Archive timeline
2025
The news published by Hands Off Cain in 2025, month by month, with the countries most present that year.
Latest news of 2025
JULY 21, 2025PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: COURT AWARDS DEATH SENTENCE TO MURDER ACCUSED
Gujrat district and sessions judge awarded the death sentence to a murder accused and also imposed a fine of Rs0.5 million.
JULY 21, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Khodabakhsh Sepehri executed in Rasht on July 21
JULY 21, 2025United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Do all victims’ family members support the death penalty?
JULY 21, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 7 unidentified prisoners executed in Yazd on July 21
JULY 21, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 1 woman 9 men executed in in Yazd on July 21
Atefeh Amini, Reza Akhiri, Ali Momeni, Bahram Seyed Nasiri, Amirhossein Hassan Khani (Hassankhani), Farkhreddin Raei and four unidentified men
- JULY 20, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 3 political prisoners sentenced to death
JULY 20, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 6 men executred in Zahedan on July 20
Abdoljalil Dorakzehi, Nematollah Shahnavazi, Nasir Shahbakhsh, ... Ghaljayi and two unidentified men
- JULY 19, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 3 men executed in Gorgan on July 19
Alireza Eshtarak, Mohammad Eshtarak + Unk
JULY 19, 2025AfghanistanDEATH PENALTYAFGHANISTAN: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH BY TALIBAN COURT OVER ALLEGED BLASPHEMY
A Taliban court in Afghanistan’s Paktika province has sentenced a man to death on charges of blasphemy, according to a spokesperson for the group.
JULY 19, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Davoud Amani executed in Zanjan on July 19
JULY 19, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Parviz Sarlak executed in Aligudarz on July 19
- JULY 19, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mohammad Ahmadkhani executed in Aligudarz on July 19
JULY 17, 2025IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: SC ACQUITS MAN ON DEATH ROW, ISSUES NATIONWIDE GUIDELINES ON DNA EVIDENCE HANDLING
The Supreme Court of India on July 15, 2025 acquitted a man on death row in a murder case, outlining the gaps in forensic evidence and issued countrywide directions on handling of DNA samples.
JULY 17, 2025FloridaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Florida. Johnny Hoskins resentenced to life
- JULY 16, 2025YemenDEATH PENALTY
YEMEN POSTPONES EXECUTION OF INDIAN NURSE ON DEATH ROW
Authorities in Yemen have postponed the execution of an Indian nurse who is on death row after being found guilty of murder, Indian foreign ministry sources say.
- JULY 16, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Molan Abdolaziz Khani and Vahab Heidari executed in Qazvin on July 16
JULY 16, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 3 political prisoners sentenced to death
Massoud Jamei, Alireza Mardasi and Farshad Etemadifar
- JULY 16, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Abbas Ali Jahangiri executed in Sari on July 16
JULY 16, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 3 men executed in Rasht on July 16
Peyman Afshari, Hadi Garousi and Mehdi Babayi
- JULY 15, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - The 77th Week of the “No to Execution Tuesdays” Campaign
- JULY 15, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN Yaghoub Moradi executed in Gorgan on July 15
JULY 15, 2025AfghanistanDEATH PENALTYAFGHANISTAN: TALIBAN PUBLICLY FLOGS TWO IN KABUL AND GHAZNI AS CORPORAL PUNISHMENT PERSISTS
The Taliban flogged two individuals, including a woman, in Kabul and Ghazni provinces earlier this week, as the group continues carrying out corporal punishment despite widespread global condemnation, KabulNow reported on July 11, 2025.
- JULY 15, 2025PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MURDERER SENTENCED TO DEATH IN CHINIOT
The Additional Sessions Judge in Chiniot, Imtiaz Nadeem on July 14, 2025 sentenced Altaf Hussain to death twice and imposed a fine for his involvement in a double murder case.
JULY 15, 2025FloridaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Florida. Michael Bernard Bell, 54, Black, was executed on July 15
JULY 15, 2025Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: CITIZEN EXECUTED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Saudi Arabia's Interior Ministry announced on July 13, 2025 the execution of a Saudi citizen in Mecca Province after his conviction for a second offense of drug trafficking.
JULY 15, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Kianush Khosravi Siahbidi executed in Kermanshah on July 15
704 executions in Iran since the beginning of 2025 (at least)
- JULY 15, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Hamed Jalilian Executed in Kermanshah on July 15
JULY 15, 2025TanzaniaDEATH PENALTYTANZANIA - Update on the Tundu Lissu case
Opposition leader arrested on vague charges
JULY 15, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Afrooz Kian-Arsi is serving her sentence
The artist was sentenced for a mosaic titled "Woman, Life, Freedom"
- JULY 14, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Ghasem Azizi executed in Birjand on July 14