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
MARCH 10, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Sentences Reduced for Ali Younesi and Amirhossein Moradi
2 young Political Prisoners
MARCH 10, 2025Sri LankaDEATH PENALTYSRI LANKA: COUPLE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR TORTURING AND MURDERING TWO-YEAR-OLD ADOPTED BOY
Colombo High Court Judge Sujeewa Nishshanka, on March 6, 2025 sentenced to death a man and his wife for torturing and murdering a two-year-old boy whom they had adopted.
MARCH 10, 2025BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR RAPE, MURDER OF GIRLFRIEND
Dhaka’s Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal-5 on February 27, 2025 sentenced Maruf Hasan Badhon to death for the rape and murder of his girlfriend, Asma Akter, five years ago.
MARCH 10, 2025TaiwanDEATH PENALTYTAIWAN: KAOHSIUNG MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDERING NEIGHBORS
The Kaohsiung District Court on March 10, 2025 sentenced to death a man convicted of fatally stabbing a couple in an upstairs apartment that he believed frequently made too much noise.
MARCH 10, 2025FloridaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Florida. A judge followed a jury's recommendation that Eriese Tisdale be put to death
MARCH 9, 2025VietnamDEATH PENALTYVIETNAM: KENYAN WOMAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR TRAFFICKING 2 KG OF DRUGS
A Kenyan woman in Ho Chi Minh City was sentenced to death for trafficking over 2 kg of drugs through Tan Son Nhat Airport.
MARCH 9, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ahmad Saeedi executed in Zanjan on March 9
MARCH 9, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Amin Khosravi executed in Neyshabur on March 9
MARCH 9, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Saber Fathollahi and Zaki Zakeri executed in Shiraz on March 9
MARCH 8, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mohammad Javad (Afshin) Hasanvand executed in Khorramabad on March 8
MARCH 8, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Houshang Mohammadkhani executed in Yazd on March 8
MARCH 8, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ubaid Maleki executed in Khorramabad on March 8
MARCH 7, 2025TexasDEATH PENALTYUSA - Texas. Brittany Holberg’s conviction reversed
MARCH 7, 2025South CarolinaDEATH PENALTYUSA - South Carolina. Brad Sigmon, 67, White, was executed
1st Firing Squad Execution in the last 15 years
MARCH 7, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - March 8: Comprehensive List of Female Political Prisoners in Iran
- MARCH 6, 2025United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: TWO KERALA NATIVES EXECUTED FOR MURDERS
Two Indians, natives of Kerala, were executed in the UAE on February 28, 2025 after being convicted of murder. The deceased individuals were identified as Muhammed Rinash Arangilottu and Muraleedharan Perumthatta Valappil.
MARCH 6, 2025NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: TWO SENTENCED TO DEATH, SURGICAL CASTRATION OVER RAPE
Two persons have been sentenced to death by hanging, while another was sentenced to life imprisonment for rape in Kaduna.
MARCH 6, 2025West VirginiaDEATH PENALTYUSA - West Virginia. Senate bill reinstates death penalty
Senate Judiciary passed SB 264
MARCH 6, 2025FloridaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Florida. House Subcommittee approves HB 693
Adding a new aggravating factor for capital felonies
MARCH 6, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Kamran Mousavi executed in Kashan on March 6
MARCH 6, 2025FloridaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Florida. Guerry Hertz sentenced to death
At the end of retrial
- MARCH 5, 2025IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: SUPREME COURT COMMUTES DEATH SENTENCE OF MAN CONVICTED FOR KILLING HIS TWO MINOR CHILDREN TO LIFE WITHOUT REMISSION
The Supreme Court of India commuted the death sentence of Ramesh A. Naika, convicted for the murder of his two minor children, to life imprisonment without the possibility of remission, Law Trend reported on March 3, 2025.
MARCH 5, 2025PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING FELLOW KILN WORKER
A murder convict was sentenced to death in Pakistan on February 24, 2025 for killing his fellow worker at a brick kiln located in Dandi area of Attock, in the limits of Pindigheb Police station, on April 28, 2024.
MARCH 5, 2025TanzaniaDEATH PENALTYTANZANIA: APPEALS COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE FOR MAN INVOLVED IN MOB KILLINGS
The Court of Appeal of Tanzania on February 25, 2025 upheld the death sentence of Rhobi Chacha, a resident of the Mara region, for his role in the murder of two people accused of theft.
MARCH 5, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Iman Shokrollahzadeh Executed in Qazvin on March 5
- MARCH 5, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Jalal Ashkani executed in Hamedan on March 5
MARCH 5, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mehdi Yarrahi received 74 lashes
A dissident artist and singer
MARCH 5, 2025IdahoDEATH PENALTYUSA - Idaho. Senate passes firing squad bill (HB 37)
MARCH 5, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Saeed Karimkhani Al-Qalandis executed in Tabriz on March 5
MARCH 5, 2025MississippiDEATH PENALTYUSA - Mississippi. Senate Judiciary Committee passed SB 196 to expand death penalty