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 19, 2002IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
In a show of solidarity, Indonesian Military (TNI)...
In a show of solidarity, Indonesian Military (TNI) top brass turned up in force at the human rights tribunal to give moral support to their soldiers as they were being tried for crimes against humanity
- MARCH 19, 2002SpainDEATH PENALTY
During the 58th UN Commission on Human Rights, H
During the 58th UN Commission on Human Rights, H
- MARCH 19, 2002DEATH 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, 2002Governo Federale degli Stati UnitiDEATH 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 18, 2002CanadaDEATH PENALTY
Author Salman Rushdie, under a death threat for years...
Author Salman Rushdie, under a death threat for years for allegedly blaspheming Islam in a novel, has not been allowed to fly on Air Canada since September and an airline spokeswoman said she could not say when the ban would be lifted
- MARCH 18, 2002JapanDEATH PENALTY
A court in Japan sentenced Kazuyuki Oikawa, 24, to...
A court in Japan sentenced Kazuyuki Oikawa, 24, to death for killing two children and injuring another in a burglary
- MARCH 18, 2002CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
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- MARCH 18, 2002IraqDEATH PENALTY
An Iraqi opposition group said the Iraqi authorities...
An Iraqi opposition group said the Iraqi authorities executed three senior army officers early in March on charges of "assailing" and opposing Iraqi President Saddam Husayn
- MARCH 18, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Author Salman Rushdie, under a death threat for years...
Author Salman Rushdie, under a death threat for years for allegedly blaspheming Islam in a novel, has not been allowed to fly on Air Canada since September 2001 and an airline spokeswoman said she could not say when the ban would be lifted
- MARCH 18, 2002TexasDEATH PENALTY
Jurors deliberated for just more than 30 minutes in...
Jurors deliberated for just more than 30 minutes in deciding to sentence Reginald W
- MARCH 18, 2002TexasDEATH PENALTY
In Fort Worth, a federal jury recommended the execution...
In Fort Worth, a federal jury recommended the execution by injection for Julius Robinson, 25
- MARCH 18, 2002United NationsDEATH PENALTY
The Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant...
The Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, which aims at the abolition of the death penalty, was adopted by the General Assembly on 15 December 1989 and entered into force on 11 July 1991
- MARCH 18, 2002United NationsDEATH PENALTY
The Commission on Human Rights will hold its fifty-eighth...
The Commission on Human Rights will hold its fifty-eighth session at the Palais des Nations in Geneva from 18 March to 26 April 2002
- MARCH 18, 2002VietnamDEATH PENALTY
The decade-old Law on the Organization of People's...
The decade-old Law on the Organization of People's Courts is in urgent need of an overhaul to bring it up to date with the country's fast-changing circumstances, according to the nation's top judge
- MARCH 18, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Human rights activists in Nigeria said they are confident...
Human rights activists in Nigeria said they are confident the sharia judges will not be able to ignore the international appeals for clemency for Safiya Hussaini, who was condemned to death for adultery by an Islamic court
- MARCH 18, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Lawyers familiar with the Islamic legal system in Sokoto...
Lawyers familiar with the Islamic legal system in Sokoto told AFP that there were three possible scenarios for the outcome of Safiya Hussaini's appeal at the Shari'a appellate court in Sokoto
- MARCH 18, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Safiya Hussaini's appeal against death by stoning for...
Safiya Hussaini's appeal against death by stoning for having a child out of wedlock was postponed to March 25 by the Sharia court in the northern Nigerian state of Sokoto
- MARCH 18, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
State Minister Ramazan Mirzaoglu said that Turkey was...
State Minister Ramazan Mirzaoglu said that Turkey was a European Union (EU) country as a result of its political regime and exportation
- MARCH 18, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Mesut Yilmaz, Deputy PM, State Minister responsible...
Mesut Yilmaz, Deputy PM, State Minister responsible with relations with EU and the leader of the Motherland Party (ANAP), warned that Turkey may face Worst Case Senario in 2003 unless it meets conditions set by European Union in 2002
- MARCH 18, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA SHARIA COURT POSTPONES SAFIYA’S APPEAL
March 18, 2002: Safiya Hussaini’s appeal against death by stoning for having a child out of wedlock was postponed to March 25 by the Sharia court in the northern Nigerian state of Sokoto.
- MARCH 18, 2002DEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA SHARIA COURT HEARS SAFIYA’S APPEAL
March 18, 2002: the Sharia court in the northern Nigerian state of Sokoto today resumes the hearing of Safiya Hussaini’s appeal against death by stoning for having a child out of wedlock.
- MARCH 17, 2002United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
British relatives of the Lockerbie victims said that...
British relatives of the Lockerbie victims said that they believed judges jailed the wrong man
- MARCH 17, 2002LibyaDEATH PENALTY
British relatives of the Lockerbie victims said that...
British relatives of the Lockerbie victims said that they believed judges jailed the wrong man
- MARCH 17, 2002ThailandDEATH PENALTY
Two middle-aged women were sentenced to death by the...
Two middle-aged women were sentenced to death by the Southern Bangkok Criminal Court for possession of methamphetamine pills with intent to sell
- MARCH 17, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Nigeria's Foreign Affairs Minister Sule Lamido in an...
Nigeria's Foreign Affairs Minister Sule Lamido in an audience with a European Union troika at Abuja rebutted the EU's criticism of the death penalty
- MARCH 17, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Safiya Hussaini, 35, condemned by an Islamic court...
Safiya Hussaini, 35, condemned by an Islamic court in Sokoto, Nigeria, to be stoned to death while buried up to her waist in sand, claims she was singled out because she is "a woman and poor", an argument that human rights groups have backed
- MARCH 17, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) Director Reynaldo...
National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) Director Reynaldo Wycoco said that NBI strongly opposed a Senate move to abolish the death penalty law
- MARCH 16, 2002European UnionDEATH PENALTY
European Union leaders urged Nigeria to show clemency...
European Union leaders urged Nigeria to show clemency towards a woman sentenced to death by stoning for having sex outside of marriage
- MARCH 16, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
European Union leaders urged Nigeria to show clemency...
European Union leaders urged Nigeria to show clemency towards a woman sentenced to death by stoning for having sex outside of marriage
- MARCH 16, 2002MichiganDEATH PENALTY
In Grand Rapids, in Michigan, Marvin Charles Gabrion...
In Grand Rapids, in Michigan, Marvin Charles Gabrion II, 48, was sentenced to death for killing a woman who disappeared 2 days before she was to testify against him in a rape case