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 3, 2002AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
A new Afghan movement has issued an edict condemning...
A new Afghan movement has issued an edict condemning the Afghan interim administration as apostate and condemning all its active members to death
- APRIL 3, 2002YemenDEATH PENALTY
A Yemeni court sentenced to death a Yemeni tribesman...
A Yemeni court sentenced to death a Yemeni tribesman for kidnapping a German man and holding him hostage for two weeks
- APRIL 3, 2002SwedenDEATH PENALTY
A Kurdish immigrant was jailed for life for the "execution-style"...
A Kurdish immigrant was jailed for life for the "execution-style" murder of his daughter in a case that has called into question Sweden's ability to integrate immigrants into its liberal society
- APRIL 3, 2002VietnamDEATH PENALTY
A Vietnamese court sentenced three people, one a women,...
A Vietnamese court sentenced three people, one a women, to death by firing squad and two to life in prison after they were found guilty of trafficking 346 kg of opium, official media reported
- APRIL 3, 2002ThailandDEATH PENALTY
The Appeals Court upheld the death sentence for a 65-year-old...
The Appeals Court upheld the death sentence for a 65-year-old man found guilty of shooting dead a woman and her son
- APRIL 3, 2002CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
In Santa Ana, John Ghobrial, 31, from Egypt, was sentenced...
In Santa Ana, John Ghobrial, 31, from Egypt, was sentenced to death for the horrific sexual assault and murder of a 12-year-old boy
- APRIL 3, 2002United StatesDEATH PENALTY
The American Bar Association recently announced the...
The American Bar Association recently announced the creation of the Death Penalty Moratorium Implementation Project
- APRIL 3, 2002IndiaDEATH PENALTY
India's Supreme Court upheld the death penalty awarded...
India's Supreme Court upheld the death penalty awarded to Devendar Pal Singh, a Khalistani militant, under the erstwhile TADA [Terrorism and Disruptive Activities(Prevention) Act] solely on the basis of a confessional statement to the police which he late
- APRIL 3, 2002NepalDEATH PENALTY
A long-running conflict between Maoist insurgents and...
A long-running conflict between Maoist insurgents and government forces in Nepal has become a human rights crisis, endangering civilians and placing the future of the Himalayan kingdom at risk, Amnesty International said
- APRIL 3, 2002IsraelDEATH PENALTY
New Zealand would be prepared to play a peacekeeping...
New Zealand would be prepared to play a peacekeeping role in the Middle East if there was a settlement under the terms proposed by the United Nations, Foreign Affairs Minister Phil Goff said
- APRIL 3, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
President Macapagal-Arroyo rejected appeals to spare...
President Macapagal-Arroyo rejected appeals to spare death convicts Roderick Licayan and Roberto Lara this August
- APRIL 3, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
A condemned prisoner involved in the killing of two...
A condemned prisoner involved in the killing of two brothers was executed in the central jail of Gujranwala
- APRIL 2, 2002UgandaDEATH PENALTY
The 2001 report on child soldiers by the Coalition...
The 2001 report on child soldiers by the Coalition to Stop the use of Child Soldiers said that in 1999 the Uganda Peoples Defence Forces (UPDF) executed five boys aged between 14 and 17 years suspected of belonging to the opposition Allied Democratic Forc
- APRIL 2, 2002UgandaDEATH PENALTY
The Irish government expressed concern about the killing...
The Irish government expressed concern about the killing of an Irish priest in Uganda on March 21and the subsequent execution of two soldiers summarily convicted of killing him but said its aid programme will continue to help the poor of Uganda
- APRIL 2, 2002United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
An Australian woman has escaped the death penalty but...
An Australian woman has escaped the death penalty but will spend five years in a Middle East jail after being found guilty on drugs charges
- APRIL 2, 2002United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
An Australian woman has escaped the death penalty but...
An Australian woman has escaped the death penalty but will spend five years in a Middle East jail after being found guilty on drugs charges
- APRIL 2, 2002AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
An Australian woman has escaped the death penalty but...
An Australian woman has escaped the death penalty but will spend five years in a Middle East jail after being found guilty on drugs charges
- APRIL 2, 2002IsraelDEATH PENALTY
Israel revoked the credentials of two Abu Dhabi Television...
Israel revoked the credentials of two Abu Dhabi Television journalists Leileh Odeh and Bassam Azawi after Abu Dhabi Television broadcast a story saying that Israeli troops had executed a group of young men in Ramallah
- APRIL 2, 2002DEATH PENALTY
Israel revoked the credentials of two Abu Dhabi Television...
Israel revoked the credentials of two Abu Dhabi Television journalists Leileh Odeh and Bassam Azawi after Abu Dhabi Television broadcast a story saying that Israeli troops had executed a group of young men in Ramallah
- APRIL 2, 2002VirginiaDEATH PENALTY
Daniel Lee Zirkle, 33, died by injection at the Greensville...
Daniel Lee Zirkle, 33, died by injection at the Greensville Correctional Center at 9:07 p
- APRIL 1, 2002IsraelDEATH PENALTY
Palestinian Minister for International Co-operation...
Palestinian Minister for International Co-operation Nabil Shaath said the Israelis had executed nine unarmed Palestinians in cold blood in Ramallah
- APRIL 1, 2002IsraelDEATH PENALTY
Palestinian head of preventive security in the West...
Palestinian head of preventive security in the West Bank Jibril Rajoub said Israeli forces killed about 30 Palestinian security officers in Ramallah
- APRIL 1, 2002DEATH PENALTY
Palestinian Minister for International Co-operation...
Palestinian Minister for International Co-operation Nabil Shaath said the Israelis had executed nine unarmed Palestinians in cold blood in Ramallah
- APRIL 1, 2002SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
Manager Chng Teo Heng, 45, businesswoman Agnes Ng Lei...
Manager Chng Teo Heng, 45, businesswoman Agnes Ng Lei Eng, 52, and freelance painter Ng Soon Teck, 44, were given life sentences for the August 2001 kidnapping for ransom of wealthy businessman Tay Teng Joo, 33In sentencing them to life imprisonment, High
- APRIL 1, 2002Myanmar (Burma)DEATH PENALTY
Four relatives of Myanmar's former dictator Ne Win,...
Four relatives of Myanmar's former dictator Ne Win, who were arrested in March on suspicion of plotting a coup, will stand trial on charges of high treason, an offence carrying the death penalty
- APRIL 1, 2002IsraelDEATH PENALTY
Palestinian head of preventive security in the West...
Palestinian head of preventive security in the West Bank Jibril Rajoub said Israeli forces killed about 30 Palestinian security officers in Ramallah
- APRIL 1, 2002IsraelDEATH PENALTY
As the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians...
As the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians turns increasingly ugly, Israeli troops face charges that they are carrying out execution-style killings
- APRIL 1, 2002DEATH PENALTY
As the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians...
As the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians turns increasingly ugly, Israeli troops face charges that they are carrying out execution-style killings
- APRIL 1, 2002Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
Twelve Palestinians were executed by Palestinian gunmen...
Twelve Palestinians were executed by Palestinian gunmen who suspected them of collaborating with the Israelis
- APRIL 1, 2002ThailandDEATH PENALTY
Two army officers and a civilian were sentenced to...
Two army officers and a civilian were sentenced to death after the Criminal Court found them guilty of possessing 40,000 methamphetamine pills with intent to sell