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FEBRUARY 26, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 3 men and 2 women executed in Birjand on February 26
Abdolhamid Sheh Bakhsh, Ali Fanoodie + 3 unk.
FEBRUARY 26, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 5 men executed in Arak on February 26
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FEBRUARY 24, 2023FloridaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Florida. Steven Lorenzo Sentenced To Death
FEBRUARY 24, 2023CaliforniaDEATH PENALTYUSA - California. Jose Larin-Garcia sentenced to death
- FEBRUARY 23, 2023IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
INDONESIA: EX-POLICE GENERAL SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR ORDERING OFFICER’S MURDER
A former police general found guilty of ordering the killing of his bodyguard and covering up the murder was sentenced to death by a Jakarta court on 13 February 2023.
FEBRUARY 23, 2023FloridaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Florida. Donald Dillbeck, 59, White, was executed
7th execution of the year in US
FEBRUARY 23, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - EU condemns Iran over death penalty for Jamshid Sharmahd
FEBRUARY 23, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hassan Abbasi and Ali Rezaei executed in Rasht on February 23
FEBRUARY 22, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Sarkawt Ahmadi executed in Kermashan on February 22
Political prisoner
FEBRUARY 22, 2023MarylandDEATH PENALTYUSA - Maryland. John Huffington, Former Death Row Prisoner, Exonerated After 40 Years
FEBRUARY 22, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 2 women executed in Karaj
Fariba Hosseini and Nazifeh …
FEBRUARY 22, 2023Sri LankaDEATH PENALTYSRI LANKA: FOUR POLICE OFFICERS SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
The Hambantota High Court on 15 February 2023 sentenced to death four Police officers, including an Officer-in-Charge (OIC) over the death of an individual during a raid on a gambling den in Thissamaharamaya.
FEBRUARY 22, 2023GermanyDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Germany is expelling two diplomats from the Iranian embassy in Berlin
over the death sentence of Jamshid Sharmahd
FEBRUARY 22, 2023BelarusDEATH PENALTYBELARUS: LAWMAKERS APPROVE BILL ON DEATH PENALTY FOR HIGH TREASON
The Belarusian parliament's lower chamber, the House of Representatives, on 21 February 2023 approved the second and final reading of a bill that envisages the death penalty for high treason for civil servants and members of the military.
FEBRUARY 22, 2023ArizonaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Arizona. U.S. Supreme Court voids John Montenegro Cruz death sentence
FEBRUARY 22, 2023South CarolinaDEATH PENALTYUSA - South Carolina. Senate passed Bill S 120 shielding death penalty drugmakers
FEBRUARY 22, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mohammad Rasul Cholaki executed in Ilam on February 22
FEBRUARY 22, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Armin Hirani executed in Kermanshah on February 22
Hengaw has been informed on March 11
- FEBRUARY 21, 2023IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - EU To Include Iranian Judges On Sanctions List
FEBRUARY 21, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - German Foreign Minister: Iran's Revolutionary Guards Not Terrorist Entity
FEBRUARY 21, 2023Sri LankaDEATH PENALTYSRI LANKA: TWO MEN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR GRANDPASS MURDER BACK IN 2008
Colombo High Court Judge Mahesh Weeraman sentenced to death two men who were found guilty of hacking death a man in 2008, News 1st reported on 15 February 2023.
FEBRUARY 21, 2023SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: FOUR SOLDIERS EXECUTED BY FIRING SQUAD
Four Somali officials, including from the military, police and the National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA) were executed on 2 February 2023 by firing squad in the nation’s capital of Mogadishu.
FEBRUARY 21, 2023AlabamaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Alabama. "Almost ready to use nitrogen hypoxia"
Recapitulating the Failed Promise of Humane Execution
FEBRUARY 21, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Davood Rakjan executed in Birjand on February 21
(aka Haj Nabi Kharkoohi)
FEBRUARY 21, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 3 men executed in Urmia on February 21
- FEBRUARY 20, 2023IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Iran Rewards Hadi Matar, Salman Rushdie Attacker
- FEBRUARY 20, 2023IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Moslem Moradi executed in Sanandaj on February 20
- FEBRUARY 20, 2023YemenDEATH PENALTY
YEMEN: FATHER PARDONS KILLER OF HIS SON MOMENTS BEFORE EXECUTION
A leader of a Yemeni tribe in the Ma’rib governorate pardoned the killer of his son on 20 February 2023, moments before his execution, local media reported.
FEBRUARY 20, 2023BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: TWO BROTHERS SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR WAR CRIMES HELD
Rapid Action Battalion arrested two death-row fugitive war criminals, who committed crimes against humanity during the Liberation War, from Dhaka's Mohammadpur and Mugda areas on 16 February 2023 night.
FEBRUARY 20, 2023SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: MILITARY COURT EXECUTES TWO SOLDIERS FOR CIVILIAN KILLING
Two Somali officials were executed on 18 February 2023 by firing squad in the nation’s capital of Mogadishu.