Chronological archive
February 2026
The 177 news items published by Hands Off Cain in February 2026, in chronological order.
IRAN - Missile hits girls' primary school in Minab
FEBRUARY 28, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hrana Report: The First Day of the U.S.–Israel and Iran War
Initial Report on the Scope of Attacks and Their Human Consequences
FEBRUARY 28, 2026MalaysiaDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDERING EX-GIRLFRIEND' S THREE-YEAR OLD SON
The Klang High Court on February 27, 2026 sentenced S. Davandrakumar, 33, to death by hanging after finding him guilty of murdering his ex-girlfriend’s three-year-old son in 2021.
FEBRUARY 27, 2026PennsylvaniaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Pennsylvania. Wayne A. Smith gets resentencing
FEBRUARY 27, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 7 men executed in late January and early February 2026
Hatem Shamshiri, Fariborz Ezzati, Saeed Fazeli, Asghar Fathi, Erfan Salehi, Amir Rouhi, Ardeshir Molaei
FEBRUARY 27, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Shot in the Heart: the Killing of 18-Year-Old Arian Nabati
- FEBRUARY 26, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 4 men executed in the past days
Hassan Khalili, Naqi Feyzi, Behnam Jahani, Mostafa Bahari
- FEBRUARY 26, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 4 men executed on February 26
Reza Azarang, Ahmad Ali Jamshidi, Naser Mazloom, + 1
FEBRUARY 26, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Victim Accounts: 16-Year-Old Amir Ali Ghanbarzadeh Shot Dead Minutes After Joining Protest
FEBRUARY 26, 2026United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Guantanamo. Government Still Building Case for U.S.S. Cole Trial 25 Years After Attack
FEBRUARY 26, 2026ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINESE COURTS CONCLUDE TRIALS OF TWO CRIMINAL GANGS FROM NORTHERN MYANMAR, 16 SENTENCED TO DEATH
Chinese courts have concluded the trials of two major criminal groups based in northern Myanmar involved in telecom and online fraud, the Supreme People's Court said on February 26, 2026.
FEBRUARY 25, 2026BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: 2 TO DIE FOR COLLEGE STUDENT MURDER IN CAPITAL
A Dhaka court on February 22, 2026 sentenced two men to death for the planned murder of Tejgaon College student Ikram Hossain Mollah, 22, in the capital’s Khilkhet area.
- FEBRUARY 25, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Execution of At Least Twelve People on February 25
Kianoush Monavari, Ghader Mohammadi, Nariman Zangeneh, Ali Asghar Oladi, … Shateri, Mostafa Kamali, Aysan Rostami, Jahan Azadi, Farshid Ghasemi, Taher Yousefi, Hamid Tajik, Adel Fereshteh
FEBRUARY 25, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Victim accounts: Keyvan Amiri, Bullet Wound and Stab Injury
FEBRUARY 24, 2026FloridaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Florida. Melvin Trotter, 65, Black, was executed on February 24
FEBRUARY 24, 2026LebanonDEATH PENALTYLEBANON: HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE APPROVES DRAFT TO ABOLISH DEATH PENALTY
Lebanon’s human rights committee has approved a draft to abolish the death penalty.
FEBRUARY 24, 2026AfghanistanDEATH PENALTYAFGHANISTAN: UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT SAYS APPEASEMENT OF THE TALIBAN HAS FAILED
Annalena Baerbock, President of the United Nations General Assembly, described attempts to appease the Taliban as unsuccessful in the face of the most severe human rights violations
FEBRUARY 24, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN -Two Kurdish political prisoners, Mohammad Faraji and Raouf Sheikh Maroufi, sentenced to death
Arrested during the Woman, Life, Freedom (Jin, Jiyan, Azadi) protests
FEBRUARY 24, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - The 109th Week of the “No to Execution Tuesdays” Campaign
FEBRUARY 24, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Seven minors arrested in five cities
Mohammadreza Asadi, Mohammad Javad Zeinivand, Mohammad Piri, Ali Zeinivandi, Masih Inalouei, Diana Taherabadi, Taha Ali Mirzaei
- FEBRUARY 23, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Nationwide Protests: Mohammad Abbasi Sentenced to Death, His Daughter to 25 Years in Prison
FEBRUARY 23, 2026IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: ALLEGED ISIS DETAINEES TRANSFERRED FROM SYRIA AT RISK OF ABUSE
The United States transferred 5,700 detainees held for alleged ISIS affiliation from Northeast Syria to Iraq, where they are at risk of enforced disappearance, unfair trials, torture, ill-treatment, and violations of the right to life, Human Rights Watch
FEBRUARY 23, 2026IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: UP COUPLE GETS DEATH FOR SEXUALLY ASSAULTING 33 CHILDREN
A couple was sentenced to death on February 20, 2026 by a court in Uttar Pradesh after being convicted in a case of sexual assault of 33 children, some of them as young as three years old.
