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APRIL 20, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Sara Shahbazi arrested 45 days ago
Held in legal limbo
APRIL 20, 2026FloridaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Florida. Jury recommends death for Johnny Calhoun
APRIL 20, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - IRGC arrests At least 127 People
APRIL 20, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - At Least 3,646 Arrested Since Start of War
Arrests Continue Following Ceasefire
APRIL 20, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Family Still Searches for Hamid Hossein-Nejad Heidranlou Burial Site
One Year After Execution
APRIL 20, 2026Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA - 2,000 Executions Under King Salman in 16 years
The country has a population of around 35 million.
APRIL 20, 2026CaliforniaDEATH PENALTYUSA - California. Supreme Court Reverses Jeffery Lee Hronis’ Death Sentence
APRIL 20, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Nasrin Sotoudeh Remains in Intelligence Detention
APRIL 20, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mohammad Masoum Shahi and Hamed Validi Hanged
Political Prisoners belonging to the People’s Mojahedin
- APRIL 20, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Police Commander Announces Arrest of At Least 1,800 People
- APRIL 20, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Why Every PMOI Execution Signifies the Collapse of Regime’s Strategy to Erase the Iranian Resistance
APRIL 19, 2026IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: 11 ISIS MEMBERS SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR PLOTTING ATTACKS ON STATE
Iraq's Central Criminal Court sentenced 11 members of an ISIS cell to death on April 7, 2026 for plotting attacks on state institutions.
APRIL 18, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Critical health conditions of Narges Mohammadi
And other political prisoners
APRIL 17, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 3 Kurds killed in a drone strike by IRGC
Neda Miri, Samira Allahyari, Shahin Azarbarzin
- APRIL 17, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 22 People Arrested for “Connections with Foreign Media”
- APRIL 17, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 7 Citizens Arrested for “Connections with Foreign Media and Disturbing Public Opinion”
APRIL 17, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Raouf Sheikh Ahmadi and Mohammad Faraji Sentenced to Death
Kurdish Protesters
- APRIL 16, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Forced Televised Confessions in 2025
- APRIL 16, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN A Citizen Arrested in Marvdasht for Selling VPNs
To hide Internet adresses
APRIL 16, 2026AfghanistanDEATH PENALTYAFGHANISTAN: UN EXPERTS URGE TALIBAN TO REVOKE DECREE ON COURT RULES
A group of United Nations human rights experts has called on the Taliban to rescind a sweeping decree governing criminal court procedures, warning that it could further erode fundamental rights and legal protections in Afghanistan.
APRIL 16, 2026IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: SUPREME COURT STAYS THREE DEATH SENTENCES, ORDERS FULL MITIGATION INQUIRY
A three-judge bench of the Indian Supreme Court on 13 April 2026, stayed a death sentence awarded to three convicts in a case from Dakshina Kannada.
APRIL 16, 2026OhioDEATH PENALTYUSA - Ohio. Charles Maxwell’s Death Sentence overturned
Under State’s Serious Mental Illness Law
APRIL 16, 2026United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Death Sentences for 18-20 Year-Olds at 20-Year Low
APRIL 16, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Suspicious Death in Custody of Protester Abbas Yavari
APRIL 16, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Manouchehr Vafaei and Navid Naghdi at Imminent Risk of Execution
- APRIL 16, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 2 people arrested for “contact with foreign media”
APRIL 16, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Woman arrested for contacts with foreign media
Accused of espionage
APRIL 16, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 19-year-old protester Saghar Gholami held in legal limbo
APRIL 16, 2026United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Texas. 2 Magicians Warn the U.S. Supreme Court About Junk Science
Penn & Teller
APRIL 16, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 3 Protesters Sentenced to Death
Majid Nasiri, Shahab Dadkhah + 1