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 13, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Iran has stepped up the number of floggings and executions...
Iran has stepped up the number of floggings and executions and introduced barbaric new punishments, amid accusations that the West is turning a blind eye to human rights abuses in seeking Iranian support for an attack on Iraq, the Telegraph reported
- OCTOBER 13, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
The Student Movement Co-Ordination Committee for Democracy...
The Student Movement Co-Ordination Committee for Democracy in Iran's Information Service reported two more executions in the central city of Esfahan, bringing the number of those executed in this city in the last seven days to three
- OCTOBER 12, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Conservative US preacher Jerry Falwell apologized for...
Conservative US preacher Jerry Falwell apologized for calling the prophet Mohammad a terrorist, saying he meant no disrespect to "any sincere, law abiding Muslim
- OCTOBER 11, 2002SwitzerlandDEATH PENALTY
The International Secretariat of the World Organisation...
The International Secretariat of the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) expressed deeply concerned by the sentencing to death by stoning of 32 year-old Fatima Usman and 35 year-old Ahmed Ibrahim, in Nigeria
- OCTOBER 11, 2002ArizonaDEATH PENALTY
Misconduct by a top Pima County prosecutor prompted...
Misconduct by a top Pima County prosecutor prompted the Arizona Supreme Court to overturn the conviction and death sentence of a Tucson man accused of gunning down three people in the El Grande Market slayings
- OCTOBER 11, 2002TexasDEATH PENALTY
A Bexar County jury deliberated for less than 2 hours...
A Bexar County jury deliberated for less than 2 hours before deciding that Ramon Hernandez, a registered sex offender convicted in the capital murder of Rosa Maria Rosado, should be put to death
- OCTOBER 11, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
A personal representative of Iran's supreme leader...
A personal representative of Iran's supreme leader called for three prominent US Protestant ministers to be killed for insulting the Muslim prophet Mohammed, a report said
- OCTOBER 11, 2002Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
State prosecutors in the Democratic Republic of Congo...
State prosecutors in the Democratic Republic of Congo want the death penalty for more than 100 suspects on trial for plotting the murder of late President Laurent Kabila, lawyers said
- OCTOBER 11, 2002JapanDEATH PENALTY
A former senior member of the Japanese doomsday cult...
A former senior member of the Japanese doomsday cult which carried out a nerve gas attack on the Tokyo subway in 1995 was sentenced to death
- OCTOBER 11, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China sent Zhu Xiaohua, its most senior financial official...
China sent Zhu Xiaohua, its most senior financial official nabbed for corruption, to jail for 15 years yesterday, but spared him the execution after he confessed to taking bribes prosecutors knew nothing about
- OCTOBER 11, 2002UgandaDEATH PENALTY
The Martial Appeals Court in Kampala upheld a death...
The Martial Appeals Court in Kampala upheld a death sentence against an ailing UPDF soldier who killed a colleague in Gulu district
- OCTOBER 11, 2002DEATH PENALTY
HOC IN NIGERIA FOR TALKS WITH GOVERNMENT AUTHORITIES ON THE DEATH PENALTY AND AMINA LAWAL
October 11, 2002: Hands Off Cain will visit 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 p
- OCTOBER 10, 2002European UnionDEATH PENALTY
The European Parliament gave its endorsement of the...
The European Parliament gave its endorsement of the EU-Algeria Association Agreement
- OCTOBER 10, 2002JordanDEATH PENALTY
Assad Harb was hanged for murder
Assad Harb was hanged for murder
- OCTOBER 10, 2002TexasDEATH PENALTY
The 12 jurors in Judge Cynthia Kent's 114th state District...
The 12 jurors in Judge Cynthia Kent's 114th state District Court sentenced Gregory Russeau, 32, to death, for the bludgeoning death of James Syvertson
- OCTOBER 10, 2002NetherlandsDEATH PENALTY
Dutch authorities had stopped subsidising the housing...
Dutch authorities had stopped subsidising the housing and health benefits of CPP founding chairman Jose Maria Sison last September, after the U
- OCTOBER 10, 2002AlgeriaDEATH PENALTY
The European Parliament gave its endorsement of the...
The European Parliament gave its endorsement of the EU-Algeria Association Agreement
- OCTOBER 10, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Senator Barbers, chairman of the Senate committee on...
Senator Barbers, chairman of the Senate committee on public order and illegal drugs filed Senate Bill 2374 prescribing that death by firing squad shall be carried out in public as a means of executing drug traffickers, manufacturers, pushers and the like
- OCTOBER 10, 2002JapanDEATH PENALTY
The parents of two children Ayano Moriwaki and Maki...
The parents of two children Ayano Moriwaki and Maki Sakai, both 7 years old when they died, killed in a knife attack at their school last summer spoke publicly of their anguish for the first time and demanded the death sentence for Mamoru Takuma, who is b
- OCTOBER 10, 2002CanadaDEATH PENALTY
The Canadian House of Commons has passed a motion urging...
The Canadian House of Commons has passed a motion urging President Olusegun Obasanjo to intervene in saving the life of Amina Lawal, the woman sentenced to death by stoning by a Sharia Upper Court in Katsina for adultery
- OCTOBER 10, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
The "Radio Voice of Iran" reported an execution in...
The "Radio Voice of Iran" reported an execution in the western Iranian city of Oroomiah (former Rezai-e)
- OCTOBER 10, 2002ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Senator Marcello Pera, president of the Italian Senate...
Senator Marcello Pera, president of the Italian Senate received a delegation of representatives of groups fighting for democracy and religious freedom and freedom of expression in China and Vietnam
- OCTOBER 9, 2002BelgiumDEATH PENALTY
Miss Belgium burst into tears after a public clash...
Miss Belgium burst into tears after a public clash with two rival beauty queens over plans to boycott the Miss World pageant in Nigeria to protest human rights abuses
- OCTOBER 9, 2002ColombiaDEATH PENALTY
A full 61 percent of Colombians favour bringing back...
A full 61 percent of Colombians favour bringing back the death penalty as a means of combating violence, a poll revealed
- OCTOBER 9, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Miss Belgium burst into tears after a public clash...
Miss Belgium burst into tears after a public clash with two rival beauty queens over plans to boycott the Miss World pageant in Nigeria to protest human rights abuses
- OCTOBER 9, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
A convicted woman murderer was hanged in public in...
A convicted woman murderer was hanged in public in the northwestern Iranian province of Eastern Azerbaijan
- OCTOBER 9, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Nine men on death row escaped from prison in southwestern...
Nine men on death row escaped from prison in southwestern Pakistan but one of the convicts was captured soon after, a jail official said
- OCTOBER 9, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
A Pakistani businessman who fled the United Arab Emirates...
A Pakistani businessman who fled the United Arab Emirates after being accused of drugs offences lost a court battle against extradition from Britain
- OCTOBER 9, 2002United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
A Pakistani businessman who fled the United Arab Emirates...
A Pakistani businessman who fled the United Arab Emirates after being accused of drugs offences lost a court battle against extradition from Britain
- OCTOBER 9, 2002United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
A Pakistani businessman who fled the United Arab Emirates...
A Pakistani businessman who fled the United Arab Emirates after being accused of drugs offences lost a court battle against extradition from Britain