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
- NOVEMBER 7, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Tran Van Thanh, a 39 year old Australian man of Vietnamese...
Tran Van Thanh, a 39 year old Australian man of Vietnamese origin, was sentenced to death by firing squad by the Ho Chi Minh City's People's Court in Vietnam after being convicted of drug trafficking
- NOVEMBER 7, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A court in Sylhet, Bangladesh, sentenced to death Mashuk...
A court in Sylhet, Bangladesh, sentenced to death Mashuk Mia for killing a minor girl after raping her
- NOVEMBER 7, 2004AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
The Australian government said it would seek clemency...
The Australian government said it would seek clemency for Tran Van Thanh, an Australian man of Vietnamese origin who was facing the firing squad in Vietnam on drug charges
- NOVEMBER 7, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
The Australian government said it would seek clemency...
The Australian government said it would seek clemency for Tran Van Thanh, an Australian man of Vietnamese origin who was facing the firing squad in Vietnam on drug charges
- NOVEMBER 7, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Long criticised by human rights groups for its widespread...
Long criticised by human rights groups for its widespread use of the death penalty, Vietnam is now tentatively witnessing a debate on the issue, even though most observers consider a ban to be a long way off
- NOVEMBER 7, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
the Iranian state media reported that a female law student was sentenced to death
the Iranian state media reported that a female law student was sentenced to death
- NOVEMBER 6, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Bus driver Jia Qingyou, 37, was sentenced to death...
Bus driver Jia Qingyou, 37, was sentenced to death for the stabbing of 24 school children in eastern Shandong Province, China, in September 2004
- NOVEMBER 6, 2004RwandaDEATH PENALTY
Between 1994 and 2003, the National Courts in Rwanda tried over 5,000 genocide cases
Between 1994 and 2003, the National Courts in Rwanda tried over 5,000 genocide cases
- NOVEMBER 5, 2004ZambiaDEATH PENALTY
The Zambian Supreme Court acquitted two men who had...
The Zambian Supreme Court acquitted two men who had been sentenced to death
- NOVEMBER 5, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Vietnam's justice minister said he would propose changing...
Vietnam's justice minister said he would propose changing the law to strike corruption, bribery and fraud off a list of capital crimes, in a bid to bring the country closer to international standards
- NOVEMBER 5, 2004IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
Herlina Trisnawati, a 22-year-old Indonesian maid,...
Herlina Trisnawati, a 22-year-old Indonesian maid, was sentenced to death by hanging in Malaysia for murdering her female employer after an argument over burnt curry
- NOVEMBER 5, 2004MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
Herlina Trisnawati, a 22-year-old Indonesian maid,...
Herlina Trisnawati, a 22-year-old Indonesian maid, was sentenced to death by hanging in Malaysia for murdering her female employer after an argument over burnt curry
- NOVEMBER 5, 2004ZambiaDEATH PENALTY
The Zambian Supreme Court upheld the decision of the...
The Zambian Supreme Court upheld the decision of the High Court to sentence Felix Chima, a security guard, to death
- NOVEMBER 5, 2004CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
in Rancho Cucamonga, a jury recommended the death sentence for a Honduran immigrant
in Rancho Cucamonga, a jury recommended the death sentence for a Honduran immigrant
- NOVEMBER 4, 2004NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
The Nigerian government said it would take a definite...
The Nigerian government said it would take a definite position on the nation's death penalty act in 2005 with a view to abolish or retain the controversial capital punishment in the judicial system
- NOVEMBER 4, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Peng Hongju, a woman who was part of a gang of kidnappers,...
Peng Hongju, a woman who was part of a gang of kidnappers, was sentenced to death after police rescued her from an ordeal in which she herself was trafficked into a forced marriage
- NOVEMBER 4, 2004WashingtonDEATH PENALTY
the state Supreme Court threw out a death sentence for Cecil Davis
the state Supreme Court threw out a death sentence for Cecil Davis
- NOVEMBER 4, 2004TexasDEATH PENALTY
Robert Brice Morrow was executed
Robert Brice Morrow was executed
- NOVEMBER 4, 2004FloridaDEATH PENALTY
the Florida Supreme Court reversed the death sentence of Andrew Busby
the Florida Supreme Court reversed the death sentence of Andrew Busby
- NOVEMBER 3, 2004OregonDEATH PENALTY
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- NOVEMBER 3, 2004IndiaDEATH PENALTY
A Pakistani national was sentenced to death by a Delhi...
A Pakistani national was sentenced to death by a Delhi court for causing a bomb explosion in 1997 in a crowded blue line bus, killing four persons and injuring 24
- NOVEMBER 3, 2004PakistanDEATH PENALTY
A division bench of the Lahore High Court has converted...
A division bench of the Lahore High Court has converted death sentence of three convicts into life imprisonment
- NOVEMBER 3, 2004KansasDEATH PENALTY
In Sedgwick County, jurors decided Doug Belt, 42, should...
In Sedgwick County, jurors decided Doug Belt, 42, should die for the summer of 2002 murder of Lucille Gallegos, 43
- NOVEMBER 3, 2004CubaDEATH PENALTY
A pro-human rights group, the outlawed Cuban Commission...
A pro-human rights group, the outlawed Cuban Commission for Human Rights and National Reconciliation (CCDHyRN), asked for a moratorium on the death penalty to be implemented in Cuba, the commutation of sentences already handed down and the banning of the
- NOVEMBER 3, 2004PakistanDEATH PENALTY
A Pakistani national was sentenced to death by a Delhi...
A Pakistani national was sentenced to death by a Delhi court for causing a bomb explosion in 1997 in a crowded blue line bus, killing four persons and injuring 24
- NOVEMBER 3, 2004ItalyDEATH PENALTY
a civil court in Milan, Italy, gave political asylum to Senegalese national
a civil court in Milan, Italy, gave political asylum to Senegalese national
- NOVEMBER 3, 2004NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
lawyers for Daso Adamu, a Nigerian mother...
lawyers for Daso Adamu, a Nigerian mother...
- NOVEMBER 3, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
the Iranian state media reported that a 24-year-old woman, named Tayyebeh, was sentenced to death
the Iranian state media reported that a 24-year-old woman, named Tayyebeh, was sentenced to death
- NOVEMBER 2, 2004United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
North Warwickshire MP Mike O'Brien, a former UK Foreign...
North Warwickshire MP Mike O'Brien, a former UK Foreign Office minister, said he intendeded to intervene in the case of convicted drug trafficker Anthony Flanaghan
- NOVEMBER 2, 2004ThailandDEATH PENALTY
British national Anthony Flannaghan was sentenced to...
British national Anthony Flannaghan was sentenced to death in Thailand