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IRAN - Dorhan Heydari and Mirhan Shah Ghasemi were hanged at the Evin Prison in Tehran on April 27.

01 July 2019 :

Dorhan Heydari (also Hidari) and Mirhan Shah Ghasemi (also Mirhan Hhazroshah Ghasemi, Morhan Hozarv Shahghasemi) were hanged at the Evin Prison in Tehran on April 27. Both were sentenced for drug and murder charges. They belonged to the Baluch minority.

 
(Source: IHR)

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MALAYSIA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER MURDER OF FRIEND’S CHILDREN

30 June 2025

The High Court in Alor Setar has sentenced a man to death for murdering his friend’s two young children six years ago, Free Malaysia Today reported on June 30, 2025.

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USA - California. ACLU Joins Calls to Gov. Newsom to Commute All Death Sentences

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USA - Florida. Ronnie Walker sentenced to death

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USA - Louisiana. Federal judge vacates death penalty for Todd Wessinger

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USA - California. Adel Ramos' death sentence formalised

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URGENT APPEAL BY HANDS OFF CAIN TO SAVE THE LIVES OF POLITICAL PRISONERS ON DEATH ROW

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Hands off Cain is an international league of citizens and parliamentarians for the abolition of the death penalty in the world. It is a non-profit, non-violent, transnational and trans-national Partito Radicale founded in Brussels in 1993 and recognized in 2005 by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs as a development co-operation NGO.