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DECEMBER 13, 2023MalaysiaDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA: DEATH SENTENCE COMMUTED, WORKER GETS 33 YEARS FOR KILLING FOREMAN
A Bangladeshi man escaped the gallows after the Federal Court in Putrajaya on December 23, 2023 commuted his death sentence to 33 years in jail for murdering his fellow countryman.
DECEMBER 13, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Khalil Majedi executed in Ahvaz on December 13
DECEMBER 13, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mohammadreza Habibian Executed in Babol on December 13
DECEMBER 13, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hamid Bakshayesh executed in Karaj on December 13
There is a high possibility that he was a child offender
DECEMBER 12, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Davoud Khademi executed in Sanandaj on 12 December
- DECEMBER 12, 2023IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Ali Babaei executed in Shirvan on December 12
DECEMBER 12, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 5 men executed in Karaj on December 12
Amin Zakeri Kakavand, Khalil Haji Abadi, Milad Bideh, Hamid Bakshaish, and Hamid Esmaili
DECEMBER 12, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Sajad Haghizadeh executed in Khorramabad on December 12
DECEMBER 12, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Bahram Seyed Zadeh executed in Qom on December 12
DECEMBER 12, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Abolfazl Abdolmaleki executed in Qom on December 12
DECEMBER 12, 2023MississippiDEATH PENALTYUSA - Mississippi. Conviction of Terry Pitchford overturned
DECEMBER 12, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - The European Parliament officially awarded the Sakharov prize to Mahsa Amini
and the Woman, Life, Freedom protest movement
DECEMBER 12, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ali Bababyi executed in Shirvan on December 12
DECEMBER 12, 2023IndiaDEATH PENALTYMOTHER OF NURSE FACING EXECUTION IN YEMEN TOLD TO EXPLAIN ‘BLOOD MONEY’
The Delhi High Court on December 11, 2023 directed Premakumari, the mother of Nimisha Priya, a Kerala nurse facing a death sentence in Yemen for her involvement in the murder of a local citizen, to furnish documents illustrating the legal option of blood
DECEMBER 11, 2023NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH IN ZAMFARA FOR KILLING FRIEND OVER N100
A Zamfara State High Court on December 7, 2023 sentenced one Anas Dahiru to death by hanging for killing his friend.
DECEMBER 11, 2023JapanDEATH PENALTYJAPAN: EX-COP'S APPEAL OVER MURDER OF FAMILY DISMISSED, DEATH PENALTY UPHELD
Japan's top court on December 8, 2023 dismissed an appeal by the defense of a former policeman who was given the death sentence for the murders of his wife and two children in 2017, exhausting his legal options.
DECEMBER 11, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mahsa Amini's Family Decries Travel Ban on Eve of Human Rights Award Ceremony
The European Parliament’s prestigious Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought
DECEMBER 11, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Amin Jokar executed in Shiraz on December 11
DECEMBER 10, 2023NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: FOUR SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER MOTORCYCLE THEFT IN EKITI
Four persons, Segun Friday, Tijani Semiu Seun, Ogunyemi Segun Olarewaju, and Adebayo Tope, found guilty of stealing a motorcycle have been sentenced to death by the Ekiti State High Court, sitting in Ado-Ekiti, Tori.ng reported on Devember 7, 2023.
DECEMBER 10, 2023NorwayDEATH PENALTYIRAN - (Norway) Narges Mohammadi's children collect the Nobel in place of their mother, detained in Iran
DECEMBER 10, 2023SwedenDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Swede Johan Floderus faces charges in Iran of spying for Israel
DECEMBER 9, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Abdul Basit Gorgich (Gorgij) and Abdul Aziz Shahlibur (Shahlibar) executed in Zahedan on December 9
DECEMBER 9, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 2 men executed in Zahedan on December 9
Ehsan Mahmoudzehi + Unk
DECEMBER 9, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mehdi Nasiri and Abbas Ketabi executed in Qom on December 9
DECEMBER 9, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Abbas Ketabi executed in Qom on December 9
DECEMBER 8, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 3 men executed in Orumiyeh (Urmia) on December 8
Ali Shahin-Nejad, Solat Tosan, and Janali Nadimi Dargahi
DECEMBER 8, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Iran Human Rights Monitor: 743 executions in 2023
Hands off Cain counted 768 executions
DECEMBER 7, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Amir Alikhani executed in Rafsanjan on December 7
782 executions in Iran in 2023
DECEMBER 7, 2023KuwaitDEATH PENALTYKUWAIT: EGYPTIAN AND KUWAITI TO HANG FOR KILLING RASHIDI
The Criminal Court on December 4, 2023 sentenced a Kuwaiti citizen and an Egyptian expatriate, who were charged with Mubarak Al-Rashidi's murder, to death by hanging.
DECEMBER 7, 2023TaiwanDEATH PENALTYTAIWAN: DEATH PENALTY UPHELD IN EXECUTION-STYLE SHOOTING OF 5 IN NANTOU
Taiwan High Court's Taichung Branch Court on December 7, 2023 upheld the death penalty handed down by a lower court to a gunman found guilty of the execution-style shooting and killing of four people and critically injuring a fifth at a biotechnology comp