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
- AUGUST 17, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Twelve minors are still languishing on death row in...
Twelve minors are still languishing on death row in the Philippines despite a Supreme Court resolution ordering their transfer to the medium security compound of the New Bilibid Prisons (NBP) in Muntinlupa
- AUGUST 17, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Hossein was given a death sentence by a court in Tehran
Hossein was given a death sentence by a court in Tehran
- AUGUST 17, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) Deputy Chairman Sevket...
Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) Deputy Chairman Sevket Bulent Yahnici sent a letter to Prime Minister Bulent Ecevit to demand that normal convict status be prepared for Abdullah Ocalan, the head of the terrorist organization, and that he be transferred t
- AUGUST 17, 2002IndiaDEATH PENALTY
A Thai and an Indian, namely Saelow Praset, 55, and...
A Thai and an Indian, namely Saelow Praset, 55, and Ayodya Praset Combay, 57, both sentenced to death for trying to smuggle heroin into Indonesia, expressed complaints to the press over the long delay concerning the reply to their application for a Presid
- AUGUST 17, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
A senior Iranian cleric called for the execution of...
A senior Iranian cleric called for the execution of a university professor who claimed that Islamic fundamentalism had taken hold of the country's ruling elite
- AUGUST 17, 2002IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
A Thai and an Indian, namely Saelow Praset, 55, and...
A Thai and an Indian, namely Saelow Praset, 55, and Ayodya Praset Combay, 57, both sentenced to death for trying to smuggle heroin into Indonesia, expressed complaints to the press over the long delay concerning the reply to their application for a Presid
- AUGUST 17, 2002ThailandDEATH PENALTY
A Thai and an Indian, namely Saelow Praset, 55, and...
A Thai and an Indian, namely Saelow Praset, 55, and Ayodya Praset Combay, 57, both sentenced to death for trying to smuggle heroin into Indonesia, expressed complaints to the press over the long delay concerning the reply to their application for a Presid
- AUGUST 17, 2002MexicoDEATH PENALTY
Hundreds turned out in the Mexican border town of Piedras...
Hundreds turned out in the Mexican border town of Piedras Negras for the funeral of a Mexican man executed in Texas [on August 14] for the 1988 killing of an undercover cop
- AUGUST 17, 2002MexicoDEATH PENALTY
Hundreds turned out in the Mexican border town of Piedras...
Hundreds turned out in the Mexican border town of Piedras Negras for the funeral of a Mexican man executed in Texas [on August 14] for the 1988 killing of an undercover cop
- AUGUST 17, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Nine people convicted of violent robberies, in four...
Nine people convicted of violent robberies, in four of which their victims died, were executed in Beijing, media said
- AUGUST 16, 2002Governo Federale degli Stati UnitiDEATH PENALTY
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In Alexandria, Va
- AUGUST 16, 2002United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
A man accused of shooting dead and butchering two Mormon...
A man accused of shooting dead and butchering two Mormon missionaries should be extradited to Texas to face murder charges, a London court ruled
- AUGUST 16, 2002United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
A man accused of shooting dead and butchering two Mormon...
A man accused of shooting dead and butchering two Mormon missionaries should be extradited to Texas to face murder charges, a London court ruled
- AUGUST 16, 2002UgandaDEATH PENALTY
A Special Police Constable attached to Kikooge Police...
A Special Police Constable attached to Kikooge Police Post in Uganda's Nakasongola district was sentenced to death for murder
- AUGUST 16, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
The Philippines Senate will rush the passage of a bill...
The Philippines Senate will rush the passage of a bill repealing the death penalty before the first execution of a death convict under the Arroyo administration in October
- AUGUST 16, 2002GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
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- AUGUST 16, 2002TexasDEATH PENALTY
A Denton jury recommends death sentence
A Denton jury recommends death sentence
- AUGUST 16, 2002AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
Wilson Earl Robitaille was sentenced to death during...
Wilson Earl Robitaille was sentenced to death during his sentencing hearing in Cullman County Circuit Court
- AUGUST 16, 2002VietnamDEATH PENALTY
The court in northern Hung Yen province sentenced four...
The court in northern Hung Yen province sentenced four women and one man to death after they were found guilty of drug trafficking
- AUGUST 16, 2002ZambiaDEATH PENALTY
The Lusaka High Court sentenced to death a 36-year-old...
The Lusaka High Court sentenced to death a 36-year-old man who strangled a security guard to death and stole a fridge and goods worth K1
- AUGUST 16, 2002AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
Lawyers and academics condemned the handing down of...
Lawyers and academics condemned the handing down of a 55-year jail sentence to a man convicted of leading a series of gang rapes in Sydney
- AUGUST 16, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Shanghai held a sentencing rally for major violent...
Shanghai held a sentencing rally for major violent crimes, including robbing, snatching away people's property and seriously threatening people's safety
- AUGUST 16, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Three Hong Kong men found guilty of drug trafficking...
Three Hong Kong men found guilty of drug trafficking and possession were executed in Shenzhen after their appeals were rejected by the Guangdong Province People's High Court
- AUGUST 15, 2002South AfricaDEATH PENALTY
Crime is by no means a threat to South Africa, said...
Crime is by no means a threat to South Africa, said Justice and Constitutional Development minister Penuell Maduna in Pretoria while announcing the forthcoming Global Judges Symposium on Sustainable Development to be held in Johannesburg on August 18
- AUGUST 15, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Pakistan's Supreme Court ordered the release of a Christian...
Pakistan's Supreme Court ordered the release of a Christian whose death sentence for blasphemy led to a bishop's suicide
- AUGUST 15, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Guangzhou Intermediate People's Court, in Guangdong...
The Guangzhou Intermediate People's Court, in Guangdong Province, tried 24 people for participating in criminal syndicates, intentional assault, blackmail, kidnapping and extortion
- AUGUST 15, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
The former Deputy Director of the Fisheries Department,...
The former Deputy Director of the Fisheries Department, Anwar Kenneth was sentenced to death for blasphemy and fined an additional Rs 500,000
- AUGUST 15, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Zhou Guanglong was convicted by the Guangzhou Intermediate...
Zhou Guanglong was convicted by the Guangzhou Intermediate People's Court of organizing gangsters, injuring and blackmailing people, illegally carrying weapons and other serious crimes and sentenced to death
- AUGUST 14, 2002MissouriDEATH PENALTY
Missouri inmate executed after 22-hour reprieve
Missouri inmate executed after 22-hour reprieve
- AUGUST 14, 2002MissouriDEATH PENALTY
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