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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
AUGUST 5, 2026UgandaDEATH PENALTYUGANDA: TWO SENTENCED TO DEATH, SEVEN JAILED FOR LIFE OVER SUSAN MAGARA MURDER
AUGUST 2, 2026IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: DEATH SENTENCE ISSUED OVER KILLING OF BASRA ANTI-CRIME OFFICER
AUGUST 2, 2026SudanDEATH PENALTYSUDAN: SIX POLICE OFFICERS SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER DETAINEE’S TORTURE DEATH
AUGUST 2, 2026EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT EXECUTES CONVICTED KILLER OF COPTIC ORTHODOX PRIEST
JULY 31, 2026MalaysiaDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA: EX-MILITARY DOCTOR FAILS IN BID TO REVIEW CONVICTION FOR KEVIN MORAIS’S MURDER
JULY 31, 2026Sri LankaDEATH PENALTYSRI LANKA: TWO EX OFFICIALS SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER 2019 EASTER BOMBINGS
- JULY 31, 2026Sri LankaDEATH PENALTY
SRI LANKA: TWO EX-OFFICIALS SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER 2019 EASTER BOMBINGS
JULY 30, 2026NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: BRIDE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING HUSBAND NINE DAYS AFTER WEDDING IN KANO
JULY 29, 2026BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: DRIVER SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING WOMAN IN DHAKA’S BADDA
JULY 28, 2026Myanmar (Burma)DEATH PENALTYMYANMAR APPROVES DEATH SENTENCE FOR CYBERSCAM OFFENCES
JULY 27, 2026Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: FIVE ETHIOPIAN MIGRANTS EXECUTED
- JULY 23, 2026IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR SEXUAL ASSAULT, MURDER OF 7-YEAR-OLD BOY IN UP
- JULY 22, 2026SyriaDEATH PENALTY
SYRIA’S PROSECUTION SEEKS DEATH PENALTY FOR WASSIM AL-ASSAD
- JULY 21, 2026BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: MAN GETS DEATH SENTENCE 9 YEARS AFTER KILLING WIFE
- JULY 21, 2026IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: SUPREME COURT SETS ASIDE DEATH PENALTY IN 1996 SAMLETI BUS BLAST CASE, ORDERS FRESH TRIAL
JULY 17, 2026BangladeshDEATH PENALTYCHINESE EMBASSY IN BANGLADESH WARNS CITIZENS BUYING BRIDES RISK DEATH PENALTY
JULY 12, 2026SUDAN COURT SENTENCES RSF LEADER HEMETTI TO DEATH OVER WEST DARFUR KILLINGS
- JULY 12, 2026SudanDEATH PENALTY
SUDAN COURT SENTENCES RSF LEADER HEMETTI TO DEATH OVER WEST DARFUR KILLINGS
- JULY 12, 2026North KoreaDEATH PENALTY
NORTH KOREA: MILITARY OFFICER EXECUTED FOR STEALING RESERVE GRAIN
- JULY 11, 2026South AfricaDEATH PENALTY
SOUTH AFRICA: CALLS TO RESTORE DEATH PENALTY WOULD RETURN SA TO ‘BARBARISM’
- JULY 9, 2026NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA: LAGOS MAN GETS DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDER OVER WOMAN DISPUTE
- JULY 8, 2026United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UAE: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING OF MOTHER AND TWO DAUGHTERS IN RAS AL KHAIMAH
JULY 7, 2026IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: GUJARAT HIGH COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE FOR 38 ACCUSED AND LIFE TERM FOR 11 PERSONS IN 2008 AHMEDABAD SERIAL BLAST CASE
JULY 6, 2026ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINESE COURT HANDS FORMER LOCAL OFFICIAL RARE DEATH SENTENCE IN $324 MILLION GRAFT CASE
JULY 2, 2026IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: DEATH SENTENCE AGAINST THE ‘ANFAL EXECUTIONER’ AL-TIKRITI UPHELD
JULY 2, 2026PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: TWO GET DEATH SENTENCE FOR ‘BLASPHEMOUS’ FACEBOOK POST IN SAHIWAL
- JULY 2, 2026CambodiaDEATH PENALTY
CAMBODIA MOVES TO PERMANENTLY BLOCK DEATH PENALTY REVIVAL THROUGH UN TREATY RATIFICATION
- JULY 2, 2026BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: WOMAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING HUSBAND, DISMEMBERING BODY
- JUNE 28, 2026Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA: THREE SOMALI NATIONALS EXECUTED FOR HASHISH SMUGGLING
MAY 6, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hadi Alipour executed in Shiraz on May 6