the Criminal Court in Jordan after he was pronounced guilty of murdering a child in Zarqa in April 2002
- FEBRUARY 25, 2004JapanDEATH PENALTY
The Tokyo District Court rejected a request for refugee...
The Tokyo District Court rejected a request for refugee status from a gay Iranian man who claimed that his homosexuality would be grounds for the death penalty if he was sent back to his homeland
- FEBRUARY 25, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The United States accused China's communist leaders...
The United States accused China's communist leaders of backsliding on their human rights record as arrests of democracy activists and extrajudicial killings continued apace during 2003
- FEBRUARY 25, 2004DEATH PENALTY
The United States accused China's communist leaders...
The United States accused China's communist leaders of backsliding on their human rights record as arrests of democracy activists and extrajudicial killings continued apace during 2003
- FEBRUARY 25, 2004PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Presidential aspirant Eduardo "Bro
Presidential aspirant Eduardo "Bro
- FEBRUARY 25, 2004JapanDEATH PENALTY
The Hiroshima High Court, Japan, upheld a lower court...
The Hiroshima High Court, Japan, upheld a lower court ruling sentencing to death Ryoji Ui for murdering Tamami Okatake, a female friend, and abandoning her body in Okayama Prefecture on August 9, 2001 while he was on parole
- FEBRUARY 25, 2004KansasDEATH PENALTY
On a 38-2 vote, the Kansas Senate passed legislation...
On a 38-2 vote, the Kansas Senate passed legislation allowing juries to impose life in prison in capital murder cases instead of the death penalty
- FEBRUARY 25, 2004ArizonaDEATH PENALTY
Jurors in Phoenix handed down the death penalty to...
Jurors in Phoenix handed down the death penalty to convicted killer Steven Newell
- FEBRUARY 25, 2004New YorkDEATH PENALTY
The life of Monroe County's only death row inmate,...
The life of Monroe County's only death row inmate, Angel Mateo, was spared today
- FEBRUARY 25, 2004North CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
Based on belated evidence and the allegedly poor performance...
Based on belated evidence and the allegedly poor performance of trial lawyers, Superior Court Judge Ron Stephens, who presided over the original trial, concluded that Donald John Scanlon should be sentenced anew for the apparent asphyxiation of 64-year-ol
- FEBRUARY 24, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Nguyen Van Tien, a 21-year-old Vietnamese man, was...
Nguyen Van Tien, a 21-year-old Vietnamese man, was sentenced to death by firing squad after being convicted of murdering and robbing a woman to fund the purchase of a fighting cock
- FEBRUARY 24, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
Two armed robbers identified only as Mahmoud and Mehdi...
Two armed robbers identified only as Mahmoud and Mehdi were publicly hanged in the northern Caspian Sea port town of Gaz after being found guilty of multiple counts of armed robbery of jewellery stores