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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- OCTOBER 17, 2016Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA: PRINCE EXECUTED FOR MURDER
Saudi Arabia executed a member of the royal family for murder.
OCTOBER 16, 2016BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: 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 PENALTYSOMALIA: 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, 2016DEATH PENALTY
TEXAS (USA): BARNEY RONALD FULLER EXECUTED
Barney Ronald Fuller, 53, White, was put to death by lethal injection.
- 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, 2016DEATH 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 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 PENALTYSUDAN: 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 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 PENALTYIRAN: 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).
SEPTEMBER 29, 2016Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: THREE PRISONERS EXECUTED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING, MURDER
three prisoners were executed in Saudi Arabia for drug trafficking and murder.
SEPTEMBER 29, 2016IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: EIGHT PRISONERS INCLUDING WOMAN EXECUTED ON DRUG CHARGES
According to a report by the unofficial news agency, HRANA, Iranian authorities hanged eight prisoners at Urmia's central prison on the morning of September 29.
SEPTEMBER 28, 2016IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: EIGHT PRISONERS EXECUTED ON MURDER AND MOHAREBEH CHARGES
Eight prisoners sentenced to death for murder and Moharebeh (enmity against God) charges were
SEPTEMBER 27, 2016IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: SEVEN PRISONERS HANGED FOR DRUG RELATED OFFENSES
Seven prisoners sentenced to death for drug related offenses were hanged at Minab’s Central Prison,
SEPTEMBER 26, 2016Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: ETHIOPIAN EXECUTED FOR MURDERING A CHILD
Saudi Arabia executed an Ethiopian woman convicted of killing a Saudi child, the interior ministry said.
- SEPTEMBER 25, 2016IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: FIVE EXECUTED ON DRUG CHARGES
Five prisoners were reportedly hanged in Iran on drug charges between September 24 and 25.
SEPTEMBER 23, 2016MalaysiaDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA: CANNY ONG'S MURDERER HANGED
Former aircraft cabin cleaning supervisor Ahmad Najib Aris was hanged at the Kajang Prison following the rape and murder of information technology (IT) analyst Canny Ong in 2003.
SEPTEMBER 22, 2016IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: PRISONER HANGED IN PUBLIC AT FOOTBALL STADIUM
A prisoner sentenced to public execution for rape and murder was hanged in public at a sports stadium in the city of Neyriz (Fars province, southern Iran) in the morning.
- SEPTEMBER 18, 2016PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN STAYS EXECUTION OF MENTALLY ILL MAN
A Pakistani official said the Supreme court has temporarily stayed the execution of a mentally ill man.
SEPTEMBER 15, 2016NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: MAN WHO MURDERED WIFE SENTENCED TO DEATH IN JIGAWA STATE
The Jigawa State High Court in Dutse sentenced one Usman Sani of Mairobar Fulani of Jeke village in
SEPTEMBER 15, 2016IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: PRISONER EXECUTED ON DRUG RELATED CHARGES
A prisoner who was executed on drug related charges has been identified. 34-year-old Kamran Maleki was
- SEPTEMBER 13, 2016DEATH PENALTY
OKLAHOMA (USA): EXECUTIONS STAYED UNTIL AGREEMENT REACHED ON NEW PROCEDURES
Oklahoma will have a two-year delay in lethal injections after the government board of the prison system declined to consider new execution procedures.
- SEPTEMBER 13, 2016TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. The Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has upheld the costitutionality of lethal injection protocol
USA - Texas. The Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has upheld the costitutionality of lethal injection protocol
- SEPTEMBER 13, 2016IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: THREE PRISONERS HANGED AT SHIRAZ'S ADEL ABAD PRISON
Two prisoners sentenced to death for armed robbery and one prisoner sentenced to death for rape were
- SEPTEMBER 11, 2016IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: A PRISONER HANGED IN MASHHAD
According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency in Iran (HRANA), a prisoner from
- SEPTEMBER 11, 2016IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: 17 PRISONERS HANGED AT VAKILABAD PRISON
17 prisoners sentenced to death on drug related charges were reportedly hanged at Mashhad's Vakilabad Prison (Razavi Khorasan province, northwestern Iran).