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JANUARY 29, 2024KuwaitDEATH PENALTYKUWAIT: CITIZEN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
The Criminal Court of Kuwait, presided over by Judge Fawzan Al-Anjari, sentenced to death a Kuwaiti citizen who was convicted of killing his friend in Umm Al-Hayman and burying his body in the Eighth Ring Road project site, Arab Times reported on January
JANUARY 29, 2024IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: TWO GET DEATH PENALTY FOR 2005 SHRAMJIVI EXPRESS TRAIN BLAST
A district court in Uttar Pradesh's Jaunpur town on January 3, 2024 sentenced to death two men, including one from Bangladesh, for carrying out the Shramjivi Express train blast in 2005 that left at least 14 people dead and 62 injured.
JANUARY 29, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Execution for Four Kurdish Political Prisoners in Karaj on January 29
Pejman Fatehi, Mohsen Mazloum, Vafa Azarbar, and Mohammad Faramarzi
JANUARY 29, 2024Myanmar (Burma)DEATH PENALTYMYANMAR: ARMY DENIES THAT GENERALS WERE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR SURRENDERING KEY CITY TO INSURGENTS
Myanmar’s military government is denying reports that it sentenced six army generals to death or life imprisonment for their surrender this month of a regional military command headquarters on the border with China to an alliance of ethnic armed groups, A
JANUARY 29, 2024AlabamaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Alabama. Global condemnation for Smith's experimental execution
JANUARY 29, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ali Rajabian executed in Karaj on January 29
JANUARY 29, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 4 men executed in Karaj on January 29
Mohammad Hussein Esmaieli, Ali Rajabian, Javad Ajamian, and Mohammad Hassan Jafari
JANUARY 28, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mohammad Reza Ghorbani executed in Karaj on January 28
JANUARY 28, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Aref and Asif Ishaqzahi executed in Birjand on January 28
JANUARY 28, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ruhollah Shakeri executed in Birjand on January 28
JANUARY 28, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Iran seeking death penalty for Johan Floderus
In retaliation for the life sentence handed down in Sweden on Hamid Noury
- JANUARY 27, 2024AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Alabama. Democrats link Holocaust to Kenneth Smith execution by nitrogen gas
JANUARY 27, 2024LouisianaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Louisiana. Darrell Robinson's guilty verdict overturned
By the state Supreme Court
- JANUARY 26, 2024AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Alabama. Kenneth Smith's execution does not appear to have been peaceful
JANUARY 26, 2024AlabamaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Alabama. Kenneth Smith’s execution by nitrogen hypoxia is ‘historic’ achievement
Said Steve Marshall, Attorney General
JANUARY 25, 2024JapanDEATH PENALTYJAPAN: MAN GETS DEATH SENTENCE FOR KILLING 36 IN ANIME STUDIO ARSON
A Japanese man was convicted and sentenced to death on January 25, 2024 for the arson and killing of 36 people at famed anime studio Kyoto Animation in 2019, public broadcaster NHK said.
JANUARY 25, 2024GhanaDEATH PENALTYGHANA: SIX SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR 2021 COUP PLOT
A Ghana court on January 24, 2024 sentenced six people to death by hanging, including three soldiers, for their involvement in an alleged plot three years ago to overthrow the country's government.
JANUARY 25, 2024AlabamaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Alabama. Kenneth Smith's execution is imminent
The federal appeals court also rejected his appeal
- JANUARY 25, 2024AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Alabama. Kenneth Smith executed on January 25
Using untested method of nitrogen gas
JANUARY 25, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Death sentence confirmed for Kurdish political prisoner Yousef Ahmadi
JANUARY 25, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 3 Kurdish prisoners of conscience at imminent risk of execution
Anvar Khezri, Kamran Sheikheh and Khosrow Besharat
JANUARY 24, 2024IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: THIRTEEN MEN EXECUTED IN NASIRIYAH PRISON
Thirteen men were executed in Nasiriyah prison on December 25, 2023, the first mass execution since 21 men were executed on November 16, 2020.
- JANUARY 24, 2024Myanmar (Burma)DEATH PENALTY
MYANMAR: DEFEATED JUNTA GENERALS GIVEN DEATH SENTENCES
Myanmar’s regime on January 20, 2024 handed death sentences to three brigadier generals who surrendered to the Brotherhood Alliance at Laukkai in northern Shan State.
JANUARY 24, 2024AlabamaDEATH PENALTYUSA - US Supreme Court declines to halt execution of Kenneth Smith
JANUARY 24, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 3 men executed in Shiraz on January 24
Fazel Shafiei, Morteza Nadimi + Unk. 63 executions in January
JANUARY 24, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ali Obidavi sentenced to death
A political prisoner
JANUARY 24, 2024CanadaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Canada. Canadian firm under fire for supplying equipment for Smith's execution
JANUARY 24, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Judge Salavati: The Ruthless Enforcer of Iran’s Medieval Legal Decrees
JANUARY 23, 2024PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: DRUG DEALER GETS DEATH PENALTY
Additional District and Sessions Judge (ASJ) Muhammad Tahir Aslam awarded death penalty and imposed Rs100,000 on a drug dealer in Muzaffargarh on January 15, 2024.
JANUARY 23, 2024VietnamDEATH PENALTYVIETNAM: COURT SENTENCES 9 PEOPLE TO DEATH FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
A court in Vietnam on January 22, 2024 sentenced nine people to death after being convicted of involvement in one of the country's largest drug trafficking cases in months, state media reported.