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OCTOBER 10, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Four men executed in Shiraz Central Prison in September
Meysam Atefifard, Hadi Razi, Rasoul Akrami and Omid Keshtkar
OCTOBER 10, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Esmail Ghassabi-Sini executed in Isfahan on October 10
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OCTOBER 9, 2021BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: MAN GETS DEATH OVER 2017 COCAINE HAUL IN KHULNA
A Khulna court on 8 October 2021 awarded the death penalty unto a man in a 2017 narcotics case filed over the recovery of contraband cocaine worth around Tk22 crore.
OCTOBER 9, 2021Sierra LeoneDEATH PENALTYSIERRA LEONE FORMALLY ABOLISHES ‘INHUMANE’ DEATH PENALTY
Sierra Leone on 8 October 2021 formally abolished the death penalty, becoming the 23rd African country to repeal capital punishment.
OCTOBER 8, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Women and the Death Penalty in Iran
A 12 Year Analysis
OCTOBER 7, 2021United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTYUAE: FIVE MEN GIVEN DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDER OF BUSINESSMAN IN AJMAN
The Ajman Criminal Court on 4 October 2021 sentenced five Asians to death for the premeditated murder of an Asian businessman and for stealing Dh109,000 from his apartment in Ajman.
OCTOBER 7, 2021SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: AL-SHABAAB PUBLICLY EXECUTES TWO IN JAMAME
Al-Shabaab militants executed two men in a public square on 5 October 2021 in the Lower Jubba's Jamame district, accusing one of the men of being a sorcerer and the other a Somali government soldier.
OCTOBER 7, 2021OregonDEATH PENALTYUSA - Oregon. David Ray Bartol’s Death Sentence Overturned
Decision Could Clear the State’s Entire Death Row
OCTOBER 7, 2021DEATH PENALTYGLOBAL - More than 150 global business leaders call for end of death penalty
Campaign launched by Sir Richard Branson
OCTOBER 6, 2021NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: GOVERNOR AKEREDOLU PARDONS 18 CONVICTED INMATES IN ONDO
The Ondo state governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, has granted state pardons to 18 convicts in celebration of Nigeria’s 61st independence anniversary.
OCTOBER 6, 2021BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: RAPE, MURDER CONVICTS EXECUTED AT JESSORE CENTRAL JAIL
Two death-row convicts in a case filed for killing two women after raping them in Alamdanga upazila of Chuadanga district were executed on 4 October 2001 night.
OCTOBER 6, 2021OregonDEATH PENALTYUSA - Oregon. New trial for Jesse Lee Johnson
Who has been on death row since 2004