The Kano State High Court on January 25, 2024 sentenced five vigilante members to death by hanging for stabbing one Ahmed Musa,17, to death.
Australian writer Yang Hengjun, who was arrested in China on espionage charges in 2019, on February 5, 2024 was handed a suspended death sentence by a court in Beijing.
A Natore court on January 12, 2024 sentenced a man to death for killing his wife in Singra Upazila of the district 13 years ago.
82% of the executions were carried out secretly
Esmail Chieh and a man only identified as Payam
Saudi Arabia on January 31, 2024 executed four Ethiopian expatriates on charges of murdering a Sudanese national.