Chronological archive
April 2025
The 145 news items published by Hands Off Cain in April 2025, in chronological order.
NIGERIA: GOSPEL SINGER OSINACHI’S HUSBAND SENTENCED TO DEATH BY HANGING
Peter Nwachukwu, husband of late gospel singer Osinachi Nwachukwu, has been sentenced to death by hanging by the Federal Capital Territory High Court sitting in Wuse Zone 2, Abuja.
APRIL 30, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 4 men executed in Karaj (Ghezel Hesar) on April 30
APRIL 30, 2025Sri LankaDEATH PENALTYSRI LANKA: FIVE SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER 2012 YOUTH MURDER IN COLOMBO
The Colombo High Court on April 28, 2025 imposed the death penalty on five individuals for the brutal killing of a 21-year-old youth adjacent to a temple in Mattakkuliya in 2012.
APRIL 30, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Identified the other two executed in Karaj on April 30
APRIL 30, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 6 men executed in Mashhad on April 30
Abdolghafar Barahouei, Parviz Dastkaleh, Abdolsamad Gorgij, Javid Golbacheh, Mahdi Azizi + Unk
APRIL 30, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mohammad-Nabi Zirkari and Ali Kabi executed in Ahvaz on April 30
APRIL 30, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Moslem Darvishipour and Mohammad Salamat executed in Ahvaz on April 30
APRIL 30, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Houshang Abbasi executed in Tabriz on April 30
APRIL 30, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Three more people executed in Ghezel Hesar on April 30
Unidentified
APRIL 30, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mehdi Zeinali executed in Mashhad on April 30
APRIL 29, 2025Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: CITIZEN SENTENCED TO DEATH ON TERRORISM CHARGES
The Ministry of Interior in Saudi Arabia has issued an advisory informing citizens that a man has been sentenced to death on April 26, 2025.
APRIL 29, 2025KuwaitDEATH PENALTYKUWAIT: FIVE EXECUTED AS TWO CONVICTS WIN PARDON, ONE AWAITS FATE
The Correctional Facilities Sector at the Kuwait Ministry of Interior executed five individuals convicted of premeditated murder at the Central Prison on April 28, 2025.
APRIL 29, 2025North CarolinaDEATH PENALTYUSA - North Carolina. House committee approves HB 270 on death penalty
Reintroducing electric chair and firing squad
APRIL 29, 2025United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Guantanamo's Prosecutors will appeal the torture decision
although they lost a similar appeal this year
- APRIL 28, 2025VietnamDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM: 9 SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR SMUGGLING 91 KG OF DRUGS FROM CAMBODIA
Nine individuals received death sentences on April 26, 2025 for their roles in a major drug trafficking ring, which smuggled 91 kilograms of drugs hidden inside air purifiers and motorbikes from Cambodia into Vietnam.
- APRIL 28, 2025Sri LankaDEATH PENALTY
SRI LANKA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING WOMAN, HIDING BODY IN TRAVEL BAG
The Colombo High Court on April 24, 2025 sentenced a man to death for the murder of a woman whose body was found concealed in a travel bag—an incident that sent shockwaves across the country back in 2015.
APRIL 28, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Abolfazl Kianpour Hanged in Ahvaz on April 28
APRIL 28, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 5 men 1 woman executed in Isfahan on April 28
Marjan Sabzi, Reza Khaledi, Naser Feyzi, Rouhollah Palangi, Mohammad Tootazehie, Abdolrashid Barahouei
APRIL 28, 2025OklahomaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Oklahoma. House Passes SB 599: Death Penalty for First Child Rape Offense
- APRIL 28, 2025OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Oklahoma. House passes death penalty for first-time child rapists
- APRIL 27, 2025PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: CHRISTIAN IS SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR BLASPHEMY IN AFTER 'DESECRATING THE KORAN'
A Christian man in the eastern Pakistani town of Jaranwala on April 21, 2025 was sentenced to death after being accused of desecrating the Koran, the Muslim holy book.
