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 20, 2002PakistanDEATH 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
- MAY 20, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Two human rights groups called on the Nigerian authorities...
Two human rights groups called on the Nigerian authorities to disband government-backed vigilante groups, including one accused of a reign of terror in the southeast of the country
- MAY 20, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
A man condemned to die by hanging put on an amazing...
A man condemned to die by hanging put on an amazing show of defiance - by planting a kiss on the rope he was about to swing from
- MAY 20, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Five convicted armed drug traffickers were hanged in...
Five convicted armed drug traffickers were hanged in a prison in Iran
- MAY 19, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
The Iranian newspaper Sedaye Edalat said a young man...
The Iranian newspaper Sedaye Edalat said a young man was to be hanged in public the following week in Ghale Hassan
- MAY 19, 2002BurundiDEATH PENALTY
Residents of Muramba zone in Bubanza Province [northwestern...
Residents of Muramba zone in Bubanza Province [northwestern Burundi] on the night of 18 into 19 May arrested and executed two armed bandits of Palipehutu-FNL [National Liberation Forces]
- MAY 19, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Priests who are undergoing trial for raping minors...
Priests who are undergoing trial for raping minors should be presumed innocent until proven guilty, said a Philippine lawyer
- MAY 19, 2002UgandaDEATH PENALTY
Uganda's Army Commander Maj
Uganda's Army Commander Maj
- MAY 19, 2002RussiaDEATH PENALTY
On May 18 when a group of men abducted a 36-year-old...
On May 18 when a group of men abducted a 36-year-old Chechen named Sinbarigov, who some villagers said worked for Russia's Federal Security Service
- MAY 18, 2002UgandaDEATH PENALTY
Leaders at different levels in the districts of southwestern...
Leaders at different levels in the districts of southwestern Uganda have recommended that the movement political system continue until a referendum is organised
- MAY 18, 2002Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
A man was beheaded for raping another man, the Saudi...
A man was beheaded for raping another man, the Saudi Interior Ministry said in a statement quoted by AP
- MAY 18, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
A 40-year-old man was hanged in jail in Rajai Shahr, Iran
A 40-year-old man was hanged in jail in Rajai Shahr, Iran
- MAY 17, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
A Pakistani district court passed the death sentence...
A Pakistani district court passed the death sentence on Muhammad Rafiq, alias Labha, for murder
- MAY 17, 2002RussiaDEATH PENALTY
The North Ossetia parliament expressed support for...
The North Ossetia parliament expressed support for a statement issued by the Dagestani State Council that calls for lifting the moratorium on the death penalty in Russia
- MAY 17, 2002LiberiaDEATH PENALTY
Liberian government troops reportedly executed nine...
Liberian government troops reportedly executed nine men branded as dissidents in Gbarnga, 150 km from Monrovia the capital
- MAY 17, 2002BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Mofazzal Hossain, a man convicted of murdering two...
Mofazzal Hossain, a man convicted of murdering two close relatives, was executed in a prison in northern Bangladesh after his appeal against the death sentence was turned down by the Supreme Court
- MAY 16, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Sami Selcuk, the chairman of the supreme court of appeals,...
Sami Selcuk, the chairman of the supreme court of appeals, addressing a conference on "State and Democracy," in Kocaeli University, said that there is no right reason that can justify death penalty and it has to be abolished
- MAY 16, 2002TexasDEATH PENALTY
Ronford Lee Styron Jr
Ronford Lee Styron Jr
- MAY 16, 2002Council of EuropeDEATH PENALTY
The Council of Europe does not make compromises with...
The Council of Europe does not make compromises with anyone on the abolition of the death penalty, the head of the Council of Europe's monitoring group, Pietro Ercole Ago, said at a press conference in Yerevan
- MAY 16, 2002ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
The Council of Europe does not make compromises with...
The Council of Europe does not make compromises with anyone on the abolition of the death penalty, the head of the Council of Europe's monitoring group, Pietro Ercole Ago, said at a press conference in Yerevan
- MAY 16, 2002RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Prosecutor General Vladimir Ustinov, answering a question...
Prosecutor General Vladimir Ustinov, answering a question on the terrorist act in Kaspiisk, said: "The law says that the death penalty is not applied in our country
- MAY 16, 2002RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Field commander Abu al-Walid (who has replaced Khattab,...
Field commander Abu al-Walid (who has replaced Khattab, eliminated by the Russian special services) announced via the website of the Chechen guerrillas that crewmembers of a Mi-24 helicopter, servicemen of the North-Caucasus regional department of the Fed
- MAY 16, 2002KenyaDEATH PENALTY
Eleven prison officers appeared in a Nairobi Court...
Eleven prison officers appeared in a Nairobi Court charged with the murder of six inmates at Nyeri prison, popularly known as King'ong'o
- MAY 16, 2002MaliDEATH PENALTY
The Malian government has adopted a bill suspending...
The Malian government has adopted a bill suspending the death sentence for two years
- MAY 16, 2002IndiaDEATH PENALTY
The Supreme Court said that life imprisonment should...
The Supreme Court said that life imprisonment should be the normal rule of punishment in murder cases
- MAY 16, 2002IraqDEATH PENALTY
The European Parliament adopted a resolution - drafted...
The European Parliament adopted a resolution - drafted by Emma Nicholson (ELDR, United Kingdom) - by 354 votes in favour, 29against with 31 abstentions deploring the situation in Iraq, eleven years after the Gulf War
- MAY 16, 2002European UnionDEATH PENALTY
The European Parliament adopted a resolution by 354...
The European Parliament adopted a resolution by 354 votes in favour, 29against with 31 abstentions deploring the situation in Iraq, eleven years after the Gulf War
- MAY 16, 2002PennsylvaniaDEATH PENALTY
U.S. District Judge Anita B
U.S. District Judge Anita B
- MAY 16, 2002TexasDEATH PENALTY
The jury of the 319th District Court sentenced Jose...
The jury of the 319th District Court sentenced Jose Luis Villegas, 27, to death
- MAY 16, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
The Farsi language newspaper Nowrouz said 20 men were...
The Farsi language newspaper Nowrouz said 20 men were to be hanged in Tehran the following week, including Ali Goosh Shekastah