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
DECEMBER 10, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Reza Sabzi executed in Malayer on December 10
- DECEMBER 10, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Nour Mohammad Shabani executed in Sabzevar on December 10
- DECEMBER 10, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Khodabakhsh Elyasi executed in Shiraz on December 10
DECEMBER 10, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - On 10 December, Iran exceeded the threshold of 1,900 executions
1,908 executions since the beginning of 2025
DECEMBER 10, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Saeed Khosh-Kalam executed in Rasht on December 10
- DECEMBER 10, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Unidentified man executed in Mashhad on December 10
- DECEMBER 10, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Unidentified man executed in Chabahar on December 10
- DECEMBER 10, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Sohail Hamidi executed in Mahabad on December 10
- DECEMBER 10, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 3 men executed in Shiraz on December 10
Khoda-Bakhsh Elyasi + 2
DECEMBER 10, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Unidentified man executed in Chabahar on December 10
DECEMBER 10, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Salim Afrashteh executed in Dorud on December 10
DECEMBER 10, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Death sentence of Varisheh Moradi overturned
Kurdish political prisoner
- DECEMBER 10, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Reza Abbasian and Khalil Fadaei executed in Semnan on December 10
DECEMBER 10, 2025NetherlandsDEATH PENALTYINDONESIA SENDS HOME TWO DUTCH CONVICTS, ONE ON DEATH ROW, AFTER REPATRIATION DEAL
Two Dutch prisoners convicted of drug offences left Indonesia for the Netherlands on December 8, 2025 night, after both nations signed a repatriation deal last week.
- DECEMBER 9, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 6 men executed in Birjand on December 9
Ramezan Deldadeh, Behzad Mazarzehi, Ali Barahouyi, Mirzakhan Basati + 2
DECEMBER 9, 2025ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: FORMER EXECUTIVE OF FINANCIAL FIRM EXECUTED FOR BRIBERY
China on December 9, 2025 executed Bai Tianhui, former general manager of China Huarong International Holdings Limited, after he was convicted of bribery.
DECEMBER 9, 2025AfghanistanDEATH PENALTYAFGHANISTAN: TALIBAN SAY DEATH SENTENCES ISSUED FOR TWO SONS OF MAN EXECUTED IN PUBLIC IN KHOST
Taliban police in the eastern province of Khost said on December 3, 2025 that two sons of a man executed in a public “qisas” killing on December 2 have also been sentenced to death
DECEMBER 9, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Houshang Jadidi executed in Ahvaz on December 9
- DECEMBER 9, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Shahmorad Abdi executed in Ilam on December 9
- DECEMBER 9, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Abdollah Ghasemi executed in Borazjan on December 9
- DECEMBER 9, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Emad Rashidi executed in Jiroft on December 9
- DECEMBER 9, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Ghanbar Eslami executed in Khaf on December 9
- DECEMBER 9, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Jalil Shahsavari executed in Yazd on December 9
- DECEMBER 9, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Kermali Farhadi executed in Bam on December 9
DECEMBER 9, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Goli Koohkan has been saved
Thanks to an international fundraising campaign
- DECEMBER 9, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Majid Nazaran executed in Quchan on December 9
DECEMBER 9, 2025United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Roundup of 2025 Legislation to Modify Execution Protocols
DECEMBER 9, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 5 Christian converts sentenced to prison terms
Aida Najaflou, Lida Aleksani, Joseph Shahbazian, Naser Navard Goltapeh + 1
DECEMBER 9, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 98th Week of the “No to Execution Tuesdays” campaign
DECEMBER 8, 2025TanzaniaDEATH PENALTYTANZANIA - Updates on the Tundu Lissu case
Tanzania, an important East African country with over 70 million inhabitants