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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JANUARY 31, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ali Allahverdi and Farhang Zakayi executed in Shiraz on January 31
JANUARY 31, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Already 18 Kurds executed since the beginning of the year
JANUARY 31, 2023IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR RAPE, MURDER OF 9-YEAR-OLD
A 22-year-old man was sentenced to death on 30 January 2023 by a special court for Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act cases in Vapi of Valsad district (Gujarat) for the rape and murder of a nine-year-old girl in February 2020.
- JANUARY 30, 2023IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Esmaeil Kachalanlu executed in Mako prison on January 30
- JANUARY 30, 2023IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Hasan Javanroudian executed in Karaj on January 30
JANUARY 30, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 4 men executed in Kerman on January 30
Rasul Safarzaei, Obaidullah Safarzaei, Habib Sarani, and ... Behzadi
JANUARY 26, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hamed Heydari executed in Khalkhal on January 26
58 executions in January
JANUARY 26, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 4 men executed in Karaj on January 26
Reza Shokri, Omid Shokri, Majid Shah Mohammadi and Borjali Karami
- JANUARY 25, 2023IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mansour Yusuf Zahi executed in Bandar Abbas on January 25
JANUARY 25, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Reza Aghale executed in Qazvin on January 25
JANUARY 24, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 3 Men executed in Arak on January 24
Omid Azni, Behnam… + Unk
JANUARY 23, 2023South SudanDEATH PENALTYSOUTH SUDAN: CABINET UPHOLDS DEATH PENALTY
The Government of South Sudan has said it will not abolish the death penalty and insists it is a deterrent to prevent serious crimes, Africa-Press reported on 22 January 2023.
JANUARY 23, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ahmad Zalitabar executed in Karaj on January 23
JANUARY 23, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 4 men executed in Karaj on January 23
Saman Nabi- Garusi, Abolfazl Baraghani-Nejad, Sabina Esmailzadeh + Unk.
JANUARY 22, 2023BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: DEATH-ROW CONVICT HANGED IN KASHIMPUR JAIL
A death-row convict was hanged at the Kashimpur Central High Security Jail in Gazipur on 22 January 2023 night.
- JANUARY 22, 2023IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Omid Karamali executed in Karaj on January 22
JANUARY 19, 2023TennesseeDEATH PENALTYUSA - Tennessee. 2 officials fired after scathing report on lethal injection execution errors
JANUARY 19, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ali Jalilvand and Akbar Ahmadi executed in Hamedan on January 19
JANUARY 19, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Kamel Doudkanlou and Seyyed Farhad Hosseini executed in Salmas on January 19
JANUARY 18, 2023North KoreaDEATH PENALTYNORTH KOREA: FORMER FOREIGN MINISTER RI YONG-HO LIKELY EXECUTED LAST YEAR
Former North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Yong-ho appears to have been executed last year, a Japanese newspaper reported on 4 January 2023.
JANUARY 18, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ghodrat Zibarom executed in Ilam on January 18
- JANUARY 18, 2023IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Sharaf Khan Akbari + Unk. executed in Karaj on January 18
- JANUARY 18, 2023IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Nima Vahidi and Omid Karimi executed in Isfahan on January 18
JANUARY 18, 2023United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Biden inaction, mixed signals on death penalty
JANUARY 18, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Akbar Sheikh Panahi executed in Isfahan on January 18, 2023
JANUARY 17, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Kamel Dodkanlou and Farhad Hosseini executed in Salmas on January 17
JANUARY 17, 2023NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: VULCANIZER SENTENCED TO DEATH BY HANGING FOR ROBBING NURSE
A 32-year-old vulcanizer, Chidozie Onyinchiz, on 17 January 2023 was sentenced to death by hanging by an Ikeja Special Offences Court, presided over by Justice Mojisola Dada.
- JANUARY 15, 2023IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Massoud Tahmasebi executed in Bandar Abbas on January 17
The news published on March 13
JANUARY 15, 2023AlabamaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Alabama. Airgas refuses to supply nitrogen for executions
- JANUARY 14, 2023IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Akbar Shah Bakhsh executed in Zahedan on January 14
Already 31 executions in the first 2 weeks of the year