Chronological archive
February 2025
The 154 news items published by Hands Off Cain in February 2025, in chronological order.
IRAN - Shoeib Rezapour Hanged on Bridge in Esfarayen on February 28
First 2025 Public Hanging
FEBRUARY 28, 2025AlabamaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Alabama. Gov. Ivey commutes death sentence of Robin Myers
63, Black
FEBRUARY 27, 2025TanzaniaDEATH PENALTYTANZANIA: BUSINESSMAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDERING, BURNING HIS WIFE
The High Court in Dar es Salaam Zone has sentenced businessman Khamis Luwonga (38) to death by hanging after finding him guilty of murdering his wife, Naomi Marijani.
FEBRUARY 27, 2025TunisiaDEATH PENALTYTUNISIA: EIGHT SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR 2013 MURDER OF OPPOSITION LEADER
A Tunisian court sentenced eight defendants to death on February 25, 2025 over the 2013 assassination of leftist opposition figure Mohamed Brahmi, according to local reports.
FEBRUARY 27, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Morteza Jafari and Javad Mohammad Khani executed in Isfahan on February 27
170 executions since the beginning of the year
FEBRUARY 27, 2025CanadaDEATH PENALTYCANADA - 54% of Canadians still favor capital punishment
The figure drops to 35% if the alternative is life without parole
FEBRUARY 27, 2025ArkansasDEATH PENALTYUSA - Arkansas. HB 1489 allowing nitrogen gas for executions forwarded by House Judiciary
FEBRUARY 27, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hamed Shiri and Enayat Rahmani executed in Rasht on February 27
FEBRUARY 27, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ali Khalili executed in Sari on February 27
FEBRUARY 27, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Amir Jafarpanah executed in Karaj (Ghezel Hesar) on February 27
FEBRUARY 27, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ali Vatankhah (Vatan-Khah) Executed in Ardabil on February 27
- FEBRUARY 27, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Hassan Mohammadi-Pour executed in Isfahan on February 27
- FEBRUARY 26, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mir Mohammad Paridar, executed in Ahvaz on February 26
FEBRUARY 26, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Behrooz Safari executed in Kermanshah on February 26
FEBRUARY 26, 2025BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: CONTRACTOR SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER BKASH AGENT'S MURDER IN CHATTOGRAM
A Chattogram court on February 24, 2025 handed down the death penalty to a contractor over the murder of a bKash agent in 2020.
FEBRUARY 26, 2025IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Basra Criminal Court issued a death sentence against a drug dealer on February 25, 2025.
FEBRUARY 26, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Abdollah Safarzehi executed in Birjand on February 26
FEBRUARY 26, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 3 men executed in Karaj (Ghezel Hesar) on February 26
Mosayeb Azizi, Sajad Eghbali + Unk
FEBRUARY 26, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 3 Kurdish men executed in Karaj (Ghezel Hesar) on February 26
Alireza Basati-Nia, Sajad Eghbali, Mostafa Hajir Behrouz
- FEBRUARY 26, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 7 Kurdish men executed in Kermanshah on February 26
FEBRUARY 26, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Executions in Ghezel Hasar on Feb. 26 rise to 9
FEBRUARY 26, 2025IowaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Iowa. Bill to reinstate death penalty (SF 320)
FEBRUARY 26, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ali Salimian executed in Isfahan on February 26
- FEBRUARY 26, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Identified 3 men executed in Kermanshah on February 26
Mahdi Jalilian, Sharif Ahmadi, and Javad Mihandoost
FEBRUARY 26, 2025ArizonaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Arizona. House passes firing squad
HCR 2024, an amendment to the Arizona Constitution
FEBRUARY 26, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ezatollah Arab and Moein Arab executed in Bandarabbas on February 26
FEBRUARY 25, 2025BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: 4 SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING WOMAN IN HABIGANJ
A Habiganj court on February 24, 2025 convicted four people and sentenced them to death for killing a woman in 2014.
