Women aged 23 and 24 sentenced to death while a minor is jailed for life for the 2022 killing of a young teacher.
In its annual report, Harm Reduction International says at least 467 drug-related executions took place last year.
Use of the death penalty surged by 43 percent following huge protests prompted by Mahsa Amini’s death.
Yang has been imprisoned for five years on charges of espionage that he and Australia have rejected.
Convicted murderer Kenneth Smith, who survived an earlier execution attempt by lethal injection, was killed on Thursday.
Human rights advocates criticise Mohammad Ghobadlou’s conviction, saying he did not get a fair trial.
Payton Gendron murdered 10 Black people at a supermarket in New York state in 2022.
Three men and one woman accused of being ‘saboteurs’ were hanged for their ‘collaboration with the Zionist regime’.
The Filipina, whose supporters say is a victim of human trafficking, was sentenced to death in Indonesia in late 2010.
Families call for moratorium on executions and review of the use of the death penalty in the city state.
Five people were arrested over the attack last year, two of whom were executed while three received prison terms.
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese secures clemency during official visit aimed at boosting ties with Vietnam.
The latest executions were carried out after offenders were reportedly caught with large quantities of heroin.
The execution is the second in three weeks, amid growing concern at the island’s use of the death penalty in drug cases.
