2023

SAUDI ARABIA: TWO MILITARY PERSONNEL EXECUTED FOR TREASON

Saudi Arabia's defence ministry has executed two military personnel who were accused of committing treason among other offences, the state news agency (SPA) said on September 14, 2023.

PAKISTAN: DEATH-ROW PRISONER AZIZ BUGTI BECOMES SKILLED ARTIST IN JAIL

Aziz Bugti is serving a 210-year imprisonment and has been sentenced to death four times.

IRAN - Prisoners'swap: 5 Americans and 6 billions for 5 Iranians

BANGLADESH: 5 SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR RAPE, MURDER IN CTG

A Chattogram court on August 28, 2023 sentenced five people to death for killing a schoolgirl after rape in Sandwip in 2015.

USA - Oklahoma. Glynn Simmons Exonerated

48 Years After He Was Sentenced to Death

MYANMAR: JUNTA SENTENCES 4 MEN TO DEATH IN AYEYARWADY REGION

Four men from Ayeyarwady region’s Bogale township have been given the death penalty for murdering a suspected military informer, residents told RFA on September 14, 2023.

INDIA: ODISHA MAN AWARDED DEATH PENALTY, SON GETS LIFE TERM FOR TRIPLE-MURDER

A man was sentenced to death by a court in Odisha’s Sambalpur district on August 9, 2023 in a triple murder case.

IRAN - 3 men executed in Shiraz on September 13 and 17

Ramezan Yavari, Mozafar Sanjarani + Unk

AFGHANISTAN: COURT HANDS DOWN FLOGGING PUNISHMENT FOR NINE CONVICTS

Nine people were flogged in an Afghan Taliban-ruled court on September 17, 2023.

USA - Pharmaceutical multinationals further restrict lethal injections

USA - Florida. Jury recommends the death penalty for Michael Hunt

BANGLADESH: FOUR INCLUDING WIFE GET DEATH IN EXPATRIATE MURDER

A court in Cumilla on August 30, 2023 sentenced four people, including a woman, to death for the murder of her expatriate husband in Chandina upazila.

PAKISTAN: FOUR MEN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR BLASPHEMY

A Pakistani court on September 4, 2023 sentenced four individuals to death for committing blasphemy by sharing content deemed to be insulting to Islam’s Prophet Muhammad and the Holy Qur’an.

INDIA: NIA COURT AWARDS DEATH PENALTY TO TWO ISIS-LINKED MEN WHO MURDERED RETIRED SCHOOL PRINCIPAL IN UP

An NIA Special Court in Lucknow on September 14, 2023 awarded death penalty to Atif Muzaffar and Mohammed Faisal Khan who were held guilty of murdering retired school principal Ram Babu Shukla in Kanpur with the motive of advancing their ISIS agenda by in

USA – MILITARY: TOP MILITARY COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE FOR EX-SOLDIER WHO KILLED 13 IN MASS SHOOTING AT TEXAS BASE

A top military appellate court has upheld the death sentence given to a former Army officer who killed more than a dozen people in a mass shooting 14 years ago at one of the largest bases in the country.

IRAQ DEBATES LAW ON DEATH PENALTY FOR SAME-SEX RELATIONSHIPS

On August 15, 2023 a draft bill was introduced in Iraq that would see the death penalty introduced for homosexuality.

IRAN - Ali Mansour Khakzad executed in Boroujerd on September 13

544 executions in 2023

SAUDI ARABIA EXECUTES US NATIONAL CONVICTED OF KILLING EGYPTIAN FATHER

Saudi Arabia on August 16, 2023 executed a US national convicted of torturing and killing his father, state media reported, bringing to at least 19 the number of foreigners put to death this year.

BANGLADESH: MAN GETS DEATH FOR BURNING WIFE TO DEATH

A court in Jamalpur, Bangladesh, on August 17, 2023 awarded a man death sentence for burning his wife to death in Dewanganj upazila.

BANGLADESH: 3 SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING EASY-BIKE DRIVER

A court in Bangladesh on August 30, 2023 sentenced three people to death for killing an easybike driver in Damurhuda upazila of Chuadanga.

SAUDI ARABIA EXECUTES MORE THAN 100 PEOPLE THIS YEAR

The Saudi authorities have executed more than 100 people this year, hitting a new milestone that Amnesty International considers reveals its “chilling disregard for the right to life.”

USA - Texas. John Grisham criticizes judges in Robert Roberson case

IRAN - 3 men executed in Birjand on Septembe 10

Mohsen and Saeed Sanjarani, and Abdolnaser Ghaljayi

NORTH KOREA: 9 PEOPLE PUBLICLY EXECUTED FOR RUNNING BEEF SMUGGLING RING

A crowd of 25,000 people were forced to gather at the airport in Hyesan, North Korea, and made to watch the shooting of nine people.

IRAN - 3 men executed in Zahedan on September 9

Mohammad Narouyi (Narouei) + 2 Unk

USA - Military. Death penalty upheld for Nidal Hasan

Who killed 13 in base shooting

TEHRAN AND KABUL TRADE ACCUSATIONS OF RIGHTS VIOLATIONS

The Taliban's foreign minister has criticised its leading economic ally and political supporter, Tehran, for the high number of executions in Iran, Farsi media reported.

IRAN - Saeed … executed in Tabriz in the last days

SAUDI ARABIA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR CRITICIZING GOVERNMENT ON SOCIAL MEDIA

Saudi Arabia has sentenced to death a government critic who denounced alleged corruption and human rights abuses on social media, his brother and others familiar with the case told AFP on August 28, 2023.

USA - Biden rejects some plea deal conditions for 9/11 suspects

They could still escape death penalty