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
JANUARY 10, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mehdi Karmi executed in Arak on January 10
Already 30 executions since the beginning of the year
JANUARY 10, 2023BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: DEATH-ROW INMATE HANGED IN KASHIMPUR JAIL
A death-row convict was hanged on 8 January 2023 at the Kashimpur Central High Security Jail in Gazipur. In a robbery and rape case, Saiful Islam Rafique, alias Saidul Islam Rafique, 50, was condemned to death.
JANUARY 10, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Three More Protesters Sentenced To Death
Javad Rouhi, Kimia Javadi and Mehdi Mohammadifar
JANUARY 9, 2023MalaysiaDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA: 3 SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
The High Court of Shah Alam, Malaysia, on 4 January 2023 sentenced three men to death after finding them guilty of trafficking a total of 585.1gm of drugs into the country four years ago.
JANUARY 9, 2023YemenDEATH PENALTYYEMEN: THE HOUTHIS HAVE SENTENCED 350 OF THEIR OPPONENTS TO DEATH
Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen have issued 350 death sentences since seizing power in a 2014 coup.
JANUARY 9, 2023KuwaitDEATH PENALTYKUWAIT: EGYPTIAN ISLAMIC TEACHER SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR RAPING KIDS
An Egyptian Islamic teacher who raped children in Khaitan was sentenced to death by hanging in Kuwait, this was first of the 50 cases he is accused off, Arab Times reported on 9 January 2023.
JANUARY 9, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Nazir Surkh Kaman executed in Roodan prison on January 9
- JANUARY 9, 2023IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mirajan Mohammadi executed in Roodān on January 9
JANUARY 9, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Rashid Lawandpour executed in Karaj on January 9
JANUARY 9, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Khalegh Khizirzadeh executed in Bandar Abbas on January 9
JANUARY 9, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Three More Death Sentences Over Protests
Saleh Mirhashemi, Majid Kazemi, and Saeed Yaghoubi
JANUARY 8, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Pardel Ahmad Khanzahi executed on January 8 in Zahedan
JANUARY 8, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Iranian Arrested In Germany On Suspicion Of Planning Terrorist Attack
JANUARY 8, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 2 men executed in Kerman on January 8
JANUARY 8, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Majid Sadaqat executed in Yasouj on January 8
JANUARY 7, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Unidentified Woman Executed on January 7 in Karaj
JANUARY 7, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Protesters Mohammad Mehdi Karami and Seyed Mohammad Hosseini executed
Location not mentioned
JANUARY 5, 2023TennesseeDEATH PENALTYUSA - Tennessee. Gov. Says No Death Warrants Until Execution Protocol Problems Fixed
- JANUARY 5, 2023IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Abolfazl Helvai (Sadatian) executed in Isfahan on January 5
- JANUARY 5, 2023IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Another protester sentenced to death
Arshia Takdastan
JANUARY 5, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Rostam Abbaszadeh and Mehdi Askari executed in Karaj on January 5
JANUARY 4, 2023EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: MAN WHO STRANGLED HIS FIANCÉE SENTENCED TO DEATH
Mohamed Samir, who murdered his fiancée Kholoud Al-Sayed Farouk, has been sentenced to death by a court in Egypt, Middle East Monitor reported on 3 January 2023.
JANUARY 4, 2023NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: ZAMFARA STATE GOVERNOR MATAWALLE PARDONS 9 PRISONERS AWAITING DEATH SENTENCE
Zamfara State Governor, Bello Mohammed Matawalle has pardoned 46 prisoners, nine of whom had been sentenced to death by hanging, and five others that were serving life imprisonment in a Medium Correctional Centre, Gusau
- JANUARY 4, 2023IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Renowned actress, Alidousti, released from prison
On bail
JANUARY 4, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Saadollah Karimi Serini executed in Kermanshah on January 4
JANUARY 4, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Rasoul Mohammadi executed in Karaj on 4 January
JANUARY 4, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN Farhad (Farah) Karimi executed Kermanshah on January 4
JANUARY 3, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - IRGC member gunned down in Tehran
Ghassem Fathollahi
JANUARY 3, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Iran indicts 2 French nationals, 1 Belgian for espionage
JANUARY 3, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 3 death sentences of protesters overturned
Hamid Qareh Hasanlou, Hossein Mohammadi and Reza Arya