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 22, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mehdi Cheraghi executed in Qorveh on 22 October
OCTOBER 21, 2024Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: TWO SAUDIS EXECUTED FOR PLANNING SUICIDE ATTACK, JOINING TERRORIST GROUP
Two Saudis were executed on October 21, 2024 for committing acts of terrorism in the country, the Ministry of Interior announced.
OCTOBER 21, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mohammad Farhadzadeh and Hamid Chatrsimabeh executed in Jiroft on October 21
OCTOBER 20, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Bahman Sheikh-Hosseini executed in Birjand on October 20
OCTOBER 20, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 1 woman 4 men executed in Tabriz on October 20
Ms Nasrin Firoozi, Siamak Mulaii (Molaei), Hassan Yousefi, Mohammad Amin Noorafkan (Nourafkan), and Mohammad …
OCTOBER 20, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mohammad Saber (Saberi) executed in Malayer on October 20
- OCTOBER 19, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Reza Abbasi executed in Rasht on October 19
OCTOBER 19, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Javad Ebrahimi and Behzad Ghaffari (Ghafari) executed in Tabriz on October 19
OCTOBER 18, 2024OhioDEATH PENALTYUSA - Ohio. Governor DeWine grants reprieves to 3 death row inmates
Executions for Stanley Adams, John Drummond, and James Hanna postponed to 2028
OCTOBER 17, 2024AlabamaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Alabama. Derrick Dearman was executed on October 17
20th execution of the year in the US
OCTOBER 17, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Nourmorad Garavand and … Sanjari executed in Qazvin on October 17
OCTOBER 17, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Abbas Karimi and Mohammad Ali Najafi executed in Isfahan on October 17
OCTOBER 17, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mahmoud Bameri executed in Kahnuj on October 17
OCTOBER 17, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Nourmorad Geravand executed in Qazvin on October 17
OCTOBER 17, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hamid Bamri (or Mahmoud Bamri) executed in Qom on October 17
OCTOBER 17, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 2 more men executed in Isfahan on October 17
Mohammadreza Mahjour and Mohammad Ashoori
- OCTOBER 16, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Abdol Nazari executed in Nourabad on October 16
OCTOBER 16, 2024TexasDEATH PENALTYUSA - Texas. House committee approves subpoena for Robert Roberson ahead of his October 17 execution
- OCTOBER 16, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 4 men executed in Karaj (Ghezel Hesar) on October 16
Abdolbari Tajik, Pasha Pashto, Javid Ahmadkhani + Rahman …
OCTOBER 16, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mohsen Mokhtari executed in Shiraz on October 16
596 executions in 2024
- OCTOBER 16, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Rasoul Fili and an unidentified woman executed on October 16 in Hamedan
OCTOBER 16, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ramin Jashlu executed in Qom on October 16
OCTOBER 16, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ramin Mohammadvand executed in Dezful on October 16
OCTOBER 16, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Reza Karimi Zarasavand executed in Farokhshahr on October 16
OCTOBER 16, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Yousef Shirvani and Jafar Sameie executed in Zanjan on October 16
OCTOBER 16, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Five men executed in Qom from October 6 to 16
Milad Badinlu, Shahin Dehghani, Abdolghader ..., Mohsen Khodabandehlu + Unk.
OCTOBER 15, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Naser Mohammadi executed in Urmia on October 15
OCTOBER 15, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Vali Heshmatpour executed in Shirvan on October 15
- OCTOBER 15, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Amir Soleimani executed in Urmia on October 15
OCTOBER 14, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Alireza Kheshavehpour executed in Mashhad on October 14