FEBRUARY 25, 2025OklahomaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Oklahoma. Richard Glossip’s conviction and death sentence overturned
U.S. Supreme Court
- FEBRUARY 25, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Abdolbari Jahani executed in Bandarabbas on February 25
- FEBRUARY 25, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Faramarz Keyfari Executed in Lakan on February 25
- FEBRUARY 24, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 3 men executed in Isfahan on February 22 and 24
Ahmad Hanafi, Asghar Dehghani, and Vahid Mohibi
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- FEBRUARY 24, 2025JapanDEATH PENALTY
83.1% IN JAPAN SUPPORT DEATH PENALTY: GOV'T SURVEY
Japanese public support for the death penalty has exceeded 80% for the fifth consecutive time in a poll conducted by the Cabinet Office every five years, underscoring strong public backing for the system in the country.
FEBRUARY 24, 2025ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE FOR EX-HUARONG EXECUTIVE IN BRIBERY CASE
A Chinese court on February 24, 2025 upheld the death sentence for Bai Tianhui, former general manager of China Huarong International Holdings
FEBRUARY 24, 2025NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: COURT SLAMS DEATH SENTENCE ON MEN WHO RAIDED KANO FARM, KILLED OWNER
A Kano State High Court sentenced three middle-aged men to death by hanging after they were found guilty of criminal conspiracy, theft and homicide, Daily Trust reported on February 23, 2025.
FEBRUARY 24, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ebrahim Khosheh executed in Ahvaz on February 24
FEBRUARY 24, 2025LouisianaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Louisiana. Christopher Sepulvado died from illness less than a month before his scheduled execution
On March 17
FEBRUARY 24, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Yousef Rostami executed in Shiraz on February 24
FEBRUARY 24, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Behrouz Ehsani and Mehdi Hassani at imminent risk of execution
Supreme Court rejected the retrial request of political prisoners
FEBRUARY 23, 2025ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: FORMER VICE-PRESIDENT OF ICBC SENTENCED TO DEATH
Zhang Hongli, former vice-president of the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, was sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve for the crime of accepting bribes by a court in Hangzhou city, Zhejiang province, on February 19, 2025.
FEBRUARY 23, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Naeem Abdi executed in Qorveh on February 23
FEBRUARY 23, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Kaveh Asadbeigi executed in Zanjan on February 23
FEBRUARY 23, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mohammadreza Rezaei executed in Khorramabad on February 23
- FEBRUARY 22, 2025TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
TAIWAN: MAN WHO KILLED STORE CLERK OVER MASK AVOIDS DEATH PENALTY AT RETRIAL
The Taiwan High Court on February 19, 2025 upheld a life sentence for a man who stabbed a convenience store clerk to death over being asked to wear a face mask.
- FEBRUARY 22, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 5 men executed in Isfahan on February 22
Shahin Goudarzi, Asghar Dehghani, Ahmad Hanafi, Mojtaba Khorramdel and Vahid Mohebi
FEBRUARY 21, 2025South DakotaDEATH PENALTYUSA - South Dakota. Senate Judiciary Committee voted down SB 119 to abolish death penalty
FEBRUARY 21, 2025TexasDEATH PENALTYUSA - Texas. Keri Blakinger Receives Oscar Nomination for Death Row Documentary
"I Am Ready, Warden"
FEBRUARY 21, 2025United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Will Luigi Mangione face death penalty?
- FEBRUARY 20, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Aref Za'faranlou and Hossein Sasani executet in Karaj (Ghezel Hesar) on February 20
FEBRUARY 20, 2025NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: EDO LAWMAKERS APPROVES DEATH SENTENCE FOR KIDNAPPERS
The Edo State House of Assembly on February 18, 2025 approved death sentence for kidnappers in the state.
