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 21, 2006PakistanDEATH PENALTY
KUWAIT HANGS THREE ASIANS, ONE STATELESS RESIDENT
two Pakistani nationals convicted of drug trafficking and a Bangladeshi and a stateless resident found guilty of premeditated murder were hanged in Kuwait, officials said.
- NOVEMBER 20, 2006Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA BEHEADS A MAN WHO SHOT DEAD A COMPATRIOT AFTER AN ARGUMENT
Saudi Arabia beheaded a citizen who shot dead a compatriot after an argument, the Saudi Interior Ministry said.
- NOVEMBER 19, 2006Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI MAN EXECUTED FOR MURDER OF MOTHER-IN-LAW
a man convicted of murdering his mother-in-law was executed in Saudi Arabia. The official news agency said Naji al-Tharawi, a Saudi, was put to death in the city of Mecca.
- NOVEMBER 17, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. FIVE HANGED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Iran hanged five men convicted of drug trafficking in the northeastern province of Khorasan Razavi province
- NOVEMBER 17, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA ADMITS ORGANS FROM EXECUTED PRISONERS SOLD TO TOURISTS
China acknowledged the practice of "transplant tourism," in which the organs of executed prisoners are sold to foreigners, and said it wants to regulate the sale of kidneys, livers and other body parts.
- NOVEMBER 17, 2006Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA. WIDOW GIVES BIRTH, JUDGE WANTS HER STONED TO DEATH
a 39 year old widow was sentenced to be stoned to death in the Saudi city of Hail, the local al-Watan daily reported.
- NOVEMBER 15, 2006PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. MAN HANGED FOR MURDER
Mureed Hussain, 35, resident of Noorpur, was hanged in Faisalabad District Jail, Pakistan. The accused had reportedly attempted to develop “illicit ties” with a married woman and had killed her son Ehsanullah, 7, on August 30, 1993.
- NOVEMBER 14, 2006PakistanDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA. PAKISTANI EXECUTED FOR MURDER
Saudi Arabia executed a Pakistani for murder.
- NOVEMBER 14, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. MAN PUBLICLY HANGED FOR SODOMY
an Iranian man convicted of sodomy was publicly hanged in the evening in the western town of Kermanshah, the official news agency IRNA reported.
- NOVEMBER 14, 2006Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA. CHADIAN EXECUTED FOR DRUG SMUGGLING
Saudi Arabia executed a Chadian for drug smuggling. The official Saudi Press Agency said the man from Chad was caught smuggling cocaine into the country.
- NOVEMBER 14, 2006PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. TWO MEN HANGED FOR MURDER
two Pakistanis convicted of separate murders were hanged after President Pervez Musharraf turned down their pleas for clemency, jail officials said.
- NOVEMBER 11, 2006Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA. MAN BEHEADED FOR MURDER
a Saudi man, found guilty of murdering a fellow national, was beheaded in the Assir region, in south-western Saudi Arabia.
- NOVEMBER 9, 2006VirginiaDEATH PENALTY
John Yancey Schmitt was executed by injection...
John Yancey Schmitt was executed by injection...
- NOVEMBER 9, 2006DEATH PENALTY
VIRGINIA. SCHMITT EXECUTED FOR MURDER OF SECURITY GUARD
Greensville Correctional Center. “Come on with it,” were his final words.
- NOVEMBER 8, 2006PakistanDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA. THREE PAKISTANIS EXECUTED FOR DRUG SMUGGLING
Saudi Arabia executed three Pakistanis, including two women, for drugs smuggling, taking to 20 the number of reported executions in the conservative kingdom in 2006.
- NOVEMBER 8, 2006TexasDEATH PENALTY
Willie Shannon, 33, was executed tonight
Willie Shannon, 33, was executed tonight
- NOVEMBER 8, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN HANGS BANGLADESHI FOR MURDER
Iran hanged a Bangladeshi convicted of murdering his brother-in-law in the southern port city of Bandar Abbas.
- NOVEMBER 7, 2006IraqDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ. NOBELLIST APPEALS TO IRAQI GOVERNMENT NOT TO CARRY OUT CAPITAL PUNISHMENT FOR SADDAM HUSSEIN
Nobel Peace Laureate, Mairead Corrigan Maguire, has appealed to the Iraqi Government not to carry out the death sentences passed on former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, as well as his former Vice President, Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti, and former Intell
- NOVEMBER 5, 2006IraqDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ. SADDAM AND TWO CO-DEFENDANTS SENTENCED TO HANG
Saddam Hussein was sentenced to death by hanging for crimes against humanity.
- NOVEMBER 3, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. MAN PUBLICLY HANGED FOR MURDER
an Iranian man convicted of murder was hanged in public in the southeastern town of Zabol, the government newspaper Iran reported
- NOVEMBER 2, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. COUPLE REPORTED HANGED IN MAY, WERE ACTUALLY STONED TO DEATH
according to Rooz daily, “In May 2006, a man and a woman identified as Abbass H. and Mahboubeh M. were stoned to death in the northern city of Mashhad”.
- NOVEMBER 1, 2006TexasDEATH PENALTY
Donell Jackson, 33, was executed this evening.
Donell Jackson, 33, was executed this evening.
- NOVEMBER 1, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
an iranian man convicted of drug trafficking was hanged in public in the southeastern city of Zahedan.
an iranian man convicted of drug trafficking was hanged in public in the southeastern city of Zahedan.
- NOVEMBER 1, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
an iranian man convicted of armed kidnapping was hanged in public in the southeastern city of Zahedan.
an iranian man convicted of armed kidnapping was hanged in public in the southeastern city of Zahedan.
- NOVEMBER 1, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
a man, identified only as M., was hanged in public in Gorgan...
a man, identified only as M., was hanged in public in Gorgan...
- OCTOBER 31, 2006Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA. NIGERIAN WOMAN EXECUTED FOR DRUGS SMUGGLING
Saudi Arabia executed a Nigerian woman for drugs smuggling.
- OCTOBER 31, 2006Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA. EXECUTED FOR MURDER
Barakat bin Sadun bin Raja' al-Outaibi, a Saudi man, was put to death in the capital Riyadh.
- OCTOBER 31, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN HANGS MAN FOR ARMED ROBBERY
an Iranian man convicted of several counts of robbery was hanged in the southern province of Hormozgan.
- OCTOBER 31, 2006PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. TRIPLE-MURDER CONVICT HANGED IN BAHAWALPUR JAIL
Nazir Ahmad was executed in Bahawalpur Central Jail, Pakistan, for the murder of three people in June 1999.
- OCTOBER 30, 2006United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
a firing squad executed a man who was sentenced to death for killing a Sharjah police officer.
a firing squad executed a man who was sentenced to death for killing a Sharjah police officer.