Archive timeline
2026
The news published by Hands Off Cain in 2026, month by month, with the countries most present that year.
The year in data
- News items in the archive
- 900
Latest news of 2026
JANUARY 6, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Protests: Hengaw confirms at least 27 deaths in ten days
More than 1,500 arrests
JANUARY 6, 2026United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - 2025 Was Not a Good Year for Clemency in Capital Cases
JANUARY 6, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hrana: 2,063 people executed in Iran in 2025
JANUARY 6, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Amir Hamzeh Palangi executed in Kerman on January 6
JANUARY 6, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Report on the 10th Day of Protests: 36 Dead in 285 Demonstrations
- JANUARY 5, 2026United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Florida. Nonunanimous death penalty verdicts upheld by Supreme Court
JANUARY 5, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Karim Asgari and Tayebeh Hekmat executed in Zanjan on January 5
Hekmat is the first woman executed in 2026
JANUARY 5, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Report on the 9th Day of Protests
More Than 1,200 Protesters Arrested, 29 killed
JANUARY 5, 2026United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Florida. Marcelle Waldon, 42, Black, sentenced to death
JANUARY 5, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ali-Bakhsh Khanmohammadi executed in Bukan on January 5
- JANUARY 5, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Rostam Hariri executed in Semnan on January 5
- JANUARY 5, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Amirreza Sarlak executed in Doroud on January 5
JANUARY 4, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Khosro Alishahi executed in Qom on January 4
- JANUARY 4, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 16 men executed on January 4
JANUARY 4, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hengaw: at least 17 people killed during the first week of protests
JANUARY 4, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Report on the 8th Day of Protests
Demonstrations in 222 Locations, at least 19 victims
JANUARY 3, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Report on the 7th Day of Protests
582 arrested, and at least 15 lost their lives
JANUARY 3, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Arrest of 81 Teenagers in Yasuj and 200 Citizens in Qom During Protests
- JANUARY 3, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 3 men executed in Tabriz on January 3
Ebrahim Bazvand, Arman Masjedi, Hashem Memari
JANUARY 3, 2026PakistanDEATH 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 3, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 3 men executed in Shiraz on January 3
Khalil Rahmani, Fahim Rasoulzadeh, Asghar Shahi
JANUARY 2, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 77 new arrests
JANUARY 2, 2026United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Contradictions in the war on drugs
On the (drone) killings of drug couriers
JANUARY 2, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Report on the Sixth Day of Protests
Violence by Security Forces and an Increase in the Arrest of Protesters
JANUARY 2, 2026TanzaniaDEATH PENALTYTANZANIA - Europe brings the LGBTQ+ agenda to Africa
By Elisabetta Grassia
JANUARY 2, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Report on 5th Day of Protests
Expansion of Gatherings and Violence
JANUARY 1, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Names of 29 arrested protesters
Including 7 women
- JANUARY 1, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 3 men executed on January 1
Mola Morad Ghobadi, Hossein Morad Zamani, Khodayar Mirzazadeh
JANUARY 1, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Report on 4th Day of Protests
Expansion of Gatherings and Intensification of the Security Atmosphere
JANUARY 1, 2026United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Oklahoma. Why Is Richard Glossip Still in Jail?