Hatef Sha'abani

As of October 1, 2023: Continued Decline of Death Row Population

The Mansoura Criminal Court sentenced on May 21, 2024 a physics teacher to death for the premeditated murder of a high school student in Daqahliya governorate last February.

A Puntland military court sentenced four defendants to death and prison terms on May 21, 2024 for their links to the al-Shabab militant group.

A military criminal court in the town of al-Rai in Aleppo’s countryside on May 22, 2024 issued a death sentence against the suspects involved in the assassination of activist Mohammed Abdul Latif (Abu Ghannoum) and his pregnant wife, about a year and a half ago in the city of al-Bab, eastern Aleppo.

Bahrain has unconditionally released more than 1,500 prisoners, including political detainees, in the biggest royal pardon since the 2011 Arab spring uprising, The Guardian reported on April 9, 2024.

A 54-year-old man was spared the gallows on May 13, 2024 after the Federal Court commuted his death sentence for the 2013 murders of his wife and two children in Sibu to 40 years in prison.

Saeed Afkari, brother of the executed wrestler Navid Afkari

A Rajshahi court on May 15, 2024 sentenced two persons to death for killing an employee of a mobile phone shop in the district in 2021.

Sparking Crises and Youth Rebellion in Iran