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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DECEMBER 28, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 3 men “recently” executed in Karaj
Akbar Qara Gozlu, Ehsan Hamedi + Unk.
- DECEMBER 27, 2023IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 4 men executed in Ardabil on December 27
Yasin Khodakarami, Alireza Nejati, Jebreil Fadayi, Ali Zaman Khani
DECEMBER 27, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ismaeil Ghader Magham (Barahoei) executed in Birjand on December 27
DECEMBER 27, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ramin Faghiri Executed in Hamedan on December 27
DECEMBER 27, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 3 men executed in Birjand on December 27
Ismail Qadir Maqam, Ahmad Gergij, Mohammad Hissari
DECEMBER 27, 2023DEATH PENALTYIRAN - 3 women and 1 man executed in Birjand on December 27
DECEMBER 27, 2023DEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mehdi Dahmardeh executed in Birjand on December 27
Nineth person to be executed that day in that prison
DECEMBER 26, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mohammad Reza Mehraban executed in Sanandaj on December 26
DECEMBER 26, 2023NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: COURT SENTENCES MAN TO DEATH BY HANGING FOR SETTING HIS MOTHER ABLAZE IN NIGER STATE
The Minna High Court presided over by the Chief Judge of Niger State, Justice Halima Ibrahim Abdulmalik, on December 13, 2023 sentenced Stephen Jiya to death by hanging for setting his biological mother ablaze which resulted in her death.
DECEMBER 26, 2023Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: 2 BANGLADESHIS EXECUTED FOR KILLING AN INDIAN
Two expatriates were executed in Saudi Arabia after they had been convicted in a final court ruling of murdering a man by spraying an insecticide into his mouth, Gulf News reported on December 23, 2023.
- DECEMBER 24, 2023MaldivesDEATH PENALTY
MALDIVES’ PUSH TO REINSTATE DEATH PENALTY SPARKS UPROAR
Human Rights Watch (HRW) has called on the Maldives government to refrain from a planned move to reintroduce the death penalty in the Muslim-majority South Asian nation.
DECEMBER 23, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 3 men executed in Isfahan
Shirali Saeidi and Saman Mogouei on December 23, Reza Keshavarzi on December 22
DECEMBER 23, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Karamullah Lorestani and Hossein Papi executed in Khorramabad on December 23
DECEMBER 21, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mohammad Saleh Amini Executed in Taybad on December 21
DECEMBER 21, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mojtaba Ayami executed in Qom on December 21
- DECEMBER 20, 2023Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA: MAN EXECUTED FOR STABBING MUM, SISTER TO DEATH
Saudi authorities have executed a citizen after he had been convicted of fatally stabbing his mother and sister and burnt their bodies.
DECEMBER 20, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 6 Unidentified Men Executed in Ardabil on December 20
Drug-related executions have continuously risen every year for the past three years
DECEMBER 20, 2023ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: FEMALE SERIAL KILLER LAO RONGZHI EXECUTED
Lao Rongzhi, a woman in the spotlight for her involvement in multiple killings, was executed on December 18, 2023 after China's top court approved her death sentence.
DECEMBER 20, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Samira Sabzian Fard executed in Karaj on December 20
21 women executed in Iran this year
DECEMBER 20, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Farzad Golmohammadi Executed in Sanandaj on December 20
DECEMBER 20, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Najibollah Dahmardeh Executed in Ghaemshahr on December 20
Baluch are grossly overrepresented in execution numbers in Iran
DECEMBER 19, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Moslem Farahani executed in Zanjan on December 19
DECEMBER 19, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Abdollah Zamani and Esmail Ijbari Executed in Karaj on December 19
DECEMBER 18, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ali Poursiamak Executed in Neyshabur on December 18
DECEMBER 18, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Taher Davabi Executed in Khorramabad on December 18
DECEMBER 16, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mohsen Salarzehi executed in Iranshahr on December 16
818 executions in Iran in 2023
DECEMBER 15, 2023TexasDEATH PENALTYUSA - Texas. Texas still leads nation in executions, but the pace is much slower now
Texas Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty 2023 Report
DECEMBER 15, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Davoud Brahui (Brahooie) executed in Qom on December 15
DECEMBER 14, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mosafer Zargar executed in Mashhad on December 14
DECEMBER 14, 2023AlabamaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Alabama. Lawsuit against the execution of Kenneth Smith under the new nitrogen hypoxia system
Set for 25 January