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

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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 hanged

Iran Human Rights, August 15: Two men were hanged in Adelabad prison of Shiraz (southern Iran) early Wednesday morning August 12, reported the Iranian daily Etemad.

The men were identified as Hamed and Zaeem (Afghan citizen) and convicted of rape in two seperate cases.

The report didn’t mention age of the men.

Source: Iran Human Rights, August 15, 2009

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