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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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- News items in the archive
- 1,016
Latest news of 2026
OCTOBER 13, 2026Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSaudi Arabia: Supreme Court Overturns Death Sentence For Sri Lankan Worker Over Facebook Comment
OCTOBER 13, 2026DEATH PENALTYUSA - Florida. James Robertson, 63, White, executed on October 13
OCTOBER 13, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 4 men executed in Tabriz on January October 13
OCTOBER 13, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Death Sentence of Amirhassan Akbari-Monfared Upheld
A political prisoner
OCTOBER 13, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Abolhassan Ranjbar executed in Minab on October 13
OCTOBER 13, 2026United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Tennessee. Emergency help for Christa Pike was delayed by confusion
OCTOBER 13, 2026IndonesiaDEATH PENALTYIndonesia: 639 prisoners on death row as of April 2026
OCTOBER 13, 2026United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Florida. Otto Lenke, 66, White, sentenced to death
OCTOBER 12, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Omar Derastaran Hanged in Zahedan on October 12
OCTOBER 12, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Amin Khajeh-Nezami and Habibollah Ghanbarzehi Farjad executed in Kerman on October 12
OCTOBER 12, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mehdi Mirzaei Executed in Hamedan on October 12
OCTOBER 12, 2026DEATH PENALTYUSA - Military. Military chaplain says Catholic soldiers should not serve on firing squad
Archbishop Timothy Broglio
OCTOBER 12, 2026United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Tennessee. Executions delayed 1 year
OCTOBER 12, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Masoud Khodayari and Behnam Mozaffarzadeh executed in Rasht on October 12
- OCTOBER 11, 2026DEATH PENALTY
USA - Tennessee. After Christa Pike’s botched execution, what is its future?
OCTOBER 11, 2026IndiaDEATH PENALTYIndia: Madras high court commutes death sentence to life imprisonment
- OCTOBER 11, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Ayoub Mohammad Nabil executed in Rasht on October 11
OCTOBER 11, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Danial Jahanian executed in Bandarabbas on October 11
A man wrongfully convicted of murder
- OCTOBER 11, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Manouchehr Nazari and Faramarz Akbarpour executed in Gorgan on October 11
- OCTOBER 11, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Sajad Roustayi Hanged in Shiraz on October 11
- OCTOBER 10, 2026DEATH PENALTY
USA - Tennessee. Christa Pike out of hospital and back in prison
- OCTOBER 9, 2026DEATH PENALTY
USA - Hegseth Wants to Stream the Execution of Nidal Hasan
But it is not certain that the execution will take place
OCTOBER 9, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hengaw report: 106 death sentences against protesters, 35 already executed
OCTOBER 9, 2026IndiaDEATH PENALTYIndia: Supreme Court questions 'forgiving' approach to death penalty
- OCTOBER 9, 2026DEATH PENALTY
USA - Tennessee. When Could Christa Pike Face a 2nd Execution or Be Spared?
Death Penalty Expert Weighs In
OCTOBER 8, 2026TaiwanDEATH PENALTYTaiwan: Hualien man sentenced to death over murder, sexual assault of teacher
OCTOBER 8, 2026DEATH PENALTYUSA - Florida. William Thompson spared from execution
OCTOBER 8, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - European Parliament Calls on Iran to Revoke Death Sentences of Two Women Protesters
Taraneh Rahimi and Leila Abolhasani
OCTOBER 7, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Abbas Anjamrooz executed in Jiroft on October 7
OCTOBER 7, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ayoub Mohammad Nabil sentenced to death
On espionage charge