news - 30 April 2025 - NIGERIA

NIGERIA: GOSPEL SINGER OSINACHI’S HUSBAND SENTENCED TO DEATH BY HANGING

Peter Nwachukwu, husband of late gospel singer Osinachi Nwachukwu, has been sentenced to death by hanging by the Federal Capital Territory High Court sitting in Wuse Zone 2, Abuja.

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news - 30 April 2025 - IRAN

IRAN - 4 men executed in Karaj (Ghezel Hesar) on April 30

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news - 30 April 2025 - SRI LANKA

SRI LANKA: FIVE SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER 2012 YOUTH MURDER IN COLOMBO

The Colombo High Court on April 28, 2025 imposed the death penalty on five individuals for the brutal killing of a 21-year-old youth adjacent to a temple in Mattakkuliya in 2012.

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IRAN - Abolfazl Kianpour Hanged in Ahvaz on April 28

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IRAN - 2 Women and 3 Men executed in Mashhad on April 8

30 April 2025

2 Unk women and Mohammadreza Damideh, Amirahmad Sanayi, Sajad Barahouyi

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IRAN - Saeed Amirizadeh Hanged in Sabzevar on April 15

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IRAN - Nezam Sadeghi executed in Zanjan on April 23

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