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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- 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 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, 2000JapanDEATH PENALTY
Yasuo Hayashi, a key member of the Aum Shinri Kyo cult,...
Yasuo Hayashi, a key member of the Aum Shinri Kyo cult, was sentenced to death by hanging for taking part in the 1995 gas attack on the Tokyo subway
- JUNE 29, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
A convict in a murder case washung to death at the...
A convict in a murder case washung to death at the Kot Lakhpat Jail in Lahore
- JUNE 29, 2000GuatemalaDEATH PENALTY
Two convicted kidnappers were put to death by lethal...
Two convicted kidnappers were put to death by lethal injection at the Pavon prison in an execution shown live on Guatemalan television
- 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
- JUNE 26, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Shanghai Nmber2 Intermediate Court executed the...
The Shanghai Nmber2 Intermediate Court executed the death penalty on two convicted drug traffickers: 36-year old Ma Fenghua and Ma Wenzhong who werefounf guilty of trafficking 5,250 grams of heroin
- JUNE 26, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China executed tens of drug traffickers in a synchronised...
China executed tens of drug traffickers in a synchronised operation to dramatise its seriousness about fighting drug-related crime and to mark the International Anti-Drug Day
- JUNE 24, 2000IranDEATH PENALTY
Abbas Yar-Ali, 35, accused of kidnapping and assaulting...
Abbas Yar-Ali, 35, accused of kidnapping and assaulting 13 girls (aged 4 to 9) over a period of 7 years (1989-1996), was hanged in Ghasr prison, Tehran
- JUNE 23, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Seven drug traffickers were executed in Beijing for...
Seven drug traffickers were executed in Beijing for being involved in five drug trafficking cases between 1997 and 1999
- JUNE 23, 2000United StatesDEATH PENALTY
Gary Graham was executed by the state of Texas, despite...
Gary Graham was executed by the state of Texas, despite claims that he was innocent