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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JULY 3, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Nasser Azmoudeh and Shahriar Amiri executed in Urmia on July 3
For drugs
JULY 1, 2021SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: THREE EXECUTED IN PUNTLAND FOR TERRORISM
Authorities in the regional state of Puntland on 27 June 2021 executed three men in Garowe and Qardho town, regional police commander Colonel Mumi Abdi Shire told the media.
JULY 1, 2021United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Attorney General Merrick Garland suspends federal executions
"Not enough"
JUNE 30, 2021TexasDEATH PENALTYUSA - Texas. John Hummel was executed on June 30
In Huntsville, by lethal injection
JUNE 30, 2021EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: NINE EXECUTIONS CARRIED OUT IN CAIRO
Nine death sentences were carried out on 27 June 2021 at the Cairo appeals prison, a maximum security facility in Cairo known for holding prisoners on death row.
JUNE 30, 2021SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: 18 AL-SHABAAB CONVICTS EXECUTED IN PUNTLAND
A military court in Puntland on 27 June 2021 executed eighteen Al-Shabaab members by firing squad in the central town, Galkayo.
JUNE 30, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - A man, identified only as “M.”, executed in Mashhad Prison on June 30
For murder
JUNE 30, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Azim Karimizayi executed in Mashhad Prison on June 30
For drugs
JUNE 30, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mohammad Taher Soleimani executed in Mahabad Prison on June 30
For drugs
- JUNE 30, 2021IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - A man, identified only as A. A., executed in Mashhad Prison on June 30
For killing his wife
JUNE 26, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Raisi must be held accountable for torturing prisoners
On the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture
JUNE 26, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hashem Torabi executed in Zahedan Prison on June 26
For murder
JUNE 26, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Abdulhamid Ghanbarzehi and another man executed in Zahedan Prison on June 26
For murder
JUNE 25, 2021EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: EIGHT PRISONERS EXECUTED
The Egyptian government executed eight people on 21 June 2021 bringing the total number of people hanged this year alone to 57, according to the NGO Reprieve.
JUNE 25, 2021United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - 'Capital Punishment 2019' Reports Number on Death Row Down
Average Time on Death Row Approaches 19 Years
JUNE 24, 2021IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: 13 PEOPLE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR TERRORISM BY BAGHDAD COURT
Thirteen people have been sentenced to death in Iraq after confessing to their association with the Islamic State (ISIS), according to a statement from the Supreme Judicial Council.
JUNE 23, 2021BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: MAN EXECUTED FOR KILLING HIS WIFE 17 YEARS AGO
A 55-year-old man was executed on 17 June 2021 for the killing of his wife over a family feud 17 years ago, jail authorities said.
JUNE 23, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - UN High Commissioner for Human Rights severely criticises Iran
Michelle Bachelet at a session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva
JUNE 21, 2021YemenDEATH PENALTYYEMEN: HOUTHI MILITANTS PUBLICLY EXECUTE 3 FOR RAPE AND MURDER
Hundreds of people gathered in Yemen's rebel-held capital on 16 June 2021 to watch the execution of three men -- two convicted of child rape and murder, and one of killing his daughters.
JUNE 21, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Habib Rezaei executed in Salmas Prison on June 21
For murder
JUNE 20, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ramin Saadat-Beiglou executed in Qazvin Prison on June 20
For murder
JUNE 19, 2021NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: 22-YEAR-OLD MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER ARMED ROBBERY IN EKITI
A High Court in Ado Ekiti on 17 June 2021 sentenced a 22-year-old man, Kehinde Olajide, to death by hanging for armed robbery.
JUNE 17, 2021Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: YOUNG MAN ACCUSED OF PARTICIPATING IN REBELLION EXECUTED
Saudi Arabia on 15 June 2021 executed a young man who was convicted on charges stemming from his alleged participation in an anti-government rebellion by minority Shiites.
JUNE 16, 2021North CarolinaDEATH PENALTYUSA - South Carolina. Supreme Court Halts Executions of Brad Sigmon and Freddie Owens
Scheduled for June 16 and 25
JUNE 15, 2021AlabamaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Alabama. "Almost ready to execute with nitrogen"
Declares the Attorney General
JUNE 14, 2021BelarusDEATH PENALTYBELARUS: DEATH ROW PRISONER VIKTAR PAULAU ‘MOST LIKELY EXECUTED’, CONVICT’S SISTER SAID
Death row inmate Viktar Paulau was ‘most likely executed’, the convict’s sister Raisa told Andrey Paluda, coordinator of the campaign ‘Human Rights Defenders against the Death Penalty in Belarus’.
JUNE 14, 2021BotswanaDEATH PENALTYBOTSWANA: MAN EXECUTED OVER 2011 MURDERS OF HIS GIRLFRIEND AND CHILD
Botswana on 11 June 2021 carried out the execution of a man who murdered his girlfriend and young son in 2011.
JUNE 13, 2021EthiopiaDEATH PENALTYETHIOPIA: BOY PUBLICLY EXECUTED IN OROMIA
Ethiopian government forces summarily executed a 17-year-old boy in Ethiopia’s Oromia region in broad daylight, Human Rights Watch said on 10 June 2021.
JUNE 9, 2021ZambiaDEATH PENALTYZAMBIA: HIGH COURT SENTENCES TEACHER WHO SHOT DEAD HIS EX-WIFE TO DEATH
The Lusaka High Court has sentenced Kenneth Makina, a teacher, to death by hanging for the murder of his ex-wife Charity Jikubi, The Mast reported on 9 June 2021.
JUNE 9, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Unidentified man hanged on June 9
In Rajai Shahr Prison, for murder