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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DECEMBER 6, 2006SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA. OFFICIAL THREATENS BEHEADINGS FOR NOT PRAYING 5 TIMES DAILY
residents of a southern Somalia town who do not pray five times a day will be beheaded, an official said, adding that the edict will be implemented in three days.
DECEMBER 6, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINESE SECRETLY EXECUTED AFTER PROTEST
a court in southwestern China has secretly executed a man who took part in an environmental protest which turned into a riot, a lawyer and a family member said. Three others were jailed, one of them for life, they said.
DECEMBER 6, 2006Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA BEHEADS A PAKISTANI AND HIS DAUGHTER CONVICTED OF DRUG TRAFFICKING
- DECEMBER 4, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN PUBLICLY HANGS MAN FOR MURDER
an unidentified Iranian man convicted of murder and armed robbery...
DECEMBER 3, 2006IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN PUBLICLY HANGS FOUR FOR MURDER
it was reported that Iran publicly hanged four men convicted of murder in the southeastern city of Zahedan and Langerood in northern Gilan province.
- DECEMBER 1, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. STATE EXECUTES MAN FOR MURDERS
Zhang Xianguang, 39, was executed immediately after a public trial in Shenyang...
- NOVEMBER 29, 2006BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. MAN HANGED FOR KILLING WIFE
Ainal Haq, 30, was hanged in Mymensingh Central Jail, Bangladesh, at 12:01 am local time for killing his pregnant wife.
NOVEMBER 29, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA. THREE PROTESTANT LEADERS CONDEMNED WITHOUT PROOF EXECUTED IN SECRET
the leaders of a Protestant group “Three Grades of Servants”, condemned to death without proof, were executed in secret last week, according to the China Aid Association (CAA), a US-based non-governmental organisation that lobbies for religious freedom in
NOVEMBER 29, 2006BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH. MAN HANGED FOR KILLING EIGHT FROM SAME FAMILY
Safiqul Islam Montu, 45, was executed in Comilla Central Jail, Bangladesh, at 12:30am local time.
NOVEMBER 29, 2006KuwaitDEATH PENALTYSRI LANKAN STILL ALIVE FIVE HOURS AFTER HANGING IN KUWAIT: REPORTS
a Sri Lankan national who was executed in Kuwait for murdering an Asian woman during a robbery remained alive five hours after he was hanged and pronounced dead, newspapers reported
- NOVEMBER 28, 2006Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA BEHEADS AN EGYPTIAN WHO STABBED A SAUDI TO DEATH AFTER A DISPUTE
Saudi Arabia beheaded an Egyptian who killed a Saudi man after an argument, the Interior Ministry said.
NOVEMBER 27, 2006BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH. MAN EXECUTED FOR KILLING WIFE IN DISPUTE OVER DOWRY
Abul Kalam Azad, a Bangladeshi man convicted of killing his newlywed wife after she failed to meet his demand for dowry, was hanged to death in the early morning.
- NOVEMBER 26, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. MAN PUBLICLY HANGED FOR ADULTERY, KIDNAPPING
Iran publicly hanged a man convicted of repeated kidnapping and adultery in the southern province of Kerman, Fars news agency reported.
NOVEMBER 26, 2006Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI EXECUTES PAKISTANI, NIGERIAN OVER DRUGS
Saudi Arabia executed a Pakistani
NOVEMBER 22, 2006IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQI COURT HANDS DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDER OF JAPANESE HOSTAGE
an Iraqi court sentenced to death an al-Qaida operative over the 2004 kidnapping and beheading of a Japanese hostage.
- NOVEMBER 21, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA WILL NOT EXECUTE CANADIAN ACCUSED OF TERRORISM
Canada received assurances from Beijing that Huseyin Celil, 37...
- 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 21, 2006Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA. PAKISTANI AND NIGERIAN BEHEADED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
a Pakistani and a Nigerian convicted of drug trafficking were beheaded by the sword in the western Saudi city of Mecca.
- 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, 2006Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI 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 17, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA 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, 2006IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN. FIVE HANGED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Iran hanged five men convicted of drug trafficking in the northeastern province of Khorasan Razavi province
- 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, 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
SAUDI ARABIA. PAKISTANI EXECUTED FOR MURDER
Saudi Arabia executed a Pakistani for murder.
NOVEMBER 14, 2006PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN. 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 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 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 PENALTYVIRGINIA. SCHMITT EXECUTED FOR MURDER OF SECURITY GUARD
Greensville Correctional Center. “Come on with it,” were his final words.