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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, 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
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IRAN - Nezam Sadeghi executed in Zanjan on April 23
APRIL 23, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mohammad Hossein Zamani executed in Nahavand on April 23
APRIL 23, 2025ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA 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 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 22, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Vahid Narouei (Narui) and Yaroli Mahmoudvand executed in Yazd on April 22
APRIL 21, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mehdi Fathollahpour executed in Rasht on April 21
APRIL 21, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Saeed Darikvand executed in Khorramabad on April 21
APRIL 21, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Behnam Bargpush and Mohammad Ahmadzadeh executed in Yasuj on April 21
APRIL 21, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Sajad (Sajjad) Emkani executed in Malayer on April 21
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IRAN - Ali Morad Kakayi executed in Gonabad on April 21
APRIL 21, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN Mahan Heydari (Heidari) executed in Ahvaz on April 21
APRIL 20, 2025PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER OF US NATIONAL EX-WIFE
An additional district and sessions judge (ADSJ) in Rawalpindi on April 9, 2025 handed down death sentence to a man for killing his US national ex-wife over an issue of property worth billions of rupees.
APRIL 20, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Javad Goudarzi executed in Dorud on April 20
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IRAN - Sadollah Gorgij executed in Zahedan on April 20
APRIL 20, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hossein Bahari executed in Gorgan on April 20
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IRAN - Abolfazl Shahsavari executed in Qom on April 20
APRIL 18, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hamid Hosseinnejad Secretly Hanged
Kurdish Political Prisoner
APRIL 17, 2025GambiaDEATH PENALTYGAMBIA COMMUTES DEATH SENTENCE OVER JAMMEH-ERA KILLING OF FINANCE MINISTER
Gambia's Supreme Court has commuted the death sentence of a government minister convicted of killing the finance minister to life in prison, one of few to be convicted of crimes committed during the 22-year rule of ex-dictator Yahya Jammeh, Reuters report
- APRIL 17, 2025ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: SCHOOL BUS STOP MURDERER EXECUTED
A Chinese man convicted of killing a Chinese woman and injuring two Japanese nationals in a knife attack at a school bus stop near Shanghai last year was executed, Japanese government officials said April 17, 2025.
- APRIL 17, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Hamid Hosseinnezhad Heydaranlou at imminent risk of execution
APRIL 17, 2025TexasDEATH PENALTYUSA - Texas. Xavier Davis, 32, Black, sentenced to death