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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- DECEMBER 13, 2010ItalyDEATH PENALTY
MINISTER FRATTINI ACTS TO STOP PENTOTAL PRODUCED IN ITALY FROM ENDING UP IN LETHAL INJECTION
Foreign Minister Franco Frattini today met with members from Hands Off Cain and the Sant’Egidio Community to find a solution, with respect to free trade, to prevent pentotal produced in Italy for ending up, directly or indirectly, in jails in the United S
DECEMBER 13, 2010IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: 835 AWAIT EXECUTION IN PRISONS
Iraq has 835 people waiting to be executed, Interior Minister Jawad al-Bolani said, just
DECEMBER 9, 2010MalaysiaDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA: DEATH SENTENCE TO INDIAN FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
a Malaysian court sentenced a 41-year-old Indian national to death for drug trafficking.
- DECEMBER 7, 2010Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI MAN EXECUTED FOR STRANGLING WOMAN
Saudi Arabian Abdullah al-Ameri was executed by beheading for murdering a woman
- DECEMBER 7, 2010SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
a soldier with Somalia's weak Transitional Federal Government...
a soldier with Somalia's weak Transitional Federal Government (TFG) was executed in Mogadishu after being convicted of killing another soldier.
DECEMBER 4, 2010IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: FOUR MEN HANGED IN ISFAHAN
Four people were hanged in the prison of Isfahan, central Iran, early this morning.
- DECEMBER 2, 2010ItalyDEATH PENALTY
DEATH PENALTY: D’ELIA ON HOSPIRA CLARIFICATION, “NO GUARANTEE THAT PENTOTAL PRODUCED IN ITALY WON'T BE USED FOR LETHAL INJECTION
Daniel Rosenberg, manager of Hospira in Lake Forest (Illinois), confirmed in a
- DECEMBER 2, 2010ItalyDEATH PENALTY
HANDS OFF CAIN: LETHAL INJECTION IN USA WITH PENTOTAL PRODUCED IN ITALY
the order to produce Sodium Thiopental destined for US jails arrived directly from the American headquarters, based in Lake Forrest, Illinois, the dossier 'Lethal Trade' presented today in Rome by Hands Off Cain and Reprieve denounced.
- DECEMBER 2, 2010IraqDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ PARADES 39 AL-QAEDA MEMBERS AMID EXECUTION CALLS
Iraqi security forces have paraded 39 suspected al-Qaeda members accused of running terrorist operations
- DECEMBER 2, 2010OhioDEATH PENALTY
USA - Ohio. Supreme Court: Condemned may not challenge lethal-injection method of execution
USA - Ohio. Supreme Court: Condemned may not challenge lethal-injection method of execution
- DECEMBER 1, 2010DEATH PENALTY
“LETHAL TRADE”
On Thursday December 2nd, at 11 o'clock, at the headquarters at via di Torre Argentina 76, Rome, a press conference will be held on the Italian production of Sodium Thiopental destined for executions in the United States.
DECEMBER 1, 2010IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: WOMAN HANGED FOR MURDERING LOVE RIVAL
Iran hanged a woman convicted of murdering a love rival, her lawyer told the official IRNA
NOVEMBER 29, 2010IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: DEATH SENTENCE FOR THREE SADDAM AIDES
Three aides to Saddam Hussein were sentenced to death by an Iraqi court for
NOVEMBER 27, 2010IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: ONE MAN HANGED IN ISFAHAN
One man was hanged in the prison of Isfahan, central Iran, according to the reports
- NOVEMBER 26, 2010Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI BEHEADS MAN FOR MURDERING FIVE-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER
Saudi Arabia executed Mosleh bin Salim bin Eid al-Atawi by the sword in the northwestern
- NOVEMBER 25, 2010JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN: JURY HANDS DOWN DEATH SENTENCE TO TEENAGER
Japanese jurors sentenced a teenager to hang for a double murder, the first death penalty
- NOVEMBER 23, 2010ItalyDEATH PENALTY
DEATH PENALTY: ZAMPARUTTI (RADICALS)- ITALY SHOULD NOT BE COMPLICIT IN US EXECUTIONS
after last week having presented an urgent question to the President of the Council
NOVEMBER 23, 2010IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: MAN HANGED IN THE CENTRAL TOWN OF KASHAN
One man was hanged in the central Iranian town of Kashan, reported the Iranian
NOVEMBER 22, 2010MalaysiaDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA: HIGH COURT SENTENCES IRANIAN MAN TO DEATH FOR TRAFFICKING DRUGS
A Malaysian court sentenced an Iranian man to death by hanging for trafficking
NOVEMBER 22, 2010SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: MILITANTS EXECUTE 2 TEENS ACCUSED OF CRIMES
Militants from Somalia's most feared insurgent group used
NOVEMBER 20, 2010Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: MAN BEHEADED FOR SHOOTING DEAD POLICEMAN
A Saudi man was beheaded by the sword after being convicted of shooting dead a policeman
- NOVEMBER 19, 2010DEATH PENALTY
USA: JUDGE ALLOWS NEW LETHAL INJECTION DRUG FOR OKLAHOMA EXECUTIONS
U.S District Judge Stephen P. Friot allows new lethal injection drug for Oklahoma executions
- NOVEMBER 19, 2010OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Oklahoma. U.S District Judge Stephen P. Friot allows new lethal injection drug for Oklahoma executions
USA - Oklahoma. U.S District Judge Stephen P. Friot allows new lethal injection drug for Oklahoma executions
NOVEMBER 19, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: OFFICIAL EXECUTED FOR SELLING IMPERIAL RELICS
China executed a local official six years after he was convicted of illegally selling hundreds
- NOVEMBER 19, 2010TennesseeDEATH PENALTY
USA - Tennessee. Judge, Claudia Bonnyman ruled that the state's lethal injection method is unconstitutional
USA - Tennessee. Judge, Claudia Bonnyman ruled that the state's lethal injection method is unconstitutional
- NOVEMBER 16, 2010ItalyDEATH PENALTY
DEATH PENALTY: ZAMPARUTTI (RADICALS)- ITALY NOT TO COLLABORATE WITH THE US LETHAL INJECTION
Radical parliamentarian and Hands Off Cain treasurer Elisabetta Zamparutti today presented an urgent interrogation to the Council President and the Health Minister.
- NOVEMBER 16, 2010IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN SETS EXECUTION DATE FOR WOMAN
Iran set a date for the execution of female prisoner Shahla Jahed, the Human
- NOVEMBER 16, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
TWO GANG LEADERS EXECUTED IN SW. CHINA
Chen Zhiyi and Yang Quan were executed in southwest China...
- NOVEMBER 13, 2010IranDEATH PENALTY
MAN HANGED IN SOUTHWEST OF IRAN
One man was hanged in the prison of Ahvaz, southwest of Iran.
- NOVEMBER 11, 2010TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. New DNA results show Claude Jones was put to death on flawed evidence in 2000
USA - Texas. New DNA results show Claude Jones was put to death on flawed evidence in 2000