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OCTOBER 3, 2023Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYRELATIVES OF SAUDIS FACING EXECUTION URGE ‘ASHAMED’ CROWN PRINCE TO ACT
Relatives of Saudis facing heavy sentences for social media posts are calling on the kingdom’s de facto ruler to take action after he voiced shame over their cases.
OCTOBER 2, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Yasin Huseynzade sentenced to death
Assailant of Azerbaijan's embassy in Iran
OCTOBER 2, 2023VietnamDEATH PENALTYVIETNAM: 4 GET DEATH IN HCMC FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Four people were sentenced to death in HCMC on September 28, 2023 for transporting 12 kg of drugs from Cambodia to Vietnam for sale.
OCTOBER 1, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Samad Moradi executed in Ramhormoz on October 1
OCTOBER 1, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Unidentified man executed in Mashhad on October 1
OCTOBER 1, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 5 men executed in Kerman on October 1
Avaz Moradi, Ramezan Khorshid + 3 unk
OCTOBER 1, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Unidentified man executed in Mashhad on October 1
- OCTOBER 1, 2023IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mohammad Taghi … executed in Mashhad on October 1
Surname unknown
OCTOBER 1, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 5 men executed in Shiraz on October 1
Hamidreza Khodabandeh and 4 unidentified men
SEPTEMBER 30, 2023FloridaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Florida. Controversial penalty law for child rape goes into effect on October 1
SEPTEMBER 30, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mohammad Bagher Bazgir and Sasan Farzipour executed in Khorramabad on September 30
SEPTEMBER 30, 2023TaiwanDEATH PENALTYTAIWAN: MAN IN TIRE SHOP ARSON CASE SENTENCED TO DEATH BY HSINCHU COURT
The Hsinchu District Court on September 28, 2023 handed the death sentence to a man found guilty of arson that resulted in the death of eight family members in June last year.
- SEPTEMBER 29, 2023IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Ehsan Dehqanipour executed in Borujard on August 29
- SEPTEMBER 29, 2023LouisianaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Louisiana. Larry Hudson, a newly discovered death row exoneration in 1967 case
- SEPTEMBER 28, 2023Sri LankaDEATH PENALTY
SRI LANKA: DEATH SENTENCE FOR 8 FROM KALUTARA OVER 2003 MURDER
The Kalutara High Court on September 27, 2023 sentenced to death eight persons over a murder reported 20 years ago.
- SEPTEMBER 28, 2023Sri LankaDEATH PENALTY
five people sentenced to death for heroin trafficking.
The Colombo High Court on September 27, 2023 sentenced five people to death for heroin trafficking.
SEPTEMBER 28, 2023TexasDEATH PENALTYUSA - Texas. Scott Panetti Not Competent for Execution
SEPTEMBER 28, 2023Sri LankaDEATH PENALTYSRI LANKA: 13 PERSONS SENTENCED TO DEATH ON THE SAME DAY
13 persons were sentenced to death in two separate cases on September 27, 2013 in Sri Lanka.
SEPTEMBER 27, 2023IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: MAN GIVEN DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDERING TWO WOMEN
A Chittoor court, in the state of Andhra Pradesh, on August 22, 2023 awarded death penalty to a middle-aged man identified as Syed Moulali on charges of killing his live-in partner and her 65-year-old mother.
- SEPTEMBER 27, 2023IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Ali Najafi and Bahram … executed in Karaj on September 27
554 executions in 2023
SEPTEMBER 27, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Jafar Ghaed executed in Ahar on September 27
SEPTEMBER 27, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 2 men executed in Karaj on September 27
Saman Asgari and Mozafar ... (surname unknown)
SEPTEMBER 26, 2023IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT COMMUTES DEATH SENTENCE OF CONVICT IN RAPE & MURDER CASE OF 4.5 YEARS OLD GIRL
The Rajasthan High Court, Jaipur Bench, has set aside the death sentence of a man who was convicted of rape and murder of four-year-old girl and has commuted it to the life imprisonment.
SEPTEMBER 26, 2023BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: TWO GET DEATH PENALTY FOR KILLING WOMAN AFTER RAPE
A court in Faridpur on September 25, 2023 sentenced two people to death on the charge of killing a woman after rape at Sadar upazila in 2017.
SEPTEMBER 26, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Askar Nami executed in Tabriz on September 26
SEPTEMBER 26, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 4 sentenced to death over bootleg alcohol that killed 17
- SEPTEMBER 25, 2023IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Death of Faramarz Javidzad, a Jewish Prisoner with Iranian-American Citizenship
Due to Denied Medical Access in Evin Prison
SEPTEMBER 25, 2023VietnamDEATH PENALTYVIETNAM: MAN EXECUTED DESPITE DIPLOMATIC PLEAS FOR MERCY
Death row prisoner Le Van Manh was executed on the morning of September 22, 2023, lawyer Le Van Luan posted on Facebook, in a case with evidence which lawyers said was not clear enough to convict.
- SEPTEMBER 25, 2023PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR RAPING TEENAGE DAUGHTER
A district and sessions court in Lahore convicted on September 22, 2023 a man for raping his teenage daughter and sentenced him to death.
SEPTEMBER 25, 2023BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING CHILD AFTER RAPE
A court in Narayanganj on September 25, 2023 sentenced a man to death on the charge of killing a child after rape at Araihazar upazila in 2021.