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
JANUARY 23, 2023South SudanDEATH PENALTYSOUTH SUDAN: CABINET UPHOLDS DEATH PENALTY
The Government of South Sudan has said it will not abolish the death penalty and insists it is a deterrent to prevent serious crimes, Africa-Press reported on 22 January 2023.
JANUARY 23, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ahmad Zalitabar executed in Karaj on January 23
JANUARY 23, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 4 men executed in Karaj on January 23
Saman Nabi- Garusi, Abolfazl Baraghani-Nejad, Sabina Esmailzadeh + Unk.
JANUARY 23, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Protester Ebrahim Narouei sentenced to death
JANUARY 23, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - The IRGC’s Terrorist Designation Frightens The Regime
JANUARY 23, 2023CaliforniaDEATH PENALTYUSA - California. Billy Ray Waldon’s death sentence overturned
JANUARY 23, 2023FloridaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Florida. Steven Wolf sentenced to death
JANUARY 22, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Protesters Hasan Firouzi and Mohammad Ekhtiarian Slip Into Coma In Detention
JANUARY 22, 2023BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: DEATH-ROW CONVICT HANGED IN KASHIMPUR JAIL
A death-row convict was hanged at the Kashimpur Central High Security Jail in Gazipur on 22 January 2023 night.
JANUARY 22, 2023OhioDEATH PENALTYUSA - Ohio. Gregory Esparza resentenced, could get parole
JANUARY 22, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Omid Karamali executed in Karaj on January 22
JANUARY 20, 2023ArizonaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Arizona. Executive order establishes Death Penalty Independent Review Commissioner
Governor Katie Hobbs said "it's time" for a review after history of botched executions
JANUARY 20, 2023United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - 300 organizations send letter to Biden to end death penalty
- JANUARY 19, 2023IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Death sentence to mentally ill protester
Javad Rouhi, over alleged Qur’an burning
JANUARY 19, 2023SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: TWO AL SHABAAB MILITANTS SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDERING POLICE OFFICER
Two Al Shabaab members were sentenced to death on 17 January 2023 in Somalia for their role in the October 2022 murder of a government security official.
JANUARY 19, 2023SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: MILITARY COURT SENTENCES AL-SHABAAB 'DOCTOR’ ABDI JIROW TO DEATH
A Somali court on 19 January 2023 sentenced a top operative of Al-Shabaab to death, dealing another blow to the terror group that has recently been chased out of most towns.
JANUARY 19, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Protester Arshia Takdastan, 18, Sentenced to Death
JANUARY 19, 2023TennesseeDEATH PENALTYUSA - Tennessee. 2 officials fired after scathing report on lethal injection execution errors
JANUARY 19, 2023PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: MAN AWARDED DEATH PENALTY FOR HONOUR KILLINGS
A Khyber court on 19 January 2023 convicted a resident of killing his sister and another person in the name of family honour and sentenced him to death.
JANUARY 19, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ali Jalilvand and Akbar Ahmadi executed in Hamedan on January 19
JANUARY 19, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Kamel Doudkanlou and Seyyed Farhad Hosseini executed in Salmas on January 19
JANUARY 18, 2023North KoreaDEATH PENALTYNORTH KOREA: FORMER FOREIGN MINISTER RI YONG-HO LIKELY EXECUTED LAST YEAR
Former North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Yong-ho appears to have been executed last year, a Japanese newspaper reported on 4 January 2023.
JANUARY 18, 2023MoroccoDEATH PENALTYMOROCCO: KING MOHAMMED VI GRANTS PARDON TO 991 CONVICTS FOR INDEPENDENCE MANIFESTO DAY
Morocco’s King Mohammed VI has granted a royal pardon to 991 convicts on the occasion of the country’s Independence Manifesto Day, the Justice Ministry announced.
JANUARY 18, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ghodrat Zibarom executed in Ilam on January 18
JANUARY 18, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Sharaf Khan Akbari + Unk. executed in Karaj on January 18
JANUARY 18, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Nima Vahidi and Omid Karimi executed in Isfahan on January 18
JANUARY 18, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - European Parliament passed a resolution that puts the IRGC on the terrorist list
JANUARY 18, 2023United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Biden inaction, mixed signals on death penalty
JANUARY 18, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Akbar Sheikh Panahi executed in Isfahan on January 18, 2023
- JANUARY 17, 2023NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA: COURT SENTENCES 4 TO DEATH BY HANGING IN OSUN
An Osun High Court sitting in Osogbo, on 16 January 2023 sentenced four persons to death by hanging for murder and other related offences.