FEBRUARY 23, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Protests: 19-year-old Mohammad Amin Biglari sentenced to death
FEBRUARY 23, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hrana Report: The Crimson Winter
A 50 Day Record of 2025–2026 Protests
FEBRUARY 23, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - At least 10 men executed on February 23
FEBRUARY 22, 2026JapanDEATH PENALTYJAPAN: COURT REJECTS RETRIAL FOR MAN EXECUTED FOR 1992 CHILD MURDERS
The Fukuoka High Court rejected an appeal on February 16, 2026 for a retrial for the 1992 murder of two 7-year-old girls in the city of Iizuka in Fukuoka Prefecture, for which a death row convict was executed.
FEBRUARY 22, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Nirvana Torbatinezhad and her mother, Roqiyeh Amirkhani, arrested during a 40th day commemoration
FEBRUARY 22, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Habib Rasoulzadeh executed in Semnan on February 22
- FEBRUARY 22, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mohammad Javad Masoumi executed in Ardabil on February 22
FEBRUARY 22, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Four women arrested
Shavar Karimzadeh, Farzaneh Fasihi, Saba Ahmadi, Fariba Ghahremani
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FEBRUARY 21, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 19 people arrested for participating in 40th day commemorations
Lors in Khuzestan Province
FEBRUARY 21, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Victim Accounts: 17-Year-Old Bahareh Shahmehri Shot Dead by Sniper
- FEBRUARY 21, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 11 men executed on February 21
FEBRUARY 21, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mehrdad Ghaeni executed in Qom on February 21
FEBRUARY 20, 2026United KingdomDEATH PENALTYIRAN - British Nationals Craig and Lindsay Foreman Sentenced to Ten Years in Prison
FEBRUARY 20, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Abdollah Poreki killed under torture
FEBRUARY 20, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Victim Accounts: Nighttime Burial of Mohammad Ranjbar Hosseinabadi
FEBRUARY 20, 2026CaliforniaDEATH PENALTYUSA - California. Governor Newsom inaugurates the transformation of San Quentin
He calls it “the nation's most innovative rehabilitation facility.”
FEBRUARY 19, 2026AfghanistanDEATH PENALTYAFGHANISTAN: TALIBAN CARRY OUT PUBLIC FLOGGINGS OF WOMEN AND MEN IN GHOR AND PARWAN
Based on an official statement, the Taliban’s Supreme Court carried out public floggings of two women and two men on February 18, 2026, in the Ghor and Parwan provinces.
FEBRUARY 19, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Massive 40th-Day Gatherings Across Iran Challenge the Regime
FEBRUARY 19, 2026KenyaDEATH PENALTYKENYA: MACHARIA SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DEFILING, KILLING 7-YEAR-OLD TAMARA KABURA
Nyeri High Court on February 19, 2026 sentenced Nicholas Julius Macharia to death after he pleaded guilty to the brutal defilement and murder of seven-year-old Tamara Blessing Kabura.
FEBRUARY 19, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 26 Protesters Sentenced to Death, Hundreds More at Risk
FEBRUARY 19, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hassan Narouei executed in Sarakhs February 19
- FEBRUARY 19, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Execution of 8 Prisoners on February 19
FEBRUARY 19, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Javad Zarei executed in Torbat-e Heydarieh on February 19
FEBRUARY 19, 2026TexasDEATH PENALTYUSA - Texas. 4 men formally declared “innocent” 35 years after their arrest
Michael Scott, Forrest Welborn, Robert Springsteen, Maurice Pierce
FEBRUARY 18, 2026Sri LankaDEATH PENALTYSRI LANKA: 817 INDIVIDUALS SENTENCED TO DEATH CURRENTLY HELD IN PRISONS
The Ministry of Justice and National Integration announced that a total of 817 individuals, both local and foreign, sentenced to death are currently imprisoned across the country, Ada Derana reported on February 16, 2026.
