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 15, 2004KyrgyzstanDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty in Kyrgyzstan could be abolished...
The death penalty in Kyrgyzstan could be abolished as early as 2006, Kyrgyz Justice Minister Kurmanbek Osmonov said
- JANUARY 15, 2004LebanonDEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International called on Lebanese President...
Amnesty International called on Lebanese President Emile Lahoud to immediately halt the imminent execution of three men, due to be put to death on January 17
- JANUARY 15, 2004South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
The Seoul High Court in South Korea upheld a death...
The Seoul High Court in South Korea upheld a death sentence to a 23 year old man, identified by only his surname Kim, on charges of murdering his mother and grandmother and attempting to kill the rest of his family after a squabble over credit card debts
- JANUARY 15, 2004ConnecticutDEATH PENALTY
In Waterbury, Judge Frank M
In Waterbury, Judge Frank M
- JANUARY 15, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Yunfu Intermediate People's Court, in China's Guangdong...
The Yunfu Intermediate People's Court, in China's Guangdong Province, recently sentenced Xie Guoxing to death, Shen Jianhua to death with reprieve and 14 others to various terms imprisonment for trafficking in children
- JANUARY 14, 2004Hong Kong SAR ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Zhuo Xiaojun, a Hong Kong man, was sentenced to death...
Zhuo Xiaojun, a Hong Kong man, was sentenced to death for murder by Fuzhou City Intermediate People's Court in China
- JANUARY 14, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
A Iranian man identified only as Ramin, convicted of...
A Iranian man identified only as Ramin, convicted of murdering the father of his would-be bride after he failed to get family permission for the wedding, was hanged in Tehran
- JANUARY 14, 2004SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
Singapore has the highest execution rate in the world...
Singapore has the highest execution rate in the world relative to its population, outstripping China, Saudi Arabia and Sierra Leone, Amnesty International said in a report
- JANUARY 14, 2004New YorkDEATH PENALTY
James "Jeff" Cahill, 43, was sentenced to 37 1/2 years...
James "Jeff" Cahill, 43, was sentenced to 37 1/2 years in prison for sneaking into his wife's hospital room and poisoning her with cyanide
- JANUARY 14, 2004OhioDEATH PENALTY
Lewis Williams, 45, continued to profess his innocence...
Lewis Williams, 45, continued to profess his innocence and struggled as 4 guards carried him into the death chamber this morning
- JANUARY 14, 2004TexasDEATH PENALTY
In Huntsville, Kenneth Eugene Bruce was executed for...
In Huntsville, Kenneth Eugene Bruce was executed for the December 1990 shooting death of Helen Ayers, 54, after robbing her and her husband of some inexpensive jewelry and less than $10
- JANUARY 13, 2004JordanDEATH PENALTY
A spokesman for the London-based Islamic Observation...
A spokesman for the London-based Islamic Observation Centre [IOC] said that Jordanian security forces arrested and detained eight Libyan Islamists living in Jordan and that they intend to deport them to Libya
- JANUARY 13, 2004PakistanDEATH PENALTY
A Pakistani anti terrorism court sentenced to death...
A Pakistani anti terrorism court sentenced to death Atta Ullah and Mohammed Azam, two leaders of an outlawed Islamic militant group, for killing a minority Shiite Muslim
- JANUARY 13, 2004SpainDEATH PENALTY
The Spanish delegation present at the international...
The Spanish delegation present at the international Yemen conference on Democracy, Human Rights and the Role of the International Criminal Court, concluded on Monday, delivered an appeal from Spanish Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar to Yemeni president Ali
- JANUARY 13, 2004YemenDEATH PENALTY
The Spanish delegation present at the international...
The Spanish delegation present at the international Yemen conference on Democracy, Human Rights and the Role of the International Criminal Court, concluded on Monday, delivered an appeal from Spanish Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar to Yemeni president Ali
- JANUARY 13, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A court in Jhenidah, Bangladesh, sentenced to death...
A court in Jhenidah, Bangladesh, sentenced to death Mohammad Rawshan Ali for killing a minor after raping her at Kabirpur village in the Shailakupa region on October 15, 1999
- JANUARY 13, 2004NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
A.I. Akpe, head of the Nigerian Prison Service, was...
A.I. Akpe, head of the Nigerian Prison Service, was reported as saying that there were 476 men and 11 women awaiting execution in Nigerian prisons, with some having been on death row for up to 10 years
- JANUARY 13, 2004TennesseeDEATH PENALTY
Michael Dale Rimmer, 37, was sentenced to death for...
Michael Dale Rimmer, 37, was sentenced to death for the second time for the Feb
- JANUARY 13, 2004PennsylvaniaDEATH PENALTY
In Philadelphia, the 3rd U
In Philadelphia, the 3rd U
- JANUARY 13, 2004OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
The state of Oklahoma executed Tyrone Peter Darks,...
The state of Oklahoma executed Tyrone Peter Darks, 39, who shot his wife to death nearly 10 years ago
- JANUARY 12, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
Hasan Reza Moqarreb, a convicted child abuser known...
Hasan Reza Moqarreb, a convicted child abuser known as "the Black Vulture" was hanged in public in Edalat [Justice] Square in Mashhad, Iran, after his sentence was upheld by the State Supreme Court
- JANUARY 12, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
Kheydan Gholamipur, convicted of killing eight Iranian...
Kheydan Gholamipur, convicted of killing eight Iranian pilgrims to the holy sites in Iraq on 13 September 2003, was hanged in Koran Square in Ilam, Iran, in the presence of the families of the victims
- JANUARY 12, 2004YemenDEATH PENALTY
Legislative organs must be elected, the role of the...
Legislative organs must be elected, the role of the International Criminal Court strengthened and the civil and political rights of Palestinians must be recognised
- JANUARY 12, 2004NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Moves by the Nigerian Federal Government to abolish...
Moves by the Nigerian Federal Government to abolish capital punishment were described as a plan to contain the Sharia legal system and to reduce the stem of its spread in the country
- JANUARY 12, 2004CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
In Los Angeles, Angelina Rodriguez, 35, was sentenced...
In Los Angeles, Angelina Rodriguez, 35, was sentenced to death by Superior Court Judge William R
- JANUARY 12, 2004PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo was not inclined...
President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo was not inclined to heed the request of Public Attorney's Office (PAO) to stay the executions of Roberto Lara and Roderick Licayan, two convicted kidnappers who were scheduled to die via lethal injection on January 30, Pr
- JANUARY 12, 2004New JerseyDEATH PENALTY
A month after New Jersey's legislature passed by a...
A month after New Jersey's legislature passed by a wide margin a bipartisan bill calling for the creation of a study commission to examine the cost, fairness and effects of capital prosecutions in the state, Governor James McGreevey has vetoed the measure
- JANUARY 12, 2004NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Nigerian nationals Michael Titus Igweh and Hillary K
Nigerian nationals Michael Titus Igweh and Hillary K
- JANUARY 12, 2004IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
Nigerian nationals Michael Titus Igweh and Hillary K
Nigerian nationals Michael Titus Igweh and Hillary K
- JANUARY 12, 2004IndiaDEATH PENALTY
The United National Liberation Front (UNLF) executed a deserter
The United National Liberation Front (UNLF) executed a deserter