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JULY 17, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Unidentified man executed in a Tehran prison on July 17
For murder
JULY 16, 2021CaliforniaDEATH PENALTYUSA - California. Judge Fidler sentenced Michael Gargiulo to death
Gargiulo is considered a serial killer
JULY 15, 2021SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: MAN EXECUTED BY FIRING SQUAD FOR RAPING THREE-YEAR-OLD STEPDAUGHTER
A man sentenced to death for raping his three-year-old stepdaughter was executed by firing squad on 15 July 2021 in southern Somalia’s Jubaland state.
JULY 15, 2021YemenDEATH PENALTYYEMEN: HOUTHI COURT SENTENCES MAN TO DEATH BY CRUCIFIXION, ORDERS HIS BODY TO BE PUT ON DISPLAY FOR 2 DAYS
The Sana’a Criminal Court, affiliated to Al Houthi militia, sentenced a Yemeni man to death by crucifixion and has ordered that his body be put on public display for assassinating the Al Houthi representative to the National Dialogue conference in 2014.
JULY 15, 2021MalaysiaDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA: YEMENI ESCAPES GALLOWS AFTER COURT RULES HE HAD AN ‘INCOMPETENT LAWYER’
A Yemeni national on 13 July 2021 escaped the gallows in Malaysia for a charge of trafficking 1.8kg of methamphetamine following his successful bid to quash a verdict of retrial from the Court of Appeal.
JULY 14, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Afshin Gheidar executed in Rajai Shahr Prison on July 14
161st execution in Iran since the beginning of the year
JULY 14, 2021Equatorial GuineaDEATH PENALTYEQUATORIAL GUINEA: NEW PENAL CODE WITH NO DEATH PENALTY ‘VERY SOON’ – AMBASSADOR
The ambassador of Equatorial Guinea in Lisbon said on 13 July 2021 that his country will “very soon” finalise a new Penal Code, eliminating the death penalty.
JULY 14, 2021PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: REALTOR SENTENCED TO DEATH IN BUSINESSMAN’S MURDER CASE
A Karachi model court on 14 July 2021 awarded death sentence to a real estate agent for murdering a businessman over a personal dispute.
JULY 14, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Farzan Masoumzadeh and Omid Yari executed in Rasht Prison on July 14
For murders
JULY 14, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Iran At Risk Of COVID-19 Fifth Wave As Homegrown Vaccine Campaign Stalls
Iran is the worst hit by Covid 19 in the region
JULY 14, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mohammad Abdolrahim executed in Rajai Shahr Prison July 14
For murder
JULY 13, 2021NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: 24-YEAR-OLD SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR STEALING PHONES, CASH IN EKITI
An Ekiti State High Court on 29 June 2021 sentenced a 24-year-old man, Sola Jegede, to death by hanging for robbing three men of their phones and money.