FEBRUARY 18, 2026KuwaitDEATH PENALTYKUWAIT: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH AFTER STABBING FATHER OVER CIGARETTE ARGUMENT
A Pakistani man was sentenced to death on February 16, 2026 in Kuwait after being convicted of fatally stabbing his father during a domestic dispute in the Farwaniya Governorate.
FEBRUARY 18, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - More protests
On the occasion of traditional commemorations 40 days after the death
FEBRUARY 18, 2026TürkiyeDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Morteza Amiri and Shahrbanou Beykramiani could be deported from Turkey to Iran.
Turkey has a troubling tradition of collaboration with Iran.
FEBRUARY 18, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 40-Day Mourning Ceremonies Spark Renewed Protests
FEBRUARY 18, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Victim Accounts: Mohammad Rahmati’s Father Forced to Blame “Terrorists” for His Son’s Killing
FEBRUARY 18, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Sajad Ahmadi executed in Malayer on February 18
- FEBRUARY 18, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 13 men executed on February 18
FEBRUARY 17, 2026TaiwanDEATH PENALTYTAIWAN: FEMALE DRIVER SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING POLICE STATION CHIEF
A female motorist who fatally dragged the head of a police station to his death while trying to evade a roadside check in 2024 was sentenced to death by the New Taipei District Court on February 11, 2026.
FEBRUARY 17, 2026SudanDEATH PENALTYSUDAN: TWO WOMEN FROM EL GEDAREF AND BLUE NILE FACE DEATH BY STONING IN PRISON
Activists and human rights defenders say that two women, from El Gedaref and Blue Nile respectively, are being detained in Omdurman prison in Sudan, sentenced to death by stoning, Radio Dabanga reported on February 4, 2026.
- FEBRUARY 17, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 520 men and 8 women executed in Iran since the beginning of 2026
- FEBRUARY 17, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 12 prisoners executed on February 17
FEBRUARY 17, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Victim Accounts: Shahabeddin Sameni Killed by Sniper
FEBRUARY 17, 2026United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Rev. Jesse Jackson, Civil Rights Leader, Dies at 84
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- FEBRUARY 17, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 4 men executed on February 17
FEBRUARY 16, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Information about people arrested during the January 2026 riots
FEBRUARY 16, 2026IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: 3 SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR GANG RAPE OF ISRAELI TOURIST, MURDER NEAR HAMPI
A sessions court in Karnataka's Koppal district on February 16, 2026 sentenced three men to death after convicting them in the gang rape of two women, including an Israeli national, and the killing of a male tourist.
- FEBRUARY 16, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 12 men executed on February 16
FEBRUARY 16, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mina Nasirpour, a woman, executed in Tabriz on February 16
9th woman hanged in 2026
FEBRUARY 16, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Sadegh Manafi executed in Tabriz on February 16
FEBRUARY 16, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Victim Accounts: Amirhossein Saeedi killed in hospital
FEBRUARY 16, 2026United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Pennsylvania. An intervention by Mumia Abu Jamal from prison
The now 72-year-old former Black Panther militant has been in prison for 45 years
FEBRUARY 16, 2026SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA EXECUTES TWO AL-SHABAAB CONVICTS OVER DEADLY MOGADISHU ATTACKS
The Somali federal government on February 16, 2026 executed two men convicted of orchestrating a series of deadly assassinations and bombings in the capital, judicial officials confirmed.
