Chronological archive
October 2024
The 162 news items published by Hands Off Cain in October 2024, in chronological order.
SAUDI ARABIA: TWO EXECUTED FOR CONSPIRING WITH TERRORIST ENTITIES
Two Saudis were executed on October 31, 2024 for committing criminal and terror acts in Saudi Arabia.
OCTOBER 31, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 3 men executed in Isfahan on October 28 and 31
Kourosh Salehian, Amir Jahandar, and Reza Bidabadi
OCTOBER 31, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Vahid Binami executed in Naqadeh on October 31
OCTOBER 31, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hassan Ekhlasi executed in Zahedan on October 31
OCTOBER 31, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hamed Doyesti executed in Isfahan on October 31
OCTOBER 31, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Abolfazl Shahbazi executed in Tabriz on October 31
- OCTOBER 30, 2024PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: FOUR COPS SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER FAKE ENCOUNTER
A Chak Jhumra court has sentenced four police personnel, including a head constable, to death and imposed a fine of Rs1 million for their involvement in a fabricated police encounter that occurred six years ago in the Millat Town area, The Tribune reporte
OCTOBER 30, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 4 men executed in Karaj (Ghezel Hesar) on October 30
Abdullah Tajik, Mostafa Gholamzadeh, Mohammad Jalali and Saman Anbari
OCTOBER 30, 2024IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: ISIS MEMBER SENTENCED TO DEATH AND LIFE IMPRISONMENT
The Saladin Criminal Court on October 28, 2024 issued three sentences against a "terrorist" affiliated with ISIS, including two death sentences and one life imprisonment.
OCTOBER 30, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ahmad Salari executed in Jiroft on October 30
OCTOBER 30, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Sardar Safarpour executed in Ahvaz on October 30
OCTOBER 29, 2024BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: 5 SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER IN KHULNA
A Bangladeshi court has handed down the death penalty to five men over the 2016 murder of Jahid Hossain in Khulna.
OCTOBER 29, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Iran cuts off fingers of two brothers in Urmia on October 29
Shahab and Mehrdad Teimouri convicted of theft
OCTOBER 29, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Marevatali Karami executed in Karaj (Central) on October 29
655 executions in Iran in 2024
OCTOBER 29, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 4 men executed in Karaj (Central) on October 29
Mohammad Nedaei, Ali Akbar (Mohsen) Akhayer, Akbar Khorram Taj and Morovat-Ali Karami
OCTOBER 29, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Akbar Khalili executed in Karaj (Central) on October 29
OCTOBER 29, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ali Mostavafi and Hossein Ali Maleki executed in Qom on October 29
OCTOBER 28, 2024BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: TWO SENTENCED TO DEATH IN LALMONIRHAT MURDER CASE
A court in Lalmonirhat on October 28, 2024 sentenced two persons to death in the much-discussed murder case filed in 2020 at Hatibandha Upazila in the district.
OCTOBER 28, 2024GermanyDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Jamshid Sharmahd executed on October 28 at an undisclosed location
A German-Iranian political prisoner kidnapped from the UAE
OCTOBER 28, 2024ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: CHILD TRAFFICKER SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR TRAFFICKING 17 CHILDREN AFTER RETRIAL
The Guiyang Intermediate People's Court on October 25, 2024 pronounced death sentence to Yu Huaying, a 60-year-old woman who was found guilty of child trafficking and abduction, after a retrial in Guizhou province.
- OCTOBER 28, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mohammad Javad Ahmadian executed in Ahvaz on October 28
OCTOBER 28, 2024FloridaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Florida. Joseph Ables, 75, White, sentenced to death
OCTOBER 28, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Narges Mohammadi Transferred from Evin Prison to Hospital
OCTOBER 28, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hassan Saberi executed in Isfahan on October 28
OCTOBER 27, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mansour Hadadi and Esmail Shehbakhsh executed in Birjand on October 22 and 27
OCTOBER 27, 2024Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: KENYAN FACING EXECUTION GETS ONE-YEAR REPRIEVE
Stephen Munyakho now known as Abdulkareem convicted of murder in Saudi Arabia is sure of staying alive for the next year after the Kenyan government successfully negotiated an extension on the date when he was supposed to be executed.
