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2023
The news published by Hands Off Cain in 2023, month by month, with the countries most present that year.
Latest news of 2023
JULY 3, 2023North KoreaDEATH PENALTYNORTH KOREA: TWO WOMEN EXECUTED IN S. HWANGHAE PROVINCE FOR WATCHING S. KOREAN PROGRAMS
Earlier this month, two female farm workers in Chongdam County, South Hwanghae Province, were publicly executed for breaking the channel lock on their television and secretly watching South Korean programs, Daily NK has learned.
JULY 2, 2023ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: WIFE KILLER SENTENCED TO DEATH IN SHANGHAI
A man who killed his wife and then attempted to hide her body in a freezer in Shanghai was sentenced to death on June 29, 2023.
JULY 2, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Yasser Golzardian executed in Khorramabad on July 2
JULY 2, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - A woman, Afsaneh Shahiki, executed in Kerman on July 2
213 women executed since 2007
JULY 2, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Bahador Salimi executed in Qazvin on July 2
396 executions since the beginning of 2023
JULY 1, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Farshad Abdoli and Mojtaba Chegeni executed in Karaj on July 1
JULY 1, 2023GermanyDEATH PENALTYIRAN - German Party Leader Refused Visit To Condemned German-Iranian Citizen
Friedrich Merz will not meet Jamshid Sharmahd
- JUNE 30, 2023DEATH PENALTY
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 PENALTY
UKRAINE 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, 2023United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UAE: 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 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 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 PENALTY
VIETNAM: 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, 2023United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - 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 21, 2023IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Hemin Mostafaei executed on June 21 in Sanandaj
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.