Hands Off Cain reported 17 death sentences in 2002

Hands Off Cain reported 17 death sentences in 2002. The Anatolia News Agency reported that the death sentences of 180 people convicted on charges of being members of the Kurdistan Workers' Party and Hezbollah terrorist organizations by the Diyarbakir State Security Courts (DGMs), were commuted to life imprisonment on November 23, 2002.

*NB: Reports of death sentences and executions are not always carried by local media, and the statistics reported on the HOC website may vary from official statistics issued by government or judicial sources after the year ends.