Archive timeline
2026
The news published by Hands Off Cain in 2026, month by month, with the countries most present that year.
The twelve months
Latest news of 2026
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 11, 2026United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Federal Judge Blocks Transfer of Former Federally Death-Sentenced Prisoners to Supermax Prison
FEBRUARY 11, 2026Sri LankaDEATH PENALTYSRI 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 10, 2026IraqDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ 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 PENALTY
IRAN - 107th Week of the “No to Execution Tuesdays” Campaign
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 PENALTYIRAN - 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 PENALTYIRAN - 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 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
- 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 PENALTYIRAN - 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 PENALTY
IRAN - 9 men executed
- FEBRUARY 8, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Alarm over systematic sexual torture and summary courts against protesters
- FEBRUARY 8, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Firouz Mohammadi Executed in Khorramabad on February 8
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