Executions
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An execution is the act by which a state puts a condemned person to death. Hands Off Cain records the cases documented by public sources: press agencies, local newspapers, human rights organisations, official statements. The figure that results is a confirmed minimum, not an estimate of the real total: several states publish no data on executions, and in some countries they are not announced even to the families.
This page collects the news on the executions recorded by the association. The totals by country and by year are in the database.
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- JULY 9, 2023IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Hadi Shahuzehi executed in Kerman on June 9
JULY 8, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mohammad Ramez Rashidi and Naeem Hashem Ghotali hanged in public on July 8
Afghan citizens charged with terrorism
JULY 6, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Abbas Rashgi and Saber Moghadami executed in Adel Abad on July 6
JULY 6, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mousa Hakimi executed in Qom on July 6
JULY 4, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 3 men executed in Bandar Abbas on July 4
Names not known
JULY 3, 2023Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: EGYPTIAN, FOUR SAUDIS EXECUTED FOR TERRORISM
Saudi Arabia on July 3, 2023 put to death five people convicted of carrying out a deadly attack on a house of worship, state media said, the biggest group execution this year.
JULY 3, 2023North KoreaDEATH PENALTYNORTH KOREA: TWO WOMEN EXECUTED IN S. HWANGHAE PROVINCE FOR WATCHING S. KOREAN PROGRAMS
Earlier this month, two female farm workers in Chongdam County, South Hwanghae Province, were publicly executed for breaking the channel lock on their television and secretly watching South Korean programs, Daily NK has learned.
JULY 2, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Yasser Golzardian executed in Khorramabad on July 2
JULY 2, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - A woman, Afsaneh Shahiki, executed in Kerman on July 2
213 women executed since 2007
JULY 2, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Bahador Salimi executed in Qazvin on July 2
396 executions since the beginning of 2023
JULY 1, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Farshad Abdoli and Mojtaba Chegeni executed in Karaj on July 1
- JUNE 28, 2023RussiaDEATH PENALTY
UKRAINE WAR: RUSSIA EXECUTED 77 CIVILIANS DETAINED BY ITS FORCES, UN SAYS
A United Nations monitoring mission in Ukraine says Russia has detained more than 800 civilians since the conflict began and has executed 77 of them.
JUNE 26, 2023Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: TWO YEMENIS EXECUTED FOR TERRORISM OFFENSES
Saudi Arabia on June 24, 2023 executed two Yemeni men for joining a terrorist group, the official Saudi Press Agency (SPA) has reported.
JUNE 24, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ishaq Anshini executed in Zahedan on June 14
JUNE 24, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mohsen Gomshadzehi and Eshagh Anshini executed in Zahedan on June 24
JUNE 22, 2023North KoreaDEATH PENALTYNORTH KOREA: FIVE INMATES AT POLITICAL PRISON CAMP PUBLICLY EXECUTED FOR CAUSING A ‘DISTURBANCE’
Five inmates at the concentration camp in the Susong District (otherwise known as Camp No. 25 in Chongjin) were executed by firing squad in broad daylight in mid-May, according to a source in the country on June 19, 2023, speaking on condition of anonymit
- JUNE 21, 2023IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Hemin Mostafaei executed on June 21 in Sanandaj
JUNE 21, 2023Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: SHIA MAN FROM QATIF REGION EXECUTED OVER TERROR CHARGES
Saudi authorities have executed a young man from the Shia-populated Qatif region over allegations of involvement in terrorist activities, as part of a heavy-handed crackdown led by Saudi Arabia’s crown prince against political dissidents.
- JUNE 20, 2023IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Aref Havasi executed in Ilam on June 20
JUNE 20, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Siamak Lutfi executed in Tabriz on June 20
JUNE 20, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Vahid Seifi executed in Tabriz on June 20
JUNE 19, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hadi Al-Nasser and Abbas Khanjari executed in Ahvaz on June 19
JUNE 19, 2023BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: EXECUTIONER WHO HANGED 26 CONVICTS WALKS OUT OF PRISON
A jailed Bangladeshi hangman who executed more than two dozen fellow prisoners including killers and coup plotters in exchange for sentence reductions was released on June 18, 2023, officials said.
- JUNE 19, 2023IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Danesh Salari executed in Kahnuj on June 19
380 executions since the beginning of the year
JUNE 19, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mohsen Samadi executed in Saveh on June 19
- JUNE 18, 2023IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Ali Mula Shamsi executed on June 18 in Zanjan
- JUNE 18, 2023IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Unidentified man executed in public on June 18
In Deylam
- JUNE 18, 2023IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Fazl Ahmad Ghafran (Rukhshani) executed in Kerman on June 18
- JUNE 18, 2023IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Hamed … executed in Gorgan on June 18
JUNE 18, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 4 men executed in Kerman on June 18
Mohammad Sepahi, Fazl Ahmad Ghafran, Gholam Mir + Unk