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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- FEBRUARY 15, 2011DEATH PENALTY
TEXAS (USA): MAN EXECUTED FOR 1998 MURDER OF TEENAGER
A 31-year-old man who kidnapped and murdered a teenage girl in 1998 was executed
- FEBRUARY 15, 2011IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIAN SERVANT TO HANG FOR 'HOUSE OF HORRORS' MURDER
India's Supreme Court ordered domestic servant Surinder Koli...
- FEBRUARY 15, 2011ZambiaDEATH PENALTY
ZAMBIA: MAN TO HANG FOR KILLING HIS STEPDAUGHTER, 6
Judge Gregory Phiri sentenced Joseph Mbewe to death by hanging for murdering by strangulation his six year-old step daughter Leticia Moyo on August 15, 2004, in Lusaka, Zambia. His motive was jealousy as the girl was not his biological daughter.
FEBRUARY 14, 2011IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: TWO MEN HANGED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Two men were hanged in the prison of Sari, north of Iran. According to the official
FEBRUARY 13, 2011IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: TWO MEN HANGED IN PUBLIC
Two men were hanged in the town of Khoramabad, in the west Iranian province of
- FEBRUARY 10, 2011MarylandDEATH PENALTY
USA - Maryland. Gov. Martin O'Malley's effectively extends a de facto moratorium
USA - Maryland. Gov. Martin O'Malley's effectively extends a de facto moratorium
FEBRUARY 10, 2011IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN HUMAN RIGHTS: AT LEAST 546 PEOPLE EXECUTED IN IRAN IN 2010
Iran Human Rights (IHR) presented its annual report on the death penalty in 2010 in a press
- FEBRUARY 9, 2011MissouriDEATH PENALTY
USA - Missouri. Martin Link, 47, white, was executed
USA - Missouri. Martin Link, 47, white, was executed
- FEBRUARY 8, 2011United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UAE: DEATH FOR KILLING NON-MUSLIM COMMUTED BY BLOOD MONEY
A Sudanese man initially sentenced to 15 years in prison for murder instead of death
- FEBRUARY 7, 2011AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
ONE-LEGGED AFGHAN RED CROSS WORKER SET TO BE HANGED AFTER CONVERTING TO CHRISTIANITY
Red Cross worker and Afghan physiotherapist Said Musa...
FEBRUARY 7, 2011IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: 10 HANGED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
According to reports from reliable sources in Iran, ten people were hanged in Vakilabad prison of Mashhad, northeast of Iran.
- FEBRUARY 6, 2011IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN EXECUTES 2 IN TORTURE DEATHS
A pro-government web site says Iran has executed two prison officials convicted of
- FEBRUARY 5, 2011IranDEATH PENALTY
an Iranian court in Fars province sentenced a teenage boy Ashkan
an Iranian court in Fars province sentenced a teenage boy Ashkan Miri to death by hanging
- FEBRUARY 3, 2011Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
the Gaza District Court sentenced H.F.W, 34 years old, from Gaza city
the Gaza District Court sentenced H.F.W, 34 years old, from Gaza city
- JANUARY 30, 2011IranDEATH PENALTY
one person was hanged in Tehran for drug trafficking, Iran’s prosecutor general,
one person was hanged in Tehran for drug trafficking, Iran’s prosecutor general,
- JANUARY 30, 2011DEATH PENALTY
IRAN: ONE PERSON EXECUTED, PAIR CONDEMNED TO DEATH
one person was hanged in Tehran for drug trafficking, Iran’s prosecutor general
- JANUARY 29, 2011NetherlandsDEATH PENALTY
IRAN HANGS IRANIAN-DUTCH WOMAN FOR DRUG SMUGGLING
an Iranian-Dutch woman, Zahra Bahrami, arrested after taking part in anti-government
- JANUARY 28, 2011DEATH PENALTY
IRAN: 11 MORE HANGINGS
Eleven people have been executed recently in Iran, according to the official Iranian news sources.
- JANUARY 27, 2011ZambiaDEATH PENALTY
ZAMBIA: 5 TO HANG FOR MURDER
judge Munyinda Wanki of the Lusaka High Court in Zambia sentenced five people to death for murder, in two different cases.
- JANUARY 27, 2011IranDEATH PENALTY
Ten people were executed in Iran, according to the official Iranian news sources.
Ten people were executed in Iran, according to the official Iranian news sources.
- JANUARY 27, 2011IranDEATH PENALTY
Farhad Tarom, a kurdish political prisoner, was executed in the Oroumiyeh Central
Farhad Tarom, a kurdish political prisoner, was executed in the Oroumiyeh Central
JANUARY 27, 2011MalaysiaDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA: THREE TO HANG FOR GANJA TRAFFICKING
three people including a couple were sentenced to death by hanging by the high
- JANUARY 26, 2011IranDEATH PENALTY
One man was hanged in the southwestern Iranian town of Ahvaz convicted of apostasy, reported
One man was hanged in the southwestern Iranian town of Ahvaz convicted of apostasy, reported
JANUARY 25, 2011DEATH PENALTYIRAN: THREE PEOPLE HANGED
three people have been hanged recently in Iran, in three different cities.
- JANUARY 25, 2011DEATH PENALTY
USA - Georgia. Emmanuel Hammond, 45, black, was executed
USA - Georgia. Emmanuel Hammond, 45, black, was executed
- JANUARY 24, 2011North KoreaDEATH PENALTY
N.KOREA HOLDS PUBLIC EXECUTION OVER S.KOREAN PROPAGANDA
North Korea this month publicly executed two of its citizens for handling propaganda
- JANUARY 24, 2011IranDEATH PENALTY
Iran hanged a murderer-rapist in public in Karaj city, the official IRNA
Iran hanged a murderer-rapist in public in Karaj city, the official IRNA
- JANUARY 24, 2011IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: TWO POST-ELECTIONS POLITICAL PRISONERS HANGED
Iran hanged in Tehran’s Evin prison two political activists held during the 2009
JANUARY 24, 2011IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: TWO BROTHERS HANGED IN BOJNORD
Two men were hanged in northeastern Iranian town of Bojnord, reported the state run Iranian news agency Fars.
JANUARY 24, 2011BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: FIVE TO GO TO GALLOWS IN JL LEADER MURDER CASE
Sirajganj, Bangladesh, District and session judge Salma Bhanu sentenced BNP