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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OCTOBER 18, 2011Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: TWO MEN BEHEADED FOR RAPE
Two Saudi men were beheaded by the sword for rape in southwestern Saudi Arabia, the interior ministry said in a statement carried by the kingdom's official news agency.
OCTOBER 17, 2011SomaliaDEATH PENALTYPUNTLAND: AL SHABAAB RELATED SUSPECT EXECUTED
The high court of Somalia's semi-autonomous state of Puntland conducted death penalty
OCTOBER 16, 2011IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: TWO PRISONERS HANGED
Two prisoners were hanged in the prison of Sari (northern Iran) reported the official website
OCTOBER 16, 2011IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: MAN HANGED IN BIRJAND
one man was hanged in the prison of Birjand, capital of the southern Khorasan province
OCTOBER 13, 2011IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: ONE MAN HANGED PUBLICLY
One man was hanged publicly in the town of Sardasht (Fars province, south of Iran), reported
OCTOBER 12, 2011YemenDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: FOUR EXECUTED FOR MURDER
two Saudi Arabian women were executed in Riyadh and two Yemenis were executed
OCTOBER 12, 2011IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: FOUR MEN HANGED IN PUBLIC
Four men were hanged publicly in the town of Khomeinishahr, in central Iran, early in the morning.
OCTOBER 11, 2011IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: THREE PRISONERS EXECUTED IN SEMNAN
Three prisoners were hanged in the morning in the prison of Semnan, Iran, reported the official
OCTOBER 10, 2011Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: MAN BEHEADED FOR KILLING OWN GRANDMOTHER
A Saudi man convicted of murdering his own grandmother was beheaded in Medina in western
OCTOBER 10, 2011EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT EXECUTES MAN FOR 2010 COPTIC SHOOTING
Egypt executed a man for killing six Christians and one Muslim in a shooting in 2010.
OCTOBER 10, 2011IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: FIVE AZERBAIJANIS EXECUTED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
five Iranian Azerbaijanis – Jamal Shaikhzade, Farhad Islamdust, Muhammad Jangali, Dehqan
- OCTOBER 9, 2011Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
a Saudi man convicted of murder was executed by the sword
a Saudi man convicted of murder was executed by the sword
OCTOBER 8, 2011IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: ONE EXECUTION IN THE PRISON OF ISFAHAN
one prisoner was executed in the prison of Isfahan, Iran.
- OCTOBER 7, 2011Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
two Saudis, convicted killers on death row, were executed in Tabuk, Saudi Arabia.
two Saudis, convicted killers on death row, were executed in Tabuk, Saudi Arabia.
- OCTOBER 7, 2011Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi Arabia executed eight Bangladeshi nationals for their part in an armed robbery in
Saudi Arabia executed eight Bangladeshi nationals for their part in an armed robbery in
OCTOBER 7, 2011Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: 10 BEHEADED IN ONE DAY
Saudi Arabia executed eight Bangladeshi nationals and two Saudis for murder, the state
OCTOBER 5, 2011IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: THREE PRISONERS HANGED IN KERMAN
Three prisoners were hanged in the prison of Kerman, southeastern Iran, reported the official site of Kerman judiciary.
- OCTOBER 4, 2011IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: MAN HANGED IN ARDABIL FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Iran hanged a convicted drug trafficker in the northwestern city of Ardabil, the official
- OCTOBER 4, 2011IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: POLITICAL PRISONER SECRETLY HANGED
Political prisoner Aziz Khakzad was secretly hanged in Kerman Central Prison, Iran, on charges of
- OCTOBER 4, 2011Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
JORDANIANS PROTEST SAUDI ARABIA EXECUTION VERDICTS
Scores of Jordanians demonstrated in front of the Saudi Arabian embassy in Amman to protest
OCTOBER 2, 2011IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: SEVEN MEN HANGED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Seven prisoners were hanged in Shiraz (southern Iran) early in the morning.
- OCTOBER 2, 2011IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: MAN HANGED FOR RAPE, ROBBERY
One man was hanged in the city of Sari, northern Iran, early in the morning reported
- SEPTEMBER 29, 2011IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: TWO MEN EXECUTED IN ZABOL
Iran has hanged two convicted drug traffickers in the eastern city of Zabol, local media reported
SEPTEMBER 29, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: MAN EXECUTED AFTER RARE RETRIAL
a man convicted of killing a young woman and her 3-year-old brother after his offer
- SEPTEMBER 28, 2011North KoreaDEATH PENALTY
Free North Korea Radio reported that North Korea executed two homosexuals.
Free North Korea Radio reported that North Korea executed two homosexuals.
- SEPTEMBER 28, 2011PennsylvaniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Pennsylvania. The State Supreme Court ruled that George Banks, 69, black, is incompetent to be executed.
USA - Pennsylvania. The State Supreme Court ruled that George Banks, 69, black, is incompetent to be executed.
- SEPTEMBER 28, 2011FloridaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Florida. Manuel Valle, 61, hispanic, has been executed after 33 years on death row
USA - Florida. Manuel Valle, 61, hispanic, has been executed after 33 years on death row
- SEPTEMBER 28, 2011IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: ONE PRISONER HANGED IN QOM
One prisoner was hanged in the central prison of Qom (south of Tehran) early in the morning, reported the Iranain state media.
- SEPTEMBER 27, 2011IranDEATH PENALTY
IRANIAN PASTOR COULD BE EXECUTED
a Christian pastor in Iran, Yousef Nadarkhani, who twice refused to recant his faith in court, could be executed within days, which would make him the first since 1990 to be put to death by the government for apostasy.
SEPTEMBER 27, 2011KenyaDEATH PENALTYKENYA: HOUSEBOY TO HANG FOR VIOLENT ROBBERY
at a Nanyuki court in Kenya, senior principal magistrate Jesse Nyaga sentenced houseboy