OCTOBER 27, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Khaled Chenari and Abdolnabi Kalani executed in Dezful on October 27
- OCTOBER 27, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Taher Ganj Khanlou and Mohammadreza Nemati executed in Zanjan on October 27
OCTOBER 27, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - List of 61 Political Prisoners on Death Row in Iran
OCTOBER 27, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ebrahim Shooli executed in Gachsaran on October 27
OCTOBER 25, 2024FloridaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Florida. Robert J. Bailey sentenced to death for the 2nd time
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OCTOBER 24, 2024IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: BOMBAY HC UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE OF MAN CONVICTED FOR MURDERING MOTHER, EATING HER ORGANS
The Bombay High Court on October 1st, 2024 upheld the death penalty awarded to a Kolhapur man for murdering his mother by disembowelling her body to eat her body parts in 2017.
OCTOBER 24, 2024Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: SEVEN PEOPLE EXECUTED IN ONE DAY
Saudi Arabia executed seven individuals on October 23, 2024, including five for drug trafficking, according to the official Saudi Press Agency (SPA).
OCTOBER 24, 2024KentuckyDEATH PENALTYUSA - Kentucky. State Supreme Court confirms suspension of executions
injunction halted executions in the commonwealth since 2010
OCTOBER 23, 2024IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: DEATH SENTENCE FOR TWO ISIS MEMBERS
The Iraqi Supreme Judicial Council on October 23, 2024 reported that two ISIS members were sentenced to death.
OCTOBER 23, 2024MalaysiaDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA: APEX COURT COMMUTES EX-FACTORY WORKERS’ DEATH SENTENCES
Malaysia’s Federal Court has commuted the death sentences of two former factory workers to 34 years in prison, along with 12 strokes of the cane each, for the murder of an acquaintance 13 years ago.
OCTOBER 23, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 4 men executed in Karaj (Central) on October 23
Not identified
OCTOBER 23, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Armin Aghcheli executed in Gorgan on October 23
- OCTOBER 23, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 5 men executed in Karaj (Ghezel Hesar) on October 23
Salam Babakhan Jafari, Mohammad Koushki, Arman Naserzadeh, and two unidentified Afghan nationals
- OCTOBER 23, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Hassan Dorostkar and Soleiman Malekinejad executed in Maragheh on October 21 and 23
OCTOBER 23, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mohammadreza Haji Khani and Mehran Soltani executed in Zanjan on October 23
OCTOBER 23, 2024FloridaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Florida. Ronald Lopez Andrade sentenced to death
OCTOBER 23, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Alireza Razavi Khaleghabadi executed on October 23 in Karaj (Ghezel-Hesar)
OCTOBER 22, 2024PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH IN LABOUR LEADER’S MURDER CASE
A model court has handed down death sentence to a man in a five-year-old case pertaining to the murder of a labour leader, The News reported on October 19, 2024.
OCTOBER 22, 2024Sri LankaDEATH PENALTYSRI LANKA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER REPORTED 24 YEARS AGO
A man was sentenced to death in Sri Lanka on October 16, 2024 over the murder of a person in Imaduwa in February 2000.
OCTOBER 22, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mehdi Cheraghi executed in Qorveh on 22 October
OCTOBER 22, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Shahin Dehghani executed in Malayer on October 22
- OCTOBER 22, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Ayoub Sangari and Abdolgharib Maleki executed in Qom on October 22
- OCTOBER 21, 2024IraqDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ: TEN ISLAMIC STATE MEMBERS SENTENCED TO DEATH AND LIFE IN PRISON
Iraqi judges have handed down death sentences and life sentences to ten members of the Islamic State (IS) arrested in Nineveh province, Agenzia Nova reported on October 18, 2024, citing the Interior Ministry.
- OCTOBER 21, 2024Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA: TWO SAUDIS EXECUTED FOR PLANNING SUICIDE ATTACK, JOINING TERRORIST GROUP
Two Saudis were executed on October 21, 2024 for committing acts of terrorism in the country, the Ministry of Interior announced.
