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 11, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Abdul Qadir was hanged for multiple murder
Abdul Qadir was hanged for multiple murder
- MAY 11, 2002BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A special tribunal in Jhenidah, Bangladesh, sentenced...
A special tribunal in Jhenidah, Bangladesh, sentenced three people to death for violating a minor girl in an attack that led to her death
- MAY 11, 2002UgandaDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty should be maintained if Uganda is...
The death penalty should be maintained if Uganda is to seriously address the issues of justice, the Chief of Military Intelligence and army MP, Lt
- MAY 11, 2002GermanyDEATH PENALTY
Bundestag [lower house] President Wolfgang Thierse...
Bundestag [lower house] President Wolfgang Thierse (Social Democratic Party of Germany) warned against ignoring human rights standards in prosecuting terrorists
- MAY 11, 2002Council of EuropeDEATH PENALTY
Bundestag [lower house] President Wolfgang Thierse...
Bundestag [lower house] President Wolfgang Thierse (Social Democratic Party of Germany) warned against ignoring human rights standards in prosecuting terrorists
- MAY 11, 2002Equatorial GuineaDEATH PENALTY
In Equatorial Guinea, Placido Miko Abogo, leader of...
In Equatorial Guinea, Placido Miko Abogo, leader of the CPDS [Convergence for Social Democracy], which is one of the country's main opposition parties, was detained in custody on May 10
- MAY 11, 2002LatviaDEATH PENALTY
Serial killer Yuri Ustimenko, was caught in Poland...
Serial killer Yuri Ustimenko, was caught in Poland earlier the week
- MAY 11, 2002EstoniaDEATH PENALTY
Serial killer Yuri Ustimenko, was caught in Poland...
Serial killer Yuri Ustimenko, was caught in Poland earlier the week
- MAY 11, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Two Afghan citizens who were arrested were hanged without...
Two Afghan citizens who were arrested were hanged without being tried in Pakistan
- MAY 11, 2002PolandDEATH PENALTY
Serial killer Yuri Ustimenko, was caught in Poland...
Serial killer Yuri Ustimenko, was caught in Poland earlier the week
- MAY 11, 2002RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Serial killer Yuri Ustimenko, was caught in Poland...
Serial killer Yuri Ustimenko, was caught in Poland earlier the week
- MAY 11, 2002AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
A motion that the congress recommend the State Government...
A motion that the congress recommend the State Government reintroduce capital punishment for premeditated serious crimes, such as murder and sexual assault, was shot down
- MAY 11, 2002LouisianaDEATH PENALTY
A Jefferson Parish jury decided that Shawn Higgins,...
A Jefferson Parish jury decided that Shawn Higgins, 29, should receive the death penalty for the murder of Donald Price, 46, who was shot on Oct
- MAY 10, 2002CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
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- MAY 10, 2002United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
A 53-year-old woman English woman from Chelmsford has...
A 53-year-old woman English woman from Chelmsford has met a 28-year-old killer on Ohio's death row
- MAY 10, 2002United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
Britain's Court of Appeal dismissed a bid to clear...
Britain's Court of Appeal dismissed a bid to clear the name of James Hanratty, one of the last men hanged in Britain, saying 40 years after his execution that DNA evidence had proven his guilt
- MAY 10, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Jail authorities in Pakistan hanged a double murderer...
Jail authorities in Pakistan hanged a double murderer in New Central Jail, Multan, for the klling of his son-in-law and grandson in 2000
- MAY 10, 2002ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
Armenia should exercise maximum caution in its approach...
Armenia should exercise maximum caution in its approach to the issue of abolishing the death penalty, the Deputy Speaker of the Armenian National Assembly Tigran Torosyan told reporters at the National Press Club
- MAY 10, 2002JapanDEATH PENALTY
A Japanese court sentenced a faith healer to death...
A Japanese court sentenced a faith healer to death for killing six of her followers in 1994 and 1995
- MAY 10, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
A Sharia court in northern Nigeria sentenced a 50-year...
A Sharia court in northern Nigeria sentenced a 50-year old man to be stoned to death after he admitted raping a nine-year old girl
- MAY 10, 2002AlgeriaDEATH PENALTY
A criminal tribunal in Algiers sentenced 15 Islamic...
A criminal tribunal in Algiers sentenced 15 Islamic extremists to death, 14 of them in absentia, Le Soir d'Algerie reported
- MAY 10, 2002Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi Arabia beheaded four Pakistani men for bludgeoning...
Saudi Arabia beheaded four Pakistani men for bludgeoning to death a compatriot to steal his possessions, the official Saudi Press Agency reported
- MAY 10, 2002RussiaDEATH PENALTY
The number of victims of the May 9 terrorist act, committed...
The number of victims of the May 9 terrorist act, committed in Kaspiisk reached 39, said Daghestan Deputy Public Health Minister Dzhamalutdin Gasayev
- MAY 10, 2002United NationsDEATH PENALTY
Concluding its special session on children, the General...
Concluding its special session on children, the General Assembly adopted the final outcome document -- "A World Fit for Children" -- which reaffirms the commitment of governments to complete the unfinished agenda of the 1990 World Summit for Children
- MAY 10, 2002GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
Ludwig Chibirov, former President of South Osetia unrecognized...
Ludwig Chibirov, former President of South Osetia unrecognized republic, referring to terrorist action in Daghestan on May 9, which has taken lives of 39 persons, has called Russian President Vladimir Putin "to be stricter regarding terrorists" that has d
- MAY 10, 2002DEATH PENALTY
Concluding its special session on children, the General...
Concluding its special session on children, the General Assembly adopted the final outcome document -- "A World Fit for Children" -- which reaffirms the commitment of governments to complete the unfinished agenda of the 1990 World Summit for Children
- MAY 10, 2002Sierra LeoneDEATH PENALTY
After much pressure from the Sweden based International...
After much pressure from the Sweden based International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) in collaboration with Forum of Conscience (FOC), a locally based Human Rights organization, the Sierra Leone government has enacted legislation for Sierra Leoneans to enjo
- MAY 10, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
On the orders of Beijing's Higher People's Court, eight...
On the orders of Beijing's Higher People's Court, eight Chinese criminals were executed in Beijing
- MAY 10, 2002LouisianaDEATH PENALTY
Leslie Martin, 35, was pronounced dead at 8:16 p
Leslie Martin, 35, was pronounced dead at 8:16 p
- MAY 10, 2002FloridaDEATH PENALTY
Judge Marvin U
Judge Marvin U