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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- MAY 18, 2021North KoreaDEATH PENALTY
KOREA APPEARS TO HAVE EXECUTED TWO MEN FORCIBLY REPATRIATED BY S. KOREA TO N. KOREA IN 2019
Two North Koreans who crossed the Northern Limit Line (NLL) into South Korea in November of 2019 have reportedly appeared in educational materials published by North Korea’s Ministry of State Security.
MAY 17, 2021South CarolinaDEATH PENALTYUSA - South Carolina. Governor signs bill adding firing squad and elettrocution as options for executions
The new law becomes effective on May 17
MAY 17, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mehran Narouyi executed in Isfahan Prison on May 17
On drug-related charges
- MAY 16, 2021IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Amir Bayati executed in Shiraz Prison on May 16
For murder
MAY 16, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Jamal Mohammadi executed in Ilam Prison on May 16
For murder
- MAY 15, 2021IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 3 Baluch executed in Ghaen Prison
over the past three months
- MAY 15, 2021IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Alimorad Zabiei executed in Qazvin Prison on May 15
For drugs
MAY 15, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Behzad Adl was hanged on May 15 in Adelabad Prison
In Shiraz. For 3 counts of rape.
- MAY 12, 2021South CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
USA - South Carolina. Senate re-approved firing squad and elettrocution
the law now goes to Governor
MAY 11, 2021North KoreaDEATH PENALTYNORTH KOREA: KIM JONG UN HAD CONDUCTOR EXECUTED BY FIRING SQUAD FOLLOWING CELEBRATION, SOUTH KOREAN PAPER SAYS
A recent report from a South Korean newspaper said that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un ordered the execution of a choir conductor, who was allegedly shot 90 times in front of members of the public.
MAY 10, 2021EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: MONK EXECUTED FOR MURDER OF BISHOP AT MONASTERY
The Egypt Prison Authority carried out the death penalty on a monk who killed the abbot of his monastery in 2018, a lawyer and the monk's brother told Reuters on 9 May 2021.
MAY 10, 2021Sierra LeoneDEATH PENALTYSIERRA LEONE: YOUNG MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH AMID DEBATE TO ABOLISH DEATH PENALTY
Sierra Leone’s High Court Resident Judge in the Kailahun District of the country – Justice Francis Banks-Kamara, on 7 May 2021 sentenced a young man – Kholie Tamba to death by hanging, after he was found guilty of murder.
MAY 9, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Sivan Hosseini will be executed at the end of Ramadan
(also written Hossein Sivan)
MAY 4, 2021ArkansasDEATH PENALTYUSA - Arkansas. DNA tests cast doubt on the guilt of Ledell Lee
Executed 4 years ago.
- APRIL 28, 2021EgyptDEATH PENALTY
EGYPT: 17 PRISONERS EXECUTED FOR 2013 ATTACK ON POLICE
Egyptian authorities on 26 April 2021 hanged 17 people who were convicted of murder for an attack on a police station in 2013, lawyers representing their families have said.
APRIL 27, 2021EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: 9 MEN EXECUTED FOR 2013 ATTACK ON POLICE
Egyptian authorities on 26 April 2021 executed nine men, including an 82-year-old man, convicted of murder in an attack on a police station in 2013, security officials and a rights lawyer said. The assault resulted in the deaths of 15 people, including 11
APRIL 26, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Habibullah Sheikh-Hossein executed on April 26
In Sabzevar Prison, on drug charges
APRIL 24, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 6 men executed in Birjand Prison on April 24
Baluch men sentenced on drug-related charges
APRIL 21, 2021TexasDEATH PENALTYUSA - Texas. TDCJ Revises Execution Protocol
To Permit Spiritual Advisers in Death Chamber
- APRIL 14, 2021IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Arsalan Moradi executed on April 13 in Birjand Prison
For drugs
APRIL 14, 2021TexasDEATH PENALTYUSA - Texas. Death sentence of Raymond Riles vacated
State’s longest-serving death row inmate
- APRIL 13, 2021IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Sohrab Masgari executed on April 13
In Gonbad Kavous Prison, for murder
- APRIL 12, 2021IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 3 men executed on April 12
One of them was Ghorban Karimi
- APRIL 12, 2021IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 3 men executed at Karaj Central Prison on April 12
Merhdad Jalali, Mohsen Madavian and Ramezan Ali Shahroodi
- APRIL 12, 2021IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Hossein Ramezani executed on April 12
In Qazvin Prison, for murder
APRIL 12, 2021Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: 3 SOLDIERS EXECUTED FOR 'HIGH TREASON’
Saudi Arabia executed three soldiers on 10 April 2021 it accused of committing “high treason,” without elaborating on which enemy the kingdom believed the men aided.
APRIL 12, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Arsalan Zare executed at Shiraz Prison on April 12
For murder
APRIL 12, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mohsen Mahdavian executed at Karaj Prison on April 12, 2021
For murder
- APRIL 11, 2021IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Morteza Kabiri executed in Isfahan Prison on April 11
Convicted of drug charges
APRIL 10, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Bayazid Rashidi executed in Orumiyeh Prison on April 10
For drug related charges