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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- OCTOBER 22, 2000AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Dad Mohammad was executed in public at a sports stadium...
Dad Mohammad was executed in public at a sports stadium in the town of Kandahar after being found guilty of murdering Aleph Khan, a resident of Ghazni Province
- OCTOBER 19, 2000BurundiDEATH PENALTY
Two Burundi army soldiers, Sgt
Two Burundi army soldiers, Sgt
- OCTOBER 19, 2000AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Najibollah was publicly executed for murder after being...
Najibollah was publicly executed for murder after being convicted by a judicial panel of the military court
- OCTOBER 10, 2000VirginiaDEATH PENALTY
Bobby Lee Ramdass, 28, white, was put to death by lethal...
Bobby Lee Ramdass, 28, white, was put to death by lethal injection in Greenville Correctional Center
- OCTOBER 2, 2000United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty for murder was abolished in Britain...
The death penalty for murder was abolished in Britain on December 18, 1969
- SEPTEMBER 29, 2000Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Janjana Arana, an Indian, was executed in Al-Dawadimah...
Janjana Arana, an Indian, was executed in Al-Dawadimah in the Riyadh area after having been convicted of murdering Saudi national Salim Bin-Naffa Bin-Nuwayfi al-Mutayri
- SEPTEMBER 29, 2000IndiaDEATH PENALTY
An Indian man, Janjana Arana, was executed in Saudi...
An Indian man, Janjana Arana, was executed in Saudi Arabia for murdering a Saudi man with a hatchet after a quarrel
- SEPTEMBER 28, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
At least 14 more criminals have been executed, in keeping...
At least 14 more criminals have been executed, in keeping with the mainland tradition of getting tough on crime before key holidays, like the National Day
- SEPTEMBER 27, 2000TexasDEATH PENALTY
Ricky McGinn, 43, white, was executed by lethal injection
Ricky McGinn, 43, white, was executed by lethal injection
- SEPTEMBER 25, 2000Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
An Afghan man was executed for smuggling drugs
An Afghan man was executed for smuggling drugs
- SEPTEMBER 23, 2000Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
A man was executed for stabbing to death a fellow citizen
A man was executed for stabbing to death a fellow citizen
- SEPTEMBER 19, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Seven gangsters and their associates were executed...
Seven gangsters and their associates were executed for crimes including murder, kidnapping and running gambling and prostitution rings
- SEPTEMBER 19, 2000IndiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi Arabia executed an [unidentified] Indian man...
Saudi Arabia executed an [unidentified] Indian man for smuggling heroin into the country
- SEPTEMBER 18, 2000LiberiaDEATH PENALTY
Several Krahn political leaders were executed by government...
Several Krahn political leaders were executed by government officers in Monrovia
- SEPTEMBER 17, 2000Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Ali Bin-Muhammad Bin-Ali Mushrum was executed in Jazan...
Ali Bin-Muhammad Bin-Ali Mushrum was executed in Jazan after he was convicted of killing fellow Saudi Muhammad Bin-Jubran Bin-Jahhaf
- SEPTEMBER 15, 2000SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
Three convicted murderers were hanged in Changi Prison
Three convicted murderers were hanged in Changi Prison
- SEPTEMBER 15, 2000IndiaDEATH PENALTY
Sago Gham Mrogan, an Indian man convicted of smuggling...
Sago Gham Mrogan, an Indian man convicted of smuggling heroin into Saudi Arabia was beheaded, the Interior Ministry said
- SEPTEMBER 13, 2000IranDEATH PENALTY
Bahman Savari, 22, was publicly hanged in the south-western...
Bahman Savari, 22, was publicly hanged in the south-western city of Ahvaz for killing a policeman
- SEPTEMBER 13, 2000IranDEATH PENALTY
Masoud Eslami, a drug addict who had killed his 53-year-old...
Masoud Eslami, a drug addict who had killed his 53-year-old aunt last year and stole her gold, was executed by hanging in Tehran's Qasr prison
- SEPTEMBER 13, 2000IranDEATH PENALTY
Qolam Bandak was hanged in Qasr prison on charges of...
Qolam Bandak was hanged in Qasr prison on charges of having beaten to death a 22-year-old inmate
- SEPTEMBER 13, 2000MissouriDEATH PENALTY
George Harris, 41, black, was put to death by lethal...
George Harris, 41, black, was put to death by lethal injection in Potosi Correctional Center
- SEPTEMBER 12, 2000JamaicaDEATH PENALTY
Six convicted murderers in Jamaica were spared from...
Six convicted murderers in Jamaica were spared from hanging by a Privy Council ruling that all prisoners should be given access to the Jamaican Mercy Committee, the body which decides who will be executed and who should receive mercy
- SEPTEMBER 11, 2000IranDEATH PENALTY
Hassan Noruzian-Tabrizi was executed by hanging in...
Hassan Noruzian-Tabrizi was executed by hanging in the eastern city of Mashhad for murdering his pregnant wife in 1997
- SEPTEMBER 9, 2000NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi Arabia executed a Nigerian man for trying to...
Saudi Arabia executed a Nigerian man for trying to smuggle cocaine into the country
- SEPTEMBER 9, 2000Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Farhan Bin-Abdallah Bin-Radi was executed in Riyad...
Farhan Bin-Abdallah Bin-Radi was executed in Riyad after he was convicted of kidnapping and raping a woman, attempted kidnapping, forgery and impersonation of public officials
- SEPTEMBER 8, 2000ZimbabweDEATH PENALTY
Jean-Pierre Bemba, the leader of the Ugandan-backed...
Jean-Pierre Bemba, the leader of the Ugandan-backed Congolese Liberation Movement (MLC), accused government troops of executing 51 civilians in a northeastern town before rebel troops captured it last week
- SEPTEMBER 3, 2000Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
A man was executed in Hafar al-Batin after he was convicted...
A man was executed in Hafar al-Batin after he was convicted of selling hashish
- SEPTEMBER 3, 2000IranDEATH PENALTY
A man was hanged in the south-eastern city of Kerman...
A man was hanged in the south-eastern city of Kerman for murdering his ex-wife after the Supreme Court upheld his death sentence issued by a lower court
- SEPTEMBER 2, 2000IranDEATH PENALTY
The "Student Movement Coordination Committee for Democracy...
The "Student Movement Coordination Committee for Democracy in Iran" (SMCCDI) wrote a letter to Kofi Annan, Secretary General of the United Nations, on the occasion of the 54th session of the UN General Assembly, in which they criticised President Khatami
- AUGUST 31, 2000ThailandDEATH PENALTY
The Criminal Court sentenced to death Somsak Sinkhao,...
The Criminal Court sentenced to death Somsak Sinkhao, Thawil Srilimpanon, Worachet Yakhet, Pitak Pisailert, and Pathomchai Walee-anurak