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JANUARY 4, 2023EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: MAN WHO STRANGLED HIS FIANCÉE SENTENCED TO DEATH
Mohamed Samir, who murdered his fiancée Kholoud Al-Sayed Farouk, has been sentenced to death by a court in Egypt, Middle East Monitor reported on 3 January 2023.
JANUARY 4, 2023NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: ZAMFARA STATE GOVERNOR MATAWALLE PARDONS 9 PRISONERS AWAITING DEATH SENTENCE
Zamfara State Governor, Bello Mohammed Matawalle has pardoned 46 prisoners, nine of whom had been sentenced to death by hanging, and five others that were serving life imprisonment in a Medium Correctional Centre, Gusau
- JANUARY 4, 2023IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Renowned actress, Alidousti, released from prison
On bail
JANUARY 4, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Saadollah Karimi Serini executed in Kermanshah on January 4
JANUARY 4, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Rasoul Mohammadi executed in Karaj on 4 January
JANUARY 4, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN Farhad (Farah) Karimi executed Kermanshah on January 4
JANUARY 3, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - IRGC member gunned down in Tehran
Ghassem Fathollahi
JANUARY 3, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Iran indicts 2 French nationals, 1 Belgian for espionage
JANUARY 3, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 3 death sentences of protesters overturned
Hamid Qareh Hasanlou, Hossein Mohammadi and Reza Arya
JANUARY 3, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Protester Mansour Dahmardeh sentenced to death
JANUARY 3, 2023United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Missouri. Amber McLaughlin executed on January 3
First known US execution of an openly transgender person
JANUARY 2, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 623 executions in 2022 in Iran
273 more prisoners executed than last year
- JANUARY 2, 2023IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Clemency in Gen Soleimani’s commemoration
16 death penalty commuted, 3,000 inmates freed
JANUARY 2, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ahmed Bachagchi and Azizbeg Hosseini executed in Karaj on January 2
JANUARY 2, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mehdi Mohammadi-Fard, age 18, sentenced to death twice
Arrested at protests on September 30, 2022, in Nowshahr
DECEMBER 31, 2022MaliDEATH PENALTYMALI: 46 IVORIAN SOLDIERS SENTENCED TO 20 YEARS IN PRISON; DEATH IN ABSENTIA GIVEN TO 3
Forty-six Ivorian soldiers in Mali were each sentenced on 30 December 2022 to 20 years in prison by a Malian court for attacking the security of the nation.
DECEMBER 30, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Stories of 5 men sentenced to death for alleged crimes linked to anti-regime protests
Hamid Ghare-Hasanlou, Mohammad Mehdi Karami, Hossein Mohammadi, Seyyed Mohammad Hosseini, Reza Arya.
DECEMBER 29, 2022PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING TRANSGENDER PERSON IN CHARSADDA
A district and sessions judge in Charsadda on 23 December 2022 convicted a man for killing a transgender person last year and awarded him death sentence with a fine of Rs1 million.
DECEMBER 29, 2022ItalyDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Iran summons Italian ambassador over protests solidarity
DECEMBER 29, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Iranian author sentenced to death
For urging peace in Israel TV interview
DECEMBER 29, 2022ItalyDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Italian PM Meloni Says Repression Of Protesters In Iran ‘Unbearable’
DECEMBER 28, 2022Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTYDR CONGO: MILITARY COURT UPHOLDS NINE DEATH SENTENCES
Eight soldiers and one civilian in the Democratic Republic of Congo's war-torn northeast have had death sentences for murder and embezzlement confirmed, court documents showed on 27 December 2022.
DECEMBER 28, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hamidreza and Mohsen Nejati executed in Rajai Shahr Prison on December 28
DECEMBER 28, 2022GuyanaDEATH PENALTYGUYANA: COURT OF APPEAL REFUSES TO DECLARE THE DEATH PENALTY UNCONSTITUTIONAL
The Court of Appeal in Guyana on 22 December 2022 overturned three death sentences and replaced them with life sentences but declined to strike down the death penalty as unconstitutional.
DECEMBER 28, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Davoud Rahmatali executed in Shiraz on December 28
645 executions since the beginning of the year
- DECEMBER 28, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Unidentified man executed in Karaj on December 28
DECEMBER 28, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Davoud Yousefi and Ebrahim Ajali executed in Karaj on December 28
DECEMBER 28, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN – Italy. Italy urges Iran to stop executions and open dialogue with protesters
DECEMBER 27, 2022JordanDEATH PENALTYJORDAN: COURT RULES EXECUTION BY HANGING FOR MAN WHO KILLED ANOTHER IN 2005
The Grand Criminal Court issued on 26 December 2022 a death sentence by hanging against a man who killed his friend 17 years ago in Aqaba.
DECEMBER 27, 2022VietnamDEATH PENALTYVIETNAM: HANOI WOMAN GETS DEATH SENTENCE FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
The People’s Court in Ho Chi Minh City has sentenced a woman from Hanoi to death for trafficking 9.9 kilograms of heroin.