FEBRUARY 20, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - IHR 2024 Annual Report
At least 975 people were executed in 2024
FEBRUARY 20, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Shahin Mahdavi and Soran Aminpour executed in Mahabad on February 20
134 executions in 2025
FEBRUARY 20, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mahmoud Barahouei executed in Karaj on February 20
FEBRUARY 20, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Shahin Mahdavikia giustiziato a Mahabad il 20 febbraio
- FEBRUARY 20, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Unidentified man executed in Bushehr on February 20
FEBRUARY 20, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Milad Naseri executed in Gonbad-e Kavus on February 20
FEBRUARY 20, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Babak Hajipour executed in Ahvaz on February 20
- FEBRUARY 20, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Hossein Goshoul and Behrouz Goshoul executed in Isfahan on February 20
FEBRUARY 20, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hossein Khalifeyi and Alimorad Taheri executed in Bushehr on February 20
- FEBRUARY 20, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mohsen Sagvand executed in Ahvaz on February 20
- FEBRUARY 19, 2025SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
‘HE THOUGHT HE’D BE FREED’: FAMILY MOURNS SOMALI MAN EXECUTED IN SAUDI ARABIA
The news came with chilling finality: Mohamed Nur Hussein, a Somali man imprisoned for seven years in Saudi Arabia, had been executed on February 16. His family, who had spoken to him only a day earlier, were left in shock.
- FEBRUARY 19, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 4 men executed in Karaj (Ghezel Hesar) on February 19
Hossein Yavari, Sasan Mirhadi, Behrouz Mohammadi, Reza Anzali-Chi
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- FEBRUARY 19, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Malek Parsa executed in Amol on February 19
FEBRUARY 19, 2025DEATH PENALTYUSA - Georgia. HB 123 easing burden of proof of intellectual disability
FEBRUARY 19, 2025IdahoDEATH PENALTYUSA - Idaho. Firing squad Bill moves to Senate floor
(HB 37)
FEBRUARY 19, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Rasoul Ashour executed in Isfahan on February 19
- FEBRUARY 19, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Update: There would be 7 executions in Ghezel Hesar Prison in Karaj on February 19
FEBRUARY 19, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Malek Parsa executed in Amol on February 19
- FEBRUARY 18, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 56th Week of the “No to Execution Tuesdays” Campaign
FEBRUARY 18, 2025IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: BENGAL MAN GETS DEATH PENALTY FOR KIDNAPPING, RAPING 7-MONTH-OLD CHILD
A special POCSO court in Kolkata on February 18, 2025 sentenced a man guilty of rape and attempted murder of a seven-month-old child in north Kolkata to death by hanging.
FEBRUARY 18, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 1 woman and 1 man executed in Shiraz on February 18
Woman only identified as Bagherinejad, and Mehdi Iranian
FEBRUARY 18, 2025Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: SOMALI NATIONAL, SAUDI CITIZEN EXECUTED FOR HASHISH TRAFFICKING, MURDER
Saudi authorities executed a Somali national convicted of drug smuggling and a Saudi citizen found guilty of murder, the Ministry of Interior announced on February 16, 2025.
FEBRUARY 18, 2025ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: EX-JIANGSU LEGISLATOR SENTENCED FOR CORRUPTION
A former senior legislator in eastern China's Jiangsu province was given a suspended death sentence for taking bribes, abusing his power and illegally trading landuse rights, a court in the central province of Hubei announced on February 17, 2025.
FEBRUARY 18, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Craig and Lindsay Foreman charged with espionage
British couple
- FEBRUARY 18, 2025ArizonaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Arizona. House Committee advances firing squad execution
HCR 2024
FEBRUARY 18, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Death sentence of Mehrab Abdollahzadeh goes to Supreme Court
Kurdish political prisoner
FEBRUARY 18, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Yousef Kavarouyi executed in Kerman on February 18
- FEBRUARY 17, 2025KenyaDEATH PENALTY
ICJ KENYA WELCOMES PARLIAMENTARY REVIEW OF DEATH PENALTY AS CRUCIAL
The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) Kenya has praised the formation of a Parliamentary Task Force to review the country’s death penalty laws, calling it a crucial step in justice reform, Capitalfm website reported on February 13, 2025.
- FEBRUARY 17, 2025NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA: COURT SENTENCES MAN TO DEATH BY HANGING IN RIVERS
The High Court of Rivers State sitting in Port Harcourt has convicted and sentenced Mr. Eze Kingsley to death by hanging, for the murder of Wagbara David, The Sun reported on February 12, 2025.