OCTOBER 21, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mohammad Farhadzadeh and Hamid Chatrsimabeh executed in Jiroft on October 21
OCTOBER 20, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Bahman Sheikh-Hosseini executed in Birjand on October 20
OCTOBER 20, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 1 woman 4 men executed in Tabriz on October 20
Ms Nasrin Firoozi, Siamak Mulaii (Molaei), Hassan Yousefi, Mohammad Amin Noorafkan (Nourafkan), and Mohammad …
OCTOBER 20, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mohammad Saber (Saberi) executed in Malayer on October 20
- OCTOBER 19, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Reza Abbasi executed in Rasht on October 19
- OCTOBER 19, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Javad Ebrahimi and Behzad Ghaffari (Ghafari) executed in Tabriz on October 19
OCTOBER 18, 2024OhioDEATH PENALTYUSA - Ohio. Governor DeWine grants reprieves to 3 death row inmates
Executions for Stanley Adams, John Drummond, and James Hanna postponed to 2028
- OCTOBER 17, 2024ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: FORMER DEPUTY CENTRAL BANK HEAD GETS SUSPENDED DEATH SENTENCE FOR TAKING BRIBES
China's former deputy central bank governor, Fan Yifei, has been sentenced to death for taking bribes with a two-year reprieve, state media said on October 10, 2024, amid a sweeping anti-graft drive in the financial sector.
OCTOBER 17, 2024PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH IN BLASPHEMY CASE
A special Pakistani court has convicted a man on blasphemy charges, sentencing him to death along with life imprisonment, and imposing a fine of Rs 0.7 million.
OCTOBER 17, 2024TexasDEATH PENALTYUSA - Texas. State Supreme Court halted Robert Roberson’s execution
OCTOBER 17, 2024AlabamaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Alabama. Derrick Dearman was executed on October 17
20th execution of the year in the US
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OCTOBER 17, 2024TexasDEATH PENALTYUSA - Texas. Judge grants last-minute temporary restraining order in behalf of Robert Roberson
- OCTOBER 17, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Nourmorad Garavand and … Sanjari executed in Qazvin on October 17
OCTOBER 17, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Abbas Karimi and Mohammad Ali Najafi executed in Isfahan on October 17
OCTOBER 17, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mahmoud Bameri executed in Kahnuj on October 17
OCTOBER 17, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Nourmorad Geravand executed in Qazvin on October 17
- OCTOBER 17, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Hamid Bamri (or Mahmoud Bamri) executed in Qom on October 17
OCTOBER 17, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 2 more men executed in Isfahan on October 17
Mohammadreza Mahjour and Mohammad Ashoori
- OCTOBER 16, 2024MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: APEX COURT COMMUTES EX-SAWMILL WORKER’S DEATH SENTENCE FOR RAPE AND MURDER TO 40 YEARS IN PRISON
The Federal Court in Putrajaya on August 7, 2024 commuted the death sentence of a former sawmill worker to 40 years in prison for killing and raping a nurse nine years ago.
- OCTOBER 16, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Abdol Nazari executed in Nourabad on October 16
- OCTOBER 16, 2024AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
AFGHANISTAN: HUNDREDS AWAIT EXECUTION IN TALIBAN PRISONS AS WORLD MARKS DAY AGAINST DEATH PENALTY
As the world observes the World Day Against the Death Penalty on October 10, reports indicate that hundreds of inmates in Taliban-controlled prisons in Afghanistan are awaiting execution.
- OCTOBER 16, 2024TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. House committee approves subpoena for Robert Roberson ahead of his October 17 execution
- OCTOBER 16, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 4 men executed in Karaj (Ghezel Hesar) on October 16
Abdolbari Tajik, Pasha Pashto, Javid Ahmadkhani + Rahman …
OCTOBER 16, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mohsen Mokhtari executed in Shiraz on October 16
596 executions in 2024
- OCTOBER 16, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Rasoul Fili and an unidentified woman executed on October 16 in Hamedan
OCTOBER 16, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ramin Jashlu executed in Qom on October 16
OCTOBER 16, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ramin Mohammadvand executed in Dezful on October 16
OCTOBER 16, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Reza Karimi Zarasavand executed in Farokhshahr on October 16
OCTOBER 16, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Yousef Shirvani and Jafar Sameie executed in Zanjan on October 16
OCTOBER 16, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 2 more executions in Karaj on October 16
2 unidentified Afghan men
OCTOBER 16, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Five men executed in Qom from October 6 to 16
Milad Badinlu, Shahin Dehghani, Abdolghader ..., Mohsen Khodabandehlu + Unk.
- OCTOBER 15, 2024AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
TALIBAN PUBLICLY FLOG EIGHT PEOPLE IN EASTERN AFGHANISTAN
Taliban publicly flogged eight individuals, including a woman, in the eastern province of Kunar on October 13, 2024.
