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 1, 2002Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi Arabia sentenced some of the men it arrested...
Saudi Arabia sentenced some of the men it arrested in the 1996 bombing of a U
- JUNE 1, 2002PeruDEATH PENALTY
The full horror of Peru's dark years is emerging into...
The full horror of Peru's dark years is emerging into the light in a Latin American version of a truth and reconciliation commission
- JUNE 1, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
A 20-year-old man, Majid Mozaffari, was hanged in a...
A 20-year-old man, Majid Mozaffari, was hanged in a prison in the western city of Ilam for murdering two women
- JUNE 1, 2002FijiDEATH PENALTY
Two key figures in Fiji's 2000 coup were to be charged...
Two key figures in Fiji's 2000 coup were to be charged with treason and could be sentenced to death following High Court rulings
- JUNE 1, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
A court in Tehran condemned Jamal A
A court in Tehran condemned Jamal A
- JUNE 1, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
June-July,2002: in the last two months 185 persons...
June-July,2002: in the last two months 185 persons were executed in China: 164 drug traffickers, 17 criminals involved in organized crime and 4 others were killed for corruption
- JUNE 1, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
With the approval of the Supreme People's Court, in...
With the approval of the Supreme People's Court, in its second trial, the Provincial Higher People's Court in Hunan Province executed seven criminals, the Xinhua Daily Telegraph reported
- MAY 31, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
In Pakistan, the Sialkot District Judge Nazir Ahmad...
In Pakistan, the Sialkot District Judge Nazir Ahmad passed the death sentence on Sher Muhammad for killing a shopkeeper Muhammad Iqbal, over a minor dispute in Ghueinkey village in the Daska district on January 9, 2001
- MAY 31, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
A Pakistani district court in Sahiwal condemned two...
A Pakistani district court in Sahiwal condemned two leaders of the banned Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan to death
- MAY 31, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Pakistani courts condemned two people convicted in...
Pakistani courts condemned two people convicted in separate murder cases to death
- MAY 31, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Judge Mirza Abid Jawad Baig gave capital punishment...
Judge Mirza Abid Jawad Baig gave capital punishment to Imran for killing Irshad Ahmed, a student, over a trifling matter on March 9, 2001 in the Sahiwal district, Pakistan
- MAY 31, 2002RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Russian Federation Council Speaker Sergei Mironov spoke...
Russian Federation Council Speaker Sergei Mironov spoke out categorically against abolishing the moratorium on the death penalty
- MAY 31, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
The European Union (EU) Commission issued a written...
The European Union (EU) Commission issued a written statement pertaining to the decision and approaches of the National Security Council (NSC), noting that it perceived them as "positive signals"
- MAY 31, 2002RussiaDEATH PENALTY
President Vladimir Putin roasted Russia's top cops...
President Vladimir Putin roasted Russia's top cops for failing to stem soaring crime and said corrupt officers must be chased out of the force
- MAY 31, 2002IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
Human rights groups say the abduction and murder of...
Human rights groups say the abduction and murder of civilians in Aceh reached "alarming levels" after the bodies of 19 people were found separate locations throughout the war-torn province in the previous four days
- MAY 31, 2002North KoreaDEATH PENALTY
Chinese police arrested a group of North Korean defectors...
Chinese police arrested a group of North Korean defectors in Yunnan Province, near the country's border with Laos and Myanmar, between 24 and the 26 May, activists in Seoul said
- MAY 31, 2002MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
Malaysia's main opposition party promised an Islamic...
Malaysia's main opposition party promised an Islamic state for the multi-racial country but left vague its stance on strict religious laws and capital punishment for majority Muslim Malays
- MAY 31, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China has made all-out efforts to crack down on tax...
China has made all-out efforts to crack down on tax rebate fraud, said Deputy Commissioner of State Administration of Taxation Cui Junhui at a national conference on cooperation between trade and taxation departments in Dalian
- MAY 31, 2002ZimbabweDEATH PENALTY
Three convicted killers were hanged at Harare Central Prison
Three convicted killers were hanged at Harare Central Prison
- MAY 31, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Yao Ruihua, Xu Weiguo and Nie Shaowen, convicted of...
Yao Ruihua, Xu Weiguo and Nie Shaowen, convicted of murder and robbery, were executed on the orders of the Shanghai Higher Court
- MAY 30, 2002IdahoDEATH PENALTY
In Boise, Darrell Payne was sentenced to die by lethal...
In Boise, Darrell Payne was sentenced to die by lethal injection
- MAY 30, 2002IllinoisDEATH PENALTY
Andrew Urdiales, 37, should be executed for the 1996...
Andrew Urdiales, 37, should be executed for the 1996 murders of Lynn Huber, 22, and Laura Uylaki, 25, a Cook County jury decided in the Chicago courtroom of Cook County Circuit Judge Edward Fiala
- MAY 30, 2002TexasDEATH PENALTY
Stanley Baker was executed for shooting Wayne John...
Stanley Baker was executed for shooting Wayne John Walters, 44, on Sept
- MAY 30, 2002MarylandDEATH PENALTY
A Wicomico County jury, presided over by Wicomico County...
A Wicomico County jury, presided over by Wicomico County Circuit Judge Donald C
- MAY 30, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China executed a former central bank official for his...
China executed a former central bank official for his part in stealing nearly 15
- MAY 30, 2002ThailandDEATH PENALTY
Preparations are being made for execution by lethal...
Preparations are being made for execution by lethal injection, which will be used at three prisons starting in 2003, replacing the current method of shooting, Corrections Department director general Siwa Sangmanee said
- MAY 30, 2002BelarusDEATH PENALTY
The Belarussian House of Representatives began hearings...
The Belarussian House of Representatives began hearings on the repeal of death penalty
- MAY 30, 2002BelarusDEATH PENALTY
Belarusian Foreign Minister Mikhail Khvastow said that...
Belarusian Foreign Minister Mikhail Khvastow said that he favours the idea of abandoning the death penalty, but stressed that the immediate abolition of capital punishment in Belarus would be premature
- MAY 30, 2002BelarusDEATH PENALTY
The abolition of the death penalty in Belarus is "is...
The abolition of the death penalty in Belarus is "is predetermined by our desire to join the Council of Europe" the head of the Belarusian Constitutional Court, Ryhor Vasilevich, said during debates in the National Assembly's House of Representatives [low
- MAY 30, 2002BelarusDEATH PENALTY
The Belarusian Prosecutor's Office is campaigning for...
The Belarusian Prosecutor's Office is campaigning for the preservation of capital punishment as a measure of last resort, Belarusian Deputy Prosecutor-General Mikhail Snyahir said at a hearing in the National Assembly's House of Representatives [lower hou