273 more prisoners executed than last year
16 death penalty commuted, 3,000 inmates freed
Mirzavand was 16 years old at the time arrest
Arrested at protests on September 30, 2022, in Nowshahr
First known US execution of an openly transgender person
Zamfara State Governor, Bello Mohammed Matawalle has pardoned 46 prisoners, nine of whom had been sentenced to death by hanging, and five others that were serving life imprisonment in a Medium Correctional Centre, Gusau
Mohamed Samir, who murdered his fiancée Kholoud Al-Sayed Farouk, has been sentenced to death by a court in Egypt, Middle East Monitor reported on 3 January 2023.
Forty-six Ivorian soldiers in Mali were each sentenced on 30 December 2022 to 20 years in prison by a Malian court for attacking the security of the nation.
For urging peace in Israel TV interview
To Mr Volker Turk - the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights and to Ms. Mai Sato - the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Iran