OCTOBER 15, 2024IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: ALLAHABAD HC COMMUTES DEATH PENALTY OF FATHER, SON IN 19-YEAR-OLD DOUBLE MURDER CASE
The Allahabad high court on September 27, 2024 commuted the death sentence of a father-son duo, convicted in a 2005 double murder case, to life imprisonment.
OCTOBER 15, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Naser Mohammadi executed in Urmia on October 15
OCTOBER 15, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Vali Heshmatpour executed in Shirvan on October 15
- OCTOBER 15, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Amir Soleimani executed in Urmia on October 15
- OCTOBER 14, 2024PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: 6,161 PRISONERS ON DEATH ROW
A total of 6,161 Pakistani prisoners were on death row in 2024 (Statistics updated on 30th Sep, 2024), an increase from last year’s 6,039, according to a report by Justice Project Pakistan (JPP).
OCTOBER 14, 2024IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: HUMAN RIGHTS ORGANIZATION BLAMES PRESIDENT RASHID FOR MASS EXECUTIONS, CITING ‘HORRIFIC’ PRACTICES
The human rights organization "AFAD" on October 12, 2024 issued a statement, condemning mass executions by Iraqi authorities, including elderly inmates and some carried out in "horrific" ways, holding President Abdul Latif Rashid responsible.
OCTOBER 14, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Younes Akhtar Samar was executed in Jiroft on October 14
- OCTOBER 14, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Alireza Kheshavehpour executed in Mashhad on October 14
OCTOBER 13, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ammar Asiyan executed in Kerman on October 13
A former police officer
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OCTOBER 13, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Reza Mirzabeigi executed in Torbat-e Heydarieh on October 13
OCTOBER 13, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 6 men executed in Shiraz on October 13
Farhad Salimi, Ali Shirvani, Ezzat Heidari, Kazem Saadipour, Reza Namdari, and Hossein Heidari
OCTOBER 13, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Abdolghafour Shahoozahi + Unk executed in Birjand on October 13
OCTOBER 13, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ali Najari and Ali Asghar Kujavari (Kojuvari) executed in Tabriz on October 13
OCTOBER 12, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mostafa Karami executed in Sari on October 12
OCTOBER 12, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Sharifeh Mohammadi's death sentence overeturned
Kurdish activist
- OCTOBER 11, 2024ItalyDEATH PENALTY
ITALY - Interview with professor Gemma Varona
On Restorative Justice
OCTOBER 11, 2024CaliforniaDEATH PENALTYUSA - California. Susan Eubanks taken off death row
OCTOBER 11, 2024United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Trump insists on the death penalty for drug dealers
As suggested to him by Chinese leader Xi Jinping
- OCTOBER 10, 2024Trinidad & TobagoDEATH PENALTY
CARIBBEAN CHURCH APPEALS FOR MORATORIUM ON DEATH PENALTY
Leela Ramdeen, consultant with the Catholic Commission for Social Justice (CCSJ) in Trinidad & Tobago writes: The World Day against the Death Penalty will be observed on Thursday October 10. The 2024 Theme is: The Death Penalty protects no one. Abolish it
- OCTOBER 10, 2024MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA COMMUTES DEATH SENTENCE OF NAJIB’S FORMER BODYGUARD
Malaysia has commuted the death sentence of an ex-police guard of former premier Najib Razak, after the Southeast Asian country changed its law on capital punishment.
- OCTOBER 10, 2024ItalyDEATH BY PUNISHMENT
ITALY - Interview with professor Patrizia Patrizi
On the state of restorative justice two years after the Cartabia Reform
OCTOBER 10, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Global Campaign to End Executions in Iran Gains Support from 1,500 Dignitaries Across 78 Countries
OCTOBER 10, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Asad Farhang executed in Urmia on October 10
OCTOBER 10, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 2 men executed in Orumiyeh (Urmia) on October 10
Borhan Ansari + Unk
OCTOBER 10, 2024United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - A new documentary, “Rebel Nun,” tells the story of Sister Helen Prejan
40 years against the death penalty
OCTOBER 10, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Iran executed at least 138 Kurdish prisoners over past Islamic year
Between 10 October 2023 and 9 October 2024
OCTOBER 10, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ali Maroufkhani executed in Qazvin on October 10
OCTOBER 10, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ali Maroufkhani and Hamed Jafari executed in Qazvin on October 10
- OCTOBER 9, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 2 unidentified men executed in Qazvin on October 9
- OCTOBER 9, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 6 more executions in Karaj (Ghezel Hesar) on October 9
OCTOBER 9, 2024Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: FILIPINO EXECUTED OVER MURDER, DFA SAYS
A Filipino was executed in Saudi Arabia over the murder of a Saudi national, the Department of Foreign Affairs said on October 8, 2024.
