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
FEBRUARY 12, 2023ZambiaDEATH PENALTYZAMBIA: PRESIDENT HICHILEMA COMMUTES DEATH SENTENCES FOR 390 INMATES TO LIFE IMPRISONMENT
Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema has commuted 390 death sentences to life imprisonment, six weeks after he abolished capital punishment, a cabinet minister said on 8 February 2023.
FEBRUARY 12, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Sirous Gholami executed in Gorgan on February 12
FEBRUARY 10, 2023LouisianaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Louisiana. Kyle Joekel formally sentenced to death
FEBRUARY 10, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Farhad Meysami Released From Prison on February 10
Iranian Activist on Hunger-Strike
FEBRUARY 9, 2023Sri LankaDEATH PENALTYSRI LANKA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR STABBING ANOTHER 16 TIMES, AND KILLING HIM
The Colombo High Court on 7 February 2023 sentenced to death a father of two who was found guilty of killing a young man suspected of having an affair with his wife.
- FEBRUARY 8, 2023IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Clemency for "thousands of convicts"
But not for protesters
FEBRUARY 8, 2023BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING WIFE OVER DOWRY IN SATKHIRA
A Satkhira court on 5 February 2023 sentenced a man to death for killing his wife in 2014 for dowry.
FEBRUARY 8, 2023Trinidad & TobagoDEATH PENALTYTRINIDAD: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING 2-YEAR-OLD SON
A 38-year-old man has been sentenced to death in Trinidad and Tobago for fatally beating his two-year-old son in 2008.
FEBRUARY 8, 2023TexasDEATH PENALTYUSA - Texas. John Balentine, 54, Black, was executed on February 8
FEBRUARY 7, 2023MissouriDEATH PENALTYUSA - Missouri. Leonard “Raheem” Taylor, 58, Black, was executed on February 7
Fifth execution of the year in US
FEBRUARY 7, 2023KenyaDEATH PENALTYKENYA: FORMER POLICEMAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
A Kenyan former policeman on 3 February 2023 was sentenced to death for the murder of a human rights lawyer, his client and a taxi driver.
FEBRUARY 7, 2023IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: GORAKHNATH TEMPLE ATTACKER SENTENCED TO DEATH IN UP
A special court in Lucknow on 30 January 2023 awarded the death penalty to a man who was booked for waging war against the government after he assaulted a Uttar Pradesh armed police force's jawan at the Gorakhnath temple.
- FEBRUARY 6, 2023GuyanaDEATH PENALTY
GUYANA COURT SENTENCES TWO PIRATES TO DEATH FOR 2018 ATTACK
A Guyanese court on 31 January 2023 handed down death sentences for two men found guilty of high seas piracy attacks that killed seven fishermen off the nation’s coast in 2018.
FEBRUARY 6, 2023NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: TWO OFFICERS OF DISBANDED POLICE UNIT SENTENCED TO DEATH IN RIVERS STATE
Two former officers of the disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) on 3 February 2023 were sentenced to death by hanging in Rivers state for the killing of Michael Akor and Michael Igwe, while in their custody.
FEBRUARY 6, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Benjamin Briere, a French national held in Iran, on hunger strike
FEBRUARY 5, 2023Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTYGAZA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
The Supreme Criminal Chamber of the Court of First Instance in Gaza on 30 January 2023 sentenced a 30-year-old man to death by hanging, following his conviction for possession and trafficking of narcotics to Israel.
FEBRUARY 5, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ebrahim Hojjat Qoli executed in Zanjan on February 5
FEBRUARY 4, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Names and details of 632 martyrs of freedom movement
- FEBRUARY 3, 2023IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Islamic Republic Systematically Targeted Protester Eyes
FEBRUARY 3, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Jafar Panahi released on bail
- FEBRUARY 2, 2023TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. Wesley Ruiz, 43, Hispanic, was executed on February 1
FEBRUARY 2, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Film director Jafar Panahi on a hunger strike in Evin Prison
FEBRUARY 2, 2023Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: DEATH PENALTY USE HAS ALMOST DOUBLED UNDER RULE OF MOHAMMED BIN SALMAN
The use of the death penalty under the rule of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and his father, King Salman, has almost doubled annually since they rose to power, according to a new report seen by ABC News.
- FEBRUARY 2, 2023IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Shocking Photos Of Hunger-Striking Political Prisoner Farhad Meysami
FEBRUARY 2, 2023TexasDEATH PENALTYUSA - Texas. Robert Satterfield sentenced to death
FEBRUARY 2, 2023South CarolinaDEATH PENALTYUSA - South Carolina Bill S 120, shielding death penalty drugmakers, advances
- FEBRUARY 1, 2023IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Ahmad Zali Tabar and Omid Ali Kohi executed in Karaj last week
- FEBRUARY 1, 2023IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Unnamed man executed on February 1 in Gohardasht
- FEBRUARY 1, 2023IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mehdi Rasi Azar executed in Gohardasht on February 1
FEBRUARY 1, 2023BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: HC COMMUTES HUSBAND'S DEATH SENTENCE TO LIFE TERM
A Bangladesh High Court on 29 January 2023 commuted the death penalty of Abdul Jalil to life imprisonment in a case filed over killing his wife Malati Begum in Barguna in 2003.