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
- APRIL 24, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
April, 24/26, 2002: Taiyuan Municipal Courts, in Shanxi...
April, 24/26, 2002: Taiyuan Municipal Courts, in Shanxi Province, convened meetings to announce judgments on 117 criminal suspects in 10 places
- APRIL 24, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Justice organs in Xining City, Qinghai Province, convened...
Justice organs in Xining City, Qinghai Province, convened a meeting to try 28 alleged criminals for homicide, kidnapping, robbery, and injury cases
- APRIL 24, 2002New MexicoDEATH PENALTY
The jury that convicted Robert Fry last week in the...
The jury that convicted Robert Fry last week in the June 9, 2000 murder of Betty Lee voted to sentence him to the death penalty
- APRIL 24, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
A man was hanged in public in Abadan, Iran
A man was hanged in public in Abadan, Iran
- APRIL 23, 2002Council of EuropeDEATH PENALTY
The Council of Europe welcomed progress on human rights...
The Council of Europe welcomed progress on human rights in Russia but said more should be done in a number of key areas
- APRIL 23, 2002RussiaDEATH PENALTY
The Council of Europe welcomed progress on human rights...
The Council of Europe welcomed progress on human rights in Russia but said more should be done in a number of key areas
- APRIL 23, 2002JapanDEATH PENALTY
The visit by Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi...
The visit by Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi to a Tokyo war shrine on April 21 sparked scattered protests around Asia, particularly in countries that suffered at the hands of Japan in World War II
- APRIL 23, 2002GuatemalaDEATH PENALTY
Police recaptured a convict who escaped with 78 other...
Police recaptured a convict who escaped with 78 other prisoners from a maximum-security jail on Guatemala's southern coast on June 17, 2001, but 19 of the escapees remain at large
- APRIL 23, 2002MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
In Malaysia a member of the Pahang State Legislative...
In Malaysia a member of the Pahang State Legislative Assembly, Abdul Aziz Long, suggested that the mandatory death sentence be applied to incest offenders
- APRIL 23, 2002MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
Public whipping to punish those who commit incest can...
Public whipping to punish those who commit incest can be carried out if the people support the move, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad said
- APRIL 23, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Following the Supreme Court's approval of their sentences,...
Following the Supreme Court's approval of their sentences, a number of people will be executed in the near future for causing social disorder, Chairman of Tehran Province Justice Administration Abbas Ali Alizadeh announced
- APRIL 23, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
NGOs working in the field of human rights condemned...
NGOs working in the field of human rights condemned the verdict of stoning to death of a woman by a Kohat court and demanded that proper justice be done to the woman
- APRIL 23, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
A woman sentenced to death by stoning in public for...
A woman sentenced to death by stoning in public for adultery by a trial court filed an appeal before Pakistan's Federal Sharia Court
- APRIL 23, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Mesut Yilmaz, ANAP [Motherland Party] leader and deputy...
Mesut Yilmaz, ANAP [Motherland Party] leader and deputy prime minister, has said that a conciliation excluding coalition partner MHP [Nationalist Action Party] will not be sought on issues other than capital punishment
- APRIL 23, 2002RussiaDEATH PENALTY
An appeals court in Zanzibar, Tanzania, sentenced two...
An appeals court in Zanzibar, Tanzania, sentenced two Russians to the death penalty
- APRIL 23, 2002TanzaniaDEATH PENALTY
An appeals court in Zanzibar, Tanzania, sentenced two...
An appeals court in Zanzibar, Tanzania, sentenced two Russians to the death penalty
- APRIL 23, 2002DEATH PENALTY
Hooded gunmen shot dead three fellow-Palestinians for...
Hooded gunmen shot dead three fellow-Palestinians for collaborating with Israel, taking swift vengeance on them for an Israeli missile strike that killed two Palestinian militants
- APRIL 22, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
A British-born Islamic militant, Ahmed Omar Sheikh,...
A British-born Islamic militant, Ahmed Omar Sheikh, and three co-defendants pleaded not guilty to the kidnapping and murder earlier this year of the Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl as a Pakistani court began hearing the trial
- APRIL 22, 2002United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
A British-born Islamic militant, Ahmed Omar Sheikh,...
A British-born Islamic militant, Ahmed Omar Sheikh, and three co-defendants pleaded not guilty to the kidnapping and murder earlier this year of the Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl as a Pakistani court began hearing the trial
- APRIL 22, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
A British-born Islamic militant, Ahmed Omar Sheikh,...
A British-born Islamic militant, Ahmed Omar Sheikh, and three co-defendants pleaded not guilty to the kidnapping and murder earlier this year of the Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl as a Pakistani court began hearing the trial
- APRIL 22, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Jail authorities in Kohat are not allowing a woman...
Jail authorities in Kohat are not allowing a woman sentenced to death for adultery to receive any visits, saying she is a "dangerous prisoner"
- APRIL 22, 2002BelarusDEATH PENALTY
The former chief executioner of Belarus said he was...
The former chief executioner of Belarus said he was ready to testify in an international court against President Alexander Lukashenko on charges of abusing human rights in the ex-Soviet country
- APRIL 22, 2002RwandaDEATH PENALTY
President Paul Kagame objected to investigations by...
President Paul Kagame objected to investigations by the Arusha war crimes tribunal prosecutor against members of RPA for alleged crimes against humanity
- APRIL 22, 2002RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Russia is ready to join the convention on the abolition...
Russia is ready to join the convention on the abolition of the death penalty, Federation Council speaker Sergey Mironov said in Strasbourg taking part in a PACE [Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe] session
- APRIL 22, 2002Governo Federale degli Stati UnitiDEATH PENALTY
The so-called 20th hijacker stunned a US court by praying...
The so-called 20th hijacker stunned a US court by praying for the destruction of America
- APRIL 21, 2002IndiaDEATH PENALTY
In New Delhi, Justices Doraiswamy Raju and Brijesh...
In New Delhi, Justices Doraiswamy Raju and Brijesh Kumar upheld the conviction of a father accused of murdering his two sons due to suspicion over his wife's fidelity, but commuted the death sentence, awarded by the trial Court and confirmed by the Gujara
- APRIL 21, 2002IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
More than 60 percent of inmates at Tangerang women's...
More than 60 percent of inmates at Tangerang women's penitentiary, Banten province, are drug-related offenders, with some of them continuing to take drugs while serving their sentences
- APRIL 21, 2002FranceDEATH PENALTY
France is in a state of shock and anger after the election...
France is in a state of shock and anger after the election success of the extreme Right under Jean-Marie Le Pen
- APRIL 21, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Pakistani lawyers dealing with cases under the Offence...
Pakistani lawyers dealing with cases under the Offence of Zina (Enforcement of Hudood) Ordinance, 1979, under which Zafran Bibi was condemned to death by stoning by the trial court in Kohat, claimed that under this law the punishment cannot be enforced on
- APRIL 21, 2002ThailandDEATH PENALTY
The Thai Criminal Court sentenced four men to death...
The Thai Criminal Court sentenced four men to death for possessing more than 31 kilograms of heroin with intent to sell, although three of them had no drugs on them when they were arrested