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
- MAY 27, 2002AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
Australia held inaugural talks with Vietnam on human...
Australia held inaugural talks with Vietnam on human rights and raised concerns about the treatment of dissidents and Australians facing possible death sentences in Vietnam
- MAY 27, 2002GreeceDEATH PENALTY
US national Peter Sedom, 32,who was serving multiple...
US national Peter Sedom, 32,who was serving multiple sentences, including a life-sentence for intentional homicide, excaped from Korydallos prison
- MAY 27, 2002HaitiDEATH PENALTY
Three gang members were shot to death in an impoverished...
Three gang members were shot to death in an impoverished quarter of the Haitian capital after opening fire on Haitian National Police officers, a police spokesman said
- MAY 27, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Director of the Public Security Bureau of Lucheng District,...
Director of the Public Security Bureau of Lucheng District, Wenzhou, in East China's Zhejiang Province, was sentenced to death for taking bribes and owning a huge amount of property of unkown sources
- MAY 27, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
An Iranian military court spared the lives of two secret...
An Iranian military court spared the lives of two secret agents sentenced to death in 2001 for the murder of a dissident and his wife, Iran's IRNA news agency reported
- MAY 27, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Davao City mayor Rodrigo Duterte the campaign against...
Davao City mayor Rodrigo Duterte the campaign against illegal drugs would now be directed at big-time local distributors and suppliers from other regions in the Philippines
- MAY 27, 2002VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Australia held inaugural talks with Vietnam on human...
Australia held inaugural talks with Vietnam on human rights and raised concerns about the treatment of dissidents and Australians facing possible death sentences in Vietnam
- MAY 27, 2002RussiaDEATH PENALTY
In recent days there has been a noticeable increase...
In recent days there has been a noticeable increase in talk of lifting Russia's current moratorium on the death penalty
- MAY 27, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Farhad was hanged in public in the ancient central...
Farhad was hanged in public in the ancient central Iranian city of Isfahan
- MAY 27, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Rahim Amiri, an Afghan national, was hanged in public...
Rahim Amiri, an Afghan national, was hanged in public in Semnan, Iran
- MAY 26, 2002TajikistanDEATH PENALTY
Tajik Prosecutor-General Bobojon Bobokhonov said that...
Tajik Prosecutor-General Bobojon Bobokhonov said that the crime rate in 2001 was down on that of 2000
- MAY 25, 2002GermanyDEATH PENALTY
German officials are negotiating with the Turkish government...
German officials are negotiating with the Turkish government to extradite a Turk who is serving a four-year sentence in Germany for operating a terrorist organisation and calling for the murder of a rival, the German interior minister said
- MAY 25, 2002DEATH PENALTY
German officials are negotiating with the Turkish government...
German officials are negotiating with the Turkish government to extradite a Turk who is serving a four-year sentence in Germany for operating a terrorist organisation and calling for the murder of a rival, the German interior minister said
- MAY 25, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Marie Hilao-Enriquez, National Alliance for People's...
Marie Hilao-Enriquez, National Alliance for People's Rights secretary general, in a media forum held at the University of the Philippines, spoke about on an undeclared military attack in predominantly Muslim southern Sulu province, (Southern Philippines)
- MAY 25, 2002UgandaDEATH PENALTY
The Uganda Law Society (ULS) launched a new book attacking...
The Uganda Law Society (ULS) launched a new book attacking the use of death penalty in Uganda at the International Conference Centre in Kampala
- MAY 24, 2002MoroccoDEATH PENALTY
Morocco's King Mohammed pardoned 979 prisoners on the...
Morocco's King Mohammed pardoned 979 prisoners on the eve of the Muslim Eid El Mawlid, which marks Prophet Mohammed's birthday
- MAY 24, 2002Myanmar (Burma)DEATH PENALTY
A court in Myanmar sentenced to death a man convicted...
A court in Myanmar sentenced to death a man convicted of killing the Yangon office manager of Mitsubishi Corp
- MAY 24, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Former police officer Wang Luxiong and five gang members...
Former police officer Wang Luxiong and five gang members were given the death sentence for engaging in triad activities, the China News Service said
- MAY 24, 2002RussiaDEATH PENALTY
The Council of Europe has positively assessed changes...
The Council of Europe has positively assessed changes in Russia's penitentiary system, Deputy Justice Minister Yuri Kalinin said
- MAY 24, 2002RussiaDEATH PENALTY
The National Assembly of Dagestan has called for lifting...
The National Assembly of Dagestan has called for lifting the moratorium on the death penalty for persons committing especially grave crimes in Russia
- MAY 24, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
A survey published in Friday's Sabah newspaper showed...
A survey published in Friday's Sabah newspaper showed that in response to the question of whether Turkey should join the EU, 32
- MAY 24, 2002BelarusDEATH PENALTY
Lithuanian and Belarusian diplomats discussed bilateral...
Lithuanian and Belarusian diplomats discussed bilateral and regional cooperation, issues of trade and transport, and development of the legal base at a meeting in Druskininkai, southern Lithuania
- MAY 23, 2002Equatorial GuineaDEATH PENALTY
Equatorial Guinea's public prosecutor has urged a court...
Equatorial Guinea's public prosecutor has urged a court to sentence to death or to 30 years, Felipe Ondo Obiang and Guillermo Nguema Ela, both leaders of the illegal Democratic Republican Force (FDR), and Emilio Ndong Biyogo of the Popular Union, a legal
- MAY 23, 2002South CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
A Dorchester County jury sentenced 21-year-old Marion...
A Dorchester County jury sentenced 21-year-old Marion Bowman Jr
- MAY 23, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
A court in Tehran sentenced Mohammed Baksheh to execution
A court in Tehran sentenced Mohammed Baksheh to execution
- MAY 22, 2002TexasDEATH PENALTY
Johnny Joe Martinez, 29, was executed in Huntsville...
Johnny Joe Martinez, 29, was executed in Huntsville despite an unusual plea from the victim's mother that his sentence be commuted to life in prison
- MAY 22, 2002HungaryDEATH PENALTY
The outgoing prime minister, Viktor Orban, said that...
The outgoing prime minister, Viktor Orban, said that Hungary should re-introduce the death penalty
- MAY 22, 2002ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
The terrorist act on the Armenian Parliament on October...
The terrorist act on the Armenian Parliament on October 27, 1999, was a premeditated coup d'etat, a victim, the Chairman of the Parliamentary Commission for State and Legal Affairs Victor Dallakian stated at a court hearing on the case
- MAY 22, 2002HungaryDEATH PENALTY
Outgoing Hungarian Justice Minister Ibolya David,...
Outgoing Hungarian Justice Minister Ibolya David, referring to the European Union's ban on the death penalty, said that death penalty cannot be a yardstick of democracy under any circumstances
- MAY 22, 2002BelarusDEATH PENALTY
The Speaker of the lower chamber of the Belarus parliament...
The Speaker of the lower chamber of the Belarus parliament Vadim Popov expressed doubt that "Belarussians will support the ban on capital punishment" in the wake of the terrorist attacks in the United States and Russia