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 18, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Nigeria's President Olusegun Obasanjo expressed full...
Nigeria's President Olusegun Obasanjo expressed full support for the worldwide abolition of the death penalty in a meeting with a Hands Off Cain delegation in Abuja
- OCTOBER 18, 2002ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Nigeria's President Olusegun Obasanjo expressed full...
Nigeria's President Olusegun Obasanjo expressed full support for the worldwide abolition of the death penalty in a meeting with a Hands Off Cain delegation in Abuja
- OCTOBER 18, 2002DEATH PENALTY
Nigeria's President Olusegun Obasanjo expressed full...
Nigeria's President Olusegun Obasanjo expressed full support for the worldwide abolition of the death penalty in a meeting with a Hands Off Cain delegation in Abuja
- OCTOBER 18, 2002DEATH PENALTY
PRESIDENT OBASANJO SUPPORTS ABOLITION OF DEATH PENALTY
October 18, 2002: Nigeria’s President Olusegun Obasanjo expressed full support for the worldwide abolition of the death penalty in a meeting with a Hands Off Cain delegation in Abuja. HOC’s mission, supported by MPs from the European and Italian parliamen
- OCTOBER 17, 2002UgandaDEATH PENALTY
A European Union delegation in Uganda said it is still...
A European Union delegation in Uganda said it is still waiting for an independent inquiry into the March 22 murder of the former parish priest of Panyangara, Fr
- OCTOBER 17, 2002IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
Under pressure to get tough with terrorists after bombings...
Under pressure to get tough with terrorists after bombings in Bali killed nearly 200 people, a new anti-terrorism decree would include a death penalty and summoned a militant Muslim cleric for questioning
- OCTOBER 17, 2002UgandaDEATH PENALTY
A European Union delegation in Uganda said it is still...
A European Union delegation in Uganda said it is still waiting for an independent inquiry into the March 22 murder of the former parish priest of Panyangara, Fr
- OCTOBER 17, 2002IndianaDEATH PENALTY
Benjamin Ritchie, 22, convicted of killing William...
Benjamin Ritchie, 22, convicted of killing William Toney, a police officer, in September 2000 was sentenced to death
- OCTOBER 17, 2002New ZealandDEATH PENALTY
The New Zealand Parliament unanimously passed a motion...
The New Zealand Parliament unanimously passed a motion condemning the sentencing of a Nigerian woman to death by stoning for having sex outside marriage
- OCTOBER 17, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
NTC met with authorities of Katsina, the Nigerian state...
NTC met with authorities of Katsina, the Nigerian state that in the year 2000 introduced a "strict" Islamic code and sentenced Amina to death
- OCTOBER 17, 2002Trinidad & TobagoDEATH PENALTY
The Privy Council has quashed the death sentence on...
The Privy Council has quashed the death sentence on two Trinidadian men contending that their defence lawyers had failed to include good character evidence during their trial
- OCTOBER 17, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
The Women's Committee of the National Council of Resistance...
The Women's Committee of the National Council of Resistance of Iran said that the death sentence for a woman, Taj Beigom, 45, had been sent to the "Department for Implementation of Sentences" to be carried out
- OCTOBER 17, 2002Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
A Palestinian security court sentenced a Hamas veteran...
A Palestinian security court sentenced a Hamas veteran to death for helping Israeli intelligence track and kill five fellow members of the Islamic militant group between 1987 and 1995
- OCTOBER 17, 2002NebraskaDEATH PENALTY
District Judge Robert Ensz ruled that prosecutors could...
District Judge Robert Ensz ruled that prosecutors could not seek the death penalty against Nazario Robles, a defendant in a Madison County murder trial
- OCTOBER 16, 2002CzechiaDEATH PENALTY
A Czech sentenced to death in Yugoslavia recently had...
A Czech sentenced to death in Yugoslavia recently had his sentenced commuted to 40 years in prison
- OCTOBER 16, 2002DEATH PENALTY
A Czech sentenced to death in Yugoslavia recently had...
A Czech sentenced to death in Yugoslavia recently had his sentenced commuted to 40 years in prison
- OCTOBER 16, 2002TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
President Chen Shui-bian said that Taiwan will gradually...
President Chen Shui-bian said that Taiwan will gradually phase out capital punishment in line with its protection of human rights
- OCTOBER 16, 2002AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Abdol Mahmud Daqiq, the prosecutor general, met UNHCR's...
Abdol Mahmud Daqiq, the prosecutor general, met UNHCR's head at the former office
- OCTOBER 16, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
HOC also met several Senators who expressed different...
HOC also met several Senators who expressed different stands with regard the death penalty
- OCTOBER 16, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Hands off Cain met at the Italian Embassy in Abuja,...
Hands off Cain met at the Italian Embassy in Abuja, Amina Lawal with her dauther Wasila Amina is thirty years old and has two children from her two marriages
- OCTOBER 16, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
President Obasanjo said that he was committed to fighting...
President Obasanjo said that he was committed to fighting to save lives and would continue the campaign "here in our country and internationally
- OCTOBER 16, 2002United NationsDEATH PENALTY
In Geneva, the United Nations human rights chief Sergio...
In Geneva, the United Nations human rights chief Sergio Vieira de Mello said he was seriously worried about the human rights situation in Ivory Coast
- OCTOBER 16, 2002Côte d’IvoireDEATH PENALTY
In Geneva, the United Nations human rights chief Sergio...
In Geneva, the United Nations human rights chief Sergio Vieira de Mello said he was seriously worried about the human rights situation in Ivory Coast
- OCTOBER 16, 2002ZambiaDEATH PENALTY
Justice Lewanika, who sat at the Supreme Court with...
Justice Lewanika, who sat at the Supreme Court with judges Ireen Mambilima and Peter Chitengi, was delivering judgment in a matter in which William Chisha appealed against his conviction and death sentence for the murder of Abel Chikoma on February 14, 19
- OCTOBER 16, 2002AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Abdol Mahmud Daqiq, the prosecutor general, met UNHCR's...
Abdol Mahmud Daqiq, the prosecutor general, met UNHCR's head at the former office
- OCTOBER 16, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Judge Silvestre Bello Jr
Judge Silvestre Bello Jr
- OCTOBER 16, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
The Iranian newspaper Etemaad website reported that...
The Iranian newspaper Etemaad website reported that five people convicted of murder by Tehran Criminal Court were hanged in Tehran's Qasr Prison
- OCTOBER 16, 2002DEATH PENALTY
HOC IN NIGERIA FOR TALKS WITH GOVERNMENT AUTHORITIES ON THE DEATH PENALTY AND AMINA LAWAL
October 16, 2002: Hands Off Cain is in Nigeria for talks with government authorities and Amina Lawal, a Nigerian mother sentenced to death-by-stoning for adultery. HOC’s ongoing campaign for Amina’s freedom is currently being promoted by Miss World partic
- OCTOBER 15, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
A 54-year-old man sentenced to death by an Islamic...
A 54-year-old man sentenced to death by an Islamic court in northern Nigeria denied his confessional statement, saying he gave it under duress
- OCTOBER 15, 2002TanzaniaDEATH PENALTY
A Kenyan who killed a Tanzanian by cutting him into...
A Kenyan who killed a Tanzanian by cutting him into pieces was sentenced to hang by the Tanzanian High Court