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
- OCTOBER 28, 2002Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
UN's special rapporteur of the Commission on the independence...
UN's special rapporteur of the Commission on the independence of judges and lawyers Dato'Param Cumaraswamy has expressed appreciation for facilitating his mission, and said the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia had shown utmost cooperation with him, as well as expr
- OCTOBER 28, 2002BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
District and Sessions Judge Bhabani Prosad Singh found...
District and Sessions Judge Bhabani Prosad Singh found Poritosh, 38, guilty of killing his wife Sunita Prova Rudra and daughter Nishi Rudra (4), and handed down the death penalty in a jam-packed court
- OCTOBER 28, 2002JapanDEATH PENALTY
A former construction worker, who murdered a woman...
A former construction worker, who murdered a woman during a probation period after being released from jail on parole, has rescinded his appeal against a death sentence for his second crime
- OCTOBER 28, 2002IndiaDEATH PENALTY
Women's rights activists are urging Miss India to give...
Women's rights activists are urging Miss India to give up aspirations of fame and join the boycott of this year's Miss World pageant in Nigeria over the sentencing of a single mother to death by stoning
- OCTOBER 28, 2002Trinidad & TobagoDEATH PENALTY
Dana Seetahal, an independent legislator and former...
Dana Seetahal, an independent legislator and former magistrate here told the Senate that she has been lobbying the Mercy Committee that is chaired by the Minister of National Security for a number of years to pardon convicted killers who had spent 16 year
- OCTOBER 28, 2002IllinoisDEATH PENALTY
Illinois' marathon death penalty clemency hearings...
Illinois' marathon death penalty clemency hearings drew to an end after more than two weeks of gruesome accounts and tearful pleas by victims' families
- OCTOBER 28, 2002Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
A Palestinian security court sentenced to death a Palestinian...
A Palestinian security court sentenced to death a Palestinian human rights worker in a one-day trial, finding he had supplied Israel with information that led to the killing of militants, Reuters reported
- OCTOBER 27, 2002JordanDEATH PENALTY
Hundreds of Jordanian women have marched in Abdun district...
Hundreds of Jordanian women have marched in Abdun district in western Amman, appealing to the Qatari people to help release Jordanian journalist Firas al-Majali, who faces a death penalty by a Qatari court
- OCTOBER 27, 2002QatarDEATH PENALTY
Hundreds of Jordanian women marched in Abdun District...
Hundreds of Jordanian women marched in Abdun District in western Amman, appealing to the Qatari people to help release Jordanian journalist Firas al-Majali
- OCTOBER 27, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Iran said it was happy to discuss its stance on human...
Iran said it was happy to discuss its stance on human rights issues such as hanging with concerned European countries, but wouldn't change it
- OCTOBER 27, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Two Iranian men convicted of murder were hanged publicly...
Two Iranian men convicted of murder were hanged publicly in Tehran at dawn, one of them in a park better known as a spot for dining out or hiking, witnesses said
- OCTOBER 27, 2002SwitzerlandDEATH PENALTY
Iran said it was happy to discuss its stance on human...
Iran said it was happy to discuss its stance on human rights issues such as hanging with concerned European countries, but wouldn't change it
- OCTOBER 26, 2002AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
During the debate on the new Constitution, moderates...
During the debate on the new Constitution, moderates fear the growing influence of religious conservatives over the judicial system and regard Fazul Hadi Shinwari, the chief justice of the Supreme Court, with suspicion
- OCTOBER 26, 2002JordanDEATH PENALTY
Prime Minister Ali Abu-al-Raghibhe was shocked over...
Prime Minister Ali Abu-al-Raghibhe was shocked over a verdict made by a Qatari court, which sentenced to death Jordanian journalist Firas al-Majali
- OCTOBER 26, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
An Iranian court, in a rare departure from traditional...
An Iranian court, in a rare departure from traditional practice that spares the life of fathers who kill their children, sentenced to death a man who cut off his daughter's head, a newspaper reported
- OCTOBER 25, 2002SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
Wan Kamil Mohamed Shafian, Ibrahim Mohamed and Rosli...
