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
- DECEMBER 24, 2002United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
A man was sentenced to death in Sudan by the Ras Al...
A man was sentenced to death in Sudan by the Ras Al Khaimah Sharia Court for murder
- DECEMBER 24, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The ringleader of a mob and two of his followers were...
The ringleader of a mob and two of his followers were sentenced to death by a local court in Jilin Province, northeast China
- DECEMBER 24, 2002VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International spoke out against the death sentence...
Amnesty International spoke out against the death sentence imposed in Vietnam on Le My Linh, 43, an Australian convicted on August 28 of trafficking 888 grams of heroin and 209 grams of diazepam
- DECEMBER 24, 2002VietnamDEATH PENALTY
The Vietnamese community in Australia said that the...
The Vietnamese community in Australia said that the federal government should take a tough stand to force Vietnam to stop the firing squad in the case of Le My Linh, an Australian woman convicted on drug offences
- DECEMBER 24, 2002AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
The Vietnamese community in Australia said that the...
The Vietnamese community in Australia said that the federal government should take a tough stand to force Vietnam to stop the firing squad in the case of Le My Linh, an Australian woman convicted on drug offences
- DECEMBER 24, 2002AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International spoke out against the death sentence...
Amnesty International spoke out against the death sentence imposed in Vietnam on Le My Linh, 43, an Australian convicted on August 28 of trafficking 888 grams of heroin and 209 grams of diazepam
- DECEMBER 24, 2002SudanDEATH PENALTY
A man was sentenced to death by the Ras Al Khaimah...
A man was sentenced to death by the Ras Al Khaimah Sharia Court for murder
- DECEMBER 24, 2002RussiaDEATH PENALTY
A group of parliamentarians of Georgia intended to...
A group of parliamentarians of Georgia intended to appeal to Supreme Court Chairman Vladimir Chanturia requesting him not to approve the decision adopted by the Prosecutor General's Office on the extradition to Russia of three Chechens detained in early
- DECEMBER 24, 2002GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
A group of parliamentarians intended to appeal to Supreme...
A group of parliamentarians intended to appeal to Supreme Court Chairman Vladimir Chanturia requesting him not to approve the decision adopted by the Prosecutor General's Office on the extradition to Russia of three Chechens detained in early August on t
- DECEMBER 24, 2002YemenDEATH PENALTY
Two convicted murderers, including a military officer,...
Two convicted murderers, including a military officer, were executed by firing squad, the Yemeni public prosecutor said in a statement
- DECEMBER 24, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Jilin Provincial Higher People's Court approved...
The Jilin Provincial Higher People's Court approved the execution of alleged gang members Tian Bo, age 39, Li Jiayong, and Xu Chenggui
- DECEMBER 23, 2002IndiaDEATH PENALTY
Following a detailed study on the issue, Justice P...
Following a detailed study on the issue, Justice P N Bhagwati was reported as saying that in India only the poor were sent to the gallows
- DECEMBER 23, 2002IndiaDEATH PENALTY
Four activists of the banned group, Al-Umma, were sentenced...
Four activists of the banned group, Al-Umma, were sentenced to death and four others to life imprisonment by the second fast track court judge, R
- DECEMBER 23, 2002KyrgyzstanDEATH PENALTY
Kyrgyzstan's human rights commissioner, Tursunbai Bakiruulu,...
Kyrgyzstan's human rights commissioner, Tursunbai Bakiruulu, said he wrote to President Askar Akayev to propose abolishing the death penalty in the country, which declared a moratorium on capital punishment in 2000 and has extended it every year since
- DECEMBER 23, 2002IsraelDEATH PENALTY
Radio Voice of Palestine reported that special Israeli...
Radio Voice of Palestine reported that special Israeli army units executed Shaman Hasan Subuh, 28, and Mustafa Jalal Qash, 28, from Burqin village in Jenin Governorate
- DECEMBER 23, 2002VietnamDEATH PENALTY
A Vietnamese court rejected an appeal by Le My Linh,...
A Vietnamese court rejected an appeal by Le My Linh, 43, an Australian woman of Vietnamese origin, who is facing the death penalty for drug trafficking
- DECEMBER 23, 2002DEATH PENALTY
Radio Voice of Palestine reported that special Israeli...
Radio Voice of Palestine reported that special Israeli army units executed Shaman Hasan Subuh, 28, and Mustafa Jalal Qash, 28, from Burqin village in Jenin Governorate
- DECEMBER 23, 2002VietnamDEATH PENALTY
"I am disappointed that on 23 December the People's...
"I am disappointed that on 23 December the People's Supreme Court in Ho Chi Minh City upheld the death sentence imposed on Australian citizen, Le My Linh, following her conviction for 'transporting' heroin," read a statement issued by Australian Foreign A
- DECEMBER 23, 2002AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
"I am disappointed that on 23 December the People's...
"I am disappointed that on 23 December the People's Supreme Court in Ho Chi Minh City upheld the death sentence imposed on Australian citizen, Le My Linh, following her conviction for 'transporting' heroin," read a statement issued by Australian Foreign A
- DECEMBER 23, 2002AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
A Vietnamese court rejected an appeal by Le My Linh,...
A Vietnamese court rejected an appeal by Le My Linh, 43, an Australian woman of Vietnamese origin, who is facing the death penalty for drug trafficking
- DECEMBER 23, 2002JamaicaDEATH PENALTY
It was reported that Dr Lloyd Barnett, chairman of...
It was reported that Dr Lloyd Barnett, chairman of the Independent Jamaica Council for Human Rights and a leading constitutional lawyer, accused Mr Patterson of using the death penalty for political purposes
- DECEMBER 21, 2002AlgeriaDEATH PENALTY
Terrorism expert Paul Buchanan said that International...
Terrorism expert Paul Buchanan said that International criminals will consider taking refuge in New Zealand because of a law that prevents the deportation of anyone who faces the death penalty in their home country, according to an editorial in The Austra
- DECEMBER 21, 2002KazakhstanDEATH PENALTY
A public hearing regarding retention or abolishment...
A public hearing regarding retention or abolishment of capital punishment was held in Kyzylorda
- DECEMBER 21, 2002New ZealandDEATH PENALTY
Terrorism expert Paul Buchanan said that International...
Terrorism expert Paul Buchanan said that International criminals will consider taking refuge in New Zealand because of a law that prevents the deportation of anyone who faces the death penalty in their home country, according to an editorial in The Austra
- DECEMBER 21, 2002IndiaDEATH PENALTY
Bharatiya Janata Party spokesman V
Bharatiya Janata Party spokesman V
- DECEMBER 20, 2002SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
Norazmi Bin Morsit and Abdul Malik Bin Abdul Jamil...
Norazmi Bin Morsit and Abdul Malik Bin Abdul Jamil were hanged for drug trafficking
- DECEMBER 20, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Wu Hongke, convicted of robbery and murder, was sentenced...
Wu Hongke, convicted of robbery and murder, was sentenced to death at the first trial and deprived of political rights for life by the Quanzhou Intermediate People's Court in south China's Fujian Province
- DECEMBER 20, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
On the issue of where people arrested on mainland China...
On the issue of where people arrested on mainland China for crimes committed in Hong Kong should be tried, as on the mainland many crimes are punishable with death, Ong Yew-kim, a Chinese law research fellow at the Chinese University said: "If criminals a
- DECEMBER 20, 2002MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
"While other countries are moving away from the death...
"While other countries are moving away from the death penalty, we are bringing more crimes under it
- DECEMBER 20, 2002IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
"We want the police to arrest people who have allowed...
"We want the police to arrest people who have allowed the setting up of illegal drug factories