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- DECEMBER 30, 2023North KoreaDEATH PENALTY
NORTH KOREA: PUBLICLY EXECUTED FOR KILLING A WOMAN WHILE TRYING TO STEAL BEANS
Hundreds of residents were forced to gather at an airfield in frigid weather to watch authorities execute a 23-year-old man by firing squad on December 19, 2023, residents in North Korea told Radio Free Asia.
- DECEMBER 30, 2023DEATH PENALTY
IRAN 2 Afghan citizens executed in Karaj on December 30
Not identified
- DECEMBER 30, 2023IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: RAJASTHAN POSCO COURT AWARDS DEATH PENALTY TO RAPE, DOUBLE MURDER ACCUSED YOUTH
A Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) court in Rajasthan’s Pali district awarded the death penalty to a 22-year-old accused in a case involving rape and double murder, Hindustan Times reported on December 13, 2023.
- DECEMBER 30, 2023PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: SENATE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE VOTES AGAINST PUBLIC HANGING FOR RAPISTS
Pakistan’s Senate Standing Committee on Human Rights passed a resolution on December 30, 2023 against a proposal to impose the death penalty by public hanging of capital offenders and rapists in particular.
DECEMBER 30, 2023NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: GOV. SANWO-OLU OF LAGOS STATE RELEASES 246 INMATES, COMMUTES 39 DEATH SENTENCE TO LIFE IMPRISONMENT
Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State has approved the release of 246 inmates from various correctional facilities across the state.
DECEMBER 30, 2023DEATH PENALTYIRAN - Abdul Shawali executed in Karaj on December 30
- DECEMBER 29, 2023QatarDEATH PENALTY
QATAR COMMUTES DEATH SENTENCE OF 8 INDIAN NAVY VETERANS
A Qatar court has reduced sentences for eight former Indian Navy personnel involved in an alleged espionage case, India’s Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said on December 28, 2023.
DECEMBER 29, 2023VietnamDEATH PENALTYVIETNAM: MAN GETS DEATH FOR BANK CAPER MURDER
A man who unsuccessfully tried to rob a bank in Da Nang was sentenced to death on December 28, 2023 for killing a security guard who chased him from the crime scene.
DECEMBER 29, 2023DEATH PENALTYIRAN - Asghar Abdullah Parikhani and Abbas Faraj Oghli executed in Meshgin Shahr
Parikhani on December 29, Oghli on December 25
DECEMBER 29, 2023BurundiDEATH PENALTYBURUNDI: PRESIDENT SAYS GAY PEOPLE SHOULD BE STONED IN STADIUMS
Burundi's President Évariste Ndayishimiye has said that homosexuals in his country "should be stoned", BBC reported on December 29, 2023.
- DECEMBER 28, 2023DEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Public execution in Najaf Abad for the murder of a police agent
Unidentified
DECEMBER 28, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 3 men “recently” executed in Karaj
Akbar Qara Gozlu, Ehsan Hamedi + Unk.
DECEMBER 28, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 4 political prisoners executed in Urmia on December 28
3 men and 1 woman: Aram Omri, Rahman Parhazou, Vafa Hanareh, and Nasim Namazi
DECEMBER 28, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hassan Rahbar executed in Gorgan on December 28
DECEMBER 28, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Karim Aminikhah executed in Bandar Abbas on December 28
DECEMBER 28, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Reza Eyvazi executed in Kashan on December 28
DECEMBER 28, 2023DEATH PENALTYIRAN - Unnamed man executed in Yazd on December 28
- DECEMBER 27, 2023IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 4 men executed in Ardabil on December 27
Yasin Khodakarami, Alireza Nejati, Jebreil Fadayi, Ali Zaman Khani
DECEMBER 27, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ismaeil Ghader Magham (Barahoei) executed in Birjand on December 27
DECEMBER 27, 2023DEATH PENALTYIRAN - HRANA: Annual Report on Human Rights in Iran for the year 2023
DECEMBER 27, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ramin Faghiri Executed in Hamedan on December 27
DECEMBER 27, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mansour Salamat killed under the torture on December 27
DECEMBER 27, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 3 men executed in Birjand on December 27
Ismail Qadir Maqam, Ahmad Gergij, Mohammad Hissari
DECEMBER 27, 2023DEATH PENALTYIRAN - 3 women and 1 man executed in Birjand on December 27
DECEMBER 27, 2023DEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mehdi Dahmardeh executed in Birjand on December 27
Nineth person to be executed that day in that prison
DECEMBER 27, 2023VietnamDEATH PENALTYVIETNAM: PRESIDENT REDUCES DEATH SENTENCE TO LIFE FOR 18 PRISONERS
President Vo Van Thuong signed a decision on December 27, 2023 to reduce death penalties to life imprisonment for 18 prisoners who filed petitions for commuted sentences.
DECEMBER 26, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mohammad Reza Mehraban executed in Sanandaj on December 26
DECEMBER 26, 2023NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: COURT SENTENCES MAN TO DEATH BY HANGING FOR SETTING HIS MOTHER ABLAZE IN NIGER STATE
The Minna High Court presided over by the Chief Judge of Niger State, Justice Halima Ibrahim Abdulmalik, on December 13, 2023 sentenced Stephen Jiya to death by hanging for setting his biological mother ablaze which resulted in her death.
DECEMBER 26, 2023Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: 2 BANGLADESHIS EXECUTED FOR KILLING AN INDIAN
Two expatriates were executed in Saudi Arabia after they had been convicted in a final court ruling of murdering a man by spraying an insecticide into his mouth, Gulf News reported on December 23, 2023.
- DECEMBER 24, 2023MaldivesDEATH PENALTY
MALDIVES’ PUSH TO REINSTATE DEATH PENALTY SPARKS UPROAR
Human Rights Watch (HRW) has called on the Maldives government to refrain from a planned move to reintroduce the death penalty in the Muslim-majority South Asian nation.