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 3, 2002RomaniaDEATH PENALTY
Romania signed Protocol 13 to the European Convention...
Romania signed Protocol 13 to the European Convention on Human Rights, which ensures the abolition of the death penalty in all circumstances
- MAY 3, 2002SwitzerlandDEATH PENALTY
Switzerland signed and ratified Protocol 13 to the...
Switzerland signed and ratified Protocol 13 to the European Convention on Human Rights, which ensures the abolition of the death penalty in all circumstances
- MAY 3, 2002CyprusDEATH PENALTY
Cyprus signed Protocol 13 to the European Convention...
Cyprus signed Protocol 13 to the European Convention on Human Rights, which ensures the abolition of the death penalty in all circumstances
- MAY 3, 2002PennsylvaniaDEATH PENALTY
A jury in New Castle, found Thomas H
A jury in New Castle, found Thomas H
- MAY 3, 2002South CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
Richard Charles Johnson was executed at 6:18 p
Richard Charles Johnson was executed at 6:18 p
- MAY 3, 2002DEATH PENALTY
36 Council of Europe member states undertake to abolish the death penalty
The Ministers for Foreign Affairs and Representatives of 36 member states of the Council of Europe, present in Vilnius, today signed Protocol No. 13 to the European Convention on Human Rights, concerning the abolition of the death penalty in all circumsta
- MAY 2, 2002IndiaDEATH PENALTY
Seven brothers convicted of a double murder by a district...
Seven brothers convicted of a double murder by a district court in India demanded capital punishment for themselves, declaring they did not want any mercy from the court
- MAY 2, 2002United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty will not be used in Britain, even...
The death penalty will not be used in Britain, even in time of war, under the terms of an international agreement signed by the Government
- MAY 2, 2002UgandaDEATH PENALTY
The Uganda Law Society filed a constitutional petition...
The Uganda Law Society filed a constitutional petition challenging the legality of the execution of two UPDF soldiers in Kotido in March, the society's president, John Matovu, told a press conference in Kampala
- MAY 2, 2002KenyaDEATH PENALTY
A record 221 million shilling [about 2
A record 221 million shilling [about 2
- MAY 2, 2002MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
A Nigerian national, Everest Uka, was sentenced to...
A Nigerian national, Everest Uka, was sentenced to death by hanging after a Malaysian court convicted him of trafficking 583
- MAY 2, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Nearly 20 female activists protesting the sentencing...
Nearly 20 female activists protesting the sentencing of a raped woman to death by stoning under Islamic laws scuffled with police in the Pakistani capital Islamabad
- MAY 2, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Man named Irshad was given a death sentence at a murder...
Man named Irshad was given a death sentence at a murder hearing in Pakistan recently
- MAY 1, 2002AlgeriaDEATH PENALTY
A fire ripped through an Algerian high security jail,...
A fire ripped through an Algerian high security jail, killing 18 prisoners and injuring seven others, Justice Minister Ahmed Ouyahia said
- MAY 1, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
A convicted killer was publicly executed in central...
A convicted killer was publicly executed in central city of Kashan in Iran
- MAY 1, 2002LiberiaDEATH PENALTY
Human Rights Watch (HRW) has called on the United Nations...
Human Rights Watch (HRW) has called on the United Nations Security Council to extend its arms embargo against Liberia, saying the army has committed war crimes
- MAY 1, 2002TexasDEATH PENALTY
Less than 3 hours before he was to have been put to...
Less than 3 hours before he was to have been put to death, the U
- MAY 1, 2002MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
In a survey, 54
In a survey, 54
- MAY 1, 2002OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
An Oklahoma court was ordered to resentence Mexican...
An Oklahoma court was ordered to resentence Mexican national Gerardo Valdez, who was handed the death penalty for killing a man in 1989
- APRIL 30, 2002TexasDEATH PENALTY
40 days after winning a rare reprieve from the governor,...
40 days after winning a rare reprieve from the governor, convicted killer Rodolfo Hernandez was executed for shooting and robbing an undocumented immigrant from Mexico 17 years ago
- APRIL 30, 2002Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
A Saudi man who murdered his mother and four other...
A Saudi man who murdered his mother and four other people with a knife was publicly beheaded
- APRIL 30, 2002EgyptDEATH PENALTY
An Egyptian criminal court sentenced a Russian man...
An Egyptian criminal court sentenced a Russian man of Lebanese origin to death for smuggling cocaine into Egypt from Russia, judicial sources said
- APRIL 30, 2002BoliviaDEATH PENALTY
Ronald MacLean, presidential candidate of the ruling...
Ronald MacLean, presidential candidate of the ruling ADN, has come up with a policy statement: if elected, he says, he will propose reintroducing the death penalty for rapists and murderers
- APRIL 30, 2002AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
Alabama may become the third US state to impose the...
Alabama may become the third US state to impose the death penalty for those convicted of raping children
- APRIL 30, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Ad hoc Sessions Judge Quetta Jameel Khan Sherani sentenced...
Ad hoc Sessions Judge Quetta Jameel Khan Sherani sentenced Muhammad Ismail, a killer, to capital sentence
- APRIL 30, 2002TexasDEATH PENALTY
Rejecting pleas of mental illness, a jury sentenced...
Rejecting pleas of mental illness, a jury sentenced John Battaglia, 46, to death for gunning down his 2 young daughters in what prosecutors called the "ultimate revenge" against his ex-wife
- APRIL 30, 2002TexasDEATH PENALTY
A jury ordered the death penalty for an inmate convicted...
A jury ordered the death penalty for an inmate convicted in the 1999 stabbing death of a state prison guard
- APRIL 30, 2002RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Ayub Paikayev, who exposed links between Georgian power...
Ayub Paikayev, who exposed links between Georgian power ministries and Chechen fighters, was reportedly tried by Shari'ah law and executed in the Pankisi Gorge
- APRIL 30, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Four suspected Abu Sayyaf members were killed in a...
Four suspected Abu Sayyaf members were killed in a reported encounter
- APRIL 30, 2002Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
A human rights group criticised Saudi Arabia's "secretive"...
A human rights group criticised Saudi Arabia's "secretive" judicial system following confusion over the sentencing of seven Westerners on trial for alleged involvement in a bombing campaign in the kingdom