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 23, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN HANGS MAN FOR MURDER
an Iranian man convicted of murder was hanged in a prison in northwestern East Azarbaijan province, the official IRNA news agency reported.
- APRIL 23, 2007Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI BEHEADED FOR MURDER
Saudi Arabia beheaded a Saudi for murder in Arar.
APRIL 22, 2007IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN. FOUR DRUG TRAFFICKERS PUBLICLY HANGED
Iran recently hanged four men convicted of drug trafficking according to local media.
- APRIL 20, 2007ChadDEATH PENALTY
TWO CHAD NATIONALS PUBLICLY BEHEADED IN SAUDI ARABIA
two Chad nationals were publicly beheaded in Riyadh after Saudi Arabian courts found them guilty of kidnapping and robbery, the interior ministry said.
APRIL 20, 2007IraqDEATH PENALTYAMNESTY CONDEMNS IRAQ EXECUTIONS
Iraq is now the world's fourth highest user of the death penalty, Amnesty International reported.
APRIL 17, 2007PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN. FOUR BROTHERS HANGED FOR KILLING 13
four brothers were hanged in Multan, Pakistan, for murdering
APRIL 16, 2007Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA. MAN BEHEADED FOR RAPING MINORS
a Saudi man convicted of raping minors was executed by beheading in Riyadh, the
APRIL 11, 2007TexasDEATH PENALTYTEXAS (USA). MAN EXECUTED FOR MURDER, RAPE OF TEEN
Texas executed a man by lethal injection for the 1993 rape and murder of a 17-year-old girl.
- APRIL 9, 2007Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA EXECUTES MAN FOR MURDER
Saudi Arabia executed Saudi national Mejhar Al Dosari for murdering Saad Al Dosari, the Interior Ministry said in a statement carried by the official Saudi Press Agency
APRIL 8, 2007IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN. THREE HANGED FOR RAPE
three Iranians convicted of kidnapping and then raping a woman
- APRIL 7, 2007Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA. MAN EXECUTED FOR MURDERING COUNTRYMAN OVER DISPUTE
a Saudi man convicted of fatally shooting another Saudi over a dispute was beheaded, the Interior Ministry said.
APRIL 4, 2007YemenDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA. YEMENI EXECUTED FOR MURDER
Saudi Arabia executed Majid bin Othman bin Mohammed al-Adani, a Yemeni man
APRIL 1, 2007Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA. POLICEMEN EXECUTED FOR KILLING BANGLADESHI TAXI DRIVER
Two policemen were executed in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, for murdering a Bangladeshi taxi driver. Abdul
- MARCH 30, 2007Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI NATIONAL EXECUTED FOR MURDER
Saudi TV1 reported the execution of a Saudi killer in Asir Region. Citing an Interior Ministry statement, the
MARCH 30, 2007Trinidad & TobagoDEATH PENALTYTRINIDAD AND TOBAGO. MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING JAMAICAN FRIEND
Kelloy Koon Koon was sentenced to death in Trinidad for the murder of his friend Mark Brown, whom he
MARCH 30, 2007BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH. SIX TOP ISLAMIC MILITANTS EXECUTED
six Islamic militant leaders accused of carrying out a deadly bomb attack in November 2005 in Bangladesh
- MARCH 29, 2007TexasDEATH PENALTY
Roy Lee Pippin, 51, was executed tonight for the 1994 deaths...
Roy Lee Pippin, 51, was executed tonight for the 1994 deaths of 2 men gunned down in a dispute over missing drug money.
MARCH 28, 2007PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN. CONVICTED KILLER HANGED IN JAIL
Abdul Sattar was hanged at 5.30am in Pakistan's Central Jail for shooting his uncle, Muhammad Ramzan,
- MARCH 25, 2007Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
MAN BEHEADED IN SAUDI ARABIA AFTER MURDER CONVICTION
Saudi Arabia beheaded Ahmed Bin Mohammed Farajallah for murdering Ethiopian taxi driver Mohammed
- MARCH 25, 2007Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA. POLICEMAN EXECUTED FOR SEXUAL ASSAULTS
A child molester, Turki Al-Tuwairgi, who took advantage of being a uniformed security officer was
- MARCH 22, 2007BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
6 JMB MILITANTS WALK GALLOWS APR 13-19
six condemned Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) militants will be executed between April 13 and 19 for killing two judges in Jhalakathi in a suicide bomb attack in November 2005.
- MARCH 20, 2007OhioDEATH PENALTY
Kenneth Biros waited more than 6 hours past his scheduled execution...
Kenneth Biros waited more than 6 hours past his scheduled execution time (Tuesday 20 March 2007, 10:00 ) at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility in Lucasville for the U.S. Supreme Court to decide whether his sentence should proceed, with the court fina
MARCH 20, 2007IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ. FORMER SADDAM AIDE EXECUTED IN BAGHDAD
Iraq executed Saddam Hussein's former vice president Taha Yassin Ramadan before dawn as the nation marked the fourth anniversary of the US led war.
MARCH 20, 2007TexasDEATH PENALTYTEXAS. MAN EXECUTED FOR ROBBERY-SLAYING
a man was executed in Texas for fatally shooting a convenience store owner during a robbery in Dallas nearly 10 years ago.
- MARCH 19, 2007Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA. MAN EXECUTED FOR MURDER
Saudi Arabia executed a convicted murderer in Riyadh. Salem bin Jumaian bin Khalif al-Shummari stabbed
- MARCH 15, 2007PakistanDEATH PENALTY
THREE PAKISTANIS STONED, SHOT DEAD FOR ADULTERY
two men and a woman were stoned and then shot to death in Pakistan for committing adultery after Islamist activists said they caught them in a compromising position.
- MARCH 14, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN EXECUTES MAN FOR
Ahmad Sariz was executed in public, in the Iranian city of Zahedan, near the Pakistani and Afghan borders, the daily Kayhan reported.
- MARCH 9, 2007PakistanDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA. TWO PAKISTANIS BEHEADED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Mohammad Sadiq Chirag Deen, a male Pakistani, and Mjedan bibi Mohammad Sherif, a female Pakistani,
MARCH 8, 2007KenyaDEATH PENALTYKENYA. MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER OF GIRLFRIEND
after more than two years of trial, a Nairobi court found James Love Mwangongo guilty of murdering his
MARCH 7, 2007TexasDEATH PENALTYTEXAS. MAN EXECUTED AFTER 25 YEARS ON DEATH ROW
a man who spent 25 years on Texas death row was executed by lethal injection for a 1980 murder but only after prison officials had to carry him to the death chamber.