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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- JUNE 4, 2000Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Sa'id Bin-Salim Bin-Sa'id was executed in Mecca
Sa'id Bin-Salim Bin-Sa'id was executed in Mecca
- JUNE 2, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
22 people were executed in Beijing after the Supreme...
22 people were executed in Beijing after the Supreme People's Court upheld their sentences for murder, armed robbery, kidnapping and rape
- JUNE 2, 2000AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
Pernell Ford, 35, black, was executed by electric chair
Pernell Ford, 35, black, was executed by electric chair
- JUNE 1, 2000OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
James Glenn Robedeaux, 51, black, was executed by lethal...
James Glenn Robedeaux, 51, black, was executed by lethal injection
- MAY 31, 2000JordanDEATH PENALTY
Muhammad Jaghamin was hanged at dawn in the Swaqa prison...
Muhammad Jaghamin was hanged at dawn in the Swaqa prison after a 10-month trial at the State Security Court
- MAY 30, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A corrupt official, Yang Shuhua, was executed in Hebei...
A corrupt official, Yang Shuhua, was executed in Hebei Renqiu City
- MAY 30, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Five men convicted on various counts of kidnapping,...
Five men convicted on various counts of kidnapping, raping and robbing children were executed, in various places across China, on the eve of Children's Day
- MAY 30, 2000NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi Arabia executed a Nigerian in Jeddah for smuggling...
Saudi Arabia executed a Nigerian in Jeddah for smuggling an unspecified quantity of cocaine into the kingdom
- MAY 30, 2000Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Manuel Bruna Ronilion Peridon, a Filipino, was executed...
Manuel Bruna Ronilion Peridon, a Filipino, was executed in Mecca after being convicted of attempting to murder a Saudi national in the governorate of Jiddah (forse è lo stesso della notizia sopra)
- MAY 30, 2000Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
A Filipino man was sentenced to death and executed...
A Filipino man was sentenced to death and executed for stabbing and seriously wounding a taxi driver outside the Red Sea port city of Jeddah
- MAY 30, 2000Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Zeinullah Khan Arjoun Khan, a Pakistani, was beheaded...
Zeinullah Khan Arjoun Khan, a Pakistani, was beheaded in Riyad after being convicted of smuggling heroin into Saudi Arabia
- MAY 30, 2000PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
A Filipino man was executed in Jeddah , Saudi Arabia...
A Filipino man was executed in Jeddah , Saudi Arabia for attempted murder
- MAY 30, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
A convict soldier was hung to death at the Kot Lakhpat...
A convict soldier was hung to death at the Kot Lakhpat Jail, while the hanging of his accomplicewas deferred for a month
- MAY 30, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Saudi Arabia executed a Pakistani man, Zeinullah Khan...
Saudi Arabia executed a Pakistani man, Zeinullah Khan Arjoun Khan, for smuggling heroin into the kingdom
- MAY 26, 2000EgyptDEATH PENALTY
An Egyptian driver was executed in Saudi Arabia for...
An Egyptian driver was executed in Saudi Arabia for stabbing to death his Saudi employer and cutting up the corpse
- MAY 26, 2000Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Muhammad Mustafa Kamal Abd-al-Qadir Jadu, was executed...
Muhammad Mustafa Kamal Abd-al-Qadir Jadu, was executed and crucified after being found guilty of murdering his Saudi employer, Yusuf Bin-Ahmad Bin-Shahhat Bin-Muhammad Zaghbi
- MAY 25, 2000Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Adnan Bin-Abdallah Bin-Qasim Bin-Salih was beheaded...
Adnan Bin-Abdallah Bin-Qasim Bin-Salih was beheaded in Al-Ta'if, after the Grand Shari'ah Court found him guilty of "raping and causing the death of an Indonesian maid
- MAY 25, 2000OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
Charles Foster, 51, white, was executed by lethal injection
Charles Foster, 51, white, was executed by lethal injection
- MAY 25, 2000TexasDEATH PENALTY
James Clayton, 32, black, was executed by lethal injection
James Clayton, 32, black, was executed by lethal injection
- MAY 24, 2000TexasDEATH PENALTY
Richard Foster, 47, white, was put to death by lethal...
Richard Foster, 47, white, was put to death by lethal injection
- MAY 23, 2000IndiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi Arabia executed an Indian man convicted of killing...
Saudi Arabia executed an Indian man convicted of killing a Saudi man and his son
- MAY 23, 2000TexasDEATH PENALTY
James Richardson, 32, black, was executed by lethal...
James Richardson, 32, black, was executed by lethal injection
- MAY 17, 2000IraqDEATH PENALTY
Iraqi authorities executed Shaykh Ali al-Ka'bi, imam...
Iraqi authorities executed Shaykh Ali al-Ka'bi, imam of the Al-Muhsin Mosque in Al-Thawrah (Saddam) City at the Directorate-General of Security in Baghdad
- MAY 16, 2000EritreaDEATH PENALTY
Two Eritreans were executed in Saudi Arabia for stabbing...
Two Eritreans were executed in Saudi Arabia for stabbing to death a man who had accompanied them when they entered the kingdom illegally
- MAY 15, 2000Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Isa Khan Sa'idallah, a Pakistani national, was executed...
Isa Khan Sa'idallah, a Pakistani national, was executed in Riyad after he was convicted of smuggling heroin into Saudi Arabia
- MAY 15, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
A Pakistani national was executed in Riyad, the Saudi...
A Pakistani national was executed in Riyad, the Saudi Interior Ministry said
- MAY 14, 2000RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Chechen Interior Minister Aydamir Abalayev reported...
Chechen Interior Minister Aydamir Abalayev reported the shooting of 11 hostages in the Russian PAP 5 concentration camp situated in the city of Dzhokhar [Groznyy]
- MAY 13, 2000Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Seven Nigerians convicted of holding up a bank in Jeddah...
Seven Nigerians convicted of holding up a bank in Jeddah were executed
- MAY 12, 2000IndiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi Arabia executed an Indian man convicted of smuggling...
Saudi Arabia executed an Indian man convicted of smuggling an unspecified quantity of heroin into the Kingdom, the Saudi Interior Ministry said
- MAY 11, 2000TexasDEATH PENALTY
Micheal McBride, 38, white, was executed by lethal injection
Micheal McBride, 38, white, was executed by lethal injection