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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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- 1,106
Latest news of 2026
DEATH PENALTYNOVEMBER 14, 2026 · Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia: two men executed for terrorism offenses
NOVEMBER 14, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hossein Mirzaei executed in Malayer on November 1
NOVEMBER 12, 2026United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Oklahoma. Richard Glossip pleads guilty to accessory to murder
A high-profile murder case
NOVEMBER 12, 2026United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Oklahoma. James Pavatt was executed on November 12
NOVEMBER 12, 2026United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Texas. John Allen Rubio, 46, Hispanic, was executed on November 12
NOVEMBER 12, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 3 men executed in Saveh in recent months
Hadi Shojaei, Majid Kazeminejad, and Mohammad Amjad
NOVEMBER 12, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Death sentence of Arman Marefati upheld by Supreme Court
A Kurdish political prisoner
NOVEMBER 11, 2026BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBangladesh: man sentenced to death for killing Comilla University student, her mother
NOVEMBER 11, 2026BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBangladesh: madrasa teacher sentenced to death for raping 11-year-old student
NOVEMBER 11, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ebrahim Bazi executed in Gorgan on November 11
NOVEMBER 11, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hossein Momeni executed in Babolsar on November 9
NOVEMBER 10, 2026ChinaDEATH PENALTYChina: two sentenced in decades-old murder case in Sichuan
NOVEMBER 10, 2026United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Death Penalty Support Drops al 49%
For the fist time after 60 years
NOVEMBER 10, 2026United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Ohio. Gov. Mike DeWine is considering commuting some death sentences
NOVEMBER 10, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ershad Abbasi executed in Kermanshah on November 10
- NOVEMBER 10, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Abasat Alaei executed in Ardabil on November 10
NOVEMBER 9, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mohammad Mehdi Hamzeh executed in Sari on November 9
NOVEMBER 9, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Reza Rezakanlou executed in Saveh on November 9
NOVEMBER 8, 2026LibyaDEATH PENALTYLibya guarantees Lilu King won’t be executed if extradited
NOVEMBER 8, 2026IRAN - 3 ‘protesters’ executed in Ghezel Hesar on November 8
NOVEMBER 8, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 5 ‘protesters’ sentenced to death in Mashhad
Abolfazl Sadaghat Ali Zaghi, Ilia Akbari, Vahid Khedri-khah, Matin Farnian
NOVEMBER 7, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Amir Delshad sentenced to death
NOVEMBER 7, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mohammad Aref Shahbakhsh executed in Zahedan on November 7
NOVEMBER 7, 2026PakistanDEATH PENALTYPakistan: siblings acquitted in blasphemy case after 20 years
NOVEMBER 7, 2026United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Guantamo. A Look Inside Jury Selection in U.S.S. Cole Bombing Case
- NOVEMBER 7, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Unidentified Man Hanged in Bam on November 7
NOVEMBER 6, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 4 men executed in Ghezel-Hesar on November 4
- NOVEMBER 6, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Protesters Hamid Kazemi and Hassan Divand sentenced to death
NOVEMBER 6, 2026TanzaniaDEATH PENALTYTanzania - Verdict handed down in the Tundu Lissu trial: 4 years
NOVEMBER 6, 2026Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTYDR Congo: 66 soldiers sentenced to death for being 'cowards'