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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APRIL 7, 2011MalaysiaDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA: MAN GETS DEATH FOR TRAFFICKING SYABU
a man was sentenced to death by the High Court in Sabah State, Malaysia
APRIL 1, 2011EswatiniDEATH PENALTYSWAZILAND: SERIAL KILLER SENTENCED TO HANG
Convicted Swazi serial killer David Simelane was sentenced to death by hanging, after being convicted last week for the death of 28 people, mostly women and children.
- MARCH 31, 2011AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Alabama. William Glen Boyd, 45, white, was executed
USA - Alabama. William Glen Boyd, 45, white, was executed
MARCH 30, 2011PhilippinesDEATH PENALTYCHINA: THREE FILIPINOS EXECUTED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
three Filipinos were executed in China, according to Vice President Jejomar Binay.
MARCH 30, 2011IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: 650 PEOPLE EXECUTED IN 2010 - BRITISH FOREIGN OFFICE REPORT
According to "The 2010 Foreign & Commonwealth Office Report" on human rights, the number of executions in Iran increases to over 650 in 2010.
MARCH 30, 2011Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTYGAZA: MILITARY COURT SENTENCES MAN TO DEATH
A military court in the central Gaza Strip sentenced a man to death by hanging, after
- MARCH 29, 2011ArizonaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Arizona. Eric John King, 47, black, was executed
USA - Arizona. Eric John King, 47, black, was executed
MARCH 29, 2011DEATH PENALTYARIZONA (USA): INMATE EXECUTED AMID QUESTIONS OVER DRUG
Eric John King, 47, black, was executed in Arizona despite last-minute arguments
MARCH 26, 2011Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: SAUDI BEHEADED FOR MURDER
in Saudi Arabia, Sutam bin Ayd al-Salabi was beheaded by the sword in Arar for
- MARCH 25, 2011ArizonaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Arizona. 3 shipments of lethal drugs imported by Arizona were represented to U.S. customs and Food and Drug Administration officials as being for use on animals
USA - Arizona. 3 shipments of lethal drugs imported by Arizona were represented to U.S. customs and Food and Drug Administration officials as being for use on animals
MARCH 25, 2011DEATH PENALTYARIZONA (USA): EXECUTION-DRUG IMPORT PAPERS RAISE QUESTIONS
3 shipments of drugs imported by the Arizona Department of Corrections were
MARCH 24, 2011Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: MAN EXECUTED FOR MURDER IN KHAMIS MUSHAYT
a Saudi citizen convicted of murdering another Saudi was executed in the city of Khamis Mushayt
MARCH 21, 2011SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: GALMUDUG COURT CARRIES OUT DEATH PENALTY
a court in the Galmudug administration of Southern Galkayo, Somalia, carried out a death
MARCH 21, 2011SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: AL SHABAAB DECAPITATES TWO TEENAGERS
Somalia’s al Qaeda-inspired group al Shabaab decapitated two Somali teenagers
MARCH 16, 2011IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: MAN HANGED IN BEHBEHAN
One man was hanged in the southwestern Iranian town of Behbehan, reported
- MARCH 15, 2011GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
GEORGIA (USA): DEA SEIZES SUPPLY OF EXECUTION DRUG
U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agents seized Georgia's supply of sodium
- MARCH 15, 2011GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Georgia. U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agents seized Georgia's supply of sodium
USA - Georgia. U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agents seized Georgia's supply of sodium thiopental
MARCH 14, 2011IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: FIVE PEOPLE HANGED IN EVIN PRISON
Iran secretly hanged five people in Evin prison according to Hrana news agency.
- MARCH 13, 2011KenyaDEATH PENALTY
KENYA: THREE TO HANG FOR ROBBERY
Antony Mutembei Njeru, Isaack Murimi Mwaniki and John Murithi Kivuti were
- MARCH 13, 2011United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Federal prisons run out of key execution drug
USA - Federal prisons run out of key execution drug
MARCH 11, 2011BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: THREE TO DIE FOR KILLING SCHOOLBOY
in Bangladesh, three people were sentenced to death for kidnapping and
- MARCH 10, 2011OhioDEATH PENALTY
USA - Ohio. Johnnie Baston, 37, black, was executed
USA - Ohio. Johnnie Baston, 37, black, was executed
MARCH 10, 2011DEATH PENALTYOHIO (USA): INMATE EXECUTED USING SINGLE DRUG
Ohio put to death the killer of a Toledo store owner with the country's first-ever use of pentobarbital
MARCH 6, 2011SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: AL SHABAAB EXECUTES TWO MEN
Somalia’s al Shabaab group executed Abdullahi Hajji Mohammed and Abdinasir Hussein Ali at Maslah
MARCH 5, 2011TaiwanDEATH PENALTYTAIWAN: DOCTORS TRANSPLANT ORGANS TAKEN FROM EXECUTED PRISONERS
Doctors at southern Taiwan's Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital (KCGMH) conducted liver transplant surgeries after receiving the bodies of two inmates executed, local media reported.
MARCH 5, 2011IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: THREE AFGHAN NATIONALS HANGED FOR RAPE
Iran hanged three Afghan nationals in a prison in Tehran after they were found guilty of raping an Afghan
MARCH 4, 2011TaiwanDEATH PENALTYTAIWAN: FIVE DEATH-ROW CONVICTS EXECUTED
Five convicts on death row were executed in Taiwan, the Ministry of Justice said in a statement
- MARCH 3, 2011IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: TWO HANGED IN OROUMIEH
Iran executed two people in Oroumieh Prison as part of its attempts to terrorize the population
MARCH 2, 2011KenyaDEATH PENALTYKENYA: MAN TO HANG FOR VIOLENT ROBBERY
A man was sentenced to death in Kenya by a Gucha court for robbery with violence. Simon
MARCH 2, 2011BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: MAN EXECUTED IN SYLHET JAIL
Robi Munda, 60, from Habiganj, was executed in Sylhet Central Jail in Bangladesh