APRIL 26, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Rostam Zeinaldini and Abdolsamad Shahbazi executed in Zahedan on April 26
APRIL 26, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Qader Samimi executed in Nishapur on April 26
APRIL 24, 2025AlabamaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Alabama. James Osgood, 55, White, was executed on April 24
Osgood volunteered
APRIL 24, 2025LouisianaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Louisiana. Jimmie Duncan’s conviction overturned
56, White
APRIL 24, 2025IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: SC COMMUTES DEATH SENTENCE OF KERALA MAN WHO KILLED WIFE, 4 CHILDREN IN 2008
Taking into consideration among others, his “consistent efforts at being a model prisoner”, the Supreme Court on April 22, 2025 commuted the death sentence of a Kerala man convicted for the murder of his wife and four children and raping his 12-year-old d
- APRIL 23, 2025ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA GIVES SUSPENDED DEATH SENTENCE TO FORMER XINJIANG OFFICIAL FOR CORRUPTION
Li Pengxin, a former senior official of the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, was sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve for accepting bribes totaling more than 822 million yuan ($112 million), according to a verdict on April 22, 2025.
- APRIL 23, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Akbar Shekhi executed in Hamedan on April 23
APRIL 23, 2025TexasDEATH PENALTYUSA - Texas. Moises Mendoza, 41, Hispanic, was executed on April 23
APRIL 23, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - At Least 5 Prisoners Executed in Karaj (Ghezel Hesar) on April 23
Salahuddin Amoudi, Mahmoud-Ali Naseri, Akbar Mousavi, Amanollah Barahouei, Abdollah Pashtooi
APRIL 23, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mehran Zolfi and Asghar Nourinia executed in Tabriz on April 23
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- APRIL 23, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Nezam Sadeghi executed in Zanjan on April 23
APRIL 23, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mohammad Hossein Zamani executed in Nahavand on April 23
- APRIL 22, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Vahid Narouei (Narui) and Yaroli Mahmoudvand executed in Yazd on April 22
APRIL 22, 2025BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR RAPING DAUGHTER IN CHUADANGA
A court has handed down the death penalty to a man for raping his daughter in Chuadanga.
APRIL 22, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Reza Tabarteh Farahani executed in Arak on April 22
On the charge of “sodomy”
APRIL 22, 2025ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: MAN WHO STABBED JAPANESE CHILD TO DEATH EXECUTED
A Chinese man convicted of fatally stabbing a 10-year-old Japanese schoolboy in Shenzhen, southern China, in September has been executed, a diplomatic source said on April 21, 2025.
APRIL 22, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Rashid Seyedzadeh executed in Yazd on April 22
APRIL 22, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 3 Christian Converts Sentenced to 41 Years in Prison
Mehran Shamlooei, Abbas Soori, and Narges Nasri
- APRIL 21, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN Mahan Heydari (Heidari) executed in Ahvaz on April 21
APRIL 21, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mehdi Fathollahpour executed in Rasht on April 21
APRIL 21, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Saeed Darikvand executed in Khorramabad on April 21
APRIL 21, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Behnam Bargpush and Mohammad Ahmadzadeh executed in Yasuj on April 21
- APRIL 21, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Sajad (Sajjad) Emkani executed in Malayer on April 21
- APRIL 21, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Ali Morad Kakayi executed in Gonabad on April 21
APRIL 20, 2025PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER OF US NATIONAL EX-WIFE
An additional district and sessions judge (ADSJ) in Rawalpindi on April 9, 2025 handed down death sentence to a man for killing his US national ex-wife over an issue of property worth billions of rupees.
