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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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, 2021Papua New GuineaDEATH PENALTY
PAPUA 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 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 26, 2021Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI 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 PENALTY
IRAN - Hrana received reports regarding mass executions
in Taybad, Torbat-e Jam, and Mashhad prisons
- SEPTEMBER 23, 2021IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mass executions in prisons in the north of the country in September
- SEPTEMBER 22, 2021IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 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, 2021Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI 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 21, 2021IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mostafa Shafiei executed in Rajai Shahr Prison on September 22
For murder
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 20, 2021YemenDEATH PENALTY
YEMEN: HOUTHIS EXECUTE NINE MEN FOR INVOLVEMENT IN SAMAD DEATH
Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthi movement said on 18 September 2021 that authorities had executed nine men who were convicted of involvement in the 2018 killing of Saleh al-Samad, then the armed group's top civilian leader.
SEPTEMBER 20, 2021Trinidad & TobagoDEATH PENALTYTRINIDAD AND TOBAGO: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDERING TEENAGERS
A Tobago man on 28 July 2021 was sentenced to hang for the 2009 double murder of two teenage boys whose bodies were found close to each other at French Fort, Scarborough.
SEPTEMBER 20, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Unidentified Afghan man executed in Taybad Prison on September 20
At least 75 executed on drug-related charges in Iran in 2021
- SEPTEMBER 19, 2021MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: NIGERIAN MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING NURSE
A Nigerian, Alowonle Oluwajuwon Gilbert, was sentenced to death on 4 August 2021 in Malaysia over the death of a nurse.
- SEPTEMBER 16, 2021South SudanDEATH PENALTY
SOUTH SUDAN: 42 KILLED IN EXTRAJUDICIAL KILLINGS
The United Nations on 26 July 2021 demanded an end to extrajudicial killings in South Sudan after the execution of at least 42 people, including boys, in lawless parts of the country.
SEPTEMBER 15, 2021SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: AL-SHABAAB EXECUTE MAN FOR BLASPHEMY
Al-Shabaab militant group has executed an 83-year-old man accused of blasphemy in in central Somalia, the militant court confirmed on 5 August 2021.
- SEPTEMBER 15, 2021IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 5 Men Executed in Rajai Shahr Prison on September 15
Unidentified
SEPTEMBER 15, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Farshid Rakhshanirad Executed in Birjand on September 15
For drug-related charges
SEPTEMBER 14, 2021UtahDEATH PENALTYUSA - Utah. Four Prosecutors Urge Legislature to Repeal Death Penalty
- SEPTEMBER 13, 2021IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - A man named Jafar was recently executed in Rajai Shahr Prison
AKA Gohardasht Central Prison, in Gohardasht, near Karaj
SEPTEMBER 13, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hossein Gholampour executed in Qom Prison on September 13
Execution n. 240 since the beginning of the year
- SEPTEMBER 11, 2021IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Adham Maksani executed in Iranshahr Prison on September 11
For murder
- SEPTEMBER 8, 2021IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 3 women hanged in Gohardasht Prison on September 8
121 women executed in Iran since 2013
- SEPTEMBER 8, 2021IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Ali Morad and Heibat Rouzbi executed on September 8 in Taybad Prison
For drug-related charges
SEPTEMBER 8, 2021YemenDEATH PENALTYYEMEN: EXECUTION OF THE KILLERS OF YOUNG MAN AL-AGHBARI AMID STRICT SECURITY MEASURES
A court under the control of the Houthi militia in Sanaa on 6 September 2021 executed four convicts for the murder of Abdullah Al-Aghbari, 19.
SEPTEMBER 8, 2021Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: SAUDI MAN EXECUTED OVER TERRORISM CHARGES
A Saudi man was executed in Dammam on 6 September 2021 on charges of terrorism and weapons smuggling, the interior ministry said.
SEPTEMBER 8, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Three men executed in Rajai Shahr Prison on September 8
For murder
SEPTEMBER 8, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ali Mardan Boland Gerami was executed in Yasuj Prison on September 8
Sentenced for murder through a qassameh ceremony