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
NOVEMBER 15, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Two unidentified men executed in Kerman on November 15
NOVEMBER 15, 2023IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: SUPREME COURT COMMUTES DEATH PENALTY AWARDED TO A MURDER ACCUSED
The Supreme Court of India, in a judgment delivered on November 10, 2023, commuted death sentence awarded to a murder accused.
NOVEMBER 15, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 6 more executions in Karaj on November 15
3 other executions have already been reported, bringing the total to 9
NOVEMBER 14, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Arman Babazadeh Ayan executed in Salmas on November 14
NOVEMBER 14, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Unidentified man executed in Bandar Abbas
Date of execution not specified
NOVEMBER 14, 2023ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: FORMER BANK CHIEF SENTENCED TO DEATH WITH REPRIEVE
Sun Deshun, former president of China CITIC Bank, was sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve on November 10, 2023 for accepting bribes.
NOVEMBER 14, 2023TexasDEATH PENALTYUSA - Texas. Syed Rabbani Resentenced to Life
His appeal was "lost" for 30 years
NOVEMBER 14, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mohsen Gomshadzehi executed in Zahedan on November 14
NOVEMBER 14, 2023PennsylvaniaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Pennsylvania. $9.1 million settlement for death row exoneree Walter Ogrod
Ogrod was released in 2020
NOVEMBER 14, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Confirmed the death sentence of 22-year-old Milad Zohrevand
A protester detained during last year's nationwide unrest
NOVEMBER 13, 2023KuwaitDEATH PENALTYKUWAIT: SOLDIER SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING BEDOUIN
The Court of Cassation in Kuwait has upheld the verdict issued by the Criminal Court and the Court of Appeals, sentencing a soldier from the Ministry of Interior to death, Gulf News reported on November 10, 2023.
NOVEMBER 13, 2023VietnamDEATH PENALTYVIETNAM: 18 SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING, INCLUDING FORMER KOREAN POLICEMAN
A former South Korean police officer and 17 other people in Ho Chi Minh City were sentenced to death on November 11, 2023 for trafficking over 216 kg of drugs.
NOVEMBER 13, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Seyed Reza Hosseini executed in Hamedan on November 13
NOVEMBER 13, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Three Baluch political prisoners executed in Zahedan on November 13
Mohammad Barahouyi Anjomani, Mohammad Karim Barkazayi Akson and Edris Bilrani
NOVEMBER 13, 2023United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - U.S. Army Overturns the 1917 Convictions of 110 Black Soldiers
That Resulted in the Execution of 19
NOVEMBER 13, 2023ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: FORMER PRIMARY SCHOOL PRINCIPAL EXECUTED FOR CHILD RAPE
A former principal of a primary school in Gansu province was executed through lethal injection on November 7, 2023 following a death penalty sentence for rape and sexually molesting minors.
NOVEMBER 13, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Shahbaz Latifi Sarini executed in Kermanshah on November 13
NOVEMBER 12, 2023BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: TWO GET DEATH FOR MURDERING HOUSEWIFE IN MANIKGANJ
A court in Bangladesh on November 8, 2023 handed down the death penalty to two people for murdering a housewife in Manikganj in 2020.
NOVEMBER 12, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Alireza … executed in Isfahan on November 12
- NOVEMBER 12, 2023IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 3 men executed in Shiraz on November 12
Vahid Salemi, Behrouz Dinarbar and Ahmad Mohammadi
NOVEMBER 12, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Afshin Joshani and Taher Arefi executed in Shiraz on November 12
- NOVEMBER 12, 2023IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Abdolkhalegh Parvizi executed in Ramhormoz on November 12
NOVEMBER 11, 2023AlabamaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Alanama. Jan. 25 execution date for Kenneth Eugene Smith
Using the new method of nitrogen hypoxia
NOVEMBER 11, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Meisam Chandani executed in Zahedan on November 11
A Baloch political prisoner
- NOVEMBER 11, 2023IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Amin Barakzehi executed in Saravan on November 11
- NOVEMBER 11, 2023IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Fahim Moghabeli executed in Jifoft on November 11
NOVEMBER 11, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Reza Arbabzehi and Abdolhagh Gomshadzehi executed in Zahedan on November 11.
NOVEMBER 9, 2023TexasDEATH PENALTYUSA - Texas. Brent Brewer, 53, White, was executed
NOVEMBER 9, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Akbar … executed in Tabriz “in the last week”
692 executions in Iran in 2023
NOVEMBER 9, 2023NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: COURT SENTENCES FIVE MEN TO DEATH BY HANGING
The Benue State High Court in Makurdi, on November 8, 2023 sentenced five men to death by hanging for culpable homicide.