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 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, 2023United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
USA - U.N. Body Condemns Torture of Guantánamo Prisoner Awaiting Capital Trial
Together with United Arab Emirates, Afghanistan, Lithuania, Morocco, Poland, Romania and Thailand
JUNE 2, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ali Mohammad Zeraat and Esmail Nasiri executed in Shiraz on June 2
JUNE 1, 2023PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: 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 PENALTYIRAN - Rasoul Sheikh Arpanahi and Neemat Arzani executed in Kashan on June 1
MAY 31, 2023NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: OGUN STATE GOVERNOR ABIODUN SWORN-IN FOR SECOND TERM, PARDONS 49 PRISON INMATES, 3 ON DEATH ROW
Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, was on TMay 30, 2023, sworn in for second term, announcing state pardon for 49 inmates from different correctional facilities in the state.
MAY 31, 2023ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: DEATH SENTENCE UPHELD FOR SON WHO KILLED MOM
The death sentence handed down to a former Peking University student who killed his mother was upheld by the Fujian High People's Court on May 31, 2023.
MAY 31, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 3 men executed in Gohardasht on May 31
Hossein Rusta, Nader Nouri, Hassan Nourollahi 147 executions in the month of May
MAY 31, 2023OhioDEATH PENALTYUSA - Ohio. George Brinkman sentenced to death again
- MAY 30, 2023LibyaDEATH PENALTY
LIBYA COURT SENTENCES 23 TO DEATH FOR ISIL CAMPAIGN
A Libyan court on May 29, 2023 sentenced 23 people to death and another 14 to life in prison for their role in a deadly ISIL (ISIS) campaign that included beheading a group of Egyptian Christians and seizing the city of Sirte in 2015.
- MAY 30, 2023Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA EXECUTES TWO BAHRAINIS ACCUSED OF ‘TERRORISM’
Saudi Arabia has put to death two Bahrainis accused of plotting “terrorist” operations, the Saudi Ministry of Interior said on May 29, 2023, raising the number of similar executions to nine this month.
MAY 30, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Amir Narouyi executed on May 30
At the time of writing the location is unknown
MAY 30, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 3 men executed in Karaj on May 30
- MAY 30, 2023IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - EzatAli Sabzi and Mohammad Kazemi executed in Karaj on May 30
MAY 29, 2023BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: 8 SENTENCED TO DEATH BY HANGING FOR KILLING BCL LEADER
A court in Laxmipur on May 29, 2023 sentenced eight people to death by hanging for killing Chhatra League leader Mehedi Hasan Jashim by firing in 2013.
MAY 29, 2023UgandaDEATH PENALTYUGANDA: PRESIDENT MUSEVENI SIGNS HARSH ANTI-GAY LAW, WITH THE DEATH PENALTY IN SOME CASES
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni on May 29, 2023 signed one of the world's harshest anti-LGBTQ laws, defying condemnations from Western governments, businesses and human rights activists.
MAY 29, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Raisi Played Direct Role In Executing Prisoners In 80s
- MAY 28, 2023DEATH PENALTY
USA - Florida. A jury sentenced Joseph Zieler to death
The case went unsolved for 33 years
MAY 28, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Woman executed in Mashhad on May 28
Monireh Nourikia is the 212nd woman executed in Iran since 2007
MAY 28, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Abdul Rahman Mozafari executed in Sanandaj on May 28
After 16 years on death row
MAY 28, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Jalil Minaei executed in Meshkin Shahr on May 28
MAY 27, 2023Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: SAUDI NATIONAL EXECUTED FOR JOINING MILITARY CAMP IN ‘HOSTILE’ COUNTRY
A Saudi national in the Eastern Province was executed on May 23, 2023 for communicating with a “hostile country” and joining a military camp there, the official Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported.
MAY 27, 2023DEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mohammad Amin Valinia executed in Khorramabad on May 27
MAY 27, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hossein Soltanian executed in Zahedan on May 27
320 executions this year,more than 2 a day
MAY 27, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Abdullah Totazehi executed in Garmsar on May 27
MAY 27, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Juvenile Offender Hossein Shahbazi at Risk of Execution
Despite Third Postponement
MAY 27, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Noorullah Taymuri executed in Zahedan on May 27