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 23, 2017United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Massachusetts. Ninety years ago Italian immigrants and avowed anarchists Sacco and Vanzetti were executed
USA - Massachusetts. Ninety years ago Italian immigrants and avowed anarchists Sacco and Vanzetti were executed
AUGUST 23, 2017IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: SUNNI PRISONER HANGED ON MOHAREBEH CHARGE
Sunni prisoner Seyed Jamal Seyed Mousavi was reportedly hanged at Karaj's Rajai Shahr Prison on Wednesday August 23, but his famliy did not find out until Sunday August 27.
- AUGUST 17, 2017NevadaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Nevada. Nevada plan to use untried execution drugs draws criticism.
USA - Nevada. Nevada plan to use untried execution drugs draws criticism.
- AUGUST 14, 2017YemenDEATH PENALTY
a 22-year-old man who raped and killed a 4-year-old girl in Yemen was executed by being shot dead and hanged fr
a 22-year-old man who raped and killed a 4-year-old girl in Yemen was executed by being shot dead and hanged fr
AUGUST 10, 2017IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: BRUTAL EXECUTION OF A YOUNG PRISONER WHO WAS 15 YEARS OLD WHEN ARRESTED
In the early morning of August 10, the mullahs’ regime once again executed a teenager.
- AUGUST 2, 2017SyriaDEATH PENALTY
A prominent cyberactivist who was detained on the first anniversary of the 2011 uprising that sparked the Syrian civil war was secretly executed nearly two years ago, his widow said.
A prominent cyberactivist who was detained on the first anniversary of the 2011 uprising that sparked the Syrian civil war was secretly executed nearly two years ago, his widow said.
AUGUST 1, 2017YemenDEATH PENALTYYEMEN: MAN CONVICTED OF RAPING AND MURDERING THREE-YEAR-OLD GIRL EXECUTED BY MACHINE GUN
A man convicted of raping and murdering a three-year-old girl has been executed in public with a machine gun in Yemen.
AUGUST 1, 2017IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: PRISONER HANGED IN PUBLIC IN FRONT OF LARGE CROWD
A prisoner by the name of Hossein Sarooki was hanged in public in the city of Juybar on murder charges.
AUGUST 1, 2017IndonesiaDEATH PENALTYINDONESIA EXECUTED NIGERIAN DESPITE CASE BEING UNRESOLVED, WATCHDOG SAYS
An official watchdog has found that Indonesia executed a Nigerian man last year while his case was unresolved, leading to renewed calls for a halt to a system holding hundreds of prisoners on death row.
- JULY 27, 2017TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. Taichin Preyor, 46, Black, was executed.
USA - Texas. Taichin Preyor, 46, Black, was executed.
JULY 27, 2017DEATH PENALTYTEXAS (USA): TAICHIN PREYOR EXECUTED
Taichin Preyor, 46, Black, was executed.
- JULY 26, 2017PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Sarmad Ali Advocate High Court said that according the Ministry of Interior of Pakistan, there are about 44 women on death row in Pakistan and one of them is about to be executed who is insane.
Sarmad Ali Advocate High Court said that according the Ministry of Interior of Pakistan, there are about 44 women on death row in Pakistan and one of them is about to be executed who is insane.
- JULY 26, 2017OhioDEATH PENALTY
USA - Ohio. Ronald Phillips, 43, White, was executed.
USA - Ohio. Ronald Phillips, 43, White, was executed.
JULY 26, 2017DEATH PENALTYOHIO (USA): RONALD PHILLIPS EXECUTED
Ronald Phillips, 43, White, was executed. The time of Phillips' death was 10:43 a.m. at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility near Lucasville.
JULY 25, 2017IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: TWO PRISONERS HANGED AT ZANJAN CENRAL PRISON
According to close sources, two prisoners were executed on the morning at Zanjan Central Prison on drug related charges.
JULY 24, 2017IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: THREE INMATES INCLUDING AFGHAN CITIZEN EXECUTED ON DRUG CHARGES
Three prisoners, including an Afghan citizen, were reportedly hanged at Isfahan Central Prison on drug related charges. According to close sources, the executions were carried out on the morning of July 24.
JULY 23, 2017LibyaDEATH PENALTY18 ISIL fighters executed by Haftar's forces in Libya
23 July 2017: a group of 18 suspected fighters of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant group have been executed, shot point blank in the back of the head, by the forces of General Khalifa Haftar in Libya.
JULY 22, 2017IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: THREE PRISONERS EXECUTED
JULY 21, 2017SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSEVERAL PRISONERS SHOT DEAD IN SOUTHERN SOMALIA
Four detainees were said to be shot dead at a location near the Central Police Station in Beled-Hawa District in Gedo region, according to reports.
JULY 20, 2017PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: MAN HANGED TO DEATH IN ATTOCK JAIL
A death row convict was executed in Central Jail Attock in the early morning.
JULY 19, 2017North KoreaDEATH PENALTYNORTH KOREA: FIRING SQUAD CARRIES OUT PUBLIC EXECUTIONS IN SCHOOL YARDS, REPORT SAYS
Kim Jong Un's brutal North Korean regime shot so-called "criminals" to death in schoolyards and fish markets in a twisted attempt to create an "atmosphere of fear" throughout the dictatorship, a report from a human rights group revealed.
JULY 19, 2017PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: DEATH ROW CONVICT HANGED AT MULTAN JAIL
A death-row prisoner was hanged at Multan Central Jail early.
JULY 18, 2017PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: MURDER CONVICT HANGED
A double murder convict was hanged after spending almost two decades in Central Jail Adiala for killing his brother and sister-in-law in Kallar Syedan.
JULY 17, 2017IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: FOUR PRISONERS EXECUTED ON DRUG, ARMED ROBBERY CHARGES
According to close sources, on the morning four prisoners were hanged at Isfahan Central Prison.
JULY 17, 2017ZimbabweDEATH PENALTYZIMBABWE: DOUBLE KILLER SENTENCED TO DEATH BY HANGING
Robert Chiguma of Hwedza, who killed two people after being confronted over the theft of a kitchen cabinet, has been sentenced to death.
- JULY 16, 2017IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: ONE MAN EXECUTED ON DRUG RELATED CHARGES
The Baluch Activists Campaign has reported on the execution of one prisoner on the morning at Chabahar Prison (Sistan & Baluchestan province, southern Iran).
- JULY 16, 2017IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: TWO EXECUTED ON DRUG RELATED CHARGES
Two prisoners were executed at Bandar Abbas Central Prison, close sourced said.
- JULY 15, 2017IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: THREE PRISONERS HANGED ON DRUG RELATED CHARGES
Three prisoners were reportedly hanged at Zahedan Central Prison on drug related charges.
JULY 14, 2017SingaporeDEATH PENALTYSINGAPORE HANGS MALAYSIAN DRUG TRAFFICKER
Singapore executed a Malaysian drug trafficker despite a plea for clemency from the United Nations and concerns expressed by rights groups over alleged flaws in his trial.
- JULY 13, 2017JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN EXECUTES PAIR ON DEATH ROW
Japan’s Ministry of Justice announced the execution of two male convicts on death row, reports the Sankei Shimbun.