APRIL 20, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Javad Goudarzi executed in Dorud on April 20
- APRIL 20, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Sadollah Gorgij executed in Zahedan on April 20
APRIL 20, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hossein Bahari executed in Gorgan on April 20
- APRIL 20, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Abolfazl Shahsavari executed in Qom on April 20
- APRIL 18, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Hamid Hosseinnejad Secretly Hanged
Kurdish Political Prisoner
APRIL 17, 2025GambiaDEATH PENALTYGAMBIA COMMUTES DEATH SENTENCE OVER JAMMEH-ERA KILLING OF FINANCE MINISTER
Gambia's Supreme Court has commuted the death sentence of a government minister convicted of killing the finance minister to life in prison, one of few to be convicted of crimes committed during the 22-year rule of ex-dictator Yahya Jammeh, Reuters report
- APRIL 17, 2025ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: SCHOOL BUS STOP MURDERER EXECUTED
A Chinese man convicted of killing a Chinese woman and injuring two Japanese nationals in a knife attack at a school bus stop near Shanghai last year was executed, Japanese government officials said April 17, 2025.
APRIL 17, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hamid Hosseinnezhad Heydaranlou at imminent risk of execution
APRIL 17, 2025TexasDEATH PENALTYUSA - Texas. Xavier Davis, 32, Black, sentenced to death
APRIL 17, 2025United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Who are the death row executioners?
Disgraced doctors, suspended nurses and drunk drivers
APRIL 17, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ahmad Yavari Hanged in Gorgan on April 17
APRIL 16, 2025IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: THREE GET CAPITAL PUNISHMENT FOR MURDERING FIVE IN SINDHANUR
The murder of five individuals of a family in Sindhanur town (Karnataka state) in July 2020 has ended with capital punishment for three accused in the case.
APRIL 16, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Amirhossein Maghsoudlou (Tataloo) Sentenced to Death
APRIL 16, 2025TexasDEATH PENALTYUSA - Texas. Larry Estrada has death sentence commuted to life
- APRIL 15, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 64th Week of the “No to Execution Tuesdays” Campaign
in 40 Prisons Across Iran
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- APRIL 15, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Cheraghali Ghasemi Hanged in Qom on April 15
- APRIL 15, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Saeed Amirizadeh Hanged in Sabzevar on April 15
APRIL 15, 2025AfghanistanDEATH PENALTYAFGHANISTAN: TALIBAN FLOG 13 PEOPLE, INCLUDING FIVE WOMEN, IN KHOST AND JAWZJAN
The Taliban have publicly flogged 13 people, including five women, in the provinces of Khost and Jawzjan on charges ranging from “illicit relations” and “fleeing their home” to blasphemy, bribery, and false reporting, the group’s Supreme Court said in a s
APRIL 15, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 3 men executed in Bandar Abbas on April 15
Peyman Naderi, Karim Esmaili and Ayoub Barniani
APRIL 15, 2025Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: AFGHAN MAN EXECUTED IN MECCA FOR SMUGGLING HEROIN
Saudi Arabia's interior ministry announced on April 13, 2025 the execution of Afghan national Badshah Qul Suleimani in the Mecca region, after he was convicted of attempting to smuggle heroin into the kingdom.
APRIL 15, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Death Sentence of Naser Bakarzadeh Overturned
Accused of Espionage for Israel
APRIL 15, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Abubakr Shahbakhsh executed in Kerman on April 15
APRIL 15, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Rahim Rahimnejad executed in Kerman on April 15
- APRIL 15, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 3 men executed in Karaj (central) on April 15
Ali Shahi, Sajad Yarmohammadi, and Majid Rouhi
APRIL 15, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mehdi Motavalli and Gholamali Mashallahi executed in Arak on April 15
APRIL 15, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Saeed Abbasi executed in Kermanshah on April 15
APRIL 15, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Feizollah Karami and Sohrab Heydari Hanged in Qom on April 15
- APRIL 15, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Ali Faza Doustiani executed in Karaj (Central) on April 15
APRIL 15, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Marzieh Esmaeili executed in Qazvin on April 15
275 women executed since 2007
- APRIL 15, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Sohrab Heydari executed in Qom on April 15
- APRIL 14, 2025VietnamDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM TO REPLACE DEATH PENALTY WITH LIFE IMPRISONMENT WITHOUT PAROLE
Vietnam is considering a significant proposal in the draft amendment to the 2025 Penal Code by replacing the death penalty with life imprisonment without parole, and the proposal was discussed at a thematic session on law-making of the government in Hanoi
APRIL 14, 2025AfghanistanDEATH PENALTYAFGHANISTAN: FOUR MEN PUBLICLY EXECUTED IN ONE DAY
Four men were publicly executed in Afghanistan on April 11, 2025, the Supreme Court said, the highest number of executions to be carried out in one day since the Taliban's return to power.
