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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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 PENALTYPAKISTAN 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, 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 PENALTYIRAN: 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 13, 2016DEATH PENALTYOKLAHOMA (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 11, 2016IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: 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).
SEPTEMBER 10, 2016IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: 7 PRISONERS EXECUTED ON DRUG RELATED CHARGES
Seven prisoners were executed at Bandar Abbas Central Prison (Hormozgan province, southern Iran) on
SEPTEMBER 8, 2016IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: PALESTINIAN YOUTH EXECUTED
Iraqi authorities executed a Palestinian youth after accusing him of collaborating with armed groups in Iraq,
SEPTEMBER 8, 2016Sierra LeoneDEATH PENALTYSIERRA LEONE: DEATH SENTENCE FOR LAC & G-FAG
Baimba Moi Foray (alias LA Chocolate) and Foday Amara Kamara (alias G-Fag) were sentenced to death
SEPTEMBER 6, 2016SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: AL-SHABAAB BEHEADS TWO ELDERS FOR 'SUPPORTING THE GOVERNMENT'
Two Somali elders have been beheaded by jihadist group Al-Shabaab after they were abducted from their
- SEPTEMBER 3, 2016IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: UNIDENTIFIED PRISONER HANGED FOR MURDER
The death sentence for an unidentified 22-year-old prisoner, who was charged with the murder of a
SEPTEMBER 3, 2016BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: ISLAMIST MIR QUASEM ALI HANGED FOR 1971 WAR CRIMES
A leader and financial backer of the biggest Islamist party in Bangladesh was executed for war crimes committed during the war of independence from Pakistan in 1971.
- AUGUST 31, 2016IraqDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ: SEVEN ARABS HANGED FOR BELONGING TO AL-QAEDA
Iraq hanged seven men of various Arab nationalities who were convicted of belonging to the Al-Qaeda network, officials said.
AUGUST 27, 2016IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: 12 PRISONERS HANGED ON DRUG CHARGES
According to close sources, 12 prisoners were executed in Karaj Central Prison early morning, Iran Human Rights (IHR) reported.
AUGUST 27, 2016IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: 30 PRISONERS EXECUTED IN THREE DAYS
at least 30 prisoners were executed in Iran between August 25 and 27.
- AUGUST 17, 2016IraqDEATH PENALTY
according the website www.capitalpunishmentuk.or, 3 men, who remain unnamed, were hanged in Iraq for rape.
according the website www.capitalpunishmentuk.or, 3 men, who remain unnamed, were hanged in Iraq for rape.
AUGUST 12, 2016North KoreaDEATH PENALTYNORTH KOREA: KIM JONG-UN STRENGTHENS REIGN OF TERROR
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is said to be strengthening his reign of terror.
AUGUST 9, 2016IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN HANGS POLITICAL PRISONER MOHAMMAD ABDOLLAHI AND FIVE OTHER PRISONERS
Iran executed political prisoner Mohammad Abdollahi and five other prisoners in a jail in Orumieh (Urmia),
AUGUST 9, 2016MaldivesDEATH PENALTYUN RIGHTS CHIEF URGES MALDIVES NOT TO RESUME EXECUTIONS
The United Nations’ human rights chief is urging the Maldives to stick to a decades-long moratorium on
AUGUST 7, 2016IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN EXECUTES NUCLEAR SCIENTIST WHO GAVE U.S. INTELLIGENCE ABOUT SECRET NUCLEAR PROGRAM
Iran confirmed that it has executed an Iranian nuclear scientist who gave the U.S. intelligence about the country's contested nuclear program.