- OCTOBER 9, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 3 men executed in Karaj on October 9
Majid Afrouz, Mohammad Mashmool, and Ebrahim Sedigh
- OCTOBER 9, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 3 men executed in Karaj (Ghezel Hesar) on October 9
Ahmad Narouei, Mohammad Es’haqzahi, and Kamran Saghaei
OCTOBER 9, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mehdi Brahooie executed in Zahedan on October 9
Likely a minor at time of offense
- OCTOBER 9, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Iraj Moradian executed in Gorgan on October 9
- OCTOBER 9, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Hadi Fallah executed in Tabriz on October 9
OCTOBER 9, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Iman Bakhshayesh was executed in Rasht on October 9
OCTOBER 9, 2024NevadaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Nevada. Robert Brown sentenced to death
1st death penalty verdict in Nevada in over 5 years
- OCTOBER 8, 2024IraqDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ: CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT SENTENCES THREE DRUG TRAFFICKERS TO DEATH
Iraq’s Central Criminal Court has sentenced three drug traffickers to death for their involvement in the trafficking of narcotic substances, the Iraqi News Agency (INA) reported on October 6, 2024.
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OCTOBER 8, 2024IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR RAPE, MURDER OF FIVE-YEAR-OLD CHILD
A local court in Sangareddy district of Telangana on September 12, 2024 awarded death sentence to a man for raping and murdering a five-year-old girl in October 2023.
OCTOBER 8, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - The regime has executed more than 250 people since Massoud Pezeshkian became president
The “No to Executions on Tuesdays” campaign entered its 37th week
OCTOBER 8, 2024SudanDEATH PENALTYSUDAN: 18 OPPONENTS SENTENCED TO DEATH
In September, a court in Dongola sentenced 17 RSF fighters and one civilian to death for an attack on Merowe airport, Sudan Tribune reported on October 4, 2024.
OCTOBER 8, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Death Sentence Overturned for Political Prisoner Mahmood Mehrabi
- OCTOBER 7, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Unidentified man executed in Torbat-e Heydariyyeh on October 3
- OCTOBER 7, 2024IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: HIGH COURT COMMUTES DEATH SENTENCE TO LIFE IMPRISONMENT
The high court in Kochi, in the Indian state of Kerala, has commuted the death sentence awarded to Rajith, the prime convict in the 2013 murder case of a four-year-old girl in Chottanikkara, to life imprisonment, Times of India reported on September 14, 2
- OCTOBER 7, 2024SudanDEATH PENALTY
SUDAN: DEATH SENTENCE IN PORT SUDAN HIGHLIGHTS CRACKDOWN ON RSF SYMPATHIZERS
A Sudanese court has sentenced a man to death for supporting the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), state media reported on October 4, 2024, underscoring the escalating legal crackdown on perceived opponents in areas under military control.
OCTOBER 7, 2024DelawareDEATH PENALTYUSA - Delaware. Delaware Officially Removes Death Penalty from State Statutes
8 Years After State Supreme Court Finds It Unconstitutional
- OCTOBER 6, 2024MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: FEDERAL COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCES FOR SEVEN FILIPINOS
Malaysia’s Federal Court on October 2, 2024 upheld the death sentences of seven Filipino men, including a nephew of self-proclaimed Sultan of Sulu, Jamalul Kiram, for waging war against the Yang di-Pertuan Agong (King of Malaysia) during the Lahad Datu in
OCTOBER 6, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Habibullah Mohammadzehi executed in Bam on October 6
- OCTOBER 6, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Younes Piroozi executed in Ardabil on October 6
- OCTOBER 5, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Ashkan Yari executed in Hamedan on October 5
- OCTOBER 3, 2024MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: COURT COMMUTES DEATH SENTENCE OF MAN WHO KILLED MOTHER
The Putrajaya Court of Appeal on August 26, 2024 commuted the death sentence to 40 years in prison for a man who murdered his mother and dumped her body in a septic tank six years ago.
