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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
FEBRUARY 3, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 15 people executed on February 3
FEBRUARY 3, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Medical Staff Testimonies on Killing of Protesters in Hospitals
IHR Calls for an Independent WHO Investigation
FEBRUARY 3, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 339 executions in January
FEBRUARY 3, 2026AlabamaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Alabama. Bill extending death penalty to child sexual assault (HB 41) passes Senate committee
FEBRUARY 3, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hrana Report on 38° day of protests: 6,872 confirmed deaths, 11,280 under investigation
FEBRUARY 3, 2026JapanDEATH PENALTYJAPAN: DEATH ROW INMATE WHO BURIED 2 MEN ALIVE IN 2006 FOUND DEAD IN CELL
A death row inmate convicted of killing two people by burying them alive in Okayama Prefecture in western Japan in 2006, died on January 31, 2026, the Justice Ministry said, with suicide being suspected.
FEBRUARY 3, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 2 men executed in Gorgan on February 3
Naser Shahmoradi, Ahmad Borhani
FEBRUARY 3, 2026FranceDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIAN COURT ACQUITS FRENCH MAN FACING POSSIBLE DEATH PENALTY ON DRUG CHARGES
A French national facing a possible death penalty in Malaysia on eight drug-related charges was acquitted on February 3, 2026, freeing him after nearly two and a half years in detention.
FEBRUARY 2, 2026AfghanistanDEATH PENALTYAFGHANISTAN: TALIBAN LEADER AUTHORISES KILLING OF 11 CATEGORIES OF PEOPLE UNDER NEW PENAL CODE
Taliban supreme leader Hibatullah Akhundzada has authorised the killing of 11 categories of people under a newly endorsed Taliban penal code
FEBRUARY 2, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - IHR Report: Death of Sina Ashgbousi, 16
- FEBRUARY 2, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 8 men executed in Qaemshahr from October 2025 to January 2026
Shahab Karami, Nemat Mehraban, Yousef Eini, Azim Nourzad, Noushad Alipour, Meysam Rafiei, Jaber Mohammadi, Shahrouz Hosseini
FEBRUARY 2, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - The killing of Fatemeh Nasiri and Zahra Jafari
FEBRUARY 2, 2026AlabamaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Alabama. Victim’s Daughter and Juror Oppose Execution of Charles Burton
- FEBRUARY 2, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 10 men hanged on February 2
FEBRUARY 2, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hrana Report on 37th day of protests: 6,854 confirmed deaths, 11,280 under investigation
FEBRUARY 2, 2026ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA EXECUTES FOUR MORE MYANMAR MAFIA MEMBERS
China has executed four members of the Bai family mafia, one of the notorious dynasties that ran scam centres in Myanmar, authorities said on February 2, 2026.
- FEBRUARY 2, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 7 men executed in Lahijan from October to December of 2025
Ghorban Rashidi, Kourosh Zamani, Kianoush Rostami, Payam Nouri, Omid Hatami, Samir Ajamloo, Iman Nejati
FEBRUARY 1, 2026BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: 3 SENTENCED TO DEATH IN NASHIT MURDER CASE
Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal in Feni on January 29, 2026 sentenced three persons to death for murder of 10-year-old boy Ahnaf Al Main alias Nashit and hiding his body.
FEBRUARY 1, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hrana Report on the 36th day of protests: 6,842 confirmed deaths, 11,280 under review
Government Releases List of Names and State TV Insults Those Killed
FEBRUARY 1, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Iran releases names of 2,986 killed in unrest
- FEBRUARY 1, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 11 people executed on February 1
Shahriar Farahani, Manoochehr Mehrabi, Nasser Hosseini, Behrouz Hazrati, Fardin Kalami, Mohammadali Moridan, Amin Nasiri, Sajjad Dousti, Peyman Shiri, Hekmat Daryaei, Mostafa Minavand
JANUARY 31, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hrana Report on 35th day of protests (b): 6,713 confirmed deaths, 17,091 under review
Pressure on Medical Staff and Lawyers, Continued Arrests
JANUARY 31, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 11 lawyers arrested
- JANUARY 31, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 11 men executed on January 31
JANUARY 31, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 1 woman 2 men executed in Isfahan on January 31
Mahnaz Roshani (W), Mehrdad Siahi, Aref Hashemi
JANUARY 30, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hrana Report on 34th day of protests: 6,563 confirmed deaths, 17,091 under review
JANUARY 30, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 14 Lors killed during protests
In Nurabad between January 8 and 10, 2026
JANUARY 30, 2026United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Luigi Mangione won’t face most serious federal charges, judge rules
JANUARY 30, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Nima Abbasi, a transgender man, killed during protests
JANUARY 30, 2026MissouriDEATH PENALTYUSA - Missouri. Kenneth Lee Simpson sentenced to death