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JANUARY 3, 2019Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: ONE PAKISTANI NATIONAL, TWO EGYPTIANS EXECUTED FOR SMUGGLING DRUGS
A Pakistani national and two Egyptians have been executed in Saudi Arabia for smuggling drugs, the kingdom’s ministry of Interior said on 1 January 2019.
- JANUARY 3, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN HANGS YOUNG WOMAN, ANOTHER VICTIM OF SEXUAL VIOLENCE
A 25-year-old woman identified only as Noushin, 25, was hanged in Iran, the state-run Young Journalist Club reported on 22 December 2018.
- JANUARY 2, 2019DEATH PENALTY
INTERNATIONAL - Study: International Data Shows Declining Murder Rates After Abolition of Death Penalty.
INTERNATIONAL - Study: International Data Shows Declining Murder Rates After Abolition of Death Penalty.
- JANUARY 2, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Five prisoners were executed in Khoy City on Jan. 2
IRAN - Five prisoners were executed in Khoy City on Jan. 2
- JANUARY 2, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 5 prisoners were executed at the Raja’i Shahr prison on 2 Jan 2019.
IRAN - 5 prisoners were executed at the Raja’i Shahr prison on 2 Jan 2019.
- JANUARY 2, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Majid Khomami Asl was executed in Noshahr Central Prison on Jan. 2.
IRAN - Majid Khomami Asl was executed in Noshahr Central Prison on Jan. 2.
JANUARY 2, 2019EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: EXECUTION OF THE DEATH SENTENCE OF A COPTIC SLAUGHTER IN ALEXANDRIA
Toni Youssef, the son of the Coptic dead owner of the Roastery in Alexandria, confirmed the execution of his father's murderer, Adel Abdel-Nour, and called "Asaliyah", The Egyptians reported on 31 December 2018.
JANUARY 2, 2019ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA’S DEATH PENALTY IS POPULAR AND RELEASING DATA WILL FUEL CALLS FOR MORE EXECUTIONS, JUDGE SAYS
Top judges from China’s Supreme People’s Court on 20 December 2018 made a rare defence of the death penalty, with one saying “a life for a life” is ingrained among the people.
- JANUARY 2, 2019PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN DEATH-SENTENCE COURTS ‘ARE FUNDED BY UK’
British taxpayers are funding prosecutions in Pakistan that have led to dozens of death sentences, according to newly disclosed details of a secretive UK aid programme, The Guardian reported on 22 December 2018.
- JANUARY 2, 2019VietnamDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM SENTENCED MORE PEOPLE TO DEATH IN 2018 COMPARES TO 2017 AND EXECUTED PEOPLE, ON AVERAGE, EVERY WEEK
The government on 13 November 2018 reported to the National Assembly the status of death sentence implementation in the year 2018 and stated that there was a “dramatic increase from 2017, with 122 more (cases)”.
- JANUARY 1, 2019CroatiaDEATH PENALTY
Croatia abolished the death penalty for all crimes in 1990.
Croatia abolished the death penalty for all crimes in 1990.
- JANUARY 1, 2019LiberiaDEATH PENALTY
Death penalty may be applied
Death penalty may be applied despite accession to the Second Optional Protocol