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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NOVEMBER 3, 2021Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: MAN EXECUTED FOR ATTEMPT TO KILL SECURITY FORCES
Saudi Arabia on 1st November 2021 executed a man convicted of trying to shoot dead security forces and weapons charges, with alleged links to figures accused of terrorist activities, state media reported.
NOVEMBER 3, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Juvenile offender Arman Abdolali’s execution postponed for the fifth time
He is still at imminent risk of execution
NOVEMBER 3, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Abdullah … executed in Mashhad Prison on November 3
For murder
NOVEMBER 3, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Manouchehr Kazemi-Varmaleh executed in Rajai Shahr Prison on November 3
For murder
NOVEMBER 3, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Javad Ghaljayi executed in Zahedan Prison on November 3
For murder
NOVEMBER 2, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mohammad Eghbal-Raisi executed in Shiraz Prison on November 2
For murder
OCTOBER 31, 2021ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: HONGKONGER WITH HISTORY OF MENTAL ILLNESS EXECUTED OVER DRUG TRAFFICKING
A Hong Kong man who suffered from hallucinations and other mental health problems has been executed in mainland China where he was sentenced to death in 2017 for drug trafficking.
OCTOBER 28, 2021United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Published the latest edition of Death Row Usa
Updated to April 1, 2021
OCTOBER 28, 2021OklahomaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Oklahoma. John Grant executed
He convulsed and vomited during execution
OCTOBER 27, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Susan Rezaiipour hanged in Qazvin on October 27
The 122nd woman executed since 2013
OCTOBER 26, 2021NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: PASTOR ON DEATH ROW REGAINS FREEDOM AFTER 14 YEARS IN PRISON
The resident pastor of Kirikiri Correctional Centre, Apapa, Lagos, Pastor David, who was sentenced to death has been released.
OCTOBER 26, 2021EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: HISHAM ASHMAWI’S TOP AIDE, 2 OTHERS SENTENCED TO DEATH
An Egyptian court sentenced on 25 October 2021 terrorist Bahaa Kishk, the right-hand man of Hisham Ashmawy who was executed in Egypt last year, and two fugitives to death over terrorism charges.
OCTOBER 23, 2021SyriaDEATH PENALTYSYRIA EXECUTES 24 PEOPLE FOR SETTING WILDFIRES, CALLING IT ‘TERRORISM’
Syria has executed 24 people after convicting them on terrorism charges for igniting last year’s devastating wildfires, leaving three people dead and burning thousands of hectares (acres) of forests, the Justice Ministry said on 21 October 2021.
OCTOBER 21, 2021AlabamaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Alabama. Willie Smith was executed
8th inmate to be put to death in the USA this year
OCTOBER 21, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Nazarnaz Ghanbarzehi Executed in Zahedan on October 21
For drug crimes
OCTOBER 20, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Unidentified man executed in Karaj Prison on October 20
OCTOBER 19, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Zakaria Baluch executed in Zahedan Prison on October 19
On drug-related charges
OCTOBER 19, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Saeed Sadeghi executed in Saravan Prison on October 19
For murder
OCTOBER 19, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYRAN - Brothers Ali-Muhammad and Eslam Muhammadi Executed in Ahvaz on October 19
Their mother died after the execution having a heart stroke
OCTOBER 18, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Musa Sheh-bakhsh executed in Zahedan Prison on October 18
At least 293 executions in 2021
OCTOBER 13, 2021NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: KANO MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH BY HANGING FOR KILLING WIFE
A Kano State High Court on 12 October 2021 sentenced a man, Aminu Inuwa, to death by hanging for killing his wife Safara’u Mamman.
OCTOBER 13, 2021SingaporeDEATH PENALTYSINGAPORE: MAN TO BE HANGED FOR BRINGING 1 KILOGRAM OF CANNABIS
Singapore's highest court on 12 October 2021 denied an appeal against a man's conviction and death sentence for allegedly smuggling cannabis weighing at least 1kg into the city-state from neighbouring Malaysia.
OCTOBER 13, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ali Omar Amrolelahi and Unknown Man Executed in Qom on October 13
For murder
OCTOBER 13, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hamed Jafar-Zadeh, Soheil Hojjat-Far, and Yunes (last name unknown) executed in Zanjan on October 13
For drugs
- OCTOBER 12, 2021IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Urgent: Juvenile Offender Arman Abdolali Scheduled to be Executed in 24 Hours
OCTOBER 12, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hossein Amiri, Hossein Shamsi, Ali Mokhtari and Yavar Dehzadeh Executed in Isfahan on October 12
On drug-related charges
- OCTOBER 12, 2021IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Yousef Seifali executed in Isfahan Prison on October 12
301 executions since the beginning of the year
- OCTOBER 11, 2021IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Ebrahim Rakhshani executed in Ghaen on October 11
On drug-related charges
OCTOBER 11, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mohammad Latifi and Unknown Man Executed in Kermanshah on October 11
OCTOBER 11, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Manouchehr Kazemi executed in Karaj on October 11
For murder