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
- 900
Latest news of 2026
SEPTEMBER 28, 2026DEATH PENALTYUSA - Utah. Douglas Stewart Carter released
After 41 years on death row
SEPTEMBER 28, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mehrdad Sheikhi executed in Isfahan on September 28
SEPTEMBER 28, 2026BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBangladesh: man sentenced to death for killing wife in Kishoreganj
SEPTEMBER 28, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - A woman, Mahrokh (Roghayeh) Mirzaei, executed in Isfahan on September 28
SEPTEMBER 28, 2026DEATH PENALTYUSA - Virginia. Justin Michael Wolfe has been released
In 2002 Wolfe had been sentenced to death
SEPTEMBER 28, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Shahin Babayi hanged in Tabriz on September 28
SEPTEMBER 28, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mehdi Ahangari executed in Malayer on September 28
SEPTEMBER 27, 2026SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSomalia: former soldier sentenced to death for killing a civilian
SEPTEMBER 27, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 3 men hanged in Zanjan on September 27
Fateh Shafiei, Hassan Mehdipour, Aref Darousti
SEPTEMBER 26, 2026DEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mozhdeh Hashemi Bazargani’s death sentence upheld
SEPTEMBER 26, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - A woman, Mahboubeh Shabani, sentenced to death
A 'protester'
SEPTEMBER 25, 2026PhilippinesDEATH PENALTYPhilippines: once sentenced to death in indonesia, Mary Jane Veloso receives pardon
SEPTEMBER 24, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 3 men executed in Dezful, Isfahan and Ahvaz
Emad Mirdoraghi, Mostafa Karimzadeh, and Seyed Sadegh Mousavi
SEPTEMBER 24, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mohammad Naderi sentenced to Death
For espionage
SEPTEMBER 24, 2026DEATH PENALTYUSA - Utah. DNA evidence doesn’t match Douglas Stewart Carter
Carter spent 41 years on death row
SEPTEMBER 24, 2026IndiaDEATH PENALTYIndia: Death sentence commuted to life imprisonment without possibility of remission
SEPTEMBER 23, 2026United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Texas. Ker’Sean Ramey, 41, Black, executed on September 23
SEPTEMBER 23, 2026IRAN - Tourat Mohammadi executed in Karaj on September 23
For espionage
SEPTEMBER 22, 2026KenyaDEATH PENALTYKenya: two sentenced to death for robbery with violence
SEPTEMBER 22, 2026ThailandDEATH PENALTYThailand: court hands ‘Am Cyanide’ third death sentence
SEPTEMBER 22, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 4 men executed in Ahvaz e Tabriz
Hossein Ghazlavi, Karim Majdam, Jalil Salamat, and Eskandar Heydarzadeh
SEPTEMBER 22, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Abdoljalil Bazrkaran executed in Ahvaz on September 22
SEPTEMBER 21, 2026BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBangladesh: 3 sentenced to death for Tangail UP chairman murder
SEPTEMBER 21, 2026IraqDEATH PENALTYIraq: French Daesh suspects to stand trial
SEPTEMBER 21, 2026LibyaDEATH PENALTYLibya: dozens executed, many more at imminent risk
SEPTEMBER 20, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hadi Hassanlu hanged in Shiraz on September 20
SEPTEMBER 19, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hossein Pedaran executed for espionage
15th Execution for Espionage in 2026
SEPTEMBER 18, 2026BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBangladesh: two years on, fugitive death-row convict arrested in Chattogram
SEPTEMBER 18, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Amir Mohammad Mojallal Choubari sentenced to death
A 'protester'
SEPTEMBER 17, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Strikes on the fourth anniversary of Mahsa Amini’s killing