FEBRUARY 16, 2026ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINESE COURT ANNOUNCES 1ST-INSTANCE TRIAL VERDICT OF MYANMAR-BASED XU FAQI CRIMINAL GANG; XU SENTENCED TO DEATH WITH TWO-YEAR REPRIEVE
A court in Southwest China's Chongqing Municipality on January 30, 2026 publicly announced the first-instance
FEBRUARY 15, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hrana Report on 15th Day of Protests: Sharp Rise in Human Casualties
FEBRUARY 15, 2026BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: EX-MP AMONG SIX SENTENCED TO DEATH IN ASHULIA CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY CASE
The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-2 on February 5, 2025 sentenced six people, including former Dhaka-19 lawmaker Md Saiful Islam, to death
FEBRUARY 15, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hrana Report on Day 50 of the Protests: 7,015 confirmed fatalities, 11,744 under review
FEBRUARY 15, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hengaw Report on 330 victims
- FEBRUARY 15, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 16 men and a woman executed on February 14 and 15
More than 500 executions in Iran since the beginning of 2026
- FEBRUARY 15, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 7 death sentences were carried out on Feb. 15
Asghar Esmaeili, Vahid Karami, Einollah Rahimzadeh, Farzad Fazli, Davoud Ghafouri, Sadeq Manafi, Hassan Doosti
- FEBRUARY 15, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Reza Karami executed in Dorud on February 15
- FEBRUARY 15, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Ehsan Rajabi executed in Kashan on February 15
FEBRUARY 15, 2026FloridaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Florida. Hundreds of women pledge allegiance to Wade Wilson
FEBRUARY 15, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Navid Shabanian executed in Kashmar on February 15
FEBRUARY 15, 2026LebanonDEATH PENALTYAMB. MARCELLI, IMPORTANT TO ARRIVE AT LAW AGAINST DEATH PENALTY IN LEBANON
Italy's ambassador to Lebanon, Fabrizio Marcelli, met with the chairman of the parliamentary committee on human rights, Michel Moussa, who is working on the bill to abolish the death penalty.
FEBRUARY 14, 2026SingaporeDEATH PENALTYSINGAPORE: MALAYSIAN MAN EXECUTED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
A Malaysian man convicted of trafficking a significant quantity of heroin was executed in Singapore on Feb. 11, 2026, according to an official statement issued by the Singapore authorities.
FEBRUARY 14, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hrana Report on the 49th day of protests: 7,010 confirmed fatalities, 11,744 under review
“Unidentified Bodies” and the Continued Judicial Case-Building
- FEBRUARY 14, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 12 people executed on February 14
4 other executions were already reported
FEBRUARY 13, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Nima Jafari killed under torture after arrest in Bandar Abbas
A 22-year-old Kurdish man
FEBRUARY 13, 2026United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - DPIC Report on “Women and the Death Penalty”
FEBRUARY 13, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Victim accounts: the killing of Jahanbakhsh Hesar Firouzeh, 70
FEBRUARY 13, 2026United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Federal Judge: Government Is Not Above the Law, Nor Are Former Death-Row Inmates Beneath Its Protection
FEBRUARY 13, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hrana Report on day 48 of the Protests: 7,008 confirmed fatalities, 11,730 under review
Ongoing Arrests, UN Warning, and Rising Number of Forced Confessions
- FEBRUARY 12, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Victim Accounts: the Isfahan crackdown
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FEBRUARY 12, 2026OklahomaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Oklahoma. Kendrick Simpson, 45, was executed on February 12
FEBRUARY 12, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Victim Accounts: Alireza Ghaleghafi, 22-Year-Old Law Student
- FEBRUARY 12, 2026SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
SOMALIA: MILITARY COURT EXECUTES TWO MEN CONVICTED OF MULTIPLE KILLINGS IN MOGADISHU
Somalia’s Military Court on February 10, 2026 carried out the execution by firing squad of two men convicted of committing multiple killings in the capital, Mogadishu.
FEBRUARY 12, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 18 year old Saleh Mohammadi sentenced to public hanging
The young athlete charged with the murder of a policeman during the protest in Qom
FEBRUARY 12, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hrana Report on day 47 of the Protests: 7,005 confirmed fatalities, 11,730 under investigation
- FEBRUARY 12, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 13 men executed on February 12
Darvish Ali Emami, Arash Davari, Saeed Adineh, Reza Barati, Hassan Kamare’i, Keyhan Rouzi, Kiarash Lashkari, Amirhossein Ghadami, Karim Garaei, ... Aghapour, Panj Ali Ebrahimi, Peyman Khani, and Mohammadreza Abdollahi
FEBRUARY 12, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Death sentence of Yaghoub Karimpour upheld by Supreme Court
For “espionage in favor of Israel"
FEBRUARY 12, 2026AlabamaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Alabama. Warren Hardy’s conviction and death sentence overturned
FEBRUARY 12, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - European Parliament adopts resolution condemning Iran
Almost unanimously
FEBRUARY 12, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Nima Jafari died in custody
22, arrested a few days before
FEBRUARY 12, 2026ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA OVERTURNS DEATH SENTENCE FOR CANADIAN ROBERT SCHELLENBERG
China's Supreme People's Court on February 6, 2026 overturned the death sentence for accused Canadian drug smuggler Robert Schellenberg, a Canadian official told CBC News.
