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 4, 2002UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
The Uzbek newspaper Na Postu reported that a court...
The Uzbek newspaper Na Postu reported that a court in Tashkent sentenced two men to death for killing two policemen
- OCTOBER 4, 2002VietnamDEATH PENALTY
The number of known drug addicts in Vietnam has almost...
The number of known drug addicts in Vietnam has almost doubled to 131,733 over the past five years despite a government crackdown, state-controlled media reported
- OCTOBER 4, 2002ThailandDEATH PENALTY
The Criminal Court sentenced a man to death after he...
The Criminal Court sentenced a man to death after he was convicted of possessing more than Bt2
- OCTOBER 4, 2002MexicoDEATH PENALTY
Mexican officials said Arizona's decision not to pursue...
Mexican officials said Arizona's decision not to pursue the death penalty for a convicted Mexican killer was a victory
- OCTOBER 4, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
The 2002 Miss World pageant in the Nigerian capital...
The 2002 Miss World pageant in the Nigerian capital Abuja was postponed to December 7 to avoid a clash with Ramadam, the Muslim period of fasting
- OCTOBER 3, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Spain decided to withdraw participation in the Miss...
Spain decided to withdraw participation in the Miss World pageant due to be held in Nigeria to show solidarity with Amina Lawal, a woman sentenced to death by stoning for adultery
- OCTOBER 3, 2002DenmarkDEATH PENALTY
Miss Denmark joined a boycott of the Miss World pageant...
Miss Denmark joined a boycott of the Miss World pageant to protest against a death sentence imposed on a Nigerian Muslim woman accused of having sex outside marriage
- OCTOBER 3, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Miss Denmark joined a boycott of the Miss World pageant...
Miss Denmark joined a boycott of the Miss World pageant to protest against a death sentence imposed on a Nigerian Muslim woman accused of having sex outside marriage
- OCTOBER 3, 2002SpainDEATH PENALTY
Spain decided to withdraw participation in the Miss...
Spain decided to withdraw participation in the Miss World pageant due to be held in Nigeria to show solidarity with Amina Lawal, a woman sentenced to death by stoning for adultery
- OCTOBER 3, 2002ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
Council of Europe Commissioner on Human Rights Alvaro...
Council of Europe Commissioner on Human Rights Alvaro Gil-Robles drew the attention of the Armenian authorities to the need to abolish the death penalty which, he said, is of great importance to the Council of Europe
- OCTOBER 3, 2002DEATH PENALTY
Council of Europe Commissioner on Human Rights Alvaro...
Council of Europe Commissioner on Human Rights Alvaro Gil-Robles drew the attention of the Armenian authorities to the need to abolish the death penalty which, he said, is of great importance to the Council of Europe
- OCTOBER 3, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Turkey's state security court formally lifted the death...
Turkey's state security court formally lifted the death sentence passed on Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan after his capture and trial in 1999, the state-run Anatolian news agency said
- OCTOBER 3, 2002DEATH PENALTY
NESSUNO TOCCHI CAINO INVITA LE CANDIDATE A PARTECIPARE A MISS MONDO
3 ottobre 2002: Nessuno tocchi Caino chiede alle candidate a Miss Mondo di partecipare alla manifestazione che si terrà a novembre in Nigeria e di portare alla ribalta il caso di Amina Lawal esprimendosi in quella sede contro la pena di morte. Nessuno toc
- OCTOBER 2, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Nigeria's Minister for Women's Affairs said her government...
Nigeria's Minister for Women's Affairs said her government was not involved in the Miss World pageant that Spain and other countries decided to boycott because a Islamic court in her country has sentenced a woman to be stoned to death
- OCTOBER 2, 2002SpainDEATH PENALTY
Nigeria's Minister for Women's Affairs said her government...
Nigeria's Minister for Women's Affairs said her government was not involved in the Miss World pageant that Spain and other countries decided to boycott because a Islamic court in her country has sentenced a woman to be stoned to death
- OCTOBER 2, 2002FloridaDEATH PENALTY
A man who killed an 11-year-old girl and 2 fellow death...
A man who killed an 11-year-old girl and 2 fellow death row inmates was executed Wednesday after he dropped his appeals and volunteered to die
- OCTOBER 2, 2002LibyaDEATH PENALTY
The World Organisation Against Torture reported that...
The World Organisation Against Torture reported that four protesters defending a grave that was about to be defaced by the Revolutionary Committee were arrested and put through undue torture, including extrajudicial execution
- OCTOBER 2, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Nigeria's Minister of Women's Affairs, Hajiha Aisha,...
Nigeria's Minister of Women's Affairs, Hajiha Aisha, said that the Miss World pageant scheduled to be held in Nigeria in December was a private event run by a private company and does not concern the government
- OCTOBER 2, 2002FijiDEATH PENALTY
Fiji's attorney-general, Qoriniasi Bale, said he could...
Fiji's attorney-general, Qoriniasi Bale, said he could not see anything preventing the President from commuting the death penalty if 15 soldiers facing a court martial for mutiny were found guilty, adding that he was holding discussions with the minister
- OCTOBER 2, 2002JapanDEATH PENALTY
A loan shark who was charged with using his mistresses...
A loan shark who was charged with using his mistresses to murder two men and sicken another to collect hefty life insurance payouts was sentenced to death
- OCTOBER 2, 2002LebanonDEATH PENALTY
Lebanese former Finance Minister Georges Corm, said...
Lebanese former Finance Minister Georges Corm, said that the death sentence by stoning passed on Amina Lawal by a Nigerian Sharia Court did not serve the cause of Islam
- OCTOBER 2, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Lebanese former Finance Minister Georges Corm, said...
Lebanese former Finance Minister Georges Corm, said that the death sentence by stoning passed on Amina Lawal by a Nigerian Sharia Court did not serve the cause of Islam
- OCTOBER 2, 2002AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Zarmina never admitted her daughter's role, and no...
Zarmina never admitted her daughter's role, and no one was looking to champion the cause of a woman in such a predicament
- OCTOBER 2, 2002AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Footage of a faceless, nameless woman shot dead in...
Footage of a faceless, nameless woman shot dead in Kabul's Olympic Stadium was secretly smuggled out of Afghanistan by members of the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (RAWA), a women's group
- OCTOBER 2, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
A convicted murderer was publicly hanged in southern...
A convicted murderer was publicly hanged in southern Fars province
- OCTOBER 2, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
A convicted murderer was hanged inside a police station...
A convicted murderer was hanged inside a police station in the northern Iranian city of Ramsar
- OCTOBER 2, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
A five-member delegation from the European Union's...
A five-member delegation from the European Union's Human Rights Commission on a visit to Iran met with Majlis representatives Mohammad Dadfar and Ebrahim Amini in Tehran to discuss issues of human rights and religious minorities in the Islamic Republic of
- OCTOBER 2, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Reports from the southern Iranian city of Lamerd, located...
Reports from the southern Iranian city of Lamerd, located in the Fars province, said two more public executions were carried out
- OCTOBER 1, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The United States is to move to bar entry to Chinese...
The United States is to move to bar entry to Chinese nationals linked to the controversial global trade in organ harvesting
- OCTOBER 1, 2002IndiaDEATH PENALTY
A controversial Supreme Court judgement in the Devender...
A controversial Supreme Court judgement in the Devender Pal Singh case- in which several persons were killed when the accused made an attempt on the life of Congress activist M S Bitta - did not enforce the need for corroboration of evidence while convict