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 8, 2008AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
AFGHAN GOVERNMENT EXECUTES THREE FOR MURDER
the Afghan government executed three men for crimes including murder, the state broadcaster announced.
- NOVEMBER 7, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. TWO HANGED FOR MURDERING CHILD
Two men found guilty of kidnapping and murdering a nine-year-old boy on Iran's Gulf island of Kish have
- NOVEMBER 7, 2008Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI EXECUTED FOR STARTING DEADLY JAIL FIRE
a Saudi Arabian man was beheaded by the sword after he was convicted of deliberately starting a prison
- NOVEMBER 7, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: MAN HANGED IN MASHAD
One man was hanged in Mashad, capital of northeastern Iranian province of Khorasan, reported the Iranian
- NOVEMBER 6, 2008TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. Elkie Lee Taylor was executed.
USA - Texas. Elkie Lee Taylor was executed.
- NOVEMBER 4, 2008UgandaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA: TWO MEN TO HANG FOR MURDER
the Ugandan High Court sentenced two men to death for killing another man. Desderio Onyango and
- NOVEMBER 3, 2008Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI BEHEADS YEMENI MAN CONVICTED OF MURDER
the Saudi Arabian Interior Ministry said that Abdullah Suleiman, a Yemeni man convicted of murder, was
- NOVEMBER 3, 2008IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
the Indonesian Supreme Court turned down a last-minute appeal filed by the families of the three men waiting to be executed
the Indonesian Supreme Court turned down a last-minute appeal filed by the families of the three men waiting to be executed
- OCTOBER 31, 2008SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
SOMALI STONED TO DEATH WAS 13-YEAR-OLD RAPE VICTIM, GROUP SAYS
Amnesty International said that the girl stoned to death in Somalia this week was 13 years old, not 23,
- OCTOBER 31, 2008Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI BEHEADED FOR RAPE
a Saudi Arabian convicted of rape was beheaded by the sword in the capital Riyadh, the interior
- OCTOBER 30, 2008TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. Gregory Wright was executed today
USA - Texas. Gregory Wright was executed today
OCTOBER 29, 2008IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: JUVENILE HANGED FOR MURDER
the judicial branch of Isfahan province in Iran announced it had carried out that morning the death sentence of Gholamreza H., an Afghan national convicted of murder.
- OCTOBER 28, 2008IraqDEATH PENALTY
IRAQI MILITANT TO HANG FOR KILLING OF U.S. SOLDIERS
An Iraqi court sentenced a militant to death by hanging for the killing of three U.S. soldiers in 2006.
- OCTOBER 28, 2008DEATH PENALTY
TEXAS (USA). MAN EXECUTED FOR RAPE, MURDER OF 7-YEAR-OLD GIRL
A former plumbing supply salesman was executed in Texas for strangling and raping
- OCTOBER 28, 2008TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. Eric Nenno, 47, white, was executed today.
USA - Texas. Eric Nenno, 47, white, was executed today.
- OCTOBER 27, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN HANGS TWO FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Iran hanged two men convicted of drug trafficking, the Fars news agency reported. The executions took
- OCTOBER 27, 2008SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
WOMAN STONED IN SOUTHERN SOMALIA
thousands of people gathered to witness 50 Somali men stone a woman to death after an Islamic court in
- OCTOBER 27, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
one man was hanged in the central prison of Mashad...
one man was hanged in the central prison of Mashad...
- OCTOBER 23, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
DEATH PENALTY. HANDS OFF CAIN- IRAN SECOND IN GLOBAL EXECUTIONS
the Hands Off Cain association awarded a sad title to Iran today. As in 2007, Iran comes second in the number of global death sentences carried out and is joined by China and Saudi Arabia on the podium of the three highest users of capital punishment.
- OCTOBER 23, 2008ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINESE POLICEMAN EXECUTED FOR BRUTAL KILLING
a policeman in central China's Henan Province was executed for killing a man by throwing him from the third storey of a police office building
- OCTOBER 22, 2008Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI BEHEADED FOR BEATING HIS WIFE TO DEATH
a Saudi Arabian man was beheaded by the sword in the southern province of Jazan after being convicted of
- OCTOBER 21, 2008Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA BEHEADS TWO MEN CONVICTED OF MURDER
two men convicted of murder were beheaded by the sword in Saudi Arabia, the interior ministry said.
- OCTOBER 21, 2008IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
INDONESIAN COURT REJECTS BALI BOMBERS' REQUEST FOR BEHEADING
an Indonesian court rejected a request by the three convicted 'Bali bombers' to be executed by traditional
- OCTOBER 21, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. A MAN HANGED IN PUBLIC IN NORTHERN PROVINCE OF GILAN
a young man identified as Qanbar Kelari was hanged in public outside Nashtaroud prison in the northern province of Gilan.
- OCTOBER 21, 2008TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. Joseph Ries was executed
USA - Texas. Joseph Ries was executed
- OCTOBER 20, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN HANGS FOUR FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Iran hanged four men convicted of drug trafficking in a prison in the southeastern city of Zahedan, state
- OCTOBER 19, 2008UgandaDEATH PENALTY
in Uganda, a UPDF soldier is to hang after being found guilty of murdering two people.
in Uganda, a UPDF soldier is to hang after being found guilty of murdering two people.
- OCTOBER 17, 2008Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA: TWO PAKISTANIS BEHEADED ON DRUG CHARGES
two Pakistani citizens convicted of smuggling heroin into Saudi Arabia were beheaded by the sword in the
- OCTOBER 17, 2008UgandaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA. WOMAN AND MAID TO HANG FOR KILLING HUSBAND
a Ugandan woman who allegedly murdered her husband lost her appeal in the Supreme Court. Susan
- OCTOBER 16, 2008TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. Kevin Watts was executed today
USA - Texas. Kevin Watts was executed today