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JANUARY 22, 2025BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: THREE TO BE HANGED FOR 2013 MURDER IN SAVAR
A court in Dhaka sentenced three people to death on January 16, 2025 for the murder of a man in Savar about 12 years ago over previous enmity.
JANUARY 22, 2025IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: 5 MEN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR RAPE-MURDER OF CHHATTISGARH GIRL
A fast-track court in Korba district of Chhattisgarh has sentenced five men to death for gang-raping and killing a 16-year-old girl and murdering her two family members in 2021.
JANUARY 22, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Unidentified man executed in Saveh on January 22
JANUARY 22, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Lawyer of Pakhshan Azizi: Execution Temporarily Halted
JANUARY 22, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ahmad Sasouli executed in Yazd on January 22
- JANUARY 22, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Omid Besharatlou and Javad Jaberi executed in Karaj (Ghezel Hesar) on January 22
JANUARY 22, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Four prisoners executed in Yazd on January 22
Ahmad Sasouli + 3 Unk
- JANUARY 22, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Naser Zandipour and Nader Minaeifar executed in Yazd on January 22
JANUARY 22, 2025United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Trump suggests state death penalty for those commuted by Biden. Is that possible?
"Highly unlikely", legal experts say
- JANUARY 21, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - “No to Executions Tuesdays” Campaign Marks Its 1st Anniversary
- JANUARY 21, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Karim Faridi executed in Zanjan on January 21
JANUARY 21, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Online Conference on the “No to Execution Tuesdays” Campaign
With the participation of Hands off Cain
JANUARY 21, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hojat Shahriari executed in Borazjan on January 21
JANUARY 21, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Sardar Mohammad executed in Bandar Abbas on January 21
JANUARY 21, 2025OklahomaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Supreme Court Makes Historic Decision
Rules in Favor of Woman on Death Row, Confirming Admission of Prejudicial, Gendered Evidence Can Violate Due Process Rights
- JANUARY 21, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Saeed Diani executed in Isfahan on January 21
JANUARY 21, 2025Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI EXECUTES MAN CONVICTED OF TERRORISM
The Saudi Ministry of Interior announced in a statement on January 18, 2025 that a citizen had been executed following his conviction on terrorism charges.
JANUARY 20, 2025ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: TWO MEN EXECUTED FOR COMMITTING DEADLY ‘REVENGE ON SOCIETY CRIMES’
China has executed two men who committed deadly attacks that killed dozens in November, raising concerns about a surge in what are called “revenge on society crimes”, state media reported.
- JANUARY 20, 2025United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Khalid Shaikh Mohammed Agrees to Use of Disputed Confession for Life Sentence
Accused 9/11 Mastermind
JANUARY 20, 2025United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Among First-Day Executive Orders, Trump Issues Order on the Death Penalty
JANUARY 20, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Online conference in support of the #NoToExecutionTuesdays campaign
JANUARY 20, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Gholamreza Seyed Mohammadkhani and Aref Azizi executed in Mashhad on January 20
JANUARY 19, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Court sentences pop star Tataloo to death for blasphemy
- JANUARY 19, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Abbas Mohammadi executed in Arak on January 19
- JANUARY 19, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Bahram Valipour and Hossein Farhadi executed in Gorgan on January 19
JANUARY 18, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mass Executions Behind The Elimination of Iranian Judges
Ali Razini and Mohammad Moghise
- JANUARY 18, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Two Iranian supreme court judges shot dead
Ali Razini and Mohammad Moghisseh
JANUARY 18, 2025United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - A third man, Iouri Mikhel, rejects Biden's pardon
JANUARY 17, 2025United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Biden grants clemency to 2490 convicted of non-violent drug offences
JANUARY 17, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Saman Yasin arrives in Germany
Iranian-Kurdish rapper once on death row