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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MARCH 30, 2020BotswanaDEATH PENALTYBOTSWANA: TWO MEN EXECUTED FOR MURDER
Botswana on 28 March 2020 executed two men convicted of murder.
- MARCH 28, 2020DEATH PENALTY
UNITED KINGDOM SUPREME COURT RULES BRITAIN CANNOT PROVIDE EVIDENCE TO U.S. FOR USE IN DEATH-PENALTY CASES
The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom unanimously ruled that the British government unlawfully provided information to the United States about two suspected Islamic State members without first obtaining assurances that the information would not be used
- MARCH 26, 2020United NationsDEATH PENALTY
A DAY AFTER NIRBHAYA CONVICTS' EXECUTION, UN ASKS STATES TO 'HALT USE OF CAPITAL PUNISHMENT'
The United Nations on 21 March 2020 called on all nations to stop the use of capital punishment or put a moratorium on it, a day after four men convicted of gang-raping and murdering a 23-year-old woman were hanged in India.
MARCH 26, 2020JapanDEATH PENALTYJAPAN: HANGED EX-AUM MEMBER URGED WOULD-BE TERRORISTS TO HALT ATTACKS
A former senior Aum Shinrikyo member wrote a letter in English urging would-be terrorists not to carry out their planned attacks before he was executed in 2018 for his involvement in the cult's 1995 sarin nerve gas attack on the Tokyo subway system.
- MARCH 25, 2020United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
UK - USA. United Kingdom Supreme Court Rules Britain Cannot Provide Evidence to U.S. for Use in Death-Penalty Cases.
UK - USA. United Kingdom Supreme Court Rules Britain Cannot Provide Evidence to U.S. for Use in Death-Penalty Cases.
MARCH 24, 2020North KoreaDEATH PENALTYNORTH KOREA: SMUGGLER EXECUTED AFTER CROSSING SINO-NORTH KOREAN BORDER
A smuggler in his 50s was recently executed in North Pyongan Province, sources told Daily NK earlier in March 2020.
MARCH 20, 2020IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: FOUR MEN EXECUTED FOR BRUTAL 2012 DELHI BUS RAPE AND MURDER
India hanged four men on 20 March 2020 who were convicted for the rape and murder of a young woman on a bus in New Delhi in 2012, in a case that shocked the world and shamed the country over its appalling record for crimes against women.
MARCH 16, 2020NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: COURT SENTENCES MAN TO DEATH BY HANGING FOR MURDER
An FCT High Court sitting in Nyanya, Nasarawa State, on 11 March 2020 sentenced Mohammed Tijani to death by hanging for killing a man who was fighting another in front of his barbershop.
MARCH 15, 2020DEATH PENALTYIRAN: 60-YEAR-OLD HOSSEIN KACHANLOO AND 70-YEAR-OLD ABDULLAH MOHAMMADZADEH HANGED AT THE PRISON OF URMIA
Hossein Kachanloo and Abdullah Mohammadzadeh were hanged on 12 March 2020 at the central prison of Urmia, West Azerbaijan province.
- MARCH 12, 2020IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Hossein Kachanloo and Abdullah Mohammadzadeh hanged on March 12, at the prison of Urmia
IRAN - Hossein Kachanloo and Abdullah Mohammadzadeh hanged on March 12, at the prison of Urmia
- MARCH 12, 2020United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - The Winter 2020 edition of Death Row USA (DRUSA), updated to January 1, 2020
USA - The Winter 2020 edition of Death Row USA (DRUSA), updated to January 1, 2020
MARCH 12, 2020Sierra LeoneDEATH PENALTYSIERRA LEONE: 3 SENTENCED TO DEATH AND ONE FOR 40 YEARS AS PORT LOKO APPLAUDS THE CHIEF JUSTICE
The Criminal Session of the High Court of Sierra Leone held in Port Loko presided by the Justice Samuel O. Taylor has sentenced three convicted persons to death by hanging and one given 40 years imprisonment, theorganiser.net reported on 9 March 2020.
