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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- JANUARY 29, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. RARE EXECUTION FOR CORRUPTION CARRIED OUT
Iran has executed a customs contractor for corruption and three customs
- JANUARY 28, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN PUBLICLY HANGS TWO CONVICTED OF RAPE AND MURDER
two men convicted of raping and murdering nine women were hanged in public in the central Iranian city of Arak, the Fars news agency reported.
- JANUARY 26, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. FIRING SQUAD EXECUTES MAN WHO RAPED 17 CHILDREN
An Iranian firing squad executed a man who raped 17 children
- JANUARY 25, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
two men were hanged in the city of Torbat-e-Jam...
two men were hanged in the city of Torbat-e-Jam...
- JANUARY 24, 2008EgyptDEATH PENALTY
Libyan authorities executed Emad Abdul Wahed...
Libyan authorities executed Emad Abdul Wahed...
- JANUARY 23, 2008Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA. THREE BURMESE IMMIGRANTS BEHEADED
Saudi Arabian authorities beheaded three Burmese immigrants convicted of armed robbery, the Interior Ministry said.
- JANUARY 23, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
Iran hanged a prisoner identified as Akhtar in the central
Iran hanged a prisoner identified as Akhtar in the central
- JANUARY 23, 2008Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Mohsen bin Hayef bin Naeim al-Badiri al-Moteiri...
Mohsen bin Hayef bin Naeim al-Badiri al-Moteiri...
- JANUARY 22, 2008DEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA. TWO SAUDIS, YEMENI BEHEADED
Two Saudis convicted of murder and a Yemeni found guilty of drug trafficking were beheaded by the sword in Saudi Arabia, the interior ministry announced.
- JANUARY 22, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. PUBLICLY HANGED FOR MURDER
Iran publicly hanged a convicted murderer in the western city of Khoramabad,
- JANUARY 22, 2008Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
A Yemeni found guilty of drug trafficking was beheaded by the sword
A Yemeni found guilty of drug trafficking was beheaded by the sword
- JANUARY 22, 2008Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Two Saudis convicted of murder were beheaded by the sword
Two Saudis convicted of murder were beheaded by the sword
- JANUARY 22, 2008LibyaDEATH PENALTY
LIBYA. TWO GHANAIANS EXECUTED FOR MURDER
two Ghanaians, Charles Ansah and Asare Bediako, were executed for allegedly killing a Libyan citizen.
- JANUARY 20, 2008Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA. TWO MEN BEHEADED FOR DRUG SMUGGLING
Saudi Arabia beheaded by the sword two men convicted of "trafficking large amounts of drugs", the interior ministry announced.
- JANUARY 18, 2008VietnamDEATH PENALTY
three men were executed in Vietnam for drug trafficking.
three men were executed in Vietnam for drug trafficking.
- JANUARY 16, 2008Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi Arabian authorities beheaded a couple for murder, the
Saudi Arabian authorities beheaded a couple for murder, the
- JANUARY 16, 2008Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi Arabian authorities beheaded a man for rape, the Interior
Saudi Arabian authorities beheaded a man for rape, the Interior
- JANUARY 16, 2008DEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA. THREE BEHEADED FOR MURDER, RAPE
Saudi Arabian authorities beheaded three people for murder and rape, the Interior
- JANUARY 16, 2008South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
SOUTH KOREA: NEWSPAPER PUBLISHER ACQUITTED 47 YEARS AFTER EXECUTION
a young newspaper publisher in South Korea who was executed in the early 1960s for collaborating...
- JANUARY 15, 2008Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA BEHEADS A RESIDENT CONVICTED OF KILLING HIS MOTHER
Saudi Arabian authorities beheaded a foreign resident convicted
- JANUARY 14, 2008Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA BEHEADS MAN FOR MURDER
a Saudi man convicted of murder was beheaded by the sword
- JANUARY 14, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. FOUR AHWAZI ACTIVISTS EXECUTED
four Ahwazi activists were executed in secret last week by the Iranian
- JANUARY 13, 2008SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
SOMALIA GOVT EXECUTES CONVICTED SOLDIER
Somalia's interim government executed a soldier convicted of killing
- JANUARY 12, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. KURD HANGED ON A STRETCHER
the Kurdish magazine Asu has published the photo of the execution in Iran of a Kurd with Turkish citizenship, the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) reported.
- JANUARY 12, 2008Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA: SAUDIS BEHEAD INDONESIAN MAID
Saudi authorities beheaded an Indonesian maid, Yanti Irianti...
- JANUARY 11, 2008DEATH PENALTY
IRAN. FOUR HANGED FOR MURDER
Iran has recently hanged four men convicted of murder in different
- JANUARY 9, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. THREE EXECUTED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Iran regime hanged three, in public, for drug trafficking, in Birjand, capital of South Khorasan province bordering Afghanistan, state-run Fars News Agency reported.
- JANUARY 8, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. TWO HANGED FOR MURDER
Iran hanged two men convicted of murder in the northern city of Tonkabon
- JANUARY 7, 2008United StatesDEATH PENALTY
in Washington the Supreme Court heard arguments on Monday in the Baze v. Rees case.
in Washington the Supreme Court heard arguments on Monday in the Baze v. Rees case.
- JANUARY 6, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN HANGS TWO FOR MURDER, ONE IN PUBLIC
Iran publicly hanged former police official Abolfazl R in the central city of Arak for stabbing a man to death and raping his fiancée in the mountains outside Arak in December 2005, the report said.