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FEBRUARY 20, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hassan Abyat executed in Ahvaz on February 20
FEBRUARY 20, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - UK sanctions Iranian judges, commanders and regional governors
FEBRUARY 20, 2023GermanyDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Jamshid Sharmahd sentenced to death
Iranian-German dissident kidnapped from the UAE
FEBRUARY 20, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Alireza and Safar Mohammadpour executed in Torbat Jam on on February 20
Two Baluch brothers
- FEBRUARY 19, 2023IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Two protesters sentenced to death
Mansour and Nizamaldin Hut (Hoot)
- FEBRUARY 18, 2023IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Terror Threats Force Persian TV Channel
- FEBRUARY 16, 2023IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Nijomi Moradi executed in Urmia on February 16
- FEBRUARY 16, 2023PennsylvaniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Pennsylvania. (16/02/2023) Gov. Josh Shapiro blocks death penalty, calls for repeal
The state has already been in a moratorium since 2015
FEBRUARY 16, 2023EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH, 11 OTHERS TO LIFE ON TERROR CHARGES
The First Terrorism Circuit at Egypt's State Security Criminal Court on 7 February 2023 sentenced a man to death by hanging, and 11 others to life imprisonment, three defendants to 15 years imprisonment and three defendants to ten years over various terro
FEBRUARY 16, 2023Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: TWO SHIITE CITIZENS SENTENCED TO DEATH
Two Shiite citizens were sentenced to death in Saudi Arabia on 7 February 2023 for allegedly collaborating with terrorist groups.
- FEBRUARY 15, 2023IowaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Iowa. (15/02/2023) Senate panel advances bill SF 14 to reinstate the death penalty
FEBRUARY 15, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 2 men (unidentified) executed in Gohardasht on February 15
FEBRUARY 15, 2023AlabamaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Alabama. Jason Michael Osborn, 44, White, sentenced to death on February 15
FEBRUARY 15, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Parviz Frotani executed in Neyshabur on February 15
- FEBRUARY 14, 2023IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Milad Jajuyi Khanik and Mohammad Ali Akhtari Kahlan executed in Urmia on February 14
- FEBRUARY 14, 2023IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 3 prisoners were executed in Karaj on February 14
- FEBRUARY 14, 2023IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 6 Arab Political Prisoners Handed Capital Punishment On February 14
Ali Majdam, Moein Khanfari, Mohammadreza Moghadam, Seyed Salem Mousavi, Seyed Adnan Mousavi and Habib Darees
FEBRUARY 14, 2023Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTYDR CONGO: SEVEN SOLDIERS GET DEATH SENTENCE FOR COWARDICE AGAINST M23 REBELS
A military court in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo on 11 February 2023 sentenced seven soldiers to death for cowardice in the face of the enemy and murder.
FEBRUARY 14, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 3 men executed in Arak on February 14
Mostafa Majnouni + 2 unidentified
FEBRUARY 14, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hassan Teyran executed in Urmia on February 14
- FEBRUARY 13, 2023IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Behzad Alirezaei and Ahmad Samari executed in Qazvin on February 13
FEBRUARY 13, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mohammad Rasulof released
Award-winning filmmaker, arrested six months ago
FEBRUARY 13, 2023BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: MAN HANGED FOR KILLING DR. NAZNIN, HOUSEHELP
A 42-year-old man has been executed at Kashimpur Central jail for killing Dr. Naznin Akhtar and her housemaid 17 years ago, authorities said on 10 February 2023.
FEBRUARY 12, 2023ZambiaDEATH PENALTYZAMBIA: PRESIDENT HICHILEMA COMMUTES DEATH SENTENCES FOR 390 INMATES TO LIFE IMPRISONMENT
Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema has commuted 390 death sentences to life imprisonment, six weeks after he abolished capital punishment, a cabinet minister said on 8 February 2023.
FEBRUARY 12, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Sirous Gholami executed in Gorgan on February 12
FEBRUARY 10, 2023LouisianaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Louisiana. Kyle Joekel formally sentenced to death
FEBRUARY 10, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Farhad Meysami Released From Prison on February 10
Iranian Activist on Hunger-Strike
FEBRUARY 9, 2023Sri LankaDEATH PENALTYSRI LANKA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR STABBING ANOTHER 16 TIMES, AND KILLING HIM
The Colombo High Court on 7 February 2023 sentenced to death a father of two who was found guilty of killing a young man suspected of having an affair with his wife.
- FEBRUARY 8, 2023IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Clemency for "thousands of convicts"
But not for protesters
FEBRUARY 8, 2023BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING WIFE OVER DOWRY IN SATKHIRA
A Satkhira court on 5 February 2023 sentenced a man to death for killing his wife in 2014 for dowry.