Chronological archive
May 2023
The 150 news items published by Hands Off Cain in May 2023, in chronological order.
NIGERIA: OGUN STATE GOVERNOR ABIODUN SWORN-IN FOR SECOND TERM, PARDONS 49 PRISON INMATES, 3 ON DEATH ROW
Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, was on TMay 30, 2023, sworn in for second term, announcing state pardon for 49 inmates from different correctional facilities in the state.
MAY 31, 2023ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: DEATH SENTENCE UPHELD FOR SON WHO KILLED MOM
The death sentence handed down to a former Peking University student who killed his mother was upheld by the Fujian High People's Court on May 31, 2023.
MAY 31, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 3 men executed in Gohardasht on May 31
Hossein Rusta, Nader Nouri, Hassan Nourollahi 147 executions in the month of May
MAY 31, 2023OhioDEATH PENALTYUSA - Ohio. George Brinkman sentenced to death again
- MAY 30, 2023LibyaDEATH PENALTY
LIBYA COURT SENTENCES 23 TO DEATH FOR ISIL CAMPAIGN
A Libyan court on May 29, 2023 sentenced 23 people to death and another 14 to life in prison for their role in a deadly ISIL (ISIS) campaign that included beheading a group of Egyptian Christians and seizing the city of Sirte in 2015.
- MAY 30, 2023Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA EXECUTES TWO BAHRAINIS ACCUSED OF ‘TERRORISM’
Saudi Arabia has put to death two Bahrainis accused of plotting “terrorist” operations, the Saudi Ministry of Interior said on May 29, 2023, raising the number of similar executions to nine this month.
MAY 30, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Amir Narouyi executed on May 30
At the time of writing the location is unknown
MAY 30, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 3 men executed in Karaj on May 30
- MAY 30, 2023IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - EzatAli Sabzi and Mohammad Kazemi executed in Karaj on May 30
MAY 29, 2023BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: 8 SENTENCED TO DEATH BY HANGING FOR KILLING BCL LEADER
A court in Laxmipur on May 29, 2023 sentenced eight people to death by hanging for killing Chhatra League leader Mehedi Hasan Jashim by firing in 2013.
MAY 29, 2023UgandaDEATH PENALTYUGANDA: PRESIDENT MUSEVENI SIGNS HARSH ANTI-GAY LAW, WITH THE DEATH PENALTY IN SOME CASES
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni on May 29, 2023 signed one of the world's harshest anti-LGBTQ laws, defying condemnations from Western governments, businesses and human rights activists.
MAY 29, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Raisi Played Direct Role In Executing Prisoners In 80s
- MAY 28, 2023DEATH PENALTY
USA - Florida. A jury sentenced Joseph Zieler to death
The case went unsolved for 33 years
MAY 28, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Woman executed in Mashhad on May 28
Monireh Nourikia is the 212nd woman executed in Iran since 2007
MAY 28, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Abdul Rahman Mozafari executed in Sanandaj on May 28
After 16 years on death row
MAY 28, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Jalil Minaei executed in Meshkin Shahr on May 28
MAY 27, 2023Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: SAUDI NATIONAL EXECUTED FOR JOINING MILITARY CAMP IN ‘HOSTILE’ COUNTRY
A Saudi national in the Eastern Province was executed on May 23, 2023 for communicating with a “hostile country” and joining a military camp there, the official Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported.
MAY 27, 2023DEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mohammad Amin Valinia executed in Khorramabad on May 27
MAY 27, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hossein Soltanian executed in Zahedan on May 27
320 executions this year,more than 2 a day
MAY 27, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Abdullah Totazehi executed in Garmsar on May 27
MAY 27, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Juvenile Offender Hossein Shahbazi at Risk of Execution
Despite Third Postponement
MAY 27, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Noorullah Taymuri executed in Zahedan on May 27
MAY 26, 2023BelgiumDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Belgian Government Releases Iranian Diplomat-Terrorist Assadollah Assadi
Controversial Prisoner Swap
MAY 26, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - The official position: 'Assadi's release, a personal victory for Raisi's diplomatic initiatives'
MAY 25, 2023Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: THREE SAUDIS EXECUTED ON TERROR CHARGES
Three Saudis on May 22, 2023 were executed in the Eastern Province for joining a military camp outside the Kingdom to serve a “terrorist organization.”
MAY 25, 2023PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: FOUR GET DEATH PENALTY ON TWO COUNTS FOR MURDER DURING ARMED ROBBERY
A Karachi West district model trial court handed down death penalty on two counts to each of the four suspects accused of killing a man and injuring two others during an armed robbery, The Tribune Express reported on May 16, 2023.