Wan Kamil Mohamed Shafian, Ibrahim Mohamed and Rosli Ahmat were hanged
- OCTOBER 25, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Amina Lawal, the Nigerian mother condemned to death...
Amina Lawal, the Nigerian mother condemned to death by stoning said she wants Miss World contestants to go to Nigeria for the beauty pageant due to be held in Abuja
- OCTOBER 25, 2002JordanDEATH PENALTY
Abu Qatada, a Moslem cleric said to be Osama Bin Laden's...
Abu Qatada, a Moslem cleric said to be Osama Bin Laden's European 'ambassador' has been arrested in Britain
- OCTOBER 25, 2002United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
Abu Qatada, a Moslem cleric said to be Osama Bin Laden's...
Abu Qatada, a Moslem cleric said to be Osama Bin Laden's European 'ambassador' has been arrested in Britain
- OCTOBER 25, 2002RomaniaDEATH PENALTY
A bill adopted aims to curb rising incidence of child...
A bill adopted aims to curb rising incidence of child abuse in this impoverished East European nation
- OCTOBER 25, 2002OhioDEATH PENALTY
In McArthur, Judge Jeffrey Simmons sentenced Gregory...
In McArthur, Judge Jeffrey Simmons sentenced Gregory McKnight to death over the objections of his victim's parents, who said their daughter opposed capital punishment
- OCTOBER 25, 2002TajikistanDEATH PENALTY
The judicial collegium for criminal proceedings of...
The judicial collegium for criminal proceedings of the Tajik Supreme Court, headed by a judge of the Supreme Court, Azamat Temurkhonov, has examined a criminal case brought against Khurshed Rasulov, Ilhomjon Muminov, Khurshe, Yusupov, Ikrom Gadoyev, Mirzo
- OCTOBER 25, 2002UtahDEATH PENALTY
A serial killer who asked to be executed by firing...
A serial killer who asked to be executed by firing squad without the traditional hood over his head will be granted his wish, the state Supreme Court ruled
- OCTOBER 25, 2002GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
In Atlanta, in an unanimous ruling, a 3-judge panel...
In Atlanta, in an unanimous ruling, a 3-judge panel of the 11th U
- OCTOBER 25, 2002SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
Syed Abdul Mutalip and Roetikno Shariff were hanged...
Syed Abdul Mutalip and Roetikno Shariff were hanged for drug trafficking
- OCTOBER 25, 2002SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
Wan Kamil Mohamed Shafian, Ibrahim Mohamed and Rosli...
Wan Kamil Mohamed Shafian, Ibrahim Mohamed and Rosli Ahmat were hanged on October 25, 2002
- OCTOBER 25, 2002DEATH PENALTY
AMINA WANTS MISS WORLD CONTESTANTS IN NIGERIA
October 25, 2002: Amina Lawal, the Nigerian mother condemned to stoning said she wants Miss World contestants to go to Nigeria for the beauty pageant due to be held in Abuja. Amina’s declaration was made during an interview with an HOC delegation that vis
- OCTOBER 24, 2002Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
A Palestinian security court sentenced a 22-year-old...
A Palestinian security court sentenced a 22-year-old university student to death by firing squad for giving Israel information that led to a July air raid, which killed a top Muslim militant and 15 others
- OCTOBER 24, 2002ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
Rimma Demirchyan, the widow of National Assembly Speaker...
Rimma Demirchyan, the widow of National Assembly Speaker Karen Demirchyan, who also was killed in the act of terrorism in the 1999 Armenian parliament, described as "unacceptable" the fulfilment of the Council of Europe's requirement on lifting death pena
- OCTOBER 24, 2002IllinoisDEATH PENALTY
For nearly two weeks, the details of the most gruesome...
For nearly two weeks, the details of the most gruesome murders in recent Illinois history have been replayed for the public in a marathon set of clemency hearings that death penalty opponents now believe may have backfired and hurt their cause