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SEPTEMBER 17, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 3 men executed in Shiraz on September 13 and 17
Ramezan Yavari, Mozafar Sanjarani + Unk
SEPTEMBER 17, 2023AfghanistanDEATH PENALTYAFGHANISTAN: COURT HANDS DOWN FLOGGING PUNISHMENT FOR NINE CONVICTS
Nine people were flogged in an Afghan Taliban-ruled court on September 17, 2023.
- SEPTEMBER 15, 2023United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Pharmaceutical multinationals further restrict lethal injections
SEPTEMBER 15, 2023FloridaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Florida. Jury recommends the death penalty for Michael Hunt
- SEPTEMBER 14, 2023BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: FOUR INCLUDING WIFE GET DEATH IN EXPATRIATE MURDER
A court in Cumilla on August 30, 2023 sentenced four people, including a woman, to death for the murder of her expatriate husband in Chandina upazila.
SEPTEMBER 14, 2023PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: FOUR MEN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR BLASPHEMY
A Pakistani court on September 4, 2023 sentenced four individuals to death for committing blasphemy by sharing content deemed to be insulting to Islam’s Prophet Muhammad and the Holy Qur’an.
SEPTEMBER 14, 2023IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: NIA COURT AWARDS DEATH PENALTY TO TWO ISIS-LINKED MEN WHO MURDERED RETIRED SCHOOL PRINCIPAL IN UP
An NIA Special Court in Lucknow on September 14, 2023 awarded death penalty to Atif Muzaffar and Mohammed Faisal Khan who were held guilty of murdering retired school principal Ram Babu Shukla in Kanpur with the motive of advancing their ISIS agenda by in
- SEPTEMBER 13, 2023United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA – MILITARY: TOP MILITARY COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE FOR EX-SOLDIER WHO KILLED 13 IN MASS SHOOTING AT TEXAS BASE
A top military appellate court has upheld the death sentence given to a former Army officer who killed more than a dozen people in a mass shooting 14 years ago at one of the largest bases in the country.
- SEPTEMBER 13, 2023IraqDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ DEBATES LAW ON DEATH PENALTY FOR SAME-SEX RELATIONSHIPS
On August 15, 2023 a draft bill was introduced in Iraq that would see the death penalty introduced for homosexuality.
- SEPTEMBER 13, 2023IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Ali Mansour Khakzad executed in Boroujerd on September 13
544 executions in 2023
- SEPTEMBER 12, 2023Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA EXECUTES US NATIONAL CONVICTED OF KILLING EGYPTIAN FATHER
Saudi Arabia on August 16, 2023 executed a US national convicted of torturing and killing his father, state media reported, bringing to at least 19 the number of foreigners put to death this year.
- SEPTEMBER 12, 2023BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: MAN GETS DEATH FOR BURNING WIFE TO DEATH
A court in Jamalpur, Bangladesh, on August 17, 2023 awarded a man death sentence for burning his wife to death in Dewanganj upazila.
- SEPTEMBER 11, 2023BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: 3 SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING EASY-BIKE DRIVER
A court in Bangladesh on August 30, 2023 sentenced three people to death for killing an easybike driver in Damurhuda upazila of Chuadanga.
- SEPTEMBER 11, 2023Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA EXECUTES MORE THAN 100 PEOPLE THIS YEAR
The Saudi authorities have executed more than 100 people this year, hitting a new milestone that Amnesty International considers reveals its “chilling disregard for the right to life.”
SEPTEMBER 11, 2023TexasDEATH PENALTYUSA - Texas. John Grisham criticizes judges in Robert Roberson case
- SEPTEMBER 10, 2023IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 3 men executed in Birjand on Septembe 10
Mohsen and Saeed Sanjarani, and Abdolnaser Ghaljayi
- SEPTEMBER 9, 2023North KoreaDEATH PENALTY
NORTH KOREA: 9 PEOPLE PUBLICLY EXECUTED FOR RUNNING BEEF SMUGGLING RING
A crowd of 25,000 people were forced to gather at the airport in Hyesan, North Korea, and made to watch the shooting of nine people.
- SEPTEMBER 9, 2023IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 3 men executed in Zahedan on September 9
Mohammad Narouyi (Narouei) + 2 Unk
SEPTEMBER 9, 2023United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Military. Death penalty upheld for Nidal Hasan
Who killed 13 in base shooting
- SEPTEMBER 8, 2023IranDEATH PENALTY
TEHRAN AND KABUL TRADE ACCUSATIONS OF RIGHTS VIOLATIONS
The Taliban's foreign minister has criticised its leading economic ally and political supporter, Tehran, for the high number of executions in Iran, Farsi media reported.
- SEPTEMBER 8, 2023IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Saeed … executed in Tabriz in the last days
SEPTEMBER 6, 2023Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR CRITICIZING GOVERNMENT ON SOCIAL MEDIA
Saudi Arabia has sentenced to death a government critic who denounced alleged corruption and human rights abuses on social media, his brother and others familiar with the case told AFP on August 28, 2023.
SEPTEMBER 6, 2023United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Biden rejects some plea deal conditions for 9/11 suspects
They could still escape death penalty
- SEPTEMBER 5, 2023IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Unidentified woman executed in Qom on September 5
18 women executed in 2023
- SEPTEMBER 5, 2023IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Ali Abbas Najari executed in Shiraz on September 5
SEPTEMBER 5, 2023IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: 3 HANGED FOR IS-CLAIMED BLAST THAT KILLED HUNDREDS
Iraq has hanged three people convicted for a 2016 bombing that killed more than 320 people in a Baghdad shopping district.
SEPTEMBER 5, 2023OregonDEATH PENALTYUSA - Oregon. Jesse Johnson released from Jail
After 25 years
- SEPTEMBER 4, 2023IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - A woman, Mahboubeh Roshandel, executed in Mashhad on September 4
- SEPTEMBER 3, 2023IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Houshang Moghtaderi executed in Ahvaz on September 3
SEPTEMBER 1, 2023FloridaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Florida. Jury recommends death for Joshua McClellan