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OCTOBER 15, 2024IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: ALLAHABAD HC COMMUTES DEATH PENALTY OF FATHER, SON IN 19-YEAR-OLD DOUBLE MURDER CASE
The Allahabad high court on September 27, 2024 commuted the death sentence of a father-son duo, convicted in a 2005 double murder case, to life imprisonment.
OCTOBER 15, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Naser Mohammadi executed in Urmia on October 15
OCTOBER 15, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Vali Heshmatpour executed in Shirvan on October 15
OCTOBER 15, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Amir Soleimani executed in Urmia on October 15
OCTOBER 14, 2024IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: HUMAN RIGHTS ORGANIZATION BLAMES PRESIDENT RASHID FOR MASS EXECUTIONS, CITING ‘HORRIFIC’ PRACTICES
The human rights organization "AFAD" on October 12, 2024 issued a statement, condemning mass executions by Iraqi authorities, including elderly inmates and some carried out in "horrific" ways, holding President Abdul Latif Rashid responsible.
OCTOBER 14, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Younes Akhtar Samar was executed in Jiroft on October 14
OCTOBER 14, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Alireza Kheshavehpour executed in Mashhad on October 14
OCTOBER 14, 2024PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: 6,161 PRISONERS ON DEATH ROW
A total of 6,161 Pakistani prisoners were on death row in 2024 (Statistics updated on 30th Sep, 2024), an increase from last year’s 6,039, according to a report by Justice Project Pakistan (JPP).
OCTOBER 13, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ammar Asiyan executed in Kerman on October 13
A former police officer
OCTOBER 13, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Reza Mirzabeigi executed in Torbat-e Heydarieh on October 13
OCTOBER 13, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 6 men executed in Shiraz on October 13
Farhad Salimi, Ali Shirvani, Ezzat Heidari, Kazem Saadipour, Reza Namdari, and Hossein Heidari
OCTOBER 13, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Abdolghafour Shahoozahi + Unk executed in Birjand on October 13
OCTOBER 13, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ali Najari and Ali Asghar Kujavari (Kojuvari) executed in Tabriz on October 13
OCTOBER 12, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mostafa Karami executed in Sari on October 12
OCTOBER 12, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Sharifeh Mohammadi's death sentence overeturned
Kurdish activist
OCTOBER 11, 2024CaliforniaDEATH PENALTYUSA - California. Susan Eubanks taken off death row
OCTOBER 11, 2024United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Trump insists on the death penalty for drug dealers
As suggested to him by Chinese leader Xi Jinping
OCTOBER 11, 2024SpainDEATH PENALTYITALY - Interview with professor Gemma Varona
On Restorative Justice
OCTOBER 10, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Global Campaign to End Executions in Iran Gains Support from 1,500 Dignitaries Across 78 Countries
OCTOBER 10, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Asad Farhang executed in Urmia on October 10
OCTOBER 10, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 2 men executed in Orumiyeh (Urmia) on October 10
Borhan Ansari + Unk
OCTOBER 10, 2024United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - A new documentary, “Rebel Nun,” tells the story of Sister Helen Prejan
40 years against the death penalty
OCTOBER 10, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Iran executed at least 138 Kurdish prisoners over past Islamic year
Between 10 October 2023 and 9 October 2024
OCTOBER 10, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ali Maroufkhani executed in Qazvin on October 10
OCTOBER 10, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ali Maroufkhani and Hamed Jafari executed in Qazvin on October 10
OCTOBER 10, 2024MalaysiaDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA COMMUTES DEATH SENTENCE OF NAJIB’S FORMER BODYGUARD
Malaysia has commuted the death sentence of an ex-police guard of former premier Najib Razak, after the Southeast Asian country changed its law on capital punishment.
OCTOBER 10, 2024Trinidad & TobagoDEATH PENALTYCARIBBEAN CHURCH APPEALS FOR MORATORIUM ON DEATH PENALTY
Leela Ramdeen, consultant with the Catholic Commission for Social Justice (CCSJ) in Trinidad & Tobago writes: The World Day against the Death Penalty will be observed on Thursday October 10. The 2024 Theme is: The Death Penalty protects no one. Abolish it
- OCTOBER 9, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 6 more executions in Karaj (Ghezel Hesar) on October 9
OCTOBER 9, 2024Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: FILIPINO EXECUTED OVER MURDER, DFA SAYS
A Filipino was executed in Saudi Arabia over the murder of a Saudi national, the Department of Foreign Affairs said on October 8, 2024.
OCTOBER 9, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 3 men executed in Karaj on October 9
Majid Afrouz, Mohammad Mashmool, and Ebrahim Sedigh