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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- MARCH 14, 2022United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - The latest edition of "Death Row USA" Drusa has been published
State Death Rows Drop Below 2,400 For First Time Since 1990
- MARCH 13, 2022EgyptDEATH PENALTY
EGYPT: SEVEN EXECUTED OVER ISLAMIST ATTACKS THAT KILLED POLICEMEN
Egyptian authorities executed seven men on 9 and 10 March 2022 in connection with “politically motivated” cases, and after a legal process marred by torture and lack of evidence, a rights group has told Middle East Eye.
MARCH 13, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hafizollah Rakhshani executed in Zahedan Prison on March 13
MARCH 13, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 4 men executed in Shiraz prison on March 13
Jamshid Fadaei, Hossein Mehrabani, and 2 not identified
MARCH 13, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 2 men executed in Shiraz Central Prison on March 13
One identified as Najaf Anjom
MARCH 12, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Alam Yarahmedzehi executed in Khash prison on March 12
(Also Yar-Ahmadzehi)
MARCH 10, 2022BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: TWO EXECUTED OVER MURDER OF FREEDOM FIGHTER AT CUMILLA CENTRAL JAIL
Two convicted of the 2003 murder of Chattogram Railway official and freedom fighter Shafiuddin Ahmed, were executed at Cumilla Central Jail on 8 March 2022 night.
- MARCH 10, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Shahab … executed at Shiraz Central Prison on March 10
Surname not known
MARCH 10, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Nizam Ali Mirzaei executed in Miandoab Prison on March 10
- MARCH 9, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 4 men executed at Shiraz Central Prison on March 9
One identified by his surname, Salarzehi
- MARCH 8, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 17 Women Executed in 2021
2 Hanged by Own Children
- MARCH 3, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Vahid Mousavi executed in Rajai Shahr Prison on March 3
- MARCH 3, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Abbas Naderi executed in Dezful Prison on March 3
MARCH 3, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Firouz Bahrami Astaraki executed in Dezful Prison on March 3
For the murder of the commander of a SSF station, Abbas Naderi
- MARCH 2, 2022North KoreaDEATH PENALTY
NORTH KOREA: DAUGHTER OF HIGH-RANKING CADRE ALONG WITH BOYFRIEND EXECUTED FOR WATCHING AND DISTRIBUTING S. KOREAN VIDEOS
The daughter of a high-ranking cadre along with her boyfriend have been publicly executed for watching and distributing South Korean films, soap operas, and entertainment programs.
MARCH 2, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Akbar Shahsavand executed in Isfahan on March 2
MARCH 2, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Seyyed Vahid Tabataba’I executed in Gohardasht Prison on March 2
77 executions since the beginning of the year
- MARCH 1, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - On unspecified date 3 men executed in Shiraz
Fahim Afghani, Mehrdad Moqaddas and Hassan Gholam Shahi "in the second week of March"
- MARCH 1, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - On unspecified date Mohammad Reza Heidari executed in Shiraz
"first week of March"
FEBRUARY 28, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Juvenile offender Mohammadreza Hadadi released
(Also Mohammad-Reza Haddadi)
- FEBRUARY 27, 2022PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: PAKISTANI-AMERICAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR BEHEADING GIRLFRIEND
A Pakistan court sentenced the scion of a wealthy industrialist family to death on 24 February 2022, for raping and beheading his girlfriend in a murder that sparked an outcry over the brutalising of women in the deeply patriarchal nation.
- FEBRUARY 27, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Ali Heydar Ghorbani executed in Khorramabad on February 27
- FEBRUARY 27, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Jasem Ghanbari executed in Jiroft on February 27
- FEBRUARY 23, 2022SyriaDEATH PENALTY
SYRIA REGIME EXECUTED DOZENS OF MEN IN MILITARY PRISON (REPORT)
The Syrian regime has executed dozens of young men from Eastern Ghouta inside the Sednaya Military Prison, Middle East Monitor reported on 22 February 2022, citing a local media group.
- FEBRUARY 23, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 5 Men Executed for Murder in Rajai Shahr Prison
Hamed Azizi, Mehran Jafari, and 3 unidentified men
- FEBRUARY 22, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Farshad Farzi (Farzin) executed in Ilam on February 22
FEBRUARY 22, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mousa Zare executed in Isfahan Prison on February 22
The news was reported on March 10 by IHR
- FEBRUARY 21, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Unidentified prisoner executed in Mashhad on February 21
- FEBRUARY 21, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Reza Gh. Executed in Mashhad on February 21
- FEBRUARY 21, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Unidentified Man Executed in Kashan Prison on February 21