Chronological archive
March 2025
The 135 news items published by Hands Off Cain in March 2025, in chronological order.
UAE: 3 UZBEK NATIONALS SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER KILLING OF CHABAD RABBI
Three Uzbek nationals accused of killing Chabad Rabbi Zvi Kogan in the United Arab Emirates last year have been sentenced to death, Israeli sources in the Gulf state told Hebrew-language media on March 30, 2025.
MARCH 31, 2025MalaysiaDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA: 5 INDIAN NATIONALS GET DEATH PENALTY CONVERTED TO 30 YEARS’ JAIL FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Malaysia’s Court of Appeal has commuted the death sentences of five Indian nationals to 30 years in prison, finding them guilty on two counts of drug trafficking at a plantation in Rantau, Negeri Sembilan, seven years ago, Free Malaysia Today reported on
MARCH 31, 2025NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: REPS RESCIND DECISION ON BILL TO ABOLISH DEATH PENALTY
The Nigerian Federal House of Representatives on March 27, 2025 reversed its decision on the second reading of two controversial bills: one aimed at stripping the Vice President, governors, and deputy governors of their immunity, and another advocating fo
MARCH 31, 2025DEATH PENALTYUSA - Georgia. Legislature votes to make it easier to prove intellectual disability in death penalty cases
HB 123
MARCH 31, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 58 executions in March
The month of Ramadan
- MARCH 31, 2025DEATH PENALTY
USA - Georgia. Senate eases the burden of proof for intellectual disability in capital cases
HB 123
- MARCH 30, 2025Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
STEPHEN MUNYAKHO SET TO RETURN HOME AFTER MUSLIM WORLD LEAGUE CLEARED $1MILLION FINE IN SAUDI ARABIA
The Supreme Council of Kenya Muslims (Supkem) has confirmed the payment of Sh129 million to Saudi Arabian authorities for the release of Kenyan Stephen Munyakho, also known as Abdulkarim, SyndiGate Media reported on March 28, 2025.
- MARCH 29, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Abbas Fatehi executed in Gorgan on March 29
MARCH 29, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Morteza Saadatpour Zeini and Mohsen Hedayat executed in Tabriz on March 29
MARCH 29, 2025PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: FIVE TO HANG FOR BLASPHEMY
A court in Rawalpindi on March 22, 2025 awarded death penalty to five accused, along with life imprisonment and a cumulative sum of Rs6.5 million in fines in a blasphemy case registered against them by the Cyber Crime Wing of the Federal Investigation Age
MARCH 29, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Yasser Roshani (Yaser Roshan) executed in Arak on March 29
MARCH 29, 2025South CarolinaDEATH PENALTYUSA - South Carolina. I saw South Carolina use a firing squad to execute a man
I am sick with rage
MARCH 29, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - A woman, Mahnaz Kakaei, and Ali Sufian executed in Isfahan on March 29
- MARCH 28, 2025PennsylvaniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Pennsylvania. Seifullah Abdul-Salaam sentenced to LWOP
MARCH 28, 2025United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - GOP lawmakers in 10 states introduce bills to treat abortion as homicide
MARCH 27, 2025ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: METHAMPHETAMINE PRODUCER EXECUTED AFTER MASSIVE BATCH SEIZURE
The Intermediate People's Court of China’s Linyang City has confirmed the execution of a death sentence for a man convicted of producing and trafficking 200 kg of methamphetamine, Caliber.az reported on March 23, 2025.
MARCH 27, 2025VietnamDEATH PENALTYVIETNAM: DOCTOR GETS DEATH PENALTY FOR DISMEMBERING MISTRESS
A 37-year-old married doctor who murdered and dismembered his mistress was sentenced to death by the People’s Court in Dong Nai Province, southern Vietnam on March 18, 2025.
MARCH 27, 2025PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: TWO SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR HONOUR KILLING IN TOBA TEK SINGH
A court in Toba Tek Singh, Pakistan, on March 24, 2025 sentenced two men to death for the murder of Maria Bibi, who was killed by her father and brother in March 2024.
