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SEPTEMBER 25, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mostafa Khosh Shaneh and Saeed Brahui Makaki executed in Mashhad
On September 24 and 25
SEPTEMBER 23, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Unidentified prisoner executed in Minab on September 23
SEPTEMBER 23, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mohammad Vali Jabari executed in Isfahan on September 23
SEPTEMBER 23, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Khairallah Jamshidi executed in Minab on September 23
SEPTEMBER 21, 2023OklahomaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Oklahoma. Anthony Sanchez, 44, Hispanic, was executed
18 executions in the US in 2023
SEPTEMBER 21, 2023ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: COURT IMPOSES DEATH PENALTY ON CHILD ABDUCTOR
Yu Huaying, a woman who abducted and trafficked 11 children in the 1990s for financial gain, was sentenced to death by a court in Guizhou province on September 18, 2023.
SEPTEMBER 21, 2023United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Military. Ramzi Bin al Shibh formally deeclared incompetent
SEPTEMBER 21, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Rahmatollah Nouruzof sentenced to death for terrorism
On September 21
SEPTEMBER 20, 2023Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: TWO MILITARY PERSONNEL EXECUTED FOR TREASON
Saudi Arabia's defence ministry has executed two military personnel who were accused of committing treason among other offences, the state news agency (SPA) said on September 14, 2023.
SEPTEMBER 20, 2023BotswanaDEATH PENALTYBOTSWANA: CHILD RAPIST, MURDERER SENTENCED TO DEATH
A 38-year-old Sashemooke man who raped and murdered the daughter of his live-in lover was sentenced to death on August 24, 2023 for the offence in Botswana.
SEPTEMBER 19, 2023OklahomaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Oklahoma. Glynn Simmons Exonerated
48 Years After He Was Sentenced to Death
SEPTEMBER 19, 2023BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: 5 SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR RAPE, MURDER IN CTG
A Chattogram court on August 28, 2023 sentenced five people to death for killing a schoolgirl after rape in Sandwip in 2015.
SEPTEMBER 19, 2023PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: DEATH-ROW PRISONER AZIZ BUGTI BECOMES SKILLED ARTIST IN JAIL
Aziz Bugti is serving a 210-year imprisonment and has been sentenced to death four times.
SEPTEMBER 19, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Prisoners'swap: 5 Americans and 6 billions for 5 Iranians
SEPTEMBER 18, 2023IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: ODISHA MAN AWARDED DEATH PENALTY, SON GETS LIFE TERM FOR TRIPLE-MURDER
A man was sentenced to death by a court in Odisha’s Sambalpur district on August 9, 2023 in a triple murder case.
SEPTEMBER 18, 2023Myanmar (Burma)DEATH PENALTYMYANMAR: JUNTA SENTENCES 4 MEN TO DEATH IN AYEYARWADY REGION
Four men from Ayeyarwady region’s Bogale township have been given the death penalty for murdering a suspected military informer, residents told RFA on September 14, 2023.
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, 2023FloridaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Florida. Jury recommends the death penalty for Michael Hunt
SEPTEMBER 15, 2023United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Pharmaceutical multinationals further restrict lethal injections
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 PENALTY
INDIA: 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 14, 2023BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: 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 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 PENALTYIRAQ 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 PENALTYIRAN - 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 PENALTYBANGLADESH: 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, 2023TexasDEATH PENALTYUSA - Texas. John Grisham criticizes judges in Robert Roberson case
SEPTEMBER 11, 2023Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI 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.”