The news from the three battles.

IRAN - 3 unidentified women were executed on 8 April in Mashhad prison

IHR previously wrote of 2

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

IRAN - Shahram Goudarzi and Taher Shaabani executed in Aligudarz on April 7

TAIWAN: 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.

CHINA: 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

IRAN - Hamid Abdouli executed in Dezful on April 7

IRAN - Seyed Taha Hosseini executed in Bukan on April 7

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.

IRAN - Samir Ghasemi executed in Qom on April 6

PAKISTAN: 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.

IRAN - Kurdish political prisoner Pakhshan Azizi is at imminent risk of execution

After her second appeal was rejected by the Supreme Court

IRAN - Sajad Farahani executed in Arak on April 6