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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- AUGUST 9, 2000CubaDEATH PENALTY
Elizardo Sanchez, President of the Cuban Commission...
Elizardo Sanchez, President of the Cuban Commission for Human Rights and National Reconciliation (CCDHRN) sent a report on the death penalty to foreign media in Havana
- AUGUST 6, 2000Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Naser bin Raja al-Inizi was beheaded in Dammam after...
Naser bin Raja al-Inizi was beheaded in Dammam after he was caught trying to smuggle an unspecified quantity of hashish into country
- AUGUST 4, 2000IraqDEATH PENALTY
A report issued by the Centre for Human Rights of the...
A report issued by the Centre for Human Rights of the Iraqi Communist Party (ICP) in Irbil stated that seven employees of the Central Computers Department in Baghdad had been executed
- AUGUST 4, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
"Pakistan appears to have more prisoners on death row...
"Pakistan appears to have more prisoners on death row than any other country in the world," noted a Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) report
- AUGUST 2, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Du Shugui, 44, was executed about two months after...
Du Shugui, 44, was executed about two months after he drew his service revolver and shot a mini-van driver as he stood by his vehicle after an argument over a near-collision
- AUGUST 2, 2000TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
Cheng Tai-chi was executed after his fourth appeal...
Cheng Tai-chi was executed after his fourth appeal against his death sentence was rejected
- JULY 31, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Mumtaz Ahmed was to be executed in the New Central...
Mumtaz Ahmed was to be executed in the New Central Jail of Bahawalpur on August 10
- JULY 27, 2000YemenDEATH PENALTY
Yemeni national Muhammad Bin-Amin Bin-Mansur was beheaded...
Yemeni national Muhammad Bin-Amin Bin-Mansur was beheaded in Uhud Rafidah (Saudi Arabia) after he was convicted of killing Muhammad Bin-Humaydi Bin-Misfir Al Abbud al-Qahtani
- JULY 27, 2000AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Mohammad Ashraf was publicly executed in the football...
Mohammad Ashraf was publicly executed in the football ground of the provincial capital Jalalabad
- JULY 26, 2000TexasDEATH PENALTY
Juan Soria, 33, of Hispanic origin, was executed by...
Juan Soria, 33, of Hispanic origin, was executed by lethal injection
- JULY 23, 2000IranDEATH PENALTY
Majid Afshari, 20, convicted of stabbing an 18-year-old...
Majid Afshari, 20, convicted of stabbing an 18-year-old friend to death and Seyed Ismail-Zendeh and his wife Ayda Shafiie, convicted of double murder, were executed by hanging in Tehran prison
- JULY 21, 2000AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Mohammed Daoud was publicly executed for the murder...
Mohammed Daoud was publicly executed for the murder of two people
- JULY 20, 2000OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
Gregg Francis Braun, 39, was executed by lethal injection
Gregg Francis Braun, 39, was executed by lethal injection
- JULY 18, 2000Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
A Pakistani man, I'jaz Ali Ibrahim, was executed in...
A Pakistani man, I'jaz Ali Ibrahim, was executed in Jiddah Governorate for smuggling heroin into Saudi Arabia
- JULY 18, 2000Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Mukhtiara Khadem Hussein, a Pakistani woman, was executed...
Mukhtiara Khadem Hussein, a Pakistani woman, was executed after she was convicted of drug trafficking
- JULY 14, 2000NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
It was revealed by the Post Express that a total of...
It was revealed by the Post Express that a total of 72 Nigerians were executed by the Saudi Arabian government in the past eight years on charges of drug smuggling and armed robbery
- JULY 14, 2000YemenDEATH PENALTY
Saudi Arabia executed three Yemeni men found guilty...
Saudi Arabia executed three Yemeni men found guilty of engaging in homosexual acts and molesting young boys
- JULY 11, 2000AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Shew Padshah was executed in accordance with the verdict...
Shew Padshah was executed in accordance with the verdict passed by the Shari'ah courts for shooting and killing a resident of Qarabagh
- JULY 10, 2000Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Afzal Omar Shah, a Pakistani, was publicly beheaded...
Afzal Omar Shah, a Pakistani, was publicly beheaded in Riyadh after he was convicted of drug trafficking
- JULY 10, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Saudi Arabia executed Mir Afzal Omar Shah, a Pakistani...
Saudi Arabia executed Mir Afzal Omar Shah, a Pakistani national, for drug smuggling
- JULY 8, 2000IraqDEATH PENALTY
Brig-Gen Sa'ud Khalil al-Hindi, an officer in the Iraqi...
Brig-Gen Sa'ud Khalil al-Hindi, an officer in the Iraqi Army and member of the well-known Al-bu-Hindi Family in the city of Jalula in the Diyala Governorate, was executed on charges of "conspiracy against the state security and life of Iraqi President Sad
- JULY 6, 2000VirginiaDEATH PENALTY
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- JULY 5, 2000AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Mohammed Ersha was executed for murder by his victim's...
Mohammed Ersha was executed for murder by his victim's son before thousands of people in the provinces main sports field in Kandahar
- JULY 5, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
A prisoner involved in a double murder case was hung...
A prisoner involved in a double murder case was hung to death at the central jail in Multan
- JULY 4, 2000Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
A man was executed in Jizan for strangling to death...
A man was executed in Jizan for strangling to death his mother-in-law
- JULY 3, 2000United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
David Anthony Chell, was found guilty at the Malaysian...
David Anthony Chell, was found guilty at the Malaysian High Court of smuggling 665 grams of heroin into the Asian country and subsequently sentenced to death by hanging
- JULY 3, 2000AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Mohammad Hakim was put to death in the Baghlan province...
Mohammad Hakim was put to death in the Baghlan province for murder
- JULY 2, 2000SyriaDEATH PENALTY
Husam Bin-Kamal Bin-Fu'ad, a Syrian national, was executed...
Husam Bin-Kamal Bin-Fu'ad, a Syrian national, was executed in Jiddah after being found guilty of smuggling cocaine into Saudi Arabia
- JUNE 30, 2000United StatesDEATH PENALTY
A CNN/USA Today/Gallup Poll shows that only a slim...
A CNN/USA Today/Gallup Poll shows that only a slim majority (51%) of Americans believe the death penalty is applied fairly
- JUNE 29, 2000TexasDEATH PENALTY
Jessy San Miguel, 29, of Hispanic origin, was put to...
Jessy San Miguel, 29, of Hispanic origin, was put to death by lethal injection