FEATURED POST

Communist Vietnam's secret death penalty conveyor belt: How country trails only China and Iran for 'astonishing' number of executions

Published
Image
Prisoners are dragged from their cells at 4am without warning to be given a lethal injection Vietnam's use of the death penalty has been thrust into the spotlight after a real estate tycoon was on Thursday sentenced to be executed in one of the biggest corruption cases in the country's history. Truong My Lan, a businesswoman who chaired a sprawling company that developed luxury apartments, hotels, offices and shopping malls, was arrested in 2022.

Iran: Two men flogged 74 times in public in Qods city

Published
Public flogging, Iran, Aug. 13, 2014
NCRI- The Iranian regime's henchmen lashed two men on Wednesday in public for 'disrupting public order' in a city near the country's capital Tehran.

A police commander in Qods city was quoted by state-run Mehr news agency as saying: "the men who were thugs in the city... were arrested by the police and a ruling by the revolutionary court in the city sentenced them to 74 lashes in public."

He said the sentence was carried out for the men how were identified by their initials as V.Y. and A.N. but no further information were provided.

Police colonel Hojatollah Karami-zand said: "the police and the judiciary in the city are determined to more harshly deal with those that disrupt public order and public security.

Since Hassan Rouhani became the clerical regime's president a year ago, human rights violations including execution, public hanging carrying out inhuman punishments such as flogging have intensified.

According to the official statistics published by the regime’s judiciary during the holy month of Ramadan at least 200 individuals were lashed in one Iranian province alone.

Source: NCRI, August 15, 2014


Iran: Two journalists to be flogged for 'insulting' regime official

NCRI - Two Iranian photojournalists have been sentenced to 75 lashes for making 'insulting remarks' about a book by a local official in the regime's province of Qazvin.

The Voice of Qazvin reported on August 13: "Based on a ruling by the Branch 102 of the General Court of Qazvin, one defendant was sentenced to 25 lashes and another photographer to 50 lashes."

The report added: "It seems that the sentence was issued because of remarks made by these photographers about a book written by the cultural advisor to the province's governor. The remarks prompted the cultural advisor to file a complaint against these photographers in Qazvin."

Human rights group Amnesty International said in a recent statement that the sharp increase in the number of arrests, prosecutions and imprisonment of independent journalists in Iran shows that the mullahs 'have widened the circle of repression in a bid to crumple any aspirations for change'.

Hassiba Hadj Sahraoui, Deputy Middle East and North Africa Program Director at Amnesty International, added: "The way journalists are being treated puts everything journalism should stand for at risk in Iran.

"Anyone deemed critical of the authorities has been at increased risk of arrest and prosecution in recent months, creating an intense climate of fear where voicing any criticism has become a direct road to prison."

Since Hassan Rouhani became the regime's president a year ago, human rights violations including execution, public hanging and the carrying out inhumane punishments such as flogging have intensified.

According to official statistics published by the regime’s judiciary during the holy month of Ramadan, at least 200 people were lashed in Qazvin province alone.

Two men also were also flogged in public on Wednesday in a city near the country's capital Tehran for 'disrupting public order.'

Source: NCRI, August 14, 2014


Rapist flogged, hanged in Karaj, Iran

A child abuser convicted on three counts of attempted rape was flogged and then hanged public on August 15, 20014, in the city of Karaj, Iran.

The man was identified as Reza F.

Source: Mehr News, August 15, 2014

Photos of the execution (Mehr News):




Related content:

Most Viewed (Last 7 Days)

Communist Vietnam's secret death penalty conveyor belt: How country trails only China and Iran for 'astonishing' number of executions

Published
Image
Prisoners are dragged from their cells at 4am without warning to be given a lethal injection Vietnam's use of the death penalty has been thrust into the spotlight after a real estate tycoon was on Thursday sentenced to be executed in one of the biggest corruption cases in the country's history. Truong My Lan, a businesswoman who chaired a sprawling company that developed luxury apartments, hotels, offices and shopping malls, was arrested in 2022.
Read more

Could Moscow attack suspects face execution in Belarus?

Published
Image
After the deadly terrorist attack at Moscow's Crocus City Hall, some Russian politicians are debating trying the suspects to Belarus, which still has death penalty. But it's not that simple. The terror attack on Moscow's Crocus City Hall has ignited debate about the reintroduction of the death sentence in Russia. Given that 140 people died and more than 500 were wounded at the concert hall on March 22, 2024, emotions are running high.
Read more

Iran | 9 prisoners executed in a single day

Published
Image
9 prisoners of drug charges executed in the central prisons of Kerman, Chabahar and GhezelHesar According to the Iranian Human Rights Society website, on Sunday, April 21st, 2024, 9 prisoners including, Baloch and Kurdish drug suspects were executed in the central prisons of Kerman, Chah bahar, and GhezelHesar.  
Read more

Bill Moves Forward to Prevent Use of Nitrogen Gas Asphyxiation in Louisiana Executions

Published
Image
There’s an effort underway, in the current legislative session in Baton Rouge, to reverse course on the controversial execution method with Senate Bill 430. When Louisiana legislators approved the use of nitrogen gas asphyxiation as an execution method during a second special legislative session in February, the move attracted national attention; not the least because it has only been used in the U.S. once. That’s when Alabama executed convicted killer Kenneth Eugene Smith on January 25th of this year. Now there’s an effort underway, in the current legislative session in Baton Rouge, to reverse course on the controversial execution method with Senate Bill 430.
Read more

Punjab | Woman sentenced to death for kidnapping, burying toddler alive

Published
Image
Neelam sentenced to death for burying toddler alive after kidnapping her, in a rare and heinous crime. The court found her guilty of murder and destruction of evidence, causing outrage in society. LUDHIANA: Over two years after the brutal murder of a toddler, the woman who killed her was sentenced to death by a local court. The convict had buried her neighbour’s two-and-a-half-year-old daughter alive. 
Read more

Alabama lawmakers reject bill which would allow some death row inmates to be resentenced

Published
Image
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WAFF) - An Alabama House committee rejected a bill that would have impacted sentences for dozens of death row inmates. The proposal would have required courts to resentence people sentenced to death by a judge who overrode a jury’s recommendation of life in prison. That practice was outlawed in 2017. Representative Chris England passionately argued it should be retroactively applied for more than 30 death row inmates who were sentenced to death over a jury’s recommendation.
Read more