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[End Death Penalty @WCADP]

Today, on #WorldDayAgainstDeathPenalty, we unite to challenge the myth that the death penalty protects anyone. Join us in calling for its abolition. #NoDeathPenalty

[Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) @IHRights]

The Special Rapporteur’s Stories Ahead of World Day Against the Death Penalty | Protest Under Threat of Execution

Ahead of 10 October, Mai Sato, the UN Special Rapporteur on human rights in Iran, calls for all executions to stop and all protest-related death sentences to be quashed. Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) presents her account alongside its own reporting.

Mahboubeh Shabani used her motorcycle to take injured January protesters to safety and medical care. Sentenced to death under the Espionage Law, she was moved to solitary confinement after receiving the verdict. IHRNGO’s 29 September report states that her sentence had not yet been upheld by the Supreme Court and the reason for the transfer remained unclear.

Ali Zarei, who suffered a serious eye injury during the Woman, Life, Freedom movement, has also been sentenced to death. In an update on 2 October, IHRNGO reported his return to Ghezelhesar Prison’s general ward. The risk of execution remains.

Sato also names Mohsen Eslamkhah, Rauf Sheikh-Maroufi, Mohammad Faraji, Shervin Bagherian Jebeli, Taraneh Rahimi and Benyamin Naghdi as facing the death penalty. Alireza Sepahi was executed on 5 October. She notes that her mandate can name only cases for which consent has been obtained.

Helping the injured, calling for change and taking to the streets can each lead to a death sentence in Iran today, Sato warns. She says repression has deepened the grievances behind successive protests rather than addressed them. Peaceful dissent must be recognised as part of a healthy society.

| Iran Human Rights Reports

Mahboubeh Shabani:
https://t.co/l12ojuEr74

Ali Zarei — initial report on his transfer to solitary confinement:
https://t.co/3gZkFCtnN3
IHRNGO’s 2 October update reported his return to the general ward; the execution risk remains.

Mohsen Eslamkhah:
https://t.co/G3qIkLmYDx

Rauf Sheikh-Maroufi and Mohammad Faraji — Rauf is named “Raouf Sheikh Ahmadi” in this report:
https://t.co/qPd4JvGfYA

Shervin Bagherian — Alikhani Square case:
https://t.co/R3n7BpnPP9

Taraneh Rahimi and other protesters at risk:
https://t.co/IeYz9YpeLw

Benyamin Naghdi — death sentence upheld:
https://t.co/gs6TYZJt1m

Alireza Sepahi — execution report:
https://t.co/co8fQaMz5H

#StopExecutionsInIran #WorldDayAgainstTheDeathPenalty #MahboubehShabani #AliZarei

[ALQST for Human Rights @ALQST_En]

Saturday is World Day Against the Death Penalty, as executions continue in Saudi Arabia in violation of international law.

📢 For those in London or attending the national march for Palestine later, join us at 11am outside the @SaudiEmbassyUK to take a stand.

#NoDeathPenalty

[End Death Penalty @WCADP]

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[CELSIR Africa (Criminal Justice Reforms) @CELSIR_Africa]

4 DAYS TO GO.
STORIES FOR LIFE
World Day Against the Death Penalty | 10 October 2026
This Saturday, 10 October, we will come together in Eldoret to mark the World Day Against the Death Penalty under the global theme:
Stories for Life.

#storiesforlife

[Abdorrahman Boroumand Center @IranRights_org]

🔴The issuance and confirmation of death sentences against three women have raised concerns over the broader use of the death penalty against defendants in political and national security cases.

🔸Mahboubeh Shabani was sentenced to death for providing aid to injured protesters and transporting them to safety, among other acts cited against her. Mojdeh Hashemi Bazargani, whose death sentence has been upheld by the Supreme Court, reported being tortured, subjected to coerced confessions, and denied access to a lawyer of her choosing. Souda Ebrahimi Shamsabadi was also sentenced to death on charges that include media activities and sending images to Persian-language media outlets outside Iran.

