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 10, 2019SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
SOMALIA: FIVE MEN EXECUTED BY AL-SHABAB FOR SPYING
Al-Shabab on 4 July 2019 shot and killed five men in Salagle town in southern Somalia.
JULY 9, 2019SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: AL-SHABAB PUTS TO DEATH FOUR PEOPLE
Al-Shabab militants put to death four people in the southern town of Jamame on 7 July 2019, immediately after the judge in an al-Shabab court declared them guilty.
- JULY 9, 2019SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
SOMALIA: AL-SHABAAB EXECUTES FIVE MEN OVER SPYING CLAIMS IN JUBBALAND
Al-Shabaab militia group on 3 July 2019 executed five Somali men in Hagar area of Lower Jubba region of Somalia on claims of spying.
- JULY 9, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Veis Alipour hanged at Mahabad Prison on July 9.
IRAN - Veis Alipour hanged at Mahabad Prison on July 9.
- JULY 8, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mostafa Shiri hanged at Zanjan prison on July 8.
IRAN - Mostafa Shiri hanged at Zanjan prison on July 8.
- JULY 4, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - A man (unidentified) was executed at Birjand prison on July 4.
IRAN - A man (unidentified) was executed at Birjand prison on July 4.
JULY 4, 2019IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: AT LEAST 110 EXECUTED AT THE FIRST HALF OF 2019
According to the Iran Human Rights statistic department, at least 110 people have been executed between January 1 and June 30, 2019, in Iran.
- JULY 3, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mehdi Assadi and Hassan Baradaran hanged at Rajai-Shahr prison on July 3.
IRAN - Mehdi Assadi and Hassan Baradaran hanged at Rajai-Shahr prison on July 3.
- JULY 3, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Majid Sadr was hanged at Kashan prison on July 3.
IRAN - Majid Sadr was hanged at Kashan prison on July 3.
- JULY 3, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: TWO PRISONERS HANGED AT RAJAI-SHAHR PRISON FOR MURDER
Mehdi Assadi and Hassan Baradaran were hanged at Rajai-Shahr prison on 3 July 2019.
JULY 2, 2019IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: MAN HANGED IN BANDAR ABBAS FOR MURDER
According to IHR sources, on the early morning of 30 June 2019 a man was hanged at Tohid Prison in Bandar Abbas.
- JULY 2, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - At Least 110 Executed at the First Half of 2019.
IRAN - At Least 110 Executed at the First Half of 2019.
- JUNE 30, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Sohrab Tajmehr hanged at Bandar Abbas prison on June 30.
IRAN - Sohrab Tajmehr hanged at Bandar Abbas prison on June 30.
JUNE 28, 2019IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: DAESH MEMBER SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KIDNAPPING, KILLING YAZIDIS
The Niniveh Criminal Court in northern Iraq has sentenced one person to death for belonging to Daesh and taking part in the kidnapping and murder of Iraqi citizens from the Yazidi religious minority.
JUNE 28, 2019IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: FIVE MEN HANGED IN RAJA’I SHAHR PRISON
Five men were hanged at Rajai-Shahr prison on 26 June 2019.
- JUNE 26, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Five men were hanged at Rajai-Shahr prison on June 26.
IRAN - Five men were hanged at Rajai-Shahr prison on June 26.
- JUNE 26, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - One of the persons hanged at Raja’i Shahr prison on June 26 could be a woman, Hoda Burbur.
IRAN - One of the persons hanged at Raja’i Shahr prison on June 26 could be a woman, Hoda Burbur.
JUNE 26, 2019DEATH PENALTYA SNAPSHOT IN TIME: THE U.S. REACHES 1500 EXECUTIONS
When Georgia executed Marion Wilson, Jr., on June 20, 2019, it marked the 1500th execution in the United States since the U.S. Supreme Court struck down all death-penalty statutes in Furman v. Georgia in 1972.
JUNE 24, 2019TanzaniaDEATH PENALTYTANZANIA: 3 MUSLIMS SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
A court in Tanzania on 19 June 2019 sentenced three Muslims to be hanged for decapitating four Christians in 2015 during an outbreak of violence fuelled by religion, a legal source said.
- JUNE 24, 2019United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - A Snapshot in Time: The U.S. Reaches 1500 Executions.
USA - A Snapshot in Time: The U.S. Reaches 1500 Executions.
JUNE 24, 2019IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: EX-DEFENSE MINISTRY STAFFER HANGED FOR SPYING
Jamal Haji-Zavareh was executed in an unknown place in Tehran, reported a close source.
JUNE 21, 2019United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA: 1500 PRISONERS EXECUTED FROM THE REINTRODUCTION OF THE DEATH PENALTY IN 1976
Marion Wilson, 42, Black, was executed in Georgia on 20 June 2019.
JUNE 21, 2019IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: FATEMEH NASSIRI EXECUTED IN GOHARDASHT PRISON IN KARAJ
A woman, Fatemeh Nassiri, was hanged in Raja’i Shahr Prison (aka Gohardasht Prison) in Karaj on 19 June 2019.
JUNE 20, 2019PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: MURDER CONVICT HANGED IN CENTRAL JAIL HARIPUR
A 45-year-old child rapist, Muhammad Jahanzeb, a resident of Charkha Khel, was hanged in Central Jail Haripur on 19 June 2019.
- JUNE 20, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Jamal Haji-Zavareh was executed
IRAN - Jamal Haji-Zavareh was executed
- JUNE 20, 2019United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Georgia. Marion Wilson was executed. His execution was the 1,500th since the death penalty was reintroduced in the United States in 1976.
USA - Georgia. Marion Wilson was executed. His execution was the 1,500th since the death penalty was reintroduced in the United States in 1976.
JUNE 20, 2019PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: MURDERER OF THREE WOMEN HANGED AT KOT LAKHPAT JAIL
Ashraf Noor, convicted of murdering three women, was hanged to death on 19 June 2019 in Lahore’s Kot Lakhpat Central Jail.
- JUNE 19, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - An unidentified man was hanged in Raja’i Shahr Prison on June 19.
IRAN - An unidentified man was hanged in Raja’i Shahr Prison on June 19.
- JUNE 19, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Three prisoners (not identified) hanged at Tohid Prison in Bandar Abbas
IRAN - Three prisoners (not identified) hanged at Tohid Prison in Bandar Abbas
- JUNE 19, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - A woman, identified only as Fariba, would have been hanged on June 19 in Raja'i Shahr's prison.
IRAN - A woman, identified only as Fariba, would have been hanged on June 19 in Raja'i Shahr's prison. A woman, identified only as Fariba, would have been hanged on June 19 along with Fatemeh Nassiri. Fatemeh Nassiri was hanged in Raja'i Shahr's priso