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MAY 13, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 6 men executed in Kerman on May 13
Amrollah Adish, Kambiz Davarpanah and four unidentified men
- MAY 12, 2023IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 2 foreign citizens released from Iranian prisons
Benjamin Briere and Bernard Phelan
MAY 12, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hossein Rigi executed in Mashhad on May 12
MAY 12, 2023ArizonaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Arizona. Joe Cota Morales, a 1981 case, added to the Innocence List
MAY 12, 2023CaliforniaDEATH PENALTYUSA - California. Jury sentenced Salvador Vasquez-Oliva to death
- MAY 11, 2023IranDEATH PENALTY
Iran - Supreme Court Upholds Death Sentences of Three Protesters
Saleh Mirhashemi, Majid Kazemi and Saeed Yaghoubi
MAY 11, 2023Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: SAUDI MAN EXECUTED IN EASTERN PROVINCE FOR ATTACKING POLICE STATION
A Saudi national in the Eastern Province was executed on May 9, 2023 for attacking a police station, the official Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported.
- MAY 11, 2023IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Hossein Shabanzadeh executed in Rasht on May 11
MAY 11, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Appointment of Iran to chair the UN Human Rights Council’s 2023 Social Forum
- MAY 10, 2023IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN Four unidentified men executed in Gohardasht on May 10
MAY 10, 2023PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: SHC COMMUTES DEATH SENTENCE OF TWO MURDERERS TO LIFE TERM
The Sindh High Court on May 8, 2023 commuted the death penalty of two appellants to life imprisonment in a murder case.
MAY 10, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 3 men executed in Karaj on May 10
Hossein Panjak, Abdolhossein Emami Moghaddam and Babak Aghayi
MAY 10, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Between 29 April and 8 May, 118 people were executed in Iran
239 persone dall'inizio dell'anno
MAY 10, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 2 unidentified men executed in Arak Prison on May 10
MAY 10, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mohammad Saber Payamian executed in Kermanshah on May 10
MAY 10, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Saber Payamian executed in Kermanshah on May 10
At least 52 Kurdish executed in Iran's prisons since the beginning of this year
- MAY 9, 2023IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Najmedin Eshaghzehi executed in Semnan on May 9
- MAY 9, 2023AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
UNITED NATIONS: TALIBAN'S USE OF CORPORAL PUNISHMENT VIOLATES HUMAN RIGHTS
The United Nations on May 9, 2023 called out the Taliban for their widespread use of corporal punishment, including public lashings and amputations, and execution in violation of international rights.
- MAY 8, 2023IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Unidentified man executed in Shiraz on May 8
- MAY 8, 2023IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Bahman Zayerfar executed in Ahar on May 8
MAY 8, 2023IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: COURT ORDERS THE DEATH PENALTY FOR A POLICEMAN WHO KILLED A GOVERNMENT ADVISOR
An Iraqi court on May 7, 2023 issued a death sentence for a policeman after he was found guilty of leading a group that shot dead the well-known analyst and government advisor Hisham al-Hashimi three years ago in Baghdad.
MAY 8, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 3 men executed on May 8: Mohammad Ahmadi, Yaser Rakhshani and Yunus Rigi Rakhshani
25 Baloch prisoners executed in the last 11 days
MAY 8, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Unidentified man executed in Dezful on May 8
MAY 8, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hossein Shahrouzi executed in Shiraz on May 8
MAY 8, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Yousef Mehrad and Sadrollah Fazeli Zare executed for blasphemy
- MAY 7, 2023BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: 6 SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING SCHOOL TEACHER IN CUMILLA
A Cumilla court on May 2, 2023 sentenced six people to death in the case of the murder of college teacher Sujon in Barpara area of the city in 2010, besides, each was fined 10,000 taka.
- MAY 6, 2023Myanmar (Burma)DEATH PENALTY
MYANMAR: MILITARY COMMUTES 38 DEATH SENTENCES AS PART OF AMNESTY FOR MORE THAN 2,100 POLITICAL PRISONERS
Myanmar’s ruling military council on May 3, 2023 said it is releasing more than 2,100 political prisoners as a humanitarian gesture.
MAY 6, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Iran executed Swedish-Iranian dissident Habib Chaab
For “terrorism”
MAY 6, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Asghar Samiei and Tahmaseb Kavousi executed in Zanjan on May 6
229 executions since the beginning of the year
MAY 6, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Salahedin Majidi (Dodkanlu) and Abdollah Khan Mohammadi executed in Salmas on May 6