MARCH 27, 2025North CarolinaDEATH PENALTYUSA - North Carolina. Jonathan Michael Monk, White, sentenced to death
For the 2017 murders of 4 prison workers
MARCH 27, 2025CaliforniaDEATH PENALTYUSA - California. Adel Ramos, 51, Hispanic, sentenced to death
MARCH 27, 2025OklahomaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Oklahoma. SB 599 passes Senato
Death penalty for child rapists
- MARCH 26, 2025IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA CONFIRMS 25 NATIONALS SENTENCED TO DEATH IN UAE, EXECUTIONS PENDING
The number of Indian nationals facing the death penalty in the United Arab Emirates, with sentences yet to be implemented, stands at 25, the central government informed Parliament on March 20, 2025.
MARCH 26, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - NCRI report: 1,153 Executions in Persian Year 1403
A 42% Surge Compared to 1402
MARCH 26, 2025SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: SNA SOLDIER SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING COMMANDER
Hussein Hassan Mahmoud Ma'da, a soldier in the Somali National Army, has been sentenced to death by firing squad for the murder of Sergeant Major Shafi'i Mohamed Hansi Ali, a group commander, HOL reported on March 26, 2025.
MARCH 26, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Death Sentence of Hamid Hosseinnezhad Upheld
Kurdish Political Prisoner
MARCH 26, 2025IdahoDEATH PENALTYUSA - Idaho. Governor signs HB 380
Death penalty for sex abuse on under 12
MARCH 26, 2025TexasDEATH PENALTYUSA - Texas. Senate passes SB 990 to expand death penalty
- MARCH 25, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 61st week of the “No to Execution Tuesday” campaign
MARCH 25, 2025BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: 3 SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR GANG RAPE, MURDER OF TEENAGER IN 2022
A Dhaka tribunal has sentenced three individuals to death in connection with the gang rape and murder of a teenage girl in Keraniganj, Dhaka, three years ago.
MARCH 25, 2025JapanDEATH PENALTYJAPAN: EXONERATED PRISONER AWARDED $1.4M AFTER 46 YEARS SPENT ON DEATH ROW
A Japanese man wrongly convicted of murder who was the world’s longest-serving death row inmate has been awarded $1.4m in compensation, an official said on March 24, 2025.
MARCH 24, 2025Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: SAUDI PROTESTOR MOHAMMAD LABBAD SENTENCED TO DEATH
The Specialised Criminal Court of Appeal (SCCA) on February 25, 2025 sentenced Saudi protestor Mohammad Labbad to the death penalty.
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MARCH 24, 2025NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE FOR MAN WHO KILLED ATTACKER IN ‘SELF-DEFENCE’
The Supreme Court of Nigeria on March 7, 2025 upheld the death sentence of Sunday Jackson, a farmer in his 30s, for killing a Fulani herdsman, Ardo Bawuro, in an altercation on his farmland.
- MARCH 24, 2025IdahoDEATH PENALTY
USA - Idaho. Legislature approves child sex abuse death penalty bill
Sending it to governor
- MARCH 23, 2025TanzaniaDEATH PENALTY
TANZANIA: MAN TO BE HANGED FOR MURDERING HIS GIRLFRIEND
The High Court of Tanzania in Moshi on March 10, 2025 sentenced 32-year-old Erasto Mollel to death by hanging for the murder of his girlfriend, Josephine Mngara, 30.
MARCH 21, 2025LouisianaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Louisiana. Maybe "Airgas" nitrogen used in Hoffman's execution
“Airgas” considers action against Louisiana
- MARCH 20, 2025CanadaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA EXECUTED FOUR CANADIANS FOR DRUG CRIMES, SAYS OTTAWA
Four Canadians were executed in China on drug-related charges earlier this year, Canadian authorities confirmed on March 19, 2025.
MARCH 20, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Olivier Grondeau released
MARCH 20, 2025OklahomaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Oklahoma. Wendell Grissom, 56, was executed
MARCH 20, 2025FloridaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Florida. Edward James, 63, White, was executed
10th execution in US
MARCH 19, 2025IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: UTTAR PRADESH COURT GIVES DEATH PENALTY TO 3 MEN FOR KILLING 24 DALITS IN 1981
A Uttar Pradesh court on March 18, 2025 ordered death penalty to three men linked to the killings of 24 Dalits in Dehuli in 1981.