- OCTOBER 3, 2024IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR RAPE AND MURDER OF MINOR GIRL IN SAMBALPUR
A special POCSO court in Sambalpur on October 1st, 2024 sentenced a man to death for raping and murdering an eight-year-old girl in Jamankira area of Sambalpur.
OCTOBER 3, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hamed Hariri and Reza Soleimanzadeh executed in Gorgan on October 3.
OCTOBER 3, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Tayeb Mansouri executed in Isfahan on October 3
- OCTOBER 2, 2024JapanDEATH PENALTY
ABOLISHING JAPAN'S DEATH PENALTY ‘INAPPROPRIATE’: JUSTICE MINISTER
Newly appointed Justice Minister Hideki Makihara said on October 2, 2024 that abolishing the death penalty in Japan, where there have been no executions in over two years, would be "inappropriate" as the public largely considers it "unavoidable for heinou
- OCTOBER 2, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 2 more men executed in Karaj on October 2
Ali Mamashlou and Morteza Abdolhosseinpour
- OCTOBER 2, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Vahid Nowruzi (Norouzi) executed in Mashhad on October 2
OCTOBER 2, 2024TexasDEATH PENALTYUSA - Texas. Garcia White, 61, Black, was executed on October 2
- OCTOBER 2, 2024VietnamDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM: EX-GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTANT SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR THEFT
A Hanoi court sentenced the National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology’s former chief accountant to death after Nguyen Hoang was convicted of embezzling more than 152 billion dong ($6.2 million), the Vietnam government’s website reported on September
OCTOBER 2, 2024PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: LHC UPHOLDS DEATH PENALTY AGAINST 14 GANG MEMBERS
The Multan Bench of Lahore High Court (LHC) on September 12, 2024 upheld death sentence handed down to 14 members of the Chhotu Gang of the riverine area in a case of killing six policemen.
- OCTOBER 2, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Hamzeh Shahbazi and Fazlollah Pournasiri executed in Karaj on October 2
- OCTOBER 2, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 6 men 1 woman executed in Karaj on October 2
OCTOBER 2, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Zahra Feizi (Feyzi) executed in Tabriz on October 2
21 Women Executed in 2024
OCTOBER 2, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ayat Abdolfathi executed in Ahvaz on October 2
OCTOBER 2, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 3 men executed in Shiraz on October 2
Mohammad Chaman Pira, Abbas Khodayari and Seyed Naser Hosseini
- OCTOBER 2, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Identified woman hanged Oct. 2: Leila Ghaemi
- OCTOBER 1, 2024United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Last Week America Carried Out Its 1,600th Execution Since 1976.
When Will the Madness Stop?
- OCTOBER 1, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Dastgir Sasuli and Rashid Sepahi executed on October 1
In Saravan and Semnan prisons
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- OCTOBER 1, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 3 men executed in Ilam on October 1
Nima Moradi, Nosratollah Mnati, and Mehdi Khorsan
- OCTOBER 1, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 2 men executed in Kerman on October 1
Not identified
OCTOBER 1, 2024IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: ARUNACHAL SCHOOL HOSTEL WARDEN GETS DEATH PENALTY FOR SEXUALLY ASSAULTING 21 STUDENTS
A special court in Arunachal Pradesh handed the death sentence on September 26, 2024 to a hostel warden convicted for sexual assault of 21 students at a government-run residential school from 2014 to 2022.
OCTOBER 1, 2024Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: HIGHEST EXECUTION TOLL IN DECADES AS AUTHORITIES PUT TO DEATH 198 PEOPLE
Saudi Arabian authorities have put to death over 198 individuals so far in 2024, the highest number of executions recorded in the country since 1990, Amnesty International said on September 28, 2024.
OCTOBER 1, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Abdol Habibi executed in Kahnuj on October 1
518 executions in Iran in 2024
OCTOBER 1, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Monthly report: 73 executions in September
OCTOBER 1, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Meysam Mozaffari executed in Kashan on October 1
OCTOBER 1, 2024TexasDEATH PENALTYUSA - Texas. Lawmakers Pray With Robert Roberson
And Urge Clemency to Stop Oct.17 Execution
OCTOBER 1, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mostafa Kavandi and Ali Bahrami executed in Zanjan on October 1
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IRAN- Akhtar Ghorbanloo executed in Ahar on October 1
251 women have been executed in Iran since 2007
OCTOBER 1, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ghafar Hivechi executed in Gonbad Kavous on October 1