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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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 PENALTYSAUDI 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, 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 23, 2010ItalyDEATH PENALTYDEATH 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 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, 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 19, 2010United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA: 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 16, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
TWO GANG LEADERS EXECUTED IN SW. CHINA
Chen Zhiyi and Yang Quan were executed in southwest China...
NOVEMBER 16, 2010IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN SETS EXECUTION DATE FOR WOMAN
Iran set a date for the execution of female prisoner Shahla Jahed, the Human
- 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 13, 2010IranDEATH PENALTY
MAN HANGED IN SOUTHWEST OF IRAN
One man was hanged in the prison of Ahvaz, southwest of Iran.
- NOVEMBER 11, 2010SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
SOMALIA: UN HUMAN RIGHTS EXPERTS CONDEMN RECENT EXECUTION OF TEENAGE GIRLS
several independent United Nations experts condemned the October 27 public execution by firing squad of two teenage girls in Beledweyne in central Somalia for spying by the Islamic militant group al-Shabaab in front of hundreds of residents in the town, a
- 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
- NOVEMBER 10, 2010JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN: DEATH PENALTY UPHELD FOR MAN FOR KILLING WEALTHY WOMAN, BROTHER
in Japan, Presiding Judge Akira Kanaya of the Tokyo High Court upheld a decision by
NOVEMBER 9, 2010IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: FIVE PEOPLE HANGED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
According to the reports from Iran five prisoners were hanged in the prison of Gonbad
- NOVEMBER 8, 2010ConnecticutDEATH PENALTY
USA - Connecticut. A jury sentenced Steven J. Hayes, 47, white, to death
USA - Connecticut. A jury sentenced Steven J. Hayes, 47, white, to death
NOVEMBER 8, 2010SingaporeDEATH PENALTYSINGAPORE: MAN SPARED DEATH PENALTY DUE TO MENTAL ILLNESS
a bus driver who had been sentenced to hang for killing his step-daughter was
- NOVEMBER 7, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
MILITANTS EXECUTE THREE 'US SPIES' IN PAKISTAN: OFFICIALS
militants publicly executed three local tribesmen aged 25, 28 and 32, in North Waziristan...
NOVEMBER 5, 2010IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: MAN HANGED FOR RAPE
One man was hanged in the central Iranian city of Isfahan, reported the state run Iranian
- NOVEMBER 4, 2010AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Alabama. Phillip Hallford, 63, white, was executed.
USA - Alabama. Phillip Hallford, 63, white, was executed.
- NOVEMBER 4, 2010SyriaDEATH PENALTY
Eliaza al-Saleh, Ahmed al-‘Abbas and Mazen Bassouni were executed...
Eliaza al-Saleh, Ahmed al-‘Abbas and Mazen Bassouni were executed...
NOVEMBER 2, 2010IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: 23 INMATES REPORTEDLY EXECUTED IN OCTOBER
23 prisoners were executed in Mashhad, the capital of Iran's northeastern
NOVEMBER 2, 2010ItalyDEATH PENALTYIRAN: 'HANDS OFF CAIN', EU INTERVENES AGAINST SAKINEH HANGING
'Sakineh's fate depends on how strongly the European Union decides to mobilise itself against the death penalty and the Iranian government, and apply the necessary pressure to stop her from being hung. It would truly be a mockery if Sakineh, after being s
- OCTOBER 31, 2010IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: THREE SENTENCED TO DEATH IN SOUTHERN PROVINCE
a court in the Iranian city of Shiraz, capital of the southern Fars Province, has
OCTOBER 29, 2010Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: SAUDI EXECUTED FOR KILLING BANGLADESHI TAXI DRIVER
Saudi Arabian national Yahya bin Hussein bin Ahmed Magrashi was