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 20, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Unidentified man executed in Qom on July 20
JULY 20, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Dariush Khazai and Mahmood Sadeghian executed in Dastgerd Prison on July 20
JULY 14, 2022NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: EKITI MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH BY HANGING FOR KILLING BROTHER
49-year-old Akinola Ademola has been sentenced to death by hanging for offences of armed robbery and murder, of his elder brother in Ekiti State, Within Nigeria reported on 13 July 2022.
- JULY 13, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Ali Asghar Khalili executed in Isfahan on July 13
JULY 13, 2022AfghanistanDEATH PENALTYAFGHANISTAN: WATCHDOG ALLEGES TALIBAN ‘SUMMARILY’ EXECUTED AT LEAST 100 SUSPECTED ISLAMIC STATE MEMBERS
Taliban security forces in eastern Afghanistan have extrajudicially killed dozens of suspected members and supporters of a local affiliate of the Islamic State terrorist group, according to Human Rights Watch.
JULY 13, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Farzad Garavand and Mohammad Hatami executed in Karaj on July 13
JULY 13, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mohsen Safari and Amirhossein Abadi executed in Isfahan
On June 20 and July 13
JULY 13, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 4 men executed in Ilam Prison on July 13
JULY 12, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ali Ch executed in Mashhad on July 12
JULY 12, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Rasoul Moradgholi executed in Sari Prison on July 12
JULY 12, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Sajjad Jamshidi executed in Sari on July 12
- JULY 11, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Unnamed man executed in Jolfa Prison
Possibly on July 11
JULY 9, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Abolfazl Rahmani and Mehrollah Rigi executed in Qom on July 9
JULY 7, 2022SingaporeDEATH PENALTYSINGAPORE: TWO DRUG TRAFFICKERS HANGED DESPITE OPPOSITION
Two drug traffickers were hanged in Singapore on 7 July 2022, bringing the number of executions this year in the city-state to four despite growing calls to abolish its death penalty.
- JULY 7, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Behzad Narooie and Mohammad Shahi executed on July 7
JULY 7, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Behzad Narouyi executed in Zahedan on July 7
JULY 7, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Zarif Kakar executed in Zabol Prison on July 7
JULY 6, 2022NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: TWO ARMED ROBBERS SENTENCED TO DEATH IN AKWA IBOM
Two members of a three-man robbery gang, who have been using tricycle to rob innocent members of the public in Uyo, the Akwa Ibom state capital, were sentenced to death on 30 June 2022.
JULY 6, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hadi Moradi executed in Gachsaran Prison on July 6
JULY 6, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Fardin Zekri executed in Shiraz on July 6
- JULY 6, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mehdi Karimi executed in Sari Prison on July 6
JULY 6, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Unnamed man executed in Tabriz on July 6
- JULY 5, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 3 men executed on July 5
- JULY 3, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - More about the June 29 executions in Rajai Shahr
1, maybe 2 gays
- JULY 2, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Rahmat Valinejad executed in Zabol on July 2
- JULY 1, 2022United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - 2022 DPIC Mid-Year Review
7 new death sentences and 7 executions so far
- JUNE 29, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 10 inmates executed in Rajai Shahr Prison on June 29
Iman Safari-rad, Mehdi Khlagaldi and 8 yet not identified
JUNE 28, 2022NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: FOUR SENTENCED TO DEATH BY HANGING FOR ARMED ROBBERY, MURDER IN EKITI
An Ado-Ekiti High Court has sentenced four men, Babangida Amodu, 25, Oluwafemi Ibrahim, 20, Ojo Ayodele, 25, and Okunato Dada, 20, convicted of armed robbery and murder, to die by hanging, the Eagle Online reported on June 27, 2022.
JUNE 27, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Nasrollah Iliad and an identified man executed in Karaj on June 27
JUNE 26, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Yousef Sanjari executed in Jiroft on June 26