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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- SEPTEMBER 13, 2011IranDEATH PENALTY
Iran publicly hanged a man convicted of murdering a female fellow student
Iran publicly hanged a man convicted of murdering a female fellow student
- SEPTEMBER 13, 2011IranDEATH PENALTY
a man convicted of murdering four members of a family a year ago was hanged
a man convicted of murdering four members of a family a year ago was hanged
- SEPTEMBER 12, 2011IranDEATH PENALTY
Five prisoners were hanged in the prison of Shahroud in Semnan province (north of Iran)
Five prisoners were hanged in the prison of Shahroud in Semnan province (north of Iran)
SEPTEMBER 12, 2011IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: SIX HANGED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
six people have been hanged recently in Iran for drug trafficking.
- SEPTEMBER 11, 2011IranDEATH PENALTY
One prisoner was hanged in the prison of Meshgin shahr (in the northwest Iranian province of
One prisoner was hanged in the prison of Meshgin shahr (in the northwest Iranian province of
- SEPTEMBER 10, 2011IranDEATH PENALTY
two Iranians were executed for the possession and sale of four kilograms of heroin
two Iranians were executed for the possession and sale of four kilograms of heroin
- SEPTEMBER 8, 2011IranDEATH PENALTY
Three prisoners were hanged in the prison of Oroumieh (northwestern Iran) reported
Three prisoners were hanged in the prison of Oroumieh (northwestern Iran) reported
- SEPTEMBER 8, 2011Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi Arabia beheaded in public a man
Saudi Arabia beheaded in public a man
SEPTEMBER 8, 2011IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: COURT AWARDS DEATH TO FIVE MEMBERS OF FAMILY
Five members of a family have been awarded death sentence by an indian court in a case of
SEPTEMBER 6, 2011BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: MAN HANGED FOR KILLING WOMAN, SON
ABM Nazmul Sakib, alias Ashik, 32, a private tutor, was executed in Jessore Central Jail
SEPTEMBER 6, 2011Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: MAN EXECUTED FOR MURDER
in the southwestern Saudi Arabian city of Abha, Mohammed bin Abdullah al-Ghayeb al-Qahtani
SEPTEMBER 6, 2011IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: FOUR PEOPLE HANGED IN KERMAN
Four people were hanged in the prison of Kerman, southeast of Iran, according to the state-run Iranian
- SEPTEMBER 4, 2011BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: DEATH PENALTY EXECUTED IN RAJSHAHI JAIL
Nistar Ali was executed in Rajshahi Central Jail in Bangladesh for killing his wife Merina Begum, 22, in Beldanga village under Shapaher Upazila in Naogaon district on September 14, 1999.
SEPTEMBER 4, 2011IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN HANGS SIX CONVICTS IN PRISON
according to the reports from Iran, six people were hanged in the Karoun prison of Ahvaz (southwest of Iran) early in the morning.
SEPTEMBER 3, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINESE EXECUTED FOR ATTACKING FEMALE STUDENTS
a man who repeatedly stabbed female students over four years, leaving one dead and 23
SEPTEMBER 2, 2011UgandaDEATH PENALTYUGANDA: SOLDIER TO HANG FOR MURDER
a UPDF soldier was sentenced to death for murder in Uganda by the court martial.
AUGUST 30, 2011IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: HIGH COURT STAYS EXECUTION OF RAJIV GANDHI'S KILLERS
The Madras High Court in southern India has stayed the executions of three men convicted of plotting the 1991 assassination of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi.
AUGUST 23, 2011KenyaDEATH PENALTYKENYA: THREE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR 2009 MURDER OF IRISH PRIEST
in Kericho, Kenya, Chief Magistrate Hedwig Ong'undi sentenced Isaac Kipng'etich Bett, Jackson
- AUGUST 22, 2011SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
SOMALIA: TWO SOLDIERS EXECUTED
two unidentified government soldiers were executed in Mogadishu, Somalia
- AUGUST 20, 2011MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: MAN TO HANG FOR DRUGS
subcontractor Chong Soon Wah, 38, was re-sentenced to death by presiding Justice Azhar
- AUGUST 18, 2011VirginiaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Virginia. Jerry Terrell Jackson, 30, black, was executed. It was the 1st execution in Virginia using pentobarbital
USA - Virginia. Jerry Terrell Jackson, 30, black, was executed. It was the 1st execution in Virginia using pentobarbital
AUGUST 18, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA EXECUTES MAN FOR RUNNING OVER MONGOL HERDER
according to the official Xinhua News Agency, China executed truck driver
- AUGUST 10, 2011TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. Martin Robles, 33, white, was executed
USA - Texas. Martin Robles, 33, white, was executed
AUGUST 4, 2011ItalyDEATH PENALTYHANDS OFF CAIN: POSITIVE EVOLUTION TOWARDS THE ABOLITION OF THE DEATH PENALTY
the Hands Off Cain 2011 Report, presented today, contains the most important facts regarding the practice of the death penalty in 2010 and the first six months of 2011.
- JULY 30, 2011IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN HANGS MAN FOR CHILD MURDER: REPORT
Iran hanged a man, identified by the initials HS, for murdering an eight-year-old boy in Qom who was on his way from home to a nearby grocery shop, the Fars news agency reported. He was hanged in a prison in Qom in the presence of the victim's family.
- JULY 30, 2011IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN HANGS MAN 19 FOR RAPE
a 19-year-old unidentified man convicted of raping a 16-year-old boy was hanged in Iran's northeastern city of Mashhad, the Khorasan newspaper reported. He was executed in the city’s central prison, the report added.
- JULY 30, 2011Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA: THREE MEN EXECUTED IN TAIF
in Saudi Arabia, brothers Muhammad and Saud Al-Joaed were beheaded in Taif in the Mecca Province for murdering Hilal Al-Harithy with a gun in a dispute, the Interior Ministry said in a statement carried by the Saudi Press Agency.
- JULY 30, 2011IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN HANGS MAN ON DRUG-SMUGGLING CHARGES
a man, identified only by the initials H.D., was hanged in the southern Iranian town of Minab on charges of drug smuggling. The report in the "Kayhan" newspaper did not say whether the execution was carried out in public.
- JULY 29, 2011DelawareDEATH PENALTY
USA - Delaware. Robert Jackson III, 38, white, was executed. It was Delaware’s 1st execution since 2005, and the first with Pentobarbital
USA - Delaware. Robert Jackson III, 38, white, was executed. It was Delaware’s 1st execution since 2005, and the first with Pentobarbital
- JULY 26, 2011IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: BALUCHI PRISONER HANGED IN KERMAN
Mohammad Mandazahi, son of Dadkha, was hanged in Kerman’s central prison, Iran.