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2026
The news published by Hands Off Cain in 2026, month by month, with the countries most present that year.
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Latest news of 2026
DEATH PENALTYOCTOBER 20, 2026 · Kuwait
Kuwait: Indian national sentenced to death for heroin trafficking
OCTOBER 20, 2026Burkina FasoDEATH PENALTYBurkina Faso: death penalty reinstated to 'guarantee security'
OCTOBER 20, 2026United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Florida. William Reaves, 77, Black, was executed on October 20
OCTOBER 19, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mohammadreza Salehzadeh executed in Gorgan on October 6
OCTOBER 19, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hamid Mohammadi executed in Bandar Abbas on October 19
OCTOBER 18, 2026Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSaudi Arabia: woman executed for killing her mother
OCTOBER 17, 2026Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSaudi Arabia: five citizens executed for terrorism crimes
OCTOBER 17, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Amir Darzadehpour executed in Zahedan on October 17
OCTOBER 17, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Homayoun Shabankareh sentenced to death
On espionage charges
- OCTOBER 16, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Ahmad Parviz and Farid executed in Ghezel-Hesar on October 16
OCTOBER 16, 2026IndiaDEATH PENALTYIndia: court gives death sentence to snakebite murder couple
OCTOBER 15, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Varisheh Moradi Resentenced to Death at Retrial
Kurdish Political Prisoner
OCTOBER 15, 2026SyriaDEATH PENALTYSyria: two people sentenced to death over deadly 2025 coastal violence
OCTOBER 15, 2026DEATH PENALTYUSA - Military. Trump shuts down Hegseth plan to livestream military execution
OCTOBER 15, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Reza Rajabian executed in Shirvan on October 15
- OCTOBER 15, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mokhtar Abdollahnejad executed in Yazd on October 15
OCTOBER 14, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Esmaeil Khalili Baseri executed in Shiraz on October 11
OCTOBER 14, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ali Sina Mostafavi Executed in Kerman on October 14
OCTOBER 14, 2026Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSaudi Arabia: two Bangladeshi nationals executed for ‘immoral act’ in mosque
- OCTOBER 14, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Milad Darvishi executed in Arak on October 14
- OCTOBER 14, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Habib Rakhmeshah executed in Gorgan on October 14
OCTOBER 14, 2026AlgeriaDEATH PENALTYAlgeria: death penalty provisions take effect for forest arson, child kidnapping
- OCTOBER 14, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Ali Asghar Sanei executed in Shahroud on October 14
OCTOBER 13, 2026ChinaDEATH PENALTYChina: 3 Myanmar syndicate members sentenced to death
OCTOBER 13, 2026PakistanDEATH PENALTYPakistan: SC upholds killer’s death sentence after marriage refusal
OCTOBER 13, 2026Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSaudi Arabia: Supreme Court Overturns Death Sentence For Sri Lankan Worker Over Facebook Comment
OCTOBER 13, 2026DEATH PENALTYUSA - Florida. James Robertson, 63, White, executed on October 13
OCTOBER 13, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 4 men executed in Tabriz on January October 13
OCTOBER 13, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Death Sentence of Amirhassan Akbari-Monfared Upheld
A political prisoner
OCTOBER 13, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Abolhassan Ranjbar executed in Minab on October 13