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 21, 2022Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: MAN EXECUTED FOR SLITTING THROATS OF 3 DAUGHTERS
A Saudi man, convicted of slaying three of his daughters, was executed on 16 March 2022 after he was handed down a final death verdict, Saudi media reported, citing the Interior Ministry.
MARCH 20, 2022Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: AUTHORITIES PUT FOUR PEOPLE TO DEATH
Saudi Arabia on 17 March 2022 executed four men - two Saudis, two Indonesians - after being found guilty of committing murder and rape, state news agency (SPA) reported.
MARCH 17, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Massoud Ghoroobi and Gholamhossein Sadri executed on March 17
In Adelabad prison, in Shiraz
MARCH 17, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN Aminullah Gargij executed on March 17
In Adelabad prison, in Shiraz
MARCH 17, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 49th session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva
Rehman’s Report Highlights Systemic Human Rights Violations in Iran
MARCH 16, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 3 men executed in Shiraz Prison on March 16
Abdolreza Shafiee, Ahmad Gorgij and Bashir Samadi
MARCH 16, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 3 men executed at Gohardasht Prison on March 16
Gholam Ali Khaurgir, Abbas Khaurgir, and Mohsen Jandaghi
MARCH 16, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Zubayd … executed in Isfahan on March 16, 2022
(unknown surname)
- MARCH 16, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 4 men executed in Shiraz Central Prison on March 16
Ali Sahandi, Mohammad Hossein Sahandi, Sadegh Sahebi and Bashir Kaboli
MARCH 16, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Yousef Hashemi executed in Qazvin Prison on March 16
- MARCH 16, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Bashir Kameli executed on March 16
In Adelabad prison, in Shiraz
MARCH 16, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hamid Rastegar and Gholamreza Paki executed in Isfahan on March 16
MARCH 15, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Peyman Babakhani and Mir Ali Hosseini executed on March 15
In Orumiyeh Central Prison
MARCH 15, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mohammad Bozorgzadeh executed in Bushehr on March 15
MARCH 14, 2022Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: 81 MEN EXECUTED IN ONE DAY, THE BIGGEST MASS EXECUTION IN DECADES
Saudi Arabia executed 81 men on 12 March 2022, including seven Yemenis and one Syrian, for terrorism and other offenses including holding “deviant beliefs,” authorities said, in the biggest mass execution in decades.
- MARCH 14, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Ebrahim Nasirkhah executed in Urmia Prison on March 14
MARCH 14, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - A man and woman executed on March 14
In Shiraz Central Prison
MARCH 14, 2022United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - 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, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hafizollah Rakhshani executed in Zahedan Prison on March 13
- MARCH 13, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 4 men executed in Shiraz prison on March 13
Jamshid Fadaei, Hossein Mehrabani, and 2 not identified
- MARCH 13, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 2 men executed in Shiraz Central Prison on March 13
One identified as Najaf Anjom
MARCH 13, 2022EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: 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 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 PENALTYIRAN - 17 Women Executed in 2021
2 Hanged by Own Children
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 3, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Vahid Mousavi executed in Rajai Shahr Prison on March 3