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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- APRIL 14, 2010IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. PUBLIC EXECUTION
one man was hanged in public in the town of Khoramshahr, in the southwest Iranian province of Khuzestan, according to the official website of the Khuzestan judiciary.
APRIL 14, 2010IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: THREE CONVICTED RAPISTS PUBLICLY HANGED
Three men were hanged in public in the northern Iranian city of Babolsar, reported
- APRIL 13, 2010VietnamDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM PROPOSED TO USE LETHAL INJECTIONS TO REPLACE FIRING SQUAD
Vietnamese lawmakers proposed using lethal injections for death sentences to replace the firing squad, which is too costly, the Nguoi Lao Dong newspaper quoted a senior official as saying.
APRIL 13, 2010ZimbabweDEATH PENALTYZIMBABWE DESPERATE FOR A HANGMAN
Zimbabwe is searching for a hangman. Chikurubi prison, a maximum
APRIL 13, 2010IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: ARMED ROBBER HANGED
Iran publicly hanged a man and amputated the limbs of another for armed robbery in
APRIL 11, 2010IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: THREE MEN HANGED IN ISFAHAN
Three men were hanged in the prison of Isfahan, in central Iran, reported the state run news agency Fars.
- APRIL 10, 2010AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
MPS CONCERNED OVER HANGING OF AFGHANS IN IRAN
Nur Akbari, a parliamentarian for Herat Province in Afghanistan, told parliament that he saw the bodies of 45 Afghans who were hanged in Iran and then sent to Afghanistan via Islam Qala port.
APRIL 9, 2010JapanDEATH PENALTYCHINA: THREE JAPANESE EXECUTED FOR DRUG SMUGGLING
the Chinese Supreme People's Court announced that Japanese nationals Teruo Takeda, 67, Hironori Ukai
- APRIL 8, 2010IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: TWO MEN HANGED IN THE SOUTHWESTERN PROVINCE OF KHUZESTAN
two men were hanged in public in the towns of Behbehan and Shadegan, in the southwest Iranian
APRIL 8, 2010IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: FIVE DRUG TRAFFICKERS HANGED
Five people were hanged in Mashad (northeastern Iran) according to the reports.
- APRIL 8, 2010IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: THREE PEOPLE HANGED IN TAIBAD
Three people were hanged in the prison of Taibad (Taybad) northeastern Iran, reported the
- APRIL 6, 2010SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
SOMALIA: AL-SHABAB PUBLICLY EXECUTES FIGHTER IN SOUTHERN REGION
the Islamic administration of Harakat Al-shabab Mujahideen publicly executed fighter Muse Abdi Abud in a field in Somalia's Lower Shabelle region, officials said.
- APRIL 1, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China executed five persons for drug-related crimes.
China executed five persons for drug-related crimes.
- MARCH 30, 2010TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. Franklin DeWayne Alix was executed.
USA - Texas. Franklin DeWayne Alix was executed.
- MARCH 29, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
AMNESTY URGES CHINA TO DISCLOSE EXECUTION FIGURES
Rights group Amnesty International urged China to disclose the number of prisoners it executes.
MARCH 26, 2010Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTYGAZA: HAMAS TO EXECUTE SEVERAL 'AGENTS OF ISRAEL' SOON
Hamas announced it will execute several men found guilty of collaborating with Israel
MARCH 25, 2010BotswanaDEATH PENALTYBOTSWANA: MODISE FLY EXECUTED
Botswana Prisons Service public relations officer Superintendent Ramolefhe confirmed that Modise
MARCH 22, 2010BelarusDEATH PENALTYBELARUS CARRIES OUT TWO EXECUTIONS
two men were executed in Belarus at the end of last week, Amnesty International reported.
- MARCH 19, 2010EgyptDEATH PENALTY
EGYPT: 4 SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER KILLING BOY
an Egyptian court in al-Sharqiya in the northern Nile Delta sentenced four men to death
MARCH 19, 2010DEATH PENALTYVIRGINIA (USA): INMATE EXECUTED BY ELECTROCUTION
A Virginia man who killed a 16-year-old girl and then waited in her home to rape and stab her 14-year-old sister in 1999 was executed in the state's electric chair.
- MARCH 18, 2010SudanDEATH PENALTY
SUDAN. TWO EXECUTIONS
two Sudanese men were executed for killing four oil workers, two of them Chinese, and looting their vehicle in 2004 at Heglig in Kordofan state
- MARCH 18, 2010VirginiaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Virginia. Paul Warner Powell was electrocuted
USA - Virginia. Paul Warner Powell was electrocuted
- MARCH 16, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: MAN EXECUTED FOR KILLING WIFE, MUTILATING BODY
Li Jia, 41, from Beijing, was executed in China for murdering his ex-wife Ren Liwen in March 2008.
- MARCH 16, 2010OhioDEATH PENALTY
USA - Ohio. Lawrence Reynolds, 43, white, was executed
USA - Ohio. Lawrence Reynolds, 43, white, was executed
MARCH 16, 2010DEATH PENALTYOHIO EXECUTES INMATE WHO KILLED NEIGHBOR IN 1994
A death row inmate who tried to kill himself last week by overdosing on pills as
MARCH 12, 2010TaiwanDEATH PENALTYTAIWAN: JUSTICE MINISTER RESIGNS OVER DEATH PENALTY
Taiwan's justice minister resigned after failing to win support for her opposition
MARCH 12, 2010North KoreaDEATH PENALTYNORTH KOREA: OFFICIALS EXECUTED OVER CURRENCY BUNGLE
North Korea executed two top financial officials in a desperate attempt to quell public anger at its bungled currency revaluation, South Korean news reports and analysts said.
- MARCH 11, 2010TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. Joshua Maxwell, 31, white, was executed
USA - Texas. Joshua Maxwell, 31, white, was executed
MARCH 11, 2010DEATH PENALTYTEXAS (USA): CONVICTED COP KILLER EXECUTED
A convicted cop killer was executed by lethal injection in Texas, state prison
- MARCH 10, 2010EgyptDEATH PENALTY
EGYPT: PAIR EXECUTED AMID QUESTIONS OVER MURDER CONVICTION
Egyptian man Atef Rohyum Abd El Al Rohyum was hanged in Cairo’s Isti'naf prison, and his female co-accused, Jihan Mohammed Ali, was executed in Giza for murdering Ali's husband in January 2004.