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 14, 2024IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: HUMAN RIGHTS ORGANIZATION BLAMES PRESIDENT RASHID FOR MASS EXECUTIONS, CITING ‘HORRIFIC’ PRACTICES
The human rights organization "AFAD" on October 12, 2024 issued a statement, condemning mass executions by Iraqi authorities, including elderly inmates and some carried out in "horrific" ways, holding President Abdul Latif Rashid responsible.
OCTOBER 14, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Younes Akhtar Samar was executed in Jiroft on October 14
OCTOBER 13, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ammar Asiyan executed in Kerman on October 13
A former police officer
OCTOBER 13, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Reza Mirzabeigi executed in Torbat-e Heydarieh on October 13
OCTOBER 13, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 6 men executed in Shiraz on October 13
Farhad Salimi, Ali Shirvani, Ezzat Heidari, Kazem Saadipour, Reza Namdari, and Hossein Heidari
OCTOBER 13, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Abdolghafour Shahoozahi + Unk executed in Birjand on October 13
OCTOBER 13, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ali Najari and Ali Asghar Kujavari (Kojuvari) executed in Tabriz on October 13
OCTOBER 12, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mostafa Karami executed in Sari on October 12
- OCTOBER 10, 2024Trinidad & TobagoDEATH PENALTY
CARIBBEAN CHURCH APPEALS FOR MORATORIUM ON DEATH PENALTY
Leela Ramdeen, consultant with the Catholic Commission for Social Justice (CCSJ) in Trinidad & Tobago writes: The World Day against the Death Penalty will be observed on Thursday October 10. The 2024 Theme is: The Death Penalty protects no one. Abolish it
OCTOBER 10, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Global Campaign to End Executions in Iran Gains Support from 1,500 Dignitaries Across 78 Countries
OCTOBER 10, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Asad Farhang executed in Urmia on October 10
OCTOBER 10, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 2 men executed in Orumiyeh (Urmia) on October 10
Borhan Ansari + Unk
OCTOBER 10, 2024United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - A new documentary, “Rebel Nun,” tells the story of Sister Helen Prejan
40 years against the death penalty
OCTOBER 10, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Iran executed at least 138 Kurdish prisoners over past Islamic year
Between 10 October 2023 and 9 October 2024
OCTOBER 10, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ali Maroufkhani executed in Qazvin on October 10
OCTOBER 10, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ali Maroufkhani and Hamed Jafari executed in Qazvin on October 10
- OCTOBER 9, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 2 unidentified men executed in Qazvin on October 9
OCTOBER 9, 2024Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: FILIPINO EXECUTED OVER MURDER, DFA SAYS
A Filipino was executed in Saudi Arabia over the murder of a Saudi national, the Department of Foreign Affairs said on October 8, 2024.
OCTOBER 9, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 3 men executed in Karaj on October 9
Majid Afrouz, Mohammad Mashmool, and Ebrahim Sedigh
OCTOBER 9, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 3 men executed in Karaj (Ghezel Hesar) on October 9
Ahmad Narouei, Mohammad Es’haqzahi, and Kamran Saghaei
OCTOBER 9, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mehdi Brahooie executed in Zahedan on October 9
Likely a minor at time of offense
OCTOBER 9, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Iraj Moradian executed in Gorgan on October 9
OCTOBER 9, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hadi Fallah executed in Tabriz on October 9
OCTOBER 9, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Iman Bakhshayesh was executed in Rasht on October 9
OCTOBER 8, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - The regime has executed more than 250 people since Massoud Pezeshkian became president
The “No to Executions on Tuesdays” campaign entered its 37th week
OCTOBER 6, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Habibullah Mohammadzehi executed in Bam on October 6
- OCTOBER 6, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Younes Piroozi executed in Ardabil on October 6
- OCTOBER 5, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Ashkan Yari executed in Hamedan on October 5
OCTOBER 3, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hamed Hariri and Reza Soleimanzadeh executed in Gorgan on October 3.
OCTOBER 3, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Tayeb Mansouri executed in Isfahan on October 3