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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- APRIL 19, 2018DEATH PENALTY
ALABAMA (USA): WALTER LEROY MOODY JR, 83, EXECUTED
Walter Leroy Moody Jr, 83, White, was executed, making him the oldest known person put to death since capital punishment was reinstated in 1977.
APRIL 18, 2018IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: BAHMAN VARMAZIYAR EXECUTED DESPITE EXTENSIVE CRITICISM
Iran hanged Bahman Varmaziyar, sentenced to death for armed robbery, in Hamedan Prison, state media reported.
APRIL 18, 2018IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: EIGHT PRISONERS INCLUDING TWO AFGHANS EXECUTED
According to a close source, eight prisoners most of whom were charged with murder were executed on the morning at Rajai Shahr Prison.
APRIL 18, 2018Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSaudi citizen beheaded in Medina
18 April 2018: Mohammad al-Gehni executed for murder
APRIL 16, 2018IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: 13 PEOPLE EXECUTED, INCLUDING 11 FOR ‘TERRORISM’
Iraq executed 13 people including 11 convicted on charges relating to "terrorism", the justice ministry said.
- APRIL 16, 2018Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Pakistani citizen beheaded in Mecca
16 April 2018: Shamas Rayhan executed for heroin smuggle
- APRIL 10, 2018LouisianaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Louisiana. The Senate Judiciary Committee approved 4-1 SB 51 that would eliminate the death penalty
USA - Louisiana. The Senate Judiciary Committee approved 4-1 SB 51 that would eliminate the death penalty
APRIL 10, 2018PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: TRIPLE MURDER CONVICT HANGED
A murder convict was hanged at the Central Jail Faisalabad.
- APRIL 10, 2018IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: MAN HANGED IN KERMAN PRISON
According to Baluch Activists Campaign, on the morning a prisoner was executed at Kerman Central Prison. The prisoner, identified as Omid Damani, 33, was charged with murder.
- APRIL 10, 2018Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi citizen beheaded in Breeda
10 April 2018: Saeed bin Ahmad executed for rape
- APRIL 10, 2018Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Nigerian citizen beheaded in Madina
10 April 2018: Eado Bayo Zakariyah executed for cocaine smuggle
APRIL 10, 2018IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: A MAN EXECUTED IN NORTHERN IRAN FOR MURDERING A CHILD
According to ISNA a man who was charged with murdering a 3-year-old boy, named Ahoura, was hanged at Rasht Central Prison.
- APRIL 8, 2018Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi citizen beheaded in Mecca
8 April 2018: Mogren al-Ateebe executed for murder
APRIL 6, 2018EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: OTHER 12 PRISONERS EXECUTED IN MARCH
Hands Off Cain has learned of 12 other executions in Egypt last month.
APRIL 4, 2018NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR ARMED ROBBERY
A State High Court sitting in Ado-Ekiti has sentenced a man, Raji Babatunde, to death for armed robbery.
- APRIL 4, 2018Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Sudanese citizen beheaded in Abha
4 April 2018: Mohammad Abed al-Baki executed for murder
- MARCH 31, 2018KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
KUWAIT: TWO CITIZENS SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR RAPE
Two Kuwaiti citizens were sentenced to capital punishment over their involvement in raping a female citizen.
MARCH 29, 2018MalaysiaDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA: MAN TO HANG FOR KILLING EX-GIRLFRIEND
The Miri High Court sentenced a man to death by hanging this morning after he was found guilty of killing his ex-girlfriend two years ago.
- MARCH 27, 2018TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. Rosendo Rodriguez was executed.
USA - Texas. Rosendo Rodriguez was executed.
MARCH 27, 2018DEATH PENALTYTEXAS (USA): ROSENDO RODRIGUEZ EXECUTED
Rosendo Rodriguez III, 38, Hispanic, was executed.
- MARCH 22, 2018EgyptDEATH PENALTY
Three more men have been executed in Egypt for terrorism.
Three more men have been executed in Egypt for terrorism.
- MARCH 22, 2018EgyptDEATH PENALTY
two other persons -Suleiman Eid Garabia and Rabhi Gomaa Hussein Hassan – were executed by hanging.
22 March 2018: two other persons -Suleiman Eid Garabia and Rabhi Gomaa Hussein Hassan – were executed by hanging.
MARCH 22, 2018Sri LankaDEATH PENALTYSRI LANKA: SOLDIER, 2 OTHERS SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR HINDU PRIEST KILLING
A soldier and two others accused of killing a Hindu priest in Murugumoorthi Sankanai, Jaffna, on April 11, 2010, and severely injuring another were convicted and sentenced to death.
- MARCH 22, 2018AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Alabama. Gov. Kay Ivey signs bill authorizing nitrogen executions.
USA - Alabama. Gov. Kay Ivey signs bill authorizing nitrogen executions.
- MARCH 22, 2018Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Nigerian citizen beheaded in Mecca
22 March 2018: Adam Abedllah Mohammad executed for cocaine smuggle
MARCH 22, 2018DEATH PENALTYALABAMA (USA): GOV. KAY IVEY SIGNS BILL AUTHORIZING NITROGEN EXECUTIONS
Gov. Kay Ivey Thursday signed legislation that would allow a condemned inmate to choose death by nitrogen hypoxia, a method never used in an execution.
MARCH 21, 2018NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: POLICE SERGEANT TO HANG FOR EXTRA-JUDICIAL KILLING
Justice Ineikade Eradiri of the Bayelsa State High Court in Yenagoa sentenced a police sergeant, Jilla Lannubo, to death by hanging for the extra-judicial killing of Oruyegha Grand at Agudama.
- MARCH 20, 2018EgyptDEATH PENALTY
Ahmed Samir Radwan 22 years old and Abdo Mohamed Ezzat Abdel Majeed 24 years were executed by hanging in the case of killing a student in the first grade secondary in the east.
20 march 2018: Ahmed Samir Radwan 22 years old and Abdo Mohamed Ezzat Abdel Majeed 24 years were executed by hanging in the case of killing a student in the first grade secondary in the east.
MARCH 18, 2018Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: INDONESIAN WORKER BEHEADED DESPITE JOKOWI’S PLEAS FOR CLEMENCY
Saudi Arabia beheaded an Indonesian migrant worker for murder despite President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo’s repeated pleas that the man be granted clemency.
- MARCH 18, 2018Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Indonesian migrant worker beheaded for murder
March 18, 2018: M. Zaini Misrin executed notwithstanding clemency pleas from President Jokowi