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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- OCTOBER 30, 2018United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Federal. Federal prosecutor will pursue capital punishment for Robert Bowers, the “synagogue shooter”
USA - Federal. Federal prosecutor will pursue capital punishment for Robert Bowers, the “synagogue shooter”
- OCTOBER 29, 2018South DakotaDEATH PENALTY
USA - South Dakota. Rodney Scott Berget, 56, White, was executed.
USA - South Dakota. Rodney Scott Berget, 56, White, was executed.
OCTOBER 29, 2018ChinaDEATH PENALTYDRUG PRODUCERS EXECUTED IN SOUTH CHINA
Two drug makers were executed on 26 October 2018 in south China's Hainan Province for manufacturing drugs, according to a local court.
OCTOBER 29, 2018Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSaudi Arabia: Indonesian maid executed for the murder of her boss
29 October 2018: according to reports, Tuti Tursilawati was defending herself from rape
OCTOBER 29, 2018SingaporeDEATH PENALTYSINGAPORE: FAMILY’S LAWYER CONFIRMS PRABU HANGED
It has been confirmed that Malaysian citizen Prabu N. Pathmanathan was hanged at Changi prison at dawn on 26 October 2018 for drug trafficking, according to his family’s lawyer N. Surendran.
- OCTOBER 28, 2018Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Pakistani national beheaded in Jeddah Governorate
28 October 2018: Mohammed Ramadan Sardara executed for heroin smuggle
- OCTOBER 26, 2018IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - A woman, identified only as Soudabeh, was executed in Maraqeh on October 26, 2018
IRAN - A woman, identified only as Soudabeh, was executed in Maraqeh on October 26, 2018
OCTOBER 25, 2018IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: PRISONER HANGED AT SIRJAN PRISON
According to HRANA, on the morning of 18 October 2018, a prisoner was hanged at Sirjan Central Prison.
OCTOBER 24, 2018IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: MAN HANGED AT ZAHEDAN PRISON
A prisoner was executed at Zahedan Central Prison on rape charges on 20 October 2018 morning.
OCTOBER 24, 2018IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: MAN HANGED AT ARDEBIL PRISON
A prisoner was hanged on 22 October 2018 at Ardebil Prison, northwest Iran.
OCTOBER 24, 2018ZambiaDEATH PENALTYZAMBIA: 5 NYIMBA MEN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
Five men from the Nyimba district were sentenced to death in Zambia in two separate cases, zambiareports.com reported on October 19, 2018.
- OCTOBER 23, 2018Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA: 3 SAUDIS CONVICTED OF MURDERING INDIAN WORKERS EXECUTED IN QATIF
Three Saudi nationals were executed on 22 October 2018 for robbing and killing five Indian nationals in the Eastern Province city of Qatif, the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported quoting an Interior Ministry statement.
OCTOBER 22, 2018IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: TWO PRISONERS HANGED IN ISFAHAN
Two prisoners were hanged on 16 October 2018 in Isfahan on murder charges.
- OCTOBER 19, 2018IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: MAN HANGED AT ILAM PRISON
A prisoner was executed on 17 October 2018 at Ilam Central Prison on murder charges.
- OCTOBER 18, 2018IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: MAN HANGED AT FERDOWS COUNTY PRISON
According to HRANA, on 14 October 2018 a prisoner named Ayyub Jahandar, 28, from Torbat Heydariye city, was hanged at Ferdows County prison.
OCTOBER 18, 2018PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: IMRAN ALI HANGED FOR SIX-YEAR-OLD'S DEATH
Pakistan on 17 October 2018 hanged a man convicted for the rape and murder of six-year-old Zainab Ansari in January.
OCTOBER 18, 2018SudanDEATH PENALTYSUDAN: MUEZZIN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR RAPE
The Criminal Court of Kassala on 15 October 2018 convicted a muezzin of raping a five-year-old girl, and sentenced him to death by hanging.
OCTOBER 18, 2018IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: DEATH SENTENCES AGAINST SIX CONVICTS INVOLVED IN TERRORISM CARRIED OUT
The Iraqi Justice Ministry has carried out death sentences against six convicts involved in terrorism charges, IraqiNews.com reported on 17 October 2018.
- OCTOBER 18, 2018Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Pakistani citizen beheaded in Riyadh
18 October 2018: Khazar Rasul executed for murder
- OCTOBER 18, 2018Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Pakistani citizen beheaded in Riyadh Region
18 October 2018: Naik Zada Jan Baz executed for drugs smuggle
OCTOBER 17, 2018IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: TWO MEN EXECUTED IN SHAHREKORD PRISON
Two Prisoners were executed on murder charges at Shahrekord prison on 14 October 2018 morning.
- OCTOBER 17, 2018Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi national beheaded in Tabuk Region
17 October 2018: Nasser bin Salim bin Nassar Al-Omairi executed for drugs smuggle
- OCTOBER 16, 2018IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Behrooz Ansari-Lanjan executed
IRAN - Behrooz Ansari-Lanjan executed
- OCTOBER 16, 2018IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: PRISONER EXECUTED AT TABRIZ CENTRAL PRISON
According to HRANA, in the morning of 17 April 2018 a prisoner was executed at Tabriz Central Prison on murder charges. The prisoner was identified as Hossein Tal’ati, 31.
OCTOBER 15, 2018SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: PERPETRATOR EXECUTED ON ANNIVERSARY OF DEADLIEST ATTACK
Somalia on 14 October 2018 executed by firing squad a man linked to one of the country's deadliest ever attacks, one year after the tragedy which left over 500 dead, a court statement and police sources said.
- OCTOBER 14, 2018IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Ayoub Jahandar executed
IRAN - Ayoub Jahandar executed
OCTOBER 10, 2018ZimbabweDEATH PENALTYZIMBABWE: TWO TO HANG FOR KILLING SOLDIER
Two murderers have been sentenced to death after being convicted of stabbing to death a Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) member, newsdzezimbabwe reported on 9 October 2018.
OCTOBER 10, 2018SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: AL-SHABAAB EXECUTES FIVE MEN ACCUSED OF SPYING
Somalia’s al Shabaab Islamists on 9 October 2018 shot five men in a public execution, including a Somali British citizen accused of spying.
OCTOBER 9, 2018IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: MAN HANGED AT QAZVIN CENTRAL PRISON
According to IHR sources, on the morning of 2 October 2018 Hamed Valizadeh was hanged at Qazvin Central Prison (also called Chubin Dar).
- OCTOBER 8, 2018Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Pakistani national beheaded in Jeddah Governorate
8 October 2018: Mohamed Amin Nour Ahmed executed for drugs smuggle