Archive timeline
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
JANUARY 27, 2026IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: PATNA HIGH COURT INVOKES 'MAHABHARAT' TO CONFIRM DEATH SENTENCE IN TRIPLE MURDER CASE
The Patna High Court recently upheld the conviction and death sentence awarded to two accused persons for the murder of three people in connection with a land dispute, Live Law reported on January 26, 2026.
JANUARY 27, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mehrdad Yaghoubi-Mehr killed in Tehran on 8 January
JANUARY 27, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 9 people executed on January 27
Karim Enhesari, Mehran Akhbari, Mehdi Balali, Abbas Karami, Ghobad Fathi, Mojtaba Azizi, Sanjar Dolat-Rashid, Khodakaram Moradi, and Rajabali Nourzad
JANUARY 27, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Abolfazl Beig Mohammadi and Javad Haghighat Hanged in Zanjan on January 27
JANUARY 27, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hrana Report on 31st day of protests: 6,221 confirmed deaths, 17,091 under investigation
JANUARY 27, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 105th week of the ‘No to Execution Tuesdays’ campaign
JANUARY 26, 2026BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: EX-DMP CHIEF, TWO OTHERS SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER CHANKHARPUL KILLINGS
The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) on January 26, 2026 sentenced former Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) commissioner Habibur Rahman and two others to death for crimes against humanity over the killing of six people
JANUARY 26, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - At least 150 Women Transferred to Shiraz Prison
Arrested in the nationwide protests
JANUARY 26, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Doctor Ameneh Soleimani Arrested for Treating Protesters
- JANUARY 26, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 10 men executed on January 26
JANUARY 26, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hrana Report on 30th day of protests: 6,126 confirmed deaths, 17,091 under investigation
JANUARY 26, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIIRAN - Shehla Kakaei shot dead during protests, husband commits suicide
JANUARY 25, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - IHR Report: Hundreds killed during protests in Rasht
JANUARY 25, 2026ArizonaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Arizona.Series of Botched Lethal Injections Highlights Debate Over Execution Methods
JANUARY 25, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hrana Report on 29th day of protests: 5,848 confirmed deaths, 17,091 still under investigation
Total arrests have reached 41,283
JANUARY 25, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Names of 78 women killed in January 2026 Uprising
- JANUARY 25, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 21 men executed in various prisons
Between January 8 and 25
JANUARY 25, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Leila Judaki Hanged in Qom on January 25
5th woman executed in Iran in January 2026
JANUARY 25, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Crackdown on Health Personnel
For Treating Injured Protesters
JANUARY 25, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hrana Report on 28th day of protests: 5,459 confirmed fatalities, 17,031 deaths currently under investigation
JANUARY 24, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hengaw Special Report: protest crackdown amounts to crimes against humanity
At least 3,000 civilians and protesters were killed. Hengaw estimates that approximately 500 members of government security forces were also killed
JANUARY 24, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Identities of 14 more individuals killed in Gilan and Mazandaran confirmed
- JANUARY 24, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Amanch Karavanchi and Arsalan Sheikhi executed in Ghezel-Hesar on January 24
Kurdish prisoners of conscience
JANUARY 24, 2026AfghanistanDEATH PENALTYUN EXPERTS PUSH FOR CODIFYING TALIBAN GENDER DISCRIMINATION AS CRIME AGAINST HUMANITY
A group of United Nations experts on January 19, 2026 called on member states to recognize “gender apartheid” as a crime against humanity in a proposed international treaty
JANUARY 23, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hrana Report on 27th day of protests: 5,137 confirmed deaths, 12,904 still under investigation
JANUARY 23, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - “Bullet Fees”
The regime demands large fees from families to release the bodies of the victims
JANUARY 23, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Identities of 12 Kurdish killed in Kermanshah
Nazanin Zahra Salehi, Mohammad Matin Bagheri, Farhad Nazari Gorajouei, Hassan Nouri, Hamidreza Yousefi, Pedram Argha, Farhad Cheraghi, Sayad Faramarzi, Behrouz Narimanimehr, Amirali Abbasifar, Gholamhossein Ahadi, Alireza Eftekhari
JANUARY 23, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Identities of 11 killed in Markazi Province
Ahmad Hashemi, Matin Moshtaghi, Iman Behdari, Saeed Taqvaei, Abolfazl Beikmohammadi, Mohammadreza Najafi, Jaber Salehi, Hassan Ghaderi, Mohammad Ranjbar, Mohammad Soltanifar, Behnam Kashani
JANUARY 23, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Identities of 2 killed in Ilam
Milad Sademiri, Mehdi Ghanbari
JANUARY 23, 2026TexasDEATH PENALTYUSA - Texas. Death Penalty for Cody Pritchard