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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- APRIL 22, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Namatollah (phonetic) was executed at Kandahar stadium...
Namatollah (phonetic) was executed at Kandahar stadium after being found guilty of murder
- APRIL 21, 2001NevadaDEATH PENALTY
Sebastian Bridges, 37, a South African national sentenced...
Sebastian Bridges, 37, a South African national sentenced to death for killing his estranged wife's lover in Las Vegas in 1997 was executed at 9 p
- APRIL 21, 2001South AfricaDEATH PENALTY
Sebastian Bridges, a South African citizen, 37, was...
Sebastian Bridges, a South African citizen, 37, was executed by lethal injection in Nevada (USA)
- APRIL 20, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
As part of the "strike-hard" campaign, which began...
As part of the "strike-hard" campaign, which began mid-April, Chinese courts in Sichuan, Henan and Guangdong provinces executed 12 criminals, the Supreme People's Court [SPC] said
- APRIL 19, 2001Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi Arabia beheaded in Khamis Mushayt, Abd-al-Aziz...
Saudi Arabia beheaded in Khamis Mushayt, Abd-al-Aziz Bin-Shai Bin-Ali al-Shahrani a Saudi man, for stabbing to death a compatriot during a fight
- APRIL 18, 2001TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
The Thai government executed Chu Chin-kuay, 33, a Taiwanese...
The Thai government executed Chu Chin-kuay, 33, a Taiwanese for drug trafficking
- APRIL 18, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Legal Daily [Fazhi Ribao] said nine people were...
The Legal Daily [Fazhi Ribao] said nine people were executed in Lanzhou [Gansu Province] while five others died in Yinchuan [Ningxia Province]
- APRIL 18, 2001ThailandDEATH PENALTY
The government executed five condemned prisoners, four...
The government executed five condemned prisoners, four of them major drug dealers, at the Bang Kwang maximum security prison and for the first time, televised their final hours up to the point the blindfolds were put on
- APRIL 17, 2001YemenDEATH PENALTY
Five Yemenis executed for murder, Saba news agency reported
Five Yemenis executed for murder, Saba news agency reported
- APRIL 15, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Shandong authorities executed 12 people for murder,...
Shandong authorities executed 12 people for murder, armed robbery, fraud and other crimes
- APRIL 11, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China executed 89 convicted criminals as part of its...
China executed 89 convicted criminals as part of its nationwide "strike hard" campaign against organised crime
- APRIL 11, 2001ThailandDEATH PENALTY
Somkid Namkaew, a 25-year-old Thai man, was executed...
Somkid Namkaew, a 25-year-old Thai man, was executed for trafficking in methamphetamines
- APRIL 11, 2001YemenDEATH PENALTY
Seven men convicted of separate murders were executed...
Seven men convicted of separate murders were executed by firing squad
- APRIL 9, 2001RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Seven people were executed by fighters from Commander...
Seven people were executed by fighters from Commander Arbi Barayev's unit in the village of Valerik of Urus-Martanovskiy District
- APRIL 2, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
At least 10 criminals were executed in Shanxi province...
At least 10 criminals were executed in Shanxi province following a public sentencing rally
- MARCH 31, 2001YemenDEATH PENALTY
Rodman Mohammed Saad executed by firing squad in Sana'a...
Rodman Mohammed Saad executed by firing squad in Sana'a Central Prison
- MARCH 31, 2001BotswanaDEATH PENALTY
"Marietta Bosch was hanged" said Herman Kau, Botswana's...
"Marietta Bosch was hanged" said Herman Kau, Botswana's commissioner for prisons
- MARCH 30, 2001Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
A killer was beheaded in Saudi Arabia
A killer was beheaded in Saudi Arabia
- MARCH 25, 2001YemenDEATH PENALTY
Abdu Shouan Mohammed Mokbil was executed in the northern...
Abdu Shouan Mohammed Mokbil was executed in the northern Hajjah province for the 1993 murder of Nasser Kassem, during a dispute over land
- MARCH 21, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Six men were executed in Beijing for separate crimes
Six men were executed in Beijing for separate crimes
- MARCH 19, 2001IranDEATH PENALTY
Five people, included a woman, involved in a "ring...
Five people, included a woman, involved in a "ring of drug-traffickers" in Tehran's Khak-e Sefid District, were executed in public after being sentenced to death the day before by Branch 27 of Tehran's Islamic Revolution Court
- MARCH 19, 2001South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
The opposition Grand National Party (GNP) blasted the...
The opposition Grand National Party (GNP) blasted the government's "soft" North Korea policy, claiming that a North Korean defector was executed in public recently, after he had been abducted back to Pyongyang in October 2000
- MARCH 14, 2001IraqDEATH PENALTY
Iraqi Communist Party newspaper Tariq al-Sha'b said...
Iraqi Communist Party newspaper Tariq al-Sha'b said that "the despotic ruling clique executed 25 citizens, from various areas in Iraq, at Abu Ghurayb prison [south of Baghdad]
- MARCH 14, 2001BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Firoze Mia was executed by hanging in the Dhaka's Central...
Firoze Mia was executed by hanging in the Dhaka's Central Jail
- MARCH 13, 2001Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi Arabia executed one of its nationals after he...
Saudi Arabia executed one of its nationals after he was convicted of murder, in the capital Riyadh
- MARCH 3, 2001IraqDEATH PENALTY
A Kurdish source said the military authorities in Baghdad...
A Kurdish source said the military authorities in Baghdad executed an army major-general, Tariq Sa'dun, a relative of the incumbent Interior Minister Muhammad Zimam Abd-al-Razzaq
- MARCH 1, 2001OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
Robert William Clayton was executed by injection for...
Robert William Clayton was executed by injection for the 1985 killing of a Tulsa woman
- MARCH 1, 2001VirginiaDEATH PENALTY
Thomas Wayne Akers, 31, who pleaded guilty to killing...
Thomas Wayne Akers, 31, who pleaded guilty to killing 24-year-old Wesley Smith during a robbery in Roanoke, was pronounced dead at 9:18 p
- MARCH 1, 2001BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Motaleb Hawlader was hanged in the Jessore prison,...
Motaleb Hawlader was hanged in the Jessore prison, in Barisal district, for killing his wife
- FEBRUARY 28, 2001PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Haq Nawaz Jhangvi, a Pakistani Islamic activist, was...
Haq Nawaz Jhangvi, a Pakistani Islamic activist, was hanged for the killing of an Iranian official in 1990