APRIL 14, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ali Dehani hanged in Zahedan on April 14
304 executions in Iran so far in 2025
- APRIL 14, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Ali Balochzehi executed in Zahedan on April 14
APRIL 14, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Regime Cleric Struggles to Justify 1988 Mass Executions
Mohammad Niazi’s report
- APRIL 14, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Ahmad Boghlani Hanged in Borazjan on April 14
APRIL 13, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 3 men executed in Zahedan on April 13
Abdolsalam Baluch Meshkenti (Ahurani), Fereydoun Mohammadi, and Allahnazar Gorgij
- APRIL 12, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - International female solidarity for Iranian women
APRIL 12, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 4 men executed in Zahedan on April 12
Majid Lajei, Ramin (Rahmatollah) Alizahi, Davood Bajizahi (Shahouzehi), and Bashir Ahmad Rigi
- APRIL 12, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Rabi Shah-Morad and Wasim Ahmad executed in Qazvin on April 12
- APRIL 11, 2025United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Military Judge Throws Out Sept. 11 Case Confession as Obtained Through Torture
The case of Ammar al-Baluchi
APRIL 11, 2025South CarolinaDEATH PENALTYUSA - South Carolina. Mikal Mahdi, 42, Black, was executed
By firing squad
APRIL 11, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Death sentence of Shahriar Bayat overturned
64-year-old political prisoner
APRIL 11, 2025DEATH PENALTYAMNESTY INTERNATIONAL: GLOBAL RECORDED EXECUTIONS HIT THEIR HIGHEST FIGURE SINCE 2015
Global executions hit their highest figure since 2015, as over 1,500 people were executed across 15 countries in 2024, said Amnesty International on April 8, 2025 as it released its annual report on the global use of the death penalty
APRIL 10, 2025BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: 4 SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING LABORER IN HABIGANJ
A Habiganj court on April 9, 2025 sentenced four people to death for the murder of a day laborer at Madhabpur upazila in the district.
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APRIL 10, 2025MalaysiaDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA: TWO PAKISTANI NATIONALS SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR TRAFFICKING OVER 191KG OF KETAMINE
The Malaysian High Court on April 10, 2025 imposed the death penalty on two Pakistani nationals after they were found guilty of trafficking 191.28 kg of ketamine six years ago.
APRIL 10, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ehsan Bamari and Yasin Bamari executed in Iranshahr on April 10
- APRIL 10, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Moein Ashrafi executed in Shahroud on April 10
- APRIL 9, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Sajad Barahouei executed in Mashhad on April 9
- APRIL 9, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Soud Mirzaei and Vahid Ashouri executed in Shiraz on April 9, 2025
- APRIL 9, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Younes Kord e Esmail Dahmardeh giustiziati a Gonabad il 9 aprile
- APRIL 9, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Kambiz Fathi executed in Kermanshah on April 9
- APRIL 9, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 3 men executed in Karaj (Ghezel Hesar) on April 9
- APRIL 9, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN Gholamreza Pardakhteh executed in Shahrud on April 9
- APRIL 9, 2025KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
KUWAIT: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING MOTHER-IN-LAW WITH KALASHNIKOV
The Court of Cassation on April 8, 2025 upheld the verdict issued by the Court of Appeals which sentenced a 40-year-old Kuwaiti citizen to death for murdering his mother-in-law using a Kalashnikov rifle in Wafra.
