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 10, 2002JamaicaDEATH PENALTY
Justice Minister A
Justice Minister A
- DECEMBER 10, 2002UgandaDEATH PENALTY
The Times of India reported that Justice BJ Odoki,...
The Times of India reported that Justice BJ Odoki, Chief Justice of Uganda, said that rape was considered the most heinous in his country
- DECEMBER 10, 2002Nord CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
Desmond Carter, 35, was executed at 2:17 a
Desmond Carter, 35, was executed at 2:17 a
- DECEMBER 10, 2002Nord CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
In Windsor, a Bertie County judge threw out the 1998...
In Windsor, a Bertie County judge threw out the 1998 murder conviction of death row inmate Alan Gell and ordered a new trial
- DECEMBER 10, 2002OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
In McAlester, an Army veteran who killed 4 people during...
In McAlester, an Army veteran who killed 4 people during a 1990 robbery was executed
- DECEMBER 10, 2002DEATH PENALTY
No death row inmates would be executed until a special...
No death row inmates would be executed until a special commission takes a second look at the state's capital-punishment system under a bill passed by a state Assembly committee
- DECEMBER 10, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Some 100 Iranian protestors staged mock executions...
Some 100 Iranian protestors staged mock executions outside a meeting of EU foreign ministers, to protest an EU decision to launch trade talks with Tehran
- DECEMBER 10, 2002DEATH PENALTY
Some 100 Iranian protestors staged mock executions...
Some 100 Iranian protestors staged mock executions outside a meeting of EU foreign ministers, to protest an EU decision to launch trade talks with Tehran
- DECEMBER 9, 2002RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Russian human rights commissioner Oleg Mironov stated...
Russian human rights commissioner Oleg Mironov stated that if Chechen opposition leader Akhmed Zakayev were to be extradited from Denmark to Russia his trial must be open
- DECEMBER 9, 2002MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
The New Straits Times revealed that a proposal to hang...
The New Straits Times revealed that a proposal to hang child rapists would be tabled in the Cabinet on December 18, despite strong objections from 30 non-governmental organisations
- DECEMBER 9, 2002LebanonDEATH PENALTY
Beirut Chief Investigating Magistrate Hatem Madi requested...
Beirut Chief Investigating Magistrate Hatem Madi requested death sentences for two men convicted of murdering a physician
- DECEMBER 9, 2002IsraelDEATH PENALTY
The Israeli Shin Bet Security Service arrested a man...
The Israeli Shin Bet Security Service arrested a man it says was the sniper who shot 10-month-old Shalhevet Pass, and Jewish settler leaders called for the death penalty
- DECEMBER 9, 2002FloridaDEATH PENALTY
Linroy Bottoson, an inmate who believed he was locked...
Linroy Bottoson, an inmate who believed he was locked in a battle between Satan and Jesus Christ, was executed for the kidnapping, robbery and slaying of the Eatonville postmistress 23 years ago
- DECEMBER 9, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Human Rights in China, a New York based human rights...
Human Rights in China, a New York based human rights group, said that the case in which a Tibetan monk and a follower, Tenzin Delek and Lobsang Dhondup, had been sentenced to death over a bombing should be heard again
- DECEMBER 8, 2002IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
A group of Muslim clerics issued a fatwa calling for...
A group of Muslim clerics issued a fatwa calling for a death sentence on Indonesian Muslim scholar Ulil Abshar-Abdalla because of a published newspaper article they deemed blasphemous
- DECEMBER 8, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Six members of a gang that smuggled more than 100 kilograms...
Six members of a gang that smuggled more than 100 kilograms of heroin into China were sentenced to death in Guangdong province, which borders Hong Kong, the official Xinhua News Agency reported
- DECEMBER 8, 2002MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
In an editorial in the Sunday Mail Baidura Ahmad addressed...
In an editorial in the Sunday Mail Baidura Ahmad addressed the rising debate in the country regarding implementation of the death penalty for child rapists
- DECEMBER 7, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Baton-wielding security forces arrested at least 60...
Baton-wielding security forces arrested at least 60 people in the Iranian capital, a city official said, as thousands gathered in and around Tehran University to call for political reform
- DECEMBER 6, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
It was reported by Xinhua News Agency that fifty members...
It was reported by Xinhua News Agency that fifty members of three criminal rings were sentenced to death or various prison terms by the No
- DECEMBER 6, 2002Council of EuropeDEATH PENALTY
The Council of Europe urged Russia to finally ban the...
The Council of Europe urged Russia to finally ban the death penalty
- DECEMBER 6, 2002RussiaDEATH PENALTY
The Council of Europe urged Russia to finally ban the...
The Council of Europe urged Russia to finally ban the death penalty
- DECEMBER 6, 2002UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
A United Nations' rapporteur accused Uzbekistan of...
A United Nations' rapporteur accused Uzbekistan of routinely using torture to terrorize opponents and obtain confessions which sometimes resulted in courts handing down the death penalty
- DECEMBER 6, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Dalai Lama's Tibetan government-in-exile demanded...
The Dalai Lama's Tibetan government-in-exile demanded the reversals of a death sentence against a Tibetan activist and a suspended death sentence against a senior Buddhist monk handed down by a Chinese court
- DECEMBER 6, 2002Nord CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
In Raleigh, Ernest Basden was executed by injection
In Raleigh, Ernest Basden was executed by injection
- DECEMBER 5, 2002Papua New GuineaDEATH PENALTY
It was reported that Prime Minister Sir Michael Somare...
It was reported that Prime Minister Sir Michael Somare directed the Justice Department to review penalties in relation to addressing law and order problems in the country
- DECEMBER 5, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A Tibetan human rights group condemned death sentences...
A Tibetan human rights group condemned death sentences passed by a Chinese court on two ethnic Tibetans found guilty of bomb attacks in the south west of China
- DECEMBER 5, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A Chinese court sentenced to death two ethnic Tibetans...
A Chinese court sentenced to death two ethnic Tibetans accused of setting off a series of bombs in the southwest of the country near Tibet
- DECEMBER 5, 2002DEATH PENALTY
In Springfield, the Illinois Senate enacted a sweeping...
In Springfield, the Illinois Senate enacted a sweeping law that makes terrorism a death-penalty offense, unanimously snubbing lame-duck Gov
- DECEMBER 5, 2002IllinoisDEATH PENALTY
Illinois lawmakers overrode the governor's veto and...
Illinois lawmakers overrode the governor's veto and voted unanimously to make terrorism a death penalty offence in the state
- DECEMBER 5, 2002DEATH PENALTY
CHINA SENTENCES TWO TIBETANS TO DEATH FOR BOMBINGS
December 5, 2002: a Chinese court has sentenced to death two ethnic Tibetans accused of setting off a series of bombs in the southwest of the country near Tibet, a court official said on Thursday.