FEBRUARY 17, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hossein Aliyari and Sadegh Nezakat executed in Qazvin and Neyshabur
On February 16 and 17
FEBRUARY 17, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 6 men executed in Isfahan on February 17
Ezzat Hosseini Doraki, Ali Es-haqi, Mohammad Shamseddin Arbab, Majid Baluch, Heydar Babaei and Burhan Wasim-Zehi
FEBRUARY 16, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Milad Farahmandijou executed in Behbahan on February 16
- FEBRUARY 16, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - British couple arrested in Iran identified
Craig and Lindsay Foreman
FEBRUARY 16, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Saeed Jokar executed in Shiraz on February 16
FEBRUARY 16, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hengaw’s Statistical Report: 909 Executions in Iran in 2024
- FEBRUARY 16, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Hadi Farahani executed in Arak on February 16
FEBRUARY 16, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Bahram Almasi executed in Tabriz on February 16
FEBRUARY 16, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Pejman Bahramian hanged in Kermanshah in February
- FEBRUARY 15, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Ali Kord executed in Ramhormoz on February 15
FEBRUARY 15, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Abbas Bameri executed in Birjand on February 15
FEBRUARY 15, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mohammad Raei executed on February 15 in Birjand
- FEBRUARY 14, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Milad Attar executed in Dezful on February 12
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- FEBRUARY 13, 2025United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - ‘Warden, I am ready’: documentary on the death penalty as seen from the point of view of a victim's son
- FEBRUARY 13, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Two British citizens, a man and a woman, arrested on vague charges.
Yet another episode of ‘hostage taking’ by the Iranian regime.
- FEBRUARY 13, 2025FranceDEATH PENALTY
REPATRIATED FRENCHMAN'S INDONESIA DEATH SENTENCE COMMUTED TO 30 YEARS IN PRISON
A Frenchman reprieved after 18 years on death row in Indonesia on drug offenses will have to serve 30 years in jail after being repatriated last week, a French court ruled February 12, 2025.
FEBRUARY 13, 2025FloridaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Florida. James Ford, 64, White, was executed
FEBRUARY 13, 2025IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: FIVE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR GANG RAPE AND MURDER
A court in India has sentenced five men to death for the gang rape and murder of a teenager as well as the killing of her father and toddler-aged niece
FEBRUARY 13, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Sharifeh Mohammadi sentenced to death again
FEBRUARY 13, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Younes Kheyrallahpour executed in Aligudarz on February 13
FEBRUARY 13, 2025OhioDEATH PENALTYUSA - Ohio. Gov DeWine issues 3 death penalty reprieves
Rescheduling executions to 2028
FEBRUARY 13, 2025TexasDEATH PENALTYUSA - Texas. Richard Tabler, 46, White, was executed
FEBRUARY 13, 2025FloridaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Florida. In four days Florida passed a package of laws against undocumented immigrants
Including the death penalty for various crimes, not just murder.
FEBRUARY 12, 2025NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: NAFDAC PROPOSES DEATH PENALTY FOR DEALERS OF HARMFUL DRUGS
The Director-General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, has proposed the introduction of the death penalty for drug peddlers
FEBRUARY 12, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mehdi Shabakhsh Pirsorani and Tayeb Javadi executed in Isfahan on February 12
FEBRUARY 12, 2025PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: CHRISTIAN BROTHERS ACQUITTED OF BLASPHEMY
A court in Pakistan on January 25, 2025 acquitted Christian twin brothers of a false blasphemy accusation as the prosecution failed to prove charges against them, their attorney said.
FEBRUARY 12, 2025TexasDEATH PENALTYUSA - Texas. Nuns on Texas death row
Sisters of Mary Morning Star
FEBRUARY 12, 2025AlabamaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Alabama. House passes HB 49
Death penalty for child rapists
FEBRUARY 12, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Javad Kakavand executed in Malayer on February 12
- FEBRUARY 11, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 55th Week of the “No to Execution Tuesdays” Campaign
Hunger strike in in 35 Prisons Across Iran
- FEBRUARY 11, 2025PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING COUPLE DURING HOUSE ROBBERY
Additional District and Sessions Judge (South) Abdul Hafeez Lashari, who conducted the trial at the judicial complex inside the central prison, Karachi, found Nawaz Khursheed guilty of murdering an elderly couple, Jawed Iftikhar and Salma, in their DHA Ph
FEBRUARY 11, 2025BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: 4 BNP LEADERS RELEASED FROM RAJSHAHI JAIL
Four Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) leaders, who were acquitted from the death penalty by the High Court recently, were released from Rajshahi jail on February 11, 2025.
