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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MARCH 30, 2017PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: ANOTHER TERRORIST HANGED IN KOHAT JAIL
Another terrorist, who was involved in committing offences relating to terrorism, including attacks on Bannu jail and law enforcement agencies, was executed at District Jail Kohat.
MARCH 28, 2017IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: TWO GET CAPITAL PUNISHMENT IN KIDNAP-CUM-MURDER CASE
Terming it as the rarest of the rare case, the judge Rajesh Bhardwaj pronounced the judgement and ordered that the accused Monu alias Chander Prakash and Nitu be hanged till death.
- MARCH 28, 2017TennesseeDEATH PENALTY
USA - Tennessee. Tennessee Supreme Court upholds death penalty.
USA - Tennessee. Tennessee Supreme Court upholds death penalty.
MARCH 24, 2017IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: YOUNG MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR INSULTING THE PROPHET
Iran’s supreme court upheld a death sentence for a young man in Arak, central Iran, after he was found guilty of “insulting the Prophet Muhammad” on the Internet.
MARCH 23, 2017Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA EXECUTES TWO DRUG DEALERS INCLUDING PAKISTANI NATIONAL
Saudi Arabia executed two convicted drug traffickers bringing the number of prisoners killed in the kingdom to 20 so far this year.
MARCH 20, 2017IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: TWO PRISONERS HANGED ON DRUG CHARGES
The death sentences of two prisoners were reportedly carried out at Adel Abad Prison (Lorestan province, western Iran).
MARCH 17, 2017BelarusDEATH PENALTYBELARUS: FIRST DEATH SENTENCE HANDED DOWN IN 2017
32-year-old unnamed resident of Naroulia town was sentenced to death by the Gomel Regional Court on 17 March, the court’s spokesperson Olga Barsukova told the media.
MARCH 16, 2017PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: DEATH ROW CONVICT HANGED IN GUJRANWALA
A death row convict was executed in the Central Jail Gujranwala in the early morning, according to media reports.
MARCH 16, 2017IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: UNIDENTIFIED PRISONER HANGED ON DRUG CHARGES
An unidentified prisoner was reportedly hanged at Semnan Prison (northern Iran) on drug related charges.
MARCH 15, 2017PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: THREE HARDCORE TERRORISTS EXECUTED IN SAHIWAL
Another three hardcore terrorists, who were involved in committing heinous offences relating to terrorism including attacks on Armed Forces and Law Enforcement Agencies, were executed on March 15, Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said in a statement
- MARCH 15, 2017MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: BROTHERS EXECUTED AT KAJANG PRISON
Brothers Rames and Suthar Batumalai, who were convicted of murder in 2010, were executed at Kajang Prison early the morning, said Amnesty International Malaysia (AIM).
- MARCH 15, 2017AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Alabama. Vernon Madison Incompetent To Be Executed.
USA - Alabama. Vernon Madison Incompetent To Be Executed.
- MARCH 14, 2017TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. James Eugene Bigby, 61, White, was executed.
USA - Texas. James Eugene Bigby, 61, White, was executed.
MARCH 14, 2017IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: FOUR PRISONERS EXECUTED ON DRUG RELATED CHARGES
Four prisoners were hanged at Darya, Urmia's central prison (West Azerbaijan province, northwestern Iran), on drug related charges, according to the human rights news agency, HRANA.
MARCH 14, 2017DEATH PENALTYTEXAS (USA): JAMES EUGENE BIGBY EXECUTED
James Eugene Bigby, 61, White, was executed. A Tarrant County jury sentenced Bigby to death in 1991 for the December 24, 1987 murders of Mike Trekell and his infant son, Jayson, 4-month-old.
MARCH 12, 2017IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: THREE PRISONERS HANGED IN ZAHEDAN
According to the Baloch Activists Campaign, three prisoners were hanged at Zahedan Central Prison in Iran's Sistan & Baluchestan province on drug related charges.
- MARCH 11, 2017IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: TWO KURDISH CITIZENS EXECUTED IN URMIEH PRISON
According to Kurdpa News agency two Kurdish citizens were executed last week in the back yard of Urmieh central prison.
- MARCH 10, 2017Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA: MAN WHO ABDUCTED AND RAPED MINOR GIRLS EXECUTED
A Saudi man who kidnapped and raped minor girls was executed in the city of Dammam, in the Eastern Province.
MARCH 9, 2017IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: PRISONER HANGED IN PUBLIC
An unidentified prisoner was reportedly executed in public on murder charges.
MARCH 8, 2017IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: CELEBRITIES, CHARITY SOCIETY SAVE YOUNG MAN FROM HANGING
A group of Iranian celebrities in association with a charity society finally managed to commute the death sentence of a young man who had committed murder when he was a teenager, Khabaronline reported.
- MARCH 7, 2017TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. Rolando Ruiz, 44, Hispanic, was executed
USA - Texas. Rolando Ruiz, 44, Hispanic, was executed
MARCH 7, 2017PhilippinesDEATH PENALTYPHILIPPINES: HOUSE OKS RESTORING DEATH PENALTY FOR DRUG CASES
The Philippine House of Representatives approved a bill to restore the death penalty by hanging, lethal injection or firing squad for drug offenses despite opposition from the influential Roman Catholic church and human rights groups.
MARCH 7, 2017DEATH PENALTYTEXAS (USA): ROLANDO RUIZ EXECUTED
Rolando Ruiz, 44, Hispanic, was executed Tuesday night.
- MARCH 4, 2017JordanDEATH PENALTY
JORDAN: MASS HANGING AS 15 PUT TO DEATH
Jordan executed 15 people including 10 convicted on terrorism charges ranging from an attack a decade ago on Western tourists to the slaying of a writer, a judicial source and the government spokesman Mohammad al Momani said.
- MARCH 4, 2017IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: SEVEN HANGED IN ONE DAY
At least seven prisoners were executed in Iran on murder, drug related charges.
MARCH 3, 2017IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: ANNUAL REPORT ON THE DEATH PENALTY 2016
The 9th annual report of the organization Iran Human Rights (IHR) on the death penalty in Iran shows that in 2016 at least 530 people were executed in the Islamic Republic of Iran.
FEBRUARY 28, 2017IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: TWO PRISONERS HANGED IN URMIA
Two inmates were hanged in Urmia Central Prison, southwest of Iran. Identified as Ali Valizadeh and Afshin Shokati, they both were found guilty of murder.
FEBRUARY 28, 2017ChinaDEATH PENALTYCOLOMBIA PROTESTS CHINA'S EXECUTION OF 72-YEAR-OLD DRUG MULE
Colombia's government is protesting China's execution of a retired journalist who was sentenced to death for smuggling cocaine into the Asian country.
FEBRUARY 27, 2017MalaysiaDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA: INDONESIAN TO HANG FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
A 33-year-old Indonesian man was sentenced to death by the High Court in Tawau for trafficking in 707 grams of syabu.
- FEBRUARY 25, 2017IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: PRISONER HANGED IN BANDAR ABBAS
An inmate was sent to the gallows in Bandar Abbas Central Prison, southern Iran.