MARCH 19, 2025ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: EX-ENGINEER TO BE EXECUTED FOR SPYING
A former Chinese engineer has been sentenced to death for leaking state secrets to a foreign power, Beijing's spy agency said on March 18, 2025.
MARCH 19, 2025LouisianaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Louisiana. Jessie Hoffman, 46, Black, was executed
First nitrogen execution in the state
MARCH 19, 2025ArizonaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Arizona. Aaron Gunches, 53, White, was executed
- MARCH 18, 2025TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. SB 990 to allow death penalty for murders of children under 15 moves to Senate floor
- MARCH 18, 2025MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: FEDERAL COURT REINSTATES DEATH SENTENCE FOR RAWANG MAN WHO MURDERED WIFE AND BABY IN 2016
The Federal Court on March 14, 2025 reinstated the death penalty for a former lorry driver convicted of murdering his wife and seven-month-old daughter in 2016.
MARCH 18, 2025BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: HIGH COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCES FOR 20 MEN WHO MURDERED STUDENT OVER FACEBOOK POST
A High Court in Bangladesh on March 16, 2025 upheld the death sentence of 20 men convicted of killing a fellow student seven years ago inside a university campus.
MARCH 18, 2025ArkansasDEATH PENALTYUSA - Arkansas. Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders signed nitrogen gas legislation
Fifth state to adopt the method
MARCH 17, 2025North KoreaDEATH PENALTYNORTH KOREA: THREE MEN TIED UP AND EXECUTED IN FRONT OF VILLAGERS
Three North Koreans have been tied to stakes and riddled with bullets in a public execution in front of villagers after they tried to flee the country, Mirror reported on March 14, 2025.
MARCH 17, 2025PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: TWO SENTENCED TO DEATH IN RANSOM-MURDER CASE
An anti-terrorism court (ATC) in Pakistan sentenced two criminals to death in a ransom cum murder case, the Tribune reported on March 9, 2025.
MARCH 17, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hatam Shahpasandi executed in Boroujerd on March 17
245 esecuzioni dall'inizio dell'anno
- MARCH 16, 2025TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
TAIWAN: KMT TO START CAMPAIGN ON REFERENDUM AGAINST END TO DEATH PENALTY
The major opposition Kuomintang (KMT) will launch a campaign to hold a referendum against the abolition of death penalty, KMT Chairman Eric Chu said on March 7, 2025.
MARCH 16, 2025ArkansasDEATH PENALTYUSA - Arkansas. Nitrogen gas bill could restart executions
If Gov. Sarah Sanders signs into law HB 1489
MARCH 16, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 4 persons, not 3, executed in Urmia on March 16
Mojgan Azarpisheh, Kosar Ghorbani, Arshad Farzadband e Hamed Faraji
MARCH 16, 2025JordanDEATH PENALTYJORDAN: WOMAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR POISONING STEPDAUGHTER
The Grand Criminal Court has sentenced a woman to death by hanging for poisoning her stepdaughter, Roya News reported on March 13, 2025.
MARCH 16, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Yaser Jahanbani executed in Hamedan on March 16
MARCH 16, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 2 women and a man executed in Urmia on March 16
Mojgan Azarpisheh, Kosar Bagherzadeh, and Arshad Farzadband
- MARCH 16, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Yaser Jahanbani executed in Hamedan on March 16
MARCH 16, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Latest UN Report: Deadly Repression of Kurds, Balochs, and Arabs in Iran
eport by Mai Sato, the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in Iran
- MARCH 16, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Faramarz Keyfari and Kourosh Zare executed in Rasht
On February 25 and March 16
MARCH 15, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Tahmas Kalani executed in Nahavand on March 15
MARCH 15, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Heidar Safdari and Sohrab Niazi executed in Qazvin on March 15
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MARCH 13, 2025NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: DEATH ROW INMATES NOW 3,688, AG NCOS CG TELLS SENATE
The Acting Controller General of the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS), Mr. Sylvester Nwakuche, on March 12, 2025 said 3,688 prisoners are currently on death row in various correctional centres across the country.
