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 11, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The fifteen EU member countries will express "their...
The fifteen EU member countries will express "their deep concern over serious human rights violations in China and lack of progress in several areas" before the UN Human rights Commission's 58th session in Geneva
- MARCH 11, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Fifteen senators filed a bill to repeal the Death Penalty...
Fifteen senators filed a bill to repeal the Death Penalty Law and replace capital punishment with 30 years of imprisonment without parole as a penalty for heinous crimes
- MARCH 11, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
In 2001 a total 150,913 criminals were sentenced to...
In 2001 a total 150,913 criminals were sentenced to imprisonment of five years or more, to life imprisonment, or to death penalty; an increase of 15
- MARCH 11, 2002GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
Brushing aside pleas for mercy from the British government,...
Brushing aside pleas for mercy from the British government, European Union and prominent opponents of capital punishment, a Georgia pardons board refused to block the execution of a British man [Tracy Housel] sentenced to death for the 1985 murder of a fe
- MARCH 11, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
The Nigerian Army warned that the soldiers will face...
The Nigerian Army warned that the soldiers will face the death penalty if they took part a proposed strike by junior army officers and their counterparts in the police over pay and conditions
- MARCH 11, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
About 10,000 members of the Catholic Church staged...
About 10,000 members of the Catholic Church staged a protest in Enugu Sate after 14 worshippers died at the Government Technical College (GTC) on March 7 after a religious function
- MARCH 11, 2002KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
An appeal court commuted the death sentence of a Kuwaiti...
An appeal court commuted the death sentence of a Kuwaiti policeman who murdered a magazine editor for what he considered to be defamation of his tribe
- MARCH 11, 2002BelizeDEATH PENALTY
The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (JCPC)...
The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (JCPC) delivered judgments in the appeals of Peter Hughes (St Lucia), Berthill Fox (St Kitts and Nevis) and Patrick Reyes (Belize)
- MARCH 10, 2002United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
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- MARCH 10, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Felicity Party [SP] leader Recai Kutan, criticized...
Felicity Party [SP] leader Recai Kutan, criticized the MHP's [Nationalist Action Party] stand regarding capital punishment, and explained that this party "is exploiting the tears of mothers of this nation"
- MARCH 10, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
In its final trial the Jiangsu Provincial Higher People's...
In its final trial the Jiangsu Provincial Higher People's Court sentenced Jiang Deping to death, the Xinhua Daily reported
- MARCH 9, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
The Additional Session Judge in Rawalpindi, Shahzad...
The Additional Session Judge in Rawalpindi, Shahzad Pervez Abbasi, condemned Dr
- MARCH 9, 2002BelarusDEATH PENALTY
Council of Europe Secretary-General Walter Schwimmer...
Council of Europe Secretary-General Walter Schwimmer condemned the use of the death penalty in Belarus and urged the Belarusian authorities not to sentence to death the suspected kidnappers of [Russian Public TV] journalist Dmitriy Zavadskiy, who are curr
- MARCH 9, 2002DEATH PENALTY
Council of Europe Secretary-General Walter Schwimmer...
Council of Europe Secretary-General Walter Schwimmer condemned the use of the death penalty in Belarus and urged the Belarusian authorities not to sentence to death the suspected kidnappers of [Russian Public TV] journalist Dmitriy Zavadskiy, who are curr
- MARCH 9, 2002ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
Gagik Tadevosyan, the chairman of the commission on...
Gagik Tadevosyan, the chairman of the commission on health, social security and ecology of the National Assembly of Armenia, said that there is a lot of discussion on banning the death penalty related to Armenia's entrance to the Council of Europe
- MARCH 9, 2002FijiDEATH PENALTY
Attorney-General Qoriniasi Bale says confusion may...
Attorney-General Qoriniasi Bale says confusion may have arisen about the death penalty provision under the Military Act
- MARCH 8, 2002BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Nearly 50 Bangladeshi women, victims of acid attacks...
Nearly 50 Bangladeshi women, victims of acid attacks by jilted lovers or family foes, led a rally through the streets of Dhaka to mark International Women's Day, openly displaying their scars
- MARCH 8, 2002ThailandDEATH PENALTY
The Criminal Court sentenced to death a woman convicted...
The Criminal Court sentenced to death a woman convicted of trafficking 29 kilograms of heroin
- MARCH 8, 2002Papua New GuineaDEATH PENALTY
Police caught a second man allegedly involved in the...
Police caught a second man allegedly involved in the brutal attack on a Porebada family outside of Port Moresby on March 5
- MARCH 8, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
President Ahmet Necdet Sezer said that Turkey acted...
President Ahmet Necdet Sezer said that Turkey acted with the principle "peace at home, peace in the world" noting that Turkey could of course both enter the European Union (EU) and set up good relations with Russia and Iran
- MARCH 7, 2002GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
The mother of a Briton facing execution in America...
The mother of a Briton facing execution in America begged [British Prime Minister] Tony Blair to save him
- MARCH 7, 2002FloridaDEATH PENALTY
Donny Crook, condemned to death for the 1996 murder...
Donny Crook, condemned to death for the 1996 murder of 59-year-old Betty Spurlock 6 years ago, must have a new sentencing hearing, the state Supreme Court said
- MARCH 7, 2002DEATH PENALTY
The Senate voted 34-0 to bar the executions of teens...
The Senate voted 34-0 to bar the executions of teens who murder before their 18th birthday
- MARCH 7, 2002TexasDEATH PENALTY
Gerald Tigner, 29, was pronounced dead at 6:21 p
Gerald Tigner, 29, was pronounced dead at 6:21 p
- MARCH 7, 2002TajikistanDEATH PENALTY
The Tajik Supreme Court sentenced Abdughani Sartibayev,...
The Tajik Supreme Court sentenced Abdughani Sartibayev, to death for the murder of Swiss tourist Didier Eric Mangerie in the summer of 2001
- MARCH 7, 2002BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
[opposition] Awami League presidium member Abdul Jalil...
[opposition] Awami League presidium member Abdul Jalil urged the pro-independence forces to unite to resist those who were unleashing heinous crimes like killings, repression, rape, atrocities and looting of the people's property across the country
- MARCH 7, 2002New ZealandDEATH PENALTY
An Indonesian militiaman who killed New Zealand soldier...
An Indonesian militiaman who killed New Zealand soldier Leonard Manning in East Timor was jailed for six years
- MARCH 7, 2002IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
An Indonesian militiaman who killed New Zealand soldier...
An Indonesian militiaman who killed New Zealand soldier Leonard Manning in East Timor was jailed for six years
- MARCH 7, 2002IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
The youngest son of Indonesia's former president Suharto...
The youngest son of Indonesia's former president Suharto was charged with murder over the killing of a Supreme Court judge
- MARCH 7, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
A Nigerian Catholic archbishop voluntarily offered...
A Nigerian Catholic archbishop voluntarily offered to die in place of a Muslim woman condemned to death by stoning by an Islamic court for the crime of adultery