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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- 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, 2001CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
9 months after he confessed to a 2-month robbery spree...
9 months after he confessed to a 2-month robbery spree that ended in the murder of 2 people, David Scott Daniels was formally sentenced to die by lethal injection
- 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
- FEBRUARY 25, 2001IranDEATH PENALTY
Three [unidentified] Afghan bandits were hung in public...
Three [unidentified] Afghan bandits were hung in public in the Khorasan Province on the border with Afghanistan
- FEBRUARY 25, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Three unidentified Afghan bandits were publicly hanged...
Three unidentified Afghan bandits were publicly hanged in the Iranian province of Khorasan near the border with Afghanistan
- FEBRUARY 23, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China executed seven people for their role in a multi-billion...
China executed seven people for their role in a multi-billion dollar smuggling scandal
- FEBRUARY 23, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Afghanistan's ultra-orthodox Taliban regime publicly...
Afghanistan's ultra-orthodox Taliban regime publicly executed two women and flogged a dozen others convicted of adultery in the southern city of Kandahar, the official Radio Shariat said Saturday
- FEBRUARY 22, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A [unidentified] Singaporean national was executed...
A [unidentified] Singaporean national was executed in China in January for drug trafficking
- FEBRUARY 22, 2001SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
A [unidentified] Singaporean national was executed...
A [unidentified] Singaporean national was executed in China in January for drug trafficking
- FEBRUARY 20, 2001IranDEATH PENALTY
An Afghan national, Shalif Alizehi, was executed after...
An Afghan national, Shalif Alizehi, was executed after being found guilty of robbery, rape and drug trafficking
- FEBRUARY 20, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
An Afghan national, Shalif Alizehi, was executed in...
An Afghan national, Shalif Alizehi, was executed in Iran after being found guilty of robbery, rape and drug-trafficking
- FEBRUARY 19, 2001Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
A Saudi man was executed in the city of Najran for...
A Saudi man was executed in the city of Najran for strangling his sister to death
- FEBRUARY 16, 2001SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
Singapore hanged 52 year old Julaiha Maniam along with...
Singapore hanged 52 year old Julaiha Maniam along with 2 younger men who had helped her to kill her husband, a retired police officer, so that she could then become the sole owner of their $1
- FEBRUARY 13, 2001Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
A Saudi man was executed in the Qassim region for murdering...
A Saudi man was executed in the Qassim region for murdering a compatriot during a dispute
- FEBRUARY 12, 2001JapanDEATH PENALTY
The father of murdered British bar hostess Lucie Blackman,...
The father of murdered British bar hostess Lucie Blackman, whose dismembered remains were found on January 9 at the seaside town of Miura by Japanese police, was quoted as saying her killer should face the death penalty
- FEBRUARY 12, 2001United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
The father of murdered British bar hostess Lucie Blackman,...
The father of murdered British bar hostess Lucie Blackman, whose dismembered remains were found on January 9 at the seaside town of Miura by Japanese police, said her killer should face the death penalty
- FEBRUARY 5, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Six gang members were executed in Jiangsu province
Six gang members were executed in Jiangsu province
- FEBRUARY 1, 2001OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
An inmate on death row longer than any other was executed...
An inmate on death row longer than any other was executed for a 1979 murder at a Lawton bar
- FEBRUARY 1, 2001Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi Arabia executed in Al-Qatif Governorate two Indian...
Saudi Arabia executed in Al-Qatif Governorate two Indian men for stabbing to death a co-worker
- FEBRUARY 1, 2001IndiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi Arabia executed in Al-Qatif Governorate two Indian...
Saudi Arabia executed in Al-Qatif Governorate two Indian men for stabbing to death a co-worker
- JANUARY 31, 2001OmanDEATH PENALTY
A Pakistani national, Murad Bkhit was executed in Oman...
A Pakistani national, Murad Bkhit was executed in Oman for drug trafficking
- JANUARY 31, 2001PakistanDEATH PENALTY
A Pakistani national, Murad Bkhit was executed in Oman...
A Pakistani national, Murad Bkhit was executed in Oman for drug trafficking
- JANUARY 30, 2001Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi Arabia executed in Mecca three [unidentified]...
Saudi Arabia executed in Mecca three [unidentified] nationals for stabbing and raping a Saudi woman before robbing her
- JANUARY 30, 2001OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
A 35-year-old man, Loyd Lafevers, was executed by injection...
A 35-year-old man, Loyd Lafevers, was executed by injection in the night for killing an 84-year-old woman by beating her and setting her on fire