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 18, 2002IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
Ang Iem Soei, a Dutch citizen of 50, was a sentenced...
Ang Iem Soei, a Dutch citizen of 50, was a sentenced to death by the Tangerang district court for a producing and trafficking millions of ecstasy pills between September 1999 and March 2002
- DECEMBER 18, 2002Côte d’IvoireDEATH PENALTY
Radio France Internationale reported Ibrahim Doumbia,...
Radio France Internationale reported Ibrahim Doumbia, vice-president of the Ivorian Human Rights Movement, as saying that arbitrary arrests, house searches without warrants, and summary executions had turned into a daily phenomenon in certain parts of the
- DECEMBER 18, 2002JapanDEATH PENALTY
Kunihiko Hamakawa, 42, was sentenced to death by the...
Kunihiko Hamakawa, 42, was sentenced to death by the Tsu District Court for murdering two men and stealing approximately 12 million yen in Mie Prefecture in 1994
- DECEMBER 18, 2002VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Officials revealed that six drug traffickers were executed...
Officials revealed that six drug traffickers were executed by firing squad in Ha Tinh province, central Vietnam
- DECEMBER 18, 2002IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
The Indonesian police investigation chief Made Mangku...
The Indonesian police investigation chief Made Mangku Pastika said that the Perpetrators of the Bali bombing would not be found innocent when they faced judgment in February 2003
- DECEMBER 18, 2002AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
The Indonesian police investigation chief Made Mangku...
The Indonesian police investigation chief Made Mangku Pastika said that the Perpetrators of the Bali bombing would not be found innocent when they faced judgment in February 2003
- DECEMBER 18, 2002IndiaDEATH PENALTY
Police in Jammu and Kashmir were put on high alert...
Police in Jammu and Kashmir were put on high alert after a POTA (Prevention of Terrorism Act) designated court in New Delhi awarded death sentences to three Kashmiris, namely Syed Abdur, Rehman Geelani, Showkat Guru and Mohammad Afzal for the attack on pa
- DECEMBER 18, 2002IndiaDEATH PENALTY
Abdul Sattar Guru, father of Shaukat Guru, one of the...
Abdul Sattar Guru, father of Shaukat Guru, one of the men sentenced to death by a POTA court in New Delhi for the Parliament attack case, spoke out in his son's defence: "I can say with authority that my son Shaukat has been sentenced for nothing
- DECEMBER 18, 2002NetherlandsDEATH PENALTY
Ang Iem Soei, a Dutch citizen of 50, was a sentenced...
Ang Iem Soei, a Dutch citizen of 50, was a sentenced to death by the Tangerang district court in Indonesia for a producing and trafficking millions of ecstasy pills between September 1999 and March 2002
- DECEMBER 18, 2002UkraineDEATH PENALTY
Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma signed into law the...
Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma signed into law the bill on ratification of Protocol 13 to the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, dealing with abolition of death penalty under all circumstances
- DECEMBER 18, 2002PennsylvaniaDEATH PENALTY
Dauphin County Judge Jeannine Turgeon has thrown out...
Dauphin County Judge Jeannine Turgeon has thrown out the death sentence of a condemned serial killer, citing a Supreme Court of the United States ruling that determined executing the mentally retarded is unconstitutional
- DECEMBER 18, 2002DEATH PENALTY
2 death sentences were canceled and a 3rd was upheld...
2 death sentences were canceled and a 3rd was upheld as the Nevada Supreme Court revised state laws to comply with a recent U
- DECEMBER 18, 2002FloridaDEATH PENALTY
Death row inmate Rudolph Holton deserves a new trial...
Death row inmate Rudolph Holton deserves a new trial for the 1986 murder of a girl, the state Supreme Court ruled
- DECEMBER 18, 2002IndiaDEATH PENALTY
An anti-terrorism court in Delhi sentenced to death...
