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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JULY 23, 2024IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: 10 PEOPLE EXECUTED IN NASIRIYAH'S CENTRAL PRISON FOR TERRORISM
Iraqi authorities on July 22, 2024 hanged 10 people convicted of "terrorism", security and health sources said.
JULY 23, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 4 men and 3 women executed in Birjand on July 23
Amir Hamzeh Barahooie Mojarrad, Vahid Vahdani + 5 Unk
JULY 22, 2024MalaysiaDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDERING ADOPTIVE PARENTS IN NILAI
A 45-year-old man was ordered to be sent to the gallows by the High Court in Seremban after he was found guilty of the double murders of his adoptive parents, The Star reported on July 4, 2024.
JULY 22, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hassan Falahi executed in Qom on July 22
JULY 21, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 4 men executed in Karaj on July 21
Davood Brahui, Saeed Mohammadpour, Mehdi-Ali Akbari + unidentified Afghan
JULY 21, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Daniyal Kazeminejad executed in Kermanshah on July 21
On charges of murdering a member of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
JULY 20, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 3 men and 1 woman executed in Shiraz on July 20
Mansour Tavakoli, Hamed Shekasteh, Mohsen Ostovari, and … Mahmoudinia
- JULY 20, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Saeed Sepahvand executed in Khorramabad on July 20
- JULY 20, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Saeed Sepahvand executed in Khorramabad on July 20
JULY 18, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Edris Jamshidzahi executed in Zahedan on July 18
JULY 18, 2024AlabamaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Alabama. Keith Edmund Gavin was executed on July 18
64, Black
JULY 18, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mohammad Javad Teklo executed in Baft on July 18
JULY 17, 2024SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: AL-SHABAAB FIGHTERS EXECUTED BY FIRING SQUAD
Five al-Shabaab militants on July 16, 2024 were executed by authorities in Somalia.
- JULY 17, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Taher Sadeghi executed in Rasht on July 17
JULY 16, 2024Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: 100 EXECUTIONS SINCE THE BEGINNING OF 2024
Saudi Arabia has executed 100 people from the beginning of 2024 to July 15th, representing almost one execution every two days.
JULY 16, 2024SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: AL-SHABAAB EXECUTES 5 MEN FOR ALLEGEDLY SPYING FOR U.S., SOMALIA AND KENYA
The militant group Al-Shabaab on July 13, 2024 executed five men accused of spying for the U.S., Kenya, and the Somali government.
JULY 15, 2024North KoreaDEATH PENALTYNORTH KOREA: MAN EXECUTED FOR DISTRIBUTING K-POP, REPORT FROM DEFECTORS SHOWS
A 22-year-old North Korean was publicly executed in 2022 for watching and sharing South Korean films and music, a new report claims.
JULY 15, 2024Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: MAN EXECUTED AFTER BEING SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Interior issued a statement on July 13, 2024 informing citizens and residents of the execution of a retribution death sentence against an offender in the Eastern Province.
JULY 10, 2024TexasDEATH PENALTYUSA - Texas. Supplier of Execution Drugs Has Multiple DEA Violations
"Rite Away"
JULY 9, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mohammad Ghorbani executed in Qazvin on July 9
JULY 7, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mojtaba Karami executed in Shiraz on July 7
- JULY 7, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mostafa Hosseini and Hatam Shahidi Executed in Gorgan on July 7
JULY 6, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ali Ezati (Ezzati) Executed in Zanjan on July 6
- JULY 2, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN . 3 men executed in Tabriz on July 2
Reza Ahmadzadeh, Bahram Moharrami, and Mansour …
JULY 1, 2024EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: TERRORISM CRIMINAL COURT AWARDS DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDERING OFFICER
The Egyptian Terrorism Criminal Court has sentenced to death a man for murdering a police officer in Shibin Al-Qanater and attempting to kill others, the Committee for Justice (CFJ) reported on June 27, 2024.
- JUNE 30, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Ali-Allah Bakhsh and Afzal-Allah Bakhsh executed in Shiraz on June 30
- JUNE 30, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 4 men executed in Mashhad on June 30
Yaser Ghafoorian, Mohammad Hooshyar Alizadeh + 2 Unk
- JUNE 30, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Habib Shojaei executed in Sari on June 30
JUNE 27, 2024OklahomaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Oklahoma. Richard Rojem, 66, White, was executed
JUNE 26, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Naser Rahimi (Rakhshani) executed in Qaen on June 26