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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- NOVEMBER 1, 2016IranDEATH PENALTY
According to the Kurdistan Human Rights Network, a prisoner identified as Iraj
According to the Kurdistan Human Rights Network, a prisoner identified as Iraj
NOVEMBER 1, 2016SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: MP - AL SHABAAB 'BEHEADS 5 CIVILIANS' IN TIYEGLOW TOWN
A member of Somali parliament Mohamed Hussein Isack known as Afarale said Al shabaab fighters have
NOVEMBER 1, 2016IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: TWO PRISONERS HANGED ON DRUG CHARGES
Two prisoners have been executed at Salmas Prison (west Azerbaijan province, northwestern Iran) on drug related charges.
- OCTOBER 31, 2016IranDEATH PENALTY
One prisoner, identified as Sami Mamadi, was executed at Salmas Prison (west Azerbaijan province,
One prisoner, identified as Sami Mamadi, was executed at Salmas Prison (west Azerbaijan province,
OCTOBER 31, 2016PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: SC STAYS HANGING OF MENTALLY ILL CONVICT IMDAD ALI
Supreme Court stayed the execution of Imdad Ali, a schizophrenic man convicted in 2002 for murdering a
OCTOBER 25, 2016NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: 25-YEAR-OLD MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH BY HANGING
A Kaduna High Court sitting at Dogarawa, Zaria, sentenced a 25-year-old man, Hassan Adamu, to death by hanging for homicide.
OCTOBER 25, 2016IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: FIVE PRISONERS EXECUTED ON DRUG CHARGES
Five prisoners were reportedly hanged early morning for alleged drug related offenses.
OCTOBER 24, 2016IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: 4 EXECUTED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING, MURDER
Four prisoners were reportedly executed in Iran for drug trafficking, murder.
- OCTOBER 21, 2016PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: SUPREME COURT SAYS SCHIZOPHRENIA NOT A MENTAL DISORDER, DISMISSES MERCY PLEA OF DEATH ROW CONVICT
Pakistan's Supreme Court has ruled that schizophrenia is not a mental disorder as per the law of the land,
OCTOBER 20, 2016Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTYGAZA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
A Gaza court sentenced a man to death by hanging after he was convicted of premeditated murder.
OCTOBER 20, 2016GhanaDEATH PENALTYGHANA: FARMER SENTENCED TO DEATH
A High Court in Tamale, presided by Mr. Justice Charles Gyamfi Danquah, has sentenced a 21-year-old
- OCTOBER 19, 2016DEATH PENALTY
GEORGIA (USA): GREGORY PAUL LAWLER EXECUTED
Gregory Paul Lawler, 63, White, was executed with a fatal dose of th
- OCTOBER 19, 2016GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Georgia. Gregory Paul Lawler, 63, White, has been executed
USA - Georgia. Gregory Paul Lawler, 63, White, has been executed
OCTOBER 18, 2016IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: 14 PRISONERS EXECUTED ON DRUG CHARGES AT GHEZEL HESAR PRISON
According to close sources, Iranian authorities hanged 14 prisoners at Ghezel Hesar Prison in the morning.
OCTOBER 18, 2016IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: PRISONER EXECUTED ON DRUG RELATED CHARGES
A prisoner sentenced to death on drug related charges was reportedly executed in the morning at Mian
OCTOBER 17, 2016ZambiaDEATH PENALTYZAMBIA: TWO YOUTHS TO HANG FOR MURDER AND AGGRAVATED ROBBERY
Two youths have been sentenced to deaths by hanging by
OCTOBER 17, 2016Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: PRINCE EXECUTED FOR MURDER
Saudi Arabia executed a member of the royal family for murder.
- OCTOBER 16, 2016BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: JHALAKATHI JUDGE KILLER JMB MAN EXECUTED
JMB member Asadul Islam Arif, who was given death penalty in Jhalakathi judges Jagannath Pare and Sohel Ahmed killing case, has been hanged in Khulna district jail.
- OCTOBER 13, 2016SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
SOMALIA: AL-SHABAAB MILITANTS KILL '2 SPIES'
Al-Shabaab militants shot dead a Kenyan and a Somali for alleged espionage in front of hundreds of people
OCTOBER 8, 2016EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: MILITANT SENTENCED TO DEATH, 8 TO LIFE FOR ANTI-CHRISTIAN ATTACK
An Egyptian court sentenced an Islamist to death by hanging and eight others to life in prison on charges of
OCTOBER 8, 2016Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTYGAZA STRIP: PALESTINIAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING CHILD
A court in the Gaza Strip sentenced a Palestinian man to death by hanging, after convicting him in the
- OCTOBER 5, 2016TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. Barney Ronald Fuller, 53, White, was put to death
USA - Texas. Barney Ronald Fuller, 53, White, was put to death
- OCTOBER 5, 2016Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
GAZA: WOMAN SENTENCED TO DEATH BY HANGING
A court in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip sentenced a Palestinian
- OCTOBER 5, 2016United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - "Death Row USA Summer 2016" Shows Ongoing Decline in Death Row Populations.
USA - "Death Row USA Summer 2016" Shows Ongoing Decline in Death Row Populations.
- OCTOBER 5, 2016SudanDEATH PENALTY
SUDAN: THREE CONDEMNED TO HANG IN BURAM, SOUTH DARFUR
The Criminal Court of Buram in South Darfur sentenced three men to death for armed robbery, murder, and grievous bodily harm.
OCTOBER 5, 2016DEATH PENALTYTEXAS (USA): BARNEY RONALD FULLER EXECUTED
Barney Ronald Fuller, 53, White, was put to death by lethal injection.
OCTOBER 5, 2016United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA: SUMMER 2016 ‘DEATH ROW USA’ SHOWS ONGOING DECLINE IN DEATH ROW POPULATIONS
The NAACP Legal Defense Fund reports that America's death rows have continued to decline in size, with
OCTOBER 4, 2016IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: TWO PRISONERS HANGED FOR DRUG CHARGES IN KHORRAMABAD
Two prisoners were hanged in the Parsilon Prison of Khorramabad (Lorestan Province, western Iran),
- OCTOBER 3, 2016OhioDEATH PENALTY
USA - New Mexico. Death penalty bill heads to full House.
USA - New Mexico. Death penalty bill heads to full House.
- SEPTEMBER 30, 2016IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: MAN ARRESTED TWO WEEKS AGO HANGED IN PUBLIC
A man who was arrested about two weeks ago on murder and rape charges was hanged in public in the city of Neyshabur, in the Razavi Khorasan province (northeastern Iran).