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 6, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ali Akbar Mohammadi executed in Neyshabour Prison on December 6
Maybe 18 at the time of crime
DECEMBER 5, 2021Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI 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 PENALTYIRAN - Majid Sargolzayi executed in Zahedan on November 27
For drugs
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 25, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Abdolsattar Shehbakhsh and Khan Mohmmad Rahmatzehi executed in Kerman on November 25
On drug-related charges
NOVEMBER 24, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Juvenile offender Arman Abdolali executed
In Rajai Shahr Prison on November 24
NOVEMBER 24, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mohammad Safari executed in Rajai Shahr Prison on November 24
For murder
NOVEMBER 23, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Unnamed couple executed in Yasuj
For murder
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 18, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Shamsedin Ghaljayi executed in Kerman on November 18
For drug-related offences
NOVEMBER 18, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mostafa Pourahmad and Mojtaba Bagheri executed in Rasht on November 18
Both sentenced for murder
NOVEMBER 17, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Sobhan Molayi executed in Qazvin on November 17
For murder
NOVEMBER 17, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Rahmat Fereydouni executed in Qom on November 17
For murder
NOVEMBER 15, 2021Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI 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.
NOVEMBER 14, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Marouf Gholipour executed in Shiraz on November 14
For murder
NOVEMBER 13, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Four men executed in Zahedan on November 13
At least 100 prisoners executed on drug-related charges in Iran in 2021
NOVEMBER 11, 2021NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: COURT SENTENCES BOKO HARAM MEMBER TO DEATH
An Ekiti State High Court on 10 November 2021 sentenced to death by hanging Abdulsalam Adinoyi, a self-confessed member of the terrorist group Boko Haram.
NOVEMBER 10, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ahmad Bahrami executed in Rajai Shahr Prison on November 10
For murder
- NOVEMBER 9, 2021SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
SINGAPORE SUSPENDS DISABLED MALAYSIAN’S EXECUTION AMID PLEAS
Singapore’s High Court on 8 November 2021 suspended the scheduled execution of a Malaysian man believed to be mentally disabled until an appeal is heard, amid pleas from the international community and rights groups.
NOVEMBER 9, 2021NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: FARMER SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DEFENDING HIMSELF AGAINST HERDSMAN
A High Court sitting in Yola, the Adamawa State capital, on 2 November 2021 sentenced a rice farmer, Kabiru Zelani to death by hanging for stabbing an intruding herder to death.
NOVEMBER 7, 2021NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: EKITI MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR ROBBING NEIGHBOUR OF CAR
An Ekiti State High Court sitting in Ado Ekiti on 2 November 2021 sentenced a 43-year-old man, Taiwo Afolabi, to death by hanging for robbery.
NOVEMBER 7, 2021JapanDEATH PENALTYJAPAN: DEATH ROW INMATES SUE OVER SAME-DAY EXECUTIONS
Two death row inmates in Japan are taking legal action against same-day executions.
NOVEMBER 6, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Yasser Gargij executed in Zahedan Prison on November 6
96, including a woman, executed on drug-related charges in Irani in 2021
NOVEMBER 6, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ahmad Makrandoust executed in Zahedan Prison
For drug-related offences
NOVEMBER 6, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Couple sentenced to death for adultery
It is unclear whether it is a homosexual couple
- NOVEMBER 4, 2021IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Saeed … executed in Rajai Shahr Prison on November 4
For murder
NOVEMBER 4, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mohammadali Alizadeh executed in Zahedan on 4 November 2021
The news was reported by IHR on January 2, 2022