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AUGUST 25, 2025BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: THREE PEOPLE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR GANG RAPE, INCITING SUICIDE OF TEENAGER IN NETROKONA
A Netrokona court on July 28, 2025 sentenced three men to death for the gang rape of 14-year-old Panna, inciting her to kill herself in a 2017 case that drew public outrage.
AUGUST 25, 2025NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: KWARA ISLAMIC CLERIC TO DIE BY HANGING FOR KILLING FACEBOOK LOVER
A Kwara State High Court sitting in Ilorin, the state capital, on July 31, 2025 sentenced Abdulrahman Bello to death by hanging for the murder of 24-year-old Hafsoh Yetunde Lawal, a final-year student of the Kwara State College of Education, Ilorin.
AUGUST 25, 2025Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: MAN EXECUTED OVER PROTESTS HE ATTENDED AS A 16-YEAR-OLD
Saudi Arabia executed Jalal Labbad on 21 August 2025 for crimes allegedly committed when he was under 18 years of age [a child].
AUGUST 25, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Asad Shabani executed in Nishapur on August 25
914 executions since the beginning of 2025
- AUGUST 24, 2025VietnamDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM: KENYAN MARGARET NDUTA'S DEATH SENTENCE FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING COMMUTED TO LIFE
Margaret Nduta, the Kenyan woman condemned to death in Vietnam for drug trafficking, can now heave a sigh of relief after a Vietnamese court on July 31, 2025 commuted her death penalty to a life sentence.
- AUGUST 23, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Taher Firoozi executed in Gorgan on August 23
AUGUST 22, 2025DEATH PENALTYUSA - Alabama. New trial for Christopher Barbour
AUGUST 21, 2025NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: PRAWA BOSS CALLS FOR ABOLITION OF DEATH PENALTY
Dr Uju Agomoh, Executive Director, Prisoners’ Rehabilitation and Welfare Action (PRAWA), has renewed her call for the abolition of the death penalty in Nigeria.
AUGUST 21, 2025Sri LankaDEATH PENALTYSRI LANKA: THREE-WHEELER DRIVER SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING MAN IN KELANIYA
A 43-year-old three-wheeler driver was sentenced to death by the Colombo High Court on August 21, 2025, after being found guilty of stabbing and killing a person with a sharp weapon following an argument.
AUGUST 21, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Unidentified man executed in public on August 21
In Kordkuy, Golestan
- AUGUST 21, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Man hanged in public on August 21 identified as Taghi Damghani
AUGUST 21, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 3 men executed in Isfahan on August 21
Abdol Sabzi, Shamsollah Kheiri, Mehdi Kazemi