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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JANUARY 29, 2019NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: DISMISSED SOLDIER SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDERING GIRLFRIEND OVER SMS
A Plateau high court sitting in Barkin Ladi on 23 January 2019 sentenced a 34-year-old dismissed soldier, Sunday Umaru, to death by hanging, for hacking his lover to death over a message found on her phone.
JANUARY 28, 2019South SudanDEATH PENALTYSOUTH SUDAN: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH BY HANGING IN BOR
A High Court in Bor town in South Sudan’s Jonglei state on 21 January 2019 sentenced a man to death by hanging.
JANUARY 28, 2019Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: FOUR YEMENIS EXECUTED FOR GUARD'S MURDER
Saudi Arabia on 27 January 2019 executed four Yemenis found guilty of murdering a security guard, the kingdom's interior ministry said.
JANUARY 25, 2019NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: MAN TO DIE BY HANGING FOR MURDER
Lagos Igbosere High Court on 22 January 2019 sentenced a man, Ibrahim Tijani, to death by hanging, for killing his neighbour with a machete, during a quarrel over generator fumes.
- JANUARY 23, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Amir Nosrath Khah was executed at the Zanjan Prison on 23 January.
IRAN - Amir Nosrath Khah was executed at the Zanjan Prison on 23 January.
JANUARY 21, 2019IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: MAN PUBLICLY EXECUTED ON SODOMY CHARGES
A man was hanged by Iran on 10 January 2019 in the southwestern city of Kazeroon, the state-run ISNA news agency reported.
JANUARY 18, 2019IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: MAN HANGED IN PUBLIC, CHILDREN WATCHED
A prisoner on 15 January 2019 was hanged in Public at a square in Falavarjan City, Isfahan Province, in Iran. He was sentenced to death for murder and rape charges.
- JANUARY 18, 2019NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA: EIGHT PEOPLE SENTENCED TO DEATH BY HANGING ATTACK JOURNALISTS IN ADAMAWA COURT
Some journalists were on 17 January 2019 attacked by eight people condemned to death by hanging by a Yola High Cour.
JANUARY 17, 2019NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: 5 TO HANG OVER OSUN ROBBERY
Five men - Ifedayo Adebiyi, Semiu Taofeek, Afolabi Ogunwale, Oyeleke Mukaila and Ogunbayo Joshua – on 14 January 2019 were convicted by the Osun State High Court sitting in Iwo and sentenced to death by hanging.
JANUARY 16, 2019NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: 22-YEAR-OLD TO BE HANGED IN EKITI FOR ARMED ROBBERY
An Ado-Ekiti high court on 9 January 2019 sentenced one Alonge Ajayi, 22, to death by hanging for armed robbery.
- JANUARY 16, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: MAN HANGED IN PUBLIC
A prisoner was hanged in Public at a square in the southern Iranian city of Kazerun, Iran Human Rights reported on 10 January 2019.
- JANUARY 16, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - An unidentified man was hanghed on Jan. 16 at Mati Kola Prison
IRAN - An unidentified man was hanghed on Jan. 16 at Mati Kola Prison
- JANUARY 15, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: THREE MEN PUBLICLY EXECUTED FOR ARMED ROBBERY
Iran on 13 January 2019 hanged three men sentenced to death for armed robbery, all of them executed in public in front of a crowd of onlookers, Iranian judiciary’s website Mizan reported.
JANUARY 15, 2019NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: TWO SENTENCED TO DEATH IN ONDO FOR ARMED ROBBERY
An Ondo State High Court sitting in Olokuta, Akure, the state capital, has sentenced two persons, Tobechukwu Aguonu and Uche Igwe, to death by hanging after finding them guilty of armed robbery, Punchng reported on 5 January 2019.
- JANUARY 15, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Farhard Akbari was executed on January 15, 2019 at the Ilam Central Prison.
IRAN - Farhard Akbari was executed on January 15, 2019 at the Ilam Central Prison.
