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 10, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Peyman Arab Gicheh executed in Karaj on January 10
JANUARY 10, 2023BelgiumDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Belgian Olivier Vandecasteele Sentenced to 40 Years
Iranian forcing to get a prisoner exchange
JANUARY 10, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mehdi Karmi executed in Arak on January 10
Already 30 executions since the beginning of the year
- JANUARY 9, 2023DEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Three More Death Sentences Over Protests
Saleh Mirhashemi, Majid Kazemi, and Saeed Yaghoubi
JANUARY 9, 2023DEATH PENALTYIRAN - Rashid Lawandpour executed in Karaj on January 9
JANUARY 9, 2023DEATH PENALTYIRAN - Khalegh Khizirzadeh executed in Bandar Abbas on January 9
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 8, 2023DEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Majid Sadaqat executed in Yasouj on January 8
- JANUARY 8, 2023DEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 2 men executed in Kerman on January 8
- JANUARY 8, 2023GermanyDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Iranian Arrested In Germany On Suspicion Of Planning Terrorist Attack
JANUARY 8, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Pardel Ahmad Khanzahi executed on January 8 in Zahedan
JANUARY 7, 2023DEATH PENALTYIRAN - Protesters Mohammad Mehdi Karami and Seyed Mohammad Hosseini executed
Location not mentioned
JANUARY 7, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Unidentified Woman Executed on January 7 in Karaj
- JANUARY 5, 2023DEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Another protester sentenced to death
Arshia Takdastan
JANUARY 5, 2023DEATH PENALTYIRAN - Rostam Abbaszadeh and Mehdi Askari executed in Karaj on January 5
- JANUARY 5, 2023DEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Abolfazl Helvai (Sadatian) executed in Isfahan on January 5
JANUARY 5, 2023TennesseeDEATH PENALTYUSA - Tennessee. Gov. Says No Death Warrants Until Execution Protocol Problems Fixed
- JANUARY 4, 2023DEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Renowned actress, Alidousti, released from prison
On bail
- JANUARY 4, 2023DEATH PENALTY
IRAN Farhad (Farah) Karimi executed Kermanshah on January 4
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, 2023DEATH PENALTYIRAN - Saadollah Karimi Serini executed in Kermanshah on January 4
JANUARY 4, 2023DEATH PENALTYIRAN - Rasoul Mohammadi executed in Karaj on 4 January
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 3, 2023DEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 3 death sentences of protesters overturned
Hamid Qareh Hasanlou, Hossein Mohammadi and Reza Arya
- JANUARY 3, 2023DEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Iran indicts 2 French nationals, 1 Belgian for espionage
JANUARY 3, 2023DEATH PENALTYUSA - Missouri. Amber McLaughlin executed on January 3
First known US execution of an openly transgender person