FEBRUARY 12, 2026AlabamaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Alabama. Governor signed HB 41
Sexual crimes against children eligible for execution
- FEBRUARY 11, 2026Sri LankaDEATH PENALTY
SRI LANKA: 12 SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER EX-MP AMARAKEERTHI ATHUKORALA’S MURDER
Twelve individuals, who were found guilty over the murder of former Polonnaruwa District Member of Parliament Amarakeerthi Athukorala and his security officer in 2022, were sentenced to death on February 11, 2026.
FEBRUARY 11, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hrana Report on Day 46 of the Protests: 7,002 confirmed deaths, 11,730 under investigation
Conditional Releases, Arrest of Teachers, and European Parliament Session
FEBRUARY 11, 2026United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Federal Judge Blocks Transfer of Former Federally Death-Sentenced Prisoners to Supermax Prison
FEBRUARY 10, 2026AfghanistanDEATH PENALTYAFGHANISTAN: FORMER TOP JUDGE SAYS TALIBAN PENAL CODE INVITES RIDICULE FROM MUSLIM WORLD
A former senior judge of Afghanistan’s Supreme Court has sharply criticised the Taliban’s newly issued penal code, saying it contradicts core principles of Islamic law and risks turning Afghanistan into an object of criticism and ridicule across the Musli
- FEBRUARY 10, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Taha Shirazad and Kazem Farajinejad executed in Sari on February 10
FEBRUARY 10, 2026FloridaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Florida. Ronald Heath, 64, White, was executed
2nd execution of the year in the U.S.
FEBRUARY 10, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hrana Report on day 45 of the protests: 6,984 confirmed fatalities, 11,730 under review
Nighttime Chants and Intensified Police Presence
- FEBRUARY 10, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 7 men executed
Mohammadkaram Jafari, Hadi Momeni, Shahriyar Veysi, Mokhtar Ataei, Bahram Chamani, Biouk Namvarzad, Farhad Karimzadeh
FEBRUARY 10, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Victim Accounts: The Case of Mohammad Jamshidi's Unregistered Body
- FEBRUARY 10, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 18 people hanged on February 10
- FEBRUARY 10, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mohammadshah Rashidi and Ali Davtalab executed at Gezel Hesar on February 10
FEBRUARY 10, 2026IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ EXECUTES FORMER SENIOR OFFICER UNDER SADDAM FOR 1980 KILLING OF SHIA CLERIC
Iraq announced on February 9, 2026 that a high-level security officer during the rule of Saddam Hussein had been hanged for his involvement in the 1980 killing of a prominent Shia cleric.
FEBRUARY 10, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 107th Week of the “No to Execution Tuesdays” Campaign
FEBRUARY 9, 2026IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: NO DEATH SENTENCES CONFIRMED BY SUPREME COURT FOR THIRD CONSECUTIVE YEAR
The Supreme Court of India has not confirmed a single death penalty in the last three years, according to an annual statistics report on death penalties in India published on February 4, 2026 by The Square Circle Clinic
- FEBRUARY 9, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 20 men executed on February 8 and 9
FEBRUARY 9, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Shahla Dowlatabadi, a woman, executed in Kerman on February 9
6th woman executed this year
FEBRUARY 9, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hrana Report on Day 44 of Protests: 6,964 confirmed deaths, 11,730 under review
Student Gatherings, Warning from the Head of the Judiciary, and the Continuation of Arrests
FEBRUARY 9, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Victim Accounts: Milad Mianekhah Monfardi
Protester Whose Killing Authorities Falsely Attributed to Drugs
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- FEBRUARY 9, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 19 more executions on February 9
10 have already been reported. That makes a total of 29.
