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UGANDA: PRESIDENT MUSEVENI SIGNS HARSH ANTI-GAY LAW, WITH THE DEATH PENALTY IN SOME CASES 29 May 2023 Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni on May 29, 2023 signed one of the world's harshest anti-LGBTQ laws, defying condemnations from Western governments, businesses and human rights activists.  Read everything

IRAN - Hossein Soltanian executed in Zahedan on May 27

29 May 2023

320 executions this year,more than 2 a day

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IRAN - 1 woman, 2 men executed in Birjand on April 30

29 May 2023

Mrs. Madina Sabzevan, Mohammad Shibak, Abdullah Zarouzhi

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BANGLADESH: 8 SENTENCED TO DEATH BY HANGING FOR KILLING BCL LEADER

29 May 2023

A court in Laxmipur on May 29, 2023 sentenced eight people to death by hanging for killing Chhatra League leader Mehedi Hasan Jashim by firing in 2013.

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IRAN - Woman executed in Mashhad on May 28

29 May 2023

Monireh Nourikia is the 212nd woman executed in Iran since 2007

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IRAN - Maysam Sadri executed in Zanjan on May 23

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IRAN - Abdul Rahman Mozafari executed in Sanandaj on May 28

29 May 2023

After 16 years on death row

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IRAN - Nader Alizahi executed in Kerman on May 24

29 May 2023  Read everything

IRAN - The official position: 'Assadi's release, a personal victory for Raisi's diplomatic initiatives'

28 May 2023  Read everything

IRAN - Belgian Government Releases Iranian Diplomat-Terrorist Assadollah Assadi

28 May 2023

Controversial Prisoner Swap

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IRAN - Mohammad Amin Valinia executed in Khorramabad on May 27

28 May 2023  Read everything

IRAN - Florida. Jury voted 8-4 for death sentence for Michael James Jackson

28 May 2023  Read everything

USA - Florida. A jury sentenced Joseph Zieler to death

28 May 2023

The case went unsolved for 33 years

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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

25 August 2025  Read everything
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