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 20, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Four men convicted of destroying power lines in Beijing...
Four men convicted of destroying power lines in Beijing and Hebei province have lost their appeal against the death sentence
- APRIL 20, 2002DEATH PENALTY
Evidence of freshly-dug graves with the bodies of up...
Evidence of freshly-dug graves with the bodies of up to 200 Palestinians in the West Bank city of Jenin was seen by the Sunday Express
- APRIL 20, 2002IsraelDEATH PENALTY
Evidence of freshly-dug graves with the bodies of up...
Evidence of freshly-dug graves with the bodies of up to 200 Palestinians in the West Bank city of Jenin was seen by the Sunday Express
- APRIL 20, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
In an editorial on April 20, the daily newspaper Iran...
In an editorial on April 20, the daily newspaper Iran News decried the live broadcast of the execution of Sa'id Hana'i, the self-confessed murderer of 16 women, by the Islamic Republic News Broadcasting (IRIB)
- APRIL 19, 2002ColombiaDEATH PENALTY
General Mario Montoya, who commands the Columbian army's...
General Mario Montoya, who commands the Columbian army's 4th Brigade, requested that terrorists should be sentenced to the death penalty
- APRIL 19, 2002RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Russia escaped censure of its war record in Chechnya...
Russia escaped censure of its war record in Chechnya when the UN commission on human rights defeated a motion condemning it for alleged summary executions, torture and other violations
- APRIL 19, 2002TajikistanDEATH PENALTY
Tajikistan's Supreme Court recently sentenced two residents...
Tajikistan's Supreme Court recently sentenced two residents of Bobojon Ghafurov District in [the northern] Soghd Region, Muhammadjon Asomiddinov and Murodjon Usmonov, to be shot
- APRIL 19, 2002TajikistanDEATH PENALTY
The chairman of the Tajik Supreme Court, Salimboy Fathilloyev,...
The chairman of the Tajik Supreme Court, Salimboy Fathilloyev, said that imposing a moratorium on the death penalty under the current conditions in Tajikistan was practically impossible
- APRIL 19, 2002UgandaDEATH PENALTY
The Speaker of the Ugandan Parliament Edward Ssekandi...
The Speaker of the Ugandan Parliament Edward Ssekandi assured journalists that he would ask the committee on Legal and Parliamentary Affairs to review a clause in the Anti-Terrorism Bill that provides the death penalty to journalists who publish material
- APRIL 19, 2002KenyaDEATH PENALTY
A mother of four was sentenced to death by a Kenyan...
A mother of four was sentenced to death by a Kenyan High Court for murdering her nine-year-old niece
- APRIL 19, 2002RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Secretary General of the European Council Walter Schwimmer...
Secretary General of the European Council Walter Schwimmer has expressed concern about statements by some Russian public figures for reinstating the death penalty
- APRIL 19, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Ankara State Security Court (DGM) no:1 sentenced three...
Ankara State Security Court (DGM) no:1 sentenced three terrorists of the Hezbollah organization to death penalty
- APRIL 19, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Parliament's justice commission passes a draft law...
Parliament's justice commission passes a draft law on the death penalty that would abolish capital punishment except in times of war or the threat of war or for crimes of terrorism
- APRIL 18, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Three condemned murderers were hanged in a Tehran prison,...
Three condemned murderers were hanged in a Tehran prison, including Amir Hossein Karimi who went to the gallows for killing his 17-year-old cousin in a fit of jealous rage
- APRIL 18, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
The Philippines Supreme Court (SC) confirmed the death...
The Philippines Supreme Court (SC) confirmed the death sentence imposed by an Ormoc court on a farmer who raped and killed Angelina Abapo, a 22-year-old woman, in 1996
- APRIL 18, 2002SwitzerlandDEATH PENALTY
The Swiss foreign minister, Joseph Deiss spoke in favour...
The Swiss foreign minister, Joseph Deiss spoke in favour of human rights in Pakistan during talks with the country's justice minister, Khalid Ranjha, in Islamabad
- APRIL 18, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Two mafia gang's leaders in China's Fujian province,...
Two mafia gang's leaders in China's Fujian province, Xu Jie and You Jianguo, were sentenced to death for violent crimes, damaging property, illegal business operations, bribery, gun possession and obstruction of justice
- APRIL 18, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
The Swiss foreign minister, Joseph Deiss spoke in favour...
The Swiss foreign minister, Joseph Deiss spoke in favour of human rights in Pakistan during talks with the country's justice minister, Khalid Ranjha, in Islamabad
- APRIL 18, 2002TexasDEATH PENALTY
In Huntsville, Gerald Casey, 47, was executed for the...
In Huntsville, Gerald Casey, 47, was executed for the July 10, 1989 killing of 22-year-old Sonya Howell
- APRIL 17, 2002KentuckyDEATH PENALTY
A Barren County Circuit Court jury in the retrial of...
A Barren County Circuit Court jury in the retrial of the death penalty phase for David Leroy Skaggs returned a unanimous verdict upholding the death penalty for the 1981 murders of Herman and Mae Matthews
- APRIL 17, 2002AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
In Bay Minette, Circuit Judge Robert Wilters overruled...
In Bay Minette, Circuit Judge Robert Wilters overruled a jury's recommendation and sentenced John Earl "Buckshot" Morrow, 33, to death for the November 2000 slaying of Thomas F
- APRIL 17, 2002United NationsDEATH PENALTY
By a majority of 40 of its 53 members the United Nations...
By a majority of 40 of its 53 members the United Nations Human Rights Commission approved a Resolution presented by Muslim countries condemning Israeli's intervention in the Palestinian Territories
- APRIL 17, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China's "strike hard" campaign has entered its second...
China's "strike hard" campaign has entered its second year despite an admission by the top security official that it has not curbed rampant crime
- APRIL 17, 2002European UnionDEATH PENALTY
The European Parliament urged the Nigerian Federal...
The European Parliament urged the Nigerian Federal Government to ensure that law courts act in accordance with international law on human rights and the declaration of rights included in Nigeria's Constitution
- APRIL 17, 2002RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Alexander Zdanovich, Director of the Directorate of...
Alexander Zdanovich, Director of the Directorate of Programs of Assistance to the Federal Security Service, said the federal troops captured Aslan Maskhadov's archive in a special operation in Cechnya
- APRIL 17, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China sentenced to death a mafia kingpin who ensnared...
China sentenced to death a mafia kingpin who ensnared city hall and top Communist Party officials in the northeastern industrial hub of Shenyang in a huge graft scandal
- APRIL 17, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
The European Parliament urged the Nigerian Federal...
The European Parliament urged the Nigerian Federal Government to ensure that law courts act in accordance with international law on human rights and the declaration of rights included in Nigeria's Constitution
- APRIL 17, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
A district court in Pakistan condemned a woman to death...
A district court in Pakistan condemned a woman to death by stoning in a public place for becoming pregnant whilst her husband served a life-term in jail
- APRIL 17, 2002LouisianaDEATH PENALTY
District Judge Wayne Ray Chutz of the 21st Judicial...
District Judge Wayne Ray Chutz of the 21st Judicial District Court sentenced Michael Weary, 24, to death for the murder of 16-year-old Eric Walber
- APRIL 17, 2002TexasDEATH PENALTY
The Texas Court of Criminal appeals, which last August...
The Texas Court of Criminal appeals, which last August granted Napoleon C(who killed at 17) a stay of execution, vacated that stay after rejecting his appeal