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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
JANUARY 6, 2026DEATH PENALTYUSA - 2025 Was Not a Good Year for Clemency in Capital Cases
JANUARY 6, 2026DEATH PENALTYIRAN - Abdollah Dashti executed in Behbahan on January 6
- JANUARY 5, 2026DEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Report on the 9th Day of Protests
More Than 1,200 Protesters Arrested, 29 killed
- JANUARY 5, 2026DEATH PENALTY
USA - Florida. Nonunanimous death penalty verdicts upheld by Supreme Court
- JANUARY 5, 2026DEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Amirreza Sarlak executed in Doroud on January 5
- JANUARY 5, 2026DEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Rostam Hariri executed in Semnan on January 5
JANUARY 5, 2026DEATH PENALTYUSA - Florida. Marcelle Waldon, 42, Black, sentenced to death
JANUARY 5, 2026DEATH PENALTYIRAN - Karim Asgari and Tayebeh Hekmat executed in Zanjan on January 5
Hekmat is the first woman executed in 2026
- JANUARY 5, 2026DEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Ali-Bakhsh Khanmohammadi executed in Bukan on January 5
- JANUARY 4, 2026DEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Report on the 8th Day of Protests
Demonstrations in 222 Locations, at least 19 victims
JANUARY 4, 2026DEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hengaw: at least 17 people killed during the first week of protests
- JANUARY 4, 2026DEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 16 men executed on January 4
JANUARY 4, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Khosro Alishahi executed in Qom on January 4
- JANUARY 3, 2026DEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Report on the 7th Day of Protests
582 arrested, and at least 15 lost their lives
- JANUARY 3, 2026DEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 3 men executed in Tabriz on January 3
Ebrahim Bazvand, Arman Masjedi, Hashem Memari
JANUARY 3, 2026DEATH PENALTYIRAN - Arrest of 81 Teenagers in Yasuj and 200 Citizens in Qom During Protests
- JANUARY 3, 2026DEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 3 men executed in Shiraz on January 3
Khalil Rahmani, Fahim Rasoulzadeh, Asghar Shahi
JANUARY 3, 2026DEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: TWO BROTHERS SENTENCED TO DEATH IN DOUBLE MURDER CASE
The District and Sessions Court Jacobabad on January 3, 2026 sentenced two brothers to death in a double murder case.
- JANUARY 2, 2026DEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Report on 5th Day of Protests
Expansion of Gatherings and Violence
- JANUARY 2, 2026DEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Report on the Sixth Day of Protests
Violence by Security Forces and an Increase in the Arrest of Protesters
- JANUARY 2, 2026DEATH PENALTY
TANZANIA - Europe brings the LGBTQ+ agenda to Africa
By Elisabetta Grassia
- JANUARY 2, 2026DEATH PENALTY
USA - Contradictions in the war on drugs
On the (drone) killings of drug couriers
JANUARY 2, 2026DEATH PENALTYIRAN - 77 new arrests
- JANUARY 1, 2026DEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 3 men executed on January 1
Mola Morad Ghobadi, Hossein Morad Zamani, Khodayar Mirzazadeh
JANUARY 1, 2026DEATH PENALTYIRAN - Report on 4th Day of Protests
Expansion of Gatherings and Intensification of the Security Atmosphere
JANUARY 1, 2026DEATH PENALTYIRAN - Names of 29 arrested protesters
Including 7 women
JANUARY 1, 2026DEATH PENALTYUSA - Oklahoma. Why Is Richard Glossip Still in Jail?