- JANUARY 15, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Massoud Nazeri was executed on January 15 at the Ilam Central Prison.
IRAN - Massoud Nazeri was executed on January 15 at the Ilam Central Prison.
JANUARY 14, 2019IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: 12 MEN HANGED FOR MURDER CHARGES
According to the IHR sources, on the morning of 9 January 2019 at least 12 prisoners were executed at Karaj city’s Rajai Shahr prison for murder charges.
JANUARY 11, 2019ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: MAN EXECUTED FOR KINDERGARTEN KNIFE ATTACK
A court in southern China has put a man to death after he injured 12 children in a knife attack at a kindergarten, the state broadcaster said on 7 January 2019.
- JANUARY 11, 2019Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
ARABIA: PAKISTANI NATIONAL EXECUTED IN DAMMAM FOR BEATING TO DEATH A SAUDI MAN
A Pakistani national on 9 January 2019 was executed in Saudi Arabia’s Dammam for beating to death a Saudi national.
- JANUARY 11, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: 12 EXECUTED ON DRUG CHARGES
Twelve imprisoned drug offenders on 6 December 2018 were executed in the Central Prison of Kerman, South-Eastern Iran.
JANUARY 10, 2019DEATH PENALTYNETFLIX’S THE INNOCENT MAN: THE AMERICAN INJUSTICE SYSTEM
Netflix’s 6-episode documentary, The Innocent Man, is based on bestselling novelist John Grisham’s only non-fiction effort, The Innocent Man: Murder and Injustice in a Small Town, published in 2006.
- JANUARY 9, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 12 prisoners were hanged at the Rajai Shahr prison on Jan. 9.
IRAN - 12 prisoners were hanged at the Rajai Shahr prison on Jan. 9.
- JANUARY 8, 2019SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
SOMALIA: MILITARY EXECUTES TWO AL-SHABAAB MEMBERS IN MOGADISHU
Somali military authorities on 7 January 2019 executed two members of the Al-Shabaab militia group in the capital of Mogadishu, after being convicted for the murder of a traditional elder in Mogadishu.
- JANUARY 5, 2019OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Netflix’s The Innocent Man: The American injustice system.
USA - Netflix’s The Innocent Man: The American injustice system.
- JANUARY 5, 2019NevadaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Nevada. Scott Dozier, Who Pushed For Execution, Dead of Suicide in Cell.
USA - Nevada. Scott Dozier, Who Pushed For Execution, Dead of Suicide in Cell.
JANUARY 4, 2019Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI NATIONAL EXECUTED IN MADINAH FOR STABBING MAN TO DEATH
A Saudi national was executed in Madinah on 2 January 2019 for stabbing a man to death, the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported.
JANUARY 4, 2019ChinaDEATH PENALTYSERIAL KILLER EXECUTED IN NORTHWEST CHINA
A man convicted of killing 11 women was executed on 3 January 2019 in northwest China's Gansu Province, local authorities said.
- JANUARY 3, 2019Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA: ONE PAKISTANI NATIONAL, TWO EGYPTIANS EXECUTED FOR SMUGGLING DRUGS
A Pakistani national and two Egyptians have been executed in Saudi Arabia for smuggling drugs, the kingdom’s ministry of Interior said on 1 January 2019.
- JANUARY 3, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN HANGS YOUNG WOMAN, ANOTHER VICTIM OF SEXUAL VIOLENCE
A 25-year-old woman identified only as Noushin, 25, was hanged in Iran, the state-run Young Journalist Club reported on 22 December 2018.
- JANUARY 2, 2019EgyptDEATH PENALTY
EGYPT: EXECUTION OF THE DEATH SENTENCE OF A COPTIC SLAUGHTER IN ALEXANDRIA
Toni Youssef, the son of the Coptic dead owner of the Roastery in Alexandria, confirmed the execution of his father's murderer, Adel Abdel-Nour, and called "Asaliyah", The Egyptians reported on 31 December 2018.