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 7, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
Iranian state-run newspapers reported that a prisoner...
Iranian state-run newspapers reported that a prisoner in Tehran's Qasr Prison, identified as Hamid Reza, was hanged at dawn
- JANUARY 7, 2004IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
Indonesia's Supreme Court upheld a lower court death...
Indonesia's Supreme Court upheld a lower court death sentence on Amrozi Nur Hasyim, 41, one of the key figures in the 2002 Bali bombings that killed 202 people
- JANUARY 7, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International criticised the Vietnamese government...
Amnesty International criticised the Vietnamese government for making the reporting and dissemination of statistics on the use of the death penalty a state secret
- JANUARY 7, 2004LebanonDEATH PENALTY
Human rights activists, legal experts and religious...
Human rights activists, legal experts and religious figures in Lebanon described the authorities' implementation of capital punishment as inhumane
- JANUARY 7, 2004DEATH PENALTY
A man sentenced to die for killing his estranged wife's...
A man sentenced to die for killing his estranged wife's employer got a new sentencing hearing because the trial judge answered the jury's question about Department of Corrections policies
- JANUARY 7, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
It was reported that the Xinzhou Intermediate People's...
It was reported that the Xinzhou Intermediate People's Court in China's Shanxi Province recently sentenced Shi Xinquan to death for illegally using explosives
- JANUARY 7, 2004DEATH PENALTY
IRAN
Hassan Faylom, was hanged in public outside Tehran´s Qasr prison...
- JANUARY 7, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM MAKES NUMBER OF DEATH SENTENCES A TOP STATE SECRET
January 7, 2004: following international criticism about Vietnam´s growing number of capital sentences, Prime Minister Phan Van Khai has listed the number of people condemned to death as a top state secret, an official said Wednesday.
- JANUARY 6, 2004PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
The Philippines was due to execute its first convicts...
The Philippines was due to execute its first convicts in January since lifting a nearly four-year moratorium on the death penalty, Bureau of Corrections chief Dionisio Santiago said
- JANUARY 6, 2004NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
The Upper Sharia Court in the Alkalere district of...
The Upper Sharia Court in the Alkalere district of the northern state of Bauchi, Nigeria, sentenced Umar Tori, 45, to death by stoning for having sex with his 15-year-old stepdaughter
- JANUARY 6, 2004KazakhstanDEATH PENALTY
The European Union issued a statement welcoming the...
The European Union issued a statement welcoming the Kazakh leadership's decision to declare a moratorium on the death penalty
- JANUARY 6, 2004ArkansasDEATH PENALTY
A mentally ill Arkansas man whose lawyers had argued...
A mentally ill Arkansas man whose lawyers had argued the state couldn't legally execute him was put to death
- JANUARY 6, 2004DEATH PENALTY
The European Union issued a statement welcoming the...
The European Union issued a statement welcoming the Kazakh leadership's decision to declare a moratorium on the death penalty
- JANUARY 6, 2004TexasDEATH PENALTY
Ynobe Matthews, described by authorities as a serial...
Ynobe Matthews, described by authorities as a serial rapist, was executed for raping and strangling a woman 3 1/2 years ago
- JANUARY 6, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
It was reported that a court in Hanzhong, Shaanxi Province,...
It was reported that a court in Hanzhong, Shaanxi Province, carried out the order of the Provincial Higher People's Court to execute Yu Xukang and Wei Fubing for the robbery and murder of Zhang Yunting, deputy director of the Hanzhong People's Congress on
- JANUARY 5, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Following international criticism about Vietnam's growing...
Following international criticism about Vietnam's growing number of capital sentences, Prime Minister Phan Van Khai has listed the number of people condemned to death as a top state secret, an official said
- JANUARY 5, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
The Radical members of the European Parliament presented...
The Radical members of the European Parliament presented a parliamentary question with regard to the summary execution of a farmer named Nih
- JANUARY 5, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
The Radical members of the European Parliament presented...
The Radical members of the European Parliament presented a parliamentary question with regard to the summary execution of a farmer named Nih
- JANUARY 5, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Six drug runners were sentenced to death and four others...
Six drug runners were sentenced to death and four others given life imprisonment by a southern Chinese court after being convicted of trafficking some 58 kilograms (127 pounds) of heroin, state press said
- JANUARY 5, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Tofazzal Hossain was sentenced to death by a district...
Tofazzal Hossain was sentenced to death by a district and additional sessions court in Bangladesh for killing his wife on January 31, 1998
- JANUARY 5, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Three men were sentenced to death by a Vietnamese court...
Three men were sentenced to death by a Vietnamese court for trafficking heroin from Laos
- JANUARY 5, 2004IraqDEATH PENALTY
The new chairman of the Iraqi Governing Council, Dr...
The new chairman of the Iraqi Governing Council, Dr Adnan Pachachi, said that executing Saddam Hussein would be meaningless
- JANUARY 5, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
on the orders of a judge, 15 youth dressed in prisoners' uniforms...
on the orders of a judge, 15 youth dressed in prisoners' uniforms...
- JANUARY 5, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
eighty famous Iraqi singers and musicians held song
eighty famous Iraqi singers and musicians held song
- JANUARY 5, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
Mullahs’ henchmen cut off the right arm of a prisoner
Mullahs’ henchmen cut off the right arm of a prisoner
- JANUARY 4, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Six men were executed by a firing squad in Ho Chi Minh...
Six men were executed by a firing squad in Ho Chi Minh City after being convicted of either murder or drug trafficking, the Thanh Nien (Young People) newspaper reported
- JANUARY 4, 2004IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
A court in Indonesia's Bali island upheld the death...
A court in Indonesia's Bali island upheld the death sentence against Mukhlas, also known as Ali Ghufron, a militant convicted of playing a key role in the 2002 bombings
- JANUARY 4, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
Two drug traffickers were executed by hanging in the...
Two drug traffickers were executed by hanging in the north-eastern Iranian town of Ghonabad, the hardline Kayhan newspaper reported
- JANUARY 4, 2004United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
British Home Secretary David Blunkett said that a life...
British Home Secretary David Blunkett said that a life sentence must mean exactly that for the worst murderers as there was no capital punishment in the country
- JANUARY 4, 2004DEATH PENALTY
TURKEY
The terrorist organization, PKK executed seven persons for "criticizing the leader."