2024

POPE CALLS FOR DEBT FORGIVENESS, ABOLITION OF DEATH PENALTY

Pope Francis called for debt relief for the poor countries of the South of the globe and the universal abolition of the death penalty in his message for World Peace Day 2025, which takes place on January 1.

IRAN - Farzad Khorami and Kheirollah Amiri executed in Shiraz on December 12

IRAN - Shahrokh Fahimi executed in Neishabur Prison on December 12

IRAN - Sajjad Azizi and Ebrahim Valizadeh executed in Miandoab on December 12

IRAN - Reza Khandan, husband of Nasrin Sotoudeh, arrested

IRAN - Mohammad Shah Achakzahi, and Rahim Achakzehi executed in Mashhad on December 12

IRAN - Gholam Roosta (Rousta) executed in Shiraz on December 12

870 executions from the beginning of 2024

IRAN - Majid Esmaeili executed in Isfahan on December 12

IRAN - 9 men executed in Karaj (Ghezel Hesar) on December 11

IRAN - Symbolic Concert in Caravanserai

Legal Action Against Parastoo Ahmadi and Crew

AFGHANISTAN: TALIBAN PUBLICLY FLOG MAN AND WOMAN IN GHAZNI ON CHARGES OF ‘ADULTERY’

The Taliban Supreme Court announced on December 10, 2024 that a man and a woman have been publicly flogged in Ghazni province, southeastern Afghanistan, on charges of “adultery.”

IRAN - Supreme Court Overturns Death Sentence of Abbas (Mojahed) Korkor

INDIA: BOMBAY HC SETS ASIDE DEATH PENALTY OF KEY ACCUSED FOR MURDER OF PUNE FAMILY IN 1997, ORDERS HIS RELEASE

The Bombay High Court on December 9, 2024 set aside the death penalty granted to the key accused by a lower court for the murder of four members of a family, including two children, 27 years ago in Pune.

IRAN - 10 men executed in Karaj (Ghezel Hesar) on December 11.

Hrana (and HoC) already gave the news, speaking of “only” 9 executions.

IRAN - Mohsen Barzegar executed in Khorramabad on December 11

PAKISTAN: BRITISH NATIONAL SENTENCED TO DEATH

The Sessions Court in Jhelum, Pakistan, on December 7, 2024 handed down a death sentence to a British national for the murder of his British-Pakistani uncle.

INDIA: DEATH SENTENCE AWARDED TO YOUTH IN 61 DAYS FOR MINOR'S RAPE-MURDER IN JAYNAGAR

A POCSO court in Baruipur of West Bengal's South 24 Parganas on December 5, 2024 awarded death sentence to Mustaqin, convicted of rape and murder of a minor girl from Jaynagar.

IRAN - Qarchak Prison Report: Hell for Women and Children

To mark World Human Rights Day (10 December)

IRAN - 3 men executed in Qom on December 10

Abdulmahdi Rashadmiri, Saeed Motiei (Moti) and Asghar Ramazani

USA - Pope Francis and many others urge Biden to commute all federal death sentences

ETHIOPIA: DEATH SENTENCE FOR MAN IN TIGRAY OVER KIDNAPPING AND KILLING OF 16-YEAR-OLD GIRL

One man has been sentenced to death in the Tigray region, Ethiopia, for the kidnapping and killing of a girl, Borkena News reported on December 5, 2024.

IRAN - 3 men executed in Zahedan on December 9

Omid Hosseinzayi, Khodabakhsh Ghanbarzehi (Barahi), and … Rakhshani

CHINA: FATHER SENTENCED TO LIFE, GIRLFRIEND TO DEATH FOR ABUSE AND KILLING OF GIRL

The father of a 3-year-old girl was sentenced to life imprisonment, and his girlfriend received the death penalty on December 6, 2024 for the brutal abuse and killing of the child in Manzhouli, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.

IRAN - Morteza Ghasemi executed in Isfahan on December 9

IRAN - Reza Bahrami-Fard executed in Dezful on December 9

IRAN - Iran’s failed assassination attempt on Shir-Ahmad Shirani

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AFGHANISTAN: TALIBAN PUBLICLY FLOGS SIX PEOPLE IN KHOST AND ONE IN FARYAB PROVINCES

The Taliban publicly flogged six individuals in eastern Khost province and one person in northern Faryab province on December 3, 2024.

IRAN - Abdulghafour Razmdideh Rigi executed in Birjand on December 8

IRAN - Farhad Atashzadeh executed in Kashan on December 8

IRAN - Jaber Ansari and Ashkan Fathi executed in Isfahan on December 7