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 22, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Shanxi Daily reported that Linfen Municipal Intermediate...
The Shanxi Daily reported that Linfen Municipal Intermediate People's Court sentenced to death Xue Wenxun, director of Hongtong County Urban Construction Bureau, for his involvement in an explosives and murder case which killed three people
- MARCH 21, 2002Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
At least 20 Palestinians suspected of being Israeli...
At least 20 Palestinians suspected of being Israeli collaborators have been killed since September 2000, when the Palestinian uprising against continued Israeli occupation in the West Bank and Gaza Strip began, Palestinian human rights groups say
- MARCH 21, 2002TexasDEATH PENALTY
Gov. Rick Perry has granted Rodolfo Hernandez a 30-day...
Gov. Rick Perry has granted Rodolfo Hernandez a 30-day reprieve because the San Antonio man told police he had information about numerous other killings. The governor's spokeswoman, Kathy Walt, said Hernandez provided San Antonio police with details from
- MARCH 21, 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 21, 2002United StatesDEATH PENALTY
The American terror trials of al-Qaeda and Taleban...
The American terror trials of al-Qaeda and Taleban suspects will give defendants more rights than had previously been expected, but will still allow prosecutors greater leeway than in normal courts, the Bush Administration said
- MARCH 21, 2002BelarusDEATH PENALTY
Lithuanian Foreign Minister Antanas Valionis said Lithuania...
Lithuanian Foreign Minister Antanas Valionis said Lithuania was ready to make steps to improve relations with neighbouring Belarus, but it must first see Minsk making such steps, including expanding the powers of its Parliament, improving the human rights
- MARCH 21, 2002ZimbabweDEATH PENALTY
Australian Foreign Minister Alexander Downer told Parliament...
Australian Foreign Minister Alexander Downer told Parliament a television program used to support the treason claim against Zimbabwe's Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai is extremely unconvincing
- MARCH 21, 2002European UnionDEATH PENALTY
The European Parliament Committee on Foreign Affairs,...
The European Parliament Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy recommended that the conclusion or renewal of any kind of agreement with a non-EU country where the death penalty is still used should lead to 'heavy an
- MARCH 21, 2002AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
Australian Foreign Minister Alexander Downer told Parliament...
Australian Foreign Minister Alexander Downer told Parliament a television program used to support the treason claim against Zimbabwe's Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai is extremely unconvincing
- MARCH 21, 2002LithuaniaDEATH PENALTY
Lithuanian Foreign Minister Antanas Valionis said Lithuania...
Lithuanian Foreign Minister Antanas Valionis said Lithuania was ready to make steps to improve relations with neighbouring Belarus, but it must first see Minsk making such steps, including expanding the powers of its Parliament, improving the human rights
- MARCH 21, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
The Nigerian federal government ruled that strict Islamic...
The Nigerian federal government ruled that strict Islamic law, or Sharia, which has been adopted as the law of the land in 12 Muslim-majority northern states, is unconstitutional
- MARCH 21, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
The prime minister's office has asked for the opinion...
The prime minister's office has asked for the opinion of the Council of State on whether the death penalty can be suspended without a constitutional amendment
- MARCH 21, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
The Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines...
The Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines criticized Sen
- MARCH 21, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Godwin Agabi, the justice minister, declared that any...
Godwin Agabi, the justice minister, declared that any court "which imposes discriminatory punishment is deliberately flouting the constitution"
- MARCH 21, 2002DEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA FEDERAL GOVERMENT DECLARES SHARIA UNCONSTITUTIONAL
March 21, 2002: the Nigerian federal government ruled that strict Islamic law, or Sharia, which has been adopted as the law of the land in 12 Muslim-majority northern states, is unconstitutional.
- MARCH 20, 2002St. LuciaDEATH PENALTY
St. Lucia plans to lobby fellow members of the Caribbean...
St. Lucia plans to lobby fellow members of the Caribbean Community to set up the Caribbean Court of Justice as soon as possible, to replace the Privy Council in London as the final arbiter of the islands' laws, Prime Minister Kenny Anthony said.Anthony co
- MARCH 20, 2002UgandaDEATH PENALTY
Parliament in Uganda passed an anti-terrorism bill...
Parliament in Uganda passed an anti-terrorism bill that gives the government sweeping powers to clamp down on organisations it thinks are carrying out terrorist activities
- MARCH 20, 2002United StatesDEATH PENALTY
Despite the events of September 11, Americans' support...
Despite the events of September 11, Americans' support for the death penalty is "virtually unchanged" from a year ago, and down considerably from five years ago
- MARCH 20, 2002IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
The youngest son of former dictator Suharto went on...
The youngest son of former dictator Suharto went on trial on charges that he ordered the assassination of a judge who had ruled against him in a graft case
- MARCH 20, 2002ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
The Armenian Parliament ratified the International...
The Armenian Parliament ratified the International Convention on Human Rights and Freedoms and the 1st, 4th and the 7th protocols following it
- MARCH 20, 2002Council of EuropeDEATH PENALTY
Council of Europe Secretary General Walter Schwimmer...
Council of Europe Secretary General Walter Schwimmer said he is concerned over the renewed discussion of death sentences and executions in Russia
- MARCH 20, 2002RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Council of Europe Secretary General Walter Schwimmer...
Council of Europe Secretary General Walter Schwimmer said he is concerned over the renewed discussion of death sentences and executions in Russia
- MARCH 20, 2002ZimbabweDEATH PENALTY
Zimbabwe's main opposition leader, and defeated presidential...
Zimbabwe's main opposition leader, and defeated presidential candidate, Morgan Tsvangirai, was charged formally with treason
- MARCH 20, 2002RussiaDEATH PENALTY
PACE [Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe]...
PACE [Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe] chairman Peter Shider believes that everything achieved in Russia through its Council of Europe membership outweighs any negative factors
- MARCH 20, 2002Council of EuropeDEATH PENALTY
PACE [Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe]...
PACE [Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe] chairman Peter Shider believes that everything achieved in Russia through its Council of Europe membership outweighs any negative factors
- MARCH 20, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Nigerian human rights activists and lawyers say they...
Nigerian human rights activists and lawyers say they are cautiously optimistic an Islamic appeals court will reverse a sentence of death by stoning passed on a Muslim mother convicted of adultery
- MARCH 20, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Senator Robert Barbers, a former policeman who is chairman...
Senator Robert Barbers, a former policeman who is chairman of the Senate committee on public order and illegal drugs, said, in reaction to moves in Congress to abolish the death penalty, that the government should execute one or two convicts on death row
- MARCH 19, 2002FranceDEATH PENALTY
US prosecutors will seek the death penalty for jailed...
US prosecutors will seek the death penalty for jailed Frenchman Zacarias Moussaoui, the indicted "20th hijacker" in the September 11 attacks, The New York Times disclosed
- MARCH 19, 2002FranceDEATH PENALTY
Paris has warned Washington it could review its cooperation...
Paris has warned Washington it could review its cooperation with the September 11 probe if the United States sought the death penalty against a French national charged with aiding the people behind the attacks, French rights groups said
- MARCH 19, 2002LebanonDEATH PENALTY
Ghassan Touma, former Lebanese Forces security chief,...
Ghassan Touma, former Lebanese Forces security chief, and Etienne Saqr, the leader of the Guardians of the Cedars militia, were both sentenced to death in absentia