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 15, 2002RussiaDEATH PENALTY
The leader of the Russian Orthodox Church Patriarch...
The leader of the Russian Orthodox Church Patriarch Alexi II believes the question of lifting the moratorium on the death penalty in Russia should be decided by legislators
- MAY 15, 2002European UnionDEATH PENALTY
President Vicente Fox Quesada of Mexico, in an address...
President Vicente Fox Quesada of Mexico, in an address to the European Parliament welcomed the support from the EP in taking up the cases of citizens facing the death penalty and inparticular that of Gerardo Valdis whose life has now been saved
- MAY 15, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Four convicted murderers were hanged in Tehran
Four convicted murderers were hanged in Tehran
- MAY 15, 2002MexicoDEATH PENALTY
President Vicente Fox Quesada of Mexico, in an address...
President Vicente Fox Quesada of Mexico, in an address to the European Parliament welcomed the support from the EP in taking up the cases of citizens facing the death penalty and inparticular that of Gerardo Valdis whose life has now been saved
- MAY 15, 2002UgandaDEATH PENALTY
A man who stabbed his wife to death was sentenced to...
A man who stabbed his wife to death was sentenced to death by the Uganda High Court which sat in Lira
- MAY 15, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
State Minister Nejat Arseven said that the Finnish...
State Minister Nejat Arseven said that the Finnish parliamentary delegation and he had evaluated the developments in Turkey's European Union (EU) candidacy process, adding, "parliamentarians stated that they would support Turkey's EU membership
- MAY 14, 2002United StatesDEATH PENALTY
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- MAY 14, 2002IndiaDEATH PENALTY
Janata Party president Dr Subramanian Swamy said he...
Janata Party president Dr Subramanian Swamy said he would go to the Supreme Court if the federal government failed to carry out the death sentence awarded to four persons convicted in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case by August 15
- MAY 14, 2002RussiaDEATH PENALTY
The North Caucasus anti-terror headquarters confirmed...
The North Caucasus anti-terror headquarters confirmed it received reports on the execution of a person who might have eliminated the notorious [Chechen] terrorist Khattab
- MAY 14, 2002RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Chechen rebels have executed by a firing squad a man...
Chechen rebels have executed by a firing squad a man accused of murdering Khattab, a prominent rebel warlord of Arab origin
- MAY 14, 2002ColombiaDEATH PENALTY
As the May 26th presidential elections approach, the...
As the May 26th presidential elections approach, the situation in the country remains tense
- MAY 14, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
A Pakistani woman sentenced to death by stoning for...
A Pakistani woman sentenced to death by stoning for adultery said she had been misled by her lawyers into claiming she was raped
- MAY 14, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
The wife of the Governor of North West Frontier Province...
The wife of the Governor of North West Frontier Province (NWFP) Lt
- MAY 14, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
The Women's Action Forum (WAF) and the Lahore High...
The Women's Action Forum (WAF) and the Lahore High Court Bar Association (LHCBA) demanded that the government repeal the Hudood (Zina) Ordinance, 1979, and abolish the Federal Sharia Court immediately
- MAY 13, 2002IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
The Central Jakarta district court sentenced to death...
The Central Jakarta district court sentenced to death Dani alias Taufik bin Abdullah, another suspect in the bombing of a market center in the city in August 2001
- MAY 13, 2002IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
An Indonesian court sentenced to death an accomplice...
An Indonesian court sentenced to death an accomplice of a Malaysian bomber over an explosion at a Jakarta shopping mall in August 2001 that was linked by the judge to an international terrorist network
- MAY 13, 2002Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi Arabia beheaded an Afghan man convicted of smuggling...
Saudi Arabia beheaded an Afghan man convicted of smuggling an unspecified amount of heroin into the kingdom, the Saudi Press Agency reported
- MAY 13, 2002CambodiaDEATH PENALTY
Cambodia's Prince Norodom Ranariddh called for the...
Cambodia's Prince Norodom Ranariddh called for the United Nations to return to talks on setting up a genocide tribunal for the leaders of country's brutal 1970s Khmer Rouge "Killing Fields" regime
- MAY 13, 2002RussiaDEATH PENALTY
The identity of three people involved in the death...
The identity of three people involved in the death of Chechen commander Amir Khattab has been established, Chechen sources reported
- MAY 13, 2002RussiaDEATH PENALTY
The State Council and National Assembly of Dagestan...
The State Council and National Assembly of Dagestan will appeal to President Vladimir Putin and the State Duma to cancel the moratorium on the death penalty
- MAY 13, 2002RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Russian human rights commissioner Oleg Mironov said...
Russian human rights commissioner Oleg Mironov said terrorist acts, horrendous as they are, cannot provide an argument for lifting the moratorium on the death penalty in Russia
- MAY 13, 2002RussiaDEATH PENALTY
The State Council of Dagestan resolved to appeal to...
The State Council of Dagestan resolved to appeal to President Vladimir Putin to lift the ban on capital punishment
- MAY 13, 2002KenyaDEATH PENALTY
The Appelate Bench sitting in Nyeri criticised a High...
The Appelate Bench sitting in Nyeri criticised a High Court judge for what it described as "contradictory logic" while passing sentence on five members of the same family charged with murder
- MAY 13, 2002ArkansasDEATH PENALTY
In Little Rock, 3 years after his conviction, a white...
In Little Rock, 3 years after his conviction, a white supremacist has been sentenced to die for the 1996 murders of William Mueller, his wife, Nancy Mueller, and her daughter, Sarah Powell
- MAY 13, 2002TexasDEATH PENALTY
In Huntsville, Henry Dunn Jr
In Huntsville, Henry Dunn Jr
- MAY 12, 2002Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi Arabia beheaded a Saudi woman for murdering her...
Saudi Arabia beheaded a Saudi woman for murdering her father and an Ethiopian man for killing a compatriot with an axe, the Saudi Press Agency reported
- MAY 12, 2002JordanDEATH PENALTY
A Jordanian woman and her Egyptian lover were both...
A Jordanian woman and her Egyptian lover were both hanged at Sawaqah prison at dawn after being convicted of murdering the woman's husband
- MAY 12, 2002AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
Maryama, a young woman from Iran, where she risks being...
Maryama, a young woman from Iran, where she risks being stoned to death for pornographic videos, can stay with her family in an Australian detention centre or sign a form which may see her deported to Iran
- MAY 12, 2002North CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
In Winston-Salem, Judge William Z
In Winston-Salem, Judge William Z
- MAY 12, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
The stoning-to-death verdict, delivered against a young...
The stoning-to-death verdict, delivered against a young woman, Zafran Bibi, in Kohat by a civil court that found her guilty of adultery, could ironically lead to changes being brought about in some Islamic laws in Pakistan