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 7, 2002AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Pakistan hanged two Afghan men for killing the leader...
Pakistan hanged two Afghan men for killing the leader of an Afghan women's rights group and two of her aides 15 years ago, jail officials said
- MAY 7, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Pakistan hanged two Afghan men for killing the leader...
Pakistan hanged two Afghan men for killing the leader of an Afghan women's rights group and two of her aides 15 years ago, jail officials said
- MAY 7, 2002TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
A Taiwanese man who stabbed his parents to death in...
A Taiwanese man who stabbed his parents to death in October 1998 was executed and his body donated for organ transplants, Taiwan television reported
- MAY 7, 2002VietnamDEATH PENALTY
In some of the leading stories in the official Vietnamese...
In some of the leading stories in the official Vietnamese press, reported by Reuters it was said that police investigators have proposed prosecuting 10 people for alleged relations to an inter-provincial drug trafficking ring from which two separate court
- MAY 7, 2002DEATH PENALTY
The terrorist crimes of Sept
The terrorist crimes of Sept
- MAY 7, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Pakistan's highest religious court halted a death by...
Pakistan's highest religious court halted a death by stoning sentence for a woman convicted of adultery until an appeal is heard, news reports said
- MAY 7, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
After winning a recent presidential referendum, Pakistan's...
After winning a recent presidential referendum, Pakistan's Gen
- MAY 7, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
The North West Frontier Province (NWFP) Minister for...
The North West Frontier Province (NWFP) Minister for Law, Parliamentary Affairs and Local Government, Athar Minnallah in a meeting with a 15-strong delegation of female lawyers led by Additional Advocate General NWFP Musarrat Hilali Advocate emphasised hi
- MAY 7, 2002TexasDEATH PENALTY
About 2 hours before he was scheduled to be executed,...
About 2 hours before he was scheduled to be executed, Brian Davis was spared from lethal injection with a reprieve from the U
- MAY 6, 2002RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Russia would vote in favor of the abolition of capital...
Russia would vote in favor of the abolition of capital punishment if all other countries followed suit, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman Alexander Yakovenko told Interfax
- MAY 6, 2002BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Police in Dhaka arrested a man condemned to death in...
Police in Dhaka arrested a man condemned to death in absentia for killing two people, from the capital's Gulshan area
- MAY 6, 2002FloridaDEATH PENALTY
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Judge J
- MAY 6, 2002UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
Akmal Saidov, the director of the National Human Rights...
Akmal Saidov, the director of the National Human Rights Centre of Uzbekistan, said that those sentenced to death are under very strict guard and are isolated from other inmates and do not enjoy the same prison conditions as other prisoners, but they can r
- MAY 6, 2002New MexicoDEATH PENALTY
The New Mexico Supreme Court overturned the death sentence...
The New Mexico Supreme Court overturned the death sentence of Michael Treadway and ordered him to spend life in prison
- MAY 6, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
The European Union's recent decision to add the PKK...
The European Union's recent decision to add the PKK and DHKP-C to its revised list of terrorist organizations had boosted Turkey's confidence in the Union and also encouraged Turkish leaders and diplomats to take more steps for democratization and improve
- MAY 6, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
A bicameral conference committee hammering out the...
A bicameral conference committee hammering out the final version of the Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002 has approved the proposal of opposition Senator Teresa Aquino Oreta to spare from the death penalty minors who are found guilty of drug-related offenses
- MAY 6, 2002DEATH PENALTY
Pakistani woman risks death by stoning for adultery
May 6, 2002: a court in Pakistan has suspended the sentence of stoning to death passed against a woman convicted of adultery. Zafran Bibi claims she was raped by her brother-in-law, but was condemned to death an April 17 on a charge of Zina after giving b
- MAY 5, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
The Philippines House of Representatives was urged...
The Philippines House of Representatives was urged to look into reports that the death penalty has emboldened an increasing number of rapists to cover up their crime by killing their victims
- MAY 5, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
A court in Pakistan suspended the sentence of stoning...
A court in Pakistan suspended the sentence of stoning to death passed against a woman convicted of adultery
- MAY 4, 2002BoliviaDEATH PENALTY
Since 1997, four interior ministers have failed to...
Since 1997, four interior ministers have failed to crack the problem of criminality and crime and policing have become an issue in next month's presidential election
- MAY 4, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
A criminal court in Kohat ruled, a fortnight ago, that...
A criminal court in Kohat ruled, a fortnight ago, that Zafran Bibi be stoned to death under the Zina Ordinance (sex-related crimes) for indulging in adultery
- MAY 3, 2002PortugalDEATH PENALTY
Portugal signed Protocol 13 to the European Convention...
Portugal signed Protocol 13 to the European Convention on Human Rights, which ensures the abolition of the death penalty in all circumstances
- MAY 3, 2002EstoniaDEATH PENALTY
Estonia signed Protocol 13 to the European Convention...
Estonia signed Protocol 13 to the European Convention on Human Rights, which ensures the abolition of the death penalty in all circumstances
- MAY 3, 2002DenmarkDEATH PENALTY
Denmark signed Protocol 13 to the European Convention...
Denmark signed Protocol 13 to the European Convention on Human Rights, which ensures the abolition of the death penalty in all circumstances
- MAY 3, 2002Bosnia & HerzegovinaDEATH PENALTY
Bosnia and Herzegovina signed Protocol 13 to the European...
Bosnia and Herzegovina signed Protocol 13 to the European Convention on Human Rights, which ensures the abolition of the death penalty in all circumstances
- MAY 3, 2002LatviaDEATH PENALTY
Latvia signed Protocol 13 to the European Convention...
Latvia signed Protocol 13 to the European Convention on Human Rights, which ensures the abolition of the death penalty in all circumstances
- MAY 3, 2002UkraineDEATH PENALTY
Ukraine signed Protocol 13 of the the European Convention...
Ukraine signed Protocol 13 of the the European Convention on Human Rights that envisages the abolition of the death penalty in all circumstances including time of war
- MAY 3, 2002MoldovaDEATH PENALTY
Moldova signed Protocol 13 to the European Convention...
Moldova signed Protocol 13 to the European Convention on Human Rights, which ensures the abolition of the death penalty in all circumstances
- MAY 3, 2002CzechiaDEATH PENALTY
Czech Republic signed Protocol 13 to the European Convention...
Czech Republic signed Protocol 13 to the European Convention on Human Rights, which ensures the abolition of the death penalty in all circumstances
- MAY 3, 2002ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
The chairman of the parliamentary commission on foreign...
The chairman of the parliamentary commission on foreign relations, the head of the Armenian delegation in PACE Hovhanness Hovhannissian said that Armenia will sign the 13th protocol of the European convention on general human rights and freedom only after