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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- SEPTEMBER 16, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 5 men executed in Shiraz on September 16
Amir Naderzadeh, Sajad Fadayi, Abdollah Abdolsamad, Behzad Bagheri and Mobasher …
SEPTEMBER 15, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Sasan Ben and Saeed Khajeh Heydari executed in Shiraz on September 15
SEPTEMBER 15, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Arastoo Safarghomi and Rasoul Pourmajed executed in Tabriz on September 15
SEPTEMBER 11, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Sajjad Bandegi and Abdulrahman Tajik executed in Karaj on September 11
SEPTEMBER 11, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Morteza Yousefi executed on September 11 in Nowshahr
SEPTEMBER 11, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Behnam Bagheri executed in Dastgerd on September 11
SEPTEMBER 11, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mousa Bakhshi and Farzad Rashidi executed in Rasht on September 11
- SEPTEMBER 10, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN Mansour Salari executed in Jiroft on September 10
SEPTEMBER 10, 2024Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: THREE EXECUTED ON TERROR CHARGES
Saudi Arabia has executed three people in Riyadh convicted of terror-related charges, the Ministry of Interior said on September 8, 2024.
SEPTEMBER 10, 2024KuwaitDEATH PENALTYKUWAIT: SIX EXECUTED, FEMALE CONVICT SPARED AT FINAL HOUR
Kuwait on September 5, 2024 carried out the death sentences issued against six individuals who were convicted of murder, in the first hangings in the country in two years.
SEPTEMBER 10, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mostafa Fashi executed in Kermanshah on September 10
SEPTEMBER 10, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Kiumars Alayi executed in Qazvin on September 10
SEPTEMBER 9, 2024EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE IN GENERAL’S MURDER CASE
The Egyptian Criminal Court upheld the death sentence on September 3, 2024 against Essam Abdel Majeed, who was convicted of killing Major General Nabil Farag.
SEPTEMBER 9, 2024Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: AFGHAN NATIONAL EXECUTED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
According to the Saudi Ministry of Interior, an Afghan national named Abdul Qayyum Shinwari was executed on August 31, 2024 in the city of Mecca.
SEPTEMBER 9, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 6 men executed in Zahedan
Saeed Hassanzahi, … Roudini, Noor-Mohammad Noori (Noorzahi), Farzad Sanchouli + 2 unk
SEPTEMBER 9, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Feizollah Hosseinpour and Soleiman Ghahremani executed in Miandoab on September 9
SEPTEMBER 9, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Abdolkarim Habibi executed in Kahnui on September 9
- SEPTEMBER 5, 2024North KoreaDEATH PENALTY
NORTH KOREA MAY HAVE EXECUTED OFFICIALS OVER FLOOD DAMAGE: SPY AGENCY
North Korea is suspected of executing a number of officials held responsible for devastating floods this year
SEPTEMBER 5, 2024Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: CITIZEN EXECUTED FOR TERRORISM, TREASON
Saudi Arabia on August 17, 2024 issued a statement informing its citizens and residents of a death sentence being carried out against Saudi national, Abdullah bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al-Qunai’an.
- SEPTEMBER 4, 2024SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
SOMALIA EXECUTES 10 AL SHABAAB INSURGENTS, POLICE SAY
Somalia's semi-autonomous state of Puntland executed 10 fighters from Islamist militant group al Shabaab on August 17, 2024, the region's police said in a statement.
SEPTEMBER 4, 2024Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: CITIZEN EXECUTED FOR ‘HIGH TREASON’
Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Interior announced on September 1, 2024 that the death sentence of "Abdullah bin Ali bin Sharai al-Shehri" has been executed for the crime of "criminal acts" at the level of "treason against the country".
- SEPTEMBER 1, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN Saber Jamali executed in Hamedan on September 1
SEPTEMBER 1, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ahmad Nazerifar executed in Neyshabur on September 1
SEPTEMBER 1, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ali Danesh and Akbar Zandi executed in Shiraz on September 1
SEPTEMBER 1, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Parviz Narouyi executed in Kahnuj on September 1
- AUGUST 31, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mohammadreza Abbaszade executed in Zanjan on August 31
AUGUST 29, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Sirwan Abubakri executed in Mahabad on August 29
AUGUST 29, 2024FloridaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Florida. Loran Cole, 57, White, was executed on August 29
AUGUST 28, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Meisam Hosseinkhani executed in Khorramabad on August 28
AUGUST 28, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 4 men executed in Isfahan on August 28
Asad Khosravi, Milad Ali Mohammadi, Emad Motevalian and Rafi Abdolbari