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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OCTOBER 11, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Omid Sarani executed in Birjand Prison on October 11
282 executions in 2021
OCTOBER 10, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Four men executed in Shiraz Central Prison in September
Meysam Atefifard, Hadi Razi, Rasoul Akrami and Omid Keshtkar
OCTOBER 10, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Esmail Ghassabi-Sini executed in Isfahan on October 10
No further details
OCTOBER 9, 2021Sierra LeoneDEATH PENALTYSIERRA LEONE FORMALLY ABOLISHES ‘INHUMANE’ DEATH PENALTY
Sierra Leone on 8 October 2021 formally abolished the death penalty, becoming the 23rd African country to repeal capital punishment.
OCTOBER 8, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Women and the Death Penalty in Iran
A 12 Year Analysis
OCTOBER 7, 2021SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: AL-SHABAAB PUBLICLY EXECUTES TWO IN JAMAME
Al-Shabaab militants executed two men in a public square on 5 October 2021 in the Lower Jubba's Jamame district, accusing one of the men of being a sorcerer and the other a Somali government soldier.
OCTOBER 6, 2021BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: RAPE, MURDER CONVICTS EXECUTED AT JESSORE CENTRAL JAIL
Two death-row convicts in a case filed for killing two women after raping them in Alamdanga upazila of Chuadanga district were executed on 4 October 2001 night.
OCTOBER 6, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mojtaba Shaker Executed in Yazd on 6 October 2021
The news was reported by IHR on February 21, 2022
OCTOBER 5, 2021MissouriDEATH PENALTYUSA - Missouri. Ernest Johnson executed
Despite pleas for clemency for intellectual disability
- OCTOBER 3, 2021IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Father and son executed in Yazd Prison on October 3
Hossein and Ramin Dadzadeh
OCTOBER 2, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hossein Hedayati executed in Amol Prison on October 2
For murder
- OCTOBER 1, 2021IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 4 inmates executed in Adelabad Prison in Shiraz on October 1
At least 277 executions in Iran so far in 2021
SEPTEMBER 30, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mashallah Sabzi Executed
Based on Qassameh Testimony
SEPTEMBER 29, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Yasin Abdullahi executed in Zahedan Prison on September 29
For murder
SEPTEMBER 29, 2021TexasDEATH PENALTYUSA - Texas. Rick Rhoades, 57, White, was executed
6th execution of the year in the US, never so few (due to the covid)
SEPTEMBER 29, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Abbasgholi Salehi, Hamid Shahsanayi and Mohammad Barahouyi executed in Isfahan on September 29
81 executions for drug related crimes
SEPTEMBER 29, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Farhad Salehi-Jabehdar executed in Karaj Prison on September 29
On rape charges
SEPTEMBER 28, 2021JordanDEATH PENALTYJORDAN: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH BY HANGING FOR KILLING MOTHER
The Grand Criminal Court on 27 September 2021 sentenced a man to death by hanging for killing his mother with the help of his brother.
SEPTEMBER 27, 2021NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: MAN TO DIE BY HANGING FOR KILLING WIFE IN JIGAWA
A Jigawa State High Court sitting in Gumel on 5 August 2021 sentenced a 40-year-old man Rabi’u Mamman to death by hanging for killing his wife.
SEPTEMBER 27, 2021Papua New GuineaDEATH PENALTYPAPUA NEW GUINEA: COURT RULING CLEARS WAY FOR FIRST EXECUTIONS IN NEARLY 70 YEARS
A ruling by Papua New Guinea’s Supreme Court on 30 July 2021 cleared the way for the country’s first executions in almost 70 years.
SEPTEMBER 26, 2021Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: ISIS MEMBER EXECUTED IN JAZAN
The Saudi Interior Ministry announced on 29 July 2021 that it had carried out the death penalty against a member of the ISIS terror group in Jazan city.
SEPTEMBER 23, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mass executions in prisons in the north of the country in September
SEPTEMBER 23, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hrana received reports regarding mass executions
in Taybad, Torbat-e Jam, and Mashhad prisons
SEPTEMBER 22, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ahmad Forouhid executed in Boroujerd Prison on September 22
For murder
- SEPTEMBER 22, 2021IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Unidentified man executed in Karaj Prison on September 22
for murder during a robbery
SEPTEMBER 21, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Abed Khodaverdi and Arshad Jodat executed in Zanjan Prison on September 21
For drugs
SEPTEMBER 21, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Arshad Javdat Rabat (Javdatian) executed in Zanjan Prison on September 21
For drugs
SEPTEMBER 21, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mostafa Shafiei executed in Rajai Shahr Prison on September 22
For murder
SEPTEMBER 21, 2021Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: EGYPTIAN EXECUTED FOR KILLING WOMAN, BURNING HER BODY
An Egyptian man was executed on 15 September 2021 in Saudi Arabia for killing a woman and burning her body in Medina.
- SEPTEMBER 20, 2021IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Unidentified Afghan man executed in Taybad Prison on September 20
At least 75 executed on drug-related charges in Iran in 2021