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.
Latest news
- DECEMBER 14, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Hassan Ebrahimi Geravand executed in Malayer on December 14
- DECEMBER 13, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Abdolkarim Shokati Timouri executed in Mashhad on December 12
- DECEMBER 12, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Farzad Khorami and Kheirollah Amiri executed in Shiraz on December 12
- DECEMBER 12, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Shahrokh Fahimi executed in Neishabur Prison on December 12
DECEMBER 12, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Sajjad Azizi and Ebrahim Valizadeh executed in Miandoab on December 12
- DECEMBER 12, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mohammad Shah Achakzahi, and Rahim Achakzehi executed in Mashhad on December 12
DECEMBER 12, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Gholam Roosta (Rousta) executed in Shiraz on December 12
870 executions from the beginning of 2024
- DECEMBER 12, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Majid Esmaeili executed in Isfahan on December 12
- DECEMBER 11, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 9 men executed in Karaj (Ghezel Hesar) on December 11
DECEMBER 11, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 10 men executed in Karaj (Ghezel Hesar) on December 11.
Hrana (and HoC) already gave the news, speaking of “only” 9 executions.
- DECEMBER 11, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mohsen Barzegar executed in Khorramabad on December 11
- DECEMBER 10, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 3 men executed in Qom on December 10
Abdulmahdi Rashadmiri, Saeed Motiei (Moti) and Asghar Ramazani
- DECEMBER 9, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 3 men executed in Zahedan on December 9
Omid Hosseinzayi, Khodabakhsh Ghanbarzehi (Barahi), and … Rakhshani
DECEMBER 9, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Morteza Ghasemi executed in Isfahan on December 9
- DECEMBER 9, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Reza Bahrami-Fard executed in Dezful on December 9
DECEMBER 8, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Abdulghafour Razmdideh Rigi executed in Birjand on December 8
DECEMBER 8, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Farhad Atashzadeh executed in Kashan on December 8
- DECEMBER 7, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Jaber Ansari and Ashkan Fathi executed in Isfahan on December 7
DECEMBER 7, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ameneh Alipour, a woman, executed in Zanjan on December 7
- DECEMBER 5, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mahdi Hossein Zahi executed in Zahedan on December 5
DECEMBER 5, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ali Khaleqi Farghani executed in Mashhad on December 5
Execution carried out on his 22nd birthday
- DECEMBER 4, 2024FranceDEATH PENALTY
FRANCE REQUESTS TRANSFER OF DEATH ROW CONVICT HELD IN INDONESIA
France has asked Indonesia to transfer a French death row convict, who has been jailed for drug crimes in the country since 2005, a senior minister told AFP on November 29, 2024.
DECEMBER 4, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Sina Shams-Elahi executed in Miandoab on December 4
- DECEMBER 3, 2024Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA SURPASSES 300 EXECUTIONS IN 2024
Saudi Arabia has put over 300 people to death in 2024, according to an AFP tally, after four executions announced on December 3 brought the kingdom's total to a level far outstripping the highest known annual figures.
- DECEMBER 3, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 45th week of “No to Executions Tuesdays”
- DECEMBER 3, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 3 men executed in Tabriz on December 3
Khalil Hassanzadeh, Abdullah Panah, Rasoul Ebrahimi
DECEMBER 3, 2024MissouriDEATH PENALTYUSA - Missouri. Christopher Collings, 49, White, was executed on December 3
DECEMBER 3, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Sadeq Asadi executed in Yasuj on December 3
DECEMBER 3, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hassan Sa’adati executed in Rasht on December 3
DECEMBER 2, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 2 women and 2 men executed in Ilam on December 2
Farideh Jafarzadeh, Aliyeh Kavari-Zadeh, Hassan Hassan-Beigi, Abdolvahab Babakhaniyan