Widespread outrage has been witnessed after British-Iranian Alireza Akbari was executed. He was handed death sentence on charges of spying for Britain.

Iran faces global backlash for Akbari's execution

UK sanctions Iran's prosecutor over British-Iranian citizen’s execution

Iranian judiciary's Mizan news agency said on Saturday (January 14) that British-Iranian national Alireza Akbari had been executed. He was handed death sentence on charges of spying for Britain.

Iran: Alireza Akbari executed on charges of being a British spy, UK condemns execution

Iran said it executed two men Saturday convicted of allegedly killing a paramilitary volunteer during a demonstration. Iran's supreme leader Ali Khamenei appointed on Saturday a new police chief, nearly four months into protests triggered by Mahsa Amini's death.

Iran executes 2 more protesters; Khamenei appoints new national police chief

For first time, US set to execute openly transgender woman charged for murder

Ghosts from the Taliban's chilling rule reappear. The group has carried out its first public execution since clinching power, leaving the country and the world in shock. @Marowardak brings forward the worries of Afghans on this week's #southasiadiary

South Asia Diary | A throwback to the Taliban's dark past

Iran hanged a man in public on Monday who had been convicted of killing two members of security forces. It is the second execution of people involved in anti-government protests in less than a week. Nationwide protests, in their third month, erupted after the death of 22-year-old Kurdish Iranian woman Mahsa Amini on Sept 16.

Iran carries out second execution for attacking on security forces: Report

Top Sunni cleric slams execution in Iran, calls its violation of Sharia law

Iran has carried out its first protest-related execution. A 23-yr-old has been executed for allegedly attacking an Iranian security official. Is this the beginning of a more brutal crackdown? Molly Gambhir reports.

Gravitas: Iran Supreme leader's family slams crackdown

The Taliban have staged their first public execution since coming to power in 2021. The father of an alleged murderer was forced to kill his own son with a rifle. Is the Taliban going back to its old ways? Molly Gambhir reports.

Gravitas: Taliban stages first public execution since coming to power

Taliban 2.0 carry out first public execution since regaining power in Afghanistan

Iran carries out first execution over anti-regime protests sparked by Mahsa Amini’s death

Iran executes four people accused of cooperating with Israel’s spy agency

Saman Yasin, a Kurdish rapper was arrested in early October for supporting the protests over Mahsa Amini's death and now he is facing execution. Yasin has been accused of waging a war against God after posting his support for the anti-regime demonstrators on social media.

WION Dispatch | Iran: Young Kurdish rapper Saman Yasin faces execution

Iran: Young Kurdish rapper who protested over Amini's death faces execution

US man executed for killing ex-girlfriend despite appeals for stay from victim’s family

Tomohiro Kato, a 39-year-old man who killed seven people in Tokyo in 2008, was hanged at the behest of the Japanese government on Tuesday morning.

Japan: Man executed for killing 7 in truck ramming rampage in 2008

Myanmar: Junta spokesperson says executed inmates deserved 'many death sentences'

Myanmar junta executes leading democracy campaigner & 3 others in country’s 1st executions since 1988

This Saudi prisoner was arrested at 13 and faced execution. He is now freed

Myanmar is all set to execute four people. It will be the south-Asian nation's first judicial execution in decades.

First judicial execution in decades: Myanmar to execute four people

Russia to stage public executions in Ukraine; crackdowns and detaining opponents also a part of plan

Japan hanged three death-row inmates, its first executions in two years, amid growing criticism by human rights groups of the country’s use of the death penalty. Executions are carried out in high secrecy in Japan, where prisoners are not informed of their fate until the morning they are hanged.

Three death row inmates hanged in Japan in first executions since 2019

During his execution, man in US vomited and convulsed, causing widespread outcry

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