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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- APRIL 10, 2013Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi Arabia beheaded one of its citizens in the eastern province of Qatif
Saudi Arabia beheaded one of its citizens in the eastern province of Qatif
APRIL 10, 2013IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: PRISONER HANGED IN BANDAR ABBAS
Iranian regime's henchmen hanged a man in the morning in central prison of southern city
- APRIL 9, 2013Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi authorities beheaded a citizen in the northern town of Hael
Saudi authorities beheaded a citizen in the northern town of Hael
- APRIL 9, 2013TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. Rickey Lynn Lewis, 50, black, was executed
USA - Texas. Rickey Lynn Lewis, 50, black, was executed
APRIL 9, 2013DEATH PENALTYTEXAS (USA): RICKEY LYNN LEWIS EXECUTED
Rickey Lynn Lewis, 50, black, was executed.
APRIL 9, 2013DEATH PENALTYAMNESTY SAYS WORLD CLOSER TO ABOLITION OF DEATH PENALTY
Despite India and some other countries resuming the death penalty in 2012, the global trend towards ending capital punishment continued, a global human rights group said.
APRIL 9, 2013DenmarkDEATH PENALTYDENMARK STOPS AID TO IRAN’S FIGHT AGAINST DRUG TRAFFICKING
The Danish government has decided to cut its aids to Iran’s anti-drug program, say Danish
APRIL 7, 2013IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: 7 CONVICTS OVER TERROR CHARGES EXECUTED
The Iraqi Ministry of Justice announced that it has executed seven convicted prisoners over terror
APRIL 6, 2013Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: MAN CONVICTED OF MURDER BEHEADED BY SWORD
A Saudi man convicted of murder was beheaded by the sword in the capital, the interior ministry
APRIL 6, 2013IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: SUPREME COURT STAYS EXECUTION OF EIGHT DEATH ROW CONVICTS
The Supreme Court in India stayed the execution of eight death row convicts whose mercy
APRIL 1, 2013IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: FOUR EXECUTED INCLUDING AL-QAEDA CHIEF
Iraq executed Al-Qaeda's former Baghdad chief and three other men convicted of terror
APRIL 1, 2013Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: NATIONAL BEHEADED FOR MURDER
Saudi Arabia beheaded one of its nationals convicted of murdering a fellow Saudi in the southern
APRIL 1, 2013PakistanDEATH PENALTYKUWAIT: THREE HANGED IN THE FIRST EXECUTIONS SINCE 2007
Kuwait hanged three convicted murderers in the first executions in the Gulf state since May 2007, the ministry of justice said.
MARCH 31, 2013IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: 99% OF DEATH SENTENCE PRISONERS ESCAPE GALLOWS
Lost in the cacophony of human rights activists protesting against death penalty after Parliament
MARCH 28, 2013YemenDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: BEHEADED AND CRUCIFIED FOR MURDER, SODOMY
Mohammed Rashad Khairi Hussain, a Yemeni national, was beheaded and crucified for having
MARCH 27, 2013IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: 18 EXECUTED DESPITE INTERNATIONAL OUTCRY
Iraq executed 18 people this month, eight of them on the same day as an attack on the justice ministry, a top official said, despite global condemnation over its ongoing executions.
MARCH 26, 2013IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: COURT SENTENCES 6 MEN TO DEATH FOR RAPE
Iran's semi-official Fars News Agency says a local court in southwestern Iran has sentenced
MARCH 25, 2013ZimbabweDEATH PENALTYZIMBABWE: PAIR SENTENCED TO HANG BY THE SUPREME COURT
In Zimbabwe, the Supreme Court upheld death sentences for two murder convicts, one of them
MARCH 24, 2013Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTYGAZA: HAMAS SENTENCES MAN TO DEATH FOR SPYING FOR ISRAEL
Gaza’s Hamas rulers have sentenced a man to death for collaborating with Israel.
- MARCH 21, 2013IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: ORPHANAGE FOUNDER GETS DEATH SENTENCE IN GIRLS' GANG RAPE CASE
Observing that the convict "was a menace to the society," a court in Mumbai awarded death sentence
MARCH 21, 2013IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE OVER 1993 MUMBAI BLASTS
India's top court upheld the death penalty for a mastermind of a series of bombings which killed
MARCH 15, 2013IndonesiaDEATH PENALTYINDONESIA RESUMES EXECUTIONS AFTER HIATUS
Indonesia put to death a Malawian drug trafficker, the government said, in the country's first execution for several years.
MARCH 14, 2013IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: MAN GETS DEATH PENALTY FOR RAPING, KILLING MINOR GIRL
In a fast-track trial, a man was sentenced to death by a court in India for raping and killing an
- MARCH 13, 2013Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
A Saudi firing squad executed in public seven men convicted of armed robbery despite last
A Saudi firing squad executed in public seven men convicted of armed robbery despite last
- MARCH 13, 2013Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi authorities executed a saudi national Fada al-Subaie in the southwestern
Saudi authorities executed a saudi national Fada al-Subaie in the southwestern
- MARCH 13, 2013Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
a senior cleric has given his seal of approval for execution by firing squad
a senior cleric has given his seal of approval for execution by firing squad
- MARCH 13, 2013NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Adam Abdullah Younes, a Nigerian, was beheaded in Riyadh, after being convicted of trafficking drugs into
Adam Abdullah Younes, a Nigerian, was beheaded in Riyadh, after being convicted of trafficking drugs into
MARCH 13, 2013AlgeriaDEATH PENALTYALGERIA: EX-POLICE CHIEF SENTENCED TO DEATH
An Algeria court sentenced a former police commissioner to death for murdering
- MARCH 13, 2013Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA: EIGHT PEOPLE EXECUTED THE SAME DAY
eight men were executed in Saudi Arabia, bringing to 26 the number of people put to death in Saudi Arabia so far this year.
- MARCH 12, 2013OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Oklahoma. Steven Ray Thacker, 42, white, was executed.
USA - Oklahoma. Steven Ray Thacker, 42, white, was executed.