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 15, 2002SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
A Thai worker who murdered a taxi driver in Singapore...
A Thai worker who murdered a taxi driver in Singapore and stole his valuables is scheduled for execution on March 6
- FEBRUARY 15, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Channel 4 [UK TV station] screened Lahore Law, a three-part...
Channel 4 [UK TV station] screened Lahore Law, a three-part documentary filmed in Pakistan's Civil and Criminal Courts
- FEBRUARY 15, 2002ThailandDEATH PENALTY
A Thai worker who murdered a taxi driver in Singapore...
A Thai worker who murdered a taxi driver in Singapore and stole his valuables is scheduled for execution on March 6
- FEBRUARY 15, 2002SudanDEATH PENALTY
A cardinal in the Roman Catholic Church suggested that...
A cardinal in the Roman Catholic Church suggested that the time may be right for the launch of an international campaign of protest against Sudan for violating human rights, according to reports from the Rome-based international news agency Zenit, which s
- FEBRUARY 15, 2002DEATH PENALTY
A cardinal in the Roman Catholic Church suggested that...
A cardinal in the Roman Catholic Church suggested that the time may be right for the launch of an international campaign of protest against Sudan for violating human rights, according to reports from the Rome-based international news agency Zenit, which s
- FEBRUARY 15, 2002UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
A court in Uzbekistan's Tashkent Region sentenced two...
A court in Uzbekistan's Tashkent Region sentenced two members of a nine-strong gang to death and other members to long terms of imprisonment for drug trafficking, Uzbek newspaper Golos Uzbekistana reported
- FEBRUARY 15, 2002GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
The state's highest court has overturned a condemned...
The state's highest court has overturned a condemned killer's sentence, saying other New Jerseyans convicted of similar crimes were not sentenced to death
- FEBRUARY 15, 2002OhioDEATH PENALTY
A three-judge panel imposed the death sentence on Stanley...
A three-judge panel imposed the death sentence on Stanley Fitzpatrick, 34, for the June 2001 killing of Doreatha Hayes, and her 12-year-old daughter, Shenay
- FEBRUARY 15, 2002FloridaDEATH PENALTY
3 prison guards were acquitted on charges they stomped...
3 prison guards were acquitted on charges they stomped an inmate to death in his cell to keep him from exposing brutality behind bars
- FEBRUARY 15, 2002New JerseyDEATH PENALTY
The state's highest court has overturned a condemned...
The state's highest court has overturned a condemned killer's sentence, saying other New Jerseyans convicted of similar crimes were not sentenced to death
- FEBRUARY 15, 2002FijiDEATH PENALTY
The future of Fiji's indigenous government was in doubt...
The future of Fiji's indigenous government was in doubt after a court ruled it must include the ethnic Indian-dominated Labour party of Mahendra Chaudhry, who was ousted in a racially inspired 2000 coup
- FEBRUARY 15, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
The Ninth Criminal Department of the Supreme Court...
The Ninth Criminal Department of the Supreme Court of Appeals upheld the death sentence for three persons convicted of murdering two people on behalf of the illegal TIKB, the Turkish Revolutionary Communists Union
- FEBRUARY 15, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
It may not be perfectly legal, but 12 minors are on...
It may not be perfectly legal, but 12 minors are on death row, according to Bureau of Corrections records
- FEBRUARY 15, 2002RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Yuriy Chayka, Russia's Justice Minister, said that...
Yuriy Chayka, Russia's Justice Minister, said that he is against the proposed lifting of Russia's current moratorium on the death penalty in comments on an appeal by members of the lower house of parliament to President Vladimir Putin to lift the moratori
- FEBRUARY 15, 2002RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Independent State Duma deputy Sergey Yushenkov has...
Independent State Duma deputy Sergey Yushenkov has said he believes that the Duma appeal to the president to lift the moratorium on the death penalty "has been staged by the Kremlin"
- FEBRUARY 15, 2002RussiaDEATH PENALTY
The Russian State Duma (lower house) adopted an appeal...
