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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- JULY 20, 2010TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. Derrick Jackson, 42, black, was executed
USA - Texas. Derrick Jackson, 42, black, was executed
- JULY 20, 2010DEATH PENALTY
TEXAS (USA): MAN EXECUTED FOR DEATHS OF 2 HOUSTON OPERA SINGERS
Texas executed a man convicted of killing two Houston opera singers nearly 22 years ago.
JULY 20, 2010IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: ANOTHER HANGED FOR DRUG SMUGGLING
according to Iskanews, a person identified as A.A was hanged in Ahvaz, Iran
- JULY 19, 2010North KoreaDEATH PENALTY
NORTH KOREA REPORTEDLY EXECUTES FORMER OFFICIAL
North Korea executed a former Cabinet official over policy failures. Kwon Ho Ung
- JULY 18, 2010IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: MAN HANGED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
One person was hanged in the prison of Shirvan, northeast of Iran, reported the state run Iranian news agency Fars.
JULY 18, 2010IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: FOUR MEN EXECUTED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
four people were hanged in Iran for drug trafficking, in two different cases.
JULY 16, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: TALIBAN EXECUTE TWO TRIBESMEN
the Taliban in northwest Pakistan publicly executed two unidentified tribesmen accused of spying
- JULY 16, 2010IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: FIVE MEN HANGED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
According to the Kurdish news agency "Mokarian" five men were hanged in the
JULY 16, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: MAN EXECUTED FOR GUN TRADING
Wu Zhiqiao was executed in eastern China for illegally making and selling firearms
- JULY 15, 2010IranDEATH PENALTY
an Iranian court sentenced a pregnant woman, Maryam Ghorbanzadeh...
an Iranian court sentenced a pregnant woman, Maryam Ghorbanzadeh...
- JULY 13, 2010DEATH PENALTY
OHIO (USA): ARSONIST EXECUTED FOR KILLING 5 CHILDREN
William L. Garner was executed. Garner, 37, black, was convicted of 5 counts of aggravated murder after confessing he had set an apartment on fire on January 26, 1992.
JULY 13, 2010SudanDEATH PENALTYSUDAN: PALESTINIAN CITIZEN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING BUSINESSMAN
in Sudan, Khartoum's criminal court sentenced Palestinian citizen Iyad Hani Mahmud
- JULY 13, 2010OhioDEATH PENALTY
USA - Ohio. William L. Garner was executed
USA - Ohio. William L. Garner was executed
JULY 11, 2010IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: YEARS ON DEATH ROW FOR BRIDE TOO YOUNG TO BE STONED
within months of her arranged marriage in Iran, Azar Bagheri had been charged with adultery
- JULY 10, 2010SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
SINGAPORE: DRUG TRAFFICKING DEATH SENTENCE
Justice Kan Ting Chiu of the Singapore High Court sentenced Azman Sanwan, 38, to
- JULY 10, 2010IranDEATH PENALTY
According to the reports from Iran a minor offender identified as Mohammad was hanged in the Marvdasht
According to the reports from Iran a minor offender identified as Mohammad was hanged in the Marvdasht
- JULY 8, 2010IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN HALTS WOMAN'S DEATH BY STONING
The authorities in Iran have announced that a woman convicted of adultery will not be stoned to
- JULY 8, 2010BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BAHRAIN: BANGLADESHI NATIONAL EXECUTED
Jassim Abdulmanan, a Bangladeshi national sentenced to death in Bahrain for murder, was executed, The Gulf Daily News reported.
- JULY 5, 2010IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: MOTHER AND SON HANGED
One woman and one man were hanged in the prison of Orumieh (northwest of Iran),
JULY 5, 2010YemenDEATH PENALTYYEMEN: MAN EXECUTED FOR RAPE, MURDER OF GIRL, 4
A Yemeni man was executed by firing squad in prison after being convicted of raping
- JULY 5, 2010IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: FOUR EXECUTED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
four people were hanged in the prison of Isfahan according to the official website
JULY 4, 2010IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: TWO MEN HANGED IN ZAHEDAN
Two men were hanged in the prison of Zahedan, capital of the Baluchestan province, south east of Iran.
JULY 4, 2010IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: YOUTH SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR HOMOSEXUAL RELATIONS
an Iranian youth in Tabriz has been sentenced to death by hanging for the charge
- JULY 1, 2010DEATH PENALTY
TEXAS (USA): CONVICTED MURDERER EXECUTED
A man convicted of murdering a woman during a 2001 car hijacking was executed
- JULY 1, 2010TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. Michael James Perry was executed
USA - Texas. Michael James Perry was executed
JULY 1, 2010SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: ISLAMISTS PUBLICLY EXECUTE CHRISTIAN CONVERT
Sheik Adan Yare, the governor of Somalia’s Bakol region, announced that Al-Shabaab members
- JUNE 30, 2010North KoreaDEATH PENALTY
the North Korean regime executed the ex-minister of railways...
the North Korean regime executed the ex-minister of railways Kim Yong-sam on espionage charges and ex-finance minister Mun Il-bong over a botched currency reform in late 2009, it has belatedly emerged.
JUNE 29, 2010Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: SAUDI MAN EXECUTED FOR MURDER
Obeid bin Saif al-Qahtani was beheaded by the sword in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, for fatally
- JUNE 25, 2010MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
ZAMBIAN SENTENCED TO HANG FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING IN MALAYSIA
Malaysia's High Court sentenced a Zambian national to death by hanging after he was found guilty of attempting to bring almost 160 grams of drugs into the country in 2006.
JUNE 23, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: PAIR EXECUTED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
two men convicted of selling and trafficking 12,242 grams of heroin to Taiwan were executed