2024

IRAN - 7 Public Executions in 2023

IRAN - Asghar Tabarzin executed in Tabriz on March 17

IRAN - Yadollah Talebvand executed in Khorramabad on March 17

An army officer

IRAN - Protester Mehran Akrami lost his life under torture

A 32 year old Kurdish man

IRAN - Implemented Executions versus Forgiveness

282 executions for murder, but 857 avoided

MALAYSIA: TWO MEN GET DEATH SENTENCES COMMUTED

Two death sentences on March 13, 2024 were commuted in separate rulings at the Federal Court and Court of Appeal, in Putrajaya

IRAN - 5 Juvenile Offenders Executed in 2023

2 confirmed, 3 unconfirmed

IRAQ: SUSPECTED ISIS MURDERER SENTENCED TO DEATH

The Iraqi judiciary on March 12, 2024 sentenced a suspected Islamic State (ISIS) murderer in Anbar province to death, the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) reported

IRAN - Behzad Bidrang executed in Qazvin on March 14

NIGERIA: EKITI STATE HIGH COURT SENTENCES MAN TO DEATH FOR ARMED ROBBERY

The Ekiti State High Court has handed down a death sentence to 30-year-old Bello Abduquadri, convicted of armed robbery, Bnnbreaking reported on March 11, 2024.

JAPAN: DEATH SENTENCE OVERTURNED FOR KUDOKAI GANG BOSS

A Japanese high court on March 12, 2024 overturned a lower court ruling sentencing the head of the Kudokai crime syndicate to death over four cases of attacks on ordinary citizens.

PAKISTAN: MURDER CONVICT SENTENCED TO DEATH

The court of Attock on March 3, 2024 sentenced a murder convict to death for killing his brother in law.

BANGLADESH: MAN GETS DEATH FOR KILLING WIFE IN BAGERHAT

A court in Bagerhat on February 28, 2024 sentenced a man to death for killing his wife.

IRAN - Executions for Adultery and Blasphemy in 2023

INDIA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR RAPE AND MURDER OF 3-YEAR-OLD

A court in Haryana state on February 21, 2024 sentenced to death a 25- year-old man for the rape and murder of a three-year-old girl in 2018, police said.

IRAN - Moein Salahvarzi executed in Ilam on March 11

After 32 years on death row

TRINIDAD: EIGHT FORMER DEATH ROW INMATES IMMEDIATELY RELEASED

Eight former death row inmates in Trinidad and Tobago have been released after 22 years’ imprisonment, DSC reported on March 4, 2024.

SINGAPORE: MAN LOSES APPEAL AGAINST DEATH SENTENCE FOR TRAFFICKING HEROIN

A Singaporean man sentenced to death for trafficking 34.9g of diamorphine or heroin has lost his appeals against his conviction and sentence.

IRAQ: 5 DRUG DEALERS SENTENCED TO DEATH

An Iraqi court on February 27, 2024 handed down death sentences to five drug dealers, including three foreigners.

IRAN - Nour-Mohammad Tajik and Abdolbaset … executed in Karaj on March 11

Afhan nationals

IRAN - Mansour Mansouri executed in Ilam on March 11

USA - Top US Nitrogen Gas Producers Ban Use in Executions

MYANMAR: JUNTA IMPOSES MULTIPLE DEATH SENTENCES ON ACTIVISTS

Myanmar’s military junta on February 29, 2024 sentenced seven people to death – five of them for the second or third time.

IRAN - UN Report Blames Islamic Republic for Mahsa Amini's Death

IRAN - Report of the Iran Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on the Islamic Republic of Iran

Established by the United Nations Human Rights Council in November 2022

IRAN - Mehdi Gorgij executed in Zanjan on March 7

BANGLADESH: MADRASA TEACHER GETS DEATH PENALTY FOR RAPING 4 CHILDREN

A Chittagong court on February 18, 2024 sentenced a madrasa teacher to death for raping four children of the institution.

SAUDI ARABIA: FIVE PAKISTANIS EXECUTED FOR MURDER DURING ARMED ROBBERY

Five Pakistanis have been executed on March 5, 2024 in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on charges of killing a watchman during an armed robbery.

INDIA: TRANSGENDER SENTENCED TO DEATH IN 2021 RAPE, MURDER OF INFANT IN MUMBAI

A special court in Mumbai has sentenced a transgender person to death after finding them guilty of abducting, raping and murdering a three-month-old girlchild, India Today reported on February 28, 2024.

IRAN - Fakhredin Mangur-Nejad and Abbas Dadvar executed in Mahabad on March 7