Archive timeline
2026
The news published by Hands Off Cain in 2026, month by month, with the countries most present that year.
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- 1,021
Latest news of 2026
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 PENALTYIRAN - 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
APRIL 8, 2026BangladeshDEATH PENALTYSHEIKH HASINA ASKS BANGLADESH TRIBUNAL TO SET ASIDE DEATH SENTENCE, SEEKS FAIR TRIAL
Former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has demanded in a legal communication to Bangladeshi authorities that the death sentence given to her by a tribunal last year be set aside as “legally void”, and that any further proceedings against her be conducted in
APRIL 8, 2026MalaysiaDEATH PENALTYINDONESIAN GRANDMOTHER FREED FROM MALAYSIA’S DEATH ROW AFTER 15 YEARS RETURNS HOME
An Indonesian grandmother who spent about 15 years on death row in Malaysia for drug trafficking on April 2, 2026 returned home after receiving clemency
- APRIL 7, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Arrest of 17 people for War-Related Reasons
APRIL 7, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Cécile Kohler and Jacques Paris Leave Iran for France
APRIL 7, 2026South KoreaDEATH PENALTYSOUTH KOREA: DEATH-ROW KILLER LEE U-CHEOL DIES IN PRISON FROM CANCER
Lee U-cheol, a 'long-unexecuted death-row inmate' who killed a member trying to defect and the member's partner, died of illness while serving his sentence.
APRIL 7, 2026IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: DEATH PENALTY FOR NINE POLICE OFFICERS WHO TORTURED TWO CHRISTIAN DALITS TO DEATH
In the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, nine police officers were sentenced to death on April 6, 2026 for the in-custody deaths of P. Jeyaraj and his son J. Benniks, two Dalit Christians.
APRIL 7, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mahboubeh Shabani at risk of execution
Arrested during recent protests
APRIL 7, 2026United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Race of Victim Effect and the Death Penalty
Killing a white person is a more serious offence than killing a black person
APRIL 7, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 115th Week of “No to Execution Tuesdays” Continues Despite Blackout
- APRIL 7, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - At Least 102 People Arrested in Connection with the War
APRIL 7, 2026United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - 5.5 million people are under the control of the criminal legal system
2 million in prison, 3 million on probation, 530.000 on parole
APRIL 7, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hrana Report on 39th day of war
Extensive Damage to the Rail Network and Roads
APRIL 7, 2026JapanDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Japanese citizen released
Shinnosuke Kawashima
- APRIL 6, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - At Least 283 People Arrested in Connection With the War
APRIL 6, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Protester Ali Fahim Hanged on April 6
10 Political Prisoners Executed in 8 Days
APRIL 6, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mohsen Eslamkhah, 19-year-old protester, sentenced to death
APRIL 6, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hrana Report on 38th day of war
Highest Rate of Strikes in the Past Ten Days
APRIL 6, 2026OhioDEATH PENALTYUSA - Ohio. Ohio Ohioans to Stop Executions Report: every 5 executions, 1 exoneration
Death penalty ‘profoundly unreliable’
APRIL 6, 2026CaliforniaDEATH PENALTYUSA - California. Omar Deen's death sentence overturned
APRIL 6, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Yaghoub Karimpour faces imminent execution
APRIL 6, 2026AfghanistanDEATH PENALTYTALIBAN FLOGS 32 PEOPLE ACROSS AFGHANISTAN AMID SURGE IN CORPORAL PUNISHMENT
The Taliban publicly flogged 32 people, including women, in multiple provinces over the past three days, authorities said, amid a sharp rise in the group’s use of corporal punishment in recent months.
APRIL 6, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mothers Who Gave Their Lives during January 2026 Uprising
APRIL 6, 2026ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA EXECUTES FRENCH NATIONAL CONVICTED IN 2010 FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
A Frenchman sentenced to death in China in 2010 for drug trafficking has been executed, France's foreign ministry announced on April 4, 2026.