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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- NOVEMBER 24, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Hossein Souri and Moslem Jafari executed in Karaj (Ghezel Hesar) on November 24
- NOVEMBER 24, 2024SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
SINGAPORE HANGS DRUG TRAFFICKER, THIRD SUCH EXECUTION IN A WEEK
Singapore has carried out its third hanging of a convicted drug trafficker in a week despite appeals for clemency from the United Nations.
NOVEMBER 24, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Fariba Maleki Shiravand hanged in Khorramabad on November 24
Female prisoner
NOVEMBER 24, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Two unidentified Afghan nationals executed in Ghezel Hesar on November 24
NOVEMBER 23, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Nader Ghanizadeh executed in Jiroft on November 23
780 executions in Iran in 2024
NOVEMBER 23, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Nasser Ghabel Salmani executed in Jiroft on November 23
NOVEMBER 21, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Statement condemning the death sentences handed down in Iran
Highlighting the cases of political activists Varisheh Moradi and Pakhshan Azizi
NOVEMBER 21, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Meysam Nouri executed in Hamedan on November 21
NOVEMBER 21, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 3 men executed in Hamedan on November 21
Arslan Habibi, Jabbar Keyfari, and Amir-Hossein Rostami, who was a minor
NOVEMBER 21, 2024AlabamaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Alabama. Carey Dale Grayson was executed with nitrogen on November 21
The daughter of his victim spoke out against capital punishment
NOVEMBER 21, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Majid Jafari executed in Shahrekord on November 21
- NOVEMBER 20, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Majid Talebian and Morteza Daneshvand executed in Tabriz on November 20
NOVEMBER 20, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Amrollah Dehghan executed in Shiraz on November 20
NOVEMBER 20, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Kazem Heidari executed in Isfahan on November 20
NOVEMBER 20, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mostafa Souri executed in Kermanshah on November 20
NOVEMBER 20, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Shirali Tarkeshband executed in Rasht on November 20
- NOVEMBER 20, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Sirus Jafari executed in Rasht on November 20
NOVEMBER 19, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Soleiman Vaziri executed in Gonbad-e Kavus on November 19
- NOVEMBER 19, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Safa Hosseini executed in Gonbad-e Kavus on November 19
NOVEMBER 19, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Kianush Keifari executed in Rasht on November 19
- NOVEMBER 19, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mohsen Fayazi and Omid Javedan executed in Esfarayen on November 19
NOVEMBER 18, 2024Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: MORE THAN 100 FOREIGNERS EXECUTED IN 2024
Saudi Arabia has executed more than 100 foreigners this year, indicating a sharp increase which one rights group said was unprecedented, AFP reported on November 17, 2024.
NOVEMBER 18, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Khodarahim Popalzei executed in Bandar Abbas on November 18
- NOVEMBER 17, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Faraj Sarmadi executed in Zanjan on November 17
NOVEMBER 17, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Rahim Faqiri and Parviz Barahoui executed in Birjand on November 17
NOVEMBER 17, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Another man executed in Birjand on 17 November. Not identified
- NOVEMBER 17, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Shahrouz Alimorad executed in Ardabil on November 17
NOVEMBER 17, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Shahrouz Alimorad executed in Ardabil on November 17
NOVEMBER 17, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mohammad Bamri executed in Kahnuj on November 17
NOVEMBER 17, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Alireza Yarmohammadi executed in Hamedan on November 17