An anti-terrorism court in Delhi sentenced to death three men convicted of helping militants attack India's parliament in 2001
- DECEMBER 18, 2002DEATH PENALTY
THREE DEATH SENTENCES FOR INDIA PARLIAMENT RAID
December 18, 2002: an anti-terrorism court in Delhi has sentenced to death three men convicted of helping militants attack India´s parliament last year. Mohammed Afzal, a 35-year-old fruit merchant, Shaukat Hussain and Abdul Rehman Geelani, a Delhi colleg
- DECEMBER 18, 2002DEATH PENALTY
KAZAKHSTAN ANNOUNCES MORATORIUM ON DEATH PENALTY, HOC WELCOMES NEWS
December 18, 2002: Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev has signed a death penalty moratorium, deputy head of the presidential administration in charge of the state and legal department Igor Rogov said at a Thursday briefing in Astana.
- DECEMBER 17, 2002South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
In its "2001 Human Rights Report," the Korean Bar Association...
In its "2001 Human Rights Report," the Korean Bar Association said the U
- DECEMBER 17, 2002GambiaDEATH PENALTY
The Gambia Bar Association criticised the proposed...
The Gambia Bar Association criticised the proposed amendment bills on criminal and civil proceedings to be tabled for enactment to the National Assembly
- DECEMBER 17, 2002RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Supreme Court Chairman Vyacheslav Lebedev said that...
Supreme Court Chairman Vyacheslav Lebedev said that jury-based courts would begin to operate in 70 of Russia's 89 regions on January 1, 2003
- DECEMBER 17, 2002DEATH PENALTY
In its "2001 Human Rights Report," the Korean Bar Association...
In its "2001 Human Rights Report," the Korean Bar Association said the U
- DECEMBER 17, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The head of a Chinese kindergarten was sentenced to...
The head of a Chinese kindergarten was sentenced to death for mixing rat poison in salt at a rival school and making 70 children seriously sick, Xinhua news agency said
- DECEMBER 17, 2002CanadaDEATH PENALTY
Canada proposed dropping the words "human rights" from...
Canada proposed dropping the words "human rights" from its foreign-aid strategy for China, angering activists and raising questions about the direction of one of its most expensive aid programs
- DECEMBER 17, 2002OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
In McAlester, Ernest Carter died at 6:14 p
In McAlester, Ernest Carter died at 6:14 p
- DECEMBER 17, 2002DelawareDEATH PENALTY
The state Supreme Court has overturned a death sentence...
The state Supreme Court has overturned a death sentence given to 42-year-old Joseph Williams who fatally shot his girlfriend
- DECEMBER 17, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Jordan's military court convicted a Palestinian in...
Jordan's military court convicted a Palestinian in the killing of a Jordanian diplomat in Beirut in 1994 and sentenced him to death
- DECEMBER 17, 2002JordanDEATH PENALTY
Jordan's military court convicted a Palestinian in...
Jordan's military court convicted a Palestinian in the killing of a Jordanian diplomat in Beirut in 1994 and sentenced him to death
- DECEMBER 17, 2002Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Three Saudi men were beheaded in public with a sword...
Three Saudi men were beheaded in public with a sword after being found guilty of an armed robbery
- DECEMBER 17, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China agreed to issue unconditional invitations to...
China agreed to issue unconditional invitations to UN investigators to go to China and study issues of torture, religious freedom and arbitrary detention, a US envoy said after two days of human-rights talks
- DECEMBER 17, 2002DEATH PENALTY
China agreed to issue unconditional invitations to...
China agreed to issue unconditional invitations to UN investigators to go to China and study issues of torture, religious freedom and arbitrary detention, a US envoy said after two days of human-rights talks
- DECEMBER 16, 2002TurkmenistanDEATH PENALTY
The EU Presidency released the following declaration:...
The EU Presidency released the following declaration: the EU regrets the violence committed during the reported assassination attempt against President Niyazov on November 25 in Ashgabat and offers its sympathy to the innocent victims