Chronological archive
June 2023
The 91 news items published by Hands Off Cain in June 2023, in chronological order.
USA - Judge to Decide Whether Taint of C.I.A. Torture Extended to Guantánamo
JUNE 29, 2023FloridaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Florida. Death sentences for Reynaldo Figueroa-Sanabria overturned
JUNE 29, 2023IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR RAPING, KILLING 8-YEAR-OLD GIRL IN UP’S AURAIYA
A local court on June 28, 2023 awarded the death sentence to a man for raping and killing an eight-year-old girl in Auraiya district of Uttar Pradesh in March this year.
JUNE 29, 2023ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE ON MAN FOR ENDANGERING PUBLIC SECURITY WITH DANGEROUS METHODS
Guangdong High People's Court upheld a ruling by a lower court that sentenced Wen Qingyun to death for endangering public security with dangerous methods in a final judgment on June 28, 2023.
JUNE 29, 2023FloridaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Florida. Steven Wolf, 62, White, sentenced to death
JUNE 28, 2023RussiaDEATH PENALTYUKRAINE WAR: RUSSIA EXECUTED 77 CIVILIANS DETAINED BY ITS FORCES, UN SAYS
A United Nations monitoring mission in Ukraine says Russia has detained more than 800 civilians since the conflict began and has executed 77 of them.
JUNE 27, 2023BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: 4 SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR 1971 WAR CRIMES IN JASHORE
A war crimes tribunal has sentenced four people to death for killings in Jashore during the 1971 Liberation War.
JUNE 27, 2023IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: DELHI HIGH COURT COMMUTES DEATH SENTENCE OF MAN CONVICTED FOR KIDNAPPING, MURDER OF 12-YEAR-OLD NEIGHBOUR
The Delhi High Court on June 26, 2023 commuted the death sentence awarded earlier to a man convicted of kidnapping and murdering a 12-year-old child in the year 2009.
JUNE 27, 2023United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTYUAE: 2 OF 3 PARDONED FILIPINOS SAVED FROM DEATH ROW
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has pardoned three Filipino convicts — two of them on death row for drug trafficking and one with a 15-year sentence for slander, the Palace disclosed on June 23, 2023.
JUNE 26, 2023Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: TWO YEMENIS EXECUTED FOR TERRORISM OFFENSES
Saudi Arabia on June 24, 2023 executed two Yemeni men for joining a terrorist group, the official Saudi Press Agency (SPA) has reported.
JUNE 26, 2023FloridaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Florida. Judge Robert Branning formally sentence Joseph Zieler to death
JUNE 26, 2023NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: ONDO COURT SENTENCES 78-YEAR-OLD TO DEATH FOR KILLING PROPRIETOR
A 78-year-old man, Ojo Komolafe, has been sentenced to death by an Ondo state High Court for killing a school proprietor, Taofik Babalola, Punch reported on June 23, 2023.
JUNE 26, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Council of the European Union targets 7 Iranians
over serious human rights violations
JUNE 25, 2023VietnamDEATH PENALTYVIETNAM: THREE TAIWANESE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Three Taiwanese were sentenced to death in Ho Chi Minh City on June 22, 2023 for trafficking some 480 kg of drugs.
JUNE 24, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ishaq Anshini executed in Zahedan on June 14
JUNE 24, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mohsen Gomshadzehi and Eshagh Anshini executed in Zahedan on June 24
JUNE 23, 2023FloridaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Florida. Dane Abdool sentenced to death for 2nd time
JUNE 22, 2023BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: 7 SENTENCED TO DEATH, 5 TO LIFE IN PRISON FOR MURDER IN CUMILLA
A court has handed down the death penalty to seven people and sentenced five others to life in prison for the murder of a plumber in Cumilla in 2006.
JUNE 22, 2023North KoreaDEATH PENALTYNORTH KOREA: FIVE INMATES AT POLITICAL PRISON CAMP PUBLICLY EXECUTED FOR CAUSING A ‘DISTURBANCE’
Five inmates at the concentration camp in the Susong District (otherwise known as Camp No. 25 in Chongjin) were executed by firing squad in broad daylight in mid-May, according to a source in the country on June 19, 2023, speaking on condition of anonymit
JUNE 21, 2023AfghanistanDEATH PENALTYAFGHANISTAN: TALIBAN CARRY OUT 2ND KNOWN PUBLIC EXECUTION SINCE SEIZING POWER
Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers on June 19, 2023 carried out what is believed to be the second confirmed public execution since the religious group took power in 2021, according to the country’s Supreme Court.
