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APRIL 16, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Afshin Bagh-Shirin executed in Urmia on April 16
APRIL 16, 2024LouisianaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Louisiana. Louisiana might remove nitrogen gas as an execution option
Senate Bill 430 passes Justice Committee
- APRIL 15, 2024IraqDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ: 6 DRUG DEALERS SENTENCED TO DEATH
An Iraqi court on April 14, 2024 issued death sentences to six drug dealers, including three foreigners.
- APRIL 15, 2024Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
DRC: DEATH PENALTY FOR AN ARMY SERGEANT-MAJOR AFTER THE MURDER OF A PREGNANT WOMAN IN GOMA
A soldier from the army, Sergeant Major Serugo Buhera, on April 6, 2024 was sentenced to death for shooting and killing a pregnant woman, at the end of a summary trial at the military garrison tribunal of Goma, in the North Kivu province.
APRIL 15, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 5 unidentified men executed in Mashhad on April 15
After the traditional slowdown during Ramadan, executions in Iran have resumed at full speed
- APRIL 14, 2024NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA: FIVE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDERING RIVERS VIGILANTE COMMANDER
A Rivers State High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, on March 18, 2024, convicted and sentenced five people to death by hanging for the murder of Umezuruike Alex, the commander of a local vigilante codenamed OSPAC (Onelga Security Peace and Advisory Commit
- APRIL 14, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Arsalan Hashemi executed in Hamedan on April 14
- APRIL 13, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Abuzar Salem executed in Isfahan on April 13
APRIL 12, 2024TexasDEATH PENALTYUSA - Texas. Judge Nelson Recommends Melissa Lucio’s Conviction Be Overturned
- APRIL 11, 2024TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. One step forward for Melissa Lucio
The highly controversial case of a woman on death row
APRIL 11, 2024PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING UNCLE
A Bajaur court on April 5, 2024 convicted a man of killing his uncle and awarded him death sentence and a fine of Rs1 million.
APRIL 11, 2024VietnamDEATH PENALTYVIETNAM SENTENCES REAL ESTATE TYCOON TRUONG MY LAN TO DEATH IN ITS LARGEST-EVER FRAUD CASE
Real estate tycoon Truong My Lan was sentenced on April 11, 2024 to death by a court in Ho Chi Minh City in southern Vietnam in the country’s largest financial fraud case ever.
APRIL 11, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Esmaeil Hosniani and Marjan Hajizadeh executed in Zanjan on April 11
Husband and 19 year old wife
- APRIL 10, 2024DEATH PENALTY
ECPM PETITION: TOGETHER, LET’S SAY NO TO THE EXECUTIONS OF PEOPLE SENTENCED TO DEATH IN THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO!
Ensemble Contre la Peine de Mort addresses a petition to the President of the Republic and Head of State of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Felix Tshisékedi not to allow the resumption of capital executions
APRIL 10, 2024CaliforniaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Caligornioa. NGOs fight ‘racially discriminatory’ death penalty in California Supreme Court
APRIL 10, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 82 Rights Groups: UNODC Must Stop Complicity in Drug Executions in Iran
Hands off Cain amongst the signatories
APRIL 10, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hadi Mirgozar executed on April 10 at unspecified prison
- APRIL 9, 2024OhioDEATH PENALTY
USA - Ohio. Jewish leaders opposing use of gas in executions
Ohio House Bill 392
APRIL 9, 2024MissouriDEATH PENALTYUSA - Missouri. Brian Dorsey, 52, White, was executed
5th prisoner executed in the U.S. this year
APRIL 9, 2024IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH IN PUNE FOR SEXUALLY ASSAULTING A MINOR GIRL AND KILLING HER
Additional Sessions Judge and District Judge BP Kshirsagar sentenced Tejas Mahipati Dalvi to death for the rape, kidnapping, and murder of a minor.
APRIL 9, 2024EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: SEVEN DEATH SENTENCES CONFIRMED IN THE HELWAN BRIGADE CASE
Egypt’s highest court on January 24, 2024 confirmed the death sentences against seven individuals, in the so-called “Helwan Brigade” counter-terrorism case.
APRIL 9, 2024TennesseeDEATH PENALTYUSA - Tennessee. Senate advances death penalty for child rape
SB 1834
APRIL 8, 2024SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: POLICE OFFICERS SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
Two police officers on April 4, 2024 were sentenced to death in Somalia by a military court.
APRIL 8, 2024Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: FATHER PARDONS SON’S KILLER DAYS BEFORE EXECUTION
Saudi citizen Ati Al Maliki in Mecca has granted a pardon to the killer of his son Abdullah, just days before the scheduled execution set for April 17, without seeking any compensation in return, Gulf News reported on April 7, 2024.
APRIL 7, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Alireza Marzban executed in Shiraz on April 7
- APRIL 5, 2024AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Alabama. Derrick Dearman Asks to Be Executed
APRIL 5, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Kurdistan Human Rights Network’s Annual Report
For the Iranian year 1402 (21 March 2023 – 19 March 2024)
APRIL 5, 2024CaliforniaDEATH PENALTYUSA - California. Jeff Rosen to empty death row
Santa Clara County District Attorney
APRIL 5, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hassan Ali Mirzania executed in Khorramabad on April 5
APRIL 4, 2024TanzaniaDEATH PENALTYTANZANIA: SIX COMMUNITY PATROL GUARDS SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
A court in Babati on March 5, 2024 sentenced six members of a community patrol, known as ‘Sungusungu’, to death for the brutal murder of a man they accused of cattle theft.