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 11, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
US Ambassador Harry K Thomas expressed concern at the...
US Ambassador Harry K Thomas expressed concern at the death sentence issued by a Dhaka court to Faisal Alam Ansary, a Bangladesh born US citizen, saying his trial had not been fair and impartial
- JANUARY 11, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Nagar Hossain Bagha, 35, was sentenced to death by...
Nagar Hossain Bagha, 35, was sentenced to death by a court in Barisal, Bangladesh, aftre being found guilty of killing his wife, Solema Begum, 25
- JANUARY 11, 2004DEATH PENALTY
US Ambassador Harry K Thomas expressed concern at the...
US Ambassador Harry K Thomas expressed concern at the death sentence issued by a Dhaka court to Faisal Alam Ansary, a Bangladesh born US citizen, saying his trial had not been fair and impartial
- JANUARY 11, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
Abdollah Deilami was hanged at Chaharshir Falakeh Square...
Abdollah Deilami was hanged at Chaharshir Falakeh Square in the city of Ahwaz, Iran, before hundreds of residents
- JANUARY 11, 2004DEATH PENALTY
OKLAHOMA
Oklahoma executed Wanda Jean Allen for killing Gloria Leathers her lover, the first woman put to death in the state since 1903 and the first black woman executed in the United States since the 1950s...
- JANUARY 10, 2004KazakhstanDEATH PENALTY
Kazakh press published a copy of a bill signed by President...
Kazakh press published a copy of a bill signed by President Nursultan Nazarbayev which replaced capital punishment with life imprisonment
- JANUARY 10, 2004DEATH PENALTY
CHINA
10 people were executed in China on the same day
- JANUARY 9, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Three members of a mafia gang and four murderers were...
Three members of a mafia gang and four murderers were executed in two Chinese provinces, Chinese media reported
- JANUARY 9, 2004DEATH PENALTY
Numan Hazar, the Turkish ambassador to the Council...
Numan Hazar, the Turkish ambassador to the Council of Europe signed protocol number 13 of the European Convention on Human Rights, which obliges countries to abolish the death penalty in all circumstances, including times of conflict
- JANUARY 9, 2004DEATH PENALTY
Numan Hazar, the Turkish ambassador to the Council...
Numan Hazar, the Turkish ambassador to the Council of Europe signed protocol number 13 of the European Convention on Human Rights, which obliges countries to abolish the death penalty in all circumstances, including times of conflict
- JANUARY 9, 2004European UnionDEATH PENALTY
The European Commission welcomed Turkey's signing of...
The European Commission welcomed Turkey's signing of protocol 13 of the European Convention on Human Rights, which obliges countries to abolish the death penalty in all circumstances, including times of conflict
- JANUARY 9, 2004TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
The acting UN high commissioner for human rights Bertrand...
The acting UN high commissioner for human rights Bertrand Ramcharan welcomed Turkey's agreement to extend a ban on capital punishment to include times of war
- JANUARY 9, 2004DEATH PENALTY
The European Commission welcomed Turkey's signing of...
The European Commission welcomed Turkey's signing of protocol 13 of the European Convention on Human Rights, which obliges countries to abolish the death penalty in all circumstances, including times of conflict
- JANUARY 9, 2004DEATH PENALTY
The acting UN high commissioner for human rights Bertrand...
The acting UN high commissioner for human rights Bertrand Ramcharan welcomed Turkey's agreement to extend a ban on capital punishment to include times of war
- JANUARY 9, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Lin Guan, a 26 year old elementary school teacher in...
Lin Guan, a 26 year old elementary school teacher in south China's Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region was sentenced to death by a local court for raping four school girls, aged between nine and twelve
- JANUARY 9, 2004PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo said she may restore...
President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo said she may restore the moratorium on the death penalty should the execution of two death row convicts at the end of January serve its purpose of teaching kidnap-for-ransom groups a lesson and deterring crime
- JANUARY 9, 2004TennesseeDEATH PENALTY
Bredesen extends stay of execution for Workman Gov
Bredesen extends stay of execution for Workman Gov
- JANUARY 9, 2004AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
Circuit Judge Loyd Little Junior has sentenced James...
Circuit Judge Loyd Little Junior has sentenced James Barber, 44, to death for the May 20, 2001 robbery and murder of 75-year-old Dorothy "Dottie" Epps
- JANUARY 9, 2004PortugalDEATH PENALTY
Portuguese Prime Minister Jose Manuel Durao Barroso,...
Portuguese Prime Minister Jose Manuel Durao Barroso, a vocal supporter of the US-led invasion of Iraq, said he opposed the death penalty for Saddam Hussein even though the Iraqi leader had committed "heinous crimes"
- JANUARY 9, 2004North CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
In Raleigh, a man was executed for the 1992 killing...
In Raleigh, a man was executed for the 1992 killing of a store clerk after failed appeals that focused on whether lethal injection amounts to cruel and unusual punishment
- JANUARY 8, 2004North KoreaDEATH PENALTY
Two ethnic Korean-Chinese people were executed by firing...
Two ethnic Korean-Chinese people were executed by firing squad and two others were sentenced to 25 years in prison
- JANUARY 8, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Two ethnic Korean-Chinese people were executed by firing...
Two ethnic Korean-Chinese people were executed by firing squad and two others were sentenced to 25 years in prison
- JANUARY 8, 2004Myanmar (Burma)DEATH PENALTY
After having approached the Foreign Ministry of Myanmar...
After having approached the Foreign Ministry of Myanmar following the nine death sentences issued by the Myanmar authorities on November 28, 2003, the outgoing (Italian) Presidency published a declaration recalling that the Union considered the death pena
- JANUARY 8, 2004DEATH PENALTY
After having approached the Foreign Ministry of Myanmar...
After having approached the Foreign Ministry of Myanmar following the nine death sentences issued by the Myanmar authorities on November 28, 2003, the outgoing (Italian) Presidency published a declaration recalling that the Union considered the death pena
- JANUARY 8, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Following a one day trial, the People's Court of the...
Following a one day trial, the People's Court of the northern province of Bac Giang, Vietnam, sentenced to death Dinh Dinh Lam, 34, Giang A Chong, 25, and their female accomplice Nguyen Thi Mai, 37, after finding them guilty of trafficking 2
- JANUARY 8, 2004North CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
Judge orders new sentencing hearing for death-row inmate
Judge orders new sentencing hearing for death-row inmate
- JANUARY 8, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
Tehran newspapers reported that a prisoner called Abolqassem...
Tehran newspapers reported that a prisoner called Abolqassem would be hanged imminently in the city of Behbahan, Iran
- JANUARY 8, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A court in Duanzhou District in China's Guangdong Province,...
A court in Duanzhou District in China's Guangdong Province, recently sentenced Zuo Chengfa, 21, to death for drug trafficking, the Xinxi Shibao newspaper reported
- JANUARY 8, 2004DEATH PENALTY
AFGHANISTAN
Taliban´s supreme leader Mulla Mohammad Omar issued a decree of ban on conversion from Islam.
- JANUARY 8, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
according to a report in the Iran newspaper
according to a report in the Iran newspaper