JUNE 21, 2023Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: SHIA MAN FROM QATIF REGION EXECUTED OVER TERROR CHARGES
Saudi authorities have executed a young man from the Shia-populated Qatif region over allegations of involvement in terrorist activities, as part of a heavy-handed crackdown led by Saudi Arabia’s crown prince against political dissidents.
JUNE 21, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hemin Mostafaei executed on June 21 in Sanandaj
JUNE 21, 2023United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - 70 Years After Their Executions, Rosenberg Sons Still Looking to Clear Mother’s Name
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg executed on June 19, 1953 for espionage
JUNE 20, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Siamak Lutfi executed in Tabriz on June 20
JUNE 20, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Vahid Seifi executed in Tabriz on June 20
JUNE 20, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Aref Havasi executed in Ilam on June 20
JUNE 20, 2023United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTYUNITED ARAB EMIRATES: FOUR ASIANS SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
The Grand Criminal Court at the Federal Primary Court in Abu Dhabi issued a unanimous verdict to execute 4 defendants of Asian nationalities after convicting them of charges related to the importation and trafficking of drugs, Emirates 24|7 reported on Ju
JUNE 19, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hadi Al-Nasser and Abbas Khanjari executed in Ahvaz on June 19
JUNE 19, 2023BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: EXECUTIONER WHO HANGED 26 CONVICTS WALKS OUT OF PRISON
A jailed Bangladeshi hangman who executed more than two dozen fellow prisoners including killers and coup plotters in exchange for sentence reductions was released on June 18, 2023, officials said.
JUNE 19, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Danesh Salari executed in Kahnuj on June 19
380 executions since the beginning of the year
JUNE 19, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mohsen Samadi executed in Saveh on June 19
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JUNE 18, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 4 men executed in Kerman on June 18
Mohammad Sepahi, Fazl Ahmad Ghafran, Gholam Mir + Unk
JUNE 18, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Unidentified man executed in public on June 18
In Deylam
JUNE 18, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ali Mula Shamsi executed on June 18 in Zanjan
JUNE 18, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hamed … executed in Gorgan on June 18
JUNE 18, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Fazl Ahmad Ghafran (Rukhshani) executed in Kerman on June 18
JUNE 17, 2023BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: TWO GET DEATH PENALTY FOR MURDER IN CUMILLA
A Cumilla court on June 14, 2023 sentenced two people to death over the murder of a man in Homna upazila in 2010.
JUNE 17, 2023Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: MURDERER OF SAUDI FLIGHT ATTENDANT EXECUTED
The death penalty of a Saudi murderer, who was convicted of burning alive his friend, was carried out in the Makkah region on June 15, 2023, the Ministry of Interior said in a statement.
JUNE 17, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mahmoud Rakhshani executed in Zahedan on June 17
JUNE 17, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ali Brar Kazemi executed in Shiraz on June 17
JUNE 15, 2023Sri LankaDEATH PENALTYSRI LANKA: DEATH ROW CONVICT ARRESTED AFTER ALMOST 20 YEARS
A 54-year-old man who had been in hiding for almost two decades and was later sentenced to death was arrested on June 14, 2023 in Ragama.
JUNE 15, 2023FloridaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Florida. Duane Owen, 62, White, was executed
- JUNE 15, 2023EgyptDEATH PENALTY
EGYPT: MAN EXECUTED ONE YEAR AFTER KILLING OF NAYERA ASHRAF
Egypt on June 14, 2023 executed the killer of university student Naiyera Ashraf, who was murdered in a heinous crime last year in an incident that rocked the country and the region.
