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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- JULY 18, 2011BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
a condemned convict was executed at Pabna Jail, seven year after his conviction.
a condemned convict was executed at Pabna Jail, seven year after his conviction.
JULY 16, 2011Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: MAN BEHEADED FOR SEXUAL ASSAULT
a Saudi man was beheaded in Tabuk, Saudi Arabia, after being convicted of sexually assaulting another man's wife.
JULY 16, 2011IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: ANOTHER 30 HANGED AT VAKILABAD PRISON ON DRUG CHARGES
Iranian authorities have hanged another 30 prisoners at Vakilabad Prison in Mashhad on drug
JULY 13, 2011IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: MAN HANGED IN BANDAR-ABBAS
One man was hanged in Bandar-Abbas prison (capital of the Hormozgan province, southern Iran) in the morning.
- JULY 13, 2011TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. Rais Bhuiyan is suing Gov. Rick Perry to stop the state from executing the man who shot him in the head nearly 10 years ago
USA - Texas. Rais Bhuiyan is suing Gov. Rick Perry to stop the state from executing the man who shot him in the head nearly 10 years ago
- JULY 11, 2011DelawareDEATH PENALTY
USA - Delaware. Robert W. Jackson's execution delayed in dispute over lethal drugs
USA - Delaware. Robert W. Jackson's execution delayed in dispute over lethal drugs
JULY 11, 2011IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: FOUR PEOPLE HANGED IN QOM
Four people have been executed in Qom prison during the past two weeks.
JULY 10, 2011Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: THREE NIGERIANS EXECUTED
Saudi Arabia beheaded three Nigerians accused of murdering and robbing a fellow citizen, the interior ministry said in a statement carried by the official SPA news agency.
JULY 8, 2011NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE
Justice Francis Fedode Tabai of the Nigerian Supreme Court upheld the death sentence passed
- JULY 7, 2011DEATH PENALTY
TEXAS (USA): MEXICAN CITIZEN EXECUTED
The U.S. State of Texas executed a Mexican citizen convicted of rape and murder of an American girl, defying protests from his home country and the Obama administration that it violated international law.
- JULY 7, 2011United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. Humberto Leal, 38, hispanic, was executed despite Obama's pressures
USA - Texas. Humberto Leal, 38, hispanic, was executed despite Obama's pressures
JULY 7, 2011IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: TWO MEN EXECUTED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Two men were hanged in the prison of Orumiyeh (northwestern Iran) early this
- JULY 6, 2011VietnamDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM DELAYS LETHAL INJECTION PLAN
Vietnam was supposed to execute the condemned by lethal injection as of July
- JULY 4, 2011IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: YOUNG MAN HANGED IN MASHHAD
A young man was hanged in the central prison of Khorasan, Iran, reported the Iranian daily "Khorasan".
- JULY 3, 2011IranDEATH PENALTY
According to the group "Iranian Activists for Human Rights and Democracy", 7 people
According to the group "Iranian Activists for Human Rights and Democracy", 7 people
- JULY 3, 2011IranDEATH PENALTY
According to reliable sources, 25 people in Ghezel Hesar prison (in Karaj, west
According to reliable sources, 25 people in Ghezel Hesar prison (in Karaj, west
- JULY 3, 2011DEATH PENALTY
IRAN: 32 PEOPLE HANGED
According to the group Iran Human Rights, 32 people were hanged in Iran.
- JULY 1, 2011DEATH PENALTY
DANISH COMPANY MOVES TO BLOCK USE OF DRUG FOR LETHAL INJECTIONS
Lundbeck overhauls pentobarbital distribution program to restrict misuse. New specialty pharmacy
JULY 1, 2011DEATH PENALTYUSA: OBAMA CALLS FOR HALT TO TEXAS EXECUTION
The Obama administration took the unusual step today of asking the Supreme Court to stop Texas from
JULY 1, 2011ThailandDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA: TWO THAI MEN SENTENCED TO HANG FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
a Malaysian court has sentenced two Thai nationals to death by hanging for smuggling
- JUNE 30, 2011ArizonaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Arizona. Richard Lynn Bible, 49, white, was executed
USA - Arizona. Richard Lynn Bible, 49, white, was executed
- JUNE 29, 2011Rhode IslandDEATH PENALTY
USA - Rhode Island. Governor pardons hanged in 1845
USA - Rhode Island. Governor pardons hanged in 1845
- JUNE 28, 2011MexicoDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. Mexico appeals to Supreme Court to spare Leal from death penalty
USA - Texas. Mexico appeals to Supreme Court to spare Leal from death penalty
- JUNE 28, 2011IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: 'TWENTY-SIX ALLEGED DRUG TRAFFICKERS HANGED'
the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran (ICHRI) said local sources in Mashad told the ICHRI that 26 more alleged drug traffickers were hanged at Vakilabad Prison on June 15, 2011.
- JUNE 27, 2011Sri LankaDEATH PENALTY
SRI LANKAN WOMAN FACES 'DEATH BY BEHEADING' IN SAUDI ARABIA
Sri Lankan maid Rizana Nafeek is poised to be executed in Saudi Arabia by beheading in front of a crowd of people for allegedly killing a four-month-old baby in her care in May 2005.
- JUNE 23, 2011DEATH PENALTY
GEORGIA (USA): MAN EXECUTED FOR 1978 RAPE AND MURDER
Georgia executed by lethal injection a man convicted of raping and murdering a 78-year-old Savannah woman.
- JUNE 23, 2011DEATH PENALTY
ARKANSAS (USA): SUPREME COURT HALTS THREE EXECUTIONS
The state Supreme Court today halted the executions of three inmates who are challenging
- JUNE 21, 2011TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. Milton Mathis, 32, black, was executed, despite claims that he was mentally disabled
USA - Texas. Milton Mathis, 32, black, was executed, despite claims that he was mentally disabled
JUNE 20, 2011AfghanistanDEATH PENALTYAFGHANISTAN: TWO CHARGED IN DEADLY BANK ATTACK EXECUTED
Two men charged with murder for a February bank attack that killed 38 people were hanged
- JUNE 20, 2011IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: THREE MEN HANGED IN PUBLIC
Three people were hanged in public in Iran, in the southeastern town of Zabol, early this morning