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 24, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Turkey's Deputy Prime Minister Mesut Yilmaz sought...
Turkey's Deputy Prime Minister Mesut Yilmaz sought to underline his pro-European credentials ahead of likely elections, accusing rival parties of half-hearted support for EU reforms
- JULY 23, 2002ItalyDEATH PENALTY
On initiative of Hands off Cain, the Human Rights Commission...
On initiative of Hands off Cain, the Human Rights Commission of the Italian Senate granted an informal hearing on the freedom of cult and expression to Uighur and Falun Gong representatives
- JULY 23, 2002RussiaDEATH PENALTY
An international human rights organisation accused...
An international human rights organisation accused the Russian military of a campaign of executions in Chechnya to deliberately reduce the break-away republic's male population
- JULY 23, 2002SudanDEATH PENALTY
A Sudanese court sentenced fifteen people, including...
A Sudanese court sentenced fifteen people, including a woman, to death for deadly April attacks on two villages of the Fur ethnic minority, the official SUNA news agency reported
- JULY 23, 2002OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
In McAlester, Randall Eugene Cannon was executed for...
In McAlester, Randall Eugene Cannon was executed for the June 24, 1985 slaying of Addie Hawley, 84
- JULY 23, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
An Tehran court condemned a young man to death, the...
An Tehran court condemned a young man to death, the Khorasan daily reported
- JULY 23, 2002RussiaDEATH PENALTY
The Communist Party of the Russian Federation intends...
The Communist Party of the Russian Federation intends to collect signatures for a petition to hold a referendum on the most important problems facing the country, Ivan Melnikov, deputy chairman of the party's Central Committee and a State Duma member, sai
- JULY 23, 2002BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Court in Bangladesh convicted four people and gave...
Court in Bangladesh convicted four people and gave capital punishment to one of them and life terms to the other three for killing a man in 1998
- JULY 23, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
An ex-Taliban commander said Islamic militants led...
An ex-Taliban commander said Islamic militants led by Al-Qaeda want to strike quickly against US interests in Pakistan in retaliation for the death sentence in the Daniel Pearl murder case and a crackdown on Muslim extremists
- JULY 23, 2002Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Lawyers for the five Britons held in connection with...
Lawyers for the five Britons held in connection with anti-western bombings in Saudi Arabia lodged defence submissions with the supreme court in the kingdom
- JULY 23, 2002United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
Lawyers for the five Britons held in connection with...
Lawyers for the five Britons held in connection with anti-western bombings in Saudi Arabia lodged defence submissions with the supreme court in the kingdom
- JULY 23, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
The draft bill presented by Deputy Prime Minister Mesut...
The draft bill presented by Deputy Prime Minister Mesut Yilmaz to political party leaders regarding the EU regulations proposes changes on 14 laws, including the of the death penalty and its replacement with life imprisonment
- JULY 22, 2002MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
A mother of six was duped into parting with RM50,000...
A mother of six was duped into parting with RM50,000 by a confidence trickster who claimed that he had the "connections" to help her son who is in death row
- JULY 22, 2002TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
The abolition of the death penalty in Taiwan is not...
The abolition of the death penalty in Taiwan is not yet around the corner, but draft legislation that seeks to plug some of the law's weaknesses marks no small step in the government's efforts to get it out of the statute books eventually
- JULY 22, 2002AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
A jury recommended the death penalty for Wilson Earl...
A jury recommended the death penalty for Wilson Earl Robitaillie, convicted in the stabbing deaths of a woman and her 2 children on May 11, 2001
- JULY 22, 2002BurundiDEATH PENALTY
A five-day seminar on national and international law...
A five-day seminar on national and international law opened in Bujumbura, the capital of Burundi, a country traumatised by years of inter-ethnic conflict
- JULY 22, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
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- JULY 22, 2002JapanDEATH PENALTY
The Supreme Court has dismissed prosecution of a 63-year-old...
The Supreme Court has dismissed prosecution of a 63-year-old man convicted of murdering two people and committing robberies in 1994 and 1995 because he died July 2, court officials
- JULY 21, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
For P18,000 a month, you could become a phlebotomist-the...
For P18,000 a month, you could become a phlebotomist-the executioner who delivers the lethal injection to a condemned convict
- JULY 21, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Three men were hanged in prison in Tehran
Three men were hanged in prison in Tehran
- JULY 21, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Ahmad Najafi was sentenced to death in Tehran
Ahmad Najafi was sentenced to death in Tehran
- JULY 20, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Three convicted murderers, Amir T
Three convicted murderers, Amir T
- JULY 20, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
The death sentence awarded on July 17 by a Lahore district...
The death sentence awarded on July 17 by a Lahore district and sessions court to a Christian, Anwar Kenneth, accused of blasphemy, drew outrage from human rights bodies within and outside the country
- JULY 20, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Philippine President Gloria Arroyo ordered an offensive...
Philippine President Gloria Arroyo ordered an offensive against the country's top smugglers and said they would be charged with economic sabotage, punishable by death
- JULY 20, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Death by "mysterious means," not by lethal injection,...
Death by "mysterious means," not by lethal injection, is slowly decimating the ranks of death-row convicts
- JULY 19, 2002United StatesDEATH PENALTY
America is ready to drop its demand for Pakistan to...
America is ready to drop its demand for Pakistan to extradite Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, the British-born Muslim extremist sentenced to death for masterminding the kidnap and murder of the American journalist Daniel Pearl
- JULY 19, 2002CzechiaDEATH PENALTY
A majority of Czechs or 56
A majority of Czechs or 56
- JULY 19, 2002HungaryDEATH PENALTY
A majority of Czechs or 56
A majority of Czechs or 56
- JULY 19, 2002New ZealandDEATH PENALTY
A return to capital punishment is "certainly not" Alliance...
A return to capital punishment is "certainly not" Alliance [a coalition of the New Labour Party, Democratic Party, New Zealand Liberal Party, and Mana Motuhake] policy, despite it being advocated by West Coast-Tasman election candidate Dick Hitchens, a pa
- JULY 19, 2002PolandDEATH PENALTY
A majority of Czechs or 56
A majority of Czechs or 56