🔸All three women are at risk of execution.

[Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) @IHRights]

At least 70 people were executed in Iran in September 2026, bringing the total recorded by Iran Human Rights in the first nine months of the year to at least 604.

In September, 34 people were executed under qisas sentences for murder and 31 for drug-related offences. Eleven of those executed were Baluch; ten faced drug-related charges. Official sources announced only 10 of the 70 executions. IHRNGO verified the other 60 through two independent sources.

[The Square Circle Clinic, NALSAR @sqcircleclinic]

A trial judge in Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh has sentenced 23 people to death in about five months.
What does the law require before a trial court can impose the death penalty, and are courts actually following those requirements? Anup Surendranath, explores these questions.

[Abdorrahman Boroumand Center @IranRights_org]

🔴For the first time in nearly two years, states from across the world have come together at the UN Human Rights Council to condemn the Islamic Republic of Iran’s escalating use of the death penalty.

🔸In a joint statement delivered by Liechtenstein, 45 states sounded the alarm over the sharp rise in executions and death sentences in Iran—particularly against protesters and those exercising their fundamental rights.

🔸The statement comes amid an alarming escalation in the use of capital punishment following the January 2026 protests. At least 31 protesters have been executed, while dozens more have reportedly been sentenced to death or remain at imminent risk of execution.
The statement marks the first cross-regional joint statement on Iran since September 2024, renewing collective international scrutiny of Iran’s use of the death penalty.

🔸As executions continue at an alarming rate, sustained international attention matters.
“No one should face the fear of execution for exercising their rights”

[ALQST for Human Rights @ALQST_En]

Today Saudi authorities executed another Nigerian woman on drug-related charges, the third of 2026 and the ninth over the last two years.

Saudi Arabia’s use of the death penalty consistently disadvantages women, particularly migrant domestic workers.

https://t.co/WpbRDFG8lx

[Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) @IHRights]

46 States Call for an Immediate Halt to Executions in Iran

A joint statement delivered by Liechtenstein at the 63rd session of the UN Human Rights Council on 30 September 2026 strongly condemned Iran’s continued and escalating use of the death penalty. The published document lists 46 supporting states.

The statement notes that at least 31 protesters have been executed following the January crackdown and warns that dozens more, including women and children, face imminent execution. Citing UN experts’ findings, it highlights the use of capital punishment to spread fear, silence dissent and deter peaceful expression and assembly.

The supporting states also expressed concern over reports of closed hearings, denial of due process, torture and ill-treatment, enforced disappearances and coerced confessions. They urged Iran to immediately halt its use of the death penalty.

Mai Sato, the UN Special Rapporteur on human rights in Iran, welcomed the statement, stressing that a moratorium on executions pending abolition is more urgently needed than ever.

#StopExecutionsInIran #DeathPenalty #HumanRights #Iran

[U.S. Campaign to End the Death Penalty @uscedp]

Last night, for the second time in six months, the state of Tennessee tortured someone they were attempting to execute. Christa Pike remains hospitalized for treatment after surviving two doses of lethal injection drugs.
Follow @Tndeathpenalty for more.
https://t.co/PTHrBnxQ1m

[ESOHR @ESOHumanRightsE]

- 2 Nigerian women executed on charges that are not among the most serious under IL.
- The execution of Sayed Al-Sayed, an Egyptian national detained in Tabuk Prison, whose case was monitored by ESOHR.
- 2nd execution of an Omani citizen this year.

[The Square Circle Clinic, NALSAR @sqcircleclinic]

On September 18, 2026, Surendra Koli was found dead in Haridwar a year after he was acquitted in all cases against him for the Nithari killings.

We take look at the proceedings that cost him nearly two decades of his life. Swipe to read.

[Human Rights Watch @hrw]

In Iran, an average of one protester per week has been sent to the gallows since March. Scores of protesters remain at imminent risk of execution.

