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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NOVEMBER 23, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mehdi Lotfi executed in Ilam on November 23
- NOVEMBER 22, 2022SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
SOMALIA: TWO FORMER GOVERNMENT SOLDIERS EXECUTED
The Somali military court on 17 November 2022 executed two former government soldiers by firing squad for murders committed in Kismayo.
NOVEMBER 21, 2022SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: FORMER SOLDIERS EXECUTED BY FIRING SQUAD IN KISMAYO
Somali military court executed two former government soldiers in Kismayo on November 19, 2022 after they were convicted of killing a civilian and another soldier, the regional state media reported.
NOVEMBER 19, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hakim Dehmardeh executed in Taibad on November 19
NOVEMBER 17, 2022AlabamaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Alabama. Alabama Tries and Fails to Execute Kenneth Smith
NOVEMBER 17, 2022OklahomaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Oklahoma. Richard Fairchild, 63, White, was executed
NOVEMBER 17, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Abbas Abdollahi and Fariborz Shahbazi executed in Rasht on November 17
NOVEMBER 16, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Amin Abil executed in Mashhad on November 17
NOVEMBER 16, 2022KuwaitDEATH PENALTYKUWAIT: SEVEN PEOPLE HANGED IN FIRST EXECUTIONS SINCE 2017
Kuwait put seven people to death in a mass execution on November 16, 2022, the state-run KUNA news agency confirmed, making it the first execution since 2017 despite appeals from human rights organisations for clemency.
NOVEMBER 16, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Shahab … executed in Mashhad on November 16
NOVEMBER 16, 2022TexasDEATH PENALTYUSA - Texas. Stephen Barbee, 55, White, was executed
The execution was prolonged while officials searched for a vein
NOVEMBER 16, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Nasser Dehmardeh executed in Birjand on November 16
NOVEMBER 16, 2022ArizonaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Arizona. Murray Hooper, 76, Black, was executed
NOVEMBER 16, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Saeed Moulai executed in Hamedan on November 16
NOVEMBER 15, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ismail Faqirdadzehi executed in Zahedan on November 17
- NOVEMBER 14, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Dawood Bahrami executed in Hamadan on November 14
NOVEMBER 13, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Sultan Seifi executed in Qom on November 13
NOVEMBER 13, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 3 men executed in Zahedan on November 13
Vali Roudini, Mohsen Anshini and Emam Bakhsh Narouyi
NOVEMBER 12, 2022SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: MILITARY COURT EXECUTES BY FIRING SQUAD AL-SHABAAB OPERATIVE IN GALKAYO
Somalia military court on 1 November 2022 executed by firing squad an Al-Shabaab operative in a public square in Galkayo, the capital of the Mudug region.
NOVEMBER 12, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Three Men Executed in Shiraz on November 12
Vahid Pakzad, Keyvan Tajadod and an unidentified man
NOVEMBER 11, 2022SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: TEN AL-SHABAAB CONVICTS EXECUTED WITHIN TWO WEEKS
The Somalia military court on 3 November 2022 executed two Al-Shabaab convicts as part of the ongoing fight against the militants who control large swathes of rural central and southern Somalia, making it a total of 10 people to be killed within two weeks
NOVEMBER 9, 2022TexasDEATH PENALTYUSA - Texas. Tracy Beatty executed on November 9
NOVEMBER 9, 2022SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: AL-SHABAAB HITMEN EXECUTED A DAY AFTER A DEADLY CAR BOMBINGS
Somalia's military court on 31 October 2022 executed three Al-Shabaab hitmen in the latest move which comes just a day after the militants raided downtown Mogadishu, killing over 100 people while injuring scores.
NOVEMBER 8, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Five prisoners executed in Arak prison
Saeed Moghadam, Sajjad Yousefi, Nasser, Reza, and Nasser Iranshahi
NOVEMBER 8, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Rashed Baloch and Ishaq Ishaq executed in Zahedan on November 8
- NOVEMBER 8, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Shoaib Askani and Eshagh Askani executed in Zahedan on November 8
NOVEMBER 7, 2022SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: TWO ISIS MILITANTS EXECUTED IN MOGADISHU
Somali officials on 26 October 2022 executed two ISIS militants convicted for carrying out assassinations on behalf of the al-Shabab terrorist group, marking the second execution of Islamist militants in a week.
- NOVEMBER 6, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 5 inmates executed in Arak on November 6
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NOVEMBER 6, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Nematollah Barahouyi and Amanollah Alizehi executed in Zahedan on November 6
NOVEMBER 3, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Janali Gholamhosseini executed in Hamadan on November 3