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
- JANUARY 21, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
An 18-year-old Muslim who could face death if convicted...
An 18-year-old Muslim who could face death if convicted of adultery in northern Nigeria was released on bail after spending five weeks in jail with her new-born daughter, her lawyer said
- JANUARY 21, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Mohammad Poursalehi was hanged in public in Khorramshahr,...
Mohammad Poursalehi was hanged in public in Khorramshahr, Iran
- JANUARY 21, 2002DEATH PENALTY
ANOTHER NIGERIAN WOMAN RISKS DEATH BY STONING
January 21, 2002: another woman in Nigeria’s northern Sokoto State, Hafsatu Abubakar, faces trial for adultery and risks death by stoning.
- JANUARY 20, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Mesut Yilmaz said the...
Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Mesut Yilmaz said the government aims to abolish the death penalty in 2002 as it strives to meet European Union standards
- JANUARY 20, 2002BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A court in Rangpur gave the death penalty to Moksed...
A court in Rangpur gave the death penalty to Moksed Ali and a life term to his accomplice Akramul Hossain on charges of rape and murder
- JANUARY 20, 2002Myanmar (Burma)DEATH PENALTY
Two men, a Thai and a Burmese, were sentenced to death...
Two men, a Thai and a Burmese, were sentenced to death for possessing 200,000 speed pills with intent to sell
- JANUARY 20, 2002TajikistanDEATH PENALTY
The chairman of the criminal collegium of the Supreme...
The chairman of the criminal collegium of the Supreme Court of Tajikistan, Fakhriddin Dodomatov, said: "I think the time for abolishing capital punishment has not yet come
- JANUARY 20, 2002ThailandDEATH PENALTY
Two men, a Thai and a Burmese, were sentenced to death...
Two men, a Thai and a Burmese, were sentenced to death for possessing 200,000 speed pills with intent to sell
- JANUARY 20, 2002RwandaDEATH PENALTY
Two people were sentenced to death in a joint trial...
Two people were sentenced to death in a joint trial of 23 suspects of genocide and other crimes against humanity, committed in the former Gungu Sector [phonetic] of Rwanda
- JANUARY 20, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
An Iranian court in Poldokhtar sentenced Ali Safar...
An Iranian court in Poldokhtar sentenced Ali Safar pour Rajab to death
- JANUARY 19, 2002IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
In a seminar on Indonesian Transition to Democracy,...
In a seminar on Indonesian Transition to Democracy, legal expert Nursyahbani Katjasungkana said that capital punishment must be abolished from the Indonesian legal system
- JANUARY 19, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
An indicted murderer escaped death with the noose on...
An indicted murderer escaped death with the noose on his neck in Iran's northern city of Lahijan in the Gilan Province after being pardoned by the victim's family, the Persian daily Iran said
- JANUARY 19, 2002OmanDEATH PENALTY
An overseas Filipino worker sentenced to death by a...
An overseas Filipino worker sentenced to death by a Shariah Court in Oman in 1999 is safely back at home with his loved ones after he was pardoned by the Sultan of Oman at the close of the holy month of Ramadan
- JANUARY 19, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
An overseas Filipino worker sentenced to death by a...
An overseas Filipino worker sentenced to death by a Shariah Court in Oman in 1999 is safely back at home with his loved ones after he was pardoned by the Sultan of Oman at the close of the holy month of Ramadan
- JANUARY 19, 2002BelarusDEATH PENALTY
Council of Europe Secretary General Walter Schwimmer,...
Council of Europe Secretary General Walter Schwimmer, asked about the chances of Belarus joining the Council of Europe, expressed hopes that "a democratisation process will start" in that country
- JANUARY 19, 2002BelarusDEATH PENALTY
Council of Europe Secretary General Walter Schwimmer,...
Council of Europe Secretary General Walter Schwimmer, asked about the chances of Belarus joining the Council of Europe, expressed hopes that "a democratisation process will start" in that country
- JANUARY 19, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Hamid Karafi was hanged in public in Karaj, near Tehran,...
Hamid Karafi was hanged in public in Karaj, near Tehran, the Farsi language newspaper Ettelaat reported
- JANUARY 18, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Nigerian junior Justice Minister Musa Elayo Abdullahi...
Nigerian junior Justice Minister Musa Elayo Abdullahi said that Nigeria cannot intervene in a legal appeal to save the life of a mother sentenced to be stoned to death for adultery by one of the country's Islamic courts
- JANUARY 18, 2002AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
David Hicks, a 26-year-old Autralian captured fighting...
David Hicks, a 26-year-old Autralian captured fighting with al-Qaeda forces in Afghanistan in December 2001, has been transferred to a US marine base at Cuba's Guantanamo Bay
- JANUARY 18, 2002AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
There has been speculation - it is nothing more - that...
There has been speculation - it is nothing more - that David Hicks, the Australian captured in battle against the Taliban and al-Qa'ida, could be condemned to death by US military tribunal
- JANUARY 18, 2002AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
David Hicks, a 26-year-old Autralian captured fighting...
David Hicks, a 26-year-old Autralian captured fighting with al-Qaeda forces in Afghanistan in December 2001, has been transferred to a US marine base at Cuba's Guantanamo Bay
- JANUARY 18, 2002AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
There has been speculation - it is nothing more - that...
There has been speculation - it is nothing more - that David Hicks, the Australian captured in battle against the Taliban and al-Qa'ida, could be condemned to death by US military tribunal
- JANUARY 18, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A wife's desperate struggle to have a baby with her...
A wife's desperate struggle to have a baby with her husband who had been sentenced to death, ended on the morning of January 18 with his execution, Beijing Morning News reported
- JANUARY 18, 2002MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
A quarry worker was sentenced to death by the High...
A quarry worker was sentenced to death by the High Court in Ipoh, Malaysia, for the murder of a Bangladeshi petrol pump attendant
- JANUARY 18, 2002MexicoDEATH PENALTY
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- JANUARY 18, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
The Supreme Council of Shari'ah in Nigeria said the...
The Supreme Council of Shari'ah in Nigeria said the council's immediate target is to work for the implementation of shari'ah legal system in Kwara and Oyo States
- JANUARY 18, 2002ThailandDEATH PENALTY
The PM's Office Minister Thammarak Issarangkura na...
The PM's Office Minister Thammarak Issarangkura na Ayuthaya said Thailand had seized over 500 million baht worth of drug suspects' assets in the 2001
- JANUARY 18, 2002JapanDEATH PENALTY
A 26-year-old former newspaper delivery man was sentenced...
A 26-year-old former newspaper delivery man was sentenced to death for a September 1999 random stabbing spree in Tokyo's Ikebukuro district that left two people dead and six injured
- JANUARY 18, 2002South AfricaDEATH PENALTY
Six South African men accused of raping a nine-month-old...
Six South African men accused of raping a nine-month-old baby in October 2001 were freed by a court in Upington after insufficient evidence was gathered for the case to proceed
- JANUARY 18, 2002VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Six of 23 offenders charged with drug trafficking were...
Six of 23 offenders charged with drug trafficking were sentenced to death by the People's Court in Vietnam's Nghe An province, according to a report of Vietnam's official news agency VNA