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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- DECEMBER 6, 2000AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Six [unidentified] people were executed in Panjshir...
Six [unidentified] people were executed in Panjshir [the Northern Alliance's stronghold in the eastern Kapisa Province] for the murder of prominent opposition commander Abdullah Jan Wahidi
- DECEMBER 5, 2000TexasDEATH PENALTY
Gary Miller, 33, white, was executed by lethal injection
Gary Miller, 33, white, was executed by lethal injection
- DECEMBER 3, 2000IraqDEATH PENALTY
In an interview with Radio Free Europe Iraqi former...
In an interview with Radio Free Europe Iraqi former secret police officer Captain Khalid Sachit Al-Janabi said he had witnessed the execution of 2,000 Iraqi dissidents in one day at the Abu Ghraib prison
- NOVEMBER 30, 2000JapanDEATH PENALTY
Three convicted killers, Kiyotaka Katsuta, 52, who...
Three convicted killers, Kiyotaka Katsuta, 52, who changed his family name to Fujiwara, Takashi Miyawaki, 57, and Kunikatsu Oishi, 55 were hanged
- NOVEMBER 25, 2000IraqDEATH PENALTY
According to the Committee in Defence of Iraqi Women's...
According to the Committee in Defence of Iraqi Women's Rights, an Australian organisation, more than 200 women were executed in a three week period
- NOVEMBER 23, 2000IranDEATH PENALTY
Morad Ali Heydari was publicly executed after being...
Morad Ali Heydari was publicly executed after being convicted of killing two relatives with a firearm
- NOVEMBER 23, 2000IranDEATH PENALTY
The daily newspaper Kayhan reported that Mohammad Taqi...
The daily newspaper Kayhan reported that Mohammad Taqi Amini was executed by hanging for his role in a multimillion dollar fraud, it did not specify the date of his execution
- NOVEMBER 22, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Seven Chinese citizens were executed by a bullet after...
Seven Chinese citizens were executed by a bullet after the Intermediate People's Court in the western city of Urumqi, capital of Xinjiang Autonomous Region sentenced them publicly for crimes including robbery, arson, murder and rape
- NOVEMBER 20, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Hao Ruiduan, ex-director of Huaiyang County Grain Bureau...
Hao Ruiduan, ex-director of Huaiyang County Grain Bureau in central China's Henan Province, was executed for the killing of a deputy curator of Huaiyang County Museum, Li Genghai
- NOVEMBER 20, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
At least four criminals were executed in Beijing for...
At least four criminals were executed in Beijing for murder, rape and robbery
- NOVEMBER 19, 2000Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
An Indian national was executed in Dammam in the Eastern...
An Indian national was executed in Dammam in the Eastern Region
- NOVEMBER 19, 2000IndiaDEATH PENALTY
An Indian national was executed in Dammam in the Eastern...
An Indian national was executed in Dammam in the Eastern Region (Saudi Arabia)
- NOVEMBER 18, 2000IranDEATH PENALTY
A man was hanged in the south-eastern province of Kerman...
A man was hanged in the south-eastern province of Kerman after his death sentence was upheld by the Supreme Court
- NOVEMBER 17, 2000DelawareDEATH PENALTY
Dwayne Weeks, 37, black, was executed by lethal injection
Dwayne Weeks, 37, black, was executed by lethal injection
- NOVEMBER 16, 2000Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Four Philippine citizens were executed in Mecca
Four Philippine citizens were executed in Mecca
- NOVEMBER 16, 2000PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Four Philippine citizens were executed in Mecca (Saudi...
Four Philippine citizens were executed in Mecca (Saudi Arabia)
- NOVEMBER 15, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Five men were executed in the Yunnan province for trafficking...
Five men were executed in the Yunnan province for trafficking the drug "ice"
- NOVEMBER 15, 2000MissouriDEATH PENALTY
James Chambers, 48, white, was executed by lethal injection,...
James Chambers, 48, white, was executed by lethal injection, he was pronounced dead at 00:08, in Potosi Correctional Center
- NOVEMBER 15, 2000TexasDEATH PENALTY
Tony Chambers, 32, black, was executed by lethal injection
Tony Chambers, 32, black, was executed by lethal injection
- NOVEMBER 14, 2000GermanyDEATH PENALTY
The United States admitted it had violated international...
The United States admitted it had violated international law in the case of two Germans executed in Arizona but rejected German demands to the World Court for reparations
- NOVEMBER 14, 2000TexasDEATH PENALTY
Stacey Lewton, 31, black, was put to death by lethal...
Stacey Lewton, 31, black, was put to death by lethal injection
- NOVEMBER 13, 2000GermanyDEATH PENALTY
Foreigners in the US run the risk of being jailed or...
Foreigners in the US run the risk of being jailed or even executed without help from home unless the International Court of Justice forces the country to respect international law, Germany said in its opening argument at the UN's highest court at The Hagu
- NOVEMBER 11, 2000North CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
Micheal Sexton, 34, black, was executed by lethal injection...
Micheal Sexton, 34, black, was executed by lethal injection in Raleigh's Central Prison
- NOVEMBER 9, 2000TexasDEATH PENALTY
Miguel Flores was executed in Texas despite protests...
Miguel Flores was executed in Texas despite protests from the Mexican government and European Union that Texas authorities violated the article 36 of the Vienna Convention in failing to inform Flores, a Mexican national, of his right to consular assistanc
- NOVEMBER 9, 2000TexasDEATH PENALTY
Miguel Flores, 31, of Hispanic origin, was put to death...
Miguel Flores, 31, of Hispanic origin, was put to death by lethal injection
- NOVEMBER 8, 2000KazakhstanDEATH PENALTY
Kazakh Commercial TV reported that a total of 17 people...
Kazakh Commercial TV reported that a total of 17 people had been executed so far in the year 2000
- NOVEMBER 4, 2000Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
A man was executed in Dammam after being convicted...
A man was executed in Dammam after being convicted of shooting and killing a compatriot during a dispute
- NOVEMBER 3, 2000South CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
Kevin Dean Young, 32, black, was executed by lethal...
Kevin Dean Young, 32, black, was executed by lethal injection
- NOVEMBER 2, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
A Pakistani man was executed in Riyadh (Saudi Arabia)...
A Pakistani man was executed in Riyadh (Saudi Arabia) after he was found guilty of smuggling heroin into the country
- NOVEMBER 2, 2000North CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
David Smith, attorney for North Carolina death row...
David Smith, attorney for North Carolina death row inmate Russell Tucker, recently admitted that he purposely tried to sabotage the defence so that his client would be executed