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APRIL 8, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 3 unidentified women were executed on 8 April in Mashhad prison
IHR previously wrote of 2
APRIL 8, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Amir Ahmad Sanai (Mazarehei) and Mohammadreza Damideh executed in Mashhad on April 8
APRIL 8, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 2 Women and 3 Men executed in Mashhad on April 8
2 Unk women and Mohammadreza Damideh, Amirahmad Sanayi, Sajad Barahouyi
APRIL 7, 2025TaiwanDEATH PENALTYTAIWAN: CONSTITUTIONAL COURT REJECTS EXECUTED MURDERER'S APPEAL
The Constitutional Court on April 7, 2025 dismissed an appeal filed by double murderer Huang Lin-kai before his execution, stating it had no jurisdiction over the case.
APRIL 7, 2025ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: POSTGRADUATE STUDENT SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR POISONING ROOMMATES
Zhou Liren, a postgraduate student at Xiangtan University in Hunan province, was sentenced to death and life-long deprivation of political rights on April 7, 2025 for poisoning his two roommates' food, killing one of them, according to the Xiangtan Interm
- APRIL 7, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Hamid Abdouli executed in Dezful on April 7
APRIL 7, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Seyed Taha Hosseini executed in Bukan on April 7
APRIL 7, 2025MalaysiaDEATH PENALTYTWO YEARS AFTER ABOLISHING THE MANDATORY DEATH PENALTY, DATA SHOWS MALAYSIA MAY BE MOVING ON FOR GOOD
Within two years year of the Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim administration abolishing the mandatory death penalty, the number of death row inmates has plunged by nearly 90 per cent
- APRIL 7, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Shahram Goudarzi and Taher Shaabani executed in Aligudarz on April 7
APRIL 6, 2025PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: MUSLIM GETS DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDERING CHRISTIAN MAN
A judge in Pakistan on March 27, 2025 sentenced to death a Muslim who murdered a 20-year-old Christian in the presence of his family members, sources said.
APRIL 6, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Kurdish political prisoner Pakhshan Azizi is at imminent risk of execution
After her second appeal was rejected by the Supreme Court
APRIL 6, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Sajad Farahani executed in Arak on April 6
APRIL 6, 2025ZambiaDEATH PENALTYZAMBIA COMMITTED TO IRREVERSIBLE ABOLITION OF THE DEATH PENALTY FOR ALL CRIMES
The Second Optional Protocol to the ICCPR entered into force for Zambia on 19 March 2025, three months after date of deposition of the accession instruments.
- APRIL 6, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Samir Ghasemi executed in Qom on April 6
APRIL 5, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hossein Malazadeh executed in Zanjan on April 5
APRIL 5, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Zahir Shamsi executed in Ahvaz on April 5
APRIL 5, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Jamil Reshadat executed in Ahvaz on April 5
APRIL 4, 2025FloridaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Florida. Joseph Ables, 75, White, sentenced to death
APRIL 3, 2025IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: MAN, WOMAN SENTENCED TO DEATH IN 10-MONTH-OLD MURDER CASE IN UP’S MAINPURI
A local court in Mainpuri (Uttar Pradesh) on March 18, 2025 sentenced two persons including a woman to death in connection with a 10-month-old murder case in Nanmai village under Karhal police station limits.
APRIL 3, 2025Sri LankaDEATH PENALTYSRI LANKA: PERSON SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER HEROIN POSSESSION
The Colombo High Court on April 3, 2025 sentenced to death a person who was found guilty of being in the possession of over 16 grams of heroin and drug trafficking.
APRIL 3, 2025CaliforniaDEATH PENALTYUSA - California. Timothy McGhee’s conviction and death penalty overturned
APRIL 3, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - UN broad investigations into violations and crimes in Iran
APRIL 3, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Motion of the European Parliament on executions in Iran
APRIL 2, 2025Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTYDR CONGO: DEATH SENTENCE FOR THREE AMERICANS OVER COUP ATTEMPT OVERTURNED
The Democratic Republic of the Congo’s (DRC) President Felix Tshisekedi has downgraded the death sentences of three United States citizens convicted for taking part in a failed coup attempt last year, reducing their punishments to life imprisonment.
APRIL 2, 2025NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: TWO MEN SENTENCED TO DEATH BY HANGING FOR ARMED ROBBERY IN EKITI
The Ekiti State High Court sitting in Ado-Ekiti on March 27, 2025 sentenced two men to death by hanging for armed robbery.
APRIL 1, 2025IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: 564 PEOPLE ON DEATH ROW, HIGHEST SINCE THE TURN OF THE CENTURY
According to the latest data published by Project 39A in its Death Penalty in India: Annual Statistics Report, in 2024 sessions courts imposed 139 death sentences, higher than the yearly average since 2016.
APRIL 1, 2025United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Federal prosecutors to seek death penalty for Luigi Mangione
In UnitedHealthcare CEO’s killing
APRIL 1, 2025PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: MAN GETS DEATH, FINE IN MURDER CASE
Okara court of additional session judge (ASJ) on March 27, 2025 handed down capital punishment to a man, along with Rs0.5 million fine, in a murder case, besides seven-year jail term under Arms Ordinance, with 20,000 fine, in the same case.
APRIL 1, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mansour and Mahmoud Mardani, Christian converts, sentenced to 4 years
“Propaganda against the regime through promoting Christianity”
APRIL 1, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 62nd Week of the “No to Execution Tuesdays” Campaign