FEBRUARY 10, 2025IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: SC RAPS COPS FOR ‘FAULTY PROBE’, ACQUITS MAN ON DEATH ROW
The Supreme Court of India has set aside death penalty awarded to an Agra man who was earlier convicted for murder of his brother, sister-in-law and four children in a property dispute case in 2012, Times of India reported on February 10, 2025.
FEBRUARY 10, 2025AfghanistanDEATH PENALTYAFGHANISTAN: TALIBAN FLOG SEVEN IN THREE PROVINCES
Taliban publicly flogged seven people in Kunduz, Uruzgan and Ghazni provinces on charges of extramarital relations and assault, according to Taliban supreme court statements on February 10, 2025.
FEBRUARY 10, 2025LouisianaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Louisiana. Executions to resume, Gov. Jeff Landry announces
After 15 years
FEBRUARY 10, 2025TennesseeDEATH PENALTYUSA - Tennessee. Kevin Burns, the death row inmate who celebrates mass on death row
Burns is an evangelical pastor
- FEBRUARY 9, 2025TanzaniaDEATH PENALTY
AFRICAN COURT ORDERS TANZANIA TO END MANDATORY DEATH PENALTY
The African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights has ruled against Tanzania’s mandatory imposition of the death penalty, calling it a violation of fundamental human rights.
- FEBRUARY 9, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Shahram Manafzadeh and Farhad Abdoli executed in Tabriz on February 9
FEBRUARY 9, 2025TexasDEATH PENALTYUSA - Texas. The Baptist church alongside the victims, not the culprits
The case of Steven Nelson who had killed a Baptist pastor
FEBRUARY 9, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Pejman Soltani sentenced to death
Kurdish political prisoner, arrested during the “Jin, Jiyan, Azadi” movement
- FEBRUARY 8, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - On February 8, a woman who partially undressed on a street in Tehran was arrested
The arrest of three other individuals in connection with the incident
FEBRUARY 8, 2025Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: TWO CITIZENS EXECUTED ON 'TERRORISM' CHARGES
Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Interior announced on February 5, 2025 that two citizens had been executed after being convicted of “betraying the nation and supporting terrorism.”
FEBRUARY 8, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ali Rezaei executed in Zanjan on February 8
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FEBRUARY 7, 2025North CarolinaDEATH PENALTYUSA - North Carolina. Hasson Bacote's death sentence overturned ‘on racial grounds’
Other cases may follow
FEBRUARY 7, 2025United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Sept. 11 Plea Deal Includes Gag Order on C.I.A. Torture Secrets
- FEBRUARY 6, 2025FranceDEATH PENALTY
FRENCHMAN ATLAOUI RETURNS TO PARIS AFTER REPRIEVE FROM DEATH ROW IN INDONESIA
A Frenchman reprieved after 18 years on death row in Indonesia for alleged drug offences landed back in France on February 5, 2025, an airport source said.
- FEBRUARY 6, 2025IdahoDEATH PENALTY
USA - Idaho. House widely passes bill to make firing squad main execution method
The House approved HB 37 on a 58-11 vote
FEBRUARY 6, 2025AlabamaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Alabama. Demetrius Frazier, 52, Black, was executed
By nitrogen hypoxia
- FEBRUARY 6, 2025NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA: FIVE SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER 'WITCHCRAFT' MURDER
Five men have been sentenced to death by hanging in Nigeria's Kano state for the 2023 murder of a woman they accused of witchcraft, BBC News reported on February 4, 2025.