The Russian State Duma (lower house) adopted an appeal to the president Vladimir Putin initiated by member of the People's Deputy parliamentary group Arkady Paskayev, saying it deems it too early "to ratify Protocol No
- FEBRUARY 14, 2002European UnionDEATH PENALTY
At an EU-India Ministerial meeting in Madrid, EU Foreign...
At an EU-India Ministerial meeting in Madrid, EU Foreign Relations Commissioner Chris Patten raised questions of human rights and democracy with Indian External Affairs Minister Jaswant Singh, as well as the EU's concern about the use of the death penalty
- FEBRUARY 14, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
The death sentence issued by Iran's late revolutionary...
The death sentence issued by Iran's late revolutionary leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini against the British author Salman Rushdie, who was accused of blaspheming Islam is irrevocable, the Islamic Revolution Martyr Foundation said
- FEBRUARY 14, 2002IraqDEATH PENALTY
Two criminals were executed at the Mahattah Prison in Arbil
Two criminals were executed at the Mahattah Prison in Arbil
- FEBRUARY 14, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
A Turkish court handed down four death sentences in...
A Turkish court handed down four death sentences in a case stemming from a car bomb attack that killed three people and seriously injured a provincial governor in 1999, the state news agency Anatolian said
- FEBRUARY 14, 2002IndiaDEATH PENALTY
At an EU-India Ministerial meeting in Madrid, EU Foreign...
At an EU-India Ministerial meeting in Madrid, EU Foreign Relations Commissioner Chris Patten raised questions of human rights and democracy with Indian External Affairs Minister Jaswant Singh, as well as the EU's concern about the use of the death penalty
- FEBRUARY 14, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The family of the South China Church leader Gong Shengliang,...
The family of the South China Church leader Gong Shengliang, sentenced to death along with his relative Li Ying and three other church members on a range of criminal charges in a closed trial in December 2001, is fighting to secure his release
- FEBRUARY 14, 2002UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
The Supreme Court of Uzbekistan's Karakalpak Autonomous...
The Supreme Court of Uzbekistan's Karakalpak Autonomous Republic sentenced a man to death for murdering two pensioners during a robbery, the newspaper Na Postu reported
- FEBRUARY 14, 2002ItalyDEATH PENALTY
A theatrical work on Andrei Chikatilo entitled "The...
A theatrical work on Andrei Chikatilo entitled "The Monster Of Rostov- I did it for love" was launched at the Radio Rai head office
- FEBRUARY 14, 2002FijiDEATH PENALTY
Attorney General Qoriniasi Bale admitted that the removal...
Attorney General Qoriniasi Bale admitted that the removal of the death penalty is intended to cover the impending trial of George Speight and others now on remand on Nukulau Island on charges of treason
- FEBRUARY 14, 2002FijiDEATH PENALTY
Fiji is considering abolishing the death penalty for...
Fiji is considering abolishing the death penalty for treason, on the eve of the treason trial of George Speight, who led a coup in 2000
- FEBRUARY 14, 2002UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
An Uzbek court passed a death sentence on a man identified...
An Uzbek court passed a death sentence on a man identified as Murod Musurmonov for knifing a woman and her son to death during a robbery
- FEBRUARY 14, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
In celebration of the Day of the Hearts, 26 inmates...
In celebration of the Day of the Hearts, 26 inmates of the New Bilibid Prisons (NBP) tied the knot with no lesser personality than Justice Secretary Hernando B
- FEBRUARY 14, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
European Enlargement Commissioner Guenter Verheugen...
European Enlargement Commissioner Guenter Verheugen said candidate country Turkey's recent political reforms, aimed at meeting EU standards, fell short of the bloc's expectations
- FEBRUARY 14, 2002RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Governor of Novgorod region Mikhail Prusak said he...
Governor of Novgorod region Mikhail Prusak said he thinks it is premature to fully abolish the death sentence in Russia