At the @UN_HRC this week, Human Rights Watch spoke about the ongoing atrocities Iranians are facing, including possible war crimes by Israel and the US. Learn more ⤵️

[Death Penalty Research Unit, Oxford @DPRUOxford]

In this new book review for the DPRU Blog, Hannah Gorman of the Balanced Justice Project at @FIULaw reflects on Elizabeth Vartkessian's 'The Deserving' (2026), on the role of mitigation and mitigation specialists in the U.S. capital punishment system:
https://t.co/M0q3kFOlbC

[Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) @IHRights]

Tehran and Alborz; death sentences upheld, lives at risk

These five protesters face upheld death sentences in Evin, Ghezelhesar and Greater Tehran prisons. They are among nine people with this recorded status in the Tehran and Alborz section of IHRNGO’s report.

Remember their names: Maryam Hodavand-Seiri, Mohammadreza Majidi Asl, Ali Kamali, Ahad Shokouhian, Ali Asghar Peyghambari.

Maryam Hodavand-Seiri is listed as 42 and Ali Asghar Peyghambari as 26. Peyghambari’s lawyer, Payam Derafshan, said his client’s alleged act was attending a protest. His defence team has sought a stay of execution.

These 5 people are named in IHRNGO’s report on 100 people at risk of execution in connection with Iran’s January 2026 protests. The recorded statuses follow the report published on 14 September 2026.

Mohammadreza Majidi Asl previously appeared in IHRNGO’s April reporting alongside Bita Hemati, Behrouz Zamaninejad and Kourosh Zamaninejad. The September report records his appeal rejection on 12 September; his status differs from those three, whose sentences were overturned.

The next post introduces four more people with upheld sentences in the same regional section.

Entry sources in the report: IHRNGO; HRANA; Lawyer. Each card identifies its source.

You can help by sharing their names with the source and exact sentence status, and calling for a halt to executions.

Full IHRNGO report, 14 September 2026:
https://t.co/ukpcqzZgFT

#StopExecutionsInIran

[Abdorrahman Boroumand Center @IranRights_org]

🔴Today the UN Human Rights Council held an interactive dialogue with the Fact-Finding Mission on Iran to discuss their report findings on human rights abuses in Iran.

🔸In this post, you will read key excerpts during this session:

[Abdorrahman Boroumand Center @IranRights_org]

🔴In a joint report published today, the Abdorrahman Boroumand Center and Human Rights Watch condemned the ongoing unlawful execution campaign against protesters and political dissidents in Iran and called for global action to end the Islamic Republic’s relentless assault on the right to life.

🔸At least 29 individuals have been executed in connection with the December 2025 - January 2026 protests within the past five months, based on ABC and HRW’s human rights monitoring. Scores more remain at imminent risk. The organizations documented systemic due process violations, including denial of access to independent legal counsel, torture and ill-treatment to extract forced “confessions,” and politically-motivated convictions by Iran’s judiciary..

🔸These abuses are part of a broader weaponization of Iran’s legal framework to punish protesters and suppress dissent. Systematically vilifying protesters as “rioters” and “terrorists,” the Islamic Republic has continued to expand the scope of offenses punishable by death, providing authorities with broader legal tools to prosecute and execute those who challenge the state.

🔸Read the whole report here:
https://t.co/2F01tjUp2S

[Texas Defender Service @TexDefender]

Solitary confinement for 23 hours a day. 115-degree heat. Jimmie Duncan is haunted by the decades he spent on death row in Angola prison — and how, even after being released, he still isn’t truly free. https://t.co/PgVHwJIvKy

[Human Rights Watch @hrw]

Iranian authorities are unlawfully executing protesters and political dissidents on a weekly basis, a relentless attack on the right to life.

Between March 18 and the end of August 2026, Iran’s authorities announced the executions of 29 people in connection with recent protests.

New from HRW and @IranRights_org: https://t.co/0I9fL0TXMp