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MARCH 5, 2026AfghanistanDEATH PENALTYAFGHANISTAN: TALIBAN PUBLICLY FLOG 18 PEOPLE IN KABUL AND BAMYAN
Taliban authorities publicly flogged 18 people in Kabul and Bamyan provinces in early March 2026, Kabul Now reported on March 3, 2026.
MARCH 5, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Sanandaj and Marivan detention centres hit
Detainees escaped with guards' weapons
MARCH 5, 2026OhioDEATH PENALTYUSA - Ohio. Derrick Jamison wrongfully imprisoned in 1985 murder case, judge rules
Can now seek compensation from the state
MARCH 4, 2026NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: PASTOR TO DIE BY HANGING FOR KILLING A’IBOM LANDLORD
The Resident Pastor of Living Faith Church Chapel, Ifa Ikot Ubo –Ifa Ikot Okpon Branch, Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, Emmanuel Umoh, has been sentenced to death by hanging, Punch reported on February 21, 2026.
MARCH 4, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hengaw Report on 6th day of war
At least 2,400 killed, including 310 civilians
MARCH 4, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hrana Report on 5th day of war
Expansion of Areas Affected by Military Strikes
MARCH 4, 2026United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Deterrence and the Death Penalty
DPIC Report
MARCH 3, 2026FloridaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Florida. Billy Leon Kearse, 53, Black, was executed on March 3
MARCH 3, 2026ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: FORMER HAIKOU PARTY CHIEF GETS DEATH SENTENCE WITH REPRIEVE
Luo Zengbin, former Party chief of Haikou, the capital city of South China's Hainan province, was sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve by a court in the province on February 28, 2026 for taking bribes worth hundreds of millions of yuan.
MARCH 3, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hrana Report on 4th day of war
Strikes Continue in Western Regions of the Country
MARCH 3, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Human Rights Violations Under Ali Khamenei (1)
MARCH 2, 2026BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: HUSBAND SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR WIFE’S MURDER IN BHATARA
A Dhaka court on February 25, 2026 sentenced Jibon Hossain Mukul to death for the murder of his wife, Fahima Begum, in the capital’s Bhatara area 13 years ago.
MARCH 2, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hrana Report on the 3rd Day of war
Rising Casualties and Intensified Strikes in Tehran and Western Provinces
MARCH 2, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hengaw Report on 3rd day of war
At least 1,500 killed, including 200 civilians
MARCH 2, 2026United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Constitutional protection for prisoners
Trump, Biden, federal commutees and a judge
MARCH 2, 2026AlabamaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Alabama. Michael Sockwell, on death row since 1990, to get new trial
MARCH 2, 2026United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Federal prosecutors in Luigi Mangione case won’t appeal ruling barring death penalty
- MARCH 1, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mohammad Nourani Gargari executed in Ardabil on March 1
MARCH 1, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hrana Report on the 2nd Day of the War
Rising Civilian Casualties
- FEBRUARY 28, 2026MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDERING EX-GIRLFRIEND' S THREE-YEAR OLD SON
The Klang High Court on February 27, 2026 sentenced S. Davandrakumar, 33, to death by hanging after finding him guilty of murdering his ex-girlfriend’s three-year-old son in 2021.
FEBRUARY 28, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Missile hits girls' primary school in Minab
FEBRUARY 28, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hrana Report: The First Day of the U.S.–Israel and Iran War
Initial Report on the Scope of Attacks and Their Human Consequences
- FEBRUARY 27, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Shot in the Heart: the Killing of 18-Year-Old Arian Nabati
FEBRUARY 27, 2026PennsylvaniaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Pennsylvania. Wayne A. Smith gets resentencing
FEBRUARY 27, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 7 men executed in late January and early February 2026
Hatem Shamshiri, Fariborz Ezzati, Saeed Fazeli, Asghar Fathi, Erfan Salehi, Amir Rouhi, Ardeshir Molaei
- FEBRUARY 26, 2026ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINESE COURTS CONCLUDE TRIALS OF TWO CRIMINAL GANGS FROM NORTHERN MYANMAR, 16 SENTENCED TO DEATH
Chinese courts have concluded the trials of two major criminal groups based in northern Myanmar involved in telecom and online fraud, the Supreme People's Court said on February 26, 2026.
- FEBRUARY 26, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 4 men executed in the past days
Hassan Khalili, Naqi Feyzi, Behnam Jahani, Mostafa Bahari
- FEBRUARY 26, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 4 men executed on February 26
Reza Azarang, Ahmad Ali Jamshidi, Naser Mazloom, + 1
FEBRUARY 26, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Victim Accounts: 16-Year-Old Amir Ali Ghanbarzadeh Shot Dead Minutes After Joining Protest
FEBRUARY 26, 2026United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Guantanamo. Government Still Building Case for U.S.S. Cole Trial 25 Years After Attack