Archive timeline
2024
The news published by Hands Off Cain in 2024, month by month, with the countries most present that year.
Latest news of 2024
NOVEMBER 20, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Kazem Heidari executed in Isfahan on November 20
NOVEMBER 20, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mostafa Souri executed in Kermanshah on November 20
NOVEMBER 20, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Shirali Tarkeshband executed in Rasht on November 20
NOVEMBER 20, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Sirus Jafari executed in Rasht on November 20
- NOVEMBER 19, 2024United NationsDEATH PENALTY
UNITED NATIONS - Moratorium on Death Penalty - Draft resolution
- NOVEMBER 19, 2024IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT COMMUTES DEATH SENTENCE OF ACCUSED IN MINOR’S RAPE-MURDER
The Madhya Pradesh High Court on November 15, 2024 commuted the death sentence of a man accused in the rape and murder of a 12-year-old girl into life imprisonment.
NOVEMBER 19, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Soleiman Vaziri executed in Gonbad-e Kavus on November 19
- NOVEMBER 19, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Safa Hosseini executed in Gonbad-e Kavus on November 19
NOVEMBER 19, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Kianush Keifari executed in Rasht on November 19
- NOVEMBER 19, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mohsen Fayazi and Omid Javedan executed in Esfarayen on November 19
- NOVEMBER 18, 2024European UnionDEATH PENALTY
EUROPEAN UNION - Declaration after the draft resolution on the moratorium
- NOVEMBER 18, 2024United NationsDEATH PENALTY
UNITED NATIONS - Death Penalty Moratorium Draft Resolutions Approved by Third Committee
NOVEMBER 18, 2024Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: MORE THAN 100 FOREIGNERS EXECUTED IN 2024
Saudi Arabia has executed more than 100 foreigners this year, indicating a sharp increase which one rights group said was unprecedented, AFP reported on November 17, 2024.
NOVEMBER 18, 2024IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: ISIS MEMBER SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR POWER TOWER BOMBING
An Iraqi court on November 17, 2024 sentenced a man to death for his involvement in the bombing of electrical power towers in a rural area of Baghdad province.
NOVEMBER 18, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Roshanak Malai-Alishah remains detained amid uncertainty about her condition
NOVEMBER 18, 2024United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Gallup poll: 53% of Americans in favor of the death penalty
The number masks considerable differences between older and younger Americans
NOVEMBER 18, 2024GermanyDEATH PENALTYIRAN - German lawmakers sponsor 4 Iranian protesters on death row
Tobias B. Bacherle, Oliver Kaczmarek, Anne Monika Spallek, Lisa-Kristin Kapteinat
NOVEMBER 18, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Khodarahim Popalzei executed in Bandar Abbas on November 18
- NOVEMBER 17, 2024JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN RULES OUT ENDING DEATH PENALTY DESPITE PANEL'S CALL FOR REVIEW
The Japanese government on November 14, 2024 ruled out abolishing the death penalty, rejecting calls by domestic legal experts for a review amid international pressure to end executions.
NOVEMBER 17, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mostafa Molayie executed in Khorramabad on November 17
- NOVEMBER 17, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Faraj Sarmadi executed in Zanjan on November 17
NOVEMBER 17, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Rahim Faqiri and Parviz Barahoui executed in Birjand on November 17
NOVEMBER 17, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Another man executed in Birjand on 17 November. Not identified
- NOVEMBER 17, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Shahrouz Alimorad executed in Ardabil on November 17
NOVEMBER 17, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Shahrouz Alimorad executed in Ardabil on November 17
NOVEMBER 17, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mohammad Bamri executed in Kahnuj on November 17
NOVEMBER 17, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Alireza Yarmohammadi executed in Hamedan on November 17
- NOVEMBER 16, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Sajad Karami executed in Isfahan on November 16
NOVEMBER 16, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ghafar Akbari died after severe torture on November 16
NOVEMBER 16, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Saeed Gharibi, a political prisoner, set himself on fire on November 16, 2024