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DECEMBER 28, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Unnamed man executed in Yazd on December 28
DECEMBER 27, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ismaeil Ghader Magham (Barahoei) executed in Birjand on December 27
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, 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 27, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 4 men executed in Ardabil on December 27
Yasin Khodakarami, Alireza Nejati, Jebreil Fadayi, Ali Zaman Khani
DECEMBER 27, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - HRANA: Annual Report on Human Rights in Iran for the year 2023
DECEMBER 27, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 3 women and 1 man executed in Birjand on December 27
DECEMBER 27, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mehdi Dahmardeh executed in Birjand on December 27
Nineth person to be executed that day in that prison
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 PENALTYMALDIVES’ 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.
DECEMBER 23, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 3 men executed in Isfahan
Shirali Saeidi and Saman Mogouei on December 23, Reza Keshavarzi on December 22
DECEMBER 23, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Karamullah Lorestani and Hossein Papi executed in Khorramabad on December 23
DECEMBER 22, 2023OklahomaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Oklahoma. Glynn Simmons formally exonerated
After 48 years in prison
DECEMBER 21, 2023TanzaniaDEATH PENALTYTANZANIA: SIX PEOPLE SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER CHURCH BOMBING
Six people found guilty of bombing a Catholic church in Arusha, northwestern Tanzania in 2013 have been sentenced to death.
DECEMBER 21, 2023PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: SHAHNAWAZ AMIR SENTENCED TO DEATH IN SARAH INAM’S MURDER CASE
An Islamabad trial court on December 14, 2023 sentenced Shahnawaz Amir to death for the murder of Sarah Inam and imposed a fine of Rs1 million on him, which would be paid to the bereaved family.
DECEMBER 21, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mohammad Saleh Amini Executed in Taybad on December 21
- DECEMBER 21, 2023IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mojtaba Ayami executed in Qom on December 21
- DECEMBER 20, 2023IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 6 Unidentified Men Executed in Ardabil on December 20
Drug-related executions have continuously risen every year for the past three years
DECEMBER 20, 2023ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: FEMALE SERIAL KILLER LAO RONGZHI EXECUTED
Lao Rongzhi, a woman in the spotlight for her involvement in multiple killings, was executed on December 18, 2023 after China's top court approved her death sentence.
DECEMBER 20, 2023BotswanaDEATH PENALTYBOTSWANA: CHILD-KILLER CONDEMNED TO DEATH
The Gaborone High Court has sent a convicted child rapist and murderer to the gallows. Chief Justice Terrence Rannowane sentenced Ramatshwiri Mokobela to death on December 14, 2023 for killing a five-year-old girl-child in the Ghanzi District area.
DECEMBER 20, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Samira Sabzian Fard executed in Karaj on December 20
21 women executed in Iran this year
DECEMBER 20, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Farzad Golmohammadi Executed in Sanandaj on December 20
DECEMBER 20, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Najibollah Dahmardeh Executed in Ghaemshahr on December 20
Baluch are grossly overrepresented in execution numbers in Iran
DECEMBER 20, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Death Sentences Issued for 2,000 People in the Small City of Delfan
DECEMBER 20, 2023Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: MAN EXECUTED FOR STABBING MUM, SISTER TO DEATH
Saudi authorities have executed a citizen after he had been convicted of fatally stabbing his mother and sister and burnt their bodies.
DECEMBER 19, 2023GuyanaDEATH PENALTYGUYANA: HIGH COURT JUDGE SENTENCED FIVE MEN TO DEATH FOR BRUTAL 2016 PIRACY ATTACK
Justice Sandil Kissoon of the High Court in Guyana on December 14, 2023 sentenced five men to death for the 2016 piracy attack that claimed the lives of four fishermen.