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 11, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
A convicted murderer -identified as Mostafa R
A convicted murderer -identified as Mostafa R
- JUNE 11, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Belgian Foreign Minister Louis Michel said that any...
Belgian Foreign Minister Louis Michel said that any trade agreement between the European Union and Iran would have to include provisions on human rights and the global fight against terrorism
- JUNE 11, 2002RwandaDEATH PENALTY
The long-awaited trials to be conducted by Gacaca courts...
The long-awaited trials to be conducted by Gacaca courts - an adapted form of Rwandan traditional participatory justice - are to begin on 18 June to deal with the perpetrators of the 1994 genocide, in which Hutu extremists in the country killed some 800,0
- JUNE 11, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Belgian Foreign Minister Louis Michel said that any...
Belgian Foreign Minister Louis Michel said that any trade agreement between the European Union and Iran would have to include provisions on human rights and the global fight against terrorism
- JUNE 11, 2002ThailandDEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International accused Thailand's police and...
Amnesty International accused Thailand's police and army of widely using torture in prisons and while interrogating criminal suspects
- JUNE 11, 2002MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
Special Investiga tion/Legal Section Narcotics Department...
Special Investiga tion/Legal Section Narcotics Department Supt Nooryah Mohd Anvar said that since the implementation of the mandatory death sentence and life imprisonment for drug offences in 1975, 155 Malaysians and 45 foreigners were hanged under Sectio
- JUNE 11, 2002VietnamDEATH PENALTY
A Vietnamese man was sentenced to death for killing...
A Vietnamese man was sentenced to death for killing his parents with a meal laced with rat poison, a court official said
- JUNE 11, 2002MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
Toh Su Kuan, a mechanic sentenced to death in 1998...
Toh Su Kuan, a mechanic sentenced to death in 1998 for having 356 packets of heroin strapped to his torso and stuffed in his shoes was acquitted by the Court of Appeal on the basis that the prosecution had not proved that he had known what he was carrying
- JUNE 11, 2002DEATH PENALTY
The present situation impedes Belarus's integration...
The present situation impedes Belarus's integration into Europe, said Wolfgang Behrendt, rapporteur on Belarus in the political committee of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), said in Minsk
- JUNE 11, 2002BelarusDEATH PENALTY
The present situation impedes Belarus's integration...
The present situation impedes Belarus's integration into Europe, said Wolfgang Behrendt, rapporteur on Belarus in the political committee of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), said in Minsk
- JUNE 11, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Deputy Prime Minister and Motherland Party (ANAP) leader...
Deputy Prime Minister and Motherland Party (ANAP) leader Mesut Yilmaz said that the parties in Parliament were searching for an agreement on the issues of the death penalty and teaching and broadcasting in mother tongues
- JUNE 11, 2002JapanDEATH PENALTY
Japan's Supreme Court upheld death sentences for two...
Japan's Supreme Court upheld death sentences for two Chinese men found guilty of a 1992 triple murder and robbery at a pachinko parlor in Tama, western Tokyo
- JUNE 11, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
A former Pakistan army captain sentenced to death for...
A former Pakistan army captain sentenced to death for claiming to be a prophet was shot dead by another prisoner, an official said
- JUNE 11, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
A court in Tehran sentenced a man to death
A court in Tehran sentenced a man to death
- JUNE 10, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Hossein Najafi, a convicted murderer was hanged in...
Hossein Najafi, a convicted murderer was hanged in a prison in the northeatern holy city of Mashhad, the daily Qods said
- JUNE 10, 2002St. Vincent & GrenadinesDEATH PENALTY
The Committee on the Rights of the Child concluded...
The Committee on the Rights of the Child concluded its thirtieth session, having considered reports of 10 States parties to the Convention on the Rights of the Child
- JUNE 10, 2002Equatorial GuineaDEATH PENALTY
Some 68 opposition leaders have been sentenced to jail...
Some 68 opposition leaders have been sentenced to jail terms ranging from six to 20 years for reportedly plotting to overthrow President Teodoro Obiang Nguema
- JUNE 10, 2002VietnamDEATH PENALTY
A Vietnamese man was sentenced to death for strangling...
A Vietnamese man was sentenced to death for strangling his 107-year-old grandfather, a court official said
- JUNE 10, 2002MexicoDEATH PENALTY
Forty-four percent of all foreigners sentenced to death...
Forty-four percent of all foreigners sentenced to death in the United States are Mexican, officials said
- JUNE 10, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Turkey has appealed to Libya not to execute two Turkish...
Turkey has appealed to Libya not to execute two Turkish nationals sentenced to death for murder
- JUNE 10, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Rasoul Imani, 63, was hanged in jail in Tabriz, Iran
Rasoul Imani, 63, was hanged in jail in Tabriz, Iran
- JUNE 10, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Three men were sentenced to execution in Abadan, Iran
Three men were sentenced to execution in Abadan, Iran
- JUNE 9, 2002Vatican CityDEATH PENALTY
Cardinal Oscar Rodriguez Maradiaga, a Honduran, a top...
Cardinal Oscar Rodriguez Maradiaga, a Honduran, a top Vatican official accused the American media of persecuting the Roman Catholic Church over paedophile priests, but even as he did so a Washington Post survey laid bare the extent of the scandal
- JUNE 9, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Mohammed A
Mohammed A
- JUNE 8, 2002KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
Kuwait's court of appeals upheld the death sentence...
Kuwait's court of appeals upheld the death sentence on a police officer found guilty of shooting dead a female editor in a crowded street
- JUNE 8, 2002Equatorial GuineaDEATH PENALTY
A court sentenced 68 people to up to 20 years each...
A court sentenced 68 people to up to 20 years each over an alleged plot to seize power
- JUNE 7, 2002TexasDEATH PENALTY
A jury sentenced Perry Eugene Williams Jr
A jury sentenced Perry Eugene Williams Jr
- JUNE 7, 2002OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
Keating vetoes bill banning executions of mentally...
Keating vetoes bill banning executions of mentally retarded Legislation that would have exempted mentally retarded defendants from the death penalty was vetoed by Gov
- JUNE 7, 2002RussiaDEATH PENALTY
The authorities of Zanzibar Island assured Russian...
The authorities of Zanzibar Island assured Russian Ambassador to Tanzania Doku Zavgayev that "two citizens of Russia sentenced to death will not be executed
- JUNE 7, 2002TanzaniaDEATH PENALTY
The authorities of Zanzibar Island assured Russian...
The authorities of Zanzibar Island assured Russian Ambassador to Tanzania Doku Zavgayev that "two citizens of Russia sentenced to death will not be executed