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 2, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
An Additional Sessions Judge, Sohail Nasir, in Attock,...
An Additional Sessions Judge, Sohail Nasir, in Attock, Pakistan gave the death sentence to [a man identified only as] Pervez for an honour killing
- FEBRUARY 2, 2002United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
Children growing up in Yorkshire's violent streets...
Children growing up in Yorkshire's violent streets described feeling frightened, trapped and unsafe
- FEBRUARY 2, 2002SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
A Somali woman facing execution by stoning for adultery...
A Somali woman facing execution by stoning for adultery won a reprieve from the Federal Court from deportation to her homeland
- FEBRUARY 2, 2002AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
A Somali woman facing execution by stoning for adultery...
A Somali woman facing execution by stoning for adultery won a reprieve from the Federal Court from deportation to her homeland
- FEBRUARY 2, 2002Burkina FasoDEATH PENALTY
Over 100 suspected bandits have been summarily executed...
Over 100 suspected bandits have been summarily executed by Burkina Faso's security forces during a three-month clamp down on crime, a human rights group in the West African country said
- FEBRUARY 2, 2002CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
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- FEBRUARY 2, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
A man was hanged in public in Abar Kouh, Iran
A man was hanged in public in Abar Kouh, Iran
- FEBRUARY 2, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
A woman identified only by her first name, Sima, was...
A woman identified only by her first name, Sima, was condemned to death by stoning in Iran
- FEBRUARY 2, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
A Tehran court sentenced Mohammed Reza to death
A Tehran court sentenced Mohammed Reza to death
- FEBRUARY 1, 2002Nord CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
North Carolina death row inmate Bobby Lee Harris will...
North Carolina death row inmate Bobby Lee Harris will never have to return to death row, the Supreme Court ruled
- FEBRUARY 1, 2002ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
An Armenian accused of spying for Turkey could face...
An Armenian accused of spying for Turkey could face the death penalty
- FEBRUARY 1, 2002SudanDEATH PENALTY
Special "emergency courts" established in 2001 in Sudan...
Special "emergency courts" established in 2001 in Sudan are being used to impose inhumane sentences such as death by stoning and amputations, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said
- FEBRUARY 1, 2002MoroccoDEATH PENALTY
Three Moroccan human rights associations called for...
Three Moroccan human rights associations called for a new trial for Majda Mostefa Mahir, a Moroccan woman recently condemned to death for the killing of a Saudi prince, Farid Ben Abdallah Al-Mishari Al-Saoud
- FEBRUARY 1, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
In Lahore, Additional District and Sessions Judge Syed...
In Lahore, Additional District and Sessions Judge Syed Maroof Ahmad Ali condemned Muhammad Khalid Saifullah to death for murdering his wife
- FEBRUARY 1, 2002Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi Arabia beheaded a Saudi man for shooting a compatriot...
Saudi Arabia beheaded a Saudi man for shooting a compatriot to death after a dispute
- FEBRUARY 1, 2002Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Three Moroccan human rights associations called for...
Three Moroccan human rights associations called for a new trial for Majda Mostefa Mahir, a Moroccan woman recently condemned to death for the killing of a Saudi prince, Farid Ben Abdallah Al-Mishari Al-Saoud
- FEBRUARY 1, 2002RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Many Duma deputies from the pro-presidential coalition...
Many Duma deputies from the pro-presidential coalition are supporters of restoration of the death penalty
- FEBRUARY 1, 2002RussiaDEATH PENALTY
The public debate in Russia over the future of the...
The public debate in Russia over the future of the death penalty heated up when the justice minister said it should be scrapped, while a regional governor said the murder rate showed it ought to be kept
- FEBRUARY 1, 2002DEATH PENALTY
BOBBY LEE HARRIS FREED FROM DEATH ROW
February 1, 2002: North Carolina death row inmate Bobby Lee Harris will never have to return to death row, the Supreme Court ruled.
- JANUARY 31, 2002BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A court in Bangladesh condemned a man to death for...
A court in Bangladesh condemned a man to death for killing his wife
- JANUARY 31, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China executed former truck driver Hua Ruizhuo for...
China executed former truck driver Hua Ruizhuo for killing 14 Beijing prostitutes over three years, the official Xinhua news agency said
- JANUARY 31, 2002KazakhstanDEATH PENALTY
The upper house of the Kazakh parliament, the Senate,...
The upper house of the Kazakh parliament, the Senate, approved amendments to legislation on combating terrorism
- JANUARY 31, 2002MexicoDEATH PENALTY
Lawyers for Mexico's most notorious drug kingpin, the...
Lawyers for Mexico's most notorious drug kingpin, the fugitive Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman Loera, persuaded a judge to block his extradition to the United States, officials said
- JANUARY 31, 2002European UnionDEATH PENALTY
"The death penalty, in the 21st Century! Form of torture...
"The death penalty, in the 21st Century! Form of torture of times gone by, this cruel and degrading practice is in our eyes, as in yours, unacceptable
- JANUARY 31, 2002KenyaDEATH PENALTY
A woman convicted of murdering her two-year-old son...
A woman convicted of murdering her two-year-old son was spared the death sentence because of doubts about her age, and having a one-year-old child, conceived whilst in custody
- JANUARY 31, 2002OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
David Wayne Woodruff, 42, was pronounced dead at 9:12 p
David Wayne Woodruff, 42, was pronounced dead at 9:12 p
- JANUARY 31, 2002TexasDEATH PENALTY
Randal Hafdahl, whose execution was delayed because...
Randal Hafdahl, whose execution was delayed because officials had difficulty finding a suitable vein for the lethal needles, was pronounced dead at 6:48 p
- JANUARY 31, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Three Hong Kong men - Cheng Pong-chueng, Yeung Lor-fu...
Three Hong Kong men - Cheng Pong-chueng, Yeung Lor-fu and Lam Pui-man - were sentenced to death by Shenzhen's Intermediate People's Court after they were convicted of selling about 180 kilograms of illegal drugs
- JANUARY 31, 2002DominicaDEATH PENALTY
The Caribbean may be coming one step closer to finally...
The Caribbean may be coming one step closer to finally ridding itself of the scourge of the death penalty, Amnesty International said at the conclusion of hearings by the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (Privy Council) which will determine whether
- JANUARY 31, 2002BelizeDEATH PENALTY
The Caribbean may be coming one step closer to finally...
The Caribbean may be coming one step closer to finally ridding itself of the scourge of the death penalty, Amnesty International said at the conclusion of hearings by the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (Privy Council) which will determine whether