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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AUGUST 5, 2019DEATH PENALTYIRAN: PRISONER EXECUTED FOR MURDER COMMITTED WHEN HE WAS UNDER THE AGE OF 18
Hamid Avesti was executed in the central prison of Kermanshah on 4 August 2019.
- AUGUST 4, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Abdullah Karmollah Chab and Ghassem Beit-Abdullah were hanged at Dezful Prison on August 4.
IRAN - Abdullah Karmollah Chab and Ghassem Beit-Abdullah were hanged at Dezful Prison on August 4.
- AUGUST 4, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Hamid Avesti was executed in the prison of Kermanshah on Aug. 4. He was a minor.
IRAN - Hamid Avesti was executed in the prison of Kermanshah on Aug. 4. He was a minor.
- AUGUST 4, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Jafar (Kazem) Seyedhosseini was executed on August 4 in Maragheh prison.
IRAN - Jafar (Kazem) Seyedhosseini was executed on August 4 in Maragheh prison.
- AUGUST 2, 2019JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN: 2 DEATH-ROW INMATES HANGED, 1ST EXECUTIONS THIS YEAR
Japan hanged two death-row inmates on 2 August 2019 morning, the Justice Ministry said, in the country's first executions this year.
- AUGUST 2, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 2 men, identified only as Younes and David, were hanged at Mashhad Prison on August 2.
IRAN - 2 men, identified only as Younes and David, were hanged at Mashhad Prison on August 2.
- AUGUST 1, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Two prisoners (one identified as Kusha Motaghi) were executed on August 1, 2019 in Rasht Central Prison.
IRAN - Two prisoners (one identified as Kusha Motaghi) were executed on August 1, 2019 in Rasht Central Prison.
JULY 31, 2019ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: MAN EXECUTED FOR RAPE AND KILLING SPREE
A serial killer who murdered six people and raped 10 women and two girls, including a 12-year-old, was executed on 30 July 2019, according to the country's top court.
- JULY 31, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mohammad Ghodrati hanged at Rajai-Shahr prison on July 31, 2019.
IRAN - Mohammad Ghodrati hanged at Rajai-Shahr prison on July 31, 2019.
- JULY 31, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Hamid Samaei hanged at Gorgan Prison on July 31.
IRAN - Hamid Samaei hanged at Gorgan Prison on July 31.
- JULY 30, 2019United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
LONDON: REPORT ON THE DEATH PENALTY IN SAUDI ARABIA OF BARONESS KENNEDY PRESENTED
The Report on the death penalty in Saudi Arabia prepared by Baroness Helena Kennedy on the basis of official documents, direct testimonies and open sources was presented on 29 July 2019 at the House of Commons in London.
- JULY 30, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Samad Mahmoudzadeh executed in Tabriz Central Prison on July 30
IRAN - Samad Mahmoudzadeh executed in Tabriz Central Prison on July 30
JULY 29, 2019BahrainDEATH PENALTYBAHRAIN: TWO SHIA ACTIVISTS EXECUTED DESPITE CALLS TO HALT DEATH SENTENCES
Two Shia activists - Ahmad al-Mullali, 24, and Ali Hakim al-Arab, 25 - were executed at Jaw prison, south of the Bahraini capital Manama, on 26 July 2019 after private meetings with their famili
JULY 29, 2019DEATH PENALTYIRAN: THREE PRISONERS EXECUTED FOR MURDER, DRUG TRAFFICKING
Three men were recently hanged in Iran for murder and drug trafficking.
- JULY 28, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Arash Shah-hosseini hanged at Adel Abad Prison “a week ago”.
IRAN - Arash Shah-hosseini hanged at Adel Abad Prison “a week ago”.
- JULY 28, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Touraj Ghassemi (Qasemi), maybe a juvenile, was hanged at Nur prison on July 28.
IRAN - Touraj Ghassemi (Qasemi), maybe a juvenile, was hanged at Nur prison on July 28.
JULY 26, 2019DEATH PENALTYIRAN: TWO WOMEN HANGED AT THE CENTRAL PRISON OF URMIA
Two women, Arasteh Ranjbar and Nazdar Vatankhah, were hanged at the Central Prison of Urmia on 23 July 2019.
- JULY 25, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Heshmat Imani hanged at Zanjan prison on July 25.
IRAN - Heshmat Imani hanged at Zanjan prison on July 25.
- JULY 24, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Peyman Hamdollahi Boroujerdi was hanged at Bandar-Abbas prison on July 24.
IRAN - Peyman Hamdollahi Boroujerdi was hanged at Bandar-Abbas prison on July 24.
- JULY 24, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Behnam Ranjbar executed at Tabriz Prison on July 24.
IRAN - Behnam Ranjbar executed at Tabriz Prison on July 24.
- JULY 23, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 2 women, Arasteh Ranjbar and Nazdar Vatankhah, hanged at Urmia on July 23
IRAN - 2 women, Arasteh Ranjbar and Nazdar Vatankhah, hanged at Urmia on July 23
- JULY 23, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Aqeel Shadehi and Jalal Baba’I executed at Tabriz Prison on July 23.
IRAN - Aqeel Shadehi and Jalal Baba’I executed at Tabriz Prison on July 23.
- JULY 23, 2019United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - BJS Releases “Capital Punishment, 2017”.
USA - BJS Releases “Capital Punishment, 2017”.
- JULY 21, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - A man, Majid Mosleh, was hanged at Kashan Central Prison on July 21.
IRAN - A man, Majid Mosleh, was hanged at Kashan Central Prison on July 21.
JULY 19, 2019DEATH PENALTYIRAN: WOMAN HANGED IN MAHABAD PRISON FOR MURDER
A Kurdish woman named Maliheh Salehian was executed in the central prison of Mahabad on July 16, 2019.
JULY 18, 2019DEATH PENALTYIRAN: 90TH WOMAN EXECUTED DURING ROUHANI’S TERM
A woman, Zahra Safari Moghaddam, was hanged on 17 July 2019, in the Prison of Noshahr.
- JULY 18, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - A man, identified as Asif Khani, was hanged on July 18.
IRAN - A man, identified as Asif Khani, was hanged on July 18.
- JULY 18, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - An unidentified man was hanged on July 18.
IRAN - An unidentified man was hanged on July 18.
- JULY 17, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - A man, not identified, was hanged in Mahshahr on July 17
IRAN - A man, not identified, was hanged in Mahshahr on July 17
- JULY 17, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Ali Lavashak, Yousef Gholizadeh, Hadi Asef and Akbar Sabbaghzadeh executed at Rajai-Shahr prison on July 17.
IRAN - Ali Lavashak, Yousef Gholizadeh, Hadi Asef and Akbar Sabbaghzadeh executed at Rajai-Shahr prison on July 17.