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
- 1,014
Latest news of 2026
APRIL 13, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ali Siahani and Omran Siahani Killed by IRGC
Two Teenagers
APRIL 13, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 60 Security Cases Opened, for Espionage Charges
APRIL 13, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 4 protesters sentenced to death
Mohammadreza Majidi-Asl, Bita Hemmati, Behrouz Zamaninejad, and Kourosh Zamaninejad
APRIL 12, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Peyvand and Borna Naeimi Under Torture to Confess to False Charges
Baha’i protesters
APRIL 12, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Eyewitness Accounts: Direct Fire and Mass Arrests in Khuzestan
Arab militias in support of government forces
APRIL 11, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hold the Perpetrators of Political Executions Accountable
Allah-Karam Azizi and Ghasem Sahraee
APRIL 10, 2026FloridaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Florida. Shelby Nealy sentenced to death
Following the jury's recommendation
APRIL 10, 2026NebraskaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Nebraska. Jason Jones sentenced to death
APRIL 10, 2026TanzaniaDEATH PENALTYTANZANIA - Tundu Lissu, 1 year in prison
APRIL 10, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - The Bodies of Six Executed Political Prisoners Have Still Not Been Returned to Their Families
Akbar Daneshvar Kar, Seyed Mohammad Taghavi Sang-Dehi, Babak Alipour, Pouya Ghobadi Bistouni, Seyed Abolhassan Montazer, and Vahid Bani-Amerian
- APRIL 10, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 7 Citizens Arrested on Accusations of Contact with Foreign Media
APRIL 9, 2026BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: TWO EX-COPS TO BE HANGED IN ABU SAYED KILLING CASE
The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) on April 9, 2026 sentenced two former policemen to death and others to varying jail terms in a crimes against humanity case filed over the killing of Begum Rokeya University, Rangpur (BRUR) student Abu Sayed.
APRIL 9, 2026TexasDEATH PENALTYUSA - Texas. Clarence Curtis Jordan’s death sentence overturned
APRIL 9, 2026TanzaniaDEATH PENALTYTANZANIA - Update on the Tundu Lissu case
Statement by 6 Members of the European Parliament
- APRIL 9, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 1 man arrested for ‘contacts with foreign media’
APRIL 9, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 3 Baloch men shot dead by Iranian forces
Belal Hout, Abubakr Pirasteh, Sanaollah Pirasteh
- APRIL 9, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 23 people arrested for ‘contacts with foreign media’
- APRIL 9, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 34 people arrested for ‘contacts with foreign media’
- APRIL 9, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Confiscation of Assets Belonging to 25 Citizens, Including 19 Foreign Nationals
APRIL 9, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Azar Yahoo faces espionage-related charges over social media activity
APRIL 9, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Actress Sima Anbaei Farimani faces national security charges
APRIL 9, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Sara Sepehri Arrested
APRIL 8, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Iran deploys proxy forces across multiple cities
APRIL 8, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Political prisoner Maryam Akbari Monfared released after 16 years
Accused of being a member of the People’s Mojahedin Organisation of Iran (PMOI)
- APRIL 8, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - At least nine people arrested for links to international media
APRIL 8, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hrana Report on 40th day of war
Announcement of a Two-Week Ceasefire
APRIL 8, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hengaw Report on 40th day of war
At least 7,650 killed, including 1,030 civilians
APRIL 8, 2026TexasDEATH PENALTYUSA - Texas. James Broadnax's appeal rejected
APRIL 8, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Naser Taheri and Yahya Masoumi executed in Zanjan on April 8
APRIL 8, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Protest Benjamin Naqdi faces possible death sentence