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FEBRUARY 5, 2026SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: WOMAN EXECUTED FOR MURDERING A CHILD IN A CASE THAT SPARKED OUTRAGE
The authorities in Puntland, a semi‑autonomous region of Somalia, have executed a woman convicted of murdering a 14‑year‑old girl, in a rare case in the region in which the death penalty has been carried out against a woman.
FEBRUARY 5, 2026JapanDEATH PENALTYJAPAN: COURT REJECTS RETRIAL REQUEST FOR EXECUTED MAN BELIEVED TO HAVE HAD LEPROSY
The Kumamoto District Court on January 28, 2026 rejected a retrial request from the family of a man with leprosy who was executed more than 60 years ago for a 1952 murder despite long claiming his innocence.
FEBRUARY 5, 2026AlabamaDEATH PENALTYUSA - New Analysis: Why Luigi Mangione can't be sentenced to death
FEBRUARY 5, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - First physical archive of the 2026 massacre presented at a Brussels exhibition
By Hengaw and Mala Kurdî
FEBRUARY 5, 2026United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Pentagon Official Rejects Plea Deal in U.S.S. Cole Bombing Case
Guantanamo trial against Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri to begin in summer
- FEBRUARY 5, 2026AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
Alabama - HB 41 expanding death penalty to child sex crimes passes Legislature
Florida, Tennessee, Idaho, Oklahoma, and Mississippi enacted similar laws
FEBRUARY 5, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN Day 40 of the Protests: 6,941 confirmed deaths, 11,630 under review
Domestic Reactions, Continued Arrests, and Forced Confessions
FEBRUARY 4, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Day 39 of the Nationwide Protests: 6,883 confirmed deaths, 11,280 under investigation
A Lawmaker’s Remarks on the Suppression of Protests
FEBRUARY 4, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Iran HRM Report on 153 minors killed
Extrajudicial Killing during the January 2026 Uprising
FEBRUARY 4, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 6 people executed in recent days
Iraj Mostafavi, Bakhtiar Shahabi, Hassan Alaeibakhsh, Ali Mohammadpour, Mohammad Javad Namdari, Hashem Abbas
FEBRUARY 4, 2026North KoreaDEATH PENALTYNORTH KOREA: PEOPLE ‘EXECUTED FOR WATCHING SOUTH KOREAN TV’, BRIBERY TO ESCAPE PUNISHMENT WIDESPREAD
North Koreans caught watching South Korean television shows face public humiliation, years in labour camps or even execution – with the harshest punishments for those too poor to pay bribes, according to testimonies given to Amnesty International.
FEBRUARY 4, 2026New HampshireDEATH PENALTYUSA - New Hampshire. House committee rejects bills to bring back capital punishment
FEBRUARY 4, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Seven Gurji ethnic people killed in protests identified
Hananeh Azizi, Mohammad Hassan Ashrafi, Masoud Youseyliani, Mohammad Sepiani, Esmail Aslani, Javad Heydari, Reza Karimi
- FEBRUARY 4, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 15 people hanged on February 4
- FEBRUARY 3, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 15 people executed on February 3
FEBRUARY 3, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Medical Staff Testimonies on Killing of Protesters in Hospitals
IHR Calls for an Independent WHO Investigation
FEBRUARY 3, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 339 executions in January
- FEBRUARY 3, 2026AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Alabama. Bill extending death penalty to child sexual assault (HB 41) passes Senate committee
FEBRUARY 3, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hrana Report on 38° day of protests: 6,872 confirmed deaths, 11,280 under investigation
FEBRUARY 3, 2026JapanDEATH PENALTYJAPAN: DEATH ROW INMATE WHO BURIED 2 MEN ALIVE IN 2006 FOUND DEAD IN CELL
A death row inmate convicted of killing two people by burying them alive in Okayama Prefecture in western Japan in 2006, died on January 31, 2026, the Justice Ministry said, with suicide being suspected.
FEBRUARY 3, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 2 men executed in Gorgan on February 3
Naser Shahmoradi, Ahmad Borhani
FEBRUARY 3, 2026FranceDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIAN COURT ACQUITS FRENCH MAN FACING POSSIBLE DEATH PENALTY ON DRUG CHARGES
A French national facing a possible death penalty in Malaysia on eight drug-related charges was acquitted on February 3, 2026, freeing him after nearly two and a half years in detention.
FEBRUARY 2, 2026AfghanistanDEATH PENALTYAFGHANISTAN: TALIBAN LEADER AUTHORISES KILLING OF 11 CATEGORIES OF PEOPLE UNDER NEW PENAL CODE
Taliban supreme leader Hibatullah Akhundzada has authorised the killing of 11 categories of people under a newly endorsed Taliban penal code
FEBRUARY 2, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - IHR Report: Death of Sina Ashgbousi, 16
- FEBRUARY 2, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 8 men executed in Qaemshahr from October 2025 to January 2026
Shahab Karami, Nemat Mehraban, Yousef Eini, Azim Nourzad, Noushad Alipour, Meysam Rafiei, Jaber Mohammadi, Shahrouz Hosseini
FEBRUARY 2, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - The killing of Fatemeh Nasiri and Zahra Jafari
FEBRUARY 2, 2026AlabamaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Alabama. Victim’s Daughter and Juror Oppose Execution of Charles Burton
- FEBRUARY 2, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 10 men hanged on February 2
FEBRUARY 2, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hrana Report on 37th day of protests: 6,854 confirmed deaths, 11,280 under investigation
FEBRUARY 2, 2026ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA EXECUTES FOUR MORE MYANMAR MAFIA MEMBERS
China has executed four members of the Bai family mafia, one of the notorious dynasties that ran scam centres in Myanmar, authorities said on February 2, 2026.