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APRIL 15, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Woman Arrested for sending videos to foreign media
APRIL 15, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 6 people arrested for sending videos top foreign media
Including 2 women
APRIL 15, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Report on the Arrest of Mohammad-Parsa Golchin
Olympiad Gold Medal–Winning Literature Student
- APRIL 14, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Ehsan Hosseinipour Faces death sentence
A protester
APRIL 14, 2026Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: ALI AL-SUBAITI AND HIS UNCLE MUSTAFA AL-SUBAITI EXECUTED IN NINTH POLITICAL EXECUTION THIS YEAR
Saudi authorities executed Ali bin Hassan Al-Subaiti and his uncle Mustafa bin Saleh Al-Subaiti on April 9, 2026, in the Eastern Province, after convicting them on alleged “terrorism” charges, marking the ninth political execution since the beginning of t
APRIL 14, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Teachers’ Union Activist Mohammad-Ali Zahmatkesh Arrested
APRIL 14, 2026MalaysiaDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA: DEATH PENALTY NOT NEEDED FOR DRINK DRIVING CASES, SAYS TRANSPORT MINISTER
Malaysia’s Transport minister Loke Siew Fook on April 13, 2026 shut the door on the possibility of introducing the death penalty under the Road Transport Act for cases linked to driving under the influence, despite calls from certain quarters to do so.
- APRIL 14, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 50 people arrested in Tehran
For posting images of the war on social media
APRIL 14, 2026KentuckyDEATH PENALTYUSA - Kentucky. Lawmakers override Beshear’s veto of death penalty bill SB 251
APRIL 14, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ghazal Mawlan killed in a drone strike by IRGC
- APRIL 14, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 2 arrested for contact with foreign media
APRIL 14, 2026United NationsDEATH PENALTYGLOBAL - The Death Penalty for Drug Offences: Global Overview 2025
Report from Harm Reduction International
- APRIL 14, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 8 people arrested by IRGC
‘Contacts with foreign media’
- APRIL 14, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 7 Foreign Nationals Arrested by IRGC
For having entered Iran illegally during the war
- APRIL 13, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Zeinab Shafizadeh Arrested
APRIL 13, 2026TanzaniaDEATH PENALTYTANZANIA: COURT OF APPEAL UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE FOR CARPENTER IN LOVER’S MURDER CASE
The Court of Appeal in Arusha, Tanzania, on April 10, 2026, dismissed the appeal of Alex Julius, upholding the death sentence previously handed down by the High Court.
APRIL 13, 2026Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: SEVEN PEOPLE EXECUTED IN A DAY
Saudi authorities executed seven people who had been convicted of drug trafficking in a single day, state media said on April 12, 2026.
APRIL 13, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Foreword to the 2025 Annual Report on the Death Penalty in Iran
By Nasrin Sotoudeh
- APRIL 13, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 10 People Arrested for Using Starlink
APRIL 13, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 2025 Annual Report on the Death Penalty in Iran
At least 1,639 people executed
APRIL 13, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Thousands of people arrested in Iran for “contacts with foreign media”
The West seems concerned only with its own “freedom of expression”, not that of the Iranian people
APRIL 13, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ali Siahani and Omran Siahani Killed by IRGC
Two Teenagers
- APRIL 13, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 60 Security Cases Opened, for Espionage Charges
APRIL 13, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 4 protesters sentenced to death
Mohammadreza Majidi-Asl, Bita Hemmati, Behrouz Zamaninejad, and Kourosh Zamaninejad
APRIL 12, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Peyvand and Borna Naeimi Under Torture to Confess to False Charges
Baha’i protesters
APRIL 12, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Eyewitness Accounts: Direct Fire and Mass Arrests in Khuzestan
Arab militias in support of government forces
APRIL 11, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hold the Perpetrators of Political Executions Accountable
Allah-Karam Azizi and Ghasem Sahraee
APRIL 10, 2026FloridaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Florida. Shelby Nealy sentenced to death
Following the jury's recommendation
APRIL 10, 2026NebraskaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Nebraska. Jason Jones sentenced to death
APRIL 10, 2026TanzaniaDEATH PENALTYTANZANIA - Tundu Lissu, 1 year in prison