FEBRUARY 6, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Kurdish political prisoner Pakhshan Azizi is at imminent risk of execution
After her appeal was rejected by the Supreme Court
FEBRUARY 6, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - A woman, Mahtab Ghazizadeh, executed in Sari on February 6
265 women have been executed in Iran since 2007
- FEBRUARY 5, 2025IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: SUPREME COURT ACQUITS MUMBAI RAPE-MURDER CASE CONVICT ON DEATH ROW SINCE 2015
The Supreme Court of India has acquitted a man who had been sentenced to death for the rape and murder of a 23-year-old woman in 2014.
FEBRUARY 5, 2025TexasDEATH PENALTYUSA - Texas. Steven Nelson, 37, Black, was executed
FEBRUARY 5, 2025SingaporeDEATH PENALTYSINGAPORE: EX-POLICE OFFICER HANGED FOR DOUBLE MURDER
A former policeman who was convicted over the murder of two people in 2013 was executed in Singapore on February 5, 2025.
- FEBRUARY 5, 2025AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Alabama - House committee approves death penalty for child sexual assault
HB 49
- FEBRUARY 5, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Golmohammad Gorgij and Abdulhamid Kohkan executed in Gorgan on January 5
- FEBRUARY 5, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mehdi Ahmadi and Saeed Gholami executed in Kermanshah on February 5
- FEBRUARY 5, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Salman Hamdard executed in Borujerd on February 5
- FEBRUARY 4, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Monthly report on women’s rights
20 women activists arrested, three sentenced, 18 women killed
FEBRUARY 4, 2025Sri LankaDEATH PENALTYSRI LANKA: ELEVEN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER AFTER 20 YEARS
Eleven accused who stood indicted with murder were found guilty and sentenced to death by Uva Province High Court Judge Prasanna Alwis, Daily Mirror reported on January 31, 2025.
- FEBRUARY 4, 2025BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH IN CHATTOGRAM FOR KILLING PREGNANT WIFE OVER DOWRY
A Chattogram court on February 3, 2025 sentenced a man to death for killing his wife, who was pregnant at the time, over conflict centring dowry.
- FEBRUARY 3, 2025IdahoDEATH PENALTY
USA - Idaho. House Justice Committee passes firing squad (HB 37)
As main death penalty method
FEBRUARY 3, 2025United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - List of the 26 death sentences of 2024
FEBRUARY 3, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Manouchehr Fallah has been sentenced to death
A Gilak political prisoner held in Lakan Prison in Rasht
FEBRUARY 3, 2025TaiwanDEATH PENALTYTAIWAN: DEATH PENALTY IN DOUBLE MURDER COMMUTED TO LIFE SENTENCE
The Taichung branch of the High Court on January 22, 2025 overturned Yang Hung-ju’s death penalty and sentenced him to life in prison for double homicide.
FEBRUARY 3, 2025IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: NINE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Iraq’s Supreme Judicial Council announced that the Central Criminal Court has sentenced nine Iraqi drug traffickers to death after convicting them of smuggling and distributing illicit substances across the country, Kurdistan24 reported on January 29, 202
- FEBRUARY 3, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Hafez Bani Asadi executed in Mashhad on February 3
FEBRUARY 3, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Behrouz Ehsani and Mehdi Hasani transferred to political prisoners’ ward
Following extensive domestic and international protests
- FEBRUARY 3, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Hamidreza Shahmoradi executed in Khorramabad on February 3
- FEBRUARY 2, 2025South SudanDEATH PENALTY
SOUTH SUDAN: SUDANESE TRADER HANGED FOR DEFILEMENT AND MURDER
A Sudanese trader who was convicted of defiling, murdering, and dumping the body of five-year-old Abuk Lual into a pit latrine in Aweil in 2022 was executed by hanging in South Sudan on January 29, 2025 at Wau Central Prison.
- FEBRUARY 2, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - A letter from a brave female prisoner
FEBRUARY 2, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Afshin Amiri executed in Kermanshah on February 2
FEBRUARY 1, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 87 executions in January
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FEBRUARY 1, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Maryam Kaviani executed in Khorramabad on February 1
a Lor woman from Khorramabad
FEBRUARY 1, 2025United StatesDEATH BY PUNISHMENTUSA - 194.000 persons serving life sentences
A study by The Sentencing Project
- FEBRUARY 1, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Ehsan Jamshidi executed in Sari on February 1