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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
OCTOBER 8, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Emambakhsh Gorgij executed in Torbat Heydarieh on October 8
- OCTOBER 8, 2023IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mehrab Sintab executed in Karaj on October 8
OCTOBER 6, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Jailed Iranian Activist Mohammadi Wins Nobel Peace Prize
OCTOBER 6, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Two unidentified men executed in Mashhad on October 6
OCTOBER 5, 2023NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: COURT SENTENCES TWO BROTHERS TO DEATH FOR MURDER IN AKWA IBOM
Akwa Ibom State High Court sitting in Essien Udim has sentenced two brothers to death for killing a farmer over a parcel of land, Daily Post reported on October 4, 2023.
OCTOBER 5, 2023YemenDEATH PENALTYYEMEN: FOUR SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER KIDNAPPING OF MSF AID WORKERS
A court in Yemen’s southeastern province of Hadramout on October 3, 2023 sentenced four Yemenis to death for kidnapping international humanitarian workers last year.
OCTOBER 4, 2023North KoreaDEATH PENALTYNORTH KOREA: WAREHOUSE MANAGER EXECUTED FOR STEALING PENICILLIN
A manager at a North Korean pharmaceutical warehouse was publicly executed last month for stealing 20,000 doses of penicillin, sources inside the country said.
- OCTOBER 4, 2023IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 16-year-old girl seriously injured by 'moral police'
Armita Geravand (Garavand)
OCTOBER 4, 2023Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTYDR CONGO: ARMY OFFICER RECEIVES DEATH SENTENCE OVER PROTEST KILLINGS
A military court sentenced a DR Congo army officer to death and handed 10-year prison terms to three others on October 2, 2023 over the August killing of more than 50 protesters in the eastern city of Goma.
OCTOBER 4, 2023IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: TWO GET DEATH PENALTY FOR RAPING, KILLING MINOR GIRL IN 2019
A special POCSO court in Tripura on October 3, 2023 convicted two persons and sentenced them to death for raping and murdering a minor girl four years ago.
OCTOBER 3, 2023BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: 3 SENTENCED TO DEATH IN RAJBARI SCHOOL STUDENT MURDER
A court in Rajbari on September 27, 2023 sentenced three people to death in the murder case of fourth-grade student Rifad, 12, after abduction in the district.
OCTOBER 3, 2023FloridaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Florida. Michael Zack was executed on October 3
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