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2026
The news published by Hands Off Cain in 2026, month by month, with the countries most present that year.
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Latest news of 2026
MARCH 2, 2026BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: HUSBAND SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR WIFE’S MURDER IN BHATARA
A Dhaka court on February 25, 2026 sentenced Jibon Hossain Mukul to death for the murder of his wife, Fahima Begum, in the capital’s Bhatara area 13 years ago.
MARCH 2, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hrana Report on the 3rd Day of war
Rising Casualties and Intensified Strikes in Tehran and Western Provinces
MARCH 2, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hengaw Report on 3rd day of war
At least 1,500 killed, including 200 civilians
MARCH 2, 2026United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Constitutional protection for prisoners
Trump, Biden, federal commutees and a judge
MARCH 2, 2026AlabamaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Alabama. Michael Sockwell, on death row since 1990, to get new trial
MARCH 2, 2026United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Federal prosecutors in Luigi Mangione case won’t appeal ruling barring death penalty
MARCH 1, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hrana Report on the 2nd Day of the War
Rising Civilian Casualties
MARCH 1, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mohammad Nourani Gargari executed in Ardabil on March 1
FEBRUARY 28, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Missile hits girls' primary school in Minab
FEBRUARY 28, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hrana Report: The First Day of the U.S.–Israel and Iran War
Initial Report on the Scope of Attacks and Their Human Consequences
FEBRUARY 28, 2026MalaysiaDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDERING EX-GIRLFRIEND' S THREE-YEAR OLD SON
The Klang High Court on February 27, 2026 sentenced S. Davandrakumar, 33, to death by hanging after finding him guilty of murdering his ex-girlfriend’s three-year-old son in 2021.
FEBRUARY 27, 2026PennsylvaniaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Pennsylvania. Wayne A. Smith gets resentencing
FEBRUARY 27, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 7 men executed in late January and early February 2026
Hatem Shamshiri, Fariborz Ezzati, Saeed Fazeli, Asghar Fathi, Erfan Salehi, Amir Rouhi, Ardeshir Molaei
FEBRUARY 27, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Shot in the Heart: the Killing of 18-Year-Old Arian Nabati
- FEBRUARY 26, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 4 men executed in the past days
Hassan Khalili, Naqi Feyzi, Behnam Jahani, Mostafa Bahari
- FEBRUARY 26, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 4 men executed on February 26
Reza Azarang, Ahmad Ali Jamshidi, Naser Mazloom, + 1
FEBRUARY 26, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Victim Accounts: 16-Year-Old Amir Ali Ghanbarzadeh Shot Dead Minutes After Joining Protest
FEBRUARY 26, 2026United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Guantanamo. Government Still Building Case for U.S.S. Cole Trial 25 Years After Attack
FEBRUARY 26, 2026ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINESE COURTS CONCLUDE TRIALS OF TWO CRIMINAL GANGS FROM NORTHERN MYANMAR, 16 SENTENCED TO DEATH
Chinese courts have concluded the trials of two major criminal groups based in northern Myanmar involved in telecom and online fraud, the Supreme People's Court said on February 26, 2026.
FEBRUARY 25, 2026BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: 2 TO DIE FOR COLLEGE STUDENT MURDER IN CAPITAL
A Dhaka court on February 22, 2026 sentenced two men to death for the planned murder of Tejgaon College student Ikram Hossain Mollah, 22, in the capital’s Khilkhet area.
- FEBRUARY 25, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Execution of At Least Twelve People on February 25
Kianoush Monavari, Ghader Mohammadi, Nariman Zangeneh, Ali Asghar Oladi, … Shateri, Mostafa Kamali, Aysan Rostami, Jahan Azadi, Farshid Ghasemi, Taher Yousefi, Hamid Tajik, Adel Fereshteh
FEBRUARY 25, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Victim accounts: Keyvan Amiri, Bullet Wound and Stab Injury
FEBRUARY 24, 2026FloridaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Florida. Melvin Trotter, 65, Black, was executed on February 24
FEBRUARY 24, 2026LebanonDEATH PENALTYLEBANON: HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE APPROVES DRAFT TO ABOLISH DEATH PENALTY
Lebanon’s human rights committee has approved a draft to abolish the death penalty.
FEBRUARY 24, 2026AfghanistanDEATH PENALTYAFGHANISTAN: UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT SAYS APPEASEMENT OF THE TALIBAN HAS FAILED
Annalena Baerbock, President of the United Nations General Assembly, described attempts to appease the Taliban as unsuccessful in the face of the most severe human rights violations
FEBRUARY 24, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN -Two Kurdish political prisoners, Mohammad Faraji and Raouf Sheikh Maroufi, sentenced to death
Arrested during the Woman, Life, Freedom (Jin, Jiyan, Azadi) protests
FEBRUARY 24, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - The 109th Week of the “No to Execution Tuesdays” Campaign
FEBRUARY 24, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Seven minors arrested in five cities
Mohammadreza Asadi, Mohammad Javad Zeinivand, Mohammad Piri, Ali Zeinivandi, Masih Inalouei, Diana Taherabadi, Taha Ali Mirzaei
- FEBRUARY 23, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Nationwide Protests: Mohammad Abbasi Sentenced to Death, His Daughter to 25 Years in Prison
FEBRUARY 23, 2026IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: ALLEGED ISIS DETAINEES TRANSFERRED FROM SYRIA AT RISK OF ABUSE
The United States transferred 5,700 detainees held for alleged ISIS affiliation from Northeast Syria to Iraq, where they are at risk of enforced disappearance, unfair trials, torture, ill-treatment, and violations of the right to life, Human Rights Watch