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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FEBRUARY 7, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mirza Rouhifar executed in Aligoudarz Prison on February 7
FEBRUARY 6, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Yousef Tahmatan and Behzad Tahmatan executed in Ardabil on February 6
- FEBRUARY 6, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Babak Rezaei wrongly executed in 2018
For murders Behzad Tahmtan received the death penalty for
FEBRUARY 5, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Khatoun Hamidi hanged in Qazvin on February 5
FEBRUARY 3, 2022SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: AL-SHABAAB EXECUTES MAN BY FIRING SQUAD FOR ALLEGED SPYING
Al-Shabaab militants have announced the execution of a man who they accused of spying for the Ethiopia National Defense Forces [ENDF] working for AMISOM and the Southwest regional troops, Garowe reported 1 february 2022.
FEBRUARY 3, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Najibullah Gorgij executed in Mashhad on February 3
FEBRUARY 3, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hafizaullah Barahooye executed in Zahedan on February 3
FEBRUARY 2, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Unnamed man "recently" executed in Rajai Shahr Prison
Sentenced for murder based on qassameh testimony
FEBRUARY 2, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Unidentified man executed in Shiraz on February 2
- FEBRUARY 1, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - On unspecified date Mohammad Anbarzehi executed in Shiraz
"in February"
JANUARY 30, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mehrdad Karimpou and Farid Mohammadi executed in Maragheh on January 30
On sodomy charges
JANUARY 30, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mohammadreza Afaridoun executed in Zahedan on January 30
JANUARY 29, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hossein Kaveh executed in Rasht Prison on January 29
- JANUARY 29, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Nasser Sohrabzehi Executed in Zahedan
JANUARY 27, 2022AlabamaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Alabama. Matthew Reeveswas executed on January 27
43, Black
JANUARY 27, 2022OklahomaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Oklahoma. Donald Anthony Grant, 46, Black, was executed
JANUARY 27, 2022United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Capital Punishment, 2020 Statistics
Death Row Below 2,500 First Time in 29 Years
JANUARY 27, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mir Soltan Amiri executed in Urmia on January 27
On drug-related charges
- JANUARY 26, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mohammad Ghaneh and Akbar... executed in Shiraz on January 26
JANUARY 25, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Iran-HRM year end report
More than 365 prisoners have been executed in 2021 in Iran
JANUARY 23, 2022Papua New GuineaDEATH PENALTYPAPUA NEW GUINEA REPEALS DEATH PENALTY 30 YEARS AFTER REINTRODUCING IT
The National Parliament of Papua New Guinea announced on 20 January 2022 the abolition of the death penalty for all crimes in the country, 30 years after its reintroduction.
JANUARY 20, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Eshagh Mohammadamin executed in Isfahan on January 20
JANUARY 20, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 3 men executed in Zabol on January 20
Parviz Akbari Rud, Jamaleddin Gorgij and Dadshah Sarani
- JANUARY 20, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Edris Gomshad-Zehi executed in Zahedan Prison on January 20
- JANUARY 20, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 6 men executed in Zahedan Prison on January 20
Khodanazar Kakar, Hosseinali Khomr, Abdolhamid Esmailzehi, Dadshah Sarani, Ataollah Barahouyi and Mehrollah Dehmardeh
- JANUARY 20, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Three men executed in Zabol Prison on January 20
Mohammad Amin Dehmardeh, Parviz Akbarirad and Jamaleddin Gargij
JANUARY 20, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ali Yazdani executed in Rasht Prison on January 20
JANUARY 19, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Eghbal Mastoufi and Houshang Khan Mohammadi executed in Khorramabad on January 19
JANUARY 19, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 3 men executed in Ilam prison on January 19
Hamed Manouchehri, Sobhan Shohani and Mohammad Karim-Nezhad
JANUARY 19, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ali Jomeh Mohammadi executed on January 19