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OCTOBER 29, 2023BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: FIVE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR 2016 MURDER OF PREGNANT HABIGANJ HOUSEWIFE
A court in Bangladesh on October 26, 2023 sentenced five members of a family to death for the murder of Ayesha Akhtar in Habiganj’s Chunarughat.
OCTOBER 29, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Shamsollah Banani executed in Ahar on October 29
- OCTOBER 29, 2023United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - DEATH BY INCARCERATION: reform advocates at un call for end to "the other death penalty"
This year's Human Rights Committee review of the US shone a light on "the other death penalty" – death by incarceration
OCTOBER 28, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Teenage Armita Garavand (Geravand) Dies In Hospital
OCTOBER 28, 2023QatarDEATH PENALTYQATAR: 8 INDIANS SENTENCED TO DEATH ON CHARGES OF SPYING FOR ISRAEL
Qatar sentenced eight Indian former naval officers to death on October 26, 2023 after finding them guilty of spying for Israel on the Gulf state’s submarine programme.
OCTOBER 28, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Davood Behzadi executed in Esfarayen on October 28
672 executions in Iran in 2023
OCTOBER 27, 2023AlabamaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Alabama. Jury recommends death penalty for Tapero Johnson
OCTOBER 26, 2023TexasDEATH PENALTYUSA - Texas. Stay of impending execution of William Speer
OCTOBER 26, 2023SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: MILITARY COURT SENTENCES GOVERNMENT SOLDIER TO DEATH FOR KILLING COMRADE
The High Court of the Armed Forces in Somalia on October 25, 2023 upheld the death sentence for Constable Mohamed Abdihakin Mohamed Salah Ganey, who was convicted of murdering his fellow soldier.
OCTOBER 26, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Amir Hossein Dashtban executed in Tabriz on October 26
OCTOBER 26, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 5 men executed in Birjand on October 26
Abdolbasir Mohammadani (Rend), Mohammad Nabi Shahuzehi (Lojei), Mohammad Mirshah, Reza Shahraki and Omid Javini
OCTOBER 26, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - A man executed in "one of Tehran's prisons"
Over the past days
OCTOBER 25, 2023Myanmar (Burma)DEATH PENALTYMYANMAR: JUNTA SENTENCES 7 MEN TO DEATH IN AYEYARWADY REGION
Myanmar’s military regime sentenced seven men in Ayeyarwady region to death, Pyapon township residents told Radio Free Asia over the weekend.
OCTOBER 25, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hayatollah Eiduzehi executed in Kerman on October 25
OCTOBER 25, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Jalil Seyed Rezaei executed in Qazvin on October 25
OCTOBER 25, 2023PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: RAPIST, KILLER OF YOUNG GIRL SENTENCED TO DEATH ON THREE COUNTS
Peshawar Judge of Child Protection Court, Hina Mehwish, on October 19, 2023 awarded three death sentences and a fine of Rs one million to an accused for molesting and later burning the body of an eight-year-old girl.
OCTOBER 25, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 2 unidentified men executed in Karaj on October 25
OCTOBER 25, 2023OhioDEATH PENALTYUSA - Ohio. Michael R. Turner to now serve life without parole
Has been on death row since 2002
OCTOBER 24, 2023SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: TWO SOLDIERS EXECUTED BY FIRING SQUAD FOR CIVILIAN MURDER
A firing squad on October 23, 2023 morning executed two Somali soldiers in the southern town of Baidoa.
OCTOBER 24, 2023AlgeriaDEATH PENALTYALGERIA: DEATH SENTENCES FOR 38 OVER FIRES VOLUNTEER LYNCHING
An Algerian appellate court upheld the death sentence on October 23, 2023 for 38 individuals found guilty of the murder of Jamal Ben Ismail.
- OCTOBER 24, 2023IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 2 unidentified men executed in Karaj on October 24
628 executions in Iran in 2023
OCTOBER 24, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Man executed in Khoy on October 24
Identified only as A.M.
OCTOBER 24, 2023AlabamaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Use of Nitrogen Hypoxia Could Endanger Spiritual Advisors and Prison Staff
Upcpming execution in Alabama
OCTOBER 23, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 3 men executed in Shiraz on October 23
Asghar Jafari, Majid Mousayi and Ali Kheirbin
OCTOBER 23, 2023BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: FATHER SENTENCED TO DEATH IN CHATTOGRAM FOR RAPING DAUGHTER
A Chattogram court on October 19, 2023 sentenced a father to death for raping his own daughter.
OCTOBER 23, 2023IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: BRITISH MOTHER SENTENCED TO DEATH AFTER MURDERING HER SIKH HUSBAND
A British mother has been sentenced to death in India after she brutally murdered her husband in front of their nine-year-old son with the help of her lover, Daily Mail reported on October 17, 2023.
OCTOBER 22, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Armita Garavand's Family Implicitly Confirms Brain Death
OCTOBER 22, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Khosro Naghiani executed in Karaj on October 22
OCTOBER 22, 2023BelarusDEATH PENALTYBELARUS: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR THE MURDER OF HIS THREE-YEAR-OLD SON
The Minsk regional Court in Belarus on October 19, 2023 reportedly sentenced to death Alexander Taratuta, 48, for the murder of his three-year-old son Semyon
- OCTOBER 22, 2023IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Davoud Heidari executed in Karaj on October 22