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
- JULY 26, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
The Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) completed its...
The Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) completed its studies on the EU laws bill and informed the Motherland Party (ANAP) administration about its views
- JULY 26, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Turkey's new foreign minister said that the country's...
Turkey's new foreign minister said that the country's drive for European Union membership would not be derailed if parliament fails to pass key reforms before elections expected in November
- JULY 25, 2002CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
The California Supreme Court reversed the death sentence...
The California Supreme Court reversed the death sentence of Randall Cash, condemned for the 1985 murder of Bud Smith
- JULY 25, 2002KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
A Kuwaiti court sentenced to death two Saudi brothers...
A Kuwaiti court sentenced to death two Saudi brothers and a Kuwaiti on charges of kidnapping and murdering a five-year-old girl in May
- JULY 25, 2002European UnionDEATH PENALTY
The European Union urged the United States to lift...
The European Union urged the United States to lift the death sentences on three men convicted of murder
- JULY 25, 2002DEATH PENALTY
The European Union urged the United States to lift...
The European Union urged the United States to lift the death sentences on three men convicted of murder
- JULY 25, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Pakistani national Muhammad Qol Muhammad Nabi Fatih...
Pakistani national Muhammad Qol Muhammad Nabi Fatih Qol was executed in the Saudi capital, Riyadh, after being convicted by the Islamic Shari'ah Court of smuggling drugs into the kingdom, according to a Saudi Interior Ministry statement carried by the Sau
- JULY 25, 2002AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
One Nation, which has three WA [Western Australia]...
One Nation, which has three WA [Western Australia] Upper House MPs, wants to initiate various referendums, including a yes-no vote on the death penalty
- JULY 25, 2002Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Pakistani national Muhammad Qol Muhammad Nabi Fatih...
Pakistani national Muhammad Qol Muhammad Nabi Fatih Qol was executed in the Saudi capital, Riyadh, after being convicted by the Islamic Shari'ah Court of smuggling drugs into the kingdom, according to a Saudi Interior Ministry statement carried by the Sau
- JULY 25, 2002AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
Liberal leader Colin Barnett is at odds with his deputy...
Liberal leader Colin Barnett is at odds with his deputy Dan Sullivan over One Nation's push for a referendum on the reintroduction of the death penalty in WA [Western Australia]
- JULY 25, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The former deputy mayor of Leshan city in southwest...
The former deputy mayor of Leshan city in southwest China's Sichuan Province was sentenced to death for taking bribes from companies vying for freeway contracts, the state-run news agency Xinhua reported
- JULY 25, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
A private "deal" between two families under which juvenile...
A private "deal" between two families under which juvenile girls were married off to old men as part of a compensation package to save four murder convicts on death row was attacked by women and human rights activists in Pakistan
- JULY 25, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Four murderers face execution on July 27 in Pakistan...
Four murderers face execution on July 27 in Pakistan after a storm of protest scuttled a deal by which they sought to escape hanging by selling young daughters into marriage to elderly relatives of their victims
- JULY 25, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
A Philippine judge, who has earned a reputation in...
A Philippine judge, who has earned a reputation in Cabanatuan City as a "hanging judge," reversed his decision to impose the death penalty on a 43-year-old man charged with rape
- JULY 25, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Senator Robert Barbers wants smugglers classified as...
Senator Robert Barbers wants smugglers classified as "economic saboteurs" and meted out the death penalty
- JULY 25, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Supreme Court of Appeals Chairman Eraslan Ozkaya said...
Supreme Court of Appeals Chairman Eraslan Ozkaya said that the death penalty has to be abolished in Turkey, adding that a solution has to be found to the issue of education and broadcasting in mother tongue without damaging the unity and integrity of Turk
- JULY 25, 2002Governo Federale degli Stati UnitiDEATH PENALTY
Zacarias Moussaoui said he was guilty of 4 of 6 charges...
Zacarias Moussaoui said he was guilty of 4 of 6 charges accusing him of conspiring with the September 11 terrorists, then abruptly withdrew his attempted plea after arguing with the US judge
- JULY 24, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Two men, one identified as Fatemeh, were sentenced...
Two men, one identified as Fatemeh, were sentenced to execution in Tehran
- JULY 24, 2002United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
In the UK the 74-year-old case of William Knighton,...
In the UK the 74-year-old case of William Knighton, a Derbyshire miner hanged at 22 for cutting his mother's throat at their Ilkeston home, is going to the Court of Appeal
- JULY 24, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
The Iranian government spokesman Abdullah Ramezanzadeh...
The Iranian government spokesman Abdullah Ramezanzadeh rejected the Iraqi government assertions on arresting and execution of two individuals allegedly spying for Iran
- JULY 24, 2002IraqDEATH PENALTY
The Iranian government spokesman Abdullah Ramezanzadeh...
The Iranian government spokesman Abdullah Ramezanzadeh rejected the Iraqi government assertions on arresting and execution of two individuals allegedly spying for Iran
- JULY 24, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
The death sentences of 74 juvenile delinquents were...
The death sentences of 74 juvenile delinquents were converted into life imprisonment with the enforcement of the Juvenile Justice System Ordinance 2002 in Punjab, Punjab's Law Minister Rana Ijaz Ahmad Khan said during a visit to Lahore's Camp Jail
- JULY 24, 2002United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
A Scot who faces execution in Saudi Arabia appealed...
A Scot who faces execution in Saudi Arabia appealed against the sentence, claiming his televised confession was beaten out of him by officials
- JULY 24, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
A woman was sentenced to execution in Tehran
A woman was sentenced to execution in Tehran
- JULY 24, 2002HungaryDEATH PENALTY
Hungarian police said they had arrested two men suspected...
Hungarian police said they had arrested two men suspected of killing eight people in the country's bloodiest bank robbery
- JULY 24, 2002United NationsDEATH PENALTY
A senior United Nations official from Brazil has been...
A senior United Nations official from Brazil has been appointed the new UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
- JULY 24, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Many prisoners are languishing on death row in Nigeria's...
Many prisoners are languishing on death row in Nigeria's various prisons due to the failure of some state governors to endorse their execution warrants
- JULY 24, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Pakistan's Supreme Court ordered a probe into an alleged...
Pakistan's Supreme Court ordered a probe into an alleged deal by which four men on death row won freedom in exchange for cash and allowing their victims' clan to marry eight young women
- JULY 24, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Four Pakistani convicts were saved from the gallows...
Four Pakistani convicts were saved from the gallows after they agreed to pay eight million rupees in compensation and eight girls of their families as "compensation" to the aggrieved party
- JULY 24, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Philippine officials said they would assert their right...
Philippine officials said they would assert their right to prosecute any captured leaders of a Muslim guerrilla group linked to al Qaeda, despite US moves to indict the guerrillas for taking American hostages