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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- JULY 7, 2006BurundiDEATH PENALTY
BURUNDI. ARMY TO PROBE EXECUTION OF 23 REBELS
Burundi's army will investigate allegations that its troops executed 13 holdout rebels who were training in a village outside the capital, army spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Adolphe Manirakiza said.
JULY 6, 2006IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN. TWO MEN HANGED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
two Iranian men convicted of drug trafficking were hanged in the southern city of Kerman, reports said.
JULY 6, 2006PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN. MURDER CONVICT EXECUTED
a murder convict was hanged to death in Balochistan’s Machh Jail this morning.
JULY 5, 2006IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ. PM MALIKI SAYS HOPES SADDAM EXECUTED SOON
Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said he hoped former President Saddam Hussein, under trial for crimes against humanity, would be executed soon.
JULY 4, 2006PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN. THREE PEOPLE HANGED IN GUJRANWALA CENTRAL JAIL
brothers Ilyas and Ghulam Abbas and their cousin Asif were hanged till death at Gujranwala central jail, Pakistan, for the murder of five people.
- JULY 3, 2006United StatesDEATH PENALTY
UNITED STATES. ANESTHESIOLOGISTS ASKED NOT TO HELP EXECUTE DEATH SENTENCES
the American Society of Anesthesiologists called on its members not to attend executions of death sentences by lethal injection, even if called to do so by a court.
JULY 3, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA. SEVEN EXECUTED FOR KIDNAPPING-MURDER OF MIGRANT WORKER
seven gang members were executed in eastern China for their role in the murders of 17 Chinese workers who had been kidnapped in Cambodia and held for ransom, Xinhua news agency reported.
JULY 3, 2006IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN. ARMED ROBBER HANGED PUBLICLY
an Iranian man convicted of repeated armed robbery and kidnapping has been hanged in a village near the southern city of Shiraz, AFP reported.
- JUNE 30, 2006PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. MURDER ACCUSED EXECUTED IN PUBLIC
a man who allegedly killed two people was executed under Taliban’s shariah system in a village near North Waziristan’s regional headquarters of Miramshah, Pakistan. Thirty-year-old Ihsanullah was brought blindfolded to the execution ground by heirs of the
JUNE 29, 2006PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN. 4 MEN HANGED FOR GANG RAPE OF CHRISTIAN WOMAN
Shehzad Ahmad, 29, Muhammad Ashraf, 34, Mubarik Ali, 28, and Umer Hayat, 32, were hanged in Pakistan for gang-raping a teenaged Christian girl at gunpoint in the central city of Faisalabad on November 7, 1999.
- JUNE 28, 2006TennesseeDEATH PENALTY
Sedley Alley, 50, was pronounced dead at 2:12 a.m. at the state's death chamber...
Sedley Alley, 50, was pronounced dead at 2:12 a.m. at the state's death chamber at Riverbend Maximum Security Institution in west Nashville.
JUNE 28, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA. 52 EXECUTED ON ANTI-DRUG DAY
according to reports from the Chinese government's state-run media organization, Xinhua News Agency, China has executed in the last week as many as 52 people found guilty of drug law violations.
- JUNE 27, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. TWO MEN EXECUTED FOR INTERNET CAFE FIRE
two men were executed for an arson attack at an Internet cafe in Longchuan County, in southern China's Guangdong Province.
- JUNE 27, 2006TexasDEATH PENALTY
serial killer Angel Maturino Resendiz, linked to at least 15 murders near railroad tracks around the country, was executed in Huntsville. In his final statement, Resendiz asked for forgiveness. Resendiz, 46, was pronounced dead at 8:05 p.m..
serial killer Angel Maturino Resendiz, linked to at least 15 murders near railroad tracks around the country, was executed in Huntsville. In his final statement, Resendiz asked for forgiveness. Resendiz, 46, was pronounced dead at 8:05 p.m..
JUNE 27, 2006North KoreaDEATH PENALTYNORTH KOREA. THREE PUBLICLY EXECUTED
Good Friend, a support organization for North Korea with news from internal sources, revealed that on May 17th and 19th, public executions were administered on the riverbanks of the Susung creek next to the Sunam market in Chongjin.
- JUNE 26, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. MAN HANGED IN PUBLIC FOR MURDER
an Iranian man convicted of murder was hanged in public in the southern city of Shiraz.
- JUNE 26, 2006SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
SOMALIA. ISLAMISTS TO STONE RAPISTS TO DEATH
Somalia's newly powerful Islamists said they will stone to death five rapists, in what some fear is the latest sign of a plan to install a hardline Islamic authority like Afghanistan's Taliban.
JUNE 26, 2006MissouriDEATH PENALTYMISSOURI, USA. FEDERAL JUDGE HALTS EXECUTIONS
a federal judge halted executions in Missouri until the state makes sweeping changes to ensure that inmates do not suffer excruciating pain when they are put to death.
JUNE 26, 2006DEATH PENALTYIRAN. SIX MEN HANGED
an Iranian man convicted of murder was hanged in public in the southern city of Shiraz.
- JUNE 25, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
two men identified as Nasser and Saeed were hanged in public in the southern city of Shiraz
two men identified as Nasser and Saeed were hanged in public in the southern city of Shiraz
- JUNE 24, 2006IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
INDONESIA. ANTI-DRUG AGENCY HEAD CALLS FOR EXECUTION OF TRAFFICKERS
the head of Indonesia's anti-drug agency, I Made Mangku Pastika, called for the speedy execution of convicted drug traffickers on death row.
- JUNE 24, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
a political prisoner was hanged in Tehran after serving 10 years behind bars.
a political prisoner was hanged in Tehran after serving 10 years behind bars.
JUNE 22, 2006IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN. TWO MEN PUBLICLY HANGED
press reports said that two men convicted on charges including murder, organised crime and assault were hanged in public in Iran.
- JUNE 21, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. MAN PUBLICLY HANGED FOR MURDER
an Iranian man convicted of murder was publicly hanged in the southern city of Shiraz.
- JUNE 20, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
an Iranian convicted of killing two civilians in a bombin...
an Iranian convicted of killing two civilians in a bombing and a policeman in a shooting has been hanged in the southeastern town of Zabol hard by the Afghan border, official media said.
JUNE 20, 2006Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA. MAN BEHEADED FOR MURDER
a Saudi man condemned to death for murder was beheaded with a sword in the north of the country.
JUNE 20, 2006TexasDEATH PENALTYTEXAS, USA. MAN EXECUTED FOR 1999 TRIPLE MURDER
28-year-old Lamont Reese was put to death by lethal injection for killing three men in 1999 outside a Fort Worth convenience store.
JUNE 19, 2006SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA. ISLAMIC COURT CARRIES OUT EXECUTION
the Islamic shari'ah Ifka Halan court executed Ilmi Ba Hasan Adow, convicted of murdering a man in Afgooye, southern Somalia.
JUNE 18, 2006EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT. 2 MEN HANGED FOR TAKING HOSTAGES
two brothers who led a gang that held more than 100 people hostage were hanged in Alexandria.
JUNE 15, 2006IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN. WOMAN AND A MAN HANGED IN SOUTHEASTERN PROVINCE
the Iranian regime hanged a woman and a man in Iranshahr, southeast Iran.