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 25, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Li Jianqiang, a former general manager of Hong Kong-based...
Li Jianqiang, a former general manager of Hong Kong-based Dongzhan Industrial Company Limited, was sentenced to death with two years' reprieve for embezzlement
- MARCH 25, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
A Nigerian Sharia court freed a mother of five who...
A Nigerian Sharia court freed a mother of five who had been sentenced to death by stoning for adultery in a judgement by a lower Muslim court in October 2001 that sparked international outrage
- MARCH 25, 2002EgyptDEATH PENALTY
Two young Egyptians, aged 22 and 25, were hanged in...
Two young Egyptians, aged 22 and 25, were hanged in prison for the 1999 rape of a woman they had kidnapped, judicial officials said
- MARCH 25, 2002UgandaDEATH PENALTY
Two Ugandan soldiers were shot dead by firing squad...
Two Ugandan soldiers were shot dead by firing squad for murdering an Irish Catholic priest and two other men in the country's first public execution in a decade, an army spokesman said
- MARCH 25, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Governor Ahmed Sani of Zamfara State ruled out any...
Governor Ahmed Sani of Zamfara State ruled out any further dialogue on the implementation of the shari'ah legal system in the state
- MARCH 25, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
The International Secretariat of the World Organisation...
The International Secretariat of the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) is deeply concerned by the sentencing to death by stoning of 35 year-old Amina Lawal
- MARCH 25, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Nigerian officials said a second woman has been sentenced...
Nigerian officials said a second woman has been sentenced to death by stoning by a sharia court for adultery
- MARCH 25, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
In response to the ruling reversing Safiya Hussaini...
In response to the ruling reversing Safiya Hussaini Tungar-Tudu's death sentence the governor of Sokoto state, Attahiru Bafarawa, attacked the European Union and various women's rights groups for their criticism of the Islamic court
- MARCH 25, 2002DEATH PENALTY
SAFIYA FREED, HANDS OFF CAIN CELEBRATES IN FLORENCE
March 25, 2002: a Sharia court in Nigeria upheld the appeal of a Muslim woman who had been convicted of adultery under Islamic law and sentenced to death by stoning. HOC will celebrate her freedom in an event against the death penalty in Florence on March
- MARCH 24, 2002JordanDEATH PENALTY
Mursi Mohammad was hanged for murder
Mursi Mohammad was hanged for murder
- MARCH 24, 2002United StatesDEATH PENALTY
Halle Berry became the first African American woman...
Halle Berry became the first African American woman to win an Oscar for a lead role for her portrayal of a death row wife/widow in the movie "Monsters Ball
- MARCH 24, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International welcomed the Nigerian federal...
Amnesty International welcomed the Nigerian federal justice minister Godwin Agabi's move advising all 12 northern states that any court "which imposes discriminatory punishment is deliberately flouting the constitution
- MARCH 24, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
The Catholic Archbishop of Lagos, Anthony Olubunmi...
The Catholic Archbishop of Lagos, Anthony Olubunmi Okogie, appealed to the northern Nigerian state of Sokoto that has reintroduced strict Islamic law not to carry out the sentence of death by stoning that it has imposed on a 35-year-old woman for adultery
- MARCH 24, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Hajiya Aisha Ismail, Nigeria's minister of women's...
Hajiya Aisha Ismail, Nigeria's minister of women's affairs, expressed confidence that a woman convicted of adultery and condemned to be stoned to death by an Islamic court would be acquitted
- MARCH 24, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Justice Minister Hikmet Sami Turk has said "A solution...
Justice Minister Hikmet Sami Turk has said "A solution will be brought to capital punishment in the next three years
- MARCH 24, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Justice Secretary Hernando Perez said that kidnap-for-ransom...
Justice Secretary Hernando Perez said that kidnap-for-ransom convicts Roderick Licayan and Roberto Lara would be scheduled for execution by lethal injection starting August this year
- MARCH 23, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Two poultry workers found guilty of murdering their...
Two poultry workers found guilty of murdering their employer were saved from lethal injection when the Supreme Court modified their respective sentences
- MARCH 22, 2002United StatesDEATH PENALTY
Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, the British Islamist who confessed...
Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, the British Islamist who confessed to masterminding the kidnapping of American reporter Daniel Pearl in Pakistan was charged with his murder and faces execution if convicted
- MARCH 22, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
The Supreme Court rejected an appeal in a murder case...
The Supreme Court rejected an appeal in a murder case and upheld the decision of the Lahore High Court (LHC) condemning Zulfiqar Ali alias Bhutto to death
- MARCH 22, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Chinese authorities have detained thousands of...
The Chinese authorities have detained thousands of Muslims in Xinjiang region in the north-west since September 11 [2001], claiming that local separatists are linked to Osama bin Laden and al-Qaida, Amnesty International said
- MARCH 22, 2002VietnamDEATH PENALTY
One of Vietnam's most senior police officers spoke...
One of Vietnam's most senior police officers spoke out against the death penalty, saying statistics show it does nothing to cut crime
- MARCH 22, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
March 22-26: Pulse Asia's March 22-26 survey revealed...
March 22-26: Pulse Asia's March 22-26 survey revealed that 60 percent of respondents from the National Capital Region favor the death penalty while 25 percent are against and 15 percent remain undecided
- MARCH 22, 2002United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, the British Islamist who confessed...
Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, the British Islamist who confessed to masterminding the kidnapping of American reporter Daniel Pearl in Pakistan was charged with his murder and faces execution if convicted
- MARCH 22, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, the British Islamist who confessed...
Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, the British Islamist who confessed to masterminding the kidnapping of American reporter Daniel Pearl in Pakistan was charged with his murder and faces execution if convicted
- MARCH 22, 2002ZimbabweDEATH PENALTY
Zimbabwe's main opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai...
Zimbabwe's main opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai was released on bail after being formally charged with treason over an alleged plot to assassinate President Robert Mugabe
- MARCH 22, 2002IraqDEATH PENALTY
The Iraqi regime recently executed three military personnel,...
The Iraqi regime recently executed three military personnel, including a leading figure in the ruling Ba'ath Party, an Iraqi opposition group said
- MARCH 22, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
The governor of a northern Nigerian state which enforces...
The governor of a northern Nigerian state which enforces Sharia law has defended Islamic punishments after they were criticised by the federal government
- MARCH 22, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
A motion of support to Safiya Hussaini was taken by...
A motion of support to Safiya Hussaini was taken by women parliamentarians present at the 107th Inter-Parliamentary Union in Rabat, Morocco
- MARCH 22, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Amid mounting international pressure to spare the Nigerian...
Amid mounting international pressure to spare the Nigerian woman Safiya Hussaini, from death by stoning, Amnesty International presented 300,000 more signatures condemning her sentence to the Nigerian Embassy in Madrid
- MARCH 22, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Senate Minority Leader Aquilino Q
Senate Minority Leader Aquilino Q