Archive timeline
2026
The news published by Hands Off Cain in 2026, month by month, with the countries most present that year.
The year in data
- News items in the archive
- 886
Latest news of 2026
MARCH 28, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hrana Report on 29th day of war
Strikes on Hundreds of Targets in Residential Areas
MARCH 27, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hrana Report on 28th day of war
Strikes on Industrial Units and Infrastructure
MARCH 27, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Report on the arrest of 16 people
- MARCH 27, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Report on the Arrest of 113 Citizens
- MARCH 27, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Report on the arrest of dozens of citizens
MARCH 27, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Kianoush Adelpour arrested
For possessing a Starlink device
MARCH 27, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Recruitment of children as young as 12 during war
- MARCH 26, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Hrana Report on 27th day of war
Renewed Escalation in Strikes
MARCH 26, 2026PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: LHC ACQUITS TWO DEATH ROW CONVICTS IN DOUBLE MURDER CASE
The Lahore High Court (LHC) on March 25, 2026 acquitted two men who had been sentenced to death in a double murder case, allowing their appeals against the conviction and ordering their immediate release
MARCH 26, 2026FloridaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Florida. James Aren Duckett’s execution has been suspended
Scheduled for 31 March
MARCH 26, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - On the arrest of Christian convert Mohammad Nikbakht
MARCH 26, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hengaw Report on 1700 arrests during war
MARCH 26, 2026PennsylvaniaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Pennsylvania. Supreme Court Overturns Mandatory Life-Without-Parole for 2nd Degree Murder
MARCH 25, 2026IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: HC COMMUTES DEATH PENALTY IN LUDHIANA RAPE-MURDER CASE
The Punjab and Haryana High Court commuted the death sentence of a 28-year-old man convicted of raping and murdering a 4-year-7-month-old child in Ludhiana, the Tribune reported on March 20, 2026.
- MARCH 25, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - At Least 43 Arrested in Various Cities
MARCH 25, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 17-year-old Bahareh Golchin held incommunicado
MARCH 25, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hrana Report on 26th day of war
Explosions Reach Razavi Khorasan Province
MARCH 24, 2026AfghanistanDEATH PENALTYAFGHANISTAN: TALIBAN SUPREME COURT PARDONS OVER 4,500 PRISONERS FOR EID AL-FITR
The Taliban’s Supreme Court has announced the release of 4,596 prisoners in observance of Eid al-Fitr.
MARCH 24, 2026ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: HIGH COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE FOR MAN IN CHILD TRAFFICKING CASE
A man convicted of child trafficking has had his death sentence with a two-year reprieve upheld by a higher court in Shandong province, with the ruling taking effect immediately.
- MARCH 24, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - At Least 501 Arrested in Connection with the War
MARCH 24, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Zahra Hojjat arrested after opposing use of rehabilitation center as human shield
MARCH 24, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Sima Chambari, a university student, was arrested
Her fate remains unknown
MARCH 24, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - IHR Warns of Mass Arrests Amid War
MARCH 24, 2026Council of EuropeDEATH PENALTYCouncil of Europe - Training course for lawyers and legal professionals on death penalty
MARCH 24, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hrana Report on 25th day of war
Heavy Strikes in Isfahan and Khuzestan
MARCH 24, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 113th Week of the “No to Execution Tuesdays” Campaign
MARCH 24, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hengaw Report on 25th day of war
6,530 killed, including 640 civilians
- MARCH 23, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Soheila Asadi executed in Isfahan on February 23
- MARCH 23, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Arrest of Iranian-Austrian dual national Abbas Danesh
MARCH 23, 2026TexasDEATH PENALTYUSA - Texas. Advocacy on the case of James Broadnax
Demarius Cummings confessed "his" murders