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 22, 2002SudanDEATH PENALTY
Sudan's state security force arrested 25 university...
Sudan's state security force arrested 25 university students on charges including trying to overthrow the government, which can carry the death penalty, the pro-government Akbar al-Youm newspaper reported
- MAY 22, 2002AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
Eunice Davis, sister of one of the victims of the 1963...
Eunice Davis, sister of one of the victims of the 1963 bombing at the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama told CNN that she did not want the death penalty for the defendant in a new trial on the case
- MAY 22, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Shirzad Gholami, a convicted murderer was publicly...
Shirzad Gholami, a convicted murderer was publicly hanged in Karaj, west of the capital Tehran
- MAY 22, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Chen was sentenced to death by the Shanghai No
Chen was sentenced to death by the Shanghai No
- MAY 22, 2002HungaryDEATH PENALTY
Interior Minister Designate Monika Lamperth is not...
Interior Minister Designate Monika Lamperth is not considering the idea of re-introducing death penalty raised by outgoing Prime Minister Viktor Orban
- MAY 22, 2002HungaryDEATH PENALTY
Peter Barandy, Justice Minister Designate by the parliament's...
Peter Barandy, Justice Minister Designate by the parliament's Constitutional Affairs Committee, said he was against the death penalty and he considered this morning's radio statement by [outgoing Prime Minister] Viktor Orban astoundingly irresponsible
- MAY 22, 2002HungaryDEATH PENALTY
Hungary's ousted Prime Minister Viktor Orban, shaken...
Hungary's ousted Prime Minister Viktor Orban, shaken by the country's bloodiest bank robbery, said he favoured bringing back the death penalty
- MAY 22, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo is set to sign a...
President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo is set to sign a tough anti-drug law that would make the possession of a mere 10 grams (0
- MAY 21, 2002VietnamDEATH PENALTY
A sentence of death was executed by firing squad in...
A sentence of death was executed by firing squad in HCMC on Taiwanese Chen Chi Tien who was arrested in May 1995 in the city when producing heavy narcotics (methamphetamines) under cover of a soap factory
- MAY 21, 2002RwandaDEATH PENALTY
Rwandan-backed rebels in the Democratic Republic of...
Rwandan-backed rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo are still arresting and executing suspected dissidents a week after a mutiny in the rebel-held eastern city of Kisangani, a U
- MAY 21, 2002TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
The Ho Chi Minh City firing squad ended the life of...
The Ho Chi Minh City firing squad ended the life of Chen Chi Tian from Taiwan, aged 48, who was accused of processing methamphetamine chlohydrate(MA), a dangerous kind of addictive substance
- MAY 21, 2002IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
A 27-year-old woman fell to the floor when the Tangerang...
A 27-year-old woman fell to the floor when the Tangerang District Court handed down the death penalty for her attempt to smuggle a kilogram of heroin into Indonesia from Nepal
- MAY 21, 2002Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
RCD-Goma authorities denied they executed soldiers...
RCD-Goma authorities denied they executed soldiers and policemen arrested during the mutiny in Kisangani - the Congolese town under the RCD-Goma (Congolese Rally for Democracy, supported by Rwanda) and accused the Kinshasa government of waging a campaign
- MAY 21, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Turkish Foreign Minister Ismail Cem at a government...
Turkish Foreign Minister Ismail Cem at a government leaders' meeting proposed alternatives allowing Kurdish language broadcasting and the lifting of the death penalty amid Turkish efforts to meet EU membership criteria
- MAY 21, 2002RwandaDEATH PENALTY
RCD-Goma authorities denied they executed soldiers...
RCD-Goma authorities denied they executed soldiers and policemen arrested during the mutiny in Kisangani - the Congolese town under the RCD-Goma (Congolese Rally for Democracy, supported by Rwanda) and accused the Kinshasa government of waging a campaign
- MAY 21, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Uighur exile groups claimed that Chinese authroties...
Uighur exile groups claimed that Chinese authroties have detained as many as 3,000 people in Xinjiang since September [2001], with scores also executed for alleged terrorist activities
- MAY 21, 2002Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
Rwandan-backed rebels in the Democratic Republic of...
Rwandan-backed rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo are still arresting and executing suspected dissidents a week after a mutiny in the rebel-held eastern city of Kisangani, a U
- MAY 21, 2002United StatesDEATH PENALTY
A US judge smoked marijuana and now the appeals of...
A US judge smoked marijuana and now the appeals of two men he sentenced to death have spread alarm through the courts that the case will open up a disturbing new target for defence lawyers - the private lives of judges and prosecutors
- MAY 21, 2002PeruDEATH PENALTY
A lawyer for Vladimiro Montesinos denied Peru's jailed...
A lawyer for Vladimiro Montesinos denied Peru's jailed former spy chief had ordered the execution of 14 rebel hostage-takers at the climax of a 1997 hostage siege in Lima
- MAY 21, 2002VietnamDEATH PENALTY
The Ho Chi Minh City firing squad ended the life of...
The Ho Chi Minh City firing squad ended the life of Tram Huy, a 68 year old Vietnamese-Chinese, who was accused of processing methamphetamine chlohydrate(MA), a dangerous kind of addictive substance
- MAY 21, 2002Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Philippine Labour Secretary Patricia Santo Tomas said...
Philippine Labour Secretary Patricia Santo Tomas said she would ask the Saudi Arabian government to spare the lives of three overseas Filipino workers sentenced to execution in the Middle East kingdom during the six-day visit to Saudi Arabia from May 23 t
- MAY 21, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Philippine Labour Secretary Patricia Santo Tomas said...
Philippine Labour Secretary Patricia Santo Tomas said she would ask the Saudi Arabian government to spare the lives of three overseas Filipino workers sentenced to execution in the Middle East kingdom during the six-day visit to Saudi Arabia from May 23 t
- MAY 21, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
The Khorasan daily announced the upcoming execution...
The Khorasan daily announced the upcoming execution of Ghorban M
- MAY 21, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Olusegun Obasanjo, Nigeria's President, said he does...
Olusegun Obasanjo, Nigeria's President, said he does not see the adoption of Sharia law by a dozen states in Nigeria as a threat, amid international pressure on him to amend laws calling for execution by stoning for Islamic crimes such as adultery
- MAY 21, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
The Nigerian Supreme court held that "In a murder charge,...
The Nigerian Supreme court held that "In a murder charge, for the prosecution to discharge its burden of proving the case beyond reasonable doubt, it must prove the death of the deceased, the act or omission of the accused which caused the death, and that
- MAY 20, 2002IndiaDEATH PENALTY
A court in India sentenced to death five persons for...
A court in India sentenced to death five persons for murdering eight people
- MAY 20, 2002RussiaDEATH PENALTY
The proposal of the death penalty as an effective anti-terrorism...
The proposal of the death penalty as an effective anti-terrorism instrument after the the May 9 terrorist act in Kaspiisk, Dagestan, caused a controversial reaction among North Caucasus leaders
- MAY 20, 2002AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
Two men believed to be among the world's biggest drug...
Two men believed to be among the world's biggest drug barons were extradited to stand trial for allegedly smuggling cannabis into the US
- MAY 20, 2002AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
Two men believed to be among the world's biggest drug...
Two men believed to be among the world's biggest drug barons were extradited to stand trial for allegedly smuggling cannabis into the US
- MAY 20, 2002AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Two men were hanged for murder in the remote Pakistani...
Two men were hanged for murder in the remote Pakistani town of Much on May 7