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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- AUGUST 15, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
The Secretariat of the National Council of Resistance...
The Secretariat of the National Council of Resistance of Iran said that the clerical regime's henchmen executed a 16-year-old girl in the town of Neka, northern Iran
- AUGUST 14, 2004IndiaDEATH PENALTY
Dhananjay Chatterjee, 39, was hanged performing India's...
Dhananjay Chatterjee, 39, was hanged performing India's first execution in 9 years
- AUGUST 13, 2004Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
A Sudanese national was beheaded for the stabbing death...
A Sudanese national was beheaded for the stabbing death of a Saudi during a fight
- AUGUST 12, 2004NevadaDEATH PENALTY
Terry Jess Dennis, resolute to the end about not wanting...
Terry Jess Dennis, resolute to the end about not wanting any appeals, was executed tonight at the Nevada State Prison for strangling a woman in 1999
- AUGUST 11, 2004IndiaDEATH PENALTY
Dhananjoy Chatterjee, an Indian man due to be hanged on August 14...
Dhananjoy Chatterjee, an Indian man due to be hanged on August 14...
- AUGUST 11, 2004United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
prisoners taken by British forces were liable to be executed by the Iraqi authorities
prisoners taken by British forces were liable to be executed by the Iraqi authorities
- AUGUST 10, 2004Hong Kong SAR ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China executed four men including Cai Xiong, a Hong...
China executed four men including Cai Xiong, a Hong Kong resident, for counterfeiting and smuggling fake currency
- AUGUST 10, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
An Iranian man convicted of murder has been hanged...
An Iranian man convicted of murder has been hanged publicly in Shabankareh, a town in the southern Gulf province of Bushehr, the government daily Iran reported
- AUGUST 10, 2004UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
Yusuf Zhumayev and Azizbek Karimov were executed in secret.
Yusuf Zhumayev and Azizbek Karimov were executed in secret.
- AUGUST 5, 2004AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
James Barney Hubbard, 74, died by lethal injection at 6:36 p
James Barney Hubbard, 74, died by lethal injection at 6:36 p
- AUGUST 5, 2004IndiaDEATH PENALTY
Indonesia executed Indian national Ayodhya Prasad Chaubey...
Indonesia executed Indian national Ayodhya Prasad Chaubey arrested in 1994 for drug smuggling, carrying out its first execution in three years
- AUGUST 5, 2004IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
Indonesia executed Indian national Ayodhya Prasad Chaubey...
Indonesia executed Indian national Ayodhya Prasad Chaubey arrested in 1994 for drug smuggling, carrying out its first execution in three years
- AUGUST 5, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
a man named Moslem was hanged in Bangladesh for murder
a man named Moslem was hanged in Bangladesh for murder
- AUGUST 5, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
the mullahs’ henchmen hanged a 29-year-old prisoner by the name of Shah Bakhsh in public
the mullahs’ henchmen hanged a 29-year-old prisoner by the name of Shah Bakhsh in public
- AUGUST 4, 2004IndiaDEATH PENALTY
Indian President Abdul Kalam rejected a mercy plea...
Indian President Abdul Kalam rejected a mercy plea for Dhananjoy Chatterjee, a man convicted of raping and killing a teenage girl, paving the way for India's first execution in 15 years
- AUGUST 3, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
Kioumars Nasir Moghadas, an Iranian man convicted of...
Kioumars Nasir Moghadas, an Iranian man convicted of murdering a jeweler in October 2003 was hanged publicly in the western Iranian province of Lorestan, the Ressalat newspaper reported
- AUGUST 2, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Abdul Bashir was executed by hanging in Mymensingh's...
Abdul Bashir was executed by hanging in Mymensingh's central jail, Bangladesh, in the early hours of the morning
- JULY 27, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
Four Iranian men convicted of drug trafficking were...
Four Iranian men convicted of drug trafficking were hanged in a prison in the northern city of Qazvin, the conservative Jomhuri Islami newspaper reported
- JULY 26, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Dang Ngoc Viet, a homeless man, was executed by firing...
Dang Ngoc Viet, a homeless man, was executed by firing squad in Vietnam for killing a motorcycle taxi driver and stealing his bike and money
- JULY 26, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Twenty Uighurs aged 15 to 30 were convicted of "separatism"...
Twenty Uighurs aged 15 to 30 were convicted of "separatism" and "manufacture and storage of illegal weapons" by a court in China's Xinjiang region, and one of them had been executed, a court official as well as a Uighur organisation in exile said
- JULY 26, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
An Iranian man convicted of murdering a university...
An Iranian man convicted of murdering a university student was hanged publicly near Tehran, drawing loud cheers from a crowd of some 1,000 people who turned out to watch the execution
- JULY 25, 2004IndiaDEATH PENALTY
It was reported that an overwhelming number of judges...
It was reported that an overwhelming number of judges who responded to the Indian Law Commission on ways to execute death penalty, favoured lethal injection as an additional mode
- JULY 24, 2004United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
Abu Hamza could not be sent from Britain to the US...
Abu Hamza could not be sent from Britain to the US to face terrorism charges because any guarantee given by the US government not to execute him was worthless, a court was told
- JULY 23, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Le Minh Thua, a 32-year-old man, was executed by firing...
Le Minh Thua, a 32-year-old man, was executed by firing squad in Vietnam for killing and then raping a woman
- JULY 22, 2004VirginiaDEATH PENALTY
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- JULY 20, 2004OhioDEATH PENALTY
Scott Mink was pronounced dead just after 10 this morning...
Scott Mink was pronounced dead just after 10 this morning in Lucasville
- JULY 19, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
the Iranian state-controlled media reported that three prisoners were hanged.
the Iranian state-controlled media reported that three prisoners were hanged.
- JULY 18, 2004Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi Arabia beheaded Adnan al-Shahrani in the capital...
Saudi Arabia beheaded Adnan al-Shahrani in the capital Riyadh on for attempting to rape a woman in her home, the Interior Ministry said
- JULY 16, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
At least seven people were executed in China after...
At least seven people were executed in China after being found guilty of crimes including murder, embezzlement and poisoning, state media reported
- JULY 14, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
a prisoner was hanged at Khazar Square in the city of Sari, northern Iran.
a prisoner was hanged at Khazar Square in the city of Sari, northern Iran.