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JANUARY 22, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Protesters Hasan Firouzi and Mohammad Ekhtiarian Slip Into Coma In Detention
JANUARY 22, 2023BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: DEATH-ROW CONVICT HANGED IN KASHIMPUR JAIL
A death-row convict was hanged at the Kashimpur Central High Security Jail in Gazipur on 22 January 2023 night.
JANUARY 22, 2023OhioDEATH PENALTYUSA - Ohio. Gregory Esparza resentenced, could get parole
JANUARY 22, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Omid Karamali executed in Karaj on January 22
JANUARY 20, 2023ArizonaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Arizona. Executive order establishes Death Penalty Independent Review Commissioner
Governor Katie Hobbs said "it's time" for a review after history of botched executions
JANUARY 20, 2023United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - 300 organizations send letter to Biden to end death penalty
- JANUARY 19, 2023IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Death sentence to mentally ill protester
Javad Rouhi, over alleged Qur’an burning
JANUARY 19, 2023SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: TWO AL SHABAAB MILITANTS SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDERING POLICE OFFICER
Two Al Shabaab members were sentenced to death on 17 January 2023 in Somalia for their role in the October 2022 murder of a government security official.
JANUARY 19, 2023SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: MILITARY COURT SENTENCES AL-SHABAAB 'DOCTOR’ ABDI JIROW TO DEATH
A Somali court on 19 January 2023 sentenced a top operative of Al-Shabaab to death, dealing another blow to the terror group that has recently been chased out of most towns.
JANUARY 19, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Protester Arshia Takdastan, 18, Sentenced to Death
JANUARY 19, 2023TennesseeDEATH PENALTYUSA - Tennessee. 2 officials fired after scathing report on lethal injection execution errors
JANUARY 19, 2023PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: MAN AWARDED DEATH PENALTY FOR HONOUR KILLINGS
A Khyber court on 19 January 2023 convicted a resident of killing his sister and another person in the name of family honour and sentenced him to death.
JANUARY 19, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ali Jalilvand and Akbar Ahmadi executed in Hamedan on January 19
JANUARY 19, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Kamel Doudkanlou and Seyyed Farhad Hosseini executed in Salmas on January 19
JANUARY 18, 2023North KoreaDEATH PENALTYNORTH KOREA: FORMER FOREIGN MINISTER RI YONG-HO LIKELY EXECUTED LAST YEAR
Former North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Yong-ho appears to have been executed last year, a Japanese newspaper reported on 4 January 2023.
JANUARY 18, 2023MoroccoDEATH PENALTYMOROCCO: KING MOHAMMED VI GRANTS PARDON TO 991 CONVICTS FOR INDEPENDENCE MANIFESTO DAY
Morocco’s King Mohammed VI has granted a royal pardon to 991 convicts on the occasion of the country’s Independence Manifesto Day, the Justice Ministry announced.
JANUARY 18, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ghodrat Zibarom executed in Ilam on January 18
JANUARY 18, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Sharaf Khan Akbari + Unk. executed in Karaj on January 18
JANUARY 18, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Nima Vahidi and Omid Karimi executed in Isfahan on January 18
JANUARY 18, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - European Parliament passed a resolution that puts the IRGC on the terrorist list
JANUARY 18, 2023United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Biden inaction, mixed signals on death penalty
JANUARY 18, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Akbar Sheikh Panahi executed in Isfahan on January 18, 2023
- JANUARY 17, 2023NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA: COURT SENTENCES 4 TO DEATH BY HANGING IN OSUN
An Osun High Court sitting in Osogbo, on 16 January 2023 sentenced four persons to death by hanging for murder and other related offences.
JANUARY 17, 2023ZambiaDEATH PENALTYZAMBIA: COURT UPHOLDS DEATH PENALTY ON WOMAN WHO SET LOVER ABLAZE
A Zambian appeals court has upheld a death penalty imposed on a woman of Ndola who burnt her former boyfriend with petrol resulting in his death a few days later after he ended their relationship, Zambia Daily Mail reported on 17 January 2023.
JANUARY 17, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Kamel Dodkanlou and Farhad Hosseini executed in Salmas on January 17
JANUARY 17, 2023CaliforniaDEATH PENALTYUSA - California is doing away with death row, relocating inmates
- JANUARY 17, 2023United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Feds won’t seek death penalty against Patrick Crusius
El Paso Walmart gunman accused of massacring 23 people
JANUARY 17, 2023NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: VULCANIZER SENTENCED TO DEATH BY HANGING FOR ROBBING NURSE
A 32-year-old vulcanizer, Chidozie Onyinchiz, on 17 January 2023 was sentenced to death by hanging by an Ikeja Special Offences Court, presided over by Justice Mojisola Dada.
JANUARY 16, 2023SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: SOLDIER SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR CIVILIAN KILLING
A Somali soldier - Qasim Duale Abdi - was sentenced to death on 15 January 2023 for killing a civilian after refusing to pay him extortion, an army officer said.
- JANUARY 15, 2023IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Massoud Tahmasebi executed in Bandar Abbas on January 17
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