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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- SEPTEMBER 20, 2018Myanmar (Burma)DEATH PENALTY
MYANMAR: TWO MEN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR RAPE AND MURDER OF HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT
Kengtung District Court in eastern Shan State on September 17, 2018 ruled that two men to be hanged till death for rape and murder of a 19-year-old tenth grader, according to Shan State Police Force.
- SEPTEMBER 20, 2018United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Death Row USA. Spring 2018: 2,743 on death row
USA - Death Row USA. Spring 2018: 2,743 on death row
SEPTEMBER 18, 2018EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: MAN EXECUTED FOR MURDER BY HANGING
Abdel Rahman al-Gabarty was hanged on June 24 2018 after a death sentence in Case 119/2016, charged with the March 2015 killing of a high-ranking police official in the Suez area of east Cairo.
SEPTEMBER 17, 2018IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: MAN HANGED AT SARAVAN PRISON
According to a close source, on September 12, 2018 a prisoner who was sentenced to death on murder charges was executed at Saravan Prison.
- SEPTEMBER 13, 2018IranDEATH PENALTY
IRANIAN AUTHORITIES EXECUTED THREE BALOCH PRISONERS
According to the Baloch Activists Campaign, three political prisoners detained in Zahedan prison were transferred to solitary confinement on September 1st, 2018 and executed on 3rd September.
- SEPTEMBER 11, 2018Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi national beheaded in Jezan
11 September 2018: Mohammed bin Hassan bin Ahmed Mubarak executed for murder
SEPTEMBER 10, 2018IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: DEATH SENTENCES AGAINST 7 ISLAMIC STATE MEMBERS CARRIED OUT
The Iraqi Justice Ministry has announced on September 10, 2018 carrying out death sentences against seven convicts over involvement in terrorism.
SEPTEMBER 10, 2018IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: PRISONER HANGED TO DEATH WITHOUT WARNING
Kamal Ahmadnejad, a prisoner held on death row in Miandoab Prison in northwestern Iran, was precipitously executed in the early morning.
SEPTEMBER 8, 2018IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: THREE KURDISH POLITICAL PRISONER EXECUTED
Three Iranian Kurdish political prisoner, Ramin Hossein Panahi, Loghman Moradi and Zanyar Moradi, were executed this morning at Rajai Shahr prison in Karaj.
SEPTEMBER 8, 2018SudanDEATH PENALTYSUDAN: KHARTOUM SENTENCED OVER 1, 000 S. SUDANESE TO DEATH
There are more than 1,000 South Sudanese inmates who have been sentenced to death in Sudan, a South Sudanese coordinator for the Refugee Council of Sudan has said.
- SEPTEMBER 6, 2018Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi citizen beheaded in Riyad
6 September 2018: Aayedh bin Mutaab bin Ali Hanbashi executed for murder
- SEPTEMBER 6, 2018Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Egyptian citizen beheaded in Riyad
6 September 2018: Mohamed Radwan Ahmed Yassin executed for murder
- SEPTEMBER 5, 2018Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Egyptian national beheaded in Asir
5 September 2018: Mohammed Ahmed Mohamed Abdel Halim executed for murder
- SEPTEMBER 5, 2018PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MURDERER OF TWO POLICE PERSONNEL HANGED IN KASUR JAIL
A death convict involved in killing of police personnel was hanged in Kasur Jail.
SEPTEMBER 5, 2018IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: AT LEAST EIGHT PRISONERS HANGED IN RAJAI SHAHR PRISON
A group of eight prisoners were hanged in Rajai Shahr Prison.
SEPTEMBER 4, 2018MalaysiaDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA: AMERICAN SENTENCED TO HANG FOR KILLING EX-WIFE
An American man was sentenced to death by hanging in Malaysia for murdering his ex-wife
- SEPTEMBER 3, 2018Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI NATIONAL EXECUTED FOR SHOOTING AND KILLING MAN IN ASIR
A Saudi national was executed in the kingdom for shooting and killing a man in the region of Asir, the kingdom’s interior ministry announced.
- SEPTEMBER 2, 2018IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: JUVENILE OFFENDER BEING EXECUTED IN 2018
IHR can confirm information about the execution of Abolfazl Naderi, a juvenile offender who was arrested at the age of 16 for an alleged murder.
AUGUST 31, 2018TaiwanDEATH PENALTYTAIWAN: MAN EXECUTED BY FIRING SQUAD
Taiwan executed a death-row inmate, the first execution carried out under President Tsai Ing-wen's government despite ongoing calls from rights groups to abolish the death penalty.
- AUGUST 29, 2018IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN HANGS TWO INMATES IN RAJAEI SHAHR PRISON OF KARAJ
Two prisoners were executed in Rajaei Shahr Prison of Karaj, west of Tehran.
- AUGUST 26, 2018IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: MAN HANGED IN ARDABIL
- AUGUST 15, 2018Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Two Saudi citizens beheaded in Rivadeh
15 August 2018: Abed allah al-Qahtani and Turki al-Qahtani executed for murder
- AUGUST 14, 2018NebraskaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Nebraska. Carey Dean Moore was executed
USA - Nebraska. Carey Dean Moore was executed
- AUGUST 13, 2018Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi national beheaded in Tae
13 August 2018: Sael bin Hilal al-Harthi executed for murder
- AUGUST 9, 2018TennesseeDEATH PENALTY
USA Tennessee. Billy Ray Irick, 59, White, was executed.
USA Tennessee. Billy Ray Irick, 59, White, was executed.
- AUGUST 8, 2018Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA CARRIES OUT RARE CRUCIFIXION FOR MURDER, THEFT
Saudi Arabia executed and crucified a Myanmar man in the holy city of Mecca in a rare form of punishment reserved for the most egregious crimes.
- AUGUST 8, 2018YemenDEATH PENALTY
YEMEN: THREE PAEDOPHILES PUBLICLY SHOT THEN HANGED FROM A CRANE
Three paedophiles were publicly shot then hanged from a crane in Yemen as punishment for raping and killing a ten-year-old boy.
AUGUST 8, 2018IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: THREE PRISONERS HANGED IN MINAB
According to a report by Azad News Agency (ANA), on the morning three prisoners were executed at Minab Prison.
- AUGUST 6, 2018Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi citizen beheaded in Rivadeh
6 August 2018: Mohamamd bin Ibrahim al-Farhan executed for murder
- AUGUST 3, 2018MissouriDEATH PENALTY
USA - Missouri. Former corrections officers seek to block Missouri execution.
USA - Missouri. Former corrections officers seek to block Missouri execution.