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JANUARY 17, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Jalil Soleimani executed in Hamedan on January 17
JANUARY 17, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Eslam Aman Aldini executed in Qom on January 17
JANUARY 17, 2024AlabamaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Alabama. Kenneth Smith could be the 1st person executed with nitrogen gas
He spoke with National Public Radio
JANUARY 17, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ali Mashahdi executed in Mashhad on January 17
JANUARY 17, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 4 men executed in Karaj on January 17
Bahman Fathollahzadeh, Imani Shabani, Keramat Jan Nazarkhani, + 1 unk.
- JANUARY 16, 2024SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
SOMALIA: AL-SHABAAB EXECUTES SEVEN IN JILIB OVER ESPIONAGE ALLEGATIONS
The militant group Al-Shabaab on January 15, 2024 carried out a public execution of seven individuals in Jilib, Middle Juba region.
- JANUARY 16, 2024United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UAE: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR PREMEDITATED MURDER OF GIRLFRIEND
The Dubai Criminal Court has sentenced an Arab man to death for the premeditated murder of his European girlfriend, Gulf News reported on Janury 16, 2024.
JANUARY 16, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Kamran Khoroush executed in Shiraz on January 16
JANUARY 16, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Habib Darivishi executed in Kermanshah on January 16
JANUARY 16, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Akram Karimpour executed in Hamedan on January 16
- JANUARY 16, 2024AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Alabama. UN urge Alabama to halt first execution by nitrogen asphyxiation
JANUARY 16, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mohsen Mehri executed in Ilam on January 16
- JANUARY 15, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Narges Mohammadi has been sentenced to a further 15 months
Nobel Peace Prize for 2023
- JANUARY 15, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Death sentences of ten political prisoners upheld
Mojahed Kourkouri, Reza Rasaei, Farhad Salimi, Anwar Khezri, Khosrow Besharat, Kamran Sheikheh, Mohsen Mazloum, Mohammad Faramarzi, Vafa Azarbar, and Pejman Fatehi
JANUARY 15, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - New Charges Against Two Journalists After Their Release
Elaheh Mohammadi and Niloofar Hamedi published photographs on social media without wearing head scarves
JANUARY 15, 2024PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS GENERAL MUSHARRAF’S DEATH SENTENCE, A YEAR AFTER HIS DEATH
The Pakistan Supreme Court on January 10, 2024 upheld late former president General (retd) Pervez Musharraf's death penalty awarded to him in 2019 in connection with a high treason case, Geo TV reported.
JANUARY 15, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Yaghoub Alimoradi executed in Nahavand on January 15
- JANUARY 14, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - At least six men executed in Karaj on January 14
Ahmad Latifi, Ali Akbar Moradian, Akbar Khoramtash, Hadi Nazari, Seyed Ali Miri and Amirhossein Maleki
JANUARY 13, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Reza Heidari executed in Khorramabad on January 13
JANUARY 13, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 17 Groups Call for Action to Halt Execution of Four Kurdish Political Prisoners
Mohsen Mazloum, Pejman Fatehi, Vafa Azarbar, and Hajir Faramarzi
JANUARY 12, 2024NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: COURT SENTENCES MAN TO DEATH BY HANGING FOR MURDER
A Niger state High Court has convicted and sentenced to death by hanging a man, Tunde Tayo, for the murder of Abdullahi Janiya Yahaya in Maitumbi area of Minna, Niger state in 2019.
- JANUARY 12, 2024AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Alabama. Kenneth Smith loses appeal to Alabama Supreme Court
scheduled for nitrogen execution
JANUARY 12, 2024United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - U.S. to Seek Death for Payton Gendron
Biden thus contradicts his electoral promises
JANUARY 12, 2024AlabamaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Alabama. LaJeromeny Brown formally sentenced to death
- JANUARY 11, 2024MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: APEX COURT AFFIRMS DEATH SENTENCE OF EX-GUARD WHO MURDERED COLLEAGUES
The Putrajaya Federal Court on January 4, 2024 unanimously affirmed the death sentence imposed on a former security guard for murdering his two colleagues, seven years ago.
- JANUARY 11, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Ali Mohammad Ahmadi executed in Kermanshah on January 11
JANUARY 11, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Falit Abed executed in Qazvin on January 11
JANUARY 11, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Meisam Habibi executed in Kermanshah on January 11
JANUARY 11, 2024ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: TWO MEN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR 1997 POISONING
Two kung fu coaches were handed death sentences in China on January 8, 2024, following their arrest in 2023 for a 1997 poisoning that killed seven children, a court said.
JANUARY 11, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Nizam Dehmordeh executed in Yazd on January 11