Three people have been sentenced to death by hanging in Kagera region, Tanzania, during 2024 after they were convicted of murder.

Political prisoners accused of belonging to the PMOI

Mozafar Shahsavari, Mohammad Shahidi, and Ashkan Kazemi

After more than two decades without charge

A Congolese military tribunal on December 31, 2024 sentenced 13 soldiers to death on charges including murder, looting, and cowardice in what military authorities said was a drive to improve army discipline after territorial losses due to soldiers fleeing.

A man who fatally stabbed a judge over dissatisfaction with her ruling was sentenced to death by a court in China's Henan province, local authorities said on December 23, 2024.