Archive timeline
2002
The news published by Hands Off Cain in 2002, month by month, with the countries most present that year.
The year in data
- Executions recorded worldwide
- 535
- Countries where they were recorded
- 27
- News items in the archive
- 3,937
Latest news of 2002
- JUNE 16, 2002ThailandDEATH PENALTY
Siwa Saengmanee, the corrections department official...
Siwa Saengmanee, the corrections department official director general said that the number of convicts facing the death sentence has risen to 609
- JUNE 15, 2002HondurasDEATH PENALTY
More and more Hondurans are calling for the return...
More and more Hondurans are calling for the return of the death penalty as one way to stem the crime wave sweeping the country and deter the type of horrific murders that have made headlines in recent weeks
- JUNE 15, 2002FijiDEATH PENALTY
Home Affairs Minister Joketani Cokanasiga said at Queen...
Home Affairs Minister Joketani Cokanasiga said at Queen Victoria School that government will remove the death penalty from the Military Act, before reviewing the cadet passing out parade
- JUNE 15, 2002KenyaDEATH PENALTY
The Standing Committee on Human Rights appointed by...
The Standing Committee on Human Rights appointed by the government said only a half of the 40,000 prisoners should be in prison while the rest should have been freed on bond or held at police stations
- JUNE 14, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
At least five people have been executed in the capital...
At least five people have been executed in the capital for violent crimes
- JUNE 14, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Democratic Left Party (DSP) deputy leaders Emrehan...
Democratic Left Party (DSP) deputy leaders Emrehan Halici, Zeki Sezer and Tayfun Icli and deputy secretary general Suleyman Yagiz met with Ali Riza Gonul and Ali Naci Tuncer of True Path Party (DYP) to discuss the abolition of death sentence
- JUNE 14, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Justice Minister Hikmet Sami Turk said "we can reach...
Justice Minister Hikmet Sami Turk said "we can reach a consensus of opinion with the opposition, if it does not insist on constitutional amendment to lift death sentence
- JUNE 14, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Presidential Foreign Affairs Chief Adviser Tacan Ildem...
Presidential Foreign Affairs Chief Adviser Tacan Ildem during the weekly press briefing said that President Ahmet Necdet Sezer stressed on the necessity that parliamentary works had to be accelerated in order to make the initiatives aiming at abolishing o
- JUNE 14, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Municipal Intermediate People's Court in Jinan...
The Municipal Intermediate People's Court in Jinan Province sentenced Dai Jinggang (2071 7234 0494), director of the project office of Shandong Yitong Investment Consultancy Ltd Co (Yitong Investment Co), to death and confiscation of 100,000 yuan of asset
- JUNE 14, 2002United StatesDEATH PENALTY
The US Senate overwhelmingly approved legislation to...
The US Senate overwhelmingly approved legislation to bring the United States into compliance with two international counterterrorism treaties, easing extradition of bombing suspects and conforming laws against financing of terrorist activities
- JUNE 14, 2002DEATH PENALTY
A SHORT FILM AGAINST THE DEATH PENALTY LAUNCHED IN ITALY TODAY
June 14, 2002: a short film against the death penalty entitled A different request – the last request was presented in Italy today.
- JUNE 13, 2002TexasDEATH PENALTY
Daniel Reneau, 27, was executed for killing Kriss Keeran,...
Daniel Reneau, 27, was executed for killing Kriss Keeran, 31, during a robbery on Jan
- JUNE 13, 2002United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
Prime Minister Tony Blair has been asked to step in...
Prime Minister Tony Blair has been asked to step in to save death row Scot Kenny Richey from execution
- JUNE 13, 2002EgyptDEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International voiced concern that executions...
Amnesty International voiced concern that executions in Egypt had increased dramatically in the past decade and said many convicts were denied fair trials and appeals
- JUNE 13, 2002United StatesDEATH PENALTY
Prime Minister Tony Blair has been asked to step in...
Prime Minister Tony Blair has been asked to step in to save death row Scot Kenny Richey from execution
- JUNE 13, 2002KazakhstanDEATH PENALTY
The Deputy head of the administration of Kazakh President...
The Deputy head of the administration of Kazakh President [Nursultan Nazarbayev] and the head of the state and legal department of the administration of the head of state, Igor Rogov, told an international conference in [the northern Kazakh capital] Almat
- JUNE 13, 2002VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Ly A Va and Va A Say, to two ethnic men in northern...
Ly A Va and Va A Say, to two ethnic men in northern mountainous Lai Chau province, were sentenced to death for murder and drug trafficking
- JUNE 13, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A former central bank official was executed for stealing...
A former central bank official was executed for stealing nearly 15
- JUNE 13, 2002JapanDEATH PENALTY
The European Parliament approved a resolution calling...
The European Parliament approved a resolution calling on the parliaments of Japan, South Korea and Taiwan to intensify their efforts for a rapid abolition of the death penalty and for the introduction of a moratorium on executions
- JUNE 13, 2002TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
The European Parliament approved a resolution calling...
The European Parliament approved a resolution calling on the parliaments of Japan, South Korea and Taiwan to intensify their efforts for a rapid abolition of the death penalty and for the introduction of a moratorium on executions
- JUNE 13, 2002South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
The European Parliament approved a resolution calling...
The European Parliament approved a resolution calling on the parliaments of Japan, South Korea and Taiwan to intensify their efforts for a rapid abolition of the death penalty and for the introduction of a moratorium on executions
- JUNE 13, 2002DEATH PENALTY
The European Parliament approved a resolution calling...
The European Parliament approved a resolution calling on the parliaments of Japan, South Korea and Taiwan to intensify their efforts for a rapid abolition of the death penalty and for the introduction of a moratorium on executions
- JUNE 13, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Together with DSP deputy chairmen Zeki Sezer, Tayfun...
Together with DSP deputy chairmen Zeki Sezer, Tayfun Icli and Suleyman Yagiz, Halici paid visits to the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), the Motherland Party (ANAP), and the Justice and Development Party groups to abolish death sentence
- JUNE 12, 2002VirginiaDEATH PENALTY
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- JUNE 12, 2002IraqDEATH PENALTY
It was reported that Saddam's eldest son, Udai, together,...
It was reported that Saddam's eldest son, Udai, together, with his brother, Qusai, has signed an estimated 10,000 execution orders
- JUNE 12, 2002VietnamDEATH PENALTY
In some of the leading stories in the official Vietnamese...
In some of the leading stories in the official Vietnamese press Reuters that has not verified it and does not vouch for it accuracy reported that a court in the northern province of Lai Chau has sentenced to death two people found guilty of killing an ant
- JUNE 12, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
A Tehran court condemned a man to death
A Tehran court condemned a man to death
- JUNE 12, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Premier Bulent Ecevit said he did not foresee any problems...
Premier Bulent Ecevit said he did not foresee any problems in gaining support from the opposition Islamist parties for the reform amid Turkey's efforts to begin EU membership talks by the end of 2002
- JUNE 12, 2002VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Nguyen Van Lap and Pho Van Chinh were shot aftre being...
Nguyen Van Lap and Pho Van Chinh were shot aftre being convicted of raping minors
- JUNE 12, 2002VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Nguyen Van Lap and Pho Van Chinh were executed by firing...
Nguyen Van Lap and Pho Van Chinh were executed by firing squad in Vietnam for raping minors