Archive timeline
2025
The news published by Hands Off Cain in 2025, month by month, with the countries most present that year.
The year in data
- Executions recorded worldwide
- 2,346
- Countries where they were recorded
- 23
- News items in the archive
- 2,356
Latest news of 2025
JUNE 11, 2025KenyaDEATH PENALTYKENYA: KIBERA COURT SENTENCES SERIAL PHONE THIEF TO DEATH
A Kenyan court has handed a death sentence to Isaac Khanga after finding him guilty on two counts of robbery with violence, KBC Digital reported on June 10, 2025.
JUNE 11, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Protester Mojahed Kourkour Hanged in Ahvaz on June 11
JUNE 11, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 3 men executed in Ghezel Hesar on June 11
Ardeshir Soltanabadi, Masoud Naseri, Sajad Moradian
JUNE 11, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Shahin Karami executed in Ardabil on June 11
JUNE 11, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Five men executed in Ghezel Hesar on June 11
Massoud Naseri, Sajad Moradi Motlagh, Ardeshir Soltan Abadi, Hamed Hassani and Hatam Saeedi.
- JUNE 11, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Naghi Soufian executed in Ahar on June 11
- JUNE 10, 2025North KoreaDEATH PENALTY
NORTH KOREAN ESCAPEES SPEAK AT UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY, DRAWING ANGER FROM PYONGYANG
One North Korean woman described how her father died of starvation. Another said her friends were publicly executed for watching and sharing South Korean television dramas. North Korea’s ambassador appeared unmoved. When he got up to speak, he described i
- JUNE 10, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Murad Rezaei executed in Zanjan on June 10
- JUNE 10, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 9 men executed in undisclosed place and date
None of them identified
JUNE 10, 2025FloridaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Florida. Anthony Wainwright, 54, White, was executed on June 10
By lethal injection
JUNE 10, 2025AfghanistanDEATH PENALTYAFGHANISTAN: TALIBAN PUBLICLY FLOG WOMAN AND 13 MEN ACROSS FOUR PROVINCES
The Taliban’s Supreme Court has announced that 14 individuals, including one woman, were publicly flogged across four provinces of Afghanistan.
JUNE 10, 2025AlabamaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Alabama. Gregory Hunt, 65, White, was executed on June 10
By nitrogen gas
JUNE 10, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Peyman Jalalian executed in Isfahan on June 10
JUNE 10, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ali Rezaei executed in Arak on June 10
JUNE 10, 2025FloridaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Florida. Gov. DeSantis signs expansion of capital punishment
HB 1283/SB 1804
JUNE 10, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Sadegh Asgari executed in Arak on June 10
JUNE 10, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 2 unidentified men amputated of hands in Isfahan
JUNE 9, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Abdolsamad Barahui executed in Iranshahr on June 9
JUNE 9, 2025PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: NINE SPECIAL PERSONS ON DEATH ROW IN PUNJAB PRISONS
At least nine physically disabled male prisoners are currently on death row across Punjab’s 43 operational jails, according to official data released by the office of IGP Prisons.
JUNE 9, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Abdolbaset Shahdadzehi executed in Zahedan on June 9
JUNE 9, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Karim Hemmati and Hamzeh Yari executed in Karaj on June 9
- JUNE 9, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Saman Khorrami executed in Karaj on June 9
- JUNE 9, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mostafa Hajibabaei executed in Malayer on June 9
JUNE 9, 2025OklahomaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Oklahoma. No Death Penalty Against Richard Glossip in Retrial
- JUNE 8, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Rahim Karimi executed in Ghaen on June 8
JUNE 8, 2025NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: NIGER PARDONS 11 INMATES ON DEATH ROW
Governor Mohammed Bago of Niger State has granted unconditional state pardon to 11 convicted persons who were on death row.
JUNE 8, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hossein Mirbalochzehi executed in Iranshahr on June 8
- JUNE 8, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Davoud Alinajad executed in Arak on June 8
JUNE 8, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Shirzad Fahimi executed in Shirvan on June 8
JUNE 8, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ayoub Samadi and Mojtaba Taheri executed in Shiraz on June 8