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AFGHANISTAN: TALIBAN PUBLICLY FLOGS OVER 20, INCLUDING A WOMAN, IN FOUR PROVINCES 17 September 2025 The Taliban has publicly flogged 22 people, including a woman, in four provinces of Afghanistan over the past three days, the group’s supreme court announced on September 16, 2025.  Read everything

TAIWAN: LAY JUDGES SENTENCE MAN TO DEATH FOR MURDER

17 September 2025

A man who was charged with the murder of his wife, mother-in-law, and stepson in New Taipei City last year was sentenced to death on September 16, 2025 by a court panel that included six citizen judges, the New Taipei District Court said.

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IRAQ COURT DELIVERS DEATH, PRISON SENTENCES IN TERRORISM CASES

16 September 2025

The Al-Karkh Criminal Court on September 16, 2025 sentenced a defendant to death for killing five people in Al-Anbar province, the Iraqi judiciary announced.

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IRAN - Ali Razavi executed in Kerman on September 9

16 September 2025  Read everything

BANGLADESH: MAN TO DIE FOR KILLING FATHER IN SIRAJGANJ

16 September 2025

A Sirajganj court on September 14, 2025 sentenced a man to death for killing his father in 2020 over a family feud.

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IRAN - Ali Mozaffari executed in Yasuj on September 14

16 September 2025  Read everything

IRAN - Peyman Ajami and Rasoul Paydar executed in Hamedan on September 14

15 September 2025  Read everything

IRAN - Qavam Najafi and Amirhossein Pouramini executed in Shiraz on September 14

15 September 2025  Read everything

IRAN - Seyed Javad Mortazavi executed in Ahvaz on September 14

15 September 2025  Read everything

IRAN - Seyed Kazem Mousavi executed in Rasht on September 3

15 September 2025  Read everything

IRAN - Amir Parki executed in Zahedan on September 14

15 September 2025

1035 executions in Iran in 2025

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IRAN - Hadigheh Abadi and Younes Mazarshams executed in Qazvin on September 11

15 September 2025

Wife and husband

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IRAN - Hafez Ghavidast executed in Rasht on September 13

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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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