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 6, 2002Congo - BrazzavilleDEATH PENALTY
The Zambian Supreme Court confirmed the death sentence...
The Zambian Supreme Court confirmed the death sentence imposed on a Congolese national for murdering two members of one family and staging three armed robberies in Mufulira in 1997
- FEBRUARY 6, 2002ZambiaDEATH PENALTY
The Zambian Supreme Court confirmed the death sentence...
The Zambian Supreme Court confirmed the death sentence imposed on a Congolese national for murdering two members of one family and staging three armed robberies in Mufulira in 1997
- FEBRUARY 6, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International appealed for the lives of members...
Amnesty International appealed for the lives of members of a banned Protestant church who have been sentenced to death
- FEBRUARY 6, 2002IndiaDEATH PENALTY
A division bench of the Allahabad High Court urged...
A division bench of the Allahabad High Court urged the Indian Parliament to amend the law and provide for the death penalty for gang-rape
- FEBRUARY 6, 2002EgyptDEATH PENALTY
Two people, a Jordanian and an Egyptian national, were...
Two people, a Jordanian and an Egyptian national, were hanged at Swaqa prison at dawn, official sources said
- FEBRUARY 6, 2002JordanDEATH PENALTY
Two people, a Jordanian and an Egyptian national, were...
Two people, a Jordanian and an Egyptian national, were hanged at Swaqa prison at dawn, official sources said
- FEBRUARY 5, 2002DEATH PENALTY
A jury convicted 24-year-old Roy Inge Junior of Capital...
A jury convicted 24-year-old Roy Inge Junior of Capital Murder
- FEBRUARY 5, 2002DEATH PENALTY
By an 11-7 vote, the House Courts of Justice Committee...
By an 11-7 vote, the House Courts of Justice Committee rejected Del
- FEBRUARY 5, 2002RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Sergey Mironov, Speaker of the Federation Council (the...
Sergey Mironov, Speaker of the Federation Council (the upper house of the Russian parliament) voiced his support for the moratorium on the death penalty
- FEBRUARY 5, 2002Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
Palestinian gunmen stormed into a Palestinian military...
Palestinian gunmen stormed into a Palestinian military court in the northern West Bank city of Jenin and shot dead three Palestinians who had just been convicted in the killing of a security officer, witnesses and security sources said
- FEBRUARY 5, 2002BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Bangladesh, alarmed by the growing use of corrosive...
Bangladesh, alarmed by the growing use of corrosive acid to disfigure and sometimes kill young women, proposed tough new laws that set death as the maximum penalty
- FEBRUARY 5, 2002MarylandDEATH PENALTY
In Annapolis the Maryland Court of Appeals reversed...
In Annapolis the Maryland Court of Appeals reversed 2 1st-degree murder convictions against Clarence Conyers Jr
- FEBRUARY 5, 2002NamibiaDEATH PENALTY
Human rights monitors in the Kavango region reported...
Human rights monitors in the Kavango region reported that three drunken Oshiwambo-speaking members of the Special Field Force (SFF) allegedly shot and killed Kangere Kanjenje, 31
- FEBRUARY 5, 2002MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
Two factory workers convicted of trafficking in cannabis...
Two factory workers convicted of trafficking in cannabis escaped the gallows after the Court of Appeal acquitted one of them and reduced the charge against the other
- FEBRUARY 5, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Li Jiwen and Zhang Yu were sentenced to death after...
Li Jiwen and Zhang Yu were sentenced to death after being found guilty of mugging by the No
- FEBRUARY 5, 2002IndiaDEATH PENALTY
A man was condemned to death for killing four of his...
A man was condemned to death for killing four of his relatives in cold blood
- FEBRUARY 4, 2002ArkansasDEATH PENALTY
Circuit Court Judge Jim Hudson sentenced Justin C
Circuit Court Judge Jim Hudson sentenced Justin C
- FEBRUARY 4, 2002MarylandDEATH PENALTY
Circuit Judge Alexander Wright Jr
Circuit Judge Alexander Wright Jr
- FEBRUARY 4, 2002Burkina FasoDEATH PENALTY
The Burkina Faso government rejected accusations of...
The Burkina Faso government rejected accusations of summary executions by its security forces
- FEBRUARY 4, 2002MexicoDEATH PENALTY
Mexican President Vicente Fox said he had pressed Cuban...
Mexican President Vicente Fox said he had pressed Cuban President Fidel Castro to abolish the death penalty in Cuba
- FEBRUARY 4, 2002CubaDEATH PENALTY
Mexican President Vicente Fox said he had pressed Cuban...
Mexican President Vicente Fox said he had pressed Cuban President Fidel Castro to abolish the death penalty in Cuba
- FEBRUARY 4, 2002ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
The Deputy Speaker of the Armenian National Assembly...
The Deputy Speaker of the Armenian National Assembly Gagik Aslanyan is against abolition of capital punishment in the country
- FEBRUARY 4, 2002IndiaDEATH PENALTY
The Panthic Morcha [an opposition joint front of Sikh...
The Panthic Morcha [an opposition joint front of Sikh groups in the north Indian state of Punjab] said it favoured the abolition of capital punishment in its manifesto for the state legislative assembly elections which will be held in February
- FEBRUARY 4, 2002RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Russian presidential aide on pardon matters and prominent...
Russian presidential aide on pardon matters and prominent writer Anatoly Pristavkin spoke out categorically against a national referendum on re-introducing the death penalty in Russia
- FEBRUARY 4, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Three men were sentenced to death for disrupting power...
Three men were sentenced to death for disrupting power supplies and damaging electrical equipment, the People's Court Daily reported
- FEBRUARY 4, 2002YemenDEATH PENALTY
Two Yemeni men convicted in separate murders were executed...
Two Yemeni men convicted in separate murders were executed by firing squad, the prosecutor general's office said
- FEBRUARY 4, 2002South AfricaDEATH PENALTY
More than 800 people protesting outside the Kokstad...
More than 800 people protesting outside the Kokstad Magistrate's Court in KwaZulu-Natal were overjoyed at the court's decision not to grant bail to eight murder suspects
- FEBRUARY 4, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Xishuangbanna Tai Autonomous Prefecture Intermediate...
Xishuangbanna Tai Autonomous Prefecture Intermediate People's Court, Yunnan Province, sentenced to death Li Kui, 41, deputy director of Xishuangbanna Prefecture Forestry Public Security Bureau, for drug trafficking
- FEBRUARY 3, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
An Iranian court sentenced three men - Keyvan Razaghi,...
An Iranian court sentenced three men - Keyvan Razaghi, Kamran Razaghi and Hamdalah Z
- FEBRUARY 3, 2002KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
A Kuwaiti court sentenced to death a police officer...
A Kuwaiti court sentenced to death a police officer for gunning down a female editor in a crowded street in the Muslim conservative state