according to a report by Human Rights Activists News Agency

29 November 2012 :

according to a report by Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), 12 men convicted of drug trafficking were executed in Rajai Shahr prison. One of them was a Rajai Shahr prison's ex-guard who was convicted of entering drugs into prison.

(Sources: HRANA, 13/11/2012)

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NIGERIA: ARMY COURT MARTIAL SENTENCES SOLDIER TO DEATH FOR GIRLFRIEND’S MURDER

A General Court Martial sitting at the Headquarters, 82 Division, Nigerian Army, Enugu, has sentenced Private Adamu Mohammed to death by hanging for murder, while Private Abubakar Yusuf was sentenced to 10 years imprisonment for robbery.

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USA - Guantanamo's Prosecutors will appeal the torture decision

although they lost a similar appeal this year

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USA - Oklahoma. House Passes SB 599: Death Penalty for First Child Rape Offense

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USA - North Carolina. House committee approves HB 270 on death penalty

Reintroducing electric chair and firing squad

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IRAN - Karim Farokhvand and Mahmoud Ostad Mamzayi executed in Dezful on May 1

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IRAN - Identified the other two executed in Karaj on April 30

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

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