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JULY 25, 2023Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: TWO SAUDI NATIONALS EXECUTED FOR KILLING PARENTS, SIBLINGS
Two Saudi nationals were executed on July 24, 2023 in Mecca for killing their parents and siblings, the Kingdom’s Ministry of Interior said.
JULY 24, 2023KenyaDEATH PENALTYKENYA: RUTO REDUCES SENTENCES FOR ALL DEATH ROW CONVICTS
President William Ruto on July 21, 2023 reduced the death sentence for all capital offenders to a life sentence.
JULY 22, 2023United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Joe Biden is breaking his promise to end the federal death penalty
JULY 22, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Unnamed man executed in Qom on uncertain date
Likely on July 22
JULY 21, 2023AlabamaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Alabama. James Barber, 64, White, was executed
JULY 21, 2023ItalyDEATH PENALTYITALY - Falun Gong demonstrated in Rome
Outside the Embassy of China
JULY 20, 2023BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: THREE GET DEATH PENALTY FOR KILLING TRADER IN GOPALGANJ
Three persons on July 10, 2023 were awarded with death penalty for killing a trader named Lutfor Rahman in Tungipara of Gopalganj.
JULY 20, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Abbas Deris at Grave Risk of Execution
One of the participants in the November 2019 protests over the price of gasoline
JULY 20, 2023OklahomaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Oklahoma. Jemaine Cannon, now 51, Black, was executed
JULY 20, 2023MalaysiaDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA: RELIEF FOR KENYAN WOMAN FACING DEATH SENTENCE
The Court of Appeal in Malaysia on July 20, 2023 handed a Kenyan woman a lesser sentencing after reviewing her case in which she was found guilty of trafficking drugs and other illegal substances.
JULY 20, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: POLITICAL PRISONER MOHAMMAD JAVAD VAFA’I THANI SENTENCED TO DEATH
A judge at Vakil Abad Prison in Mashhad, capital of the northeastern Razavi Khorasan Province, on July 19, 2023 sentenced to death Mohammad Javad Vafa’i Thani.
JULY 19, 2023ZimbabweDEATH PENALTYZIMBABWE: TWO SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER OF CHILD
A Zimbabwean High Court Judge on July 12, 2023 sentenced two convicted murderers to death for the killing of a 7-year-old boy, Tapiwa Makore, three years ago in the country’s Mashonaland East Province in rural Murewa area.
JULY 19, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Unidentified man executed in Dezful
Date of execution not specified
JULY 19, 2023United StatesDEATH PENALTYIRAN - The Czech Republic will extradite a Georgian national over a plot to kill Iranian Dissident Masih Alinejad
JULY 19, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mohammad-Javad Vafaie Sani sentenced to death
Political prisoner
JULY 19, 2023GeorgiaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Georgia. Demarcus Sears Wins Sentencing Redo
JULY 18, 2023Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: TWO NATIONALS EXECUTED AFTER SHOOTING POLICEMAN, SECURITY VEHICLE
Two Saudi Arabian nationals on July 16, 2023 were executed in Saudi Arabia after they shot at a policeman and a security vehicle while covering for armed suspects.
JULY 18, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ghasem Seyed Hosseini executed in Urmia on July 18
JULY 18, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Seyyed Mansour Seyyedi, Moslem Havasi and Siamak Hayatbini executed in Karaj on July 18
JULY 18, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Habibollah Ilkhani executed on 18 July in Kermanshah
JULY 18, 2023OhioDEATH PENALTYUSA - Ohio. Ohio Joins 15 Other States Without an Execution in 5 Years
JULY 18, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Amad Moghadam and Saeed Almasi executed on 18 July in Hamadan
JULY 18, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Unidentified man executed in Ahar on July 18
JULY 17, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Sangar Khezri executed in Naghdeh on July 17
JULY 17, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mohsen Yaqouti and Hamzeh Farrokhi executed in Hamedan on July 17
JULY 17, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mojtaba Emami executed in in Sari on July 17
JULY 17, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Faramarz Nezami and Asghar Rahimian executed in Zanjan on July 17
JULY 17, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 3 men executed in Hamadan on July 17
JULY 17, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Aydin Emami executed in Zanjan on July 17
JULY 17, 2023NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: BOYFRIEND, PASTOR SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR THE MURDER OF LASU STUDENT
An Osun State High Court, sitting in Ikire, on July 17, 2023 sentenced a Pastor, Philip Segun, 42-year-old and Owolabi Adeeko, 23-year-old to death for the murder of one Favour Daley Oladele.