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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JANUARY 21, 2016LibyaDEATH PENALTYLIBYA: THREE EXECUTED FOR STEALING AND FOUR WHIPPED FOR DRINKING ALCOHOL BY ISIS
ISIS militants in the Libyan town of Sirte have executed at least three men and whipped another for drinking
JANUARY 21, 2016PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: ONE MORE DEATH ROW CONVICT HANGED
One death row convict was executed on the Sahiwal Central Jail in early morning, Dunya News reported.
- JANUARY 20, 2016TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. Richard Masterson, 43, White, was executed.
USA - Texas. Richard Masterson, 43, White, was executed.
JANUARY 20, 2016PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: TWO MORE DEATH ROW PRISONERS HANGED
Two death row prisoners were hanged on early morning in the jails of Sahiwal and Jehlum, Dunya News
JANUARY 20, 2016DEATH PENALTYTEXAS (USA): RICHARD MASTERSON EXECUTED
Richard Masterson, 43, White, was executed in Texas.
JANUARY 20, 2016IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: FIVE PRISONERS INCLUDING POSSIBLE JUVENILE OFFENDER HANGED
Iranian authorities have executed four prisoners in northern Iran and one prisoner in southern Iran who may have been under the age of 18 when he allegedly committed the murder that Iranian courts sentenced him to death for.
JANUARY 19, 2016ZimbabweDEATH PENALTYZIMBABWE: SCRAP DEATH PENALTY, CHIEFS URGE GOVT
Traditional leaders urged Government to do away with the death penalty. The chiefs said capital punishment
JANUARY 19, 2016PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: THREE DEATH ROW CONVICTS HANGED IN VARIOUS CITIES
Three death row prisoners were hanged on early morning in the jails of Attock, Mianwali and Jhang, Dunya
JANUARY 18, 2016IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: FIVE PRISONERS HANGED IN KARAJ, YAZD
Five prisoners were hanged in Iran on January 12 and 14.
JANUARY 17, 2016SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALILAND: THREE CONVICTED OF MURDERS EXECUTED
The breakaway northern Somalia region of Somaliland executed three people including a woman and her
- JANUARY 16, 2016IranDEATH PENALTY
Gilan Judiciary's press department reported on the execution of four prisoners at Lakan, Rasht's central
Gilan Judiciary's press department reported on the execution of four prisoners at Lakan, Rasht's central
- JANUARY 14, 2016IranDEATH PENALTY
Iran state run media, Ashkezar News, reported on the execution of one prisoner in the morning
Iran state run media, Ashkezar News, reported on the execution of one prisoner in the morning
- JANUARY 14, 2016PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: DEATH ROW PRISONER HANGED IN SIALKOT
A death row prisoner was hanged in District jail Sialkot in the wee hours.
- JANUARY 14, 2016IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: SIX PRISONERS HANGED IN ORUMIYEH
Six prisoners were executed by hanging for murder charges at Orumiyeh prison in Iran, local human rights
JANUARY 14, 2016Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: YEMENI NATIONAL EXECUTED FOR MURDER
The Ministry of Interior said in a statement that a capital sentence against a murderer was carried out today
- JANUARY 13, 2016IranDEATH PENALTY
According to the human rights group, HRANA, a prisoner, identified as Houshang Zare, was hanged at
According to the human rights group, HRANA, a prisoner, identified as Houshang Zare, was hanged at
- JANUARY 12, 2016IranDEATH PENALTY
According to the human rights group HRANA, four prisoners were hanged at Karaj's central prison
According to the human rights group HRANA, four prisoners were hanged at Karaj's central prison
JANUARY 12, 2016Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: SAUDI EXECUTED FOR MURDER
Saudi Arabia put to death one of its citizens convicted of murder, bringing to 51 the number of locals and
JANUARY 12, 2016PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: TWO DEATH ROW CONVICTS HANGED
Two death row convicts were hanged in the jails of Toba Tek Singh and Bahawalpur early morning.
JANUARY 12, 2016IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: DEATH SENTENCE FOR WOMAN, 3 OTHERS FOR MURDERING 6 OF FAMILY
A court in Uttar Pradesh awarded death sentence to four persons, including a woman, accused of
JANUARY 12, 2016IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: 1,084 PEOPLE EXECUTED IN 2015
Iran again led the globe in the number of state-sanctioned executions in 2015, killing 1,084 people, which marks the highest rate of executions in the country in 25 years, according to statistics compiled by human rights and advocacy organizations.
- JANUARY 12, 2016Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA: TWO PRISONERS EXECUTED FOR MURDER
two prisoners convicted of murder were executed in Saudi Arabia on January 4 and 6.
- JANUARY 11, 2016SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
SOMALILAND: THE GOVERNMENT EXECUTES SIX CONVICTED FOR MURDER
Somaliland government carried out the execution of 6 prisoners in different regions of the country. The 6
JANUARY 10, 2016Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: ETHIOPIAN WOMAN EXECUTED FOR AXE MURDER
Saudi authorities executed an Ethiopian woman convicted of murdering a Saudi female with an axe, the 50th
JANUARY 10, 2016IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: SEVEN PRISONERS HANGED
seven prisoners were hanged in different prisons in Iran.
- JANUARY 7, 2016BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: THREE KILLERS OF JASAD LEADER KAZI AREF HANGED
Three condemned killers of Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal founding president Kazi Aref Ahmed and four other
- JANUARY 7, 2016FloridaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Florida. Oscar Ray Bolin, 53, White, was executed.
USA - Florida. Oscar Ray Bolin, 53, White, was executed.
JANUARY 7, 2016IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: YOUNG PRISONER HANGED IN PUBLIC IN EAST AZERBAIJAN
Late morning a prisoner was hanged in public on murder charges in the Iranian province of East Azerbaijan.
JANUARY 7, 2016FloridaDEATH PENALTYFLORIDA: KILLER PUT TO DEATH IN FIRST US EXECUTION OF YEAR
Florida executed a man Thursday night been convicted of killing three women, carrying out the lethal
JANUARY 6, 2016NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: POPULAR PREACHER TO BE HANGED FOR BLASPHEMY
A very popular preacher, Abdulaziz Dauda, has been sentenced to death by hanging after a Kano upper