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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- FEBRUARY 23, 2016PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Three murder convicts were hanged in two jails in Pakistan.
Three murder convicts were hanged in two jails in Pakistan.
FEBRUARY 23, 2016PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: TWO DEATH ROW PRISONERS HANGED IN SAHIWAL
Two death row convicts were sent to the gallows in the Central Jail Sahiwal on early morning while execution of another death row prisoner was postponed, Dunya News reported.
FEBRUARY 23, 2016Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: SAUDI KIDNAPPER EXECUTED
A Saudi who kidnapped and tried to rape his employer was put to death in the kingdom’s 64th execution of the year.
FEBRUARY 23, 2016SyriaDEATH PENALTYSYRIA: TWO TEEN GIRLS STONED TO DEATH BY ISIS FOR 'ADULTERY' AS THE MEN GET 50 LASHES
Two teenage girls were stoned to death by ISIS in Syria but the two men they were with escaped with just
FEBRUARY 18, 2016IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: 40 SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER 2014 TIKRIT MASSACRE
An Iraqi court sentenced 40 men to hang over the June 2014 massacre by Sunni jihadists and allied militants of hundreds of military recruits in Tikrit, the judiciary said.
- FEBRUARY 17, 2016DEATH PENALTY
GEORGIA (USA): TRAVIS HITTSON EXECUTED
Travis Hittson, 45, White, was executed. Hittson, a former Navy crewman, was convicted by a Houston
- FEBRUARY 17, 2016JordanDEATH PENALTY
JORDAN: NEW SENTENCES TO DEATH WILL BE EXECUTED
Ammon News informed that new sentences to death will be executed, including 13 people who are
FEBRUARY 17, 2016Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: THREE CONVICTED DRUG TRAFFICKERS BEHEADED
Saudi Arabia beheaded one of its citizens and two Yemeni nationals on charges of drug trafficking, bringing to 63 the number of decapitations in the kingdom since the start of year.
- FEBRUARY 17, 2016DEATH PENALTY
USA - Georgia. Travis Hittson, 45, White, was executed.
USA - Georgia. Travis Hittson, 45, White, was executed.
- FEBRUARY 16, 2016DEATH PENALTY
TEXAS (USA): GUSTAVO GARCIA EXECUTED
Gustavo Garcia, 43, Hispanic, was executed. Garcia was sentenced to death after confessing to the murders of two clerks during separate robberies.
- FEBRUARY 16, 2016TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. Gustavo Garcia, 43, Hispanic, was executed.
USA - Texas. Gustavo Garcia, 43, Hispanic, was executed.
FEBRUARY 16, 2016BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: MAN TO WALK GALLOWS FOR KILLING TWO YOUNGER BROTHERS
A Chittagong court convicted a man and sentenced him to death for killing his two younger brothers in 2013
FEBRUARY 12, 2016LibyaDEATH PENALTYLIBYA: DAESH EXECUTES THREE PRISONERS IN SIRTE
An armed group attributed to Daesh executed three Libyans in Sirte city.
- FEBRUARY 11, 2016Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA: IRAQI EXECUTED FOR MURDER
An Iraqi national was put to death in Saudi Arabia for murdering a man from the United Arab Emirates, the
FEBRUARY 11, 2016IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: FOUR WOMEN ARE RAPED BY ISIS FIGHTERS AND THEN STONED TO DEATH IN MOSUL AS PUNISHMENT FOR 'COMMITTING ADULTERY'
Radical group of the Islamic State (ISIS) executed four women in the city of Mosul in Iraq’s northwestern Nineveh province, after accusing them of “committing adultery.
FEBRUARY 10, 2016PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: ANOTHER DEATH ROW CONVICT HANGED IN MULTAN
One death row convict was executed in the Central Jail Multan on early morning, Dunya News reported. The dead body was handed over to legal heirs after completing medico-legal formalities.
FEBRUARY 10, 2016North KoreaDEATH PENALTYNORTH KOREA: ARMY CHIEF OF STAFF EXECUTED
North Korea has executed its army chief of staff, Ri Yong Gil, South Korea's Yonhap news agency reported, which, if true, would be the latest in a series of executions, purges and disappearances under its young leader.
FEBRUARY 9, 2016PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: DEATH ROW CONVICT EXECUTED IN BAHAWALPUR
A death row prisoner was sent to the gallows at the New Central Jail Bahawalpur on early morning, Dunya
FEBRUARY 9, 2016PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: MURDER CONVICT SENT TO GALLOWS
A death row prisoner was hanged at the Central Jail in Faisalabad in the morning. Ghafoor Masih had
FEBRUARY 9, 2016IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: ISIS PUBLICLY EXECUTES JOURNALIST IN MOSUL
Extremists of the Islamic State (ISIS) executed an Iraqi journalist in Mosul city of the northwestern Nineveh
FEBRUARY 8, 2016Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: EGYPTIAN EXECUTED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Saudi Arabia executed an Egyptian man convicted of smuggling drugs, the interior ministry said, bringing to 59 the number of convicts put to death this year.
- FEBRUARY 7, 2016IraqDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ: SAUDI EXECUTED ON CONCOCTED CHARGES
Iraqi authorities executed in Baghdad a Saudi prisoner, Abdullah Azam Al-Qahtani, 35, on charges
FEBRUARY 7, 2016Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTYGAZA: HAMAS EXECUTES ONE OF ITS COMMANDERS ACCUSED OF SPYING FOR ISRAEL
The armed wing of Hamas, which rules the Gaza Strip, said it had executed one of its members, with
FEBRUARY 5, 2016ZambiaDEATH PENALTYZAMBIA: FIVE PF CADRES SENTENCED TO DEATH BY HANGING FOR KILLING UPND COUNTERPART
Lusaka High Court judge Gertrude Chawatama has sentenced to death five Patriotic Front (PF) cadres
- FEBRUARY 4, 2016PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Key facilitator of Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan, terrorist Bilal Ahmed alias Abu Abdullah was executed in Kohat Central Jail early in the morning.
Key facilitator of Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan, terrorist Bilal Ahmed alias Abu Abdullah was executed in Kohat Central Jail early in the morning.
- FEBRUARY 4, 2016PakistanDEATH PENALTY
A death row convict was sent to the gallows at the Central Jail Multan on early morning, Dunya News reported.
A death row convict was sent to the gallows at the Central Jail Multan on early morning, Dunya News reported.
FEBRUARY 4, 2016DEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: TWO PRISONERS HANGED IN KOHAT, MULTAN
Two prisoners were executed in Pakistan, in two different prisons.
- FEBRUARY 3, 2016DEATH PENALTY
GEORGIA (USA): BRANDON ASTOR JONES EXECUTED
Brandon Astor Jones, 72, Black, was executed in Georgia. He was the oldest inmate on death row in
FEBRUARY 2, 2016Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: ETHIOPIAN EXECUTED FOR MURDER
Saudi Arabia executed an Ethiopian for murder, bringing to 58 the number of convicts put to death this year.
- FEBRUARY 2, 2016Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA: SAUDI EXECUTED FOR FATAL SHOOTING
Saudi Arabia executed one of its citizens for the fatal shooting of another Saudi, bringing to 57 the number