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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- 1,007
Latest news of 2026
JANUARY 28, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 24 people, including two women, executed between October 12 to January 20
Hanif Lavardi,Azim Roshan, Nourkhoda Karambeigi, Bahador Pishvazi, Bakhsh Ali, Mohammad Moshkini, Ardeshir Borjian, Shiroodeh Gerayi (W), Rouhoddin Shamohammadi, Pejman Noorzadeh, Hojat Samiei, Pouria Valizadeh, Siavash Rashidpour, Khalil Jalilpour, Navid
JANUARY 28, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hrana Report on 32nd day of protests: 6,373 confirmed fatalities, 17,091 under review
JANUARY 28, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 12 killed in Esfarayen
- JANUARY 28, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 11 people executed on January 28
JANUARY 28, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hashem Abbasi executed in Ahar on January 28
JANUARY 28, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 6 men executed in Rasht between 7 to 18 January
Mehran Shokat, Mousa Rahbar, Taher Yazdani, Ali Zadakbari, Mansour Asghari + 1
JANUARY 28, 2026TexasDEATH PENALTYUSA - Texas. Charles Thompson, 55, White, was executed on January 28
JANUARY 28, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Identities of 163 Kurdish killed in protests
JANUARY 28, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hamidreza Sabet Esmaeilpour executed on January 28
On charges of “espionage for Israel”
- JANUARY 28, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 28 more executions between 24 and 28 January
318 executions in the first 4 weeks of January
JANUARY 28, 2026IndianaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Indiana. House rejects firing squad (HB 1119)
JANUARY 28, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Kaveh Hosseinzadeh executed in Yazd on January 28
JANUARY 28, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 5 men executed in Shiraz on January 28
Seifeddin Mehraban, Namegh Kasravi, Saeed Amjadi, Rahim Mirzazadeh, Ebrahim Abbasi
JANUARY 28, 2026BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: 5 TO DIE FOR MURDER OF GOPALGANJ TRANSPORT UNION LEADER BASU
A Dhaka court on January 28, 2026 sentenced five people to death for the 2016 murder of Saidur Rahman Basu, a former president of the Gopalganj Motor Workers Union.
- JANUARY 28, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Amir Rouhi and Amir Hossein Tavakoli Zanyani executed on January 28
- JANUARY 27, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Taher Malekshahi, a 12-year-old boy, lost one eye
After being intentionally shot in the face
JANUARY 27, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hengaw's special report on the massacre at Rasht Bazaar.
JANUARY 27, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Dr. Alireza Golchini arrested for treating injured protesters
Charged with “waging war against God”
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 PENALTY
IRAN - 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 PENALTY
IRAN - 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