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FEBRUARY 18, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Victim Accounts: Mohammad Rahmati’s Father Forced to Blame “Terrorists” for His Son’s Killing
FEBRUARY 18, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Sajad Ahmadi executed in Malayer on February 18
FEBRUARY 18, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 13 men executed on February 18
FEBRUARY 17, 2026TaiwanDEATH PENALTYTAIWAN: FEMALE DRIVER SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING POLICE STATION CHIEF
A female motorist who fatally dragged the head of a police station to his death while trying to evade a roadside check in 2024 was sentenced to death by the New Taipei District Court on February 11, 2026.
FEBRUARY 17, 2026SudanDEATH PENALTYSUDAN: TWO WOMEN FROM EL GEDAREF AND BLUE NILE FACE DEATH BY STONING IN PRISON
Activists and human rights defenders say that two women, from El Gedaref and Blue Nile respectively, are being detained in Omdurman prison in Sudan, sentenced to death by stoning, Radio Dabanga reported on February 4, 2026.
FEBRUARY 17, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 520 men and 8 women executed in Iran since the beginning of 2026
- FEBRUARY 17, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 12 prisoners executed on February 17
FEBRUARY 17, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Victim Accounts: Shahabeddin Sameni Killed by Sniper
FEBRUARY 17, 2026United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Rev. Jesse Jackson, Civil Rights Leader, Dies at 84
- FEBRUARY 17, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 4 men executed on February 17
FEBRUARY 16, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Information about people arrested during the January 2026 riots
FEBRUARY 16, 2026IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: 3 SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR GANG RAPE OF ISRAELI TOURIST, MURDER NEAR HAMPI
A sessions court in Karnataka's Koppal district on February 16, 2026 sentenced three men to death after convicting them in the gang rape of two women, including an Israeli national, and the killing of a male tourist.
- FEBRUARY 16, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 12 men executed on February 16
FEBRUARY 16, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mina Nasirpour, a woman, executed in Tabriz on February 16
9th woman hanged in 2026
FEBRUARY 16, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Sadegh Manafi executed in Tabriz on February 16
FEBRUARY 16, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Victim Accounts: Amirhossein Saeedi killed in hospital
FEBRUARY 16, 2026United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Pennsylvania. An intervention by Mumia Abu Jamal from prison
The now 72-year-old former Black Panther militant has been in prison for 45 years
FEBRUARY 16, 2026SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA EXECUTES TWO AL-SHABAAB CONVICTS OVER DEADLY MOGADISHU ATTACKS
The Somali federal government on February 16, 2026 executed two men convicted of orchestrating a series of deadly assassinations and bombings in the capital, judicial officials confirmed.
FEBRUARY 16, 2026ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINESE COURT ANNOUNCES 1ST-INSTANCE TRIAL VERDICT OF MYANMAR-BASED XU FAQI CRIMINAL GANG; XU SENTENCED TO DEATH WITH TWO-YEAR REPRIEVE
A court in Southwest China's Chongqing Municipality on January 30, 2026 publicly announced the first-instance
FEBRUARY 15, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hrana Report on 15th Day of Protests: Sharp Rise in Human Casualties
FEBRUARY 15, 2026BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: EX-MP AMONG SIX SENTENCED TO DEATH IN ASHULIA CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY CASE
The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-2 on February 5, 2025 sentenced six people, including former Dhaka-19 lawmaker Md Saiful Islam, to death
FEBRUARY 15, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hrana Report on Day 50 of the Protests: 7,015 confirmed fatalities, 11,744 under review
FEBRUARY 15, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hengaw Report on 330 victims
- FEBRUARY 15, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 16 men and a woman executed on February 14 and 15
More than 500 executions in Iran since the beginning of 2026
- FEBRUARY 15, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 7 death sentences were carried out on Feb. 15
Asghar Esmaeili, Vahid Karami, Einollah Rahimzadeh, Farzad Fazli, Davoud Ghafouri, Sadeq Manafi, Hassan Doosti
- FEBRUARY 15, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Reza Karami executed in Dorud on February 15
- FEBRUARY 15, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Ehsan Rajabi executed in Kashan on February 15
FEBRUARY 15, 2026FloridaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Florida. Hundreds of women pledge allegiance to Wade Wilson
FEBRUARY 15, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Navid Shabanian executed in Kashmar on February 15
FEBRUARY 15, 2026LebanonDEATH PENALTYAMB. MARCELLI, IMPORTANT TO ARRIVE AT LAW AGAINST DEATH PENALTY IN LEBANON
Italy's ambassador to Lebanon, Fabrizio Marcelli, met with the chairman of the parliamentary committee on human rights, Michel Moussa, who is working on the bill to abolish the death penalty.