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 3, 2018IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: MAN EXECUTED IN TABRIZ
According to a close source, on the morning a prisoner was executed at Tabriz Central Prison.
JULY 3, 2018SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: AL-SHABAAB EXECUTES ELECTORAL DELEGATE IN MIDDLE SHABELLE
Al-Shabaab militant group has shot dead an elder, who took part in 2016 elections as a delegate.
- JULY 3, 2018NevadaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Nevada. Nevada Announces New Drug Protocol Eight Days Before Scheduled Execution of Scott Dozier
USA - Nevada. Nevada Announces New Drug Protocol Eight Days Before Scheduled Execution of Scott Dozier
JULY 1, 2018Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYIndian citizen beheaded in Mecca
1 July 2018: Askhar Anwar Sek executed for murder
JUNE 30, 2018IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: TWO EXECUTED ON MURDER CHARGES
According to a close source, on the morning 2 prisoners were executed at Gorgan Prison on murder charges.
JUNE 28, 2018IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ EXECUTES 12 DEATH ROW JIHADISTS IN RESPONSE TO KILLINGS
Iraq executed a dozen death row jihadists on the order of Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi, his office said
- JUNE 28, 2018Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Yemeni citizen beheaded in Rivadeh
28 June 2018: Tarsh Saleh executed for murder
- JUNE 27, 2018DEATH PENALTY
TEXAS (USA): DANNY PAUL BIBLE EXECUTED
Danny Paul Bible, 66, White, was executed Wednesday for a 1979 rape and murder that went unsolved for 2 decades until he confessed.
- JUNE 27, 2018North KoreaDEATH PENALTY
Kim Jong-un has top army officer blasted with 90 bullets for giving his troops extra rations of food and fuel
27th June 2018: Lieutenant General Hyon Ju-song was put to death after being found guilty of charges of abusing authority, profiting the enemy and engaging in anti-Party acts.
- JUNE 27, 2018TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. Danny Paul Bible was executed
USA - Texas. Danny Paul Bible was executed
JUNE 27, 2018IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: TWO PRISONERS HANGED IN KARAJ
According to a close source, on the morning two prisoners were executed at Rajai Shahr Prison in Karaj.
JUNE 27, 2018IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: JUVENILE OFFENDER EXECUTED
According to Amnesty International sources, Abolfazl Chazani Sharahi, a juvenile offender charged with murder at the age of 15, was executed at Qom Central Prison.
JUNE 26, 2018IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: A PRISONER HANGED ON MURDER CHARGES AT TABRIZ CENTRAL PRISON
A prisoner was executed on murder charge at Tabriz central prison this morning.
JUNE 26, 2018Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: MAN EXECUTED FOR BURNING FATHER WHILE HE WAS SLEEPING
The Ministry of Interior in Saudi Arabia just issued a press statement, indicating that the man who burned his father alive has been executed.
- JUNE 25, 2018Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi citizen beheaded in Asir
25 June 2018: Abed allah al-Beeshe executed for murder
JUNE 23, 2018ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: 10 EXECUTED FOR SERIES OF DRUG CRIMES
Ten drug traffickers were executed in Guangdong province after an appeals court upheld their earlier conviction and pronounced sentence.
JUNE 22, 2018SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: MILITARY COURT EXECUTES THREE SOLDIERS OVER KILLINGS
Somali military court in Jubbaland has executed three government soldiers who were found guilty of killing civilians.
JUNE 20, 2018IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: PRISONER EXECUTED AT SHIRVAN PRISON
A prisoner was hanged at Shirvan Prison in Northern Khorasan Province.
JUNE 19, 2018ThailandDEATH PENALTYTHAILAND EXECUTES FIRST PRISONER BY LETHAL INJECTION SINCE 2009
Thailand has executed its first prisoner since 2009, the Department of Corrections said
- JUNE 18, 2018IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: FIVE PRISONERS EXECUTED
Five prisoners who were sentenced to death on murder charges were hanged at Rajai Shahr Prison.
- JUNE 18, 2018NebraskaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Nebraska. Judge Jodi Nelson: officials must release some death penalty records.
USA - Nebraska. Judge Jodi Nelson: officials must release some death penalty records.
JUNE 18, 2018IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN HANGS SUFI OVER KILLING OF 3 POLICEMEN
Iran has executed a member of a Sufi order who rammed a bus into police as they tried to disperse a rally, killing three of them.
- MAY 30, 2018AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Alabama. Federal Judge Karon Owen Bowdre Orders Alabama to Disclose Execution Records.
USA - Alabama. Federal Judge Karon Owen Bowdre Orders Alabama to Disclose Execution Records.
MAY 30, 2018DEATH PENALTYALABAMA (USA): FEDERAL JUDGE ORDERS DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS TO DISCLOSE EXECUTION RECORDS
Federal Judge Karon Owen Bowdre has ordered the Alabama Department of Corrections to release its lethal-injection protocol and unseal transcripts and pleadings related to the failed execution of Doyle Hamm.
- MAY 29, 2018IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN DRUG EXECUTIONS FALL BY 99% FOLLOWING LEGAL AMENDMENT
The implementation of the death penalty for drug offences has all but ended in Iran, although human rights advocates continue to express concern at the judicial system’s response to drugs.
MAY 28, 2018SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: TWO KENYAN AL-SHABAAB FIGHTERS EXECUTED FOR SPYING FOR KDF
Al Shabaab terror group executed two Kenyans it accused of spying for Somali and Kenyan intelligence services.
MAY 25, 2018BotswanaDEATH PENALTYBOTSWANA RESUMES EXECUTION, HANGS DEATH ROW INMATE
Botswana continued executions this year, with the hanging of another death row inmate in 2018.
MAY 22, 2018IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ COURT SENTENCES BELGIAN JIHADIST TO DEATH FOR ISLAMIC STATE MEMBERSHIP
An Iraqi court sentenced a Belgian jihadist, who threatened Europe in propaganda videos, to death by hanging for membership of the Islamic State group, an AFP journalist reported.
MAY 21, 2018IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: TWO TERRORISTS SENTENCED TO DEATH BY HANGING FOR JOINING IS
A criminal court in Iraq has sentenced two terrorists to death by hanging for joining Islamic State, a judicial spokesman said.
- MAY 16, 2018IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: MAN HANGED AT ARDABIL CENTRAL PRISON ON MURDER CHARGES
According to a close source, on the morning a prisoner was hanged at Ardabil Central Prison on murder charges.