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USA - Arkansas. HB 1489 allowing nitrogen gas for executions forwarded by House Judiciary 27 February 2025 Read everything

USA - Iowa. Bill to reinstate death penalty (SF 320)

01 March 2025 Read everything

IRAN - Amir Jafarpanah executed in Karaj (Ghezel Hesar) on February 27

01 March 2025 Read everything

IRAN - Reza Radmand executed in Rasht “about a month ago”

information received by Hengaw on Feb. 28

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IRAN - Morteza Jafari and Javad Mohammad Khani executed in Isfahan on February 27

01 March 2025 Read everything

IRAN - Ali Khalili executed in Sari on February 27

01 March 2025 Read everything

IRAN - Shoeib Rezapour Hanged on Bridge in Esfarayen on February 28

First 2025 Public Hanging

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IRAN - Executions in Ghezel Hasar on Feb. 26 rise to 9

01 March 2025 Read everything

CANADA - 54% of Canadians still favor capital punishment

The figure drops to 35% if the alternative is life without parole

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CHINA: WOMAN EXECUTED FOR ABDUCTING, TRAFFICKING 17 CHILDREN

Yu Huaying, the woman convicted of abducting and trafficking 17 children, was executed on February 28, 2025, according to a court statement.

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IRAN - Morteza Jafari and Javad Mohammad Khani executed in Isfahan on February 27

28 February 2025

170 executions since the beginning of the year

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IRAN - 3 Kurdish men executed in Karaj (Ghezel Hesar) on February 26

28 February 2025

Alireza Basati-Nia, Sajad Eghbali, Mostafa Hajir Behrouz

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IRAN - 7 Kurdish men executed in Kermanshah on February 26

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URGENT APPEAL BY HANDS OFF CAIN TO SAVE THE LIVES OF POLITICAL PRISONERS ON DEATH ROW

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