JUNE 15, 2023ArizonaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Arizona. Barry Jones Freed from Arizona’s Death Row after 29 Years
The death sentence commutes to 25 years, which the man has already served
JUNE 15, 2023OhioDEATH PENALTYUSA - Ohio. Lamont Hunter Released
on Plea Agreement Amid Review of New Evidence
JUNE 15, 2023NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: RIVERS STATE COURT SENTENCES TWO TO DEATH FOR KIDNAPPING, MURDER
Rivers State High Court sitting in Port Harcourt on June 15, 2023 convicted and sentenced two middle-aged men to death by hanging for kidnapping and killing a prominent Rivers State businessman, Festus Mac-Pepple and one Friday Uranta in 2008.
JUNE 15, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Man (not identified) sentenced to death for killing MP
JUNE 14, 2023KenyaDEATH PENALTYKENYA: JUDGES RULE ON APPEAL OF MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR ROBBERY WITH VIOLENCE
A court of Appeal in Kisumu on June 12, 2023 dismissed an appeal filed by a convict serving a death sentence for stealing Nokia 3110, among other valuables worth Ksh46,000.
JUNE 14, 2023United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - 122,840 people in solitary confinement in U.S. prisons and jails
Why Counting Everyone in Solitary Confinement Matters
JUNE 14, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hasan Ali Hasanpour executed in Gachsaran on June 14
JUNE 14, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Milad Qobadi executed in Yasuj on June 14
JUNE 13, 2023IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: KARNATAKA HC CONFIRMS DEATH SENTENCE TO MAN WHO KILLED FIVE INCLUDING THREE OF HIS MINOR CHILDREN
The man who killed five people including three minor children has been given a death sentence by a division bench of the Dharwad Bench of the High Court of Karnataka, Outlook India reported on June 10, 2023.
JUNE 13, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 4 men executed in Gohardasht on June 13
Vahid Dinpajuh, Hamedi Ahmadi + 2 Unk
- JUNE 13, 2023IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Hamid… executed in Gohardasht on June 13
JUNE 12, 2023VietnamDEATH PENALTYVIETNAM: 10 SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
The People's Court of the northwestern province of Son La handed out 10 death penalties and one life sentence to members of a drug trafficking ring during trials from June 1-5.
JUNE 12, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hadi Al-Naser executed in Ahvaz on June 12
361 executions since the beginning of the year
JUNE 12, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mohammad Pourkhosravani executed in Sirjan on June 12
JUNE 12, 2023Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: THREE EXECUTED OVER OFFICER'S KILLING
Saudi Arabia put to death three of its citizens on June 11, 2023 convicted of having killed a security officer and creating a "terrorist cell", the interior ministry said.
JUNE 11, 2023South KoreaDEATH PENALTYSOUTH KOREA: CABINET APPROVES BILL TO REMOVE SUNSET CLAUSE FOR DEATH SENTENCE
The South Korean government on June 5, 2013 approved a bill to remove the sunset clause for the death penalty in a bid to prevent inmates on death row from avoiding execution after 30 years in prison.
JUNE 11, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Iran Hands Over Scores Of Afghan Prisoners To Taliban
JUNE 11, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hossein Amani-Nejad and Hamed Yavari executed in Hamedan on June 11
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JUNE 11, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ebrahim Gomshadzehi executed in Kerman on June 11
JUNE 11, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Daryush Rahimi executed in Mashhad on June 11
In prison, not in public as the sentence said
JUNE 11, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Haidar Chishti + Unk executed in Torbat-e-Jam on June 11
JUNE 11, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Alireza Shahcheraghi and Taher Nouri executed in Shiraz on June 11
JUNE 10, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Saeid Nasiri and Masoud Sasani executed in Karaj on June 10
JUNE 9, 2023IllinoisDEATH PENALTYUSA - Illinois. Governor Pritzker signed HB 3762 removing all mentions related to capital punishment from criminal codes.
JUNE 9, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 3 men executed in Urmia on June 9
Jafar Mohammadpour, Ghobad Farhadi + Unk
JUNE 8, 2023NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: PASTOR SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING IMPREGNATED CHOIR MISTRESS, TWO OTHERS
A Rivers State High Court sitting in Port Harcourt on June 5, 2023 sentenced a pastor, Chidiebere Okoroafor, to death by hanging for murder.
