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
FEBRUARY 21, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 3 men executed in Urmia on February 21
FEBRUARY 21, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - EU To Include Iranian Judges On Sanctions List
- FEBRUARY 20, 2023IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Iran Rewards Hadi Matar, Salman Rushdie Attacker
- FEBRUARY 20, 2023IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Moslem Moradi executed in Sanandaj on February 20
FEBRUARY 20, 2023BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: TWO BROTHERS SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR WAR CRIMES HELD
Rapid Action Battalion arrested two death-row fugitive war criminals, who committed crimes against humanity during the Liberation War, from Dhaka's Mohammadpur and Mugda areas on 16 February 2023 night.
FEBRUARY 20, 2023SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: MILITARY COURT EXECUTES TWO SOLDIERS FOR CIVILIAN KILLING
Two Somali officials were executed on 18 February 2023 by firing squad in the nation’s capital of Mogadishu.
FEBRUARY 20, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hassan Abyat executed in Ahvaz on February 20
FEBRUARY 20, 2023United KingdomDEATH PENALTYIRAN - UK sanctions Iranian judges, commanders and regional governors
FEBRUARY 20, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Jamshid Sharmahd sentenced to death
Iranian-German dissident kidnapped from the UAE
FEBRUARY 20, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Alireza and Safar Mohammadpour executed in Torbat Jam on on February 20
Two Baluch brothers
FEBRUARY 20, 2023YemenDEATH PENALTYYEMEN: FATHER PARDONS KILLER OF HIS SON MOMENTS BEFORE EXECUTION
A leader of a Yemeni tribe in the Ma’rib governorate pardoned the killer of his son on 20 February 2023, moments before his execution, local media reported.
FEBRUARY 19, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Two protesters sentenced to death
Mansour and Nizamaldin Hut (Hoot)
FEBRUARY 18, 2023United KingdomDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Terror Threats Force Persian TV Channel
FEBRUARY 16, 2023EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH, 11 OTHERS TO LIFE ON TERROR CHARGES
The First Terrorism Circuit at Egypt's State Security Criminal Court on 7 February 2023 sentenced a man to death by hanging, and 11 others to life imprisonment, three defendants to 15 years imprisonment and three defendants to ten years over various terro
FEBRUARY 16, 2023Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: TWO SHIITE CITIZENS SENTENCED TO DEATH
Two Shiite citizens were sentenced to death in Saudi Arabia on 7 February 2023 for allegedly collaborating with terrorist groups.
FEBRUARY 16, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Nijomi Moradi executed in Urmia on February 16
FEBRUARY 16, 2023PennsylvaniaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Pennsylvania. (16/02/2023) Gov. Josh Shapiro blocks death penalty, calls for repeal
The state has already been in a moratorium since 2015
FEBRUARY 15, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 2 men (unidentified) executed in Gohardasht on February 15
FEBRUARY 15, 2023AlabamaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Alabama. Jason Michael Osborn, 44, White, sentenced to death on February 15
FEBRUARY 15, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Parviz Frotani executed in Neyshabur on February 15
FEBRUARY 15, 2023IowaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Iowa. (15/02/2023) Senate panel advances bill SF 14 to reinstate the death penalty
- FEBRUARY 14, 2023IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 6 Arab Political Prisoners Handed Capital Punishment On February 14
Ali Majdam, Moein Khanfari, Mohammadreza Moghadam, Seyed Salem Mousavi, Seyed Adnan Mousavi and Habib Darees
FEBRUARY 14, 2023Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTYDR CONGO: SEVEN SOLDIERS GET DEATH SENTENCE FOR COWARDICE AGAINST M23 REBELS
A military court in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo on 11 February 2023 sentenced seven soldiers to death for cowardice in the face of the enemy and murder.
FEBRUARY 14, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 3 men executed in Arak on February 14
Mostafa Majnouni + 2 unidentified
- FEBRUARY 14, 2023IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Hassan Teyran executed in Urmia on February 14
FEBRUARY 14, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Milad Jajuyi Khanik and Mohammad Ali Akhtari Kahlan executed in Urmia on February 14
- FEBRUARY 14, 2023IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 3 prisoners were executed in Karaj on February 14
- FEBRUARY 13, 2023IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Behzad Alirezaei and Ahmad Samari executed in Qazvin on February 13
FEBRUARY 13, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mohammad Rasulof released
Award-winning filmmaker, arrested six months ago
FEBRUARY 13, 2023BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: MAN HANGED FOR KILLING DR. NAZNIN, HOUSEHELP
A 42-year-old man has been executed at Kashimpur Central jail for killing Dr. Naznin Akhtar and her housemaid 17 years ago, authorities said on 10 February 2023.