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JANUARY 16, 2026ArizonaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Arizona. Execution protocol under scrutiny after Richard Djerf’s autopsy
JANUARY 16, 2026TennesseeDEATH PENALTYUSA - Tennessee. Judge grants expanded press access to state executions
- JANUARY 15, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Ten people, including two women, killed by direct fire from government forces
Negin Ghadimi, Parnia Shad Bejarkanari, Meysam Zarei Bejarkanari, Mehdi Saheli, Amir Heidardoost, Mehdi Ghadimi, Saeed Mirzaei, Ebrahim Ghioumi, Payam Babo Kuhestani, Abbas Khadem
- JANUARY 15, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Canadian Citizen Killed During Protests
- JANUARY 15, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Hengaw Report: 5 killed, including two women, in Tehran protests
Golaleh Mahmoudi Azar Zahra Moradi, Siavash Shirzad, Erfan Alizadeh, Ali Abbasi
- JANUARY 15, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 13 more Kurdish protesters confirmed killed
Golaleh Mahmoudi-Azar, Zahra Moradi, Erfan Alizadeh, Pouya Rostami, Keyvan Rezaei, Hossein Shirkoul, Siavash Shirzad, Rebin Moradi, Ardeshir Zarei, Ali Abbasi, Seyyed Milad Hosseini, Mohammad Seydi, Amir-Ali Jalilian
JANUARY 15, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Judiciary: Erfan Soltani not sentenced to death
JANUARY 15, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Trump Says Iran Halts Executions But Doesn't Rule Out Military Action
JANUARY 15, 2026MoroccoDEATH PENALTYMOROCCO: DEATH PENALTY REAFFIRMED FOR DUTCH HITMEN IN CAFÉ LA CRÈME SHOOTING
Two Dutch nationals convicted over the 2017 Café La Crème shooting in Marrakech have again been sentenced to death in Morocco,
JANUARY 15, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Roberta Metsola Calls for Blacklisting the IRGC
President of the European Parliament
JANUARY 15, 2026EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: DEATH PENALTY HANDED TO ABDUCTOR FOR HORRIFIC ASSAULT OF MINOR
The Public Prosecution has called for the execution of a defendant known as Mohamed al-King following a violent assault on a young girl named Shaimaa, Women of Egypt reported.
JANUARY 15, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hrana Report on 19th day of Protests: 2,677 dead
Emergency UN Security Council Meeting and Continued Nationwide Internet Shutdown
JANUARY 15, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - IHR Report on 19th day of protests: 3,428 dead
Systematic Killings and Violent Suppression: De Facto Martial Law
JANUARY 15, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Five women, one aged 15, killed during protests in Iran
Arnika Dabbagh, Nasim Pouraqaei, Sahba Rashtian, Mobina Beheshti e Nazli JanparvarArnika Dabbagh, Nasim Pouraqaei, Sahba Rashtian, Mobina Beheshti e Nazli Janparvar
JANUARY 15, 2026CaliforniaDEATH PENALTYUSA - California. 20 years ago the last execution
On January 17, 2006, California executed Clarence Ray Allen
JANUARY 15, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 21 men and 1 woman executed between January 12 to 15
147 executions for ordinary offences in the first 15 days of the year
- JANUARY 14, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Hrana Report - 18th day of protests: 2,615 dead, 18,470 arrested
JANUARY 14, 2026AfghanistanDEATH PENALTYAFGHANISTAN: TALIBAN FLOG 37 PEOPLE IN UNDER A WEEK
Taliban have increased the use of corporal punishment at the start of the new year (2026), flogging at least 37 people in public across 10 provinces in less than a week, according to data from statements issued by their Supreme Court.
JANUARY 14, 2026TaiwanDEATH PENALTYTAIWAN: DEATH SENTENCE UPHELD FOR MAN CONVICTED OF KILLING NEIGHBORS
The High Court's Kaohsiung branch on January 14, 2026 upheld the death sentence of a man convicted of fatally stabbing his upstairs neighbors for allegedly making excessive noise.
JANUARY 14, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - IHR Report - Day 18 of Protests: at Least 3,428 Protesters Killed
JANUARY 14, 2026United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - New Analysis of Racial Bias and Death Eligibility in 2025
- JANUARY 13, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - IHR Report - At Least 734 Protesters Killed
JANUARY 13, 2026MalaysiaDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA: NIGERIAN MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER OF STEP-GRANDSON
The Kuala Lumpur High Court in the Malaysian capital on January 8, 2026 sentenced a Nigerian national to death by hanging after finding him guilty of murdering his step-grandson by throwing the four-year-old child from the third floor of an apartment in t
JANUARY 13, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - IranIntl Report: At least 12,000 killed in Iran crackdown
JANUARY 13, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hrana Report - Day 17 of Iran’s Protests: at least 2400 dead
JANUARY 13, 2026TexasDEATH PENALTYUSA - Texas. Report Highlights Decline of New Death Sentences and Executions
JANUARY 13, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mohammad Atari and Moharram Sarchemi executed in Tabriz on January 13
- JANUARY 13, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mostafa Hemati and Abbas Sharifi executed in Sari on January 13
- JANUARY 13, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 4 men executed on January 13IRAN 4 men executed on January 13
Mostafa Hemmati, Abbas Sharifi, Seyed Mohammad Attari, Moharram Sarchami
- JANUARY 12, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Hrana Report on 16th Day of Protests: Families of Victims Gather at Behesht Zahra Cemetery