Year
How to use the database
HANDS OFF CAIN’S 2015 REPORT
The worldwide situation (as of 30 June 2016)
EXECUTIONS IN 2014
EXECUTIONS IN 2015 (as of 30 June)
The most important facts of 2015 (and the first six months of 2016)
ADDRESS of Pope Francis
THE SMILING FACE OF THE MULLAHS
Reportage by Sergio D'Elia
ANALYSIS OF THE 2015 REPORT DATA AND OBJECTIVES OF HANDS OFF CAIN
Reportage by Marco Perduca
"THE ABOLITIONIST OF THE YEAR 2015” AWARD
Protocol of understanding between NTC and CNF
Dossier on death penalty and homosexuality
Final declaration of the Cairo workshop
Goals
Achievements
GENERAL MOTION OF THE FIFTH CONGRESS OF HOC
RESOLUTION OF THE KIGALI CONFERENCE
U.N. RESOLUTION 2014

U.N. RESOLUTION 2012
U.N. RESOLUTION 2010

REPORT ON THE 2ND ANNUAL EU FORUM ON THE DEATH PENALTY IN ZAMBIA

Videos

DECLARATION OF LIBREVILLE

Publications
Hands Off Cain Headquarters
U.N. RESOLUTION 2008

U.N. RESOLUTION 2007

Appeal To The United Nations
Board of Directors

LETHAL TRADE DOSSIER
2014 FREETOWN CONFERENCE Final Declaration
THE COTONOU DECLARATION 2014
DOSSIER IRAQ 2003

DOSSIER ON MORATORIUM
DOSSIER IRAQ 2012

DOSSIER USA 2011

NOBEL LAUREATES APPEAL
Bulletin Board
Sign up
Join appeal
Newsletter
Our Publications

IRAN - IHR
IRAN - IHR
IRAN - “Forgiveness”

April 30, 2021:

IRAN

“Forgiveness”
According to the IPC, murder is punished by qisas, where the family of the victim can demand a retribution death sentence. But they can also demand diya (blood money) instead of a death sentence or can simply grant forgiveness.
IHR has collected forgiveness reports since 2015. Altogether, the reports gathered in the past 4 years show that the families of murder victims who chose forgiveness or diya for murder convicts outnumber those who chose the death penalty.
For the sake of simplicity, we will use the term forgiveness in the following section, regardless of whether there has been a demand for blood money or not.
As for the execution numbers, not all forgiveness cases are reported by the Iranian media. Based on reports by the Iranian media and, to a lesser extent, through its own network inside Iran, IHR has identified 662 forgiveness cases in 2020, compared to 211 qisas executions.
Forgiveness cases have been 374 in 2019, 272 in 2018, 221 in 2017, 232 in 2016 and 262 in 2015. Thus, there is a growing trend for forgiveness.
In 2020, the forgiveness cases outnumbered those of implemented qisas executions. The actual numbers for both forgiveness and qisas death sentences are believed to be higher. Reports indicate that the number of forgiveness cases might be several folds higher than the numbers presented in this report.
The increasing trend of forgiveness in Iran correlates with a survey conducted in September 2020 showing the majority of people prefer alternative punishments to the qisas death penalty for murder victims. Iranian authorities assert that qisas is the right of the plaintiff (the victim’s family) and that most qisas executions take place upon the plaintiff’s request.
However, when questioned about their preferred punishment if an immediate family member was murdered, only 21.5% of respondents chose qisas, while more than 50% preferred alternative punishments such as imprisonment.
In 2020, IHR recorded forgiveness cases in 29 of the 31 provinces in Iran. In comparison, qisas death sentences were reported in 24 of the provinces. In most provinces, the number of forgiveness cases were higher than qisas executions.
The number of implemented qisas executions was higher than or equal to forgiveness only in two provinces (Lorestan 7/8, and Qom 2/2), while in the rest of the provinces the forgiveness numbers were either equal or higher than qisas executions.
Prisons in the Tehran and Karaj (Alborz) area were the sites of the highest number of both forgiveness (92) and qisas (57) cases in 2020 in Iran.

https://iranhr.net/en/articles/4716/

(Source: IHR)

