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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- AUGUST 3, 2018United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - 36 different offenses in the Bible qualified for capital punishment.
USA - 36 different offenses in the Bible qualified for capital punishment.
- AUGUST 2, 2018Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Pakistani national beheaded in Rivadeh
2 August 2018: Beer Zada Mal Zada executed for heroin smuggle
- AUGUST 1, 2018Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi citizen beheaded in Tabook
1 August 2018: Salim al-Amrani executed for drugs smuggle
- JULY 31, 2018Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Ethiopian citizen beheaded in Jazan
31 July 2018: Soltan Soliman Redaah executed for drugs smuggle
- JULY 30, 2018Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi national beheaded in Mecca
30 July 2018: Hashim al-Zahrani executed for murder
JULY 30, 2018Trinidad & TobagoDEATH PENALTYTRINIDAD AND TOBAGO: SENTENCED TO HANG FOR KILLING TEEN; MAN LOSES APPEAL
A Chaguanas man who was sentenced to hang in March 2014, for the murder of 13-year-old Parmanand ‘‘Boyo’’ Persad, whose body was discovered in a partially built Chaguanas house, in 2006, has lost his appeal.
- JULY 29, 2018Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi national beheaded in Geddah
29 July 2018: Hadi al-Dgheere executed for murder
- JULY 27, 2018IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: TWO PRISONERS WERE HANGED AT URMIA CENTRAL PRISON
Two prisoners were hanged on drug related charges at Urmia Central prison
JULY 27, 2018NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: FOUR POLICEMEN TO DIE BY HANGING FOR MURDER
Four policemen were sentenced to death in Akwa Ibom State for killing a motorcyclist.
- JULY 26, 2018Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Pakistani citizen beheaded in Rivadeh
26 July 2018: Shahzad Neem Khan executed for heroin smuggle
- JULY 25, 2018JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN EXECUTES SIX MORE MEMBERS OF DOOMSDAY CULT
- JULY 25, 2018Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi national beheaded in Rivadeh
25 July 2018: Hadra bin Hamad executed for murder
- JULY 22, 2018Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Pakistani national beheaded in Geddah
22 July 2018: Safeer Ahmad Safeer executed for heroin smuggle
- JULY 22, 2018Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi citizen beheaded in Rivadeh
22 July 2018: Naser Bin Nafat executed for murder
- JULY 22, 2018IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: TWO MEN PUBLICLY HANGED IN MASHHAD
Two prisoners convicted of murder were publicly hanged in Mashhad, capital of the northeastern Iranian province of Razavi Khorasan, the state-run ISNA news agency reported.
JULY 21, 2018IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: PRISONER HANGED IN RASHT
According to a close source, a prisoner was executed at Rasht Central Prison.
- JULY 20, 2018IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: FIVE PRISONERS HANGED IN KERMANSHAH PRISON
Five prisoners were executed at Dizel Abad Prison in Kermansh.
- JULY 19, 2018DEATH PENALTY
OHIO (USA): ROBERT VAN HOOK EXECUTED
Robert Van Hook, 58, White, was executed.
- JULY 19, 2018Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Ethiopian woman beheaded in Geddah
19 July 2018: Easheeto Mohamamd executed for murder
- JULY 18, 2018IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: 65-YEAR-OLD PRISONER HANGED WITHOUT GIVING HIM ANY WARNING
A death row inmate in Dizelabad Prison of Kermanshah was executed, while he was given just a few hours notice before he is hanged, and relatives are not notified until the prisoner is already dead.
- JULY 17, 2018TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. Christopher Young Was Executed.
USA - Texas. Christopher Young Was Executed.
- JULY 17, 2018Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA EXECUTES 7, INCLUDING 5 FOR KILLING PAKISTANI
Saudi Arabia executed seven people convicted of criminal offenses, including five men for the robbery and murder of a Pakistani warehouse guard in the western city of Jiddah.
- JULY 17, 2018Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Seven executed in Saudi Arabia
July 17, 2018: statement by Interior Ministry
- JULY 17, 2018OhioDEATH PENALTY
USA - Ohio. Robert Van Hook, 58, White, was executed.
USA - Ohio. Robert Van Hook, 58, White, was executed.
JULY 16, 2018IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: MAN EXECUTED IN MASHHAD
According to a report by Khorasan Newspaper, on the morning a prisoner was executed at Mashhad Prison.
- JULY 12, 2018Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Somali citizen beheaded in Geddah
12 July 2018: Ahmad Abdi executed for murder
JULY 12, 2018IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: A PRISONER HANGED AT KHOY PRISON
A prisoner was executed on murder charges at Khoy Prison in the morning
- JULY 11, 2018Sri LankaDEATH PENALTY
SRI LANKA TO HANG 19 DRUG CONVICTS
Sri Lanka will carry out the death sentence for 19 convicts over serious drug offences
- JULY 11, 2018Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi citizen beheaded in Geddah
11 July 2018: Mohammad al-Zahrani executed for murder of his wife
- JULY 10, 2018AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Alabama. Death Row Prisoners End Lethal Injection Lawsuit, And Start The Nitrogen Gas One.
USA - Alabama. Death Row Prisoners End Lethal Injection Lawsuit, And Start The Nitrogen Gas One.