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 1, 2004North KoreaDEATH PENALTY
North Korea has killed political prisoners in gas chambers
North Korea has killed political prisoners in gas chambers
- JANUARY 31, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
The death sentences for three youngsters were carried out
The death sentences for three youngsters were carried out
- JANUARY 31, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
one man was sentenced to flogging.
one man was sentenced to flogging.
- JANUARY 30, 2004JapanDEATH PENALTY
The Tokyo District Court in Japan sentenced Masami...
The Tokyo District Court in Japan sentenced Masami Tsuchiya, a former senior member of the Aum Shinri Kyo doomsday cult, to death for his role in making the poison used in a 1995 gas attack on Tokyo's subway that killed 12 people
- JANUARY 30, 2004NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
The Ikeja High Court, Nigeria, sentenced to death five...
The Ikeja High Court, Nigeria, sentenced to death five Lagos State secondary school students to death for killing businessman Daniel Obi on February 1, 1995 in the Ajegunle area of the state
- JANUARY 30, 2004SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
36 percent of the people executed in Singapore between...
36 percent of the people executed in Singapore between 1993 and 2003 were foreigners, the Home Affairs Ministry said as it released a second defence of its capital punishment laws following a scathing Amnesty International report
- JANUARY 29, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Quezon City Regional Trial Court, the Philippines,...
The Quezon City Regional Trial Court, the Philippines, sentenced eight men, including two Chinese, to death by lethal injection for abducting four Chinese children six years ago
- JANUARY 29, 2004PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
The European Union reiterated their call to abolish...
The European Union reiterated their call to abolish death penalty in the Philippines following the Supreme Courts one-month suspension on the execution of convicted kidnappers Roberto Lara and Roderick Licayan
- JANUARY 29, 2004EgyptDEATH PENALTY
The High State Security Court, Egypt, commuted the...
The High State Security Court, Egypt, commuted the death sentence of Anwar Hamed Abbas, an Islamic militant, to life in prison
- JANUARY 29, 2004PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
The Quezon City Regional Trial Court, the Philippines,...
The Quezon City Regional Trial Court, the Philippines, sentenced eight men, including two Chinese, to death by lethal injection for abducting four Chinese children six years ago
- JANUARY 29, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A Special Court in Dhaka, Bangladesh, convicted 11...
A Special Court in Dhaka, Bangladesh, convicted 11 people for murder, sentencing seven of them to death and giving life imprisonment to four others
- JANUARY 29, 2004Council of EuropeDEATH PENALTY
Lithuania's permanent Ambassador to the Council of...
Lithuania's permanent Ambassador to the Council of Europe, Neris Germanas, submitted the ratification writs of the Protocol No
- JANUARY 29, 2004LithuaniaDEATH PENALTY
Lithuania's permanent Ambassador to the Council of...
Lithuania's permanent Ambassador to the Council of Europe, Neris Germanas, submitted the ratification writs of the Protocol No
- JANUARY 29, 2004IndiaDEATH PENALTY
Terming them as a
Terming them as a "threat and grave danger to the society at large," the Indian Supreme Court sentenced to death four members of the forest brigand Veerappan's gang for killing 22 policemen and injuring 14 others in a landmine blast in Karnataka in April,
- JANUARY 29, 2004DEATH PENALTY
The European Union reiterated their call to abolish...
The European Union reiterated their call to abolish death penalty in the Philippines following the Supreme Courts one-month suspension on the execution of convicted kidnappers Roberto Lara and Roderick Licayan
- JANUARY 29, 2004MassachusettsDEATH PENALTY
U.S. District Judge Mark Wolf ordered the execution...
U.S. District Judge Mark Wolf ordered the execution of Gary Lee Sampson, formally imposing a December 23, 2003 (see) jury's death sentence
- JANUARY 29, 2004OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
A Tulsa County jury says Wesley Deion Jones should...
A Tulsa County jury says Wesley Deion Jones should die for 2 slayings at a convenience store
- JANUARY 29, 2004WashingtonDEATH PENALTY
In Olympia, the state Supreme Court has overturned...
In Olympia, the state Supreme Court has overturned the death sentence of a man convicted in the 1998 killing of his boss
- JANUARY 29, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
a young man was hanged in the yard of Qasr prison
a young man was hanged in the yard of Qasr prison
- JANUARY 28, 2004PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
The Philippines Supreme Court granted a stay on the...
The Philippines Supreme Court granted a stay on the executions of two convicted kidnappers who were due to be executed on January 30 in the first execution in the country in four years
- JANUARY 28, 2004SudanDEATH PENALTY
The Al-Fashir criminal court in Sudan, sentenced Tayyib...
The Al-Fashir criminal court in Sudan, sentenced Tayyib Ali Ahmad to death and two others to eleven and seven years on charges of subversion and incitement to war against the state, smuggling of weapons, incitement to violently oppose authority and partic
- JANUARY 28, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
Hands Off Cain issued the following statement as Italian...
Hands Off Cain issued the following statement as Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini's official visit to Iran came to an end on January 27th
- JANUARY 28, 2004KenyaDEATH PENALTY
Ten death row prisoners in Kenya walked to freedom...
Ten death row prisoners in Kenya walked to freedom after the Court of Appeal set aside their convictions - because their prosecution was led by a police constable
- JANUARY 28, 2004MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
The Malaysian Cabinet gave the green light for the...
The Malaysian Cabinet gave the green light for the amendment of Section 376 of the Penal Code in order to allow the imposition of mandatory death sentences for rapists who cause the death of their victims
- JANUARY 28, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Oklahoma Governor Brad Henry denied clemency to Hung...
Oklahoma Governor Brad Henry denied clemency to Hung Thanh Le, a Vietnamese national scheduled to die in the state's execution chamber, despite a pardon board recommendation to commute the death sentence
- JANUARY 28, 2004OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
Oklahoma Governor Brad Henry denied clemency to Hung...
Oklahoma Governor Brad Henry denied clemency to Hung Thanh Le, a Vietnamese national scheduled to die in the state's execution chamber, despite a pardon board recommendation to commute the death sentence
- JANUARY 28, 2004TexasDEATH PENALTY
Billy Frank Vickers, 58, was executed today for the...
Billy Frank Vickers, 58, was executed today for the slaying of Phillip Kinslow, a grocery store owner, during a robbery on march 12, 1993
- JANUARY 27, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Dozens of French MPs led a protest against human rights...
Dozens of French MPs led a protest against human rights in China by boycotting the Chinese president's address to the French parliament
- JANUARY 27, 2004FranceDEATH PENALTY
Dozens of French MPs led a protest against human rights...
Dozens of French MPs led a protest against human rights in China by boycotting the Chinese president's address to the French parliament
- JANUARY 27, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
An Iranian man, identified only as 25-year-old Khodamorad Kh
An Iranian man, identified only as 25-year-old Khodamorad Kh