This year's Human Rights Committee review of the US shone a light on "the other death penalty" – death by incarceration
An Indonesian court on October 27, 2023 ordered that eight Iranian nationals be executed for smuggling more than 700 pounds (300 kg) of crystal methamphetamine by sea into Java.
Nasrin Sotoudeh was beaten and arrested at the funeral
Has been on death row since 2002
A court in Bangladesh on October 26, 2023 sentenced five members of a family to death for the murder of Ayesha Akhtar in Habiganj’s Chunarughat.
Abdolbasir Mohammadani (Rend), Mohammad Nabi Shahuzehi (Lojei), Mohammad Mirshah, Reza Shahraki and Omid Javini
Over the past days
Two political prisoners who could be executed within hours
