Archive timeline
2002
The news published by Hands Off Cain in 2002, month by month, with the countries most present that year.
Latest news of 2002
- FEBRUARY 11, 2002RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Russian President Vladimir Putin gave Russia's state...
Russian President Vladimir Putin gave Russia's state prosecutors a tongue-lashing for allowing thousands of violent criminals to walk free and told them to improve the conviction rate for serious crimes
- FEBRUARY 11, 2002IsraelDEATH PENALTY
The Palestinian Media Centre web site said Israeli...
The Palestinian Media Centre web site said Israeli occupation forces executed 13-year-old Samir Abu Mayala from Al-Thuri neighbourhood of occupied East Jerusalem after shooting him in the shoulder
- FEBRUARY 11, 2002KyrgyzstanDEATH PENALTY
A court in Kyrgyzstan condemned two men to death for murder
A court in Kyrgyzstan condemned two men to death for murder
- FEBRUARY 11, 2002Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
The Palestinian Media Centre web site said Israeli...
The Palestinian Media Centre web site said Israeli occupation forces executed 13-year-old Samir Abu Mayala from Al-Thuri neighbourhood of occupied East Jerusalem after shooting him in the shoulder
- FEBRUARY 11, 2002UkraineDEATH PENALTY
The lawyer of a Ukrainian citizen sentenced to death...
The lawyer of a Ukrainian citizen sentenced to death in the United Arab Emirates on February 9 for murder is preparing an appeal
- FEBRUARY 11, 2002United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
The lawyer of a Ukrainian citizen sentenced to death...
The lawyer of a Ukrainian citizen sentenced to death in the United Arab Emirates on February 9 for murder is preparing an appeal
- FEBRUARY 11, 2002Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Thirty-five convicted drug traffickers were executed...
Thirty-five convicted drug traffickers were executed in Saudi Arabia in 2000, in most cases after swift, secret trials without lawyers or juries
- FEBRUARY 11, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
An international campaign has begun on behalf of five...
An international campaign has begun on behalf of five leaders of a defiant evangelical Christian group who were given death sentences in December 2001 under China's 1999 anti-cult law
- FEBRUARY 11, 2002TexasDEATH PENALTY
A Bexar County jury took less than 2 hours to sentence...
A Bexar County jury took less than 2 hours to sentence Frank Garcia Jr
- FEBRUARY 11, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Deputy Prime Minister Mesut Yilmaz, speaking at a meeting...
Deputy Prime Minister Mesut Yilmaz, speaking at a meeting entitled Turkey's Place in the EU organized by the Swedish Chamber of Commerce in Istanbul, stated that the banning of capital punishment was included among Turkey's middle term goals in the Nation
- FEBRUARY 11, 2002JordanDEATH PENALTY
A three-member military court in Jordan sentenced a...
A three-member military court in Jordan sentenced a Jordanian-American man to death after convicting him on charges that he planned to bomb tourist sites during millennium celebrations
- FEBRUARY 11, 2002DEATH PENALTY
THE MONSTER OF ROSTOV – I DID IT FOR LOVE
February 11, 2002: a theatrical work on Andrei Chikatilo, the ‘monster of Rostov’ convicted of cannibalism in Ukraine will show in Rome on February 16 and 17.
- FEBRUARY 10, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
The use of ecstasy, a prohibited drug said to be popular...
The use of ecstasy, a prohibited drug said to be popular among the affluent, will soon be among the list of offences meriting the death penalty, Senate President Franklin M
- FEBRUARY 10, 2002PennsylvaniaDEATH PENALTY
Alan Pursell, then 22, was sent to death row for the...
Alan Pursell, then 22, was sent to death row for the July 23, 1981 killing of 8 years old Christopher Brine
- FEBRUARY 10, 2002IndiaDEATH PENALTY
The Supreme court stayed the execution of the only...
The Supreme court stayed the execution of the only woman on death row in Tihar Jail
- FEBRUARY 10, 2002SudanDEATH PENALTY
A Sudanese appeals court overturned a sentence of death...
A Sudanese appeals court overturned a sentence of death by stoning for a pregnant Christian woman accused of adultery, and sent the case back to the lower court for fresh sentencing, court documents showed
- FEBRUARY 9, 2002United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
A Russian and a Ukrainian were sentenced to death in...
A Russian and a Ukrainian were sentenced to death in Dubai for murdering an Indian jeweller during a robbery in which they made off with $US1
- FEBRUARY 9, 2002United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
Ruth Ellis, the last woman to be hanged in Britain,...
Ruth Ellis, the last woman to be hanged in Britain, is expected to have her conviction reduced to manslaughter
- FEBRUARY 9, 2002RussiaDEATH PENALTY
A Russian and a Ukrainian were sentenced to death in...
A Russian and a Ukrainian were sentenced to death in Dubai for murdering an Indian jeweller during a robbery in which they made off with $US1
- FEBRUARY 9, 2002UkraineDEATH PENALTY
A Russian and a Ukrainian were sentenced to death in...
A Russian and a Ukrainian were sentenced to death in Dubai for murdering an Indian jeweller during a robbery in which they made off with $US1
- FEBRUARY 9, 2002RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Vladimir Kalamanov, presidential human rights envoy...
Vladimir Kalamanov, presidential human rights envoy in Chechnya, expressed mixed feelings about the ban on the death penalty in Russia
- FEBRUARY 9, 2002CambodiaDEATH PENALTY
Cambodia said it would pursue its own plans for a Khmer...
Cambodia said it would pursue its own plans for a Khmer Rouge trial after the United Nations pulled out of talks on setting up a special court to try leaders blamed for 1
- FEBRUARY 9, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Chinese traffic police officer Tan Zhiwei was sentenced...
Chinese traffic police officer Tan Zhiwei was sentenced to death for embezzling 20 million yuan (HK$18
- FEBRUARY 9, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
A Tehran court condemned a man to death
A Tehran court condemned a man to death
- FEBRUARY 8, 2002IllinoisDEATH PENALTY
Gov. George Ryan used his amendatory veto to strip...
Gov. George Ryan used his amendatory veto to strip anti-terrorism legislation passed last fall that would make terrorism a capital offense in Illinois. The anti-terrorism measure was pushed by Atty
- FEBRUARY 8, 2002DEATH PENALTY
The Virginia Senate unanimously approved a bill that...
The Virginia Senate unanimously approved a bill that would bar the execution of mentally retarded people convicted of capital crimes
- FEBRUARY 8, 2002KenyaDEATH PENALTY
The six King'ong'o prisoners were battered to death...
The six King'ong'o prisoners were battered to death by warders, and there was no escape bid as claimed by the jail authorities, a principal magistrate ruled at the inquest into their deaths
- FEBRUARY 8, 2002RussiaDEATH PENALTY
The Russian State Duma drafted an appeal to President...
The Russian State Duma drafted an appeal to President Vladimir Putin against the possible banning of the death penalty
- FEBRUARY 8, 2002RussiaDEATH PENALTY
The Duma committee for legislation recommended to the...
The Duma committee for legislation recommended to the lower chamber of the Russian parliament the ratification of Protocol No
- FEBRUARY 8, 2002RussiaDEATH PENALTY
The Russian government faces growing demands to re-institute...
The Russian government faces growing demands to re-institute the death penalty following a five-year moratorium