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 1, 2002DEATH PENALTY
United Nations human rights chief Mary Robinson urged...
United Nations human rights chief Mary Robinson urged the United States to lift the death sentences on two men in Texas who were under 18 when they committed murder
- AUGUST 1, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
The Supreme Court ordered justice and prison officials...
The Supreme Court ordered justice and prison officials to remove 12 minors from Death Row, saying it was against the law to treat youth offenders as hardened criminals
- AUGUST 1, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) Group Acting Chairman...
Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) Group Acting Chairman Koray Aydin said that they would submit a motion to exclude four articles from the text in European Union (EU) adjustment bill
- JULY 31, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
A court in Shiraz, southern Iran, condemned Rahim S
A court in Shiraz, southern Iran, condemned Rahim S
- JULY 31, 2002ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Italy refused to extradite a Rumanian national to Turkey...
Italy refused to extradite a Rumanian national to Turkey to face murder charges
- JULY 31, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Fraudsters who allegedly siphoned off millions of dollars...
Fraudsters who allegedly siphoned off millions of dollars in tax payments in the Philippines can expect harsh penalties, possibly even the death sentence, President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo said
- JULY 31, 2002ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Italy refused to extradite a Rumanian national to Turkey...
Italy refused to extradite a Rumanian national to Turkey to face murder charges
- JULY 31, 2002JapanDEATH PENALTY
A group of Japanese lawmakers asked Justice Minister...
A group of Japanese lawmakers asked Justice Minister Mayumi Moriyama to clear the way for abolishing the death penalty
- JULY 31, 2002RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Russia lashed out at Saudi Arabia for handing down...
Russia lashed out at Saudi Arabia for handing down light jail sentences to two Chechens who hijacked a Russian plane at knifepoint last year, saying the verdict could make the kingdom look like a "breeding ground for potential terrorists
- JULY 31, 2002RussiaDEATH PENALTY
The verdict handed down by Saudi Arabia's Shariah Court...
The verdict handed down by Saudi Arabia's Shariah Court to the hijackers of a Russian aircraft suggests that the court practices double standards, the deputy head of the Russian governmental administration Alexei Volin stated
- JULY 31, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
The woman at the centre of a brutal gang-rape case...
The woman at the centre of a brutal gang-rape case which shocked Pakistan made her first appearance at the trial of four men accused of raping her and 10 others charged as accomplices
- JULY 31, 2002Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Russia lashed out at Saudi Arabia for handing down...
Russia lashed out at Saudi Arabia for handing down light jail sentences to two Chechens who hijacked a Russian plane at knifepoint last year, saying the verdict could make the kingdom look like a "breeding ground for potential terrorists
- JULY 31, 2002Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
The verdict handed down by Saudi Arabia's Shariah Court...
The verdict handed down by Saudi Arabia's Shariah Court to the hijackers of a Russian aircraft suggests that the court practices double standards, the deputy head of the Russian governmental administration Alexei Volin stated
- JULY 31, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
The Parliamentary Justice Commission approved late...
The Parliamentary Justice Commission approved late on the day the bill on adjusment with the EU
- JULY 31, 2002DEATH PENALTY
US DEATH ROW INMATES MOUNT APPEALS
July 31, 2002: a number of US death row inmates deemed mentally retarded have filed appeals following the Supreme Court ruling that executions of mentally retarded criminals are "cruel and unusual punishment".
- JULY 30, 2002OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
Earl Alexander Frederick Sr
Earl Alexander Frederick Sr
- JULY 30, 2002New JerseyDEATH PENALTY
The state Supreme Court in a 5-0 decision overturned...
The state Supreme Court in a 5-0 decision overturned the death sentence of the only woman on New Jersey's death row, a transsexual who pleaded guilty to killing 2 police officers
- JULY 30, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Small-sized Henan Securities' former Chairman and General...
Small-sized Henan Securities' former Chairman and General Manager Hu Yan was sentenced to death for corruption and the misuse of corporate funds, the Shanghai Securities News reported
- JULY 30, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Shanghai Second Intermediate People's Court condemned...
The Shanghai Second Intermediate People's Court condemned a taxi-driver to death for murdering two people and injuring five others
- JULY 30, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Tehran courts sentenced two people to death
Tehran courts sentenced two people to death
- JULY 30, 2002United NationsDEATH PENALTY
UN Human Rights Committee concludes seventy-fifth session...
UN Human Rights Committee concludes seventy-fifth session and adopting final conclusions and recommendations, among positive developments in the third periodic report of Yemen, the Committee noted some human rights initiatives undertaken by the State part
- JULY 30, 2002VietnamDEATH PENALTY
UN Human Rights Committee concludes seventy-fifth session...
UN Human Rights Committee concludes seventy-fifth session and adopting final conclusions and recommendations, it remained concerned about the large number of crimes for which the death penalty might still be imposed in Viet Nam
- JULY 30, 2002VietnamDEATH PENALTY
UN Human Rights Committee concludes seventy-fifth session...
UN Human Rights Committee concludes seventy-fifth session and adopting final conclusions and recommendations, it remained concerned about the large number of crimes for which the death penalty might still be imposed in Viet Nam
- JULY 30, 2002YemenDEATH PENALTY
UN Human Rights Committee concludes seventy-fifth session...
UN Human Rights Committee concludes seventy-fifth session and adopting final conclusions and recommendations, among positive developments in the third periodic report of Yemen, the Committee noted some human rights initiatives undertaken by the State part
- JULY 30, 2002GuatemalaDEATH PENALTY
Pope John Paul II expressed satisfaction with the decision...
Pope John Paul II expressed satisfaction with the decision of President Alfonso Portillo to ask the Guatemalan Congress to abolish capital punishment
- JULY 30, 2002GuatemalaDEATH PENALTY
Pope John Paul II expressed satisfaction with the decision...
Pope John Paul II expressed satisfaction with the decision of President Alfonso Portillo to ask the Guatemalan Congress to abolish capital punishment
- JULY 30, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A court in China sentenced a female hospital executive...
A court in China sentenced a female hospital executive to death for embezzling 10
- JULY 30, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Additional sessions judge Salahauddin Siddiqui has...
Additional sessions judge Salahauddin Siddiqui has awarded capital punishment to two accused in a murder case of Athara Hazari policearea
- JULY 30, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
A court in the Philippines meted out the death sentence...
A court in the Philippines meted out the death sentence to businessman Donaldo Padilla, 40, who arrested in possession of shabu worth about P600,000 in Las Pinas City in December 1995
- JULY 30, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
The first execution under President Gloria Macapagal...
The first execution under President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo's administration will likely be conducted sooner than earlier announced