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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DECEMBER 13, 2022EthiopiaDEATH PENALTYETHIOPIA: FEDERAL POLICE OFFICER SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER OF SOMALI REGION MP
An Ethiopian federal police officer was sentenced to death on 12 December 2022 by a military court in Jigjiga for the shooting death of Somali region MP Juweria Subcis in late October.
- DECEMBER 12, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Asghar Alizadeh and Ebrahim Broujerdi executed in Khorramabad on December 12
- DECEMBER 12, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Abbas Hosseini and Ali Seyyedkhani executed in Qazvin on December 12
DECEMBER 12, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Vahid Narouei executed in Shiraz on December 12
DECEMBER 12, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Isa Narouei executed in Zahedan on December 12
DECEMBER 12, 2022DEATH PENALTYIRAN - Protester Majidreza Rahnavard in Mashhad on December 12
DECEMBER 12, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 5 men executed in Arak on December 12
Mohammad Imani, Ehsan Naseri, Mostafa Kashi + 2 unk
DECEMBER 12, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Payam Nourollahi Executed in Gorgan on December 12
604 executions since the beginning of the year
DECEMBER 11, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hassan Ghasemizadeh executed in Taybad on December 11
DECEMBER 9, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN- Iran Human Rights Monitor Annual Report 2022
- DECEMBER 8, 2022AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
TALIBAN CARRY OUT 1ST PUBLIC EXECUTION SINCE AFGHAN TAKEOVER
The Taliban authorities on 7 December 2022 executed an Afghan convicted of killing another man, the first public execution since the former insurgents took over Afghanistan last year.
DECEMBER 8, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Protester Mohsen Shekari executed this morning
DECEMBER 8, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Shayan Hassanpour (Hassanzadeh) executed in Maku on December 8
DECEMBER 7, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Unidentified man executed in Qom on December 7
586 executions since the beginning of 2022
- DECEMBER 7, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Baratali Sheikhalizadeh executed in Karaj on December 7
DECEMBER 5, 2022North KoreaDEATH PENALTYNORTH KOREA: THREE TEENAGERS PUBLICLY EXECUTED
North Korea has publicly executed three teenagers by firing squad – two for watching and distributing South Korean movies and one for murdering his stepmother – two sources who witnessed it told Radio Free Asia.
DECEMBER 5, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Nasser Omarzahi and Alireza Naroouie executed in Zahedan on December 5
DECEMBER 5, 2022NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: CULTIST SENTENCED TO DEATH BY HANGING IN EKITI
An Ekiti State High Court, sitting in Ado Ekiti, has sentenced one Segun Iwaetan, to death by hanging for being a cultist and raping a 20-year-old virgin, Daily Post reported on 5 December 2022.
DECEMBER 4, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Four men executed for 'intelligence cooperation' with Israel
DECEMBER 4, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Heydar Hassani Maram executed in Yasui on December 4
DECEMBER 4, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Gholam Rasoul Mazarzehi and Anoushirvan Omarzehi executed in Zahedan on December 4
DECEMBER 3, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Woman, Mouloud Molazadeh, executed in Isfahan on December 3
DECEMBER 3, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Zakaria Rigi and Hojjat Saif Panah executed in Shiraz on December 3
DECEMBER 2, 2022BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: DEATH-ROW CONVICT HANGED AT KASHIMPUR JAIL
A death-row convict was hanged on 30 November 2022 at Kashimpur Central Jail-2 in a case filed for the murder of freedom fighter Gias Uddin in Narayanganj.
DECEMBER 1, 2022BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: CONDEMNED CONVICT EXECUTED IN RAJSHAHI JAIL
A condemned convicted was executed in Rajshahi Central jail on 30 November 2022 night, official sources said.
DECEMBER 1, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Amanullah Rakhshani executed in Sabzevar on December 1
565 executions since the beginning of the year
NOVEMBER 30, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Parviz Brahui executed in Bandar Abbas on November 30
NOVEMBER 29, 2022MissouriDEATH PENALTYUSA - Missouri. Kevin Johnson was executed
37, Black
NOVEMBER 29, 2022JapanDEATH PENALTYJAPAN: DEATH-ROW INMATES SEEK END TO HANGING AS INHUMANE EXECUTION
Three death-row inmates in Osaka filed a suit against the state on 29 November 2022, seeking an end to the practice of execution by hanging, claiming the method was inhumane under international conventions.
- NOVEMBER 28, 2022AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Alabama. Alan Eugene Miller, 'execution survivor', reaches settlement with state
Alabama won't seek another lethal injection date