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MARCH 12, 2024BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: MAN GETS DEATH FOR KILLING WIFE IN BAGERHAT
A court in Bagerhat on February 28, 2024 sentenced a man to death for killing his wife.
MARCH 12, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Executions for Adultery and Blasphemy in 2023
MARCH 12, 2024IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR RAPE AND MURDER OF 3-YEAR-OLD
A court in Haryana state on February 21, 2024 sentenced to death a 25- year-old man for the rape and murder of a three-year-old girl in 2018, police said.
MARCH 11, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Moein Salahvarzi executed in Ilam on March 11
After 32 years on death row
MARCH 11, 2024Trinidad & TobagoDEATH PENALTYTRINIDAD: EIGHT FORMER DEATH ROW INMATES IMMEDIATELY RELEASED
Eight former death row inmates in Trinidad and Tobago have been released after 22 years’ imprisonment, DSC reported on March 4, 2024.
MARCH 11, 2024SingaporeDEATH PENALTYSINGAPORE: MAN LOSES APPEAL AGAINST DEATH SENTENCE FOR TRAFFICKING HEROIN
A Singaporean man sentenced to death for trafficking 34.9g of diamorphine or heroin has lost his appeals against his conviction and sentence.
MARCH 11, 2024IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: 5 DRUG DEALERS SENTENCED TO DEATH
An Iraqi court on February 27, 2024 handed down death sentences to five drug dealers, including three foreigners.
MARCH 11, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Nour-Mohammad Tajik and Abdolbaset … executed in Karaj on March 11
Afhan nationals
MARCH 11, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mansour Mansouri executed in Ilam on March 11
MARCH 11, 2024United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Top US Nitrogen Gas Producers Ban Use in Executions
- MARCH 10, 2024Myanmar (Burma)DEATH PENALTY
MYANMAR: JUNTA IMPOSES MULTIPLE DEATH SENTENCES ON ACTIVISTS
Myanmar’s military junta on February 29, 2024 sentenced seven people to death – five of them for the second or third time.
MARCH 8, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - UN Report Blames Islamic Republic for Mahsa Amini's Death
MARCH 8, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Report of the Iran Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on the Islamic Republic of Iran
Established by the United Nations Human Rights Council in November 2022
MARCH 7, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mehdi Gorgij executed in Zanjan on March 7
MARCH 7, 2024BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: MADRASA TEACHER GETS DEATH PENALTY FOR RAPING 4 CHILDREN
A Chittagong court on February 18, 2024 sentenced a madrasa teacher to death for raping four children of the institution.
MARCH 7, 2024Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: FIVE PAKISTANIS EXECUTED FOR MURDER DURING ARMED ROBBERY
Five Pakistanis have been executed on March 5, 2024 in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on charges of killing a watchman during an armed robbery.
- MARCH 7, 2024IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: TRANSGENDER SENTENCED TO DEATH IN 2021 RAPE, MURDER OF INFANT IN MUMBAI
A special court in Mumbai has sentenced a transgender person to death after finding them guilty of abducting, raping and murdering a three-month-old girlchild, India Today reported on February 28, 2024.
MARCH 7, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Fakhredin Mangur-Nejad and Abbas Dadvar executed in Mahabad on March 7
MARCH 7, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hadi Hadi Khanlu executed in Zanjan on March 7
MARCH 6, 2024SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: MILITARY COURT SENTENCES SIX MOROCCANS TO DEATH FOR TERRORISM
A military court in northern Somalia on February 29, 2024 sentenced six Moroccan nationals to death on terrorism charges.
MARCH 6, 2024VietnamDEATH PENALTYVIETNAM: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR TRADING DRUGS, EYEING 50% PROFIT
A court in Nghe An Province has sentenced a man to death and a woman accomplice to 20 years in prison for selling 4.3 kg of drugs.
MARCH 6, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Salim Bagheri executed in Kashan on March 6
MARCH 6, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Sweden: Hamid Noury’s Appeal Rejected
MARCH 6, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Farshad Rakhshani executed in Gonbad-e Kavus on March 6
MARCH 6, 2024NebraskaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Nebraska. Abolitionist bill fails to advance
LR 17CA
- MARCH 5, 2024IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: ALLAHABAD HIGH COURT COMMUTES DEATH SENTENCE OF RAPE-MURDER CONVICT TO 30-YEAR JAIL TERM
The Allahabad High Court has commuted the death sentence given to a man, who was convicted of raping and murdering a three-year-old girl in 2021, to 30-year jail term, PTI reported on March 5, 2024.
MARCH 5, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - IHR 2023 year report: 834 executions
Hands off Cain counted 883
MARCH 5, 2024EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: MB LEADERS BADIE, EL BELTAGY SENTENCED TO DEATH IN ‘PLATFORM INCIDENTS’ CASE
An Egyptian court sentenced on March 4, 2024, Muslim Brotherhood leaders Mohamed Badie, Mohamed El-Beltagy, and 6 others to death in Case No. 72 of 2021, also known as the “Platform Incidents” case.
MARCH 5, 2024LouisianaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Louisiana. Governor signs HB 6 that expand execution methods
Adding nitrogen and elettrocution
MARCH 4, 2024EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: DOCTOR SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR RAPING 93 PATIENTS
An Egyptian doctor has been sentenced to death by hanging after being convicted of raping 93 patients, Gulf News reported on March 2, 2024.