MAY 25, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mehdi Salari and Mohammad Daraei executed in Jiroft on May 25
MAY 25, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Amir Mahdi executed in public on May 25
MAY 25, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ali Piri executed in Urmia on May 25
314 executions since the beginning of the year
MAY 25, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 4 men executed in Kerman on May 25
Ali Shahriari, Ghaderbakhsh Dehani, Abdolrasould Jamishidi, Ali Salari
MAY 25, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 6 men executed in Kerman on May 25
Nader Kalbali, Abdorasoul Jamshidi + 4 Unk
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MAY 25, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Saeed Mohammadi Far executed in Sanandaj on May 25
MAY 25, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 2 men, partially identified, executed in Rasht on May 25
Mohammad and Hamidreza
- MAY 24, 2023Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
DRC: KENYAN FUGITIVE HANDED DEATH SENTENCE
A Court in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has sentenced Kenyan terror suspect Salim Mohammed, alias Chotora, to death.
- MAY 24, 2023FloridaDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Florida. Jury voted 8-4 for death sentence for Michael James Jackson
MAY 24, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - The death sentence of protester Mohammad Ghobadloo has been upheld
MAY 24, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Nader Alizahi executed in Kerman on May 24
MAY 24, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Parviz Javadi executed in Zanjan on May 24
MAY 24, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ali Mohammad Zera’at and Esmaiel Nasiri executed in Shiraz on May 24
Hrana learned on June 2
MAY 23, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Court Overturns Death Sentence of Protestor Javad Rouhi
MAY 23, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Saeed Mohammadi executed in Kermanshah on May 23
MAY 23, 2023VietnamDEATH PENALTYVIETNAM: KOREAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDERING COMPATRIOT AND CUTTING UP BODY
HCMC People's Court sentenced a South Korean businessman to death on May 19, 2023 for murdering a countryman over an unpaid debt before cutting his body into pieces.
MAY 23, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Unidentified man executed in Bandar Abbas on May 23
MAY 23, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - … Bazi executed in Gorgan on May 23
(first name unknown)
MAY 23, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Majid Sharifi and Ali Tabib executed in Isfahan on May 23
MAY 23, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Maysam Sadri executed in Zanjan on May 23
MAY 23, 2023CaliforniaDEATH PENALTYUSA - California. 9th Circuit Overturns Death Penalty for Tauno Waidla
- MAY 22, 2023ZimbabweDEATH PENALTY
ZIMBABWE RELEASES PRISONERS IN AMNESTY, REDUCING OVERCROWDING
Zimbabwe has begun releasing more than 4,000 prisoners under a presidential amnesty that authorities say will help ease congestion in some overcrowded jails.
- MAY 22, 2023Myanmar (Burma)DEATH PENALTY
MYANMAR: JUNTA COURT HANDS DEATH SENTENCE TO 5 RESISTANCE MEMBERS
Five resistance members accused of shooting dead four police officers on a Yangon train were sentenced to death by a junta court at Insein Prison on May 15, 2023, according to lawyers familiar with the case.
MAY 22, 2023United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Death Row USA Summer 2022 Report: 2,394 on death row
MAY 21, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Grave of Zhina Mahsa Amini vandalised in Saqqez
MAY 21, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - A prisoner named Milad Bahmanzadeh died of heart attack before his execution
- MAY 20, 2023IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Shahrooz Sokhanvari executed in Gohardasht on May 20
- MAY 20, 2023IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 1 more execution in Ghezel-Hesar on May 20
Shahram Sharqi
MAY 20, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 3 men executed in Karaj on May 20
Saeed Garavand, Samad Garavand, and Shahab Mansourinesb Garavand
MAY 20, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Asif Shahbakhsh executed in Zahedan on May 20
295 executions since the beginning of the year
MAY 20, 2023SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: MILITARY COURT EXECUTES TWO MEN IN BAIDOA
Somali military court in Baidoa executed two men by firing squad in Baidoa on the morning of May 18, 2023.
