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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- JUNE 19, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - A woman, Fatemeh Nassiri, was hanged in Raja’i Shahr Prison on June 19.
IRAN - A woman, Fatemeh Nassiri, was hanged in Raja’i Shahr Prison on June 19.
- JUNE 15, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mohammad Shekaf hanged at Ahvaz’s central prison.
IRAN - Mohammad Shekaf hanged at Ahvaz’s central prison.
JUNE 14, 2019BelarusDEATH PENALTYBELARUS: PRISONER EXECUTED FOR MURDER
Alexander Zhilnikov was executed in Belarus for the murder of three people.
JUNE 14, 2019IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: THREE PRISONERS HANGED IN KARAJ
According to IHR sources, on the morning of 12 June 2019 three prisoners were executed at Rajai-Shahr prison in the Iranian city of Karaj.
- JUNE 12, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Amir Tahmaseb, Samad Basideh and 1 other man hanged at Rajai-Shahr prison.
IRAN - Amir Tahmaseb, Samad Basideh and 1 other man hanged at Rajai-Shahr prison.
- JUNE 12, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - One prisoner (not identified) executed at Ardabil’s prison.
IRAN - One prisoner (not identified) executed at Ardabil’s prison.
JUNE 12, 2019NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING HIS GIRLFRIEND IN YOBE
A Yobe High Court on 11 June 2019 sentenced one Muhammed Adamu to death by hanging for killing his girlfriend, Hauwa Muhammad, 24.
- JUNE 10, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Unidentified prisoner hanged at Rajai-Shahr prison.
IRAN - Unidentified prisoner hanged at Rajai-Shahr prison.
- JUNE 9, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Hashem Amiri hanged in the Prison of Gorgan
IRAN - Hashem Amiri hanged in the Prison of Gorgan
JUNE 6, 2019ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: DEATH FOR BUSINESSMAN WHO RAPED 25 YOUNG GIRLS
A businessman was executed in the central Chinese province of Henan on 4 June 2019 for the rape of 25 minors – including 14 under the age of 14 – over a two-year period.
JUNE 6, 2019IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: ALL 11 FRENCH IS SUSPECTS SENTENCED TO DEATH
A Baghdad court on 3 June 2019 sentenced to death two more French nationals for belonging to the Islamic State group, leaving all 11 Frenchmen transferred from Syria facing the gallows in Iraq.
JUNE 6, 2019NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: FARMER SENTENCED TO DEATH BY HANGING IN DELTA
A High Court sitting at Ughelli on 30 May 2019 sentenced a 40-year old farmer, Alex Obigho to death by hanging for the murder of the personal steward/cook to the traditional ruler of Kiagbodo community.
JUNE 5, 2019DEATH PENALTYALABAMA (USA): LATONI DANIEL IMPREGNATED WHILE IN COUNTY JAIL AWAITING DEATH-PENALTY TRIAL
LaToni Daniel, 26, Black, have been raped by guards has given birth after being impregnated in the Coosa County jail while awaiting trial on capital murder charges.
JUNE 5, 2019North KoreaDEATH PENALTYSUPPOSEDLY EXECUTED FORMER NORTH KOREAN NUCLEAR ENVOY IS ALIVE: CNN
North Korea’s nuclear envoy, who a South Korean newspaper said last week had been executed, is alive but in custody and under investigation for his role in a failed summit with the United States, CNN reported on 4 June 2019.
- JUNE 3, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Seyyed Samad Enayati was hanged at Zanjan prison on April 30, 2019
IRAN - Seyyed Samad Enayati was hanged at Zanjan prison on April 30, 2019
- MAY 31, 2019AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Alabama. LaToni Daniel Impregnated While in County Jail Awaiting Death-Penalty Trial.
USA - Alabama. LaToni Daniel Impregnated While in County Jail Awaiting Death-Penalty Trial.
MAY 31, 2019DEATH PENALTYALABAMA (USA): CHRISTOPHER LEE PRICE EXECUTED
Christopher Lee Price, 46, White, was executed on 30 May 2019.
MAY 30, 2019NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: COURT SENTENCES BENINOISE HOUSEKEEPER TO DEATH BY HANGING FOR MURDER
A Lagos High Court, sitting in Igbosere on 27 May 2019, sentenced a Béninoise house help, Christian Hounvenon Yavine, to death by hanging for murdering a 78-year-old woman, Mariam Atinuke Abiola.
- MAY 30, 2019AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Alabama. Christopher Lee Price, 46, White, was executed.
USA - Alabama. Christopher Lee Price, 46, White, was executed.
MAY 28, 2019PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: DEATH CONVICT SENT TO GALLOWS IN MIANWALI
A death convict who had killed 3 persons was hanged in Central jail Mianwali on 4 May 2019.
- MAY 23, 2019FloridaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Florida. Bobby Joe Long, 65, White, a serial killer, was executed.
USA - Florida. Bobby Joe Long, 65, White, a serial killer, was executed.
MAY 22, 2019NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: WOMAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING NEIGHBOUR DURING FIGHT IN AJEGUNLE
An Ikeja high court on 7 May 2019 sentenced a 36-year-old woman, Stella Gilbert, to death for stabbing her neighbour, Mrs Stella Godwin, to death during a fight at their residence in Ajegunle, Lagos.
MAY 20, 2019KuwaitDEATH PENALTYKUWAIT: THREE BROTHERS SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
Three brothers from the "Bidoon" category were sentenced to death for murdering a man in May 2018.
- MAY 19, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Abdullah Ghasempour, member of PMOI/MEK, sentenced to death on May 19
IRAN - Abdullah Ghasempour, member of PMOI/MEK, sentenced to death on May 19
MAY 17, 2019DEATH PENALTYALABAMA (USA): MICHAEL BRANDON SAMRA EXECUTED
Michael Brandon Samra, 41, White, was executed in Alabama on 16 May 2019.
MAY 17, 2019DEATH PENALTYTENNESSEE (USA): DONNIE EDWARD JOHNSON EXECUTED
Donnie Edward Johnson was executed in Tennessee on 16 May 2019.
- MAY 16, 2019AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Alabama. Michael Brandon Samra, 41, White, was executed.
USA - Alabama. Michael Brandon Samra, 41, White, was executed.
- MAY 16, 2019TennesseeDEATH PENALTY
USA - Tennessee. Donnie Edward Johnson was executed today.
USA - Tennessee. Donnie Edward Johnson was executed today.
MAY 15, 2019IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: MAN HANGED AT MARAGHEH PRISON
According to a report of Kurdistan Center for Democracy and Human Rights, confirmed by IHR, a prisoner was hanged on 4 May 2019 at Iranian northwestern city of Maragheh’s prison for murder charges.
- MAY 10, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: PRISONER EXECUTED AT ARDABIL PRISON FOR MURDER
A prisoner was executed at Ardabil prison on 4 May 2019, HRANA reported.