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TAIWAN: FEMALE DRIVER SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING POLICE STATION CHIEF 17 February 2026 A female motorist who fatally dragged the head of a police station to his death while trying to evade a roadside check in 2024 was sentenced to death by the New Taipei District Court on February 11, 2026.  Read everything

IRAN - 520 men and 8 women executed in Iran since the beginning of 2026

17 February 2026  Read everything

IRAN - Information about people arrested during the January 2026 riots

17 February 2026  Read everything

IRAN - Victim accounts: the killing of Jahanbakhsh Hesar Firouzeh, 70

17 February 2026  Read everything

IRAN - 16 men and a woman executed on February 14 and 15

17 February 2026

More than 500 executions in Iran since the beginning of 2026

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IRAN - 12 men executed on February 16

17 February 2026  Read everything

INDIA: 3 SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR GANG RAPE OF ISRAELI TOURIST, MURDER NEAR HAMPI

16 February 2026

A sessions court in Karnataka's Koppal district on February 16, 2026 sentenced three men to death after convicting them in the gang rape of two women, including an Israeli national, and the killing of a male tourist.

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CHINESE COURT ANNOUNCES 1ST-INSTANCE TRIAL VERDICT OF MYANMAR-BASED XU FAQI CRIMINAL GANG; XU SENTENCED TO DEATH WITH TWO-YEAR REPRIEVE

16 February 2026

A court in Southwest China's Chongqing Municipality on January 30, 2026 publicly announced the first-instance

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IRAN - European Parliament adopts resolution condemning Iran

16 February 2026

Almost unanimously

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IRAN - Mohammadshah Rashidi and Ali Davtalab executed at Gezel Hesar on February 10

16 February 2026  Read everything

IRAN - Hengaw Report on 330 victims

16 February 2026  Read everything

IRAN - Hrana Report on Day 50 of the Protests: 7,015 confirmed fatalities, 11,744 under review

16 February 2026  Read everything

USA - DPIC Report on “Women and the Death Penalty”

16 February 2026  Read everything
 
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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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