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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
- MARCH 30, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Hrana Report on 31st day of war
Humanitarian Concerns Amid Hundreds of Strikes
- MARCH 30, 2026MaldivesDEATH PENALTY
ABOLISH DEATH PENALTY FOR APOSTASY, HUMANISTS TELLS THE MALDIVES AT UN
At the 61st session of the UN Human Rights Council, Humanists UK called on the Maldivian government to protect the rights of non-religious people.
- MARCH 30, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Report on the Arrest of 857 Citizens for War-Related Reasons
MARCH 30, 2026NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: KANO COURT SENTENCES TWO MEN TO DEATH FOR MURDER DURING ROBBERY
A High Court in Kano on March 3, 2026 sentenced two men to death by hanging for killing a newly married man during a robbery.
MARCH 30, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mahsa Sotoudeh arrested for unknown reasons
A Baha’i adherent
MARCH 30, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Executions of Political Prisoners Ali Akbar Daneshvarkar and Mohammad Taghavi Sangdehi
Accused of involvement in the January Protests and being members of the People’s Mojahedin Organisation of Iran
- MARCH 29, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Five Kurds arrested for alleged use of Starlink
Kourosh Zahrabi, Bakhtiar Tavousi, Mohammad Sharifi, Afshin Najmi and Kianoush Adelpour
- MARCH 29, 2026ChinaDEATH PENALTY
FORMER CHAIRMAN OF CHINA AVIATION CONGLOMERATE HANDED DEATH SENTENCE WITH REPRIEVE
Tan Ruisong, former board chairman of Aviation Industry Corporation of China, Ltd., was on March 25, 2026 sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve for graft.
MARCH 29, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hrana Report on 30th day of war
70 Percent of Strikes Concentrated on Tehran
MARCH 29, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Alireza Jafari, aged 11, was killed ‘on duty’ at a checkpoint by a drone
- MARCH 28, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Hrana Report on 29th day of war
Strikes on Hundreds of Targets in Residential Areas
MARCH 28, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hengaw Report on 28th day of war
6,900 killed, including 720 civilians
- MARCH 27, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Recruitment of children as young as 12 during war
MARCH 27, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hrana Report on 28th day of war
Strikes on Industrial Units and Infrastructure
MARCH 27, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Report on the arrest of 16 people
- MARCH 27, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Report on the Arrest of 113 Citizens
- MARCH 27, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Report on the arrest of dozens of citizens
MARCH 27, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Kianoush Adelpour arrested
For possessing a Starlink device
- MARCH 26, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Hrana Report on 27th day of war
Renewed Escalation in Strikes
MARCH 26, 2026PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: LHC ACQUITS TWO DEATH ROW CONVICTS IN DOUBLE MURDER CASE
The Lahore High Court (LHC) on March 25, 2026 acquitted two men who had been sentenced to death in a double murder case, allowing their appeals against the conviction and ordering their immediate release
MARCH 26, 2026FloridaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Florida. James Aren Duckett’s execution has been suspended
Scheduled for 31 March
MARCH 26, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - On the arrest of Christian convert Mohammad Nikbakht
MARCH 26, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hengaw Report on 1700 arrests during war
MARCH 26, 2026PennsylvaniaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Pennsylvania. Supreme Court Overturns Mandatory Life-Without-Parole for 2nd Degree Murder
- MARCH 25, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Hrana Report on 26th day of war
Explosions Reach Razavi Khorasan Province
MARCH 25, 2026IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: HC COMMUTES DEATH PENALTY IN LUDHIANA RAPE-MURDER CASE
The Punjab and Haryana High Court commuted the death sentence of a 28-year-old man convicted of raping and murdering a 4-year-7-month-old child in Ludhiana, the Tribune reported on March 20, 2026.
- MARCH 25, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - At Least 43 Arrested in Various Cities
MARCH 25, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 17-year-old Bahareh Golchin held incommunicado
- MARCH 24, 2026Council of EuropeDEATH PENALTY
Council of Europe - Training course for lawyers and legal professionals on death penalty
- MARCH 24, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 113th Week of the “No to Execution Tuesdays” Campaign