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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- DECEMBER 14, 2021IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Ali Nahtani executed in Ghayen Prison on December 14
For drug-related crimes
DECEMBER 13, 2021EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR STREET BEHEADING
An Egyptian court on 9 December 2021 sentenced a man to death on charges of slaughtering another on the street and parading his head before he was overpowered in the Suez Canal city of Ismailia, local media reported.
- DECEMBER 12, 2021IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mohammad Tazehkar executed in Meshgin Shahr Prison on December 12
For murder
- DECEMBER 12, 2021IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Abdolsalam Barahooi executed in Isfahan Prison on December 12
For drugs
- DECEMBER 12, 2021IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Bakhtiar Sarmadi and Hossein Heydarzadeh executed in Adel-Abad on December 12
For murder
- DECEMBER 12, 2021IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Hashem Amiri executed in Gorgan Prison on December 12
For murder
DECEMBER 11, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Sivan Hosseini executed in Sanandaj on December 11
For murder
DECEMBER 9, 2021OklahomaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Oklahoma. Bigler Stouffer executed on December 9, 2021
The 11th inmate executed this year in the US
DECEMBER 9, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Three (unidentified) women hanged in Kerman on December 9
The number of women executed in Iran since 2013 reaches 127.
DECEMBER 9, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ibrahim Sistani executed in Kerman Central Prison on December 9
Iran has executed more than 60 Baloch since the beginning of 2021
DECEMBER 7, 2021MalaysiaDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA: MAN GETS DEATH SENTENCE FOR KILLING NEIGHBOUR
The High Court in Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia, on 7 December 2021 sentenced a man to death by hanging for killing his neighbour five years ago.
DECEMBER 6, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ali Akbar Mohammadi executed in Neyshabour Prison on December 6
Maybe 18 at the time of crime
DECEMBER 6, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ahmad Tavakoli executed in Shiraz Prison on December 6
At least 110 prisoners executed on drug charges in Iranian prisons in 2021
DECEMBER 6, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mohmmadreza Mazkouhi executed in Zanjan on December 6
For drugs
- DECEMBER 5, 2021Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA: PAKISTANI, EGYPTIAN EXECUTED FOR MURDER
Saudi authorities on 2 December 2021 executed two expatriates – a Pakistani and an Egyptian—convicted of fatally stabbing two compatriots in two different cases, the Interior Ministry said.
NOVEMBER 28, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ebrahim Narouyi executed in Mashhad on November 28
For drugs
- NOVEMBER 27, 2021IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Majid Sargolzayi executed in Zahedan on November 27
For drugs
- NOVEMBER 25, 2021IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Abdolsattar Shehbakhsh and Khan Mohmmad Rahmatzehi executed in Kerman on November 25
On drug-related charges
NOVEMBER 25, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - A woman, Maryam Khakpour, executed in Isfahan Central Prison on November 25
NOVEMBER 25, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Heidar Ghaljayi executed Kerman Central Prison on November 25
For drugs
- NOVEMBER 24, 2021IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mohammad Safari executed in Rajai Shahr Prison on November 24
For murder
NOVEMBER 24, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Juvenile offender Arman Abdolali executed
In Rajai Shahr Prison on November 24
- NOVEMBER 23, 2021IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Unnamed couple executed in Yasuj
For murder
- NOVEMBER 18, 2021IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mostafa Pourahmad and Mojtaba Bagheri executed in Rasht on November 18
Both sentenced for murder
- NOVEMBER 18, 2021IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Shamsedin Ghaljayi executed in Kerman on November 18
For drug-related offences
NOVEMBER 18, 2021IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: UTTAR PRADESH MAN TO BE HANGED FOR KILLING HIS 3 DAUGHTERS
An alcoholic man in Lalitpur district (Uttar Pradesh), who had killed his three daughters out of five three years ago, was sentenced to death by additional district and sessions judge Nirbhay Prakash on 12 November 2021.
NOVEMBER 18, 2021NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING HIS FATHER IN AKWA IBOM
A 36-year-old man, Victor Obit, on 10 November 2021 was sentenced to death by hanging by the Akwa Ibom State High Court for killing his father.
- NOVEMBER 17, 2021IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Sobhan Molayi executed in Qazvin on November 17
For murder
- NOVEMBER 17, 2021IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Rahmat Fereydouni executed in Qom on November 17
For murder
- NOVEMBER 15, 2021Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA: SAUDI MAN EXECUTED FOR BURNING WIFE TO DEATH
Saudi authorities on 11 November 2021 executed a citizen after he was convicted of brutally beating and burning his wife to death.