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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- 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, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China announced that it is planning to adopt a policy...
China announced that it is planning to adopt a policy of executions by lethal injection throughout the country, but added that executions by firing squad would continue
- 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
- AUGUST 30, 2000Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Aziz Bin-Jubayr Bin-Hunaydib al-Majdali was executed...
Aziz Bin-Jubayr Bin-Hunaydib al-Majdali was executed in Mecca after he was convicted of killing compatriot Muslim Bin-Ayyaf Mu'afa al-Jahdali
- AUGUST 30, 2000VirginiaDEATH PENALTY
Russel Burket, 32, white, was put to death by lethal...
Russel Burket, 32, white, was put to death by lethal injection in Greensville Correctional Center
- AUGUST 30, 2000TexasDEATH PENALTY
Jeffrey Caldwell, 37, black, was executed by lethal...
Jeffrey Caldwell, 37, black, was executed by lethal injection
- AUGUST 28, 2000NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi Arabia executed a Nigerian man convicted of drug...
Saudi Arabia executed a Nigerian man convicted of drug smuggling
- AUGUST 28, 2000Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Isa Muhammad Adam, a Nigerian national, was beheaded...
Isa Muhammad Adam, a Nigerian national, was beheaded in Jiddah after he was convicted by a shari'ah court of smuggling heroin and cocaine
- AUGUST 28, 2000AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Badshah was publicly executed for murder after being...
Badshah was publicly executed for murder after being caught by security services
- AUGUST 28, 2000AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Abdur Rahman was executed for murder by his victim's...
Abdur Rahman was executed for murder by his victim's brother in the sports stadium of southern Kandahar
- AUGUST 27, 2000Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Dawi Bin-Abdallah Bin-Manahi al-Rushaydi was executed...
Dawi Bin-Abdallah Bin-Manahi al-Rushaydi was executed in Riyadh after being convicted of the abduction and rape of two girls
- AUGUST 25, 2000FloridaDEATH PENALTY
Dan Houser, 30, white, was executed by lethal injection
Dan Houser, 30, white, was executed by lethal injection
- AUGUST 23, 2000TexasDEATH PENALTY
David Gibbs, 39, white, was executed by lethal injection
David Gibbs, 39, white, was executed by lethal injection
- AUGUST 22, 2000AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Pacha Khan was publicly executed for murder by the...
Pacha Khan was publicly executed for murder by the heir of the deceased before thousands of people in the Zormat district
- AUGUST 22, 2000TexasDEATH PENALTY
Richard Jones, 40, white, was put to death by lethal...
Richard Jones, 40, white, was put to death by lethal injection
- AUGUST 20, 2000IranDEATH PENALTY
Three men were hanged in Rejaii Shahr prison in Karaj...
Three men were hanged in Rejaii Shahr prison in Karaj on charges of armed robbery
- AUGUST 16, 2000TexasDEATH PENALTY
John Satterwhite, 53, black, was executed by lethal...
John Satterwhite, 53, black, was executed by lethal injection
- AUGUST 13, 2000Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Khaled bin Ali al-Assiri was beheaded in the south-western...
Khaled bin Ali al-Assiri was beheaded in the south-western city of Asir for the murder of Abdullah bin Yahya al-Assiri, a fellow Saudi
- AUGUST 12, 2000ThailandDEATH PENALTY
Saudi Arabia executed two Thai men in Mecca after...
Saudi Arabia executed two Thai men in Mecca after they were found guilty of smuggling drugs into Saudi Arabia
- AUGUST 11, 2000Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Muhammad Bin-Ahmad Bin-Musa al-Hamdan was executed...
Muhammad Bin-Ahmad Bin-Musa al-Hamdan was executed in Al-Zulfi in Riyad Province after he was convicted of the murder of Khalid Bin-Muhammad Bin-Jurays al-Juraysi
- AUGUST 11, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Ahmed Ali was to be hung on August 16 at the Central...
Ahmed Ali was to be hung on August 16 at the Central Jail in Sahiwal
- AUGUST 10, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Four people, including a fisherman from Taiwan and...
Four people, including a fisherman from Taiwan and a resident of Hong Kong, were executed in southern China's Guangdong Province for manufacturing or trafficking in fake coins and currency
- AUGUST 10, 2000OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
George Kent Wallace, 59, white, was executed by lethal...
George Kent Wallace, 59, white, was executed by lethal injection
- AUGUST 9, 2000TexasDEATH PENALTY
Oliver Cruz, 39, of Hispanic origin was executed by...
Oliver Cruz, 39, of Hispanic origin was executed by lethal injection