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FEBRUARY 18, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 56th Week of the “No to Execution Tuesdays” Campaign
FEBRUARY 17, 2025NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: COURT SENTENCES MAN TO DEATH BY HANGING IN RIVERS
The High Court of Rivers State sitting in Port Harcourt has convicted and sentenced Mr. Eze Kingsley to death by hanging, for the murder of Wagbara David, The Sun reported on February 12, 2025.
FEBRUARY 17, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hossein Aliyari and Sadegh Nezakat executed in Qazvin and Neyshabur
On February 16 and 17
FEBRUARY 17, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 6 men executed in Isfahan on February 17
Ezzat Hosseini Doraki, Ali Es-haqi, Mohammad Shamseddin Arbab, Majid Baluch, Heydar Babaei and Burhan Wasim-Zehi
FEBRUARY 17, 2025KenyaDEATH PENALTYICJ KENYA WELCOMES PARLIAMENTARY REVIEW OF DEATH PENALTY AS CRUCIAL
The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) Kenya has praised the formation of a Parliamentary Task Force to review the country’s death penalty laws, calling it a crucial step in justice reform, Capitalfm website reported on February 13, 2025.
FEBRUARY 16, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Milad Farahmandijou executed in Behbahan on February 16
FEBRUARY 16, 2025United KingdomDEATH PENALTYIRAN - British couple arrested in Iran identified
Craig and Lindsay Foreman
FEBRUARY 16, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Saeed Jokar executed in Shiraz on February 16
FEBRUARY 16, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hengaw’s Statistical Report: 909 Executions in Iran in 2024
FEBRUARY 16, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hadi Farahani executed in Arak on February 16
FEBRUARY 16, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Bahram Almasi executed in Tabriz on February 16
FEBRUARY 16, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Pejman Bahramian hanged in Kermanshah in February
FEBRUARY 15, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ali Kord executed in Ramhormoz on February 15
FEBRUARY 15, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Abbas Bameri executed in Birjand on February 15
FEBRUARY 15, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mohammad Raei executed on February 15 in Birjand
FEBRUARY 14, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Milad Attar executed in Dezful on February 12
FEBRUARY 13, 2025FloridaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Florida. James Ford, 64, White, was executed
FEBRUARY 13, 2025IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: FIVE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR GANG RAPE AND MURDER
A court in India has sentenced five men to death for the gang rape and murder of a teenager as well as the killing of her father and toddler-aged niece
FEBRUARY 13, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Sharifeh Mohammadi sentenced to death again
FEBRUARY 13, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Younes Kheyrallahpour executed in Aligudarz on February 13
FEBRUARY 13, 2025OhioDEATH PENALTYUSA - Ohio. Gov DeWine issues 3 death penalty reprieves
Rescheduling executions to 2028
FEBRUARY 13, 2025TexasDEATH PENALTYUSA - Texas. Richard Tabler, 46, White, was executed
FEBRUARY 13, 2025FloridaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Florida. In four days Florida passed a package of laws against undocumented immigrants
Including the death penalty for various crimes, not just murder.
FEBRUARY 13, 2025United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - ‘Warden, I am ready’: documentary on the death penalty as seen from the point of view of a victim's son
FEBRUARY 13, 2025United KingdomDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Two British citizens, a man and a woman, arrested on vague charges.
Yet another episode of ‘hostage taking’ by the Iranian regime.
FEBRUARY 13, 2025FranceDEATH PENALTYREPATRIATED FRENCHMAN'S INDONESIA DEATH SENTENCE COMMUTED TO 30 YEARS IN PRISON
A Frenchman reprieved after 18 years on death row in Indonesia on drug offenses will have to serve 30 years in jail after being repatriated last week, a French court ruled February 12, 2025.
FEBRUARY 12, 2025NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: NAFDAC PROPOSES DEATH PENALTY FOR DEALERS OF HARMFUL DRUGS
The Director-General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, has proposed the introduction of the death penalty for drug peddlers
FEBRUARY 12, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mehdi Shabakhsh Pirsorani and Tayeb Javadi executed in Isfahan on February 12
FEBRUARY 12, 2025PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: CHRISTIAN BROTHERS ACQUITTED OF BLASPHEMY
A court in Pakistan on January 25, 2025 acquitted Christian twin brothers of a false blasphemy accusation as the prosecution failed to prove charges against them, their attorney said.
FEBRUARY 12, 2025TexasDEATH PENALTYUSA - Texas. Nuns on Texas death row
Sisters of Mary Morning Star