MAY 20, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Shaban Yousefi executed in Gohardasht on May 20
- MAY 19, 2023IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 4 men executed in Isfahan on May 19
Yaghoub Hassani, Mazhar Davari, Ali Mehrdel, Kazem Ghofrankhah
MAY 19, 2023AlabamaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Alabama. Joseph Clifton Smith cannot be executed due to intellectual disability
MAY 19, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Saleh Mirhashemi, Majid Kazemi and Saeed Yaghoubi executed in Isfahan on 19 May
Accused of a 'political' crime
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MAY 19, 2023OhioDEATH PENALTYUSA - Ohio. New trial ordered for Lamont Hunter
Who spent 15 years on death row
- MAY 18, 2023IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mustafa Salehi executed in Sanandaj on May 18
MAY 18, 2023ThailandDEATH PENALTYTHAILAND: MAYOR SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER LAND ACTIVIST’S MURDER
The Lower Court sentenced the former Mayor of Wang Wiset district to the death penalty on May 17, 2023 over the murder of a lawyer and land rights activist in Trang province, southern Thailand, two years ago.
MAY 18, 2023PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: MAN GETS DEATH SENTENCE FOR KILLING FATHER
A Pakistani District and Sessions Court on May 17, 2023 awarded death sentence to an accused involved in the murder of his father.
MAY 18, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Jamshid Kaimi executed in Sanandaj on May 18
MAY 18, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 4 men executed in Kerman on May 18
Hossein Poursheikh, Omid Jan Abadi, Nabiollah Zaboli + Unk
- MAY 18, 2023IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Cousins Mostafa and Farhad Vafayi executed in Rasht on May 18
MAY 18, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 4 men executed in Khorramabad on May 18
Ali Khoramshah Amrayi, Najaf Soleiman Reshad, Firouz Yarinejad + Unk
MAY 18, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Nader Rigi executed in Jiroft on May 18
MAY 18, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - An man Afghan executed in Gohardasht on 18 May
Identified as Saeed, or Masoud
MAY 18, 2023United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - North Dakota (Federal). Life in prison for Alfonso Rodriguez
- MAY 17, 2023SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
SINGAPORE EXECUTES SECOND PRISONER IN 3 WEEKS FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Singapore on May 17, 2023 hanged a man for trafficking drugs, authorities said, in the city state’s second execution in three weeks.
MAY 17, 2023NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: THREE MEN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR ARMED ROBBERY IN EKITI
The Ekiti State High Court, Ado Ekiti, on May 15, 2023 sentenced three men to death by hanging for conspiracy and armed robbery in the state.
MAY 17, 2023United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Federal. Sayfullo Saipov formally sentenced to 10 life sentences
MAY 17, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Borzu Chaqazardi and Saeed Najafi executed in Kermanshah on May 17
MAY 16, 2023Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: SAUDI MAN EXECUTED FOR FORMING TERRORIST GROUP TO CARRY OUT ATTACKS WITHIN KINGDOM
A Saudi national in al-Qassim was executed on May 15, 2023 for forming and orchestrating a terrorist group.
MAY 16, 2023Myanmar (Burma)DEATH PENALTYMYANMAR: MILITARY COUNCIL ADOPTS ARMS ACT THAT CARRIES DEATH PENALTY
The military council on May 11, 2023 enacted the Arms Act, which can impose a minimum sentence of six months to life imprisonment or the death penalty if anyone is found guilty of illegally carrying a weapon and violates any prohibitions.
MAY 16, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Sha’aban Yousefi executed in Gorgan on May 16
- MAY 15, 2023IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 2 unidentified men executed in Qezel Hesar on May 10
MAY 15, 2023ZimbabweDEATH PENALTYZIMBABWE: MNANGAGWA GRANTS AMNESTY TO THOUSANDS OF NON-VIOLENT INMATES
An amnesty has been granted to thousands of prisoners serving time for non-violent offences with President Emmerson Mnangagwa exercising executive clemency to release inmates who had served at least one third of their jail term
- MAY 15, 2023Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA: SAUDI MAN EXECUTED IN EASTERN PROVINCE FOR MURDERING EX-WIFE
A Saudi national in the Eastern Province was executed on May 13, 2023 for killing his ex-wife, the official Saudi Press Agency (SPA).
MAY 15, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 5 men executed in Bandarabbas and Minab prisons on May 15
Abdolrahman Mousazehi, Jalal Rigi + 3 unk.
- MAY 15, 2023IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 1 man executed in Fereydun Kenar on May 15
Identified only as M. A.
MAY 15, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mohammad Padayar and Peyman Akbari Birgani executed in Khorramabad on May 15
MAY 14, 2023IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: THREE MEN GET DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDER OF JABALPUR COUPLE
A court in Madhya Pradesh's Jabalpur has sentenced three men to death for killing a couple living next door in the city in 2021, terming the offence as "rarest of the rare".
