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
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 PENALTYIRAN - 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
MARCH 23, 2026NevadaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Nevada. Former death row inmate Michael Domingues released
MARCH 23, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hrana Report on 24th day of war
A Deadly Day for Civilians
- MARCH 23, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Hrana Report on Arrests Against Citizens and Media
MARCH 23, 2026MaldivesDEATH PENALTYMALDIVES: DEATH PENALTY IMPLEMENTATION BILL IN FINAL STAGES
President of the Maldives Dr Mohamed Muizzu said on March 23, 2026 that enforcing the death penalty is necessary to ensure justice
MARCH 23, 2026United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Mentally Ill Prisoners and the Death Penalty
DPIC Report
MARCH 22, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Parnian Khodabakhshi held in limbo nearly four weeks after arrest
University student
MARCH 22, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 57 Nobel Laureates Endorse the National Council of Resistance of Iran
MARCH 22, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hrana Report on 23rd day of war
More Than 15% of the Total Fatalities Are Minors
MARCH 21, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Melika Azizi could be executed shortly
18-year-old girl arrested in January during protests
MARCH 21, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hrana Report on 22nd day of war
More Than 50% of the Strikes Target Tehran
MARCH 20, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hengaw Report on 21st day of war
5,900 killed, including 595 civilians
MARCH 20, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hrana Report on 21st day of war
New Year begins with 640 strikes
- MARCH 20, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 140 arrested for sending images to foreign media and espionage
- MARCH 20, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - At Least 36 arrested for contacts with foreign media.
MARCH 19, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hrana Report on 20th day of war
The Fire of War Reaches the Caspian Sea
MARCH 19, 2026JapanDEATH PENALTYJAPAN: COURT RULES KYOANI KILLER'S WITHDRAWAL OF DEATH SENTENCE APPEAL WAS VALID
The Osaka High Court ruled on March 17, 2026 that a defendant's withdrawal of his appeal against a death sentence in the Kyoto Animation arson-murder case is valid.
MARCH 19, 2026TanzaniaDEATH PENALTYTANZANIA: WOMAN HAS SENTENCE QUASHED AFTER OVER A DECADE ON DEATH ROW
A woman with severe intellectual disabilities in Tanzania has had her conviction and death sentence quashed after spending more than a decade in prison awaiting execution.
MARCH 19, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - National Liberation Army of Iran (NLA)
The failure of appeasement
MARCH 19, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hrana Report on human rights violations in Hijri year 1404
MARCH 19, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 20th consecutive day of internet blackout
Global community must act to prevent crimes in darkness
MARCH 19, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 3 Protesters Hanged in Qom on March 19
Saleh Mohammadi, Mehdi Ghasemi, and Saeed Davoudi
MARCH 19, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Exclusive Report on Political Prisoners on Death Row