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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NOVEMBER 22, 2023United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - BJS released its latest report for the year 2021
2,382 people were under sentence of death in 2021
NOVEMBER 22, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mohammad Andishkouh and Moslem Jamshidi executed in Karaj on November 22
NOVEMBER 22, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ebrahim Zamharir executed in Tabriz on November 22
NOVEMBER 22, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 2 men executed in Karaj on November 22
Loghman Omrani + Unk
- NOVEMBER 21, 2023SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
SOMALI: MILITARY COURT EXECUTES SOLDIER FOR MURDER IN GALMUDUG
In the Galgaduud region's Guriceel city, Somalia's Military Court executed soldier Abdisalan Ali Ahmed on November 19, 2023 for the murder of Abdullahi Ali Hudey.
- NOVEMBER 20, 2023Trinidad & TobagoDEATH PENALTY
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO: LONGEST SERVING DEATH ROW PRISONER RELEASED BY HIGH COURT
On 14 November 2023, Wenceslaus James, the longest serving death row inmate in the country, was released by order of the High Court of Trinidad and Tobago. Convicted for murder in 1996, Wenceslaus received the mandatory death sentence for the offence.
NOVEMBER 20, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Siamand Bukani (Ostwar) executed in Ardabil on November 20
- NOVEMBER 19, 2023IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 3 men executed in Bandar Abbas on November 19
Abdulghafoor Mahmoudi, Mohammad Hussein TashtZar, Ali Payam
NOVEMBER 19, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Yasin Zainaldini executed in Shiraz on November 19
NOVEMBER 16, 2023AlabamaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Alabama. Casey McWhorter, 49, White, was executed
NOVEMBER 16, 2023TexasDEATH PENALTYUSA - Texas. David Renteria, 53, Hispanic, was executed
- NOVEMBER 15, 2023IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 6 more executions in Karaj on November 15
3 other executions have already been reported, bringing the total to 9
- NOVEMBER 15, 2023IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Ali Shirzadeh executed in Tabriz on November 15
- NOVEMBER 15, 2023IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Two unidentified men executed in Kerman on November 15
NOVEMBER 15, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - At least three men executed in Karaj on November 15
Bagher Mohammadi Geravand, Nazir Mohammad + Unk
NOVEMBER 15, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - A woman, Zarkhatoun Mazarzehi, executed in Kerman on November 15
19th woman executed in Iran in 2023
NOVEMBER 15, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mehdi Bakhshandeh executed in Gonbad Kavous on November 15
NOVEMBER 14, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Arman Babazadeh Ayan executed in Salmas on November 14
NOVEMBER 14, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Unidentified man executed in Bandar Abbas
Date of execution not specified
NOVEMBER 14, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mohsen Gomshadzehi executed in Zahedan on November 14
- NOVEMBER 13, 2023ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: FORMER PRIMARY SCHOOL PRINCIPAL EXECUTED FOR CHILD RAPE
A former principal of a primary school in Gansu province was executed through lethal injection on November 7, 2023 following a death penalty sentence for rape and sexually molesting minors.
- NOVEMBER 13, 2023IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Shahbaz Latifi Sarini executed in Kermanshah on November 13
NOVEMBER 13, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Seyed Reza Hosseini executed in Hamedan on November 13
NOVEMBER 13, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Three Baluch political prisoners executed in Zahedan on November 13
Mohammad Barahouyi Anjomani, Mohammad Karim Barkazayi Akson and Edris Bilrani
NOVEMBER 12, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Alireza … executed in Isfahan on November 12
- NOVEMBER 12, 2023IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 3 men executed in Shiraz on November 12
Vahid Salemi, Behrouz Dinarbar and Ahmad Mohammadi
NOVEMBER 12, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Afshin Joshani and Taher Arefi executed in Shiraz on November 12
- NOVEMBER 12, 2023IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Abdolkhalegh Parvizi executed in Ramhormoz on November 12
- NOVEMBER 11, 2023IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Amin Barakzehi executed in Saravan on November 11
- NOVEMBER 11, 2023IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Fahim Moghabeli executed in Jifoft on November 11