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 7, 2002MexicoDEATH PENALTY
Survivors of a massacre perpetrated in 1998 in Mexico,...
Survivors of a massacre perpetrated in 1998 in Mexico, who also withstood prison time and torture, say they will not rest until the members of the military they accuse of the crimes are brought to justice
- JUNE 7, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Martin Burnham, an American missionary, held by Muslim...
Martin Burnham, an American missionary, held by Muslim rebels for more than a year, was shot dead in the Philippines during an operation to free him and his wife, Gracia Burnham who was wounded during the rescue on the southern island of Mindanao
- JUNE 7, 2002MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
A 13-year-old boy was charged in the Magistrate's Court...
A 13-year-old boy was charged in the Magistrate's Court in Kuala Lumpur with murder of an 11-year-old girl at her house in Taman Seri Rampai in Wangsa Maju
- JUNE 7, 2002North KoreaDEATH PENALTY
The "conservative" number of North Korean defectors...
The "conservative" number of North Korean defectors hiding in China was estimated at 50,000 at the end of 2001, with 583 of them fleeing to freedom in South Korea, a non-profit United States organisation helping refugees said in its recent annual report
- JUNE 7, 2002VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Vietnam executed a school teacher for raping six pupils...
Vietnam executed a school teacher for raping six pupils aged between seven and eight, despite an appeal for clemency by parents' of his victims, a court official said
- JUNE 7, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Turkish President Ahmet Necdet Sezer summoned the heads...
Turkish President Ahmet Necdet Sezer summoned the heads of all parties to discuss the reforms Turkey must implement to start membership talks with the European Union
- JUNE 7, 2002RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Mobile subunits of Chechen fighters entered the villages...
Mobile subunits of Chechen fighters entered the villages of Kotar-Yurt and Staryy Achkhoy on the night of 5-6 June and conducted a special operation against local traitors and accomplices of the occupying regime
- JUNE 7, 2002RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Russia must retain the moratorium on the death penalty,...
Russia must retain the moratorium on the death penalty, Justice Minister Yuri Chaika told a news conference
- JUNE 6, 2002DEATH PENALTY
Gov. Frank Keating signed legislation establishing...
Gov. Frank Keating signed legislation establishing state crimes and penalties for terrorist acts in Oklahoma. The terrorism measure (Senate Bill 822) by Sen
- JUNE 6, 2002Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
The Palestinian Authority executed by firing squad...
The Palestinian Authority executed by firing squad two Palestinians convicted of raping and murdering a seven-year-old girl, Palestinian security and hospital officials said
- JUNE 6, 2002JapanDEATH PENALTY
A bilateral treaty on extradition of suspects and criminal...
A bilateral treaty on extradition of suspects and criminal defendants between Japan and South Korea will take effect June 21 following an exchange of ratification documents by Tokyo and Seoul, the Foreign Ministry said
- JUNE 6, 2002JapanDEATH PENALTY
Shozo Nishiyama, 49, a man in Hiroshima convicted of...
Shozo Nishiyama, 49, a man in Hiroshima convicted of one count of robbery-murder and facing another, said through his lawyer that he wants a legal revision so he can donate his bone marrow and organs while he is in detention and after his death
- JUNE 6, 2002South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
A bilateral treaty on extradition of suspects and criminal...
A bilateral treaty on extradition of suspects and criminal defendants between Japan and South Korea will take effect June 21 following an exchange of ratification documents by Tokyo and Seoul, the Foreign Ministry said
- JUNE 6, 2002GhanaDEATH PENALTY
The Director General of Prisons, Mr
The Director General of Prisons, Mr
- JUNE 6, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Wan Ruizhong, a Communist Party official, was sentenced...
Wan Ruizhong, a Communist Party official, was sentenced to death for accepting bribes to cover up a mine accident that killed 81 people
- JUNE 6, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Bowing to public outrage, the Pakistani [Federal Sharia]...
Bowing to public outrage, the Pakistani [Federal Sharia] court freed Zafran Bibi, a rape victim who was sentenced to death by stoning for the crime of having extramarital relations
- JUNE 6, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
A Tehran court sentenced five men to death
A Tehran court sentenced five men to death
- JUNE 6, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
With the approval of the Hubei Provincial Higher People's...
With the approval of the Hubei Provincial Higher People's Court, courts in Xiangfan, Jingzhou, and Yichang carried out execution orders on three principal suspects: Yu Lin, Yang Yiyong, and Zhao Hongyan
- JUNE 6, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Municipal Intermediate People's Court in Xiangfan,...
The Municipal Intermediate People's Court in Xiangfan, Hubei Province, pronounced death sentences on principal triad organization members, Yu Lin (0151 2651) and Li Guojun (2621 0948 6511), the daily newspaper of the Ministry of Public Security reported
- JUNE 6, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
With the approval of the Supreme People's Court, the...
With the approval of the Supreme People's Court, the Intermediate People's court in Ningbo, Zhejiang Province, executed Li Lixin, a Hunan "Yiyang Bang" gangster
- JUNE 6, 2002VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Bui Hiep Thang, Ngo Anh Cuong and Pham Quang Huy were...
Bui Hiep Thang, Ngo Anh Cuong and Pham Quang Huy were shot in Vietnam for murder
- JUNE 6, 2002DEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN’S FEDERAL SHARIA COURT FREES ZAFRAN BIBI
June 6, 2002: bowing to public outrage, a Pakistani court has freed Zafran Bibi, a rape victim who was sentenced to death by stoning for the crime of having extramarital relations. Zafran left her jail cell carrying the 7-month-old daughter who had been c
- JUNE 5, 2002JapanDEATH PENALTY
Prosecutors at the Wakayama District Court demanded...
Prosecutors at the Wakayama District Court demanded the death penalty for Masumi Hayashi, accused of the July 1998 Wakayama curry poisoning that killed four people and sickened 63 others
- JUNE 5, 2002Governo Federale degli Stati UnitiDEATH PENALTY
Julius Robinson, 25, was sentenced to death by U
Julius Robinson, 25, was sentenced to death by U
- JUNE 5, 2002New YorkDEATH PENALTY
A state senator from New York wants to give people...
A state senator from New York wants to give people the power to decide whether someone who murders them should face the death penalty
- JUNE 5, 2002RussiaDEATH PENALTY
The death sentences given to two young Russians on...
The death sentences given to two young Russians on the island of Zanzibar (part of Tanzania) will not be carried out because there is a moratorium on the death penalty in this African state, the Russian ambassador to Tanzania Doku Zavgayev told ITAR-TASS
- JUNE 5, 2002UgandaDEATH PENALTY
A suspect who pretended to suffer fits during a judgment,...
A suspect who pretended to suffer fits during a judgment, could not escape the gallows when he and two others were sentenced to death by the Uganda High Court for violent robbery
- JUNE 5, 2002TanzaniaDEATH PENALTY
The death sentences given to two young Russians on...
The death sentences given to two young Russians on the island of Zanzibar (part of Tanzania) will not be carried out because there is a moratorium on the death penalty in this African state, the Russian ambassador to Tanzania Doku Zavgayev told ITAR-TASS
- JUNE 5, 2002FranceDEATH PENALTY
An alleged anti-abortion killer was deported from France...
An alleged anti-abortion killer was deported from France to the US to face trial for murder
- JUNE 5, 2002DEATH PENALTY
An alleged anti-abortion killer was deported from France...
An alleged anti-abortion killer was deported from France to the US to face trial for murder