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
- JANUARY 18, 2004DEATH PENALTY
Bill offers inmates death option Prisoners sentenced...
Bill offers inmates death option Prisoners sentenced to life without parole could petition a court for the death penalty under a bill filed by Sen
- JANUARY 18, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Shenzhen Intermediate Court in China's Guangdong...
The Shenzhen Intermediate Court in China's Guangdong Province sentenced Yang Gaiqing, President of Shenzhen Huiwei Industry and Trade Limited Company, to death for smuggling and tax evasion
- JANUARY 17, 2004LebanonDEATH PENALTY
Three Lebanese men sentenced to death for murder were...
Three Lebanese men sentenced to death for murder were executed at dawn in the first use of the death penalty in the country since public hangings in 1998
- JANUARY 17, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Seven people described as criminal gang leaders were...
Seven people described as criminal gang leaders were sentenced to death by a court in north China's Taiyuan city and executed
- JANUARY 17, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The controversial German anatomist Gunther von Hagens...
The controversial German anatomist Gunther von Hagens used the corpses of executed Chinese prisoners to create his exhibitions of synthetically preserved human bodies, German news magazine Der Spiegel reported
- JANUARY 17, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A court in Narayanganj, Bangladesh, sentenced to death...
A court in Narayanganj, Bangladesh, sentenced to death Akhter Hossain, 26, after convicting him of raping and killing eight year old Mina Akhter Monu of Dewli Chowrapara in Bandar in 1997 as she went to the Shitalakhya river to take a bath
- JANUARY 17, 2004TexasDEATH PENALTY
In Rusk, Cherokee County jury sentenced Richard Cobb,...
In Rusk, Cherokee County jury sentenced Richard Cobb, 19, to die by lethal injection
- JANUARY 17, 2004European UnionDEATH PENALTY
The European Union was planning to expand its campaign...
The European Union was planning to expand its campaign against capital punishment worldwide as part of its reign policy, an EU official said
- JANUARY 17, 2004DEATH PENALTY
THREE EXECUTED AT DAWN IN LEBANON, FIRST EXECUTIONS SINCE 1998
January 17, 2004: three Lebanese men sentenced to death for murder were executed at dawn on Saturday in the first use of the death penalty in the country since public hangings took place in 1998.
- JANUARY 16, 2004EgyptDEATH PENALTY
The Lebanese government announced in a statement that...
The Lebanese government announced in a statement that six prisoners on death row had their sentences reduced to life in prison with hard labour
- JANUARY 16, 2004LebanonDEATH PENALTY
The Lebanese government announced in a statement that...
The Lebanese government announced in a statement that six prisoners on death row had their sentences reduced to life in prison with hard labour
- JANUARY 16, 2004SyriaDEATH PENALTY
The Lebanese government announced in a statement that...
The Lebanese government announced in a statement that six prisoners on death row had their sentences reduced to life in prison with hard labour
- JANUARY 16, 2004SamoaDEATH PENALTY
Samoa began formal measures to abolish the death penalty,...
Samoa began formal measures to abolish the death penalty, which should not be in the law books if it is not going to be carried out, Prime Minister Sailele Malielegaoi told parliament when introducing the bill to delete the statute
- JANUARY 16, 2004ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Italian photographer Oliviero Toscani creator of Benetton's...
Italian photographer Oliviero Toscani creator of Benetton's controversial "We, on death row" campaign in 2000, slammed his country for its weak commitment against the death penalty
- JANUARY 16, 2004LebanonDEATH PENALTY
Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern, whose country held...
Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern, whose country held the rotating EU presidency, called on Lebanese President Emil Lahoud to intervene to stop the execution of three men, due to be put to death on January 17
- JANUARY 16, 2004PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Lawmakers were urging President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo...
Lawmakers were urging President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo to suspend the execution by lethal injection of convicted kidnappers Robert Lara and Roderick Licayan on January 30, following the arrest of two key suspects in the original kidnapping case
- JANUARY 16, 2004European UnionDEATH PENALTY
Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern, whose country held...
Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern, whose country held the rotating EU presidency, called on Lebanese President Emil Lahoud to intervene to stop the execution of three men, due to be put to death on January 17
- JANUARY 16, 2004LebanonDEATH PENALTY
Dozens of intellectuals and human rights activists...
Dozens of intellectuals and human rights activists held a sit-in at the Lebanese parliament to protest against the three imminent executions to take place on January 17
- JANUARY 16, 2004SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
Singapore defended its death penalty system, slamming...
Singapore defended its death penalty system, slamming as "absurd" Amnesty International's criticism that the city state had the world's highest rate of executions in the world
- JANUARY 16, 2004DEATH PENALTY
Yarris, the 1st death row inmate to be exonerated by...
Yarris, the 1st death row inmate to be exonerated by DNA evidence in Pennsylvania, was set free Friday after a long battle to prove he was innocent of the rape and murder of a suburban Philadelphia woman
- JANUARY 16, 2004IrelandDEATH PENALTY
Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern, whose country held...
Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern, whose country held the rotating EU presidency, called on Lebanese President Emil Lahoud to intervene to stop the execution of three men, due to be put to death on January 17
- JANUARY 15, 2004PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
The European Union called on President Gloria Arroyo...
The European Union called on President Gloria Arroyo toabolish capital punishment as the Philippines prepared for its firstexecutions since a moratorium on them was lifted in December 2003
- JANUARY 15, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The central Chinese province of Hebei has executed...
The central Chinese province of Hebei has executed 16 "serious criminals" for crimes including rape, murder and robbery, state media said
- JANUARY 15, 2004PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
The European Union called on President Gloria Arroyo...
The European Union called on President Gloria Arroyo toabolish capital punishment as the Philippines prepared for its firstexecutions since a moratorium on them was lifted in December 2003
- JANUARY 15, 2004European UnionDEATH PENALTY
Upon finding out that Lebanon was to resume executions...
Upon finding out that Lebanon was to resume executions following a six year break, by scheduling three executions for January 17, the European Union, in a statement, called on President Lahoud to reverse the decision to reinstate the death penalty
- JANUARY 15, 2004LebanonDEATH PENALTY
Lebanon was preparing to execute three convicted murderers...
Lebanon was preparing to execute three convicted murderers in the country's first imposition of the death penalty since 1998, a judicial source said, sparking protests from the European Union and human rights groups
- JANUARY 15, 2004LebanonDEATH PENALTY
Upon finding out that Lebanon was to resume executions...
Upon finding out that Lebanon was to resume executions following a six year break, by scheduling three executions for January 17, the European Union, in a statement, called on President Lahoud to reverse the decision to reinstate the death penalty
- JANUARY 15, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Human rights campaigners in Kyrgyzstan called on Central...
Human rights campaigners in Kyrgyzstan called on Central Asian republics to stop deporting members of the Uighur Muslim minority to face possible execution in China
- JANUARY 15, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Shandong Provincial Higher People's Court upheld the...
Shandong Provincial Higher People's Court upheld the death sentence against Wang Huaizhong, former vice-governor of Anhui Province, for taking bribes and owning many possessions he could not account for
- JANUARY 15, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
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