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JANUARY 8, 2024IranDEATH 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, 2024United StatesDEATH 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 5, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mohsen Saravani executed in Zahedan on December 16
JANUARY 4, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Soheil Jalvaran and Hojat Kalkhoran executed in Ardabil on January 4
JANUARY 4, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 3 men executed in Sabzevar on January 4
Hashem Zorabadi, Amir Ahmadzadeh, Mehdi Kivanlu
- JANUARY 4, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Soheil Jeloran and Hojjat Kalkhoran executed in Ardabil on January 4
JANUARY 4, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Saeed Moradian executed in Hamadan on January 4
JANUARY 4, 2024IranDEATH 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, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Reza Rasaei could be executed soon
Kurdish political prisoner arrested during Women-Life-Freedom
JANUARY 3, 2024United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - UN experts alarmed for execution by nitrogen hypoxia in Alabama
Execution of K.E. Smith set for January 25
JANUARY 3, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Roya Heshmati, a Kurdish female activist, lashed 74 times
But still refused to wear the hijab
JANUARY 2, 2024Saudi ArabiaDEATH 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 2, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Davoud Abdollahi Executed in Karaj on January 2
Kurdish Political Prisoner
JANUARY 2, 2024United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Alabama. Warden approves spiritual plan for January execution of K.E. Smith
JANUARY 2, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Naghi Zayerfar executed in Maragheh on January 2
- JANUARY 2, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 3 executions in Ardabil on January 2
JANUARY 1, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 5 unidentified men executed in Karaj on January 1
JANUARY 1, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 5 men executed in Karaj on January 1
Manouchehr Aqabi, Dariush Shekarzadeh, Masoud Rostami, Navkhas Maleki e Afshin Mohammadi
JANUARY 1, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Iran HRM 2023 Annual Report
850 executions
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 31, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 6 men executed in Birjand on December 31
Shir Ahmad Sanjrani, Amanullah Sanjrani, Bidollah Brahui, Ghousalddin Nahtani, Javad Chopani, Hamid Jahani
DECEMBER 31, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hengaw Organization for Human Rights releases its 2023 report
Execution of 823 Prisoners in Iran during 2023
DECEMBER 31, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Nur Ahmad Ghalandarzahi executed in Shiraz on December 31
- 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, 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, 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, 2023JapanDEATH PENALTYNO 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.
DECEMBER 30, 2023PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: 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.