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OCTOBER 17, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Nazem Abayi and Baluch Ali Barzang executed in Isfahan on October 17
OCTOBER 17, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - … Ketabi executed in Rasht on October 17
OCTOBER 17, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 3 men executed in Khorramabad on October 17
Sajad Moradi, Yaser Golzardian + Unk.
OCTOBER 17, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Nader Karami executed in Gorgan on October 17
OCTOBER 17, 2023MoroccoDEATH PENALTYMOROCCO SENTENCES SUSPECT INVOLVED IN MURDER OF POLICEMAN TO DEATH PENALTY
The Court of First Instance in charge of terrorism cases at the Court of Appeals in Rabat on October 13, 2023 sentenced a man to the death penalty for his involvement in the murder of a policeman.
OCTOBER 16, 2023Sri LankaDEATH PENALTYSRI LANKA: THREE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR 1992 MURDER IN KALUTARA
Kalutara High Court Judge Pradeep Abeyratne on October 10, 2023 convicted three accused for beating a person with clubs 31 years ago and sentenced them to death.
OCTOBER 16, 2023NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: OVER 3,000 PRISONERS ON DEATH ROW AMID CALLS TO ABOLISH CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
Members of the international community on October 10, 2023 urged again Nigeria to abolish the death penalty.
OCTOBER 16, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Death sentence for political prisoner Naeb Askari
OCTOBER 15, 2023TanzaniaDEATH PENALTYTANZANIA: GOVT CONTEMPLATES ABOLISHING CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
The Tanzanian government is contemplating on coming up with an alternative to capital punishment, after considering views from various stakeholders, majority of them considering it as inhumane in nature.
OCTOBER 15, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Unidentified man executed in Ardabil on October 15
OCTOBER 14, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ali Asghar Cheraghifar (Cheraghi Far) executed in Zanjan on October 14
OCTOBER 12, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hossein Mohammadi executed in Rasht on October 12
OCTOBER 12, 2023IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: KOLKATA HC SETS ASIDE DEATH SENTENCES IN 2013 KAMDUNI GANG RAPE AND MURDER
A Kolkata high court division bench on October 6, 2023 set aside the death sentences earlier ordered by a sessions court to three of the six convicts in the 2013 gang rape and murder of a 20-year-old college student at Kamduni village in North 24 Parganas
OCTOBER 12, 2023MalawiDEATH PENALTYMALAWI: GOVT SAYS DEATH PENALTY WILL BE ABOLISHED
Government through the Ministry of Justice has reaffirmed its commitment to eliminating death penalty in the country saying the act is barbaric.
OCTOBER 12, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Armita Garavand is in an irreversible coma
OCTOBER 12, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Reza Rasaei is sentenced to death
Activist participant in the nationwide protests of 2022
OCTOBER 11, 2023IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: MAN GETS DEATH FOR RAPING MINOR DAUGHTER FOR 4 YEARS
The Special Court of the Additional Sessions Judge (Fast Track), Prashant Rana, awarded on October 7, 2023 death penalty in Haryana State to a 42-year-old man for raping his minor daughter for four years and impregnating her.
OCTOBER 11, 2023PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: 4 SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING BANK GUARDS IN NAROWAL
Pronouncing verdict in the case of killings of two security guards of the National Bank of Pakistan (NBP) in Narowal, Additional District and Sessions Judge Tariq Anjum on October 10, 2023 ordered that four convicts in the case be twice hanged to death.
OCTOBER 11, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hossein Bahrehmand executed in Hamedan on October 11
OCTOBER 11, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Three men executed in Qezel Hesar on October 11
Nazir Mohammad Tajik, Nour Mohammad Barbari, and Shahab Elhami
OCTOBER 11, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Shahab …executed in Qezel Hesar on October 11
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OCTOBER 11, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Abbas Ali Maghami and Mehdi Shadab executed in Tabriz on October 11
OCTOBER 11, 2023Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTYDRC: LAWMAKER GETS DEATH SENTENCE OVER TREASON CHARGES
A Congolese military court sentenced a lawmaker to death on October 10, 2023 for treason and involvement with the M23 rebel movement, a verdict his lawyer denounced as based on "ethnic hatred."
OCTOBER 10, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Unidentified man executed in Isfahan on October 10
OCTOBER 10, 2023TexasDEATH PENALTYUSA - Texas. Jedidiah Murphy, 48, White, was executed on Oct. 10
OCTOBER 10, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hossein Alizadeh executed in Bam on October 10
OCTOBER 9, 2023NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: POLICE OFFICER SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR SHOOTING LAWYER DEAD
A Nigerian court on October 9, 2023 sentenced to death a police officer convicted of shooting dead a pregnant female lawyer on Christmas Day in 2022.
OCTOBER 9, 2023MalaysiaDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA: APPEALS COURT COMMUTES DEATH SENTENCE ON LOVERS FOR MURDER TO 30 YEARS IMPRISONMENT
A Malaysian Court of Appeal on October 5, 2023 commuted the death sentence imposed on a pair of lovers to 30 years in prison for the murder of a five-year-old boy, who is the son of the accused female, nine years ago.
OCTOBER 9, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 3 unidentified men executed in Kerman on October 9
OCTOBER 9, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Unidentified man executed in Isfahan on October 9