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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 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 21, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - EU To Include Iranian Judges On Sanctions List
- 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, 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.
FEBRUARY 20, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hassan Abyat executed in Ahvaz on February 20
FEBRUARY 20, 2023United KingdomDEATH PENALTYIRAN - UK sanctions Iranian judges, commanders and regional governors
FEBRUARY 20, 2023IranDEATH 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 20, 2023YemenDEATH PENALTYYEMEN: 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 19, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Two protesters sentenced to death
Mansour and Nizamaldin Hut (Hoot)
FEBRUARY 18, 2023United KingdomDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Terror Threats Force Persian TV Channel
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 16, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Nijomi Moradi executed in Urmia on February 16
FEBRUARY 16, 2023PennsylvaniaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Pennsylvania. (16/02/2023) Gov. Josh Shapiro blocks death penalty, calls for repeal
The state has already been in a moratorium since 2015
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 15, 2023IowaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Iowa. (15/02/2023) Senate panel advances bill SF 14 to reinstate the death penalty