- FEBRUARY 9, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mojtaba Amini executed in Neyshabur on February 9
FEBRUARY 9, 2026CaliforniaDEATH PENALTYUSA - California. Franklin Lynch’s sentence overturned due to racial discrimination
FEBRUARY 8, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN- Victim Accounts: Habib Khoobipour, a 47-year-old civil activist killed by live ammunition
FEBRUARY 8, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hrana Report on Day 43 of the Protests: 6,961 confirmed fatalities, 11,730 under review
- FEBRUARY 8, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 5 men executed in Ghezel Hesar
Ahmad Heydari, Farhad Heydari, Saeed Malekian, Amirhossein Mayeli, Ahmad Farhad Heydari
FEBRUARY 8, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Narges Mohammadi sentenced to seven and a half years
Nobel Peace Prize laureate and civil rights activist
FEBRUARY 8, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Firouz Mohammadi Executed in Khorramabad on February 8
- FEBRUARY 8, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 9 men executed
FEBRUARY 8, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Alarm over systematic sexual torture and summary courts against protesters
- FEBRUARY 7, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 13 men executed on February 7
Ali Faza Khoshneshin, Farshad Sheikhi, Avin Sorkhi, Jafar Faryadi, Ali Sarlakabad, Sosha Moradi, Behzad Mashayekhi, Mohammad Ali Saeedloo, Morad Goli, Abolfazl Naqvi + 3
FEBRUARY 7, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 100.000 Iranian exiles demonstrated in Berlin
FEBRUARY 7, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ali Mirdar executed in Gorgan on February 7
FEBRUARY 7, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Babak Amraei and Mohammadghasem Amraei executed in Khorramabad on February 7
FEBRUARY 7, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Victim Accounts: Why Mahsa Dezfulian’s Family Kept Her Body at Home Overnight
FEBRUARY 7, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hrana Report on Day 42 of the Protests: 6,961 confirmed deaths, 11,630 under review
FEBRUARY 6, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Naser Bekrzadeh Sentenced to Death for the Third Time
On charges of “espionage for Israel"
FEBRUARY 6, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hrana Report on Day 41 of the Protests: 6,955 confirmed deaths, 11,630 under review
FEBRUARY 6, 2026FloridaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Florida. Judge sentences Angel Cuz Choc to death
FEBRUARY 6, 2026MissouriDEATH PENALTYUSA - Missouri. House passes ‘born alive’ bill that also targets abortions
FEBRUARY 6, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Victim Accounts: Milad Gholami, Protester Whose Body Was Found After One Week
FEBRUARY 5, 2026SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: WOMAN EXECUTED FOR MURDERING A CHILD IN A CASE THAT SPARKED OUTRAGE
The authorities in Puntland, a semi‑autonomous region of Somalia, have executed a woman convicted of murdering a 14‑year‑old girl, in a rare case in the region in which the death penalty has been carried out against a woman.
FEBRUARY 5, 2026JapanDEATH PENALTYJAPAN: COURT REJECTS RETRIAL REQUEST FOR EXECUTED MAN BELIEVED TO HAVE HAD LEPROSY
The Kumamoto District Court on January 28, 2026 rejected a retrial request from the family of a man with leprosy who was executed more than 60 years ago for a 1952 murder despite long claiming his innocence.
FEBRUARY 5, 2026AlabamaDEATH PENALTYUSA - New Analysis: Why Luigi Mangione can't be sentenced to death
FEBRUARY 5, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - First physical archive of the 2026 massacre presented at a Brussels exhibition
By Hengaw and Mala Kurdî
FEBRUARY 5, 2026United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Pentagon Official Rejects Plea Deal in U.S.S. Cole Bombing Case
Guantanamo trial against Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri to begin in summer
- FEBRUARY 5, 2026AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
Alabama - HB 41 expanding death penalty to child sex crimes passes Legislature
Florida, Tennessee, Idaho, Oklahoma, and Mississippi enacted similar laws
FEBRUARY 5, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN Day 40 of the Protests: 6,941 confirmed deaths, 11,630 under review
Domestic Reactions, Continued Arrests, and Forced Confessions
FEBRUARY 4, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Day 39 of the Nationwide Protests: 6,883 confirmed deaths, 11,280 under investigation
A Lawmaker’s Remarks on the Suppression of Protests
FEBRUARY 4, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Iran HRM Report on 153 minors killed
Extrajudicial Killing during the January 2026 Uprising
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- FEBRUARY 4, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 6 people executed in recent days
Iraj Mostafavi, Bakhtiar Shahabi, Hassan Alaeibakhsh, Ali Mohammadpour, Mohammad Javad Namdari, Hashem Abbas
FEBRUARY 4, 2026North KoreaDEATH PENALTYNORTH KOREA: PEOPLE ‘EXECUTED FOR WATCHING SOUTH KOREAN TV’, BRIBERY TO ESCAPE PUNISHMENT WIDESPREAD
North Koreans caught watching South Korean television shows face public humiliation, years in labour camps or even execution – with the harshest punishments for those too poor to pay bribes, according to testimonies given to Amnesty International.
