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JANUARY 23, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Identities of 2 killed in Ilam
Milad Sademiri, Mehdi Ghanbari
JANUARY 23, 2026TexasDEATH PENALTYUSA - Texas. Death Penalty for Cody Pritchard
- JANUARY 22, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Identities of seven more killed during Tehran protests
Mobin Ghanbari, Mohammad Matin Mosleh, Ali Aghajani, Majid Astir, Alireza Javaheripi, Amir Ahmadi, Ali Orouji
- JANUARY 22, 2026KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
KUWAIT: COURT OF APPEALS UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDER
Kuwait’s Court of Appeals has upheld the death sentence for a man convicted of murdering his girlfriend in Rumaithiya suburb and concealing her body in a suitcase in an attempt to smuggle it out of the country, Gulf News reported on January 21, 2026.
- JANUARY 22, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Hrana Report on 26th day of protests: 5002 confirmed fatalities, 9,787 still under investigation
Government Commits Violence, Denies Responsibility, and Continues Mass Arrests
JANUARY 22, 2026AfghanistanDEATH PENALTYAFGHANISTAN: TALIBAN FLOG THREE PEOPLE, INCLUDING WOMAN
Taliban have flogged three people, including a woman, in the northern province of Faryab after convicting them of what they described as “illicit relations” and fleeing home, Amu Tv reported on January 19, 2026.
JANUARY 22, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 3 killed in Kermanshah and Badreh
Mohanna Dokushkani, Armin Dadfar, Omid Shojaeian
JANUARY 22, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Identifies of 5 killed in Karaj
Mohsen Arbabi, Amin Heidari, Ali Moradi, Amir Mohsen Allahyari, Ashkan Alipour
JANUARY 22, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Identities of 4 killed in Arak
Mehrdad Moshtagh, Amir Hossein Dowlatabadi, Meysam Saberi Karharoudi, Ehsan Akbari
JANUARY 22, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Identities of 4 killed in Shahrekord, Kerman, Yazd, and Lordegan
Alireza Ahmadi Babadi, Mehdi Iranpour, Danial Karshenas, Ali Khaledi
JANUARY 22, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Identities of ten people killed in Gilan and Mazandaran
Abbas Keshavarz, Matin Khosravi, Mahmoud Farajnia, Mohammad Hajipour, Reza Samieipour, Pouya Khairkhah, Ershad Shahbazi, Hamed Bamdadi (Aliabadi), Yahya-Kia Deliri, Manouchehr Nikpour
JANUARY 22, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Identities of 21 people killed in Isfahan Province
Hossein Mahmoudi Baram, Pouya Qashqaei, Abdollah Adibi, Hossein Barati, Abbas Aminzadeh, Mehdi Abdali, Iman Najjar Hosseini, Amir Abbas Baghestani, Mobin Ashouri, Mehdi Abdali, Seyed Hossein Mousavi, Javad Ranjbar, Mohammad Khalili, Peyman Barati, Majid H
JANUARY 22, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Identities of ten Kurds killed in Tehran, Karaj, Qazvin, and Mashhad
JANUARY 22, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Protester (of 2023) Armin Nour-Mohammadi sentenced to death
On charges of moharebeh
JANUARY 22, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 14 men executed from January 19 to 22
JANUARY 22, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - IHR report on 25th day of protests: 3428 victims confirmed
Regime provides downward figures on victims of protests
JANUARY 22, 2026FloridaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Florida. Jury Recommends Death Penalty for Dwight Eaglin
For Murder of Correctional Officer and Inmate
- JANUARY 21, 2026LebanonDEATH PENALTY
LEBANON REVIEWS DEATH PENALTY FOR 84 PRISONERS
Lebanon is facing a critical debate over the death penalty, as 84 prisoners remain under sentences frozen for decades.
- JANUARY 21, 2026United NationsDEATH PENALTY
UNITED NATIONS - UN advocates universal abolition of death penalty
- JANUARY 21, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Identities of 3 killed in Golestan Province
Reza Asadi, Safa Farzanfar, Kianoush Mirghasemi
- JANUARY 21, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 4 men executed on January 20
Mikaeil Bahari, Kamran Ghiasvand, Foroud Sagvand, Mardan Saeedi
- JANUARY 21, 2026DEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. Tommy Lee Walker Declared Innocent 70 Years After His Execution
Walker, a young African-American arrested in 1953 and executed in 1956
JANUARY 21, 2026NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: COURT HANDS DEATH PENALTY TO 33-YEAR-OLD FOR ROBBERY, SEXUAL ASSAULT IN CROSS RIVER
A High Court of Cross River State sitting in Calabar has sentenced a 33-year-old man, Okon Effiong, to death for armed robbery, rape and aggravated assault, The Guardian reported on January 21, 2026.
JANUARY 21, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 12 men executed on January 21
JANUARY 21, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - IHR Report on 25th day of protests
JANUARY 21, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Eight women killed during protests in Isfahan, Kermanshah, and Gilan
Melika Dastiyab, Elham Zeinali, Taybeh Rezaei, Parisa Taghibi, Zahra Mahmoudpour, Fatemeh Tabibi, Niloufar Masoudi
JANUARY 21, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Identities of six more people killed in Kermanshah
Farhad Balashzar, Saeed Kahrari, Farzad Khirdar, Mohammadamin Salami, Meysam Karani, Seyed Arman Mousavi
JANUARY 21, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hrana Report on 25th day of protests: 4,902 confirmed fatalities, 9,387 under review
JANUARY 21, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Identities of 8 killed in Islam-Abad-e Gharb
JANUARY 21, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 4 killed in Bandar Abbas protests
Esmail Ghalandarzehi, Seyed Ahmad Kazemi, Mehrshad Ragbar, Mohammad-Amin Khatam