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 4, 2002EgyptDEATH PENALTY
Three Egyptians, identified as Mohamad Abdel-Hadi Mahmoud,...
Three Egyptians, identified as Mohamad Abdel-Hadi Mahmoud, Mohamad Hassan Mohamad Salem and Ali Kamal Rifaie, were executed by hanging for murdering three people in stealing attempts two years ago, the official MENA news agency reported, quoting an offici
- JULY 4, 2002United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
Britain's highest court has rejected a bid by relatives...
Britain's highest court has rejected a bid by relatives of James Hanratty, one of the last men hanged in Britain, to clear his name 40 years after he was executed for murder
- JUNE 30, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
A man was hanged inside a prison in Karaj, near Tehran,...
A man was hanged inside a prison in Karaj, near Tehran, for murder
- JUNE 30, 2002KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
Three Bangladeshis were hanged at Nayif Palace after...
Three Bangladeshis were hanged at Nayif Palace after being convicted of killing a Sri Lankan woman
- JUNE 30, 2002BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Three Bangladeshis were hanged at Nayif Palace after...
Three Bangladeshis were hanged at Nayif Palace after being convicted of killing a Sri Lankan woman
- JUNE 30, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Two executions were carried out in different Iranian cities
Two executions were carried out in different Iranian cities
- JUNE 29, 2002BarbadosDEATH PENALTY
The High Court of Barbados granted a stay of execution...
The High Court of Barbados granted a stay of execution for four prisoners who were to have been hanged on July 2 in the Caribbean nation's first executions since 1984
- JUNE 28, 2002ThailandDEATH PENALTY
Three male convicts at Bang Kwang Central Prison in...
Three male convicts at Bang Kwang Central Prison in Nonthaburi were executed a prison official said
- JUNE 27, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International appealed to China to spare the...
Amnesty International appealed to China to spare the lives of convicted drug offenders after the country executed scores of people this week to mark a UN anti-narcotics day
- JUNE 27, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China marked UN anti-drug day by executing 64 people...
China marked UN anti-drug day by executing 64 people accused of drug crimes
- JUNE 26, 2002TexasDEATH PENALTY
Jeffrey Lynn Williams, 30, was executed today for the Oct
Jeffrey Lynn Williams, 30, was executed today for the Oct
- JUNE 26, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China launched a nationwide crackdown on drug traffickers...
China launched a nationwide crackdown on drug traffickers and users ahead of the International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking
- JUNE 25, 2002TexasDEATH PENALTY
Professing his innocence, Robert Coulson, 33, accused...
Professing his innocence, Robert Coulson, 33, accused of murdering 5 members of his family, including his parents, in a scheme to collect an inheritance was executed this evening
- JUNE 25, 2002SudanDEATH PENALTY
The International Secretariat of OMCT (World Organization...
The International Secretariat of OMCT (World Organization Against Torture) was informed by the Sudan Organisation Against Torture (SOAT), a member of the OMCT network, of the names of 14 prisoners charged with armed robbery who are awaiting execution, in
- JUNE 24, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Abbas Ali was hanged in jail in Mashdad, Iran
Abbas Ali was hanged in jail in Mashdad, Iran
- JUNE 24, 2002SudanDEATH PENALTY
The International Secretariat of the World Organisation...
The International Secretariat of the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) has been informed by the Sudan Organisation Against Torture (SOAT), a member of the OMCT network, that 12 prisoners that were charged with armed robbery were hanged on May 22nd
- JUNE 21, 2002CanadaDEATH PENALTY
Lai Changxing, China's most wanted fugitive who allegedly...
Lai Changxing, China's most wanted fugitive who allegedly oversaw a huge smuggling empire, was denied political asylum by a Canadian immigration panel
- JUNE 21, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The family of a man executed for killing factory his...
The family of a man executed for killing factory his boss after being laid off insisted that Xu Yudong never planned to murder and that he should have been spared the death sentence
- JUNE 21, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Lai Changxing, China's most wanted fugitive who allegedly...
Lai Changxing, China's most wanted fugitive who allegedly oversaw a huge smuggling empire, was denied political asylum by a Canadian immigration panel
- JUNE 20, 2002RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Russian Ambassador to Tanzania Doku Zavgayev expressed...
Russian Ambassador to Tanzania Doku Zavgayev expressed certainty that two Russian citizens, Ivan Ochirov and Dmitry Kosyakov, sentenced to death for killing in 1997 a Russian teenager, fourteen-year-old Alexei Sotnikov, on Zanzibar (in the composition of
- JUNE 20, 2002TanzaniaDEATH PENALTY
Russian Ambassador to Tanzania Doku Zavgayev expressed...
Russian Ambassador to Tanzania Doku Zavgayev expressed certainty that two Russian citizens, Ivan Ochirov and Dmitry Kosyakov, sentenced to death for killing in 1997 a Russian teenager, fourteen-year-old Alexei Sotnikov, on Zanzibar (in the composition of
- JUNE 20, 2002VietnamDEATH PENALTY
A 27-year-old Vietnamese man is to be executed after...
A 27-year-old Vietnamese man is to be executed after he stabbed a close friend to death at a funeral during an argument over what music to play
- JUNE 18, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Three drug dealers were executed in Dongguan, south...
Three drug dealers were executed in Dongguan, south China's Guangdong province
- JUNE 18, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
A man was hanged in public in Bandar Gaz, Iran
A man was hanged in public in Bandar Gaz, Iran
- JUNE 16, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Siavosh was hanged in jail in Shahr Rey, Iran
Siavosh was hanged in jail in Shahr Rey, Iran
- JUNE 14, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
At least five people have been executed in the capital...
At least five people have been executed in the capital for violent crimes
- JUNE 13, 2002TexasDEATH PENALTY
Daniel Reneau, 27, was executed for killing Kriss Keeran,...
Daniel Reneau, 27, was executed for killing Kriss Keeran, 31, during a robbery on Jan
- JUNE 13, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A former central bank official was executed for stealing...
A former central bank official was executed for stealing nearly 15
- JUNE 12, 2002VirginiaDEATH PENALTY
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- JUNE 12, 2002VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Nguyen Van Lap and Pho Van Chinh were executed by firing...
Nguyen Van Lap and Pho Van Chinh were executed by firing squad in Vietnam for raping minors