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 1, 2002ThailandDEATH PENALTY
Thailand has executed 40 drug traffickers since the...
Thailand has executed 40 drug traffickers since the government of Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra took office in January 2001
- JANUARY 1, 2002TajikistanDEATH PENALTY
Under Tajik legislation possession of hard drugs in...
Under Tajik legislation possession of hard drugs in large quantities (from 15 g) with a view to selling carries the death penalty or jail terms from 20 to 25 years
- JANUARY 1, 2002SudanDEATH PENALTY
According to the information received, under Articles...
According to the information received, under Articles 167 and 168 of the Sudan Penal Code, the punishment for armed robbery, also known as harrab, is death and death followed by crucifixion
- JANUARY 1, 2002BarbadosDEATH PENALTY
The county's Constitution has been changed to allow...
The county's Constitution has been changed to allow hangings to take place as quickly as possible after the exhaustion of domestic appeals
- JANUARY 1, 2002GhanaDEATH PENALTY
At least 155 people are listed as having been executed...
At least 155 people are listed as having been executed between 1984 and 1993, when democracy returned to the former British colony after Jerry Rawlings was elected as president, and was said to have headed an iron fisted military government
- JANUARY 1, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
The Philippines has executed seven convicts since it...
The Philippines has executed seven convicts since it reinstated the death penalty in 1994
- JANUARY 1, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Smuggling more than a kilo of heroin carries the death...
Smuggling more than a kilo of heroin carries the death penalty in Pakistan
- JANUARY 1, 2002IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
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- JANUARY 1, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Prisoners on death row are prohibited from leaving...
Prisoners on death row are prohibited from leaving their cells and are not allowed to receive visitors aside from members of their immediate families
- JANUARY 1, 2002United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
There were 865 executions in Britain between 1900 and...
There were 865 executions in Britain between 1900 and 1964, the date of the last execution
- JANUARY 1, 2002United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
The last vote for the reintroduction of capital punishment...
The last vote for the reintroduction of capital punishment was defeated in the House of Commons by 403 votes to 159 - a majority of 244
- JANUARY 1, 2002ZimbabweDEATH PENALTY
After independence, there were nine offences which...
After independence, there were nine offences which attracted the death penalty, but over the years they have been reduced to three
- JANUARY 1, 2002MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
Under Hudud laws, an unmarried women who is pregnant...
Under Hudud laws, an unmarried women who is pregnant faces the death penalty
- JANUARY 1, 2002KazakhstanDEATH PENALTY
According to the Kazakh International Bureau for Human...
According to the Kazakh International Bureau for Human Rights and Rule of Law, some 400 people have been executed over the past nine years
- JANUARY 1, 2002South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
The Ministry of Justice revealed that as of October...
The Ministry of Justice revealed that as of October 2002 there were 60 people on death row
- JANUARY 1, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
"We want Sharia, the best of all the laws"
"We want Sharia, the best of all the laws" is scrawled in brown letters along the walls of the building where our meeting with the state authorities was held
- JANUARY 1, 2002IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
Under the law, convicted terrorists must be sentenced...
Under the law, convicted terrorists must be sentenced to death
- JANUARY 1, 2002Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Seven Westerners, including five Britons, are awaiting...
Seven Westerners, including five Britons, are awaiting trial in Saudi Arabia for some of the bomb attacks and could face the death penalty if convicted
- JANUARY 1, 2002JapanDEATH PENALTY
Forty-three people have been executed since Japan resumed...
Forty-three people have been executed since Japan resumed capital punishment in 1993
- JANUARY 1, 2002JapanDEATH PENALTY
Prisoners are isolated in narrow solitary cells monitored...
Prisoners are isolated in narrow solitary cells monitored by TV cameras 24 hours a day
- JANUARY 1, 2002Sierra LeoneDEATH PENALTY
Sierra Leone's campaign against the death penalty started...
Sierra Leone's campaign against the death penalty started with a campaign spearheaded by Amnesty International following the 1989 killings by the then All People's Congress (APC) regime
- JANUARY 1, 2002Sierra LeoneDEATH PENALTY
Sierra Leone officially adopted the death penalty in...
Sierra Leone officially adopted the death penalty in 1991 as enshrined in section 16 (1) of that year's Constitution, and since then successive regimes have carried out state instituted killings, the most recent being the execution by firing squad of 24
- JANUARY 1, 2002IndiaDEATH PENALTY
The following sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC)...
The following sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) are punishable with the death penalty: Section 121, on waging or attempting to wage a war against the government of India, which attracts death or imprisonment for life and a fine
- JANUARY 1, 2002IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
Between the years 2000 and 2002 the Tangerang District...
Between the years 2000 and 2002 the Tangerang District Court has sentenced to death 22 drug traffickers, including five Indonesians, six Nigerians, five Nepalese, three Thai women, a Pakistani man, a Zimbabwean and a Malawian
- JANUARY 1, 2002JapanDEATH PENALTY
Unique among the G8 countries, in Japan the pro-hanging...
Unique among the G8 countries, in Japan the pro-hanging lobby has the legal and political establishment solidly on its side
- JANUARY 1, 2002IndiaDEATH PENALTY
Section 3(2a) of the Prevention Of Terrorist Activities...
Section 3(2a) of the Prevention Of Terrorist Activities Act (Pota) says "whoever commits a terrorist act, shall be punishable with death or imprisonment for life and also shall be liable to a fine
- JANUARY 1, 2002MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
The Malaysian High Courts only try criminal cases punishable...
The Malaysian High Courts only try criminal cases punishable with the death penalty
- JANUARY 1, 2002New ZealandDEATH PENALTY
New Zealand has signed the UN Convention Against Torture...
New Zealand has signed the UN Convention Against Torture which upholds not deporting or extraditing people to countries where they would face an abuse of human rights, such as torture, cruel and unusual punishment or the death penalty
- JANUARY 1, 2002AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
The last Australian to be legally executed was Michael...
The last Australian to be legally executed was Michael Denis McAuliffe, 38, who was hanged in Malaysia in 1993
- JANUARY 1, 2002JamaicaDEATH PENALTY
According to Amnesty International at least 52 people...
According to Amnesty International at least 52 people have been sentenced to death since the last execution in 1988 and December 2002