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FEBRUARY 9, 2025TanzaniaDEATH PENALTYAFRICAN COURT ORDERS TANZANIA TO END MANDATORY DEATH PENALTY
The African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights has ruled against Tanzania’s mandatory imposition of the death penalty, calling it a violation of fundamental human rights.
FEBRUARY 8, 2025Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: TWO CITIZENS EXECUTED ON 'TERRORISM' CHARGES
Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Interior announced on February 5, 2025 that two citizens had been executed after being convicted of “betraying the nation and supporting terrorism.”
FEBRUARY 8, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ali Rezaei executed in Zanjan on February 8
FEBRUARY 8, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - On February 8, a woman who partially undressed on a street in Tehran was arrested
The arrest of three other individuals in connection with the incident
FEBRUARY 7, 2025North CarolinaDEATH PENALTYUSA - North Carolina. Hasson Bacote's death sentence overturned ‘on racial grounds’
Other cases may follow
FEBRUARY 7, 2025United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Sept. 11 Plea Deal Includes Gag Order on C.I.A. Torture Secrets
FEBRUARY 6, 2025IdahoDEATH PENALTYUSA - Idaho. House widely passes bill to make firing squad main execution method
The House approved HB 37 on a 58-11 vote
FEBRUARY 6, 2025AlabamaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Alabama. Demetrius Frazier, 52, Black, was executed
By nitrogen hypoxia
FEBRUARY 6, 2025NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: FIVE SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER 'WITCHCRAFT' MURDER
Five men have been sentenced to death by hanging in Nigeria's Kano state for the 2023 murder of a woman they accused of witchcraft, BBC News reported on February 4, 2025.
FEBRUARY 6, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Kurdish political prisoner Pakhshan Azizi is at imminent risk of execution
After her appeal was rejected by the Supreme Court
FEBRUARY 6, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - A woman, Mahtab Ghazizadeh, executed in Sari on February 6
265 women have been executed in Iran since 2007
FEBRUARY 6, 2025IndonesiaDEATH PENALTYFRENCHMAN ATLAOUI RETURNS TO PARIS AFTER REPRIEVE FROM DEATH ROW IN INDONESIA
A Frenchman reprieved after 18 years on death row in Indonesia for alleged drug offences landed back in France on February 5, 2025, an airport source said.