Archive timeline
2023
The news published by Hands Off Cain in 2023, month by month, with the countries most present that year.
Latest news of 2023
OCTOBER 26, 2023SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: MILITARY COURT SENTENCES GOVERNMENT SOLDIER TO DEATH FOR KILLING COMRADE
The High Court of the Armed Forces in Somalia on October 25, 2023 upheld the death sentence for Constable Mohamed Abdihakin Mohamed Salah Ganey, who was convicted of murdering his fellow soldier.
OCTOBER 26, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Amir Hossein Dashtban executed in Tabriz on October 26
OCTOBER 26, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 5 men executed in Birjand on October 26
Abdolbasir Mohammadani (Rend), Mohammad Nabi Shahuzehi (Lojei), Mohammad Mirshah, Reza Shahraki and Omid Javini
OCTOBER 25, 2023Myanmar (Burma)DEATH PENALTYMYANMAR: JUNTA SENTENCES 7 MEN TO DEATH IN AYEYARWADY REGION
Myanmar’s military regime sentenced seven men in Ayeyarwady region to death, Pyapon township residents told Radio Free Asia over the weekend.
OCTOBER 25, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hayatollah Eiduzehi executed in Kerman on October 25
OCTOBER 25, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Jalil Seyed Rezaei executed in Qazvin on October 25
OCTOBER 25, 2023PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: RAPIST, KILLER OF YOUNG GIRL SENTENCED TO DEATH ON THREE COUNTS
Peshawar Judge of Child Protection Court, Hina Mehwish, on October 19, 2023 awarded three death sentences and a fine of Rs one million to an accused for molesting and later burning the body of an eight-year-old girl.
OCTOBER 25, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 2 unidentified men executed in Karaj on October 25
OCTOBER 25, 2023OhioDEATH PENALTYUSA - Ohio. Michael R. Turner to now serve life without parole
Has been on death row since 2002
- OCTOBER 24, 2023United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Use of Nitrogen Hypoxia Could Endanger Spiritual Advisors and Prison Staff
Upcpming execution in Alabama
OCTOBER 24, 2023SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: TWO SOLDIERS EXECUTED BY FIRING SQUAD FOR CIVILIAN MURDER
A firing squad on October 23, 2023 morning executed two Somali soldiers in the southern town of Baidoa.
OCTOBER 24, 2023AlgeriaDEATH PENALTYALGERIA: DEATH SENTENCES FOR 38 OVER FIRES VOLUNTEER LYNCHING
An Algerian appellate court upheld the death sentence on October 23, 2023 for 38 individuals found guilty of the murder of Jamal Ben Ismail.
OCTOBER 24, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 2 unidentified men executed in Karaj on October 24
628 executions in Iran in 2023
OCTOBER 24, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Man executed in Khoy on October 24
Identified only as A.M.
- OCTOBER 23, 2023IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: BRITISH MOTHER SENTENCED TO DEATH AFTER MURDERING HER SIKH HUSBAND
A British mother has been sentenced to death in India after she brutally murdered her husband in front of their nine-year-old son with the help of her lover, Daily Mail reported on October 17, 2023.
OCTOBER 23, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 3 men executed in Shiraz on October 23
Asghar Jafari, Majid Mousayi and Ali Kheirbin
OCTOBER 23, 2023BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: FATHER SENTENCED TO DEATH IN CHATTOGRAM FOR RAPING DAUGHTER
A Chattogram court on October 19, 2023 sentenced a father to death for raping his own daughter.
OCTOBER 22, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Armita Garavand's Family Implicitly Confirms Brain Death
OCTOBER 22, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Khosro Naghiani executed in Karaj on October 22
OCTOBER 22, 2023BelarusDEATH PENALTYBELARUS: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR THE MURDER OF HIS THREE-YEAR-OLD SON
The Minsk regional Court in Belarus on October 19, 2023 reportedly sentenced to death Alexander Taratuta, 48, for the murder of his three-year-old son Semyon
- OCTOBER 22, 2023IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Davoud Heidari executed in Karaj on October 22
- OCTOBER 21, 2023IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 2 men executed in Zahedan on October 21
Zaher Narouyi (Naroui) (Shirzehi) + Unk
OCTOBER 21, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 1 woman and 1 man executed in Isfahan on October 21
Davoud Jalali and an unidentified woman
- OCTOBER 19, 2023DEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. Carnell Petetan gets life without parole
After death sentence overturned
- OCTOBER 19, 2023IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Hossein Ali Dil Baluch executed in Birjand on October 19
OCTOBER 19, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Vahid Kakavand and Fathollah Rashnu executed in Khorramabad on October 19
OCTOBER 19, 2023BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING WIFE
A court in Chuadanga on October 5, 2023 sentenced a man to death on the charge of killing his wife in Alamdanga upazila of the district.
OCTOBER 19, 2023IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: 3 MEN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING THREE CHILDREN IN UP
A court in Bulandshahr district of Uttar Pradesh on October 18, 2023 sentenced three persons to death for killing three children, aged between seven and nine, more than four years ago.
OCTOBER 19, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Vahid Rashidi Garavand executed in Aligudarz on October 19
OCTOBER 19, 2023TexasDEATH PENALTYUSA - Florida. Jury sentenced Peter Avsenew to death