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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JUNE 16, 2013KuwaitDEATH PENALTYKUWAIT: BLOOD MONEY SAVES 2 INDIANS FROM GALLOWS
just two days before they were to go under the executioner’s blade in Kuwait City’s central
- JUNE 14, 2013MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: NIGERIAN MAN TO HANG FOR DRUG-TRAFFICKING
A Nigerian man was sentenced to death by hanging by the High Court in Malaysia after being
JUNE 14, 2013MalaysiaDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA: HANDICAPPED MAN SENT TO THE GALLOWS FOR MURDER
Handicapped Fong Chee Peng, 50, was sentenced to death by hanging by the High Court
- JUNE 12, 2013TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. Elroy Chester, 44, Black, was executed.
USA - Texas. Elroy Chester, 44, Black, was executed.
- JUNE 12, 2013FloridaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Florida. William Van Poyck, 58, White, was executed
USA - Florida. William Van Poyck, 58, White, was executed
JUNE 12, 2013DEATH PENALTYUSA: FLORIDA, TEXAS EXECUTE CONVICTED KILLERS
Texas and Florida each executed a killer by injection. They were the 14th and 15th inmates executed in the United States this year.
JUNE 11, 2013SyriaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: SYRIAN BEHEADED FOR DRUG SMUGGLING
Saudi Arabia beheaded a Syrian man convicted of trying to smuggle narcotics into the kingdom, the interior ministry said. Hussam Al Rjoob had attempted to “smuggle a large amount of narcotic tablets,” the ministry said in a statement carried by SPA state
JUNE 10, 2013SyriaDEATH PENALTYSYRIA: TEENAGER MOHAMMAD QATAA 'EXECUTED BY ISLAMISTS FOR BLASPHEMY'
Members of an Al Qaeda-linked Islamist group in the Syrian city of Aleppo have allegedly executed a 15-year-old boy in front of his parents as punishment for what the group regarded as blasphemy.
JUNE 9, 2013AfghanistanDEATH PENALTYAFGHANISTAN: 2 BOYS BEHEADED BY TALIBAN
two children were beheaded by the Taliban in Afghanistan, a statement released by the governor's office in the southern province of Kandahar said.
- JUNE 7, 2013SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
Islamic extremists from the rebel Al Shabaab in Somalia publicly shot a 28-year-old man, Hassan Hurshe,
Islamic extremists from the rebel Al Shabaab in Somalia publicly shot a 28-year-old man, Hassan Hurshe,
JUNE 7, 2013IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: COURT AWARDS DEATH FOR RAPE, MURDER OF 5-YR-OLD
In a speedy trial, a 53-year-old man was sentenced to death by a court in India for rape
JUNE 7, 2013South SudanDEATH PENALTYSOUTH SUDAN: 11 MEN SENTENCED TO HANG FOR KILLINGS NEAR WAU
The Wau Special Court presided over by Judge Alexander Fabos sentenced to death by hanging
- JUNE 5, 2013NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA: COURT SENTENCES BANKER TO DEATH FOR KILLING WIFE
In Nigeria, an Abia State High Court has sentenced a banker, Mr. Theophilus Ajakaiye, to death by
JUNE 5, 2013PakistanDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: PAKISTANI EXECUTED FOR DRUG SMUGGLING
Saudi authorities beheaded by the sword a Pakistani convicted of smuggling heroin, the interior ministry said.
- JUNE 4, 2013Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA: CITIZEN BEHEADED FOR MURDER
Saudi Arabia beheaded a man after a court convicted him of murder, the interior ministry said.
JUNE 4, 2013Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: SAUDI WHO KILLED WITH CAR EXECUTED BY SWORD
Saudi Arabia beheaded by sword one of its citizens after a court convicted him of murder, the interior ministry said. Shuwail al-Amri was found guilty of killing Mohammed al-Amri, an apparent relative, by deliberately running him over with a car after a
JUNE 2, 2013IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: TWO PEOPLE HANGED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Two prisoners were hanged in the prison of Khoramabad (western Iran), reported the Iranian state media.
- MAY 30, 2013IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN AMENDS LAW ON STONING FOR ADULTERY
Iran has amended its internationally condemned law on stoning convicted adulterers to death to allow
- MAY 30, 2013DEATH PENALTY
CALIFORNIA (USA): DEATH PENALTY ON HOLD AGAIN
In a 28-page ruling, the 1st District Court of Appeal today scrapped the state's latest attempt
- MAY 30, 2013CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - California. California's death penalty on hold again.
USA - California. California's death penalty on hold again.
- MAY 29, 2013DEATH PENALTY
FLORIDA (USA): ELMER CARROLL EXECUTED
Elmer Carroll, 56, White, was executed in Florida for the rape and murder of a 10-year-old girl.
MAY 29, 2013SudanDEATH PENALTYSUDAN: FOUR HANGED IN EL-OBEID PRISON FOR FARMER’S MURDER
Authorities in El-Obeid prison in Northern Kordofan State, Sudan, have hanged four people
MAY 29, 2013IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: TWO PRISONERS HANGED FOR MURDER IN KARAJ
According to the Iranian daily newspaper "Javan" two prisoners were hanged in the Rajai Shahr Prison
- MAY 29, 2013FloridaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Florida. Elmer Carroll, 56, White, was executed
USA - Florida. Elmer Carroll, 56, White, was executed
- MAY 28, 2013Papua New GuineaDEATH PENALTY
PNG: PARLIAMENT PASSES USE OF DEATH PENALTY
Rape, robbery and murder will attract the death penalty in Papua New Guinea after the country's
- MAY 27, 2013BotswanaDEATH PENALTY
BOTSWANA MAN ON SIX DEATH SENTENCES EXECUTED
A Botswana man who was handed six death sentences for murdering his family after a misunderstanding over food was executed.
- MAY 24, 2013United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - 4 states pass laws hiding names of suppliers of death penalty drugs
USA - 4 states pass laws hiding names of suppliers of death penalty drugs
MAY 24, 2013VietnamDEATH PENALTYVIETNAM: GANG OF GOLD THIEVES SENTENCED TO DEATH
A court in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, sentenced three men to death for their part in a gang
MAY 22, 2013EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: FOUR MEN SENTENCED TO HANG FOR KILLING PRIEST
An Egyptian court sentenced four men to death by hanging for the 2011 killing of a Coptic Christian
MAY 22, 2013IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: ONE WOMAN FLOGGED 100 TIMES THEN HANGED
According to unofficial sources in Iran, at least one woman was hanged in Gharchak Prison