MARCH 13, 2025IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: DEATH PENALTY FOR ‘FORCED’ RELIGIOUS CONVERSION CRITICISED BY CHURCH
The Chief Minister of the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh has said his government would make a provision for the death penalty to punish what it describes as “forced” religious conversion of females, a move that has drawn consternation from the Church in I
MARCH 13, 2025United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Does the “minor age” really end at 18?
What Experts are Saying About Emerging Adult Behavioral Development
- MARCH 13, 2025IdahoDEATH PENALTY
USA - Florida. House Committee passes new aggravating factors
HB 693
MARCH 13, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Morteza Kazemzadeh and Mohammadreza Basiri executed in Semnan on March 13
- MARCH 13, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Ahmad Yarmohammadi executed in Dorud on March 13
MARCH 12, 2025IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH, 6 OTHERS LIFE TERM IN TELANGANA DALIT MAN’S ‘HONOUR KILLING’ IN 2018
A Telangana court on March 10, 2025 pronounced the sentence in the 2018 Miryalaguda honour killing case. The hired killer, Subhash Sharma, was given the death penalty, while all others accused were sentenced to life imprisonment.
MARCH 12, 2025TaiwanDEATH PENALTYTAIWAN: SUPREME PROSECUTORS OFFICE REVIEWS 36 DEATH ROW INMATE APPEALS
Taiwan’s Supreme Prosecutors Office is reviewing extraordinary appeal requests from 36 death row inmates following a Constitutional Court ruling last year.
MARCH 12, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Majid Vahidi executed in Sari on March 12
232 executions in 2025
- MARCH 12, 2025IdahoDEATH PENALTY
USA - Idaho. Governor Little signs HB 37 authorizing firing squad as State’s primary execution method
- MARCH 12, 2025OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Oklahoma. House passed HB 1693 on mental competency
- MARCH 11, 2025United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - New report, Mass Incarceration: The Whole Pie 2025
Nearly 2 million people incarcerated in the U.S.
MARCH 11, 2025EthiopiaDEATH PENALTYINDONESIA: MINISTRY PROVIDES LEGAL AID FOR INDONESIAN ON DEATH ROW IN ETHIOPIA
The Indonesian Foreign Ministry has vowed to provide legal aid to Linda Yuliana, an Indonesian citizen facing the death penalty in Ethiopia after being convicted in a drug smuggling case.
MARCH 11, 2025IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: MADHYA PRADESH PLANS TO IMPOSE DEATH PENALTY FOR THE RELIGIOUS CONVERSION OF GIRLS
Madhya Pradesh chief minister Mohan Yadav said on March 8, 2025 that his govt would amend the law to provide for death penalty for forced religious conversion of girls.
- MARCH 11, 2025BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: HC COMMUTES DEATH SENTENCES IN TANGAIL BUS RAPE AND MURDER CASE
The High Court on January 27, 2025 commuted the death sentences of three convicts in the 2017 rape and murder of college student Zakia Sultana Rupa in a moving bus near Modhupur upazila in Tangail.
MARCH 11, 2025United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri Signs Plea Offer
One of the guantamo trials. The unknown of political reaction
- MARCH 11, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Hojjat Torkaman executed in Malayer on March 11
MARCH 11, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 59th week of "No to execution Tuesdays"
MARCH 10, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Sentences Reduced for Ali Younesi and Amirhossein Moradi
2 young Political Prisoners
MARCH 10, 2025Sri LankaDEATH PENALTYSRI LANKA: COUPLE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR TORTURING AND MURDERING TWO-YEAR-OLD ADOPTED BOY
Colombo High Court Judge Sujeewa Nishshanka, on March 6, 2025 sentenced to death a man and his wife for torturing and murdering a two-year-old boy whom they had adopted.
- MARCH 10, 2025BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR RAPE, MURDER OF GIRLFRIEND
Dhaka’s Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal-5 on February 27, 2025 sentenced Maruf Hasan Badhon to death for the rape and murder of his girlfriend, Asma Akter, five years ago.
