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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JANUARY 16, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Kamran Khoroush executed in Shiraz on January 16
JANUARY 16, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Habib Darivishi executed in Kermanshah on January 16
JANUARY 16, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Akram Karimpour executed in Hamedan on January 16
JANUARY 16, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mohsen Mehri executed in Ilam on January 16
JANUARY 16, 2024SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: AL-SHABAAB EXECUTES SEVEN IN JILIB OVER ESPIONAGE ALLEGATIONS
The militant group Al-Shabaab on January 15, 2024 carried out a public execution of seven individuals in Jilib, Middle Juba region.
JANUARY 15, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Yaghoub Alimoradi executed in Nahavand on January 15
JANUARY 14, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - At least six men executed in Karaj on January 14
Ahmad Latifi, Ali Akbar Moradian, Akbar Khoramtash, Hadi Nazari, Seyed Ali Miri and Amirhossein Maleki
JANUARY 13, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Reza Heidari executed in Khorramabad on January 13
JANUARY 13, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 17 Groups Call for Action to Halt Execution of Four Kurdish Political Prisoners
Mohsen Mazloum, Pejman Fatehi, Vafa Azarbar, and Hajir Faramarzi
JANUARY 12, 2024NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: COURT SENTENCES MAN TO DEATH BY HANGING FOR MURDER
A Niger state High Court has convicted and sentenced to death by hanging a man, Tunde Tayo, for the murder of Abdullahi Janiya Yahaya in Maitumbi area of Minna, Niger state in 2019.
JANUARY 11, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Falit Abed executed in Qazvin on January 11
JANUARY 11, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Meisam Habibi executed in Kermanshah on January 11
JANUARY 11, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Nizam Dehmordeh executed in Yazd on January 11
JANUARY 11, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ali Mohammad Ahmadi executed in Kermanshah on January 11
JANUARY 10, 2024AlabamaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Alabama. Federal judge rules Alabama’s nitrogen execution of Kenneth Smith can go forward
JANUARY 10, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mohammad Ali Mirzaei and Mahmoud Mirzaei executed in Karaj on January 10
JANUARY 8, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mohammad Hossein Garavand and Kaiumars Gholami executed in Karaj on January 8
JANUARY 7, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Yousef Sobhani and Akbar Javadzadeh executed in Rasht on January 7
JANUARY 5, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mohsen Saravani executed in Zahedan on December 16
JANUARY 4, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Soheil Jalvaran and Hojat Kalkhoran executed in Ardabil on January 4
JANUARY 4, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 3 men executed in Sabzevar on January 4
Hashem Zorabadi, Amir Ahmadzadeh, Mehdi Kivanlu
JANUARY 4, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Saeed Moradian executed in Hamadan on January 4
JANUARY 4, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Asghar Barzegar executed in Yazd on January 4
- JANUARY 3, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 3 men executed in Ardabil on January 3
Naser Peydayi, Mohammad Nadiri, and Farzad Mohammadi
JANUARY 3, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Reza Rasaei could be executed soon
Kurdish political prisoner arrested during Women-Life-Freedom
JANUARY 2, 2024Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: AT LEAST 172 PEOPLE EXECUTED IN 2023
Saudi Arabia carried out at least 172 executions in 2023, despite renewed promises from the Kingdom’s de facto ruler, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, to limit the scope of capital punishment.
JANUARY 2, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Davoud Abdollahi Executed in Karaj on January 2
Kurdish Political Prisoner
- JANUARY 2, 2024United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Alabama. Warden approves spiritual plan for January execution of K.E. Smith
JANUARY 2, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Naghi Zayerfar executed in Maragheh on January 2
- JANUARY 2, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 3 executions in Ardabil on January 2