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 16, 2002ThailandDEATH PENALTY
Wanchalerm Yoobamrung, the son of a former Thai justice...
Wanchalerm Yoobamrung, the son of a former Thai justice minister went on trial in Bangkok's Central Criminal Court in connection with the murder in 2001 of a policeman in a busy Bangkok nightclub
- JANUARY 16, 2002South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
A Chinese court sentenced a South Korean drug trafficker...
A Chinese court sentenced a South Korean drug trafficker to death
- JANUARY 16, 2002ThailandDEATH PENALTY
A Bangkok Post editorial said "even capital punishment...
A Bangkok Post editorial said "even capital punishment has proven unsuccessful at deterring drug traffickers
- JANUARY 16, 2002ThailandDEATH PENALTY
The Corrections Department proposed that people convicted...
The Corrections Department proposed that people convicted of petty crimes or crimes committed by accident should be allowed to pay compensation to the victims instead of being sent to jail
- JANUARY 16, 2002United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
The growing diplomatic row over the al-Qaeda prisoners...
The growing diplomatic row over the al-Qaeda prisoners being held in Cuba intensified as the United Nations demanded that the detainees' human rights were respected
- JANUARY 16, 2002United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
The growing diplomatic row over the al-Qaeda prisoners...
The growing diplomatic row over the al-Qaeda prisoners being held in Cuba intensified as the United Nations demanded that the detainees' human rights were respected
- JANUARY 16, 2002UgandaDEATH PENALTY
Uganda's Supreme Court confirmed that former Under-Secretary...
Uganda's Supreme Court confirmed that former Under-Secretary in the Ministry of Internal Affairs during Obote II regime, Anthony Okwonga, is to hang for murder
- JANUARY 16, 2002TexasDEATH PENALTY
Jermarr Arnold, 43, was executed by lethal injection...
Jermarr Arnold, 43, was executed by lethal injection at the state prison in Huntsville for shooting Christine Marie Sanchez in the head during a 1983 armed robbery
- JANUARY 16, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
A murderer, convicted of killing his son and wife,...
A murderer, convicted of killing his son and wife, was publicly hanged in the northwestern city of Nir, in Iran's Ardabil Province
- JANUARY 16, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
A 25-year-old man was executed in Ghazvin, Iran
A 25-year-old man was executed in Ghazvin, Iran
- JANUARY 16, 2002TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
President Chen Shui-bian lauded a court decision to...
President Chen Shui-bian lauded a court decision to acquit three defendants who had been on death row for ten years as a ruling consistent with the latest concept of law
- JANUARY 16, 2002VietnamDEATH PENALTY
7 unnamed men were shot to death for murder and drug...
7 unnamed men were shot to death for murder and drug related crimes
- JANUARY 16, 2002DEATH PENALTY
CHINA STEPS UP PERSECUTION OF SPIRITUAL MOVEMENTS
January 16, 2002: the Chinese authorities have intensified their repression of Falun Gong practitioners and are now cracking down on Christians. Hands Off Cain tomorrow will protest in front of the Chinese embassy in Rome against this persecution.
- JANUARY 15, 2002AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
UK Home Secretary Jack Straw warned US authorities...
UK Home Secretary Jack Straw warned US authorities not to execute British citizens suspected of fighting for Osama bin Laden
- JANUARY 15, 2002DEATH PENALTY
The Bush administration will charge American Taliban...
The Bush administration will charge American Taliban John Walker Lindh with conspiracy to kill U
- JANUARY 15, 2002AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Geoff Hoon, the defence secretary, said the transfer...
Geoff Hoon, the defence secretary, said the transfer of British nationals suspected of fighting with Osama bin Laden's al-Qaeda forces in Afghanistan to Cuba was legal but they had to be treated "with proper respect for international law
- JANUARY 15, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A death sentence passed on a Swiss national for the...
A death sentence passed on a Swiss national for the 1997 murder of a schoolgirl in China's Yunnan province has been commuted to life imprisonment, AP said
- JANUARY 15, 2002United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
UK Home Secretary Jack Straw warned US authorities...
UK Home Secretary Jack Straw warned US authorities not to execute British citizens suspected of fighting for Osama bin Laden
- JANUARY 15, 2002JamaicaDEATH PENALTY
Opposition Jamaica Labour Party leader and former Prime...
Opposition Jamaica Labour Party leader and former Prime Minister Edward Seaga called for increased penalties for law-breakers, including capital punishment for drug-related crimes and terrorism
- JANUARY 15, 2002DEATH PENALTY
The Bush administration will charge American Taliban...
The Bush administration will charge American Taliban John Walker Lindh with conspiracy to kill U
- JANUARY 15, 2002United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
Geoff Hoon, the defence secretary, said the transfer...
Geoff Hoon, the defence secretary, said the transfer of British nationals suspected of fighting with Osama bin Laden's al-Qaeda forces in Afghanistan to Cuba was legal but they had to be treated "with proper respect for international law
- JANUARY 15, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
The lawyer for an 18-year-old Muslim who could face...
The lawyer for an 18-year-old Muslim who could face death if she is convicted of adultery in northern Nigeria said she is being held in jail with her newborn daughter
- JANUARY 15, 2002DEATH PENALTY
Geoff Hoon, the defence secretary, said the transfer...
Geoff Hoon, the defence secretary, said the transfer of British nationals suspected of fighting with Osama bin Laden's al-Qaeda forces in Afghanistan to Cuba was legal but they had to be treated "with proper respect for international law
- JANUARY 15, 2002Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Islamic scholars from across the Muslim world, in a...
Islamic scholars from across the Muslim world, in a bid to align themselves with the global movement against terrorism, have agreed on a definition of the term, but excluded Palestinian attacks against Israel from their condemnation
- JANUARY 15, 2002DEATH PENALTY
UK Home Secretary Jack Straw warned US authorities...
UK Home Secretary Jack Straw warned US authorities not to execute British citizens suspected of fighting for Osama bin Laden
- JANUARY 14, 2002VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Vietnamese law provides the death penalty for anyone...
Vietnamese law provides the death penalty for anyone found guilty of embezzling 500 million dong ($33,108) or more of state property
- JANUARY 14, 2002AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Three British al-Qaeda fighters are facing the death penalty
Three British al-Qaeda fighters are facing the death penalty
- JANUARY 14, 2002AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
In total, there are seven men still behind bars in...
In total, there are seven men still behind bars in Western Australia who were originally sentenced to death
- JANUARY 14, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Safiya Husseini is to appeal her sentence of death today
Safiya Husseini is to appeal her sentence of death today
- JANUARY 14, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
An Islamic court in northern Nigeria postponed an appeal...
An Islamic court in northern Nigeria postponed an appeal hearing on behalf of a woman sentenced to death by stoning for the crime of adultery