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 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 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 PENALTYIRAN - 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 PENALTYIRAN . 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 - 4 men executed in Mashhad on June 30
Yaser Ghafoorian, Mohammad Hooshyar Alizadeh + 2 Unk
JUNE 30, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Habib Shojaei executed in Sari on June 30
- JUNE 30, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Ali-Allah Bakhsh and Afzal-Allah Bakhsh executed in Shiraz on June 30
JUNE 27, 2024OklahomaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Oklahoma. Richard Rojem, 66, White, was executed
JUNE 26, 2024TexasDEATH PENALTYUSA - Texas. Ramiro Gonzales, 41, Hispanic, was executed
JUNE 26, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Naser Rahimi (Rakhshani) executed in Qaen on June 26
- JUNE 22, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Nategh Hosseini executed in Qazvin on June 22
In front of his 7-year-old son
JUNE 20, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Javaid Rehman’s New Report on the Massacre of Political Prisoners in the ‘80s
JUNE 20, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - UN Secretary-General’s report on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran
(A/HRC/56/22)
JUNE 17, 2024IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: IN RECENT WEEKS MORE THAN 60 PEOPLE EXECUTED
At least 63 people have been executed in Nasiriyah Central Prison in recent weeks alone. Human rights groups accuse the judiciary and executive authorities of abusing detainees and coercing them into making false confessions to justify the imposition of t
JUNE 16, 2024United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Activists ask Biden to commute all federal death sentences
Trump could execute 40 prisoners in second term 'bloodbath'
JUNE 15, 2024SwedenDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Sweden released Hamid Noury
Convicted of war crimes
JUNE 15, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Farhad Masoudian executed in Zanjan on June 15
- JUNE 12, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Homayoun Salami executed in Hamedan on June 12
JUNE 11, 2024MissouriDEATH PENALTYUSA - Missouri. David Hosier, 69, White, was executed
7th prisoner executed in the U.S. this year
JUNE 10, 2024TanzaniaDEATH PENALTYAFRICAN COURT GIVES TANZANIA SIX MONTHS ULTIMATUM TO SCRAP DEATH PENALTY
The African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights has reiterated its longstanding order to Tanzania to revoke the death penalty in line with the continental charter on the right to life, The East African reported on June 6, 2024.
JUNE 9, 2024SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: MILITARY COURT EXECUTES THREE MEN FOR MURDER OF TWO BROTHERS IN DHUSAMAREB
A Somali military court in Galmudug State executed three men in a public square in Dhusamareb town on June 6, 2024 for the murder of two brothers in December 2023.
- JUNE 9, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
Iran - Mostafa Alipour executed in Yazd on June 9