- MAY 14, 2023IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Saeed Arjumandi and Kayumars Menbari executed in Sanandaj on May 14
- MAY 13, 2023IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Iran is entitled to chair an event of the United Nation's Human Rights Council
The Iranian government tries to demean the opposition
MAY 13, 2023ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: DEATH UPHELD FOR FATHER, GIRLFRIEND IN CHILD TOSSING
A father in Chongqing who killed his two children by tossing them out of a high-rise apartment window in 2020 along with his girlfriend, who prompted him, were both sentenced to death on May 11, 2023.
- MAY 13, 2023IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 6 men executed in Kerman on May 13
Amrollah Adish, Kambiz Davarpanah and four unidentified men
- MAY 12, 2023IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 2 foreign citizens released from Iranian prisons
Benjamin Briere and Bernard Phelan
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- MAY 12, 2023IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Hossein Rigi executed in Mashhad on May 12
MAY 12, 2023ArizonaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Arizona. Joe Cota Morales, a 1981 case, added to the Innocence List
MAY 12, 2023CaliforniaDEATH PENALTYUSA - California. Jury sentenced Salvador Vasquez-Oliva to death
- MAY 11, 2023IranDEATH PENALTY
Iran - Supreme Court Upholds Death Sentences of Three Protesters
Saleh Mirhashemi, Majid Kazemi and Saeed Yaghoubi
- MAY 11, 2023Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA: SAUDI MAN EXECUTED IN EASTERN PROVINCE FOR ATTACKING POLICE STATION
A Saudi national in the Eastern Province was executed on May 9, 2023 for attacking a police station, the official Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported.
- MAY 11, 2023IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Hossein Shabanzadeh executed in Rasht on May 11
MAY 11, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Appointment of Iran to chair the UN Human Rights Council’s 2023 Social Forum
- MAY 10, 2023IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN Four unidentified men executed in Gohardasht on May 10
MAY 10, 2023PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: SHC COMMUTES DEATH SENTENCE OF TWO MURDERERS TO LIFE TERM
The Sindh High Court on May 8, 2023 commuted the death penalty of two appellants to life imprisonment in a murder case.
MAY 10, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 3 men executed in Karaj on May 10
Hossein Panjak, Abdolhossein Emami Moghaddam and Babak Aghayi
MAY 10, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Between 29 April and 8 May, 118 people were executed in Iran
239 persone dall'inizio dell'anno
MAY 10, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 2 unidentified men executed in Arak Prison on May 10
MAY 10, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mohammad Saber Payamian executed in Kermanshah on May 10
MAY 10, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Saber Payamian executed in Kermanshah on May 10
At least 52 Kurdish executed in Iran's prisons since the beginning of this year
- MAY 9, 2023IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Najmedin Eshaghzehi executed in Semnan on May 9
- MAY 9, 2023AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
UNITED NATIONS: TALIBAN'S USE OF CORPORAL PUNISHMENT VIOLATES HUMAN RIGHTS
The United Nations on May 9, 2023 called out the Taliban for their widespread use of corporal punishment, including public lashings and amputations, and execution in violation of international rights.
- MAY 8, 2023IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Unidentified man executed in Shiraz on May 8
- MAY 8, 2023IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Bahman Zayerfar executed in Ahar on May 8
MAY 8, 2023IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: COURT ORDERS THE DEATH PENALTY FOR A POLICEMAN WHO KILLED A GOVERNMENT ADVISOR
An Iraqi court on May 7, 2023 issued a death sentence for a policeman after he was found guilty of leading a group that shot dead the well-known analyst and government advisor Hisham al-Hashimi three years ago in Baghdad.
MAY 8, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 3 men executed on May 8: Mohammad Ahmadi, Yaser Rakhshani and Yunus Rigi Rakhshani
25 Baloch prisoners executed in the last 11 days
MAY 8, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Unidentified man executed in Dezful on May 8
- MAY 8, 2023IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Hossein Shahrouzi executed in Shiraz on May 8
MAY 8, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Yousef Mehrad and Sadrollah Fazeli Zare executed for blasphemy
- MAY 7, 2023BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: 6 SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING SCHOOL TEACHER IN CUMILLA
A Cumilla court on May 2, 2023 sentenced six people to death in the case of the murder of college teacher Sujon in Barpara area of the city in 2010, besides, each was fined 10,000 taka.
- MAY 6, 2023Myanmar (Burma)DEATH PENALTY
MYANMAR: MILITARY COMMUTES 38 DEATH SENTENCES AS PART OF AMNESTY FOR MORE THAN 2,100 POLITICAL PRISONERS
Myanmar’s ruling military council on May 3, 2023 said it is releasing more than 2,100 political prisoners as a humanitarian gesture.