- MARCH 12, 2020IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 2 prisoners, not identified, were reportedly hanged on March 12
IRAN - 2 prisoners, not identified, were reportedly hanged on March 12
- MARCH 11, 2020IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Unknown prisoner hanged on March 11 at the central prison of Tabriz
IRAN - Unknown prisoner hanged on March 11 at the central prison of Tabriz
- MARCH 11, 2020IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Alireza Sa’daei was hanged at Zanjan prison on March 11.
IRAN - Alireza Sa’daei was hanged at Zanjan prison on March 11.
- MARCH 11, 2020IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - A prisoner, identified as Amir Saadai, was reportedly hanged on March 11
IRAN - A prisoner, identified as Amir Saadai, was reportedly hanged on March 11
MARCH 9, 2020NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH BY HANGING FOR KILLING NEIGHBOR DURING POLITICAL ARGUMENT
A High Court sitting in Kano State on 6 March 2020 sentenced one Yakubu Dalha to death by hanging for killing neighbour, Zakariyau Bala a.k.a Dangote during political argument.
- MARCH 9, 2020IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Sirous Assadi was executed at Zanjan prison on March 9.
IRAN - Sirous Assadi was executed at Zanjan prison on March 9.
- MARCH 6, 2020DEATH PENALTY
IRAN: MAN HANGED FOR MURDER COMMITTED WHEN HE WAS MINOR
According to Iran Human Rights sources, death-row prisoner Amir Mohammadpour (Mahmoud Pour) was hanged on 1st March 2020 at Urmia Central Prison (also known as Darya prison).
- MARCH 6, 2020DEATH PENALTY
ALABAMA (USA): NATHANIEL WOODS EXECUTED
Nathaniel Woods, 42, Black, was executed in Alabama on 5 March 2020.
- MARCH 5, 2020AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Alabama. Nathaniel Woods 42, Black, Was Executed.
USA - Alabama. Nathaniel Woods 42, Black, Was Executed.
- MARCH 4, 2020EgyptDEATH PENALTY
EGYPT: FIVE PRISONERS, INCLUDING A WOMAN, WERE EXECUTED IN THE GENERAL PRISON OF TANTA FOR PREMEDITATED MURDER
On March 4, 2020 it took place the execution of 5 defendants, including a woman, sentenced to death by hanging for having committed premeditated murder.
MARCH 4, 2020ZambiaDEATH PENALTYZAMBIA: NDOLA HIGH COURT SENTENCES WOMAN TO DEATH OVER MOTHER’S DEATH
A 25-year-old woman of Ndola has been sentenced to death by hanging for murdering her biological mother, The Must reported on 2nd March 2020.
MARCH 4, 2020EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: TOP MILITANT HISHAM AL-ASHMAWY EXECUTED
Top Egyptian militant suspect Hisham al-Ashmawy was executed on 4 March 2020 following his conviction over several high-profile attacks, the country’s military spokesman said.
MARCH 3, 2020NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH BY HANGING FOR PHONE THEFT IN EKITI
A high court in Ado Ekiti on 28 February 2020 sentenced a middle-aged man named Isa Abdulkareem, to death by hanging for armed robbery.
MARCH 3, 2020SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: TWO MEN EXECUTED FOR GIRL'S GANG RAPE AND MURDER IN PUNTLAND
Puntland authorities in northeastern Somalia on 11 February 2020 executed two men by firing squad for the gang rape
- MARCH 1, 2020IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Amir Mohammadpour hanged on March 1 at Urmia prison for a murder committed at 17
IRAN - Amir Mohammadpour hanged on March 1 at Urmia prison for a murder committed at 17
FEBRUARY 29, 2020IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - "Hamid" was hanged at Ghezel-Hesar Prison of Karaj the last week of February.
IRAN - "Hamid" was hanged at Ghezel-Hesar Prison of Karaj the last week of February.
- FEBRUARY 29, 2020IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Ahmad Mahrokhi was hanged on February 29, 2020, at the prison of Shirvan city.
IRAN - Ahmad Mahrokhi was hanged on February 29, 2020, at the prison of Shirvan city.
FEBRUARY 29, 2020IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ahad (Vahid) Salehi and Nader Hosseini were hanged on February 29, 2020, at Vakilabad prison, in Mashhad.
IRAN - Ahad (Vahid) Salehi and Nader Hosseini were hanged on February 29, 2020, at Vakilabad prison, in Mashhad.