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SAUDI ARABIA: 330 PEOPLE EXECUTED THIS YEAR, HIGHEST NUMBER IN DECADES 31 December 2024 Saudi Arabia has reportedly executed 330 people this year, in what rights groups are calling the highest number in decades.  Read everything

IRAN - Protester (Mojahed) Korkor sentenced to death

31 December 2024

For the second time

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IRAN - Ahmad Barahouei and Kurus Naroui executed in Isfahan on December 30

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VIETNAM: HCMC COURT SENTENCES 27 TO DEATH IN DRUG TRAFFICKING CASE

30 December 2024

The HCMC People's Court sentenced a Vietnamese drug lord and her 26 subordinates to death on December 27, 2024 for drug trafficking

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CHINA: TEENAGER SENTENCED TO LIFE IMPRISONMENT FOR MURDERING CLASSMATE

30 December 2024

A teenager, the mastermind in the killing of his classmate early this year, has been sentenced to life in prison for intentional homicide, according to a court in Handan, Hebei province on December 30, 2024.

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IRAN - Jalal Stanekzai executed in Aligudarz on December 29

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IRAN - 3 men executed in Shiraz on December 25

30 December 2024

Iman Yazdani, Davood Barati, and Mohammad-Ali Soleimankhani

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IRAN - Asghar Ghaffari executed in Qom on December 24

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IRAN - Jahan Tigh third man executed in Jiroft on Dec. 26

28 December 2024

951 executions in Iran in 2024

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IRAN - Cecilia Sala, a 29-year-old Italian journalist, arrested in Tehran

28 December 2024  Read everything

IRAN - Habib Pournaghi executed in Tabriz on December 25

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IRAN - Sadegh Johari and Karim Oladi executed in Qazvin on December 22

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IRAN - Saman Fakhri and Asad Amini executed in Jiroft on December 26

27 December 2024

948 executions in Iran in 2024

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IRAN: INTERNATIONAL APPEAL TO SAVE BEHROUZ EHSANI AND MEHDI HASSANI

27 January 2025

Two political prisoners who could be executed within hours

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