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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JUNE 20, 2011DEATH PENALTYIRAN: 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, 2011IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI BEHEADS INDONESIAN WOMAN CONVICTED OF MURDER
An Indonesian woman was beheaded by the sword after being convicted of murdering
- 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 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, 2011MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: INDIAN NATIONAL TO HANG FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Judge Datuk Mohd Azman Hussin of the Malaysian High Court sentenced Indian national
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
- JUNE 12, 2011KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
DEATH UPHELD FOR KUWAIT WOMAN FOR WEDDING CARNAGE
Kuwait's supreme court upheld the death sentence of Nasra Yussef Mohammed al-Enezi,
- JUNE 12, 2011IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: TWO BROTHERS HANGED
Iran hanged two brothers convicted of kidnapping and murder in a prison of the
JUNE 10, 2011Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: SURGE IN EXECUTIONS IN RECENT WEEKS
Saudi Arabia has seen a significant increase in executions in the last six weeks, with at least 27
- JUNE 9, 2011IraqDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ: TAREQ AZIZ'S SON- END MY FATHER'S SUFFERING
Sentenced to hang in Iraq, Saddam Hussein's ex chief of diplomacy Tareq Aziz has
- JUNE 8, 2011TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. Important clemency petition filed in behalf of Humberto Leal, a Mexican citizen
USA - Texas. Important clemency petition filed in behalf of Humberto Leal, a Mexican citizen
JUNE 8, 2011Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: MAN BEHEADED FOR MURDER
Saudi Arabia beheaded a man convicted of murder in the capital Riyadh, the interior
- JUNE 8, 2011IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: CONVICTED SERIAL RAPIST HANGED
Iran hanged a man convicted of serial rape in a prison in the southern city of Kerman
JUNE 7, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: STUDENT EXECUTED OVER HIT-AND-RUN MURDER
China executed music student Yao Jiaxin, 21, for stabbing 26-year-old mother Zhang Miao to death after hurting her in a car crash on October 20, 2010.
JUNE 7, 2011IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: HIGH COURT STAYS EXECUTION OF DEATH SENTENCE ON DAS
The Gauhati High Court in India stayed the hanging of death row convict Mahendra
JUNE 4, 2011SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: MILITARY COURT EXECUTES GOVERNMENT SOLDIER
at a Mogadishu Military Court in Somalia, judge Hassan Mohammed Hussein sentenced
- JUNE 1, 2011IranDEATH PENALTY
two men were hanged in Tehran’s Evin prison, Jam-e-Jam online (belonging
two men were hanged in Tehran’s Evin prison, Jam-e-Jam online (belonging
- JUNE 1, 2011IranDEATH PENALTY
According to the official site of the Iranian judiciary in Kerman (southeastern Iran) four people were hanged
According to the official site of the Iranian judiciary in Kerman (southeastern Iran) four people were hanged
JUNE 1, 2011DEATH PENALTYIRAN: SIX MEN HANGED
six men were hanged in Iran.
- JUNE 1, 2011TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. Gayland Bradford, 42, black, was executed
USA - Texas. Gayland Bradford, 42, black, was executed
MAY 31, 2011IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: SEARCH FOR HANGMAN DELAYS EXECUTIONS
India's first executions in seven years are likely be delayed because authorities are unable to find
- MAY 30, 2011DEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA: TWO MEN BEHEADED FOR MURDER
two men have been beheaded recently in Saudi Arabia for murder.