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 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 18, 2018IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: 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 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 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 16, 2018IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Behrooz Ansari-Lanjan executed
IRAN - Behrooz Ansari-Lanjan executed
OCTOBER 16, 2018IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: 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 PENALTY
SOMALIA: 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, 2018DEATH 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
- OCTOBER 8, 2018Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi citizen beheaded in Jeddah
8 October 2018: Jazae bin Halal bin Jazae al-Otaibi executed for murder
OCTOBER 8, 2018NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: COURT SENTENCE POLICE OFFICER TO DIE BY HANGING
A Bayelsa state High Court VII sitting in Yenagoa on 5 October 2018 sentenced Cpl. Vincent Olama to death by hanging for extrajudicial killing.
OCTOBER 8, 2018IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: THREE PRISONERS EXECUTED AT RAJAI SHAHR PRISON
Based on information from Iran Human Rights (IHR) sources, three prisoners held at Rajai Shahr Prison were executed on the morning of 3 October 2018.
OCTOBER 5, 2018IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: 4 GET DEATH SENTENCE FOR TRIPLE MURDER IN AJMER
The special ST/SC court judge Brij Madhuri Sharma on October 4, 2018 pronounced hang till death sentence on four men accused in the sensational triple murder in 2011 in Ajmer
- OCTOBER 4, 2018Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi national beheaded in Taef
4 October 2018: Turki bin Nasser bin Sharid al-Dosari executed for murder
- OCTOBER 2, 2018Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi national beheaded in Arar
2 October 2018: Hani Rabie Madhi al-Ruwaili executed for murder
OCTOBER 2, 2018IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: A FEMALE JUVENILE OFFENDER AND FOUR MEN HANGED
Zeynab Sekanvand, a juvenile offender who was 17 years old when arrested for the murder of her husband, was executed on October 2, 2018 morning at Urmia prison along with four other prisoners.
- SEPTEMBER 28, 2018ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA EXECUTES MAN WHO KILLED 9 STUDENTS IN SCHOOL STABBING
China executed a man on September 27, 2018 for killing nine students and injuring 11 others in a knife attack at a middle school in central China's Shaanxi province in April, according to a post on a Chinese court's official social media account.
SEPTEMBER 28, 2018DEATH PENALTYTEXAS: DANIEL ACKER EXECUTED
Daniel Acker, 46, White, was executed on September 27, 2018.
SEPTEMBER 28, 2018DEATH PENALTYTEXAS: TROY CLARK EXECUTED
Troy Clark (51, White) was executed on September 26, 2018.
- SEPTEMBER 27, 2018Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Pakistani national beheaded in Wadi Al-Dawaser Governorate
27 September 2018: Muhammad Jan Hamid Khan executed for heroin smuggle
SEPTEMBER 27, 2018IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: MAN HANGED AT TONEKABON'S PRISON
According to a report by HRANA, on the morning of September 25, 2018 one prisoner was executed at Nashtarud-Tonekabon Prison.
- SEPTEMBER 27, 2018TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. Daniel Acker was executed.
USA - Texas. Daniel Acker was executed.
SEPTEMBER 26, 2018IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: PRISONER EXECUTED ON DRUG CHARGES DESPITE CASE OBSCURITY
Iranian authorities executed a man for drug related charges on September 15, 2018.
- SEPTEMBER 26, 2018TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. Troy Clark was executed.
USA - Texas. Troy Clark was executed.
- SEPTEMBER 24, 2018ChinaDEATH PENALTY
ARSONIST NANNY EXECUTED IN EAST CHINA
Mo Huanjing, a former nanny who had been sentenced to death for starting a fire that killed four members of a family in 2017, was executed on September 21, 2018 in east China's Zhejiang Province, a local court said.
SEPTEMBER 24, 2018IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: NINE PRISONERS HANGED AT SHIRAZ PRISON
According to the state-run news agency, Mizan, on the morning of September 22, 2018 nine prisoners were executed at Adel Abad Prison in Shiraz.