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 9, 2016PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: ONE MORE DEATH ROW CONVICT HANGED
One death row convict was executed in the District Jail, Toba Tek Singh on early morning.
MARCH 9, 2016BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: 13 TO BE HANGED FOR MURDERS IN 4 DISTS
Thirteen people were sentenced to death in separate murder cases in Chittagong, Rangpur, Gazipur and
- MARCH 9, 2016TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. Coy Wayne Wesbrook, 58, White, was executed.
USA - Texas. Coy Wayne Wesbrook, 58, White, was executed.
MARCH 8, 2016Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: CITIZEN EXECUTED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Saudi Arabia executed one of its nationals convicted of drug trafficking, bringing to 71 the number of locals
MARCH 6, 2016Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: 70TH CONVICT EXECUTED THIS YEAR
Saudi Arabia executed a citizen convicted of murder, bringing the number of people it has put to death this year to 70.
MARCH 2, 2016IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: ISIS RELEASE 'DEATH LIST' OF EXECUTIONS
Islamic State militants have released a “death list” of 1,065 people they have murdered in one city in the past year.
MARCH 2, 2016Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTYGAZA: HAMAS EXECUTES PROMINENT COMMANDER AFTER ACCUSATIONS OF GAY SEX
The armed wing of Palestinian militant group Hamas executed one of the group’s leading commanders after
MARCH 1, 2016Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: 5 EXECUTED AS TOLL HITS 69
A Qatari and a Jordanian were among five people executed in Saudi Arabia, bringing to 69 the number of people it has put to death this year.
MARCH 1, 2016PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: MURDER CONVICT SENT TO GALLOWS
A murder convict was sent to the gallows in District Jail Jhang early in the morning. According to the jail
FEBRUARY 29, 2016PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: TWO BROTHERS TO BE HANGED OVER ‘HONOUR KILLINGS’
A court in Pakistan has sentenced two brothers to death twice for killing their sister and her husband over
FEBRUARY 29, 2016PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN HANGS BODYGUARD WHO KILLED BLASPHEMY REFORM GOVERNOR
Pakistan executed a man who killed the governor of Punjab province over his call to reform the country’s strict blasphemy laws that carry a death sentence for insulting Islam, police said.
FEBRUARY 26, 2016PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: DEATH ROW PRISONER HANGED IN ADIALA JAIL
A death row prisoner involved in killing of Pakistani Army personnel was hanged in Adiala Jail in the wee
- FEBRUARY 25, 2016PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: TWO DEATH ROW CONVICTS HANGED
Two death row convicts were hanged in the jails of Gujranwala and Sahiwal on early morning, Dunya News
- FEBRUARY 24, 2016PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Another death row convict was executed in the Central Jail of Mainwali.
Another death row convict was executed in the Central Jail of Mainwali.
- FEBRUARY 24, 2016LiberiaDEATH PENALTY
LIBERIA: KAKATA COURT SENTENCES KILLERS TO DEATH BY HANGING AND 50-YEAR IMPRISONMENT
The 13th Judicial circuit court in Kakata has sentenced two murderers to a 50-year sentence and death by
FEBRUARY 24, 2016PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: FOUR PRISONERS HANGED
four murder convicts were hanged in Pakistan in two days.
- 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 PENALTY
SAUDI 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, 2016Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI 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, 2016GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Georgia. Travis Hittson, 45, White, was executed.
USA - Georgia. Travis Hittson, 45, White, was executed.
FEBRUARY 17, 2016JordanDEATH PENALTYJORDAN: 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, 2016DEATH PENALTYGEORGIA (USA): TRAVIS HITTSON EXECUTED
Travis Hittson, 45, White, was executed. Hittson, a former Navy crewman, was convicted by a Houston
- FEBRUARY 16, 2016TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. Gustavo Garcia, 43, Hispanic, was executed.
USA - Texas. Gustavo Garcia, 43, Hispanic, was executed.
- FEBRUARY 16, 2016BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: 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 16, 2016DEATH PENALTYTEXAS (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 12, 2016LibyaDEATH PENALTYLIBYA: DAESH EXECUTES THREE PRISONERS IN SIRTE
An armed group attributed to Daesh executed three Libyans in Sirte city.
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.