MARCH 10, 2025TaiwanDEATH PENALTYTAIWAN: KAOHSIUNG MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDERING NEIGHBORS
The Kaohsiung District Court on March 10, 2025 sentenced to death a man convicted of fatally stabbing a couple in an upstairs apartment that he believed frequently made too much noise.
MARCH 10, 2025FloridaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Florida. A judge followed a jury's recommendation that Eriese Tisdale be put to death
MARCH 9, 2025VietnamDEATH PENALTYVIETNAM: KENYAN WOMAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR TRAFFICKING 2 KG OF DRUGS
A Kenyan woman in Ho Chi Minh City was sentenced to death for trafficking over 2 kg of drugs through Tan Son Nhat Airport.
MARCH 9, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ahmad Saeedi executed in Zanjan on March 9
- MARCH 9, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Amin Khosravi executed in Neyshabur on March 9
MARCH 9, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Saber Fathollahi and Zaki Zakeri executed in Shiraz on March 9
MARCH 8, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mohammad Javad (Afshin) Hasanvand executed in Khorramabad on March 8
MARCH 8, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Houshang Mohammadkhani executed in Yazd on March 8
MARCH 8, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ubaid Maleki executed in Khorramabad on March 8
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MARCH 7, 2025TexasDEATH PENALTYUSA - Texas. Brittany Holberg’s conviction reversed
MARCH 7, 2025South CarolinaDEATH PENALTYUSA - South Carolina. Brad Sigmon, 67, White, was executed
1st Firing Squad Execution in the last 15 years
MARCH 7, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - March 8: Comprehensive List of Female Political Prisoners in Iran
- MARCH 6, 2025United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: TWO KERALA NATIVES EXECUTED FOR MURDERS
Two Indians, natives of Kerala, were executed in the UAE on February 28, 2025 after being convicted of murder. The deceased individuals were identified as Muhammed Rinash Arangilottu and Muraleedharan Perumthatta Valappil.
- MARCH 6, 2025NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA: TWO SENTENCED TO DEATH, SURGICAL CASTRATION OVER RAPE
Two persons have been sentenced to death by hanging, while another was sentenced to life imprisonment for rape in Kaduna.
MARCH 6, 2025West VirginiaDEATH PENALTYUSA - West Virginia. Senate bill reinstates death penalty
Senate Judiciary passed SB 264
MARCH 6, 2025FloridaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Florida. House Subcommittee approves HB 693
Adding a new aggravating factor for capital felonies
MARCH 6, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Kamran Mousavi executed in Kashan on March 6
MARCH 6, 2025FloridaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Florida. Guerry Hertz sentenced to death
At the end of retrial
- MARCH 5, 2025IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: SUPREME COURT COMMUTES DEATH SENTENCE OF MAN CONVICTED FOR KILLING HIS TWO MINOR CHILDREN TO LIFE WITHOUT REMISSION
The Supreme Court of India commuted the death sentence of Ramesh A. Naika, convicted for the murder of his two minor children, to life imprisonment without the possibility of remission, Law Trend reported on March 3, 2025.
MARCH 5, 2025PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING FELLOW KILN WORKER
A murder convict was sentenced to death in Pakistan on February 24, 2025 for killing his fellow worker at a brick kiln located in Dandi area of Attock, in the limits of Pindigheb Police station, on April 28, 2024.
MARCH 5, 2025TanzaniaDEATH PENALTYTANZANIA: APPEALS COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE FOR MAN INVOLVED IN MOB KILLINGS
The Court of Appeal of Tanzania on February 25, 2025 upheld the death sentence of Rhobi Chacha, a resident of the Mara region, for his role in the murder of two people accused of theft.