JUNE 8, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Houshang Amirzadeh executed in Qazvin on June 8
JUNE 8, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ali Doust Barahouyi executed in Zahedan on June 8
JUNE 7, 2023PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: MAN GETS DEATH SENTENCE IN BLASPHEMY CASE
The Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) in Pakistan's Mardan on May 30, 2023 convicted a man of committing blasphemy and sentenced him to death along with a fine of Rs 4,00,000, Pakistan-based The News International newspaper reported.
JUNE 7, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hasan Brahui executed in Gorgan on June 7
JUNE 7, 2023IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: 2 BUNDI MEN ON DEATH ROW FOR RAPE, MURDER ACQUITTED BY HC
Two men who were found guilty and sentenced to death by a POCSO court last year for the gang-rape and murder of a 15-year-old girl in Bundi district in 2021 were acquitted on June 2, 2023 by Rajasthan High Court.
JUNE 7, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Journalists Niloofar Hamedi and Elaheh Mohammadi risk the death sentence
Accused of having 'made up' the Mahsa Amini case
JUNE 6, 2023NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: ADEDOYIN, TWO WORKERS GET DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDER
An Osun State High Court on May 30, 2023 sentenced popular hotel owner Ramon Adedoyin and two others to death in the murder case of Timothy Adegoke, an ex-Master’s student of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife.
- JUNE 6, 2023VietnamDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM: TWO AUSTRALIANS FACING DEATH PENALTY GRANTED CLEMENCY
Two Australians sentenced to death in Vietnam have been granted clemency after Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese paid an official visit to the Southeast Asian country.
JUNE 6, 2023BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: FIVE GET DEATH PENALTY FOR KILLING SCHOOLBOY IN CUMILLA
A court in Cumilla on June 4, 2023 sentenced five people to death for killing a schoolboy in the district on 2012.
JUNE 6, 2023MissouriDEATH PENALTYUSA - Missouri. Michael Tisius, 42, White, executed
After Jurors Waver on Death Sentence
JUNE 6, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Malik Baloch Mahani and Kambiz Barzkar executed in Kerman on June 6
- JUNE 6, 2023IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 2 men executed in Karaj on June 6
Einollah Badri-Nejad + Unk
JUNE 5, 2023JapanDEATH PENALTYJAPAN: SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS MAN'S DEATH SENTENCE FOR MANILA MURDERS
The Supreme Court on June 5, 2023 upheld a death sentence for a man convicted of murdering two other Japanese men in Manila in 2014 and 2015, rejecting his appeal to have the ruling overturned.
- JUNE 5, 2023Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA: 3 PEOPLE EXECUTED IN SHIA-POPULATED EASTERN REGION
Saudi Arabia announced the execution of three men in the Shia-populated Eastern Province for “joining a terrorist cell, possessing weapons and armed assault on security centers and security men."
JUNE 4, 2023Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: NEPAL MAN EXECUTED AFTER CONVICTION FOR STABBING SAUDI TO DEATH
Saudi Arabia on June 1st 2023 executed a Nepali national after his conviction for stabbing a Saudi to death.
JUNE 2, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ali Mohammad Zeraat and Esmail Nasiri executed in Shiraz on June 2
JUNE 2, 2023AfghanistanDEATH PENALTYUSA - U.N. Body Condemns Torture of Guantánamo Prisoner Awaiting Capital Trial
Together with United Arab Emirates, Afghanistan, Lithuania, Morocco, Poland, Romania and Thailand
- JUNE 1, 2023PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: YOUNG CHRISTIAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR ALLEGED BLASPHEMY THROUGH WHATSAPP
Nouman Asghar, a 24-year-old Christian from the city of Bahawalpur, in Punjab, was sentenced to death for blasphemy on May 30, 2023 by a court of first instance in Bahawalpur.
JUNE 1, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ashkan Sohrabi and Arya Parvizi executed in Kenhaj on June 1
333 executions since the beginning of the year
JUNE 1, 2023IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: MATHURA COURT SENTENCES MAN TO DEATH FOR RAPE, MURDER OF MINOR BOY IN 15-DAY TRIAL
A special court in Mathura, dealing with cases under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO) on May 29, 2023 sentenced a man to death for raping and killing a 9-year-old boy.
JUNE 1, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Aghil Arab + Unk executed in Isfahan on June 1
- JUNE 1, 2023IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Rasoul Sheikh Arpanahi and Neemat Arzani executed in Kashan on June 1