MALAYSIA: WIDOWER SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
MALAWI: SUPREME COURT RULES DEATH PENALTY IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL
INDIA: MADRAS HC COMMUTES DEATH SENTENCE OF CONVICT TO LIFE
EGYPT: 17 PRISONERS EXECUTED FOR 2013 ATTACK ON POLICE
USA - South Carolina. House Judiciary Committee approved electric chair and firing squad
IRAN - “Show Trials” of Dual Nationals Will Continue Until International Reaction
EGYPT: 9 MEN EXECUTED FOR 2013 ATTACK ON POLICE
KENYA: DEATH ROW CONVICT FREED, CO-ACCUSED SENTENCED TO DEATH
VIETNAM: 19-YEAR-OLD ONLINE GAME ADDICT SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDERING, ROBBING WOMAN
EGYPT: ISIL-LINKED GROUP CLAIMS EXECUTION OF COPT, 2 TRIBESMEN
IRAN - Habibullah Sheikh-Hossein executed on April 26
USA - Tennessee. House and Senate pass bill to stop executions of intellectually disabled
VIETNAM: HANOI DRUG TRAFFICKER SENTENCED TO DEATH
IRAN - Nazanin Sentenced to Another Year Behind Bars
IRAN - 6 men executed in Birjand Prison on April 24
VIETNAM: 2 SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR TRANSPORTING 31 KG OF METHAMPHETAMINE
TAIWAN UNCHANGED ON EVENTUAL GOAL OF ABOLISHING DEATH PENALTY: MINISTER OF JUSTICE
IRAN -Seyyed Sadrollah Fazeli Zare is the second man sentenced to death for "insulting the Prophet"
SOMALIA: PUNTLAND MILITARY COURT HANDS DOWN DEATH SENTENCE TO FIVE SHABAB MEMBERS
IRAN - Two men sentenced to death for insulting the Prophet Muhammad
INDONESIA: SIX TERRORISTS GET DEATH PENALTY FOR DEADLY RIOT
USA - Texas. TDCJ Revises Execution Protocol
DEATH PENALTY IN 2020: EXECUTIONS DOWN A QUARTER – AMNESTY’S NEW REPORT
NIGERIA: DETAINED WITHOUT CHARGES, RENOWNED ATHEIST STILL IN PRISON
IRAN - Iran at the bottom of reporters’ freedom
IRAQ: APPEALS COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE FOR SULAIMANI MAN WHO KILLED WIFE AND CHILDREN
INDIA: TRAIN BLAST CONVICT DIES OF COVID-19
GLOBAL DEATH PENALTY REPORT: EXECUTIONS FOR DRUG OFFENSES DOWN 75% WORLDWIDE
USA - Sonia Sotomayor’s Lonely Battle at the Supreme Court
SINGAPORE: NGO RELEASES SONG PENNED BY MALAYSIAN DEATH ROW INMATE TO SPREAD AWARENESS

1 2 3 [Succ >>]
2024
january
february
march
april
may
june
july
august
september
october
november
  2023
january
february
march
april
may
june
july
august
september
october
november
december
  2022
january
february
march
april
may
june
july
august
september
october
november
december
  2021
january
february
march
april
may
june
july
august
september
october
november
december
  2020
january
february
march
april
may
june
july
august
september
october
november
december
 
2019
january
february
march
april
may
june
july
august
september
october
november
december
  2018
january
february
march
april
may
june
july
august
september
october
november
december
  2017
january
february
march
april
may
june
july
august
september
october
november
december
  2016
january
february
march
april
may
june
july
august
september
october
november
december
  2015
january
february
march
april
may
june
july
august
september
october
november
december
  2014
january
february
march
april
may
june
july
august
september
october
november
december
 
2013
january
february
march
april
may
june
july
august
september
october
november
december
  2012
january
february
march
april
may
june
july
august
september
october
november
december
  2011
january
february
march
april
may
june
july
august
september
october
november
december
  2010
january
february
march
april
may
june
july
august
september
october
november
december
  2009
january
february
march
april
may
june
july
august
september
october
november
december
  2008
january
february
march
april
may
june
july
august
september
october
november
december
 
2007
january
february
march
april
may
june
july
august
september
october
november
december
  2006
january
february
march
april
may
june
july
august
september
october
november
december
  2005
january
february
march
april
may
june
july
august
september
october
november
december
  2004
january
february
march
april
may
june
july
august
september
october
november
december
 
IRAN - Wife of Djalali pleads for EU action
  IRAN - Hands off Cain Year End Report: At least 284 executions in 2020  
  IRAN: HANDS OFF CAIN, THE HANGING OF THE PROTESTER MOSTAFA SALEHI IS A SHAME FOR THE SO-CALLED DEMOCRATIC WORLD   
  USA: ‘BLACK LIVES MATTER’, BUT IS IT ONLY RACISM?  
  IRAN. HANDS OFF CAIN, REDUCTION OF DRUG EXECUTIONS BUT NUMBERS REMAIN WORRISOME  
  HUMAN RIGHTS: DEMONSTRATION OF THE RADICAL PARTY BEFORE IRANIAN EMBASSY 14 FEBRUARY  
news
-
latest actions
-
data base
-
actions
-
who we are
-
registered users
-
credits