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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JULY 22, 2018IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: 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 22, 2018Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSaudi citizen beheaded in Rivadeh
22 July 2018: Naser Bin Nafat executed for murder
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 PENALTYOHIO (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, 2018OhioDEATH PENALTY
USA - Ohio. Robert Van Hook, 58, White, was executed.
USA - Ohio. Robert Van Hook, 58, White, was executed.
- JULY 17, 2018Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Seven executed in Saudi Arabia
July 17, 2018: statement by Interior Ministry
JULY 17, 2018Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI 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 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, 2018IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: A PRISONER HANGED AT KHOY PRISON
A prisoner was executed on murder charges at Khoy Prison in the morning
- JULY 12, 2018Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Somali citizen beheaded in Geddah
12 July 2018: Ahmad Abdi executed for murder
- JULY 11, 2018Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi citizen beheaded in Geddah
11 July 2018: Mohammad al-Zahrani executed for murder of his wife
JULY 11, 2018Sri LankaDEATH PENALTYSRI LANKA TO HANG 19 DRUG CONVICTS
Sri Lanka will carry out the death sentence for 19 convicts over serious drug offences
- 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.
- JULY 10, 2018Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Nigerian citizen beheaded in Medina
10 July 2018: Bodeen Obeelo Amison executed for cocaine smuggle
- JULY 9, 2018Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Pakistani citizen beheaded in Geddah
9 July 2018: Abed all-Teef Mohammad executed for heroin smuggle
- JULY 8, 2018Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi citizen beheaded in Medina
8 July 2018: Madeen bin Hamed al-Kfari executed for the murder of a child
- JULY 7, 2018IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: AFGHAN NATIONAL HANGED IN ZAHEDAN
According to HRANA news agency, on the morning a prisoner was hanged at Zahedan Central Prison on murder charges.
- JULY 7, 2018IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mousa Ghazanfar Abadi executed
IRAN - Mousa Ghazanfar Abadi executed
JULY 7, 2018IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN EXECUTES 8 ISIS FIGHTERS OVER 2017 ATTACK ON PARLIAMENT
Iran said it executed eight people convicted in the 2017 Islamic State group attack on parliament and the shrine of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini in Tehran.
JULY 6, 2018JapanDEATH PENALTYJAPAN HANGS CULT LEADER SHOKO ASAHARA, 6 OTHERS FOR 1995 TOKYO SUBWAY SARIN ATTACK
The former leader of Aum Shinrikyo, the Japanese doomsday cult that carried out a sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway in 1995, was executed alongside six other members of the cult, Japanese media reported.
JULY 5, 2018IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: PRISONER EXECUTED IN MAZANDARAN PROVINCE
According to ILNA news agency, a prisoner identified as A. M., son of Seyyed Ne'mat, was executed in Mazandaran Province.
- JULY 5, 2018Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Two Pakistani nationals crucified at public park in Rivadeh
5 July 2018: Adam Khan Iyas Khan and Asad Mohammed Yousef Khan executed
JULY 4, 2018IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: WOMAN HANGED IN THE CENTRAL PRISON OF ORUMIEH
A woman was hanged at dawn in the Central Prison of Orumieh along with two other male prisoners. The identity of the executed woman has not been made available, yet.
- JULY 4, 2018Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi national beheaded in Medina
4 July 2018: Salman al-Saaedi executed for murder
- JULY 3, 2018Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi citizen beheaded in Isha
3 July 2018: Ahmad bin Yaakoob executed for murder
- JULY 3, 2018Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Nigerian citizen beheaded in Medina
3 July 2018: Abo Doromi Aweeda executed for cocaine smuggle