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
FEBRUARY 27, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Morteza Jafari and Javad Mohammad Khani executed in Isfahan on February 27
170 executions since the beginning of the year
FEBRUARY 27, 2025CanadaDEATH PENALTYCANADA - 54% of Canadians still favor capital punishment
The figure drops to 35% if the alternative is life without parole
FEBRUARY 27, 2025ArkansasDEATH PENALTYUSA - Arkansas. HB 1489 allowing nitrogen gas for executions forwarded by House Judiciary
FEBRUARY 27, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hamed Shiri and Enayat Rahmani executed in Rasht on February 27
FEBRUARY 27, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ali Khalili executed in Sari on February 27
FEBRUARY 27, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Amir Jafarpanah executed in Karaj (Ghezel Hesar) on February 27
FEBRUARY 27, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ali Vatankhah (Vatan-Khah) Executed in Ardabil on February 27
- FEBRUARY 27, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Hassan Mohammadi-Pour executed in Isfahan on February 27
- FEBRUARY 26, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mir Mohammad Paridar, executed in Ahvaz on February 26
FEBRUARY 26, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Behrooz Safari executed in Kermanshah on February 26
FEBRUARY 26, 2025BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: CONTRACTOR SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER BKASH AGENT'S MURDER IN CHATTOGRAM
A Chattogram court on February 24, 2025 handed down the death penalty to a contractor over the murder of a bKash agent in 2020.
FEBRUARY 26, 2025IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Basra Criminal Court issued a death sentence against a drug dealer on February 25, 2025.
FEBRUARY 26, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Abdollah Safarzehi executed in Birjand on February 26
FEBRUARY 26, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 3 men executed in Karaj (Ghezel Hesar) on February 26
Mosayeb Azizi, Sajad Eghbali + Unk
FEBRUARY 26, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 3 Kurdish men executed in Karaj (Ghezel Hesar) on February 26
Alireza Basati-Nia, Sajad Eghbali, Mostafa Hajir Behrouz
- FEBRUARY 26, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 7 Kurdish men executed in Kermanshah on February 26
FEBRUARY 26, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Executions in Ghezel Hasar on Feb. 26 rise to 9
FEBRUARY 26, 2025IowaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Iowa. Bill to reinstate death penalty (SF 320)
FEBRUARY 26, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ali Salimian executed in Isfahan on February 26
- FEBRUARY 26, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Identified 3 men executed in Kermanshah on February 26
Mahdi Jalilian, Sharif Ahmadi, and Javad Mihandoost
FEBRUARY 26, 2025ArizonaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Arizona. House passes firing squad
HCR 2024, an amendment to the Arizona Constitution
FEBRUARY 26, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ezatollah Arab and Moein Arab executed in Bandarabbas on February 26
FEBRUARY 25, 2025BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: 4 SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING WOMAN IN HABIGANJ
A Habiganj court on February 24, 2025 convicted four people and sentenced them to death for killing a woman in 2014.
FEBRUARY 25, 2025OklahomaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Oklahoma. Richard Glossip’s conviction and death sentence overturned
U.S. Supreme Court
- FEBRUARY 25, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Abdolbari Jahani executed in Bandarabbas on February 25
- FEBRUARY 25, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Faramarz Keyfari Executed in Lakan on February 25
- FEBRUARY 24, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 3 men executed in Isfahan on February 22 and 24
Ahmad Hanafi, Asghar Dehghani, and Vahid Mohibi
- FEBRUARY 24, 2025JapanDEATH PENALTY
83.1% IN JAPAN SUPPORT DEATH PENALTY: GOV'T SURVEY
Japanese public support for the death penalty has exceeded 80% for the fifth consecutive time in a poll conducted by the Cabinet Office every five years, underscoring strong public backing for the system in the country.
FEBRUARY 24, 2025ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE FOR EX-HUARONG EXECUTIVE IN BRIBERY CASE
A Chinese court on February 24, 2025 upheld the death sentence for Bai Tianhui, former general manager of China Huarong International Holdings
FEBRUARY 24, 2025NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: COURT SLAMS DEATH SENTENCE ON MEN WHO RAIDED KANO FARM, KILLED OWNER
A Kano State High Court sentenced three middle-aged men to death by hanging after they were found guilty of criminal conspiracy, theft and homicide, Daily Trust reported on February 23, 2025.