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 4, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
Abbas Dalili was hanged in the prison courtyard in the city of Sari, in Iran
Abbas Dalili was hanged in the prison courtyard in the city of Sari, in Iran
- JANUARY 3, 2004LebanonDEATH PENALTY
Capital punishment is not only useless in deterring...
Capital punishment is not only useless in deterring crime, but is also inhumane and unjustifiable, Walid Slaibi, head of the Human Rights Movement in Lebanon, said
- JANUARY 3, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
The state-run daily, Sharq, reported that a 24-year-old...
The state-run daily, Sharq, reported that a 24-year-old woman, Kobra Rahmanpour, who had been in jail for four years, was suddenly taken to the death-row section of Evin Prison at midnight on 30 December 2003 and was told that she would be hanged in a few
- JANUARY 3, 2004SudanDEATH PENALTY
Nyala Criminal Court sentenced three men to death by...
Nyala Criminal Court sentenced three men to death by hanging after convicting them for murder under Article 130 of the Penal Code (1991)
- JANUARY 2, 2004DEATH PENALTY
A death row inmate is entitled to a new trial because...
A death row inmate is entitled to a new trial because his lawyer did not meet with him before his murder case went to trial, the state Supreme Court ruled in a unanimous decision that mandates such face-to-face meetings in capital cases
- JANUARY 2, 2004DEATH PENALTY
INDIA
A striking book was published in India: Hangman´s Journal by Shashi Warrier...
- JANUARY 1, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Hebi Court in China's Henan Province sentenced Gao...
Hebi Court in China's Henan Province sentenced Gao Baoqing to death and five others to terms of imprisonment for the murder of Xu Donglin, director of Qixian County Grain Reserve Administration on 17 January 2003
- JANUARY 1, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
Ali Abdollahi was hanged outside the Iranian State...
Ali Abdollahi was hanged outside the Iranian State Security Forces headquarters in the northern city of Tonekabon in front of 2,000 local residents
- JANUARY 1, 2004KyrgyzstanDEATH PENALTY
Kyrgyzstan's President Askar Akayev extended the moratorium...
Kyrgyzstan's President Askar Akayev extended the moratorium on the use of the death penalty until the end of 2004
- JANUARY 1, 2004MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
Zarimy Ahmad, 22, and Azrul Ahmad, 23 charged with...
Zarimy Ahmad, 22, and Azrul Ahmad, 23 charged with murdering a factory manager in 2000, escaped the gallows after the Malaysian High Court found them guilty of a lesser charge
- JANUARY 1, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
Amir Sohrab-Beig, head of the justice department in...
Amir Sohrab-Beig, head of the justice department in the south-western province of Khuzistan in Iran said, "The judiciary is taking decisive action on a large front and plans are afoot to carry out executions in public more decisively than we did in the pa
- JANUARY 1, 2004DEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA
Saudi Arabia beheaded two men for murder.
- JANUARY 1, 2004AlbaniaDEATH PENALTY
Capital punishment was abolished from the Criminal Code on December 10, 1999, when the Constitutional Court considered the death penalty to be against the spirit of the new Constitution approved by a popular referendum on November 22, 1998.
Capital punishment was abolished from the Criminal Code on December 10, 1999, when the Constitutional Court considered the death penalty to be against the spirit of the new Constitution approved by a popular referendum on November 22, 1998.
- JANUARY 1, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
two youngsters in the southwestern city of Ahwaz were sentenced to execution
two youngsters in the southwestern city of Ahwaz were sentenced to execution
- JANUARY 1, 2004DEATH PENALTY
In 2003 bills were proposed for the introduction of...
In 2003 bills were proposed for the introduction of a two year moratorium and for the setting up of a study commission on the death penalty
- JANUARY 1, 2004DEATH PENALTY
Between 2001 and 2002 bills were proposed for the introduction...
Between 2001 and 2002 bills were proposed for the introduction of a two year moratorium and for the abolishment of the death penalty
- JANUARY 1, 2004DEATH PENALTY
In 2002 a Bill was defeated which would have seen the...
In 2002 a Bill was defeated which would have seen the introduction of a 3 year moratorium on capital executions in order to give the state time to review some of its death penalty procedures
- JANUARY 1, 2004DEATH PENALTY
Between 2001 and 2002 bills were presented for the...
Between 2001 and 2002 bills were presented for the introduction of a one year moratorium on executions and for the creation of a study commission on the death penalty
- JANUARY 1, 2004DEATH PENALTY
In 2001 and 2002 bills were proposed for the introduction...
In 2001 and 2002 bills were proposed for the introduction of a moratorium on executions and for the creation of a study commission on the death penalty
- JANUARY 1, 2004DEATH PENALTY
Between 2001 and 2002 two bills were proposed for the...
Between 2001 and 2002 two bills were proposed for the introduction of a moratorium on executions and for the setting up of a commission to study the application of the death penalty
- JANUARY 1, 2004DEATH PENALTY
In recent years numerous Californian cities have approved...
In recent years numerous Californian cities have approved resolutions asking for a moratorium on executions
- JANUARY 1, 2004DEATH PENALTY
On December 19, 2001, Cincinnati approved a resolution...
On December 19, 2001, Cincinnati approved a resolution in favour of a moratorium
- JANUARY 1, 2004DEATH PENALTY
In 2002 bills were proposed for the introduction of...
In 2002 bills were proposed for the introduction of a moratorium on executions but they were rejected by the Commission
- JANUARY 1, 2004DEATH PENALTY
As a consequence of a 2001 law, a legislative committee...
As a consequence of a 2001 law, a legislative committee was studying the death penalty process
- JANUARY 1, 2004DEATH PENALTY
On January 31, 2000, Illinois Governor George Ryan...
On January 31, 2000, Illinois Governor George Ryan declared a moratorium on executions in his state, pending an investigation into the state's capital punishment system
- JANUARY 1, 2004DEATH PENALTY
No death row inmates would be executed until a special...
No death row inmates would be executed until a special commission takes a second look at the state's capital-punishment system under a bill passed by a state Assembly committee, on December 2002
- JANUARY 1, 2004DEATH PENALTY
In 2001 and 2002 bills were put forward for the abolition...
In 2001 and 2002 bills were put forward for the abolition of the death penalty and for a seven year moratorium on executions
- JANUARY 1, 2004DEATH PENALTY
In 2002 Bills were proposed for the abolition of the...
In 2002 Bills were proposed for the abolition of the death penalty and the introduction of forced labour; for the suspension of the death penalty from 2003 and for its abolition in 2013; for the introduction of a moratorium so as to allow a commission to
- JANUARY 1, 2004DEATH PENALTY
A bill was put forward in 2002 proposing the observance...
A bill was put forward in 2002 proposing the observance of a moratorium until the first of April 2004 and the creation of a death penalty commission with the purpose of reviewing all murder trials which took place in Indian between 1 July 1976 and 1 July
- JANUARY 1, 2004GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
A bill was presented in 2002 for the forming of a commission...
A bill was presented in 2002 for the forming of a commission on the death penalty