Archive timeline
2023
The news published by Hands Off Cain in 2023, month by month, with the countries most present that year.
The year in data
- Executions recorded worldwide
- 1,195
- Countries where they were recorded
- 19
- News items in the archive
- 1,236
Latest news of 2023
OCTOBER 11, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Abbas Ali Maghami and Mehdi Shadab executed in Tabriz on October 11
OCTOBER 11, 2023Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTYDRC: LAWMAKER GETS DEATH SENTENCE OVER TREASON CHARGES
A Congolese military court sentenced a lawmaker to death on October 10, 2023 for treason and involvement with the M23 rebel movement, a verdict his lawyer denounced as based on "ethnic hatred."
OCTOBER 10, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Unidentified man executed in Isfahan on October 10
OCTOBER 10, 2023TexasDEATH PENALTYUSA - Texas. Jedidiah Murphy, 48, White, was executed on Oct. 10
OCTOBER 10, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hossein Alizadeh executed in Bam on October 10
OCTOBER 9, 2023NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: POLICE OFFICER SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR SHOOTING LAWYER DEAD
A Nigerian court on October 9, 2023 sentenced to death a police officer convicted of shooting dead a pregnant female lawyer on Christmas Day in 2022.
OCTOBER 9, 2023MalaysiaDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA: APPEALS COURT COMMUTES DEATH SENTENCE ON LOVERS FOR MURDER TO 30 YEARS IMPRISONMENT
A Malaysian Court of Appeal on October 5, 2023 commuted the death sentence imposed on a pair of lovers to 30 years in prison for the murder of a five-year-old boy, who is the son of the accused female, nine years ago.
OCTOBER 9, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 3 unidentified men executed in Kerman on October 9
OCTOBER 9, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Unidentified man executed in Isfahan on October 9
OCTOBER 8, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Emambakhsh Gorgij executed in Torbat Heydarieh on October 8
- OCTOBER 8, 2023IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mehrab Sintab executed in Karaj on October 8
OCTOBER 6, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Jailed Iranian Activist Mohammadi Wins Nobel Peace Prize
OCTOBER 6, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Two unidentified men executed in Mashhad on October 6
OCTOBER 5, 2023NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: COURT SENTENCES TWO BROTHERS TO DEATH FOR MURDER IN AKWA IBOM
Akwa Ibom State High Court sitting in Essien Udim has sentenced two brothers to death for killing a farmer over a parcel of land, Daily Post reported on October 4, 2023.
OCTOBER 5, 2023YemenDEATH PENALTYYEMEN: FOUR SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER KIDNAPPING OF MSF AID WORKERS
A court in Yemen’s southeastern province of Hadramout on October 3, 2023 sentenced four Yemenis to death for kidnapping international humanitarian workers last year.
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 4, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 16-year-old girl seriously injured by 'moral police'
Armita Geravand (Garavand)
OCTOBER 4, 2023Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTYDR CONGO: ARMY OFFICER RECEIVES DEATH SENTENCE OVER PROTEST KILLINGS
A military court sentenced a DR Congo army officer to death and handed 10-year prison terms to three others on October 2, 2023 over the August killing of more than 50 protesters in the eastern city of Goma.
OCTOBER 4, 2023IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: TWO GET DEATH PENALTY FOR RAPING, KILLING MINOR GIRL IN 2019
A special POCSO court in Tripura on October 3, 2023 convicted two persons and sentenced them to death for raping and murdering a minor girl four years ago.
OCTOBER 3, 2023BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: 3 SENTENCED TO DEATH IN RAJBARI SCHOOL STUDENT MURDER
A court in Rajbari on September 27, 2023 sentenced three people to death in the murder case of fourth-grade student Rifad, 12, after abduction in the district.
OCTOBER 3, 2023FloridaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Florida. Michael Zack was executed on October 3
54, White
OCTOBER 3, 2023Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYRELATIVES OF SAUDIS FACING EXECUTION URGE ‘ASHAMED’ CROWN PRINCE TO ACT
Relatives of Saudis facing heavy sentences for social media posts are calling on the kingdom’s de facto ruler to take action after he voiced shame over their cases.
OCTOBER 2, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Yasin Huseynzade sentenced to death
Assailant of Azerbaijan's embassy in Iran
OCTOBER 2, 2023VietnamDEATH PENALTYVIETNAM: 4 GET DEATH IN HCMC FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Four people were sentenced to death in HCMC on September 28, 2023 for transporting 12 kg of drugs from Cambodia to Vietnam for sale.
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