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
- 1,035
Latest news of 2026
OCTOBER 6, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mohsen Babaeian Sentenced to Death
A ‘protester’
- OCTOBER 6, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Barzou Rezaei Sentenced to Death
A ‘protester’
OCTOBER 6, 2026DEATH PENALTYUSA - Military. Nidal Hasan to face firing squad on December 3
It will be the 1st U.S. military execution in more than 60 years
OCTOBER 6, 2026South KoreaDEATH PENALTYSouth Korea: more than half of citizens support keeping death penalty on books
OCTOBER 6, 2026BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBangladesh: three sentenced to death for killing garment worker after mugging
OCTOBER 5, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Alireza Sepahi and Alireza Raisi executed in Isfahan on October 5
2 ‘protesters’
OCTOBER 5, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Naser Parvaneh executed in Shirvan on October 5
OCTOBER 4, 2026Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSaudi Arabia: Sri Lankan delegation to seek appeal in Anojan death sentence case
OCTOBER 4, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mahmoud Alishahi and Samad Hojatpour executed in Shiraz on October 4
OCTOBER 3, 2026LibyaDEATH PENALTYLibya: five sentenced to death over pregabalin smuggling
OCTOBER 3, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mostafa Sharifi executed in Urmia on October 3, 2026
OCTOBER 3, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - ‘Protester’ Siavash Jamshidi-Kheirabadi Hanged on October 3
OCTOBER 2, 2026DEATH PENALTYUSA - Tennessee. Update on Christa Pike’s condition
The woman likely suffered severe brain damage due to the delay in deciding to suspend the execution and begin resuscitation efforts
- OCTOBER 2, 2026DEATH PENALTY
USA - Trump orders execution for Nidal Hasan
Military execution
- OCTOBER 1, 2026DEATH PENALTY
USA - Tennessee. Christa Pike survives lethal injection
She was taken to hospital; there are no updates on her condition
- OCTOBER 1, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mehdi Nami Sentenced to Death
A ‘protester’
- OCTOBER 1, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 3 'protesters' Sentenced to Death
Khosrow Mohammadiniya, Masoud Tushmalani, and Sirvan Shabani
OCTOBER 1, 2026AlgeriaDEATH PENALTYAlgeria: death penalty bill for forest arsonists clears lower house
SEPTEMBER 30, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Abbas Amir Gheshlaghi executed in Arak on September 30
SEPTEMBER 30, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ali Alizehi and Abdolhamid Shiehaki Executed in Kerman on September 30, 2026
SEPTEMBER 30, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ali Hemmati Sistani and Majid Nikandish executed in Mashhad on September 30
Two ‘protesters’
- SEPTEMBER 30, 2026DEATH PENALTY
USA - Tennessee. Execution of Christa Pike halted just over an hour before it was due to happen
- SEPTEMBER 30, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 5 unidentified men executed at Ghezel-Hesar on September 30
- SEPTEMBER 30, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Ayoub Mohammad Nabil sentenced to death
SEPTEMBER 30, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Abbas Amir-Ghashlaghi hanged in Arak on September 30
- SEPTEMBER 30, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Jahangir Mahmoudi hanged in Rafsanjan on September 30
- SEPTEMBER 30, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Rasoul Karimi executed in Ghezel-Hesar on September 30
- SEPTEMBER 30, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Hosseinali Baranzehi executed in Gorgan on September 30
- SEPTEMBER 30, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Shahram Fazlollah Tabar executed in Sari on September 30
SEPTEMBER 30, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ashraf Faraji and Shahram Fazlollah-Tabar executed in Sari on September 30