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 20, 1999BurundiDEATH PENALTY
On October 20, 25 people were executed by armed forces...
On October 20, 25 people were executed by armed forces on Busimba Hill, in the province of Muramvya
- OCTOBER 18, 1999IndiaDEATH PENALTY
On October 18, the TADA Court, Chennai, had fixed November...
On October 18, the TADA Court, Chennai, had fixed November 5 for the hanging of the four condemned prisoners
- OCTOBER 15, 1999Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
On October 15, Sultan al-Shahri, a Saudi man, was executed...
On October 15, Sultan al-Shahri, a Saudi man, was executed for shooting to death a fellow citizen after a dispute
- OCTOBER 8, 1999ThailandDEATH PENALTY
On October 8, 5 convicts were executed in one day at...
On October 8, 5 convicts were executed in one day at Bang Kwang prison
- OCTOBER 6, 1999TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
On October 6, 8 people were executed by gunshots to the head
On October 6, 8 people were executed by gunshots to the head
- OCTOBER 1, 1999New ZealandDEATH PENALTY
On October 1, the Assignment-Colmar Brunton poll found...
On October 1, the Assignment-Colmar Brunton poll found that 51% of respondents believed the death penalty should be an option for certain types of crime, and 41% opposed the death penalty
- OCTOBER 1, 1999Trinidad & TobagoDEATH PENALTY
In October, it was reported that the murder rate in...
In October, it was reported that the murder rate in this southern Caribbean nation of 1
- SEPTEMBER 30, 1999Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
On September 30, 4 Saudis were executed in a government...
On September 30, 4 Saudis were executed in a government building in Abha
- SEPTEMBER 24, 1999PakistanDEATH PENALTY
On September 24, a Pakistani man was beheaded in Saudi...
On September 24, a Pakistani man was beheaded in Saudi Arabia for trying to smuggle drugs into the Kingdom in his abdomen
- SEPTEMBER 24, 1999FloridaDEATH PENALTY
On 24 September, in a 4-3 vote, the Florida Supreme...
On 24 September, in a 4-3 vote, the Florida Supreme Court ruled the use of the state's electric chair in executions was constitutional and is not cruel or usual punishment
- SEPTEMBER 22, 1999IraqDEATH PENALTY
On September 22, 11 people were executed in Abu Ghurayb...
On September 22, 11 people were executed in Abu Ghurayb prison in Baghdad
- SEPTEMBER 22, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
On September 22, as part of a crackdown on crime ahead...
On September 22, as part of a crackdown on crime ahead of the 50th anniversary of communist rule a further 26 executions were carried out in the southwestern city of Chongqing
- SEPTEMBER 17, 1999IndiaDEATH PENALTY
On September 17, Ashraf Kabir of India was beheaded...
On September 17, Ashraf Kabir of India was beheaded in Saudi Arabia for smuggling heroin into the kingdom
- SEPTEMBER 16, 1999Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
On September 16, a Saudi man was executed for stabbing...
On September 16, a Saudi man was executed for stabbing to death another Saudi man after a quarrel
- SEPTEMBER 1, 1999AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
In September, 5 men were executed under a wall, another...
In September, 5 men were executed under a wall, another was hanged on a crane and his body was exposed
- AUGUST 11, 1999SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
On August 11, a man, identified only as Kuke, was publicly...
On August 11, a man, identified only as Kuke, was publicly executed for murdering Farah Nur Labaale with a knife
- AUGUST 6, 1999Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
On August 6, an Indian man was executed in Jeddah for...
On August 6, an Indian man was executed in Jeddah for smuggling an unspecified quantity of heroin into the country
- AUGUST 6, 1999IndiaDEATH PENALTY
On August 6, an Indian man was executed in the Red...
On August 6, an Indian man was executed in the Red Sea port city of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, for smuggling an unspecified quantity of heroin into the kingdom
- AUGUST 2, 1999BotswanaDEATH PENALTY
On August 2, Ditshwanelo, the Botswana center for human...
On August 2, Ditshwanelo, the Botswana center for human rights in Gabarone, challenged the constitutionality of the death penalty handed down to the two condemned men
- JULY 29, 1999FloridaDEATH PENALTY
On July 29, in a hearing on the use of the electric...
On July 29, in a hearing on the use of the electric chair in Orlando, a pathologist, Dr
- JULY 28, 1999JordanDEATH PENALTY
On July 28, two men were hanged in the desert kingdom
On July 28, two men were hanged in the desert kingdom
- JULY 28, 1999Trinidad & TobagoDEATH PENALTY
On July 28, Anthony Briggs, 31, was put to death at...
On July 28, Anthony Briggs, 31, was put to death at the Royal jail in Port of Spain
- JULY 28, 1999BurundiDEATH PENALTY
On 28 July, Corporal Bonaventura Ndikumana was reportedly...
On 28 July, Corporal Bonaventura Ndikumana was reportedly executed after being sentenced to death by the Bujumbura Military Court on July 21 for murdering an officer in the Mabanda military camp
- JULY 28, 1999LibyaDEATH PENALTY
On July 28, on Col
On July 28, on Col
- JULY 8, 1999IraqDEATH PENALTY
On July 8, as reported by London-based newspaper Al-Sharq...
On July 8, as reported by London-based newspaper Al-Sharq al-Awsat, Bayan Jabr, representative of the Supreme Council of the Islamic Revolution in Syria and Lebanon, said that after the haphazard arrests made in the wake of the incidents that occurred in
- JULY 7, 1999ThailandDEATH PENALTY
On July 7, Decha Suwannasuk, 38, was executed by machine...
On July 7, Decha Suwannasuk, 38, was executed by machine gun at Bang Khwang prison for raping and killing his 4-year-old daughter in July 1997
- JULY 2, 1999JordanDEATH PENALTY
On July 2, a Jordanian man was beheaded in Saudi Arabia...
On July 2, a Jordanian man was beheaded in Saudi Arabia for smuggling drugs into the kingdom
- JULY 1, 1999North KoreaDEATH PENALTY
In July, North Korea shot a total of 30 people at a...
In July, North Korea shot a total of 30 people at a hop farm next to Yonbong airport in Hyesan city, North Hamgyong Province
- JULY 1, 1999SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
In July, Shaiful Edham Adam, 22, and Norishyam Mohamed...
In July, Shaiful Edham Adam, 22, and Norishyam Mohamed Ali, 26, convicted of killing Jordanka Apostolova, 26, a young Bulgarian woman while robbing her, were hanged in Changi prison
- JUNE 25, 1999SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
On June 25, convicted drug traffickers Cheong Chuan...
On June 25, convicted drug traffickers Cheong Chuan Peng, 36, and Chua Gin Boon, 34, were hanged at Changi Prison