Archive timeline
2002
The news published by Hands Off Cain in 2002, month by month, with the countries most present that year.
The year in data
- Executions recorded worldwide
- 535
- Countries where they were recorded
- 27
- News items in the archive
- 3,937
Latest news of 2002
- FEBRUARY 20, 2002Central African RepublicDEATH PENALTY
A trial of more than 80 people accused of plotting...
A trial of more than 80 people accused of plotting a coup in the impoverished Central African Republic in May 2001 opened in the capital Bangui
- FEBRUARY 20, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Recently, the European Parliament passed a resolution...
Recently, the European Parliament passed a resolution condemning all forms of religious intolerance 'in particular the northern Nigerian Islamic courts' selective justice that sentenced Safiya Hussaini to death by stoning"
- FEBRUARY 20, 2002European UnionDEATH PENALTY
Recently, the European Parliament passed a resolution...
Recently, the European Parliament passed a resolution condemning all forms of religious intolerance 'in particular the northern Nigerian Islamic courts' selective justice that sentenced Safiya Hussaini to death by stoning"
- FEBRUARY 20, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
A court in Nigeria's Kebbi State convicted two people...
A court in Nigeria's Kebbi State convicted two people to death by hanging for their involvement in separate robbery cases
- FEBRUARY 20, 2002FijiDEATH PENALTY
Sparing rebel George Speight's life was the only sane...
Sparing rebel George Speight's life was the only sane option - but much work remains for Fiji to repair the damage he left behind
- FEBRUARY 20, 2002FijiDEATH PENALTY
The family of jailed coup leader George Speight will...
The family of jailed coup leader George Speight will appeal his life sentence
- FEBRUARY 20, 2002FijiDEATH PENALTY
Tribal chiefs and supporters of George Speight plan...
Tribal chiefs and supporters of George Speight plan to petition president Ratu Josefa Iloilo for an absolute pardon for the coup leader
- FEBRUARY 20, 2002United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
A British crack cocaine addict who murdered two war...
A British crack cocaine addict who murdered two war veterans was given 26 life sentences, after his father gave evidence against him
- FEBRUARY 20, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
The Justice Department head announced the public hanging...
The Justice Department head announced the public hanging of two young men Amir Hoseyn Mashti and Ali Soltani, after the Supreme Court confirmed their death sentences
- FEBRUARY 20, 2002RussiaDEATH PENALTY
President Vladimir Putin met with the head of the People's...
President Vladimir Putin met with the head of the People's Deputy group in the State Duma, Gennady Raikov
- FEBRUARY 20, 2002DEATH PENALTY
HANDS OFF CAIN PROTESTS PRESIDENT ASSAD’S VISIT TO ROME MAYOR
February 20, 2002: Hands off Cain, the Italian Radicals and other associations demonstrated in protest as Syrian dictator Bashar Assad met Rome Mayor Walter Veltroni and demanded that Italian authorities make human rights in Syria the focus of bilateral
- FEBRUARY 19, 2002FijiDEATH PENALTY
A bill to strike out the death penalty is expected...
A bill to strike out the death penalty is expected to be presented to Parliament today
- FEBRUARY 19, 2002ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo hinted that a...
Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo hinted that a woman sentenced to death for having sex outside of marriage would win a reprieve, saying the outcome of her appeal would "gladden hearts"
- FEBRUARY 19, 2002LibyaDEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International expressed concern at the death...
Amnesty International expressed concern at the death sentences announced on Saturday 16 February 2002 against two possible prisoners of conscience, Abdullah Ahmed Izzedin and Salem Abu Hanak
- FEBRUARY 19, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
The head of the Judiciary, [Mahmud] Hashemi-Shahrudi...
The head of the Judiciary, [Mahmud] Hashemi-Shahrudi participated in a gathering of Tehran University students and responded to the questions they put to him
- FEBRUARY 19, 2002RussiaDEATH PENALTY
A protest rally on an unprecedented scale has been...
A protest rally on an unprecedented scale has been going on since February 12 in Tsotsin-Yurt, a Chechen website reported
- FEBRUARY 19, 2002AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
The Senate voted 27-1 for a bill that would make lethal...
The Senate voted 27-1 for a bill that would make lethal injection the primary form of execution, but that would allow any condemned inmate to choose the electric chair over lethal injection
- FEBRUARY 19, 2002ThailandDEATH PENALTY
A special agency with staff from the Corrections Department,...
A special agency with staff from the Corrections Department, warfare units and police has been set up to handle riots and jailbreaks at prisons all over Thailand
- FEBRUARY 19, 2002OhioDEATH PENALTY
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- FEBRUARY 19, 2002GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
In a case that has drawn international attention, the...
In a case that has drawn international attention, the state Board of Pardons and Paroles took the rare step of staying the execution of a psychotic killer
- FEBRUARY 19, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo hinted that a...
Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo hinted that a woman sentenced to death for having sex outside of marriage would win a reprieve, saying the outcome of her appeal would "gladden hearts"
- FEBRUARY 19, 2002FijiDEATH PENALTY
Fears of a revolt led to a decision to commute George...
Fears of a revolt led to a decision to commute George Speight's sentence to life
- FEBRUARY 19, 2002FijiDEATH PENALTY
Three key rebels who helped coup leader George Speight...
Three key rebels who helped coup leader George Speight to overthrow Fiji's first ethnic-government in 2000 were jailed for three years each
- FEBRUARY 19, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
A bandit named Ali Dozd [Ali, the Thief] or Ali Saddam...
A bandit named Ali Dozd [Ali, the Thief] or Ali Saddam [after notorious Iraqi President Saddam Husayn] was hanged in public in Anduhjerd
- FEBRUARY 19, 2002CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
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- FEBRUARY 19, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Faghir Gangar Zehi was executed in prison in Kerman, Iran
Faghir Gangar Zehi was executed in prison in Kerman, Iran
- FEBRUARY 19, 2002DEATH PENALTY
Italian NGOs protest against human rights violations in Syria
February 19, 2002: Italian human rights associations and MPs will stage a demonstration tomorrow as Syrian president Bashar Assad visits Rome mayor Walter Veltroni.
- FEBRUARY 18, 2002BruneiDEATH PENALTY
A father of seven children and an Ex-RBAF Major, Hj...
A father of seven children and an Ex-RBAF Major, Hj Abdur Rafae'e bin Hj Kassim, 37, was acquitted by the High Court of the death penalty on charges of possessing 864
- FEBRUARY 18, 2002AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
An Afghan national - named Jabbar Tajik, son of Jamal...
An Afghan national - named Jabbar Tajik, son of Jamal - was hanged in Amol for breaking into a house and raping a woman
- FEBRUARY 18, 2002IsraelDEATH PENALTY
A commission of Israel's national bar association condemned...
A commission of Israel's national bar association condemned Israel's policy of extra-judicial killings [of Palestinians]