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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OCTOBER 8, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Emambakhsh Gorgij executed in Torbat Heydarieh on October 8
OCTOBER 6, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Two unidentified men executed in Mashhad on October 6
OCTOBER 4, 2023North KoreaDEATH PENALTYNORTH KOREA: WAREHOUSE MANAGER EXECUTED FOR STEALING PENICILLIN
A manager at a North Korean pharmaceutical warehouse was publicly executed last month for stealing 20,000 doses of penicillin, sources inside the country said.
OCTOBER 3, 2023FloridaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Florida. Michael Zack was executed on October 3
54, White
OCTOBER 1, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Samad Moradi executed in Ramhormoz on October 1
OCTOBER 1, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Unidentified man executed in Mashhad on October 1
- OCTOBER 1, 2023IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 5 men executed in Kerman on October 1
Avaz Moradi, Ramezan Khorshid + 3 unk
OCTOBER 1, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Unidentified man executed in Mashhad on October 1
- OCTOBER 1, 2023IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mohammad Taghi … executed in Mashhad on October 1
Surname unknown
OCTOBER 1, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 5 men executed in Shiraz on October 1
Hamidreza Khodabandeh and 4 unidentified men
SEPTEMBER 30, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mohammad Bagher Bazgir and Sasan Farzipour executed in Khorramabad on September 30
SEPTEMBER 28, 2023TexasDEATH PENALTYUSA - Texas. Scott Panetti Not Competent for Execution
SEPTEMBER 27, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ali Najafi and Bahram … executed in Karaj on September 27
554 executions in 2023
SEPTEMBER 27, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Jafar Ghaed executed in Ahar on September 27
SEPTEMBER 27, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 2 men executed in Karaj on September 27
Saman Asgari and Mozafar ... (surname unknown)
SEPTEMBER 26, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Askar Nami executed in Tabriz on September 26
SEPTEMBER 25, 2023VietnamDEATH PENALTYVIETNAM: MAN EXECUTED DESPITE DIPLOMATIC PLEAS FOR MERCY
Death row prisoner Le Van Manh was executed on the morning of September 22, 2023, lawyer Le Van Luan posted on Facebook, in a case with evidence which lawyers said was not clear enough to convict.
SEPTEMBER 23, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Unidentified prisoner executed in Minab on September 23
- SEPTEMBER 23, 2023IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mohammad Vali Jabari executed in Isfahan on September 23
SEPTEMBER 23, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Khairallah Jamshidi executed in Minab on September 23
SEPTEMBER 21, 2023OklahomaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Oklahoma. Anthony Sanchez, 44, Hispanic, was executed
18 executions in the US in 2023
SEPTEMBER 20, 2023Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: TWO MILITARY PERSONNEL EXECUTED FOR TREASON
Saudi Arabia's defence ministry has executed two military personnel who were accused of committing treason among other offences, the state news agency (SPA) said on September 14, 2023.
SEPTEMBER 17, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 3 men executed in Shiraz on September 13 and 17
Ramezan Yavari, Mozafar Sanjarani + Unk
SEPTEMBER 15, 2023United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Pharmaceutical multinationals further restrict lethal injections
SEPTEMBER 13, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ali Mansour Khakzad executed in Boroujerd on September 13
544 executions in 2023
- SEPTEMBER 12, 2023Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA EXECUTES US NATIONAL CONVICTED OF KILLING EGYPTIAN FATHER
Saudi Arabia on August 16, 2023 executed a US national convicted of torturing and killing his father, state media reported, bringing to at least 19 the number of foreigners put to death this year.
SEPTEMBER 11, 2023Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA EXECUTES MORE THAN 100 PEOPLE THIS YEAR
The Saudi authorities have executed more than 100 people this year, hitting a new milestone that Amnesty International considers reveals its “chilling disregard for the right to life.”
SEPTEMBER 10, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 3 men executed in Birjand on Septembe 10
Mohsen and Saeed Sanjarani, and Abdolnaser Ghaljayi
- SEPTEMBER 9, 2023North KoreaDEATH PENALTY
NORTH KOREA: 9 PEOPLE PUBLICLY EXECUTED FOR RUNNING BEEF SMUGGLING RING
A crowd of 25,000 people were forced to gather at the airport in Hyesan, North Korea, and made to watch the shooting of nine people.
SEPTEMBER 9, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 3 men executed in Zahedan on September 9
Mohammad Narouyi (Narouei) + 2 Unk