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 14, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Hassan Nedai was hanged in public in Takestan, Iran
Hassan Nedai was hanged in public in Takestan, Iran
- FEBRUARY 13, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
A court in the northwestern Iranian province of Khorasan...
A court in the northwestern Iranian province of Khorasan handed out 11 death sentences to Saeed Hanaii
- FEBRUARY 13, 2002ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
Albert Bazeyan, leader of the opposition Anrapetutyun...
Albert Bazeyan, leader of the opposition Anrapetutyun Party, said that the issue of the death penalty is not a problem that must be settled only by parliament
- FEBRUARY 13, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Hojjat ol-Eslam Gharavian, a lecturer at Qom seminary...
Hojjat ol-Eslam Gharavian, a lecturer at Qom seminary and a hard-line cleric said Imam Khomeyni's fatwa on Salman Rushdie still stands and every single Muslim may carry out the verdict
- FEBRUARY 13, 2002United StatesDEATH PENALTY
Two of the world's biggest alleged drug barons, languishing...
Two of the world's biggest alleged drug barons, languishing in a high-security jail near Sydney, gave up their fight against extradition to the US after American authorities agreed not to execute them
- FEBRUARY 13, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
An Islamic leader defended the Palestinian struggle...
An Islamic leader defended the Palestinian struggle against Israeli occupation and accused the West of seeing terrorism as something practised only by Arabs and Muslims
- FEBRUARY 13, 2002AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
Two of the world's biggest alleged drug barons, languishing...
Two of the world's biggest alleged drug barons, languishing in a high-security jail near Sydney, gave up their fight against extradition to the US after American authorities agreed not to execute them
- FEBRUARY 13, 2002UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
A death sentence was handed down to a serial killer...
A death sentence was handed down to a serial killer in Uzbekistan, a Supreme Court source said
- FEBRUARY 13, 2002North KoreaDEATH PENALTY
A North Korean defector who made headlines in 2000...
A North Korean defector who made headlines in 2000 when he decided to return home in search of his wife has escaped a second time after finding that she and most of his other relatives were killed in retaliation for his earlier defection
- FEBRUARY 13, 2002South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
A North Korean defector who made headlines in 2000...
A North Korean defector who made headlines in 2000 when he decided to return home in search of his wife has escaped a second time after finding that she and most of his other relatives were killed in retaliation for his earlier defection
- FEBRUARY 13, 2002FijiDEATH PENALTY
Fiji's Conservative Alliance party says it did not...
Fiji's Conservative Alliance party says it did not put pressure on the government to remove the death penalty ahead of George Speight's forthcoming treason trial
- FEBRUARY 13, 2002United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
A British MP has held talks with UK Foreign Secretary...
A British MP has held talks with UK Foreign Secretary Jack Straw in an attempt to save a British man on Death Row in the US
- FEBRUARY 13, 2002DEATH PENALTY
A British MP has held talks with UK Foreign Secretary...
A British MP has held talks with UK Foreign Secretary Jack Straw in an attempt to save a British man on Death Row in the US
- FEBRUARY 13, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
A bill which aims to set comprehensive amendments to...
A bill which aims to set comprehensive amendments to the existing law on dangerous drugs is ready for floor debates, Rep
- FEBRUARY 12, 2002LibyaDEATH PENALTY
Bulgarian Foreign Minister Solomon Pasi and Libyan...
Bulgarian Foreign Minister Solomon Pasi and Libyan Foreign Minister Abd al-Rahman Muhammed Shalqam discussed the case of the six Bulgarian medics facing the death penalty in Libya on charges of deliberately infecting 393 Libyan children with the HIV virus
- FEBRUARY 12, 2002LatviaDEATH PENALTY
The cabinet of ministers approved draft amendments...
The cabinet of ministers approved draft amendments to the Criminal Code, Criminal Law and the law on the enactment of the criminal law in order to bring this legislation in line with the international protocol on the abolition of the death penalty
- FEBRUARY 12, 2002BulgariaDEATH PENALTY
Bulgarian Foreign Minister Solomon Pasi and Libyan...
Bulgarian Foreign Minister Solomon Pasi and Libyan Foreign Minister Abd al-Rahman Muhammed Shalqam discussed the case of the six Bulgarian medics facing the death penalty in Libya on charges of deliberately infecting 393 Libyan children with the HIV virus
- FEBRUARY 12, 2002UkraineDEATH PENALTY
The Ukrainian embassy in the United Arab Emirates appealed...
The Ukrainian embassy in the United Arab Emirates appealed to court institutions in Dubai, asking them to commute the death sentence given to Andrei Svirid, who was condemned on February 9 for the murder of a Dubai jeweller
- FEBRUARY 12, 2002United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
The Ukrainian embassy in the United Arab Emirates appealed...
The Ukrainian embassy in the United Arab Emirates appealed to court institutions in Dubai, asking them to commute the death sentence given to Andrei Svirid, who was condemned on February 9 for the murder of a Dubai jeweller
- FEBRUARY 12, 2002UgandaDEATH PENALTY
Ugandan MPs on the joint committees of Legal and Parliamentary...
Ugandan MPs on the joint committees of Legal and Parliamentary Affairs and Defence and Internal Affairs recommended a mandatory death sentence for individuals who through terrorist acts cause the death of other people
- FEBRUARY 12, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
The Federal Government expressed reservations about...
The Federal Government expressed reservations about the European Union's concern over the death penalty for some offences in Nigeria
- FEBRUARY 12, 2002FijiDEATH PENALTY
The Fijian Cabinet agreed to amend the penal code to...
The Fijian Cabinet agreed to amend the penal code to remove the death penalty for treason charges [capital punishment was scrapped for most crimes in 1967, but was retained for treason and piracy]
- FEBRUARY 12, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Justice Minister Hikmet Sami Turk said that the European...
Justice Minister Hikmet Sami Turk said that the European Court of Human Rights was continuing to examine Turkey's death sentence against the chief of the terrorist organization [PKK] Abdullah Ocalan
- FEBRUARY 12, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
A Pasig City court sentenced a man to die by lethal...
A Pasig City court sentenced a man to die by lethal injection for the abduction of a Chinese businessman in 1998
- FEBRUARY 12, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Iraj Rashvan was executed in Takestan, Iran
Iraj Rashvan was executed in Takestan, Iran
- FEBRUARY 11, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China released a Hong Kong businessman jailed for Bible...
China released a Hong Kong businessman jailed for Bible smuggling, following intense diplomatic pressure from America in the run-up to a visit to Beijing by President Bush
- FEBRUARY 11, 2002OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
The House Judiciary Committee voted 7-4 to send to...
The House Judiciary Committee voted 7-4 to send to the full House HB 2635
- FEBRUARY 11, 2002BelarusDEATH PENALTY
Seven people were sentenced to death in Belarus in...
Seven people were sentenced to death in Belarus in 2001, and 11 others got life in prison, Valyantsin Sukala, chairman of the Supreme Court of Belarus, told reporters
- FEBRUARY 11, 2002RussiaDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty should be restored in Russia and...
The death penalty should be restored in Russia and executions should be public, LDPR leader Vladimir Zhirinovsky declared at a round-table meeting titled 'The Abolishment of the Death Penalty Moratorium'
- FEBRUARY 11, 2002NamibiaDEATH PENALTY
Five alleged UNITA and/or Caprivi Liberation Army (CLA)...
Five alleged UNITA and/or Caprivi Liberation Army (CLA) guerrillas were arrested and instantly killed by Namibian Defence Force (NDF) troops