MAY 6, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Iran executed Swedish-Iranian dissident Habib Chaab
For “terrorism”
- MAY 6, 2023IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Asghar Samiei and Tahmaseb Kavousi executed in Zanjan on May 6
229 executions since the beginning of the year
MAY 6, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Salahedin Majidi (Dodkanlu) and Abdollah Khan Mohammadi executed in Salmas on May 6
MAY 6, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - EU condemns execution of Iranian-Swedish dissident Habib Chaab
MAY 5, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Faramarz Shakhsi executed in Urmia on May 5
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MAY 5, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Names of 4 men executed in Khorramabad on May 5
Shakhsi, Mahmoudyar, Hanifi and Teymuri
MAY 5, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mehdi Teimouri executed in Urmia on May 5
- MAY 4, 2023IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 5 men executed in Yazd on May 4
Saboor Shah-Bakhsh, Amir Rameshk, Abdolbasir Bazhm + 2 non identified
- MAY 4, 2023IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Saeed Saleh and Hossein Amirabadi executed in Gohardasht on May 3
- MAY 4, 2023IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Habibullah Faghir Dadzehi executed in Isfahan on May 4
- MAY 4, 2023IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Edris Gorgij executed in Torbat-e-Jam on May 4
MAY 4, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Nour-Ahmad Zavarzahi executed in Mashhad on May 4
- MAY 4, 2023IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Hamed Mousavi executed in Ardabil on May 4
MAY 4, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 2 men executed in Qezelhesar prison, in Karaj, on May 4
Mohammad Ali Bani Ebrahimi and Mehdi Farrokhi
MAY 4, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hamid Emamizadeh executed in Khorramabad on May 4
MAY 4, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Jalaladdin Rahimian-Azar executed in Rasht on May 4
- MAY 4, 2023IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 3 unidentified men executed in Rasht on May 4
- MAY 3, 2023IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: 82-YEAR-OLD GETS DEATH PENALTY FOR 2008 'MASS MURDERS' IN RAJASTHAN'S DHOLPUR
An SC/ST court in Dholpur district on April 25, 2023 sentenced an 82- year-old man in a 15-year-old case of shooting four MGNREGS workers to death.
- MAY 3, 2023IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 3 men executed in Rajai Shahr prison on May 3
Not identified
- MAY 3, 2023IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Abdolhossein Emamizadeh executed on May 3 in Gohardasht
MAY 3, 2023FloridaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Florida. Darryl Barwick executed
MAY 3, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Shahin Firouzkouhi and Ali Daftari executed in Qazvin on May 3
MAY 3, 2023BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: THREE GET DEATH IN TRANSPORT LEADER MURDER
A court in Cumilla on April 12, 2023 sentenced three people to death in the murder case of transport leader Rezaul Karim, due to extramarital love.
MAY 3, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hassan Zarei and Lal Mohammad Shirzayi Barahouyi executed in Minab on May 3
MAY 3, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hanif Khosravi executed in Neishabur on May 3
MAY 3, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Names ot 2 of the 3 unidentified men executed in Gohardasht on May 3
Sirous ... and Behzad ...
- MAY 2, 2023IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mousa and Ehsan Gorgij executed in Bandarabbas on May 2
MAY 2, 2023IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: SUPREME COURT COMMUTES DEATH SENTENCE OF MAN WHO KILLED SISTER AND HER LOVER
India’s Supreme Court on April 28, 2023 commuted the death sentence of a man to life sentence, namely Digambar who murdered his sister along with her lover.
MAY 2, 2023NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: COURT SENTENCES FOUR MEN TO DEATH BY HANGING IN JIGAWA
A Jigawa State High Court sitting in Ringim on April 28, 2023 sentenced four men to death by hanging for murder.
MAY 2, 2023GhanaDEATH PENALTYGHANA: ASABKE ALANDI SENTENCED TO DEATH BY HANGING FOR ADAMS MAHAMA’S MURDER
An Accra High Court has sentenced to death Asabke Alandgi, one of two persons accused of the murder of Adams Mahama, a former Upper East Regional chairman of the New Patriotic Party, Pulse reported on 28 April 2023.
MAY 2, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mohammad Malek Dadzahi executed in Mashhad on May 2
- MAY 1, 2023IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Hossein Vahedi Rigi executed in Mashhad on May 1
MAY 1, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Aminollah Karimi Ghaljayi executed in Mashhad on May 1
MAY 1, 2023FloridaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Florida. DeSantis signs death penalty and crime bills
As 2024 run looms