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OCTOBER 17, 2018South KoreaDEATH PENALTYSOUTH KOREA: 61 PEOPLE CURRENTLY ON DEATH ROW
South Korea currently has a total 61 people on death row, with 57 people in ordinary correctional facilities and 4 in military prisons, The Hankyoreh reported on 17 October.
OCTOBER 17, 2018ZimbabweDEATH PENALTYZIMBABWE: 81 DEATH ROW INMATES AWAIT EXECUTION
Zimbabwe Prisons says it has in its custody, a total of 81 death row inmates with some now having been on the list for more than 10 years, newzimbabwe.com reported on 17 October 2018.
OCTOBER 17, 2018IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: TWO MEN EXECUTED IN SHAHREKORD PRISON
Two Prisoners were executed on murder charges at Shahrekord prison on 14 October 2018 morning.
OCTOBER 17, 2018MalaysiaDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA: SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Judicial Commissioner Datuk Abdul Wahab Mohamed of the Penang High Court on 8 October 2018 sentenced Keow Sze Teve, 36, to death for dangerous drug trafficking and 16 years jail with 12 strokes of rotan for possession of firearms and bullets.
OCTOBER 17, 2018Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSaudi national beheaded in Tabuk Region
17 October 2018: Nasser bin Salim bin Nassar Al-Omairi executed for drugs smuggle
- OCTOBER 16, 2018IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Behrooz Ansari-Lanjan executed
IRAN - Behrooz Ansari-Lanjan executed
OCTOBER 16, 2018MalaysiaDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA: CABINET AGREES ON MORATORIUM OF DEATH SENTENCE FOR MEDICAL MARIJUANA DISTRIBUTOR
The Cabinet has agreed to place a moratorium on the death sentence of Muhammