SAUDI ARABIA: MAN EXECUTED FOR RAPE, ROBBERY

14 April 2009 :

a Saudi Arabian man convicted of rape and robbery was beheaded in Riyadh. An Interior Ministry statement said Majed Bin Abdallah Hazzazi committed the crimes after drinking alcohol.
 
(Sources: Ap, Afp 12/04/2009; http://www.capitalpunishmentuk.org/contents.html)

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JAPAN: DEATH PENALTY FOR MAN WHO KILLED FOUR IN GUN AND KNIFE ATTACK

14 October 2025

A Japanese court on October 14, 2025 sentenced a 34-year-old man to death for murdering two women as they were out for a stroll and two policemen who responded to the scene of the attack in Nagano Prefecture, central Japan, in 2023.

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SOMALIA: GALMUDUG EXECUTES MAN FOR 2025 MURDER IN GURIEL DISTRICT

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Authorities in the Galmudug region on October 9, 2025 executed a man convicted of a premeditated killing, marking the latest enforcement of capital punishment under Somali law.

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IRAN - Massoud Maleki executed in Isfahan on October 8

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IRAN - 3 men executed in Qom on October 7

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IRAN - Mohammadreza Akhbari executed in Yasuj on October 11

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URGENT APPEAL BY HANDS OFF CAIN TO AVOID THE ERASING EVIDENCE OF 1980S EXECUTIONS BY DESTROYING BEHESHT-E-ZAHRA SECTION 41 IN IRAN

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