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FEBRUARY 1, 2021AustraliaDEATH PENALTYAUSTRALIA WON’T EXTRADITE S’PORE-BORN MURDER SUSPECT IF DEATH PENALTY AWAITS HIM
A man born in Singapore wanted in relation to a murder case nearly four decades ago is in jail in Australia, but the country’s Attorney-General’s Department has said he cannot be extradited if he faces the death penalty.
JANUARY 31, 2021Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTYGAZA: SECOND DEATH SENTENCE ISSUED IN 2021
The Court of First Instance of Deir al-Balah on 27 January 2021 issued a death sentence by hanging against ‘A. Kh ‘A. (25), from Jabalia refugee camp.
JANUARY 31, 2021PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: LHC ACQUITS TWO DEATH ROW CONVICTS AFTER 9 YEARS
The Lahore High Court (LHC) on 27 January 2021 acquitted two death row convicts who had been serving prison time for the past 9 years. The court acquitted the convicts over lack of solid evidence against them.
JANUARY 31, 2021ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: FINANCE OFFICIAL EXECUTED IN BRIBERY CASE
The former head of a Chinese state-owned asset management company was executed on 29 January 2021 on charges of taking bribes in an unusually severe penalty for a recent corruption case.
JANUARY 30, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Javid Dehghan-Khold executed in Zahedan Central Prison on January 30
Baluch prisoner sentenced to death on political and security charges
JANUARY 28, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ali Motayyeri executed in Sheiban Prison, Ahvaz, on January 28.
He was charged with being an Isis terrorist
- JANUARY 28, 2021ZambiaDEATH PENALTY
ZAMBIA: PRESIDENT LUNGU REMOVES 246 INMATES FROM DEATH ROW
Zambian President Edgar Lungu has removed 246 inmates who were on death row and commuted their sentences to life sentences, a government official said on 27 January 2021.
JANUARY 28, 2021PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: COUPLE SENTENCED TO LIFE AND DEATH FOR SEXUALLY ASSAULTING, FILMING 45 GIRLS
A local court in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, on 25 January 2021 sentenced a couple to life and death for kidnapping, sexually assaulting, blackmailing and also recording inappropriate videos of dozens of girls.
JANUARY 28, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Anvar Narouei executed in Isfahan’s Dastgerd Prison on January 28
He was a Baluch with drug-related charges
JANUARY 28, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - EU Must Address Iran’s State Terrorism
an online conference hosted by the International Committee in Search of Justice (ISJ)
JANUARY 27, 2021IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: 65% OF DEATH SENTENCES IN 2020 INVOLVED SEXUAL VIOLENCE
Project 39A at National Law University, Delhi, published the fifth edition of the “Death Penalty in India: Annual Statistic Report”
JANUARY 27, 2021IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: THREE CONVICTED OF ‘TERRORISM’ HANGED
Three Iraqis convicted of “terrorism” were hanged on 25 January 2021, a security source said, days after a deadly double suicide attack in a crowded Baghdad marketplace.