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 14, 2002IllinoisDEATH PENALTY
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- MARCH 14, 2002UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
Yevgeniy Turetskiy ,one member of a gang was sentenced...
Yevgeniy Turetskiy ,one member of a gang was sentenced to death and three others to long terms of imprisonment for killing a woman during a robbery in the Uzbek capital, Tashkent, in 1999
- MARCH 14, 2002PolandDEATH PENALTY
Polish President Aleksander Kwasniewski appealed to...
Polish President Aleksander Kwasniewski appealed to the Nigerian president to commute the death sentence of Safiya Hussaini Tungar-Tudu
- MARCH 14, 2002United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
A British-Born man was indicted in the US in connection...
A British-Born man was indicted in the US in connection with the kidnapping in Pakistan of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl whose murder was later filmed on video tape
- MARCH 14, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Polish President Aleksander Kwasniewski appealed to...
Polish President Aleksander Kwasniewski appealed to the Nigerian president to commute the death sentence of Safiya Hussaini Tungar-Tudu
- MARCH 14, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
A British-Born man was indicted in the US in connection...
A British-Born man was indicted in the US in connection with the kidnapping in Pakistan of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl whose murder was later filmed on video tape
- MARCH 14, 2002VirginiaDEATH PENALTY
James Earl Patterson, 35, died by injection at the...
James Earl Patterson, 35, died by injection at the Greensville Correctional Center at 9:10 p
- MARCH 14, 2002ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
The human rights commission set up by the Armenian...
The human rights commission set up by the Armenian president endorsed a report on the human rights situation in Armenia in 2001
- MARCH 14, 2002ThailandDEATH PENALTY
A 21-year-old Thai masseuse was sentenced to death...
A 21-year-old Thai masseuse was sentenced to death for smuggling 600 grams of heroin from Thailand into Indonesia in September 2001
- MARCH 14, 2002IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
A 21-year-old Thai masseuse was sentenced to death...
A 21-year-old Thai masseuse was sentenced to death for smuggling 600 grams of heroin from Thailand into Indonesia in September 2001
- MARCH 14, 2002Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
Dozens of Palestinian who collaborated with Israel...
Dozens of Palestinian who collaborated with Israel have been killed by fellow Palestinians during 17 months of ongoing Palestinian-Israeli fighting, most gunned down at night
- MARCH 14, 2002Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
Two Palestinians accused of spying for Israel met their...
Two Palestinians accused of spying for Israel met their deaths in the most brutal manner
- MARCH 14, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Sixteen Falun Gong members were arrested after being...
Sixteen Falun Gong members were arrested after being accused of causing an obstruction during a demonstration outside Beijing's Liaison Office in Hong Kong's Western District
- MARCH 14, 2002IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
Indonesia opened its first trials into the violence...
Indonesia opened its first trials into the violence that swept East Timor in 1999, trying to convince a sceptical international community that those responsible for the carnage will be held accountable
- MARCH 14, 2002IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International expressed alarm that trials of...
Amnesty International expressed alarm that trials of suspects involved in serious crimes in East Timor in 1999 began in Indonesia before basic guarantees for fair trials had been put in place
- MARCH 14, 2002DEATH PENALTY
Dozens of Palestinian who collaborated with Israel...
Dozens of Palestinian who collaborated with Israel have been killed by fellow Palestinians during 17 months of ongoing Palestinian-Israeli fighting, most gunned down at night
- MARCH 14, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The leader of a pirate gang that robbed cargo boats...
The leader of a pirate gang that robbed cargo boats on a busy stretch of the Yangtze River was executed, a court official told AP
- MARCH 14, 2002SpainDEATH PENALTY
At the launch of HOC's campaign in Madrid, popstars,...
At the launch of HOC's campaign in Madrid, popstars, artists, writers and a former death row inmate signed the appeal to the Secretary General of the United Nations for a resolution by the UN General Assembly in favour of a moratorium on executions
- MARCH 14, 2002SpainDEATH PENALTY
A simple gesture like signing HOC's online appeal can...
A simple gesture like signing HOC's online appeal can be the first step in resolving such contradictions, Bonino said
- MARCH 14, 2002DEATH PENALTY
Spain supports HOC’s moratorium campaign
March 14, 2002: in one of Madrid’s largest Internet Cafes pop stars and artists from the Spanish entertainment and cultural scenes turned up to support Hands Off Cain’s online campaign for a worldwide moratorium on executions.
- MARCH 14, 2002DEATH PENALTY
Hands Off Cain’s online campaign launched in Spain
March 14, 2002: HOC’s online campaign for a global moratorium on executions was launched in Madrid today. The event, broadcast live on ya.com, attracted a large number of personalities and media.
- MARCH 13, 2002BarbadosDEATH PENALTY
Human rights lawyers in the Carribean applauded the...
Human rights lawyers in the Carribean applauded the ruling by Britain's Privy Council judges that the mandatory death penalty is unconstitutional in seven Caribbean countries
- MARCH 13, 2002DEATH PENALTY
Human rights lawyers in the Carribean applauded the...
Human rights lawyers in the Carribean applauded the ruling by Britain's Privy Council judges that the mandatory death penalty is unconstitutional in seven Caribbean countries
- MARCH 13, 2002TexasDEATH PENALTY
The Court of Criminal Appeals overturned the conviction...
The Court of Criminal Appeals overturned the conviction and death sentence of Damon Richardson, who was convicted of ordering the murders of 3 people in 1987
- MARCH 13, 2002TexasDEATH PENALTY
Andrea Yates, the 37-year-old housewife who admitted...
Andrea Yates, the 37-year-old housewife who admitted she drowned her five children, was convicted of murder by a US jury that rejected her claim of insanity
- MARCH 13, 2002United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
Jamaican Prime Minister P
Jamaican Prime Minister P
- MARCH 13, 2002IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
An Indonesian court sentenced a 21-year-old Thai woman...
An Indonesian court sentenced a 21-year-old Thai woman to death for attempting to smuggle 600 grams of heroin into the country in September 2001, news reports said
- MARCH 13, 2002JamaicaDEATH PENALTY
Jamaican Prime Minister P
Jamaican Prime Minister P
- MARCH 13, 2002JamaicaDEATH PENALTY
Human rights lawyers in the Carribean applauded the...
Human rights lawyers in the Carribean applauded the ruling by Britain's Privy Council judges that the mandatory death penalty is unconstitutional in seven Caribbean countries
- MARCH 13, 2002JamaicaDEATH PENALTY
Human rights lawyers in the Carribean applauded the...
Human rights lawyers in the Carribean applauded the ruling by Britain's Privy Council judges that the mandatory death penalty is unconstitutional in seven Caribbean countries