MARCH 5, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Iman Shokrollahzadeh Executed in Qazvin on March 5
- MARCH 5, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Jalal Ashkani executed in Hamedan on March 5
MARCH 5, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mehdi Yarrahi received 74 lashes
A dissident artist and singer
- MARCH 5, 2025IdahoDEATH PENALTY
USA - Idaho. Senate passes firing squad bill (HB 37)
MARCH 5, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Saeed Karimkhani Al-Qalandis executed in Tabriz on March 5
MARCH 5, 2025MississippiDEATH PENALTYUSA - Mississippi. Senate Judiciary Committee passed SB 196 to expand death penalty
- MARCH 4, 2025United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: INDIAN WOMAN EXECUTED FOR INFANT’S MURDER
Shahjadi Sabbeer Khan (30), a caregiver from Uttar Pradesh’s Banda district who was sentenced to death last year in the United Arab Emirates for the alleged murder of a four-month-old infant, was executed on February 15, 2025, the Ministry of External Aff
MARCH 4, 2025NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING WIFE, BROTHER-IN-LAW IN LAGOS
A Lagos State High Court, presided over by Justice Sherifat Sonaike, at Tafawa Balewa Square, on February 27, 2025 sentenced Benjamin Ogundero to death by hanging for the murder of his wife, Chinyere Ogundero, and her brother, Ifeanyi Joseph, in April 202
MARCH 4, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 58th Week of the “No to Execution Tuesdays” Campaign
In 38 Prisons Across Iran
- MARCH 4, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Ezat Zeinali executed in Ahar on March 4
MARCH 4, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ghasem Sarayi Executed in Qom on March 4
- MARCH 4, 2025DEATH PENALTY
USA - Georgia. HB 123 to end death penalty for people with intellectual disabilities clears House
MARCH 4, 2025AlabamaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Alabama. Death penalty for child rape
HB49 passed Senate Judiciary Committee
- MARCH 4, 2025OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Oklahoma. Senate Judiciary Committee passed SB 601 for a Moratorium
- MARCH 3, 2025PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR BLASPHEMY AS CASES SURGE
A court in Pakistan’s Lahore has sentenced a man to death for blasphemy, police said on February 27, 2025
MARCH 3, 2025AfghanistanDEATH PENALTYAFGHANISTAN: TALIBAN FLOG 20 PEOPLE, INCLUDING WOMEN, AS CORPORAL PUNISHMENT PERSISTS
The Taliban has publicly flogged 20 people, including five women, on various charges in eastern Khost and Parwan provinces, the group’s Supreme Court announced on February 24, 2025.
MARCH 2, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 88 executions in February in Iran
MARCH 2, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Iraj Memari executed in Khorramabad on March 2
201 executions in Iran in 2025
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MARCH 2, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - State-affiliated Sociologist Ahmad Bokharaee Admits 7,000 Await Execution
A rare and startling admission
MARCH 1, 2025ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: WOMAN EXECUTED FOR ABDUCTING, TRAFFICKING 17 CHILDREN
Yu Huaying, the woman convicted of abducting and trafficking 17 children, was executed on February 28, 2025, according to a court statement.
MARCH 1, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Seven men executed in Zahedan on March 1
Basir Roudini, Farhad Dahmardeh, Mousa Paheng, Ghasem Ghanbarzaki, Morad Sabrou, Saadollah Zarei e Asim Charikar
MARCH 1, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 5 men and 1 woman executed in Mashhad on March 1
Asieh Ghavi Cheshm, Mehrdad Kolbeali, Hassan Shahraki, Jalal Afaq, Masoud Yaghi Zayi (Brahui), and Aref Sediqpour
MARCH 1, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Arsalan Pasha and Jalal Shahsavar executed in Amol on March 1
MARCH 1, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mohammad Tavakoli executed in Jiroft on March 1
- MARCH 1, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Esmail Mozaffari and Yaghoub Mirzajani executed in Gorgan on March 1
MARCH 1, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ebrahim and Gholamhossein Khalili executed in Mashhad on March 1
8 executions on March 1 in Mashhad
MARCH 1, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 7 executions in various prisons on March 1
Javad and Alireza Afagh, Mohammad Araqi, Ramin Alaei, Mehrdad Asgarabadi + 2 unidentified
MARCH 1, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - From March 1st, executions should almost come to a halt.
For the holy month of ramadan
MARCH 1, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hassan Fathi executed in Tabriz on March 1
- MARCH 1, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Abbas Bamari and Mohammad Raei executed in Birjand on March 1
MARCH 1, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Nasrin Barani, a woman, executed in Isfahan on March 1
MARCH 1, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Alireza Ahmadpour executed in Qazvin on March 1