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 1, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
Offences punishable by death include:
Offences punishable by death include:
- JANUARY 1, 2007VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Vietnam applies the death penalty for 29 different crimes.
Vietnam applies the death penalty for 29 different crimes.
- JANUARY 1, 2007SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
Capital crimes are: murder, treason, offences against the President, illegal possession of arms, kidnapping and causing an innocent person to be executed by bearing false witness.
Capital crimes are: murder, treason, offences against the President, illegal possession of arms, kidnapping and causing an innocent person to be executed by bearing false witness.
- JANUARY 1, 2007North KoreaDEATH PENALTY
In its 2001 report submitted to the UN Human Rights Committee
In its 2001 report submitted to the UN Human Rights Committee
- JANUARY 1, 2007Sri LankaDEATH PENALTY
Capital crimes are: murder, causing an innocent person to be executed by bearing false witness, offences against the State, economic offences, drug offences and arms trading.
Capital crimes are: murder, causing an innocent person to be executed by bearing false witness, offences against the State, economic offences, drug offences and arms trading.
- JANUARY 1, 2007LebanonDEATH PENALTY
Lebanon reinstated the death penalty in 1994 in a bid to stem a rise in violent crime following the 1975-90 civil war.
Lebanon reinstated the death penalty in 1994 in a bid to stem a rise in violent crime following the 1975-90 civil war.
- DECEMBER 31, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. MAN EXECUTED FOR RAPE, MURDER OF CHILDREN
Gong Runbo, 33, was executed in northeast China.
- DECEMBER 30, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. TWO EXECUTED FOR BLASTS AT INTERNET CAFES
China executed two men found guilty of causing explosions at two Internet cafes in central China that killed two people.
DECEMBER 30, 2006IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ. SADDAM HUSSEIN EXECUTED
Saddam Hussein was executed at dawn following his conviction by an Iraqi court for crimes against humanity.
- DECEMBER 29, 2006United StatesDEATH PENALTY
as 2006 draws to a close...
as 2006 draws to a close...
- DECEMBER 28, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
Iranian media reported that two men had been hanged.
Iranian media reported that two men had been hanged.
- DECEMBER 28, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. FARMER EXECUTED FOR TEMPLE KILLINGS
China executed a farmer for killing 10 people in a temple, including the abbot whom he believed had flirted with his wife.
- DECEMBER 27, 2006PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. CONVICT EXECUTED IN ADIALA JAIL
a man convicted of murder was hanged in the Adiala Central Jail in Rawalpindi, Pakistan.
- DECEMBER 25, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. TWO MEN HANGED FOR VIOLENT CRIMES, DRUG TRAFFICKING
Iran hanged two men convicted of murder, armed kidnapping and drug trafficking, the ISNA news agency reported. One of the men was identified as Pordel B, convicted of murder during an armed clash as well as involvement in the armed trafficking of 15kg of
- DECEMBER 25, 2006JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN EXECUTES 4 PRISONERS BY HANGING
four Japanese inmates on death row were hanged, officials and news reports said, the first executions to take place in Japan since September 2005.
- DECEMBER 24, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. THREE MEN PUBLICLY HANGED IN FRONT OF CHEERING CROWDS
Iran publicly hanged three men convicted of drug trafficking and armed robbery in Zahedan, the capital of the southeastern Sistan-e Baluchestan province, the ISNA news agency reported.
- DECEMBER 19, 2006MarylandDEATH PENALTY
MARYLAND (USA). COURT HALTS EXECUTIONS
an appeals court in Maryland ruled that state executions cannot proceed until a legislative panel reviews parts of the manual that spell out the protocol for lethal injections.
- DECEMBER 19, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
Iranian authorities hanged three men in the south-western city of Ahwaz.
Iranian authorities hanged three men in the south-western city of Ahwaz.
- DECEMBER 18, 2006AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. THREE AFGHANS PUBLICLY HANGED FOR RAPE
Iran publicly hanged three Afghan men convicted of rape. Gholam Hazrat, Shah Mir and Nour Ahmad were executed in the town of Rafsanjan, southern Kerman province.
- DECEMBER 16, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. MIGRANT WORKER EXECUTED FOR MURDER
Pang Maosheng, a 29 year old migrant worker who resented wealthy people, was executed in Beijing after being convicted of a robbery and extortion spree that left one woman dead.
DECEMBER 16, 2006ItalyDEATH PENALTYLETHAL INJECTION. THERE IS NO HUMAN METHOD OF EXECUTION, D’ELIA
on the execution by lethal injection of Angel Nives Diaz, who died in Florida following 34 minutes of agony, Sergio D’Elia, MP for the Rose in the Fist Party and Secretary of Hands Off Cain, declared:
DECEMBER 16, 2006PakistanDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA EXECUTES PAKISTANI FOR DRUG PEDDLING
Nur-eddin Ghulam Suroor
DECEMBER 15, 2006CaliforniaDEATH PENALTYUNITED STATES. CALIFORNIA'S USE OF LETHAL INJECTION RULED UNCONSTITUTIONAL
California's method of lethal injection for executions was ruled unconstitutional by a federal judge who said its risk of pain and discomfort to the condemned constitutes cruel and unusual punishment.
- DECEMBER 14, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA EXECUTES TWO FORMER BANK EMPLOYEES FOR FRAUD
two ex-employees of China's third-largest bank were put to death by lethal injection for defrauding customers of millions of dollars.
DECEMBER 13, 2006FloridaDEATH PENALTYUNITED STATES. EXECUTION OF FLORIDA INMATE TAKES 34 MINUTES
death penalty opponents criticized the execution of Angel Nieves Diaz who took more than half an hour to die and needed a rare second dose of lethal chemicals. Diaz, 55, convicted of murdering a Miami topless bar manager 27 years ago, appeared to grimace
- DECEMBER 12, 2006Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA EXECUTES SAUDI MAN FOR MURDER
Saudi Arabia executed Misfir al-Qahtani in Riyadh for the murder of Mukhallad al-Muteiri...
DECEMBER 12, 2006IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN HANGS MAN IN PUBLIC FOR MURDER
an Iranian man convicted of murdering 12 family members was publicly hanged in the southern town of Jahrom.
DECEMBER 11, 2006BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBAHRAIN. THREE FOREIGN NATIONALS EXECUTED BY FIRING SQUAD
three foreign nationals convicted of murder were executed by firing squad at Jaw prison, Bahrain. It was reported that Pakistani Mohammed Hanif Atta Mohammed, aged 37, was allowed to meet his three-year-old son for the first time just one day before he
DECEMBER 10, 2006Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA EXECUTES NIGERIAN FOR DRUG SMUGGLING
Saudi Arabia executed a Nigerian man for drug smuggling.
- DECEMBER 7, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRANIAN MAN HANGED FOR MURDERING GIRL
an Iranian man convicted of murdering a young girl was hanged at a prison in western Iran.