- APRIL 9, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Unidentified man executed in Karaj (Ghezel Hesar) on April 9th
APRIL 9, 2025IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
The Central Criminal Court on April 8, 2025 sentenced a drug dealer to death for the crime of trafficking in narcotic substances.
- APRIL 9, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Habib Aghaei executed in Qom on April 9
- APRIL 9, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Behrouz Shirmohammadli executed in Gonbad-e Kavus on April 9
APRIL 9, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Iman Salimi executed in Borazjan on April 9
- APRIL 9, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Alireza Seifi executed in Shiraz on April 9
- APRIL 9, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 7 Men Hanged in Karaj (Ghezel Hesar) on April 9
Sajad Akbari, Bahram Hodavand Khani, Salar Amir Jalali, Abolfazl Karimi, Mehdi Salan and two unidentified men. Hengaw (and HoC) already reported the execution of 4 of them
APRIL 9, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ebrahim Memari Hanged in Ahvaz on April 9
- APRIL 9, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 2 more men executed in Karaj (Ghezel Hesar) an April 9
Meysam Veysi and Shir-Mohammad Nazarollah
- APRIL 9, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Seifollah Nasiri executed Tabriz on 9 April
APRIL 9, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Shamseddin Fazli Hanged in Tabriz on April 9
- APRIL 8, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Amir Ahmad Sanai (Mazarehei) and Mohammadreza Damideh executed in Mashhad on April 8
- APRIL 8, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 2 Women and 3 Men executed in Mashhad on April 8
2 Unk women and Mohammadreza Damideh, Amirahmad Sanayi, Sajad Barahouyi
APRIL 8, 2025FloridaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Florida - Michael Tanzi, 48, White, was executed
APRIL 8, 2025IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: TELANGANA HC UPHOLDS FIVE DEATH SENTENCES IN DILSUKHNAGAR BLASTS CASE
The Telangana high court on April 8, 2025 upheld the death sentence awarded to five Indian Mujahideen operatives in the 2013 Dilsukhnagar blasts case, dismissing their appeal challenging the punishment.
APRIL 8, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Five Political Prisoners Executed in Mashhad on April 8
Farhad Shakeri, Abdolhakim Azim Gorgij, Abdolrahman Gorgij, Taj Mohammad Khormali, and Malek-Ali Fadaie-Nasab
APRIL 8, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 3 unidentified women were executed on 8 April in Mashhad prison
IHR previously wrote of 2
- APRIL 7, 2025MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
TWO YEARS AFTER ABOLISHING THE MANDATORY DEATH PENALTY, DATA SHOWS MALAYSIA MAY BE MOVING ON FOR GOOD
Within two years year of the Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim administration abolishing the mandatory death penalty, the number of death row inmates has plunged by nearly 90 per cent
- APRIL 7, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Shahram Goudarzi and Taher Shaabani executed in Aligudarz on April 7
APRIL 7, 2025TaiwanDEATH PENALTYTAIWAN: CONSTITUTIONAL COURT REJECTS EXECUTED MURDERER'S APPEAL
The Constitutional Court on April 7, 2025 dismissed an appeal filed by double murderer Huang Lin-kai before his execution, stating it had no jurisdiction over the case.
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APRIL 7, 2025ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: POSTGRADUATE STUDENT SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR POISONING ROOMMATES
Zhou Liren, a postgraduate student at Xiangtan University in Hunan province, was sentenced to death and life-long deprivation of political rights on April 7, 2025 for poisoning his two roommates' food, killing one of them, according to the Xiangtan Interm
- APRIL 7, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Hamid Abdouli executed in Dezful on April 7
APRIL 7, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Seyed Taha Hosseini executed in Bukan on April 7
- APRIL 6, 2025ZambiaDEATH PENALTY
ZAMBIA COMMITTED TO IRREVERSIBLE ABOLITION OF THE DEATH PENALTY FOR ALL CRIMES
The Second Optional Protocol to the ICCPR entered into force for Zambia on 19 March 2025, three months after date of deposition of the accession instruments.
- APRIL 6, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Samir Ghasemi executed in Qom on April 6
APRIL 6, 2025PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: MUSLIM GETS DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDERING CHRISTIAN MAN
A judge in Pakistan on March 27, 2025 sentenced to death a Muslim who murdered a 20-year-old Christian in the presence of his family members, sources said.
APRIL 6, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Kurdish political prisoner Pakhshan Azizi is at imminent risk of execution
After her second appeal was rejected by the Supreme Court
- APRIL 6, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Sajad Farahani executed in Arak on April 6
APRIL 5, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hossein Malazadeh executed in Zanjan on April 5
APRIL 5, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Zahir Shamsi executed in Ahvaz on April 5
- APRIL 5, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Jamil Reshadat executed in Ahvaz on April 5
APRIL 4, 2025FloridaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Florida. Joseph Ables, 75, White, sentenced to death
APRIL 3, 2025IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: MAN, WOMAN SENTENCED TO DEATH IN 10-MONTH-OLD MURDER CASE IN UP’S MAINPURI
A local court in Mainpuri (Uttar Pradesh) on March 18, 2025 sentenced two persons including a woman to death in connection with a 10-month-old murder case in Nanmai village under Karhal police station limits.
APRIL 3, 2025Sri LankaDEATH PENALTYSRI LANKA: PERSON SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER HEROIN POSSESSION
The Colombo High Court on April 3, 2025 sentenced to death a person who was found guilty of being in the possession of over 16 grams of heroin and drug trafficking.
APRIL 3, 2025CaliforniaDEATH PENALTYUSA - California. Timothy McGhee’s conviction and death penalty overturned
APRIL 3, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - UN broad investigations into violations and crimes in Iran
APRIL 3, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Motion of the European Parliament on executions in Iran
APRIL 2, 2025Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTYDR CONGO: DEATH SENTENCE FOR THREE AMERICANS OVER COUP ATTEMPT OVERTURNED
The Democratic Republic of the Congo’s (DRC) President Felix Tshisekedi has downgraded the death sentences of three United States citizens convicted for taking part in a failed coup attempt last year, reducing their punishments to life imprisonment.
APRIL 2, 2025NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: TWO MEN SENTENCED TO DEATH BY HANGING FOR ARMED ROBBERY IN EKITI
The Ekiti State High Court sitting in Ado-Ekiti on March 27, 2025 sentenced two men to death by hanging for armed robbery.
APRIL 1, 2025IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: 564 PEOPLE ON DEATH ROW, HIGHEST SINCE THE TURN OF THE CENTURY
According to the latest data published by Project 39A in its Death Penalty in India: Annual Statistics Report, in 2024 sessions courts imposed 139 death sentences, higher than the yearly average since 2016.
APRIL 1, 2025United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Federal prosecutors to seek death penalty for Luigi Mangione
In UnitedHealthcare CEO’s killing
- APRIL 1, 2025PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN GETS DEATH, FINE IN MURDER CASE
Okara court of additional session judge (ASJ) on March 27, 2025 handed down capital punishment to a man, along with Rs0.5 million fine, in a murder case, besides seven-year jail term under Arms Ordinance, with 20,000 fine, in the same case.
APRIL 1, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mansour and Mahmoud Mardani, Christian converts, sentenced to 4 years
“Propaganda against the regime through promoting Christianity”
APRIL 1, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 62nd Week of the “No to Execution Tuesdays” Campaign