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JANUARY 25, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Reza Aghale executed in Qazvin on January 25
JANUARY 25, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Kurdish Pregnant Inmate Shahla Abdi Faces
A protester arrested in October
JANUARY 25, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mansour Yusuf Zahi executed in Bandar Abbas on January 25
JANUARY 25, 2023KenyaDEATH PENALTYKENYA: 43% OF PRISONERS ON DEATH ROW DID NOT KNOW WHAT WAS HAPPENING DURING TRIAL - REPORT
Fourty-three per cent of inmates on death row did not understand what was happening during their trial. This is according to a report launched on 24 January 2023 by the Death Penalty Project, in partnership with Kenya National Commission on Human Rights.
JANUARY 24, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Protester Kambiz Kharoot, 20, sentenced to death
JANUARY 24, 2023BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: SON AMONG SEVEN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR HOUSEWIFE'S MURDER IN NOAKHALI
A court has handed down the death penalty to seven people for the murder of a woman in Noakhali in 2020. One of the convicts is the victim's son.
JANUARY 24, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 3 Men executed in Arak on January 24
Omid Azni, Behnam… + Unk
JANUARY 24, 2023PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN TIGHTENS BLASPHEMY LAWS THAT ALREADY CARRY DEATH PENALTY
In a move that has alarmed human rights activists in Pakistan, the Shehbaz Sharif government has approved a bill that will strengthen the country's contentious anti-blasphemy laws.
JANUARY 23, 2023BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: 6 SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY IN MYMENSINGH
The International Crimes Tribunal has sentenced six people to death in Mymensingh's Trishal upazila for committing crimes against humanity during the 1971 Liberation War.
JANUARY 23, 2023South SudanDEATH PENALTYSOUTH SUDAN: CABINET UPHOLDS DEATH PENALTY
The Government of South Sudan has said it will not abolish the death penalty and insists it is a deterrent to prevent serious crimes, Africa-Press reported on 22 January 2023.
JANUARY 23, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ahmad Zalitabar executed in Karaj on January 23
JANUARY 23, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 4 men executed in Karaj on January 23
Saman Nabi- Garusi, Abolfazl Baraghani-Nejad, Sabina Esmailzadeh + Unk.
JANUARY 23, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Protester Ebrahim Narouei sentenced to death
JANUARY 23, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - The IRGC’s Terrorist Designation Frightens The Regime
JANUARY 23, 2023CaliforniaDEATH PENALTYUSA - California. Billy Ray Waldon’s death sentence overturned
JANUARY 23, 2023FloridaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Florida. Steven Wolf sentenced to death
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, 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 19, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Death sentence to mentally ill protester
Javad Rouhi, over alleged Qur’an burning