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
- MARCH 28, 2002European UnionDEATH PENALTY
Human rights must become a priority in all areas of...
Human rights must become a priority in all areas of the EU's external relations, said the European Parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee in adopting its annual report on human rights in the world and EU human rights policy
- MARCH 28, 2002DEATH PENALTY
The European Union (EU) welcomed the acquittal of Safiya...
The European Union (EU) welcomed the acquittal of Safiya Hussaini by the Sokoto Sharia Court of Appeal
- MARCH 28, 2002SudanDEATH PENALTY
Sudan admitted for the first time that a young Christian...
Sudan admitted for the first time that a young Christian woman had been condemned to death by stoning for adultery
- MARCH 28, 2002GermanyDEATH PENALTY
A 22-year-old German woman escaped the gallows after...
A 22-year-old German woman escaped the gallows after a Singapore court reduced the drug trafficking charge against her
- MARCH 28, 2002FranceDEATH PENALTY
U.S. prosecutors said they would seek the death penalty...
U.S. prosecutors said they would seek the death penalty for Zacarias Moussaoui, accusing the French citizen of actions that resulted in some 3,000 deaths from the Sept
- MARCH 28, 2002SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
A 22-year-old German woman escaped the gallows after...
A 22-year-old German woman escaped the gallows after a Singapore court reduced the drug trafficking charge against her
- MARCH 28, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
The European Union (EU) welcomed the acquittal of Safiya...
The European Union (EU) welcomed the acquittal of Safiya Hussaini by the Sokoto Sharia Court of Appeal
- MARCH 27, 2002DEATH PENALTY
A Florida court lifted the death sentence on a 63-year-old...
A Florida court lifted the death sentence on a 63-year-old British businessman, Krishna Maharaj, who has spent 15 years in prison for a double murder that hundreds of supporters are convinced he did not commit
- MARCH 27, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
The Council of State revealed its opinion on the issue...
The Council of State revealed its opinion on the issue upon the request by the Prime Ministry
- MARCH 27, 2002UgandaDEATH PENALTY
Ugandan lawyers condemned the summary execution of...
Ugandan lawyers condemned the summary execution of two UPDF soldiers over the murder of an Irish priest and two other men in Kotido
- MARCH 27, 2002UgandaDEATH PENALTY
Ugandan Defence Minister Amama Mbabazi defended the...
Ugandan Defence Minister Amama Mbabazi defended the court martial and execution of two UPDF soldiers convicted of killing Irish missionary Father Declan O'Toole
- MARCH 27, 2002TajikistanDEATH PENALTY
The Military Collegium of the Tajik Supreme Court sentenced...
The Military Collegium of the Tajik Supreme Court sentenced to death Said Rizvonzoda, Abdulmajid Davlatov, Nazar Davlatov and Saidamir Karimov for the murder of the first deputy interior minister, Habibullo Sanginov, his two bodyguards and driver on 11 Ap
- MARCH 27, 2002LebanonDEATH PENALTY
The Military Tribunal sentenced in absentia the leader...
The Military Tribunal sentenced in absentia the leader of the former South Lebanon Army militia commander to death on charges of collaborating with Israel - a move which was seen as a way stop him receiving payments from the Lebanese government
- MARCH 27, 2002United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
A Florida court lifted the death sentence on a 63-year-old...
A Florida court lifted the death sentence on a 63-year-old British businessman, Krishna Maharaj, who has spent 15 years in prison for a double murder that hundreds of supporters are convinced he did not commit
- MARCH 27, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
There is "strong evidence" of human rights violations...
There is "strong evidence" of human rights violations committed by the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) in the war against the Abu Sayyaf in Basilan, said the international peace mission investigating the Philippine-United States Balikatan military e
- MARCH 27, 2002FloridaDEATH PENALTY
A Florida court lifted the death sentence on a 63-year-old...
A Florida court lifted the death sentence on a 63-year-old British businessman, Krishna Maharaj, who has spent 15 years in prison for a double murder that hundreds of supporters are convinced he did not commit
- MARCH 27, 2002MarylandDEATH PENALTY
The federal appeals court in Richmond has reinstated...
The federal appeals court in Richmond has reinstated the death sentence of a man who was convicted of murder in 1984, overturning an April decision by a U
- MARCH 27, 2002IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
A West Sumatra court ordered the first executions in...
A West Sumatra court ordered the first executions in the Indonesian province's history, sentencing to death two young men convicted of murder
- MARCH 27, 2002RussiaDEATH PENALTY
The chairman of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council...
The chairman of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, Peter Schieder, has urged Russia and Europe to unite their efforts in combating terrorism
- MARCH 27, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
At least 107 Muslim Filipinos, including seven women,...
At least 107 Muslim Filipinos, including seven women, are languishing in jails in the southern Philippines on suspicion of being members or sympathisers of the Abu Sayyaf Muslim separatist group
- MARCH 27, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
The Human Right Commission of Pakistan released its...
The Human Right Commission of Pakistan released its report on the state of human rights in Pakistan, stating that overall the picture of the human rights in the country remained "bleak" as the military government lacked will to achieve what it publicly sa
- MARCH 26, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The director of a state-owned business was sentenced...
The director of a state-owned business was sentenced to death in the southern Chinese province of Hainan for embezzling $8
- MARCH 26, 2002IndiaDEATH PENALTY
In an extraordinary joint sitting of both Houses, the...
In an extraordinary joint sitting of both Houses, the Indian parliament passed the controversial anti-terrorism bill dubbed "draconian" by the Opposition after an acrimonious marathon debate that saw Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee rejecting Sonia Gan
- MARCH 26, 2002ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Hundreds of people flocked to the Stazione Leopolda...
Hundreds of people flocked to the Stazione Leopolda in Florence yesterday for a concert-debate against the death penalty that was also an occasion to celebrate Safiya's release
- MARCH 26, 2002IndianaDEATH PENALTY
Gov. Frank O'Bannon signed a bill that would keep juveniles...
Gov. Frank O'Bannon signed a bill that would keep juveniles from facing the death penalty. Shortly before it adjourned this month, the Indiana General Assembly approved legislation to raise the state's minimum age for the death penalty from 16 to 18 and r
- MARCH 26, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
In Nigeria, the acquittal of Safiya Hussaini, the woman...
In Nigeria, the acquittal of Safiya Hussaini, the woman who had been sentenced to death by stoning for adultery, was welcomed with a tremendous joy except among the supporters of strict enforcement of shari'ah, the Islamic law
- MARCH 26, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China's banned Falun Gong movement accused the communist...
China's banned Falun Gong movement accused the communist authorities of rounding up 5000 of its followers in a police sweep in northeast China in which it claimed up to 100 members were killed
- MARCH 26, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
International Human Rights Watch urged Nigerian government...
International Human Rights Watch urged Nigerian government authorities to ensure that courts refrain from sentencing people to cruel, inhuman and degrading punishments that are prohibited by international law
- MARCH 26, 2002DEATH PENALTY
Florence against the death penalty and for civil rights
March 26, 2002: hundreds of people flocked to the Stazione Leopolda in Florence yesterday for a concert-debate against the death penalty that was also an occasion to celebrate Safiya’s release.
- MARCH 25, 2002RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Russia said its forces had killed more than 12,000...
Russia said its forces had killed more than 12,000 rebels in separatist Chechnya since returning to the region in 1999, but rights groups called the figures grossly exaggerated