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
JUNE 13, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 4 men executed in Gohardasht on June 13
Vahid Dinpajuh, Hamedi Ahmadi + 2 Unk
- JUNE 12, 2023Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI 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 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 11, 2023IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Haidar Chishti + Unk executed in Torbat-e-Jam on June 11
- JUNE 11, 2023IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Alireza Shahcheraghi and Taher Nouri executed in Shiraz on June 11
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
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 10, 2023IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Saeid Nasiri and Masoud Sasani executed in Karaj on June 10
- JUNE 9, 2023IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 3 men executed in Urmia on June 9
Jafar Mohammadpour, Ghobad Farhadi + Unk
JUNE 9, 2023IllinoisDEATH PENALTYUSA - Illinois. Governor Pritzker signed HB 3762 removing all mentions related to capital punishment from criminal codes.
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, 2023IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 2 men executed in Karaj on June 6
Einollah Badri-Nejad + Unk
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 PENALTYVIETNAM: 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 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 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.