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APRIL 29, 2025Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: CITIZEN SENTENCED TO DEATH ON TERRORISM CHARGES
The Ministry of Interior in Saudi Arabia has issued an advisory informing citizens that a man has been sentenced to death on April 26, 2025.
APRIL 29, 2025KuwaitDEATH PENALTYKUWAIT: FIVE EXECUTED AS TWO CONVICTS WIN PARDON, ONE AWAITS FATE
The Correctional Facilities Sector at the Kuwait Ministry of Interior executed five individuals convicted of premeditated murder at the Central Prison on April 28, 2025.
APRIL 29, 2025North CarolinaDEATH PENALTYUSA - North Carolina. House committee approves HB 270 on death penalty
Reintroducing electric chair and firing squad
APRIL 29, 2025United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Guantanamo's Prosecutors will appeal the torture decision
although they lost a similar appeal this year
- APRIL 28, 2025VietnamDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM: 9 SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR SMUGGLING 91 KG OF DRUGS FROM CAMBODIA
Nine individuals received death sentences on April 26, 2025 for their roles in a major drug trafficking ring, which smuggled 91 kilograms of drugs hidden inside air purifiers and motorbikes from Cambodia into Vietnam.
- APRIL 28, 2025Sri LankaDEATH PENALTY
SRI LANKA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING WOMAN, HIDING BODY IN TRAVEL BAG
The Colombo High Court on April 24, 2025 sentenced a man to death for the murder of a woman whose body was found concealed in a travel bag—an incident that sent shockwaves across the country back in 2015.
APRIL 28, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Abolfazl Kianpour Hanged in Ahvaz on April 28
APRIL 28, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 5 men 1 woman executed in Isfahan on April 28
Marjan Sabzi, Reza Khaledi, Naser Feyzi, Rouhollah Palangi, Mohammad Tootazehie, Abdolrashid Barahouei
APRIL 28, 2025OklahomaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Oklahoma. House Passes SB 599: Death Penalty for First Child Rape Offense
- APRIL 28, 2025OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Oklahoma. House passes death penalty for first-time child rapists
- APRIL 27, 2025PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: CHRISTIAN IS SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR BLASPHEMY IN AFTER 'DESECRATING THE KORAN'
A Christian man in the eastern Pakistani town of Jaranwala on April 21, 2025 was sentenced to death after being accused of desecrating the Koran, the Muslim holy book.
APRIL 26, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Rostam Zeinaldini and Abdolsamad Shahbazi executed in Zahedan on April 26
APRIL 26, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Qader Samimi executed in Nishapur on April 26
APRIL 24, 2025AlabamaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Alabama. James Osgood, 55, White, was executed on April 24
Osgood volunteered
APRIL 24, 2025LouisianaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Louisiana. Jimmie Duncan’s conviction overturned
56, White
APRIL 24, 2025IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: SC COMMUTES DEATH SENTENCE OF KERALA MAN WHO KILLED WIFE, 4 CHILDREN IN 2008
Taking into consideration among others, his “consistent efforts at being a model prisoner”, the Supreme Court on April 22, 2025 commuted the death sentence of a Kerala man convicted for the murder of his wife and four children and raping his 12-year-old d
- APRIL 23, 2025ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA GIVES SUSPENDED DEATH SENTENCE TO FORMER XINJIANG OFFICIAL FOR CORRUPTION
Li Pengxin, a former senior official of the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, was sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve for accepting bribes totaling more than 822 million yuan ($112 million), according to a verdict on April 22, 2025.
APRIL 23, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Akbar Shekhi executed in Hamedan on April 23
APRIL 23, 2025TexasDEATH PENALTYUSA - Texas. Moises Mendoza, 41, Hispanic, was executed on April 23
APRIL 23, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - At Least 5 Prisoners Executed in Karaj (Ghezel Hesar) on April 23
Salahuddin Amoudi, Mahmoud-Ali Naseri, Akbar Mousavi, Amanollah Barahouei, Abdollah Pashtooi
APRIL 23, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mehran Zolfi and Asghar Nourinia executed in Tabriz on April 23
- APRIL 23, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Nezam Sadeghi executed in Zanjan on April 23
APRIL 23, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mohammad Hossein Zamani executed in Nahavand on April 23
- APRIL 22, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Vahid Narouei (Narui) and Yaroli Mahmoudvand executed in Yazd on April 22
APRIL 22, 2025BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR RAPING DAUGHTER IN CHUADANGA
A court has handed down the death penalty to a man for raping his daughter in Chuadanga.
APRIL 22, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Reza Tabarteh Farahani executed in Arak on April 22
On the charge of “sodomy”
APRIL 22, 2025ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: MAN WHO STABBED JAPANESE CHILD TO DEATH EXECUTED
A Chinese man convicted of fatally stabbing a 10-year-old Japanese schoolboy in Shenzhen, southern China, in September has been executed, a diplomatic source said on April 21, 2025.
APRIL 22, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Rashid Seyedzadeh executed in Yazd on April 22
APRIL 22, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 3 Christian Converts Sentenced to 41 Years in Prison
Mehran Shamlooei, Abbas Soori, and Narges Nasri
- APRIL 21, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN Mahan Heydari (Heidari) executed in Ahvaz on April 21