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JANUARY 11, 2024MassachusettsDEATH PENALTYUSA - Massachusetts. Supreme Court bans 'life without parole' for people under 21
1st in the nation
JANUARY 10, 2024AlabamaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Alabama. Federal judge rules Alabama’s nitrogen execution of Kenneth Smith can go forward
JANUARY 10, 2024DEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mohammad Ali Mirzaei and Mahmoud Mirzaei executed in Karaj on January 10
JANUARY 10, 2024DEATH PENALTYIRAN - Final balance of executions in 2023
JANUARY 8, 2024DEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mohammad Hossein Garavand and Kaiumars Gholami executed in Karaj on January 8
JANUARY 7, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Yousef Sobhani and Akbar Javadzadeh executed in Rasht on January 7
JANUARY 5, 2024DEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mohsen Saravani executed in Zahedan on December 16
JANUARY 5, 2024DEATH PENALTYUSA - U.S. the Only G7 Country to Use Capital Punishment in 2023
United States and Japan are the only two retentionist countries among the Group of Seven leading industrialized democracies (G7). But Japan did not carry out any executions in 2023
- JANUARY 4, 2024DEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Soheil Jeloran and Hojjat Kalkhoran executed in Ardabil on January 4
- JANUARY 4, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Soheil Jalvaran and Hojat Kalkhoran executed in Ardabil on January 4
JANUARY 4, 2024DEATH PENALTYIRAN - Saeed Moradian executed in Hamadan on January 4
JANUARY 4, 2024DEATH PENALTYIRAN - 3 men executed in Sabzevar on January 4
Hashem Zorabadi, Amir Ahmadzadeh, Mehdi Kivanlu
JANUARY 4, 2024DEATH PENALTYIRAN - Asghar Barzegar executed in Yazd on January 4
- JANUARY 3, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 3 men executed in Ardabil on January 3
Naser Peydayi, Mohammad Nadiri, and Farzad Mohammadi
JANUARY 3, 2024DEATH PENALTYUSA - UN experts alarmed for execution by nitrogen hypoxia in Alabama
Execution of K.E. Smith set for January 25
JANUARY 3, 2024DEATH PENALTYIRAN - Reza Rasaei could be executed soon
Kurdish political prisoner arrested during Women-Life-Freedom
JANUARY 3, 2024DEATH PENALTYIRAN - Roya Heshmati, a Kurdish female activist, lashed 74 times
But still refused to wear the hijab
- JANUARY 2, 2024DEATH PENALTY
USA - Alabama. Warden approves spiritual plan for January execution of K.E. Smith
JANUARY 2, 2024DEATH PENALTYIRAN - Davoud Abdollahi Executed in Karaj on January 2
Kurdish Political Prisoner
JANUARY 2, 2024DEATH PENALTYIRAN - 3 executions in Ardabil on January 2
JANUARY 2, 2024DEATH PENALTYIRAN - Naghi Zayerfar executed in Maragheh on January 2
JANUARY 2, 2024DEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: AT LEAST 172 PEOPLE EXECUTED IN 2023
Saudi Arabia carried out at least 172 executions in 2023, despite renewed promises from the Kingdom’s de facto ruler, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, to limit the scope of capital punishment.
- JANUARY 1, 2024DEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 5 unidentified men executed in Karaj on January 1
JANUARY 1, 2024DEATH PENALTYIRAN - 5 men executed in Karaj on January 1
Manouchehr Aqabi, Dariush Shekarzadeh, Masoud Rostami, Navkhas Maleki e Afshin Mohammadi
JANUARY 1, 2024DEATH PENALTYIRAN - Iran HRM 2023 Annual Report
850 executions
- DECEMBER 31, 2023DEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 6 men executed in Birjand on December 31
Shir Ahmad Sanjrani, Amanullah Sanjrani, Bidollah Brahui, Ghousalddin Nahtani, Javad Chopani, Hamid Jahani
DECEMBER 31, 2023DEATH PENALTYIRAN - Nur Ahmad Ghalandarzahi executed in Shiraz on December 31
DECEMBER 31, 2023DEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hengaw Organization for Human Rights releases its 2023 report
Execution of 823 Prisoners in Iran during 2023
DECEMBER 31, 2023Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: FOUR PEOPLE EXECUTED ON NEW YEAR’S EVE
Sauri Arabia executed four people on New Year’s Eve, according to the Saudi Press Agency.
- DECEMBER 30, 2023JapanDEATH PENALTY
NO EXECUTIONS IN JAPAN IN 2023; LAST ONE WAS FOR AKIHABARA KILLER
Japan carried out no executions in 2023 for the first time in three years.