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 4, 2011IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: 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, 2011IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: 32 PEOPLE HANGED
According to the group Iran Human Rights, 32 people were hanged in Iran.
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
JULY 1, 2011DEATH PENALTYDANISH COMPANY MOVES TO BLOCK USE OF DRUG FOR LETHAL INJECTIONS
Lundbeck overhauls pentobarbital distribution program to restrict misuse. New specialty pharmacy
JULY 1, 2011United StatesDEATH 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
- 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 PENALTYGEORGIA (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 PENALTYARKANSAS (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
- JUNE 20, 2011IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: THREE MEN EXECUTED
Three men have been hanged in Iran in recent days.
- JUNE 19, 2011AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Two men were hanged in the central Iranian city of Isfahan, reported the Iranian daily newspaper
Two men were hanged in the central Iranian city of Isfahan, reported the Iranian daily newspaper
- JUNE 18, 2011IranDEATH PENALTY
One man was hanged in Shahr-e Kord prison (western Iran). According to the
One man was hanged in Shahr-e Kord prison (western Iran). According to the
- JUNE 18, 2011SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
SOMALIA: AL SHABAB PUBLICLY EXECUTES 2 FOR SPYING
the court of Al-Shabaab in Daynile district in Mogadishu, Somalia, carried out the
JUNE 18, 2011IndonesiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI BEHEADS INDONESIAN WOMAN CONVICTED OF MURDER
An Indonesian woman was beheaded by the sword after being convicted of murdering
- JUNE 16, 2011AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Alabama. Eddie Duval Powell, 41, black, was executed.
USA - Alabama. Eddie Duval Powell, 41, black, was executed.
- JUNE 16, 2011TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. Lee Taylor, 32, white, was executed
USA - Texas. Lee Taylor, 32, white, was executed
- JUNE 16, 2011TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. Lee Andrew Taylor, 32, white, was executed
USA - Texas. Lee Andrew Taylor, 32, white, was executed
- JUNE 16, 2011AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Alabama. Eddie Duval Powell, 41, black, was executed
USA - Alabama. Eddie Duval Powell, 41, black, was executed
JUNE 16, 2011SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: AL-SHABAAB STONES A YOUNG MAN
Al-Shabaab court in Mahas district of Hiran region, in central Somalia, sentenced
JUNE 14, 2011AfghanistanDEATH PENALTYAFGHANISTAN: TWO SENTENCED TO HANG FOR MASSACRE IN JALALABAD
Two men who were part of a group of Taliban assailants that killed at least 42 people in an attack on a bank in eastern Afghanistan in February have been sentenced to death, a court official said.
- JUNE 14, 2011IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: MAN HANGED IN PUBLIC
Iran hanged in public a man convicted of raping and killing an eight-year-old girl in
JUNE 13, 2011VietnamDEATH PENALTYVIETNAM: DEATH SENTENCES TO BE EXECUTED BY POISON
the Law on Execution of Criminal Sentences will take effect as of July 1, 2011, under