FEBRUARY 4, 2026New HampshireDEATH PENALTYUSA - New Hampshire. House committee rejects bills to bring back capital punishment
FEBRUARY 4, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Seven Gurji ethnic people killed in protests identified
Hananeh Azizi, Mohammad Hassan Ashrafi, Masoud Youseyliani, Mohammad Sepiani, Esmail Aslani, Javad Heydari, Reza Karimi
- FEBRUARY 4, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 15 people hanged on February 4
- FEBRUARY 3, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 15 people executed on February 3
FEBRUARY 3, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Medical Staff Testimonies on Killing of Protesters in Hospitals
IHR Calls for an Independent WHO Investigation
FEBRUARY 3, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 339 executions in January
- FEBRUARY 3, 2026AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Alabama. Bill extending death penalty to child sexual assault (HB 41) passes Senate committee
FEBRUARY 3, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hrana Report on 38° day of protests: 6,872 confirmed deaths, 11,280 under investigation
- FEBRUARY 3, 2026JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN: DEATH ROW INMATE WHO BURIED 2 MEN ALIVE IN 2006 FOUND DEAD IN CELL
A death row inmate convicted of killing two people by burying them alive in Okayama Prefecture in western Japan in 2006, died on January 31, 2026, the Justice Ministry said, with suicide being suspected.
- FEBRUARY 3, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 2 men executed in Gorgan on February 3
Naser Shahmoradi, Ahmad Borhani
- FEBRUARY 3, 2026FranceDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIAN COURT ACQUITS FRENCH MAN FACING POSSIBLE DEATH PENALTY ON DRUG CHARGES
A French national facing a possible death penalty in Malaysia on eight drug-related charges was acquitted on February 3, 2026, freeing him after nearly two and a half years in detention.
- FEBRUARY 2, 2026AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
AFGHANISTAN: TALIBAN LEADER AUTHORISES KILLING OF 11 CATEGORIES OF PEOPLE UNDER NEW PENAL CODE
Taliban supreme leader Hibatullah Akhundzada has authorised the killing of 11 categories of people under a newly endorsed Taliban penal code
FEBRUARY 2, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - IHR Report: Death of Sina Ashgbousi, 16
- FEBRUARY 2, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 8 men executed in Qaemshahr from October 2025 to January 2026
Shahab Karami, Nemat Mehraban, Yousef Eini, Azim Nourzad, Noushad Alipour, Meysam Rafiei, Jaber Mohammadi, Shahrouz Hosseini
FEBRUARY 2, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - The killing of Fatemeh Nasiri and Zahra Jafari
FEBRUARY 2, 2026AlabamaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Alabama. Victim’s Daughter and Juror Oppose Execution of Charles Burton
- FEBRUARY 2, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 10 men hanged on February 2
FEBRUARY 2, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hrana Report on 37th day of protests: 6,854 confirmed deaths, 11,280 under investigation
FEBRUARY 2, 2026ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA EXECUTES FOUR MORE MYANMAR MAFIA MEMBERS
China has executed four members of the Bai family mafia, one of the notorious dynasties that ran scam centres in Myanmar, authorities said on February 2, 2026.
- FEBRUARY 2, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 7 men executed in Lahijan from October to December of 2025
Ghorban Rashidi, Kourosh Zamani, Kianoush Rostami, Payam Nouri, Omid Hatami, Samir Ajamloo, Iman Nejati
- FEBRUARY 1, 2026BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: 3 SENTENCED TO DEATH IN NASHIT MURDER CASE
Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal in Feni on January 29, 2026 sentenced three persons to death for murder of 10-year-old boy Ahnaf Al Main alias Nashit and hiding his body.
FEBRUARY 1, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hrana Report on the 36th day of protests: 6,842 confirmed deaths, 11,280 under review
Government Releases List of Names and State TV Insults Those Killed
- FEBRUARY 1, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Iran releases names of 2,986 killed in unrest
- FEBRUARY 1, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 11 people executed on February 1
Shahriar Farahani, Manoochehr Mehrabi, Nasser Hosseini, Behrouz Hazrati, Fardin Kalami, Mohammadali Moridan, Amin Nasiri, Sajjad Dousti, Peyman Shiri, Hekmat Daryaei, Mostafa Minavand