2025

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.

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.

IRAN - Abolfazl Kianpour Hanged in Ahvaz on April 28

IRAN - 5 men 1 woman executed in Isfahan on April 28

Marjan Sabzi, Reza Khaledi, Naser Feyzi, Rouhollah Palangi, Mohammad Tootazehie, Abdolrashid Barahouei

USA - Oklahoma. House Passes SB 599: Death Penalty for First Child Rape Offense

USA - Oklahoma. House passes death penalty for first-time child rapists

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.

IRAN - Rostam Zeinaldini and Abdolsamad Shahbazi executed in Zahedan on April 26

IRAN - Qader Samimi executed in Nishapur on April 26

USA - Alabama. James Osgood, 55, White, was executed on April 24

Osgood volunteered

USA - Louisiana. Jimmie Duncan’s conviction overturned

56, White

INDIA: 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

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.

IRAN - Akbar Shekhi executed in Hamedan on April 23

USA - Texas. Moises Mendoza, 41, Hispanic, was executed on April 23

IRAN - At Least 5 Prisoners Executed in Karaj (Ghezel Hesar) on April 23

Salahuddin Amoudi, Mahmoud-Ali Naseri, Akbar Mousavi, Amanollah Barahouei, Abdollah Pashtooi

IRAN - Mehran Zolfi and Asghar Nourinia executed in Tabriz on April 23

IRAN - Nezam Sadeghi executed in Zanjan on April 23

IRAN - Mohammad Hossein Zamani executed in Nahavand on April 23

IRAN - Vahid Narouei (Narui) and Yaroli Mahmoudvand executed in Yazd on April 22

BANGLADESH: 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.

IRAN - Reza Tabarteh Farahani executed in Arak on April 22

On the charge of “sodomy”

CHINA: 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.

IRAN - Rashid Seyedzadeh executed in Yazd on April 22

IRAN - 3 Christian Converts Sentenced to 41 Years in Prison

Mehran Shamlooei, Abbas Soori, and Narges Nasri

IRAN Mahan Heydari (Heidari) executed in Ahvaz on April 21

IRAN - Mehdi Fathollahpour executed in Rasht on April 21

IRAN - Saeed Darikvand executed in Khorramabad on April 21

IRAN - Behnam Bargpush and Mohammad Ahmadzadeh executed in Yasuj on April 21

IRAN - Sajad (Sajjad) Emkani executed in Malayer on April 21