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IRAN - Peyman Sheikhi hanged in the prison of Raja’i Shahr on January 27.

03 February 2020 :

According to Iran HRM, a prisoner, identified as Peyman Sheikhi, was hanged in the prison of Raja’i Shahr on January 27. The man was charged with murder.

 
(Source: Iran HRM)

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IRAN - European Parliament adopts resolution condemning Iran

16 February 2026

Almost unanimously

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IRAN - Mohammadshah Rashidi and Ali Davtalab executed at Gezel Hesar on February 10

16 February 2026  Read everything

IRAN - Hengaw Report on 330 victims

16 February 2026  Read everything

IRAN - Hrana Report on Day 50 of the Protests: 7,015 confirmed fatalities, 11,744 under review

16 February 2026  Read everything

USA - DPIC Report on “Women and the Death Penalty”

16 February 2026  Read everything

USA - Alabama. Governor signed HB 41

16 February 2026

Sexual crimes against children eligible for execution

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Urgent actions

URGENT APPEAL BY HANDS OFF CAIN TO AVOID THE ERASING EVIDENCE OF 1980S EXECUTIONS BY DESTROYING BEHESHT-E-ZAHRA SECTION 41 IN IRAN

25 August 2025  Read everything
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Giuseppe di Federico

Documents

  •  USA - Idaho. House committee passes death penalty for sex crimes on minors
  •  IRAN - Salman Aghaei executed in Shiraz on October 22
  •   CO-SPONSOR OF RESOLUTION PRO MORATORIUM
  •   VOTE ON A RESOLUTION ON A MORATORIUM ON EXECUTIONS APPROVED BY THE UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY IN 2022
  •   UN RESOLUTION 2022
  •  USA - Alabama. Corrections officials apparently botched Joe Nathan James' execution last month
  •   GOVERNING BODIES
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Hands off Cain is an international league of citizens and parliamentarians for the abolition of the death penalty in the world. It is a non-profit, non-violent, transnational and trans-national Partito Radicale founded in Brussels in 1993 and recognized in 2005 by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs as a development co-operation NGO.