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- JUNE 12, 2019DEATH PENALTY
TEXAS (USA): COMPLAINT AGAINST FORMER ASSISTANT DISTRICT ATTORNEY DANIEL RIZZO
A special prosecutor in Harris County, John Raley, on 5 June 2019 filed a complaint with the Texas State Bar Office of Chief Disciplinary Counsel against former Assistant District Attorney Daniel Rizzo, alleging that Rizzo intentionally concealed exculpat
- JUNE 12, 2019NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING HIS GIRLFRIEND IN YOBE
A Yobe High Court on 11 June 2019 sentenced one Muhammed Adamu to death by hanging for killing his girlfriend, Hauwa Muhammad, 24.
- JUNE 12, 2019BotswanaDEATH PENALTY
BOTSWANA DECRIMINALISES HOMOSEXUALITY
Botswana's High Court on 11 June 2019 overturned a law criminalizing consensual same-sex relations in a landmark victory for Africa's LGBTQ movements.
- JUNE 12, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Amir Tahmaseb, Samad Basideh and 1 other man hanged at Rajai-Shahr prison.
IRAN - Amir Tahmaseb, Samad Basideh and 1 other man hanged at Rajai-Shahr prison.
- JUNE 12, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - One prisoner (not identified) executed at Ardabil’s prison.
IRAN - One prisoner (not identified) executed at Ardabil’s prison.
- JUNE 11, 2019PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: TWO TOP RANKING ARMY OFFICERS AND A CIVILIAN SENTENCED ON ESPIONAGE CHARGES AND LEAKING SENSITIVE INFORMATION
Pakistan Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa has endorsed the death sentence to a retired army officer and a civilian and rigorous imprisonment to one army officer on charges of "espionage/leakage of sensitive information to foreign agencies pre
- JUNE 11, 2019IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
INDONESIA: MEDAN DRUG KINGPIN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR SMUGGLING METHAMPHETAMINES FROM MALAYSIA
The Medan District Court on 11 June 2019 sentenced Junaidi Siagian to death for smuggling 53.3 kilograms of methamphetamines from Malaysia.
JUNE 11, 2019EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: COURT OF CASSATION COMMUTES DEATH PENALTY, UPHOLDS JAIL TERMS IN 2013 STORMING OF KERDASA POLICE STATION
Egypt’s Court of Cassation on 10 June 2019 commuted a death sentence against a defendant convicted in the case of the storming of the Kerdasa police station in Giza in July 2013, and has upheld life imprisonment terms against three other men in the same c
JUNE 11, 2019IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: BOMBAY HC UPHOLDS DEATH PENALTY CLAUSE FOR REPEAT OFFENDERS IN RAPE CASES
The Bombay High Court on 3 June 2019 upheld the Constitutional validity of an amended section of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) under which repeat offenders in rape cases can be awarded life imprisonment or death penalty.
JUNE 10, 2019EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: COURT OF CASSATION UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE FOR MAN OVER TERROR INVOLVEMENT
Egypt's Court of Cassation upheld on 8 June 2019 a death sentence previously issued by a criminal court against a man over an assassination attempt of a judge and involvement in a terror cell, state-run Al-Ahram news website reported.
JUNE 10, 2019PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: 2 LASHKAR-E-JHANGVI MILITANTS HANDED DOWN DEATH PENALTY FOR KILLING LAWYER
An anti-terrorism court (ATC) on 23 May 2019 sentenced 2 Lashkar-e-Jhangvi militants to death in an eight-year-old case of a lawyer’s killing in a sectarian attack outside a former judge’s residence.
JUNE 10, 2019MalawiDEATH PENALTYMALAWI: KILLER OF PEOPLE LIVING WITH ALBINISM SENTENCED TO DEATH
Malawi’s high court on 7 June 2019 sentenced to death a man who murdered a young albino.