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
- SEPTEMBER 16, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
New Zealand Green Party MP Sue Kedgley added her voice...
New Zealand Green Party MP Sue Kedgley added her voice to a call for Miss New Zealand organisers to boycott the Miss World pageant in Nigeria over a woman being sentenced to death by stoning
- SEPTEMBER 16, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Over 30 international Kolping Society women delegates...
Over 30 international Kolping Society women delegates asked the UN to intervene and stop the stoning to death of Amina Lawal, a Nigerian woman sentenced to death under the Sharia law for bearing a child out of wedlock
- SEPTEMBER 16, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
It is not a "good look" for Miss New Zealand to attend...
It is not a "good look" for Miss New Zealand to attend the Miss World pageant in Nigeria while a woman there faces death by stoning, Prime Minister Helen Clark said
- SEPTEMBER 16, 2002New ZealandDEATH PENALTY
It is not a "good look" for Miss New Zealand to attend...
It is not a "good look" for Miss New Zealand to attend the Miss World pageant in Nigeria while a woman there faces death by stoning, Prime Minister Helen Clark said
- SEPTEMBER 16, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Pakistan said it was prepared to extradite key al Qaeda...
Pakistan said it was prepared to extradite key al Qaeda suspect Ramzi Binalshibh to the United States after completing its own investigations and legal formalities
- SEPTEMBER 16, 2002GermanyDEATH PENALTY
Pakistan said it was prepared to extradite key al Qaeda...
Pakistan said it was prepared to extradite key al Qaeda suspect Ramzi Binalshibh to the United States after completing its own investigations and legal formalities
- SEPTEMBER 16, 2002GermanyDEATH PENALTY
Germany said that differences with the US over the...
Germany said that differences with the US over the death penalty would probably prevent it providing evidence to Washington in the case of Ramzi Binalshibh, the al-Qaeda suspect arrested on September 11 in Pakistan
- SEPTEMBER 16, 2002UgandaDEATH PENALTY
Over 30 international Kolping Society women delegates...
Over 30 international Kolping Society women delegates asked the UN to intervene and stop the stoning to death of Amina Lawal, a Nigerian woman sentenced to death under the Sharia law for bearing a child out of wedlock
- SEPTEMBER 16, 2002DEATH PENALTY
Pakistan said it was prepared to extradite key al Qaeda...
Pakistan said it was prepared to extradite key al Qaeda suspect Ramzi Binalshibh to the United States after completing its own investigations and legal formalities
- SEPTEMBER 16, 2002DEATH PENALTY
Germany said that differences with the US over the...
Germany said that differences with the US over the death penalty would probably prevent it providing evidence to Washington in the case of Ramzi Binalshibh, the al-Qaeda suspect arrested on September 11 in Pakistan
- SEPTEMBER 16, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Governor Ahmed Sani of Nigeria's northern state of...
Governor Ahmed Sani of Nigeria's northern state of Zamfara, who pioneered the introduction of the Sharia Islamic legal code in the country, downplayed Italy's recent honour of a Nigerian woman who was sentenced to death for adultery
- SEPTEMBER 16, 2002AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
In Montgomery, a federal appeals court overturned Virgil...
In Montgomery, a federal appeals court overturned Virgil Lee Brownlee's death sentence
- SEPTEMBER 15, 2002United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
A woman whose niece was murdered 16 years ago led a...
A woman whose niece was murdered 16 years ago led a rally in York in support of restoring capital punishment for child killers
- SEPTEMBER 15, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
The New Zealand YWCA [Young Women's Christian Association]...
The New Zealand YWCA [Young Women's Christian Association] called for 17-year-old Miss New Zealand Rachel Heujich to join five other countries in boycotting the Miss World pageant in Nigeria because a woman was sentenced to death by stoning there in Augus
- SEPTEMBER 15, 2002New ZealandDEATH PENALTY
The New Zealand YWCA [Young Women's Christian Association]...
The New Zealand YWCA [Young Women's Christian Association] called for 17-year-old Miss New Zealand Rachel Heujich to join five other countries in boycotting the Miss World pageant in Nigeria because a woman was sentenced to death by stoning there in Augus
- SEPTEMBER 15, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
President Olusegun Obasanjo was called upon by Catholic...
President Olusegun Obasanjo was called upon by Catholic Bishops in the country in a communiqué signed by Most Rev
- SEPTEMBER 14, 2002United StatesDEATH PENALTY
European and US teams are trying to reach a deal on...
European and US teams are trying to reach a deal on extraditing terror suspects who may face the death penalty if convicted in a US court
- SEPTEMBER 14, 2002DEATH PENALTY
European and US teams are trying to reach a deal on...
European and US teams are trying to reach a deal on extraditing terror suspects who may face the death penalty if convicted in a US court
- SEPTEMBER 14, 2002AlgeriaDEATH PENALTY
The EU reaffirmed its concerns regarding human rights...
The EU reaffirmed its concerns regarding human rights in Algeria, calling on the Algerian authorities to abolish the death penalty, improve the country's prison legislation and the its status of women
- SEPTEMBER 14, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
State press reported that two pimps were executed in...
State press reported that two pimps were executed in Guangdong after being convicted of kidnapping or buying women and forcing them into prostitution
- SEPTEMBER 14, 2002European UnionDEATH PENALTY
The EU reaffirmed its concerns regarding human rights...
The EU reaffirmed its concerns regarding human rights in Algeria, calling on the Algerian authorities to abolish the death penalty, improve the country's prison legislation and the its status of women
- SEPTEMBER 13, 2002South AfricaDEATH PENALTY
South Africa supported the nomination of Libya to chair...
South Africa supported the nomination of Libya to chair the United Nations (UN) Commission on Human Rights, Foreign Minister Nkosazana Dlamini- Zuma told Parliament
- SEPTEMBER 13, 2002Sud CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
Michael Passaro, 40, was pronounced dead at 6:15 p
Michael Passaro, 40, was pronounced dead at 6:15 p
- SEPTEMBER 13, 2002LibyaDEATH PENALTY
South Africa supported the nomination of Libya to chair...
South Africa supported the nomination of Libya to chair the United Nations (UN) Commission on Human Rights, Foreign Minister Nkosazana Dlamini- Zuma told Parliament
- SEPTEMBER 13, 2002AlbaniaDEATH PENALTY
The Albanian government took the decision to approve...
The Albanian government took the decision to approve "in principle" Protocol No 13 of the European Convention for the Defence of Human Rights and Essential Freedoms, which would abolish the death penalty under all circumstances
- SEPTEMBER 13, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Organisers of the Miss World beauty pageant asked the...
Organisers of the Miss World beauty pageant asked the Nigerian Government not to carry out the death sentence of Amina Lawal, a single mother condemned to stoning
- SEPTEMBER 13, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
The Nigerian government pledged that no woman would...
The Nigerian government pledged that no woman would be sentenced to death by stoning under the country's laws
- SEPTEMBER 13, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Organisers of the Miss World beauty pageant asked the...
Organisers of the Miss World beauty pageant asked the Nigerian Government not to carry out the death sentence of Amina Lawal, a single mother condemned to stoning
- SEPTEMBER 13, 2002IndiaDEATH PENALTY
The Calcutta Eastern Indian Metropolis High Court acquitted...
The Calcutta Eastern Indian Metropolis High Court acquitted ten convicts on the grounds that the prosecution had failed to substantiate charges against them
- SEPTEMBER 13, 2002IndiaDEATH PENALTY
The Calcutta Eastern Indian Metropolis High Court acquitted...
The Calcutta Eastern Indian Metropolis High Court acquitted ten convicts on the grounds that the prosecution had failed to substantiate charges against them