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 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, 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 10, 2010SingaporeDEATH PENALTYSINGAPORE: DRUG TRAFFICKING DEATH SENTENCE
Justice Kan Ting Chiu of the Singapore High Court sentenced Azman Sanwan, 38, 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 8, 2010IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN HALTS WOMAN'S DEATH BY STONING
The authorities in Iran have announced that a woman convicted of adultery will not be stoned to
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 5, 2010IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: MOTHER AND SON HANGED
One woman and one man were hanged in the prison of Orumieh (northwest of Iran),
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, 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
JULY 1, 2010DEATH PENALTYTEXAS (USA): CONVICTED MURDERER EXECUTED
A man convicted of murdering a woman during a 2001 car hijacking was executed
- 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
JUNE 23, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA EXECUTES DEALERS AHEAD OF INT'L ANTI-DRUG DAY
six men were executed in southeast China's Fujian Province ahead of the International
JUNE 21, 2010UgandaDEATH PENALTYUGANDA: MOTHER, SON TO BE HANGED FOR MURDER
Justice John Bosco Katutsihe of the Ugandan High Court, sitting in Rukungiri district,
JUNE 21, 2010YemenDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA BEHEADS AND NAILS MAN'S BODY TO CROSS
Saudi Arabia executed two men, the interior ministry said in a statement cited by the official
- JUNE 20, 2010IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: MAN HANGED FOR RAPE
a man identified as Jamshid, 48, was hanged in Iran's southeastern city of Zahedan for raping a
JUNE 20, 2010IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: ABDOLMALEK RIGI HANGED IN TEHRAN
According to the official Iranian news agency IRNA, Abdolmalek Rigi, the former leader of the armed Baluchi group Jondollah, was hanged.
- JUNE 18, 2010UtahDEATH PENALTY
USA - Utah. Ronnie Lee Gardner was executed by a firing squad
USA - Utah. Ronnie Lee Gardner was executed by a firing squad
- JUNE 17, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTY
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: ON DEATH ROW IN DUBAI FOR 23 YRS, INDIAN’S MERCY PLEA
64-year-old carpenter Paul George Nadar from Tamil Nadu in India, who has been on death row in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates, for the past 23 years is seeking his own quick execution.
JUNE 17, 2010VietnamDEATH PENALTYVIETNAM TO REPLACE FIRING SQUADS WITH LETHAL INJECTION
Vietnam's communist-dominated National Assembly voted to replace firing squads
JUNE 17, 2010UtahDEATH PENALTYUTAH: RONNIE LEE GARDNER EXECUTED BY FIRING SQUAD
Ronnie Lee Gardner was executed by a firing squad at Utah State Prison in Draper, about 20 miles southwest of Salt Lake City.
- JUNE 15, 2010TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. David Lee Powell was executed.
USA - Texas. David Lee Powell was executed.
JUNE 15, 2010IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: MAN EXECUTED FOR MURDER, RAPE
JUNE 15, 2010DEATH PENALTYTEXAS (USA): POWELL EXECUTED FOR 1978 SLAYING OF POLICE OFFICER
The state of Texas executed David Powell, 59, for the murder of a police officer 32 years ago, after having lost a series of lengthy appeals and requests for clemency.
JUNE 14, 2010SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: FANS EXECUTED FOR WATCHING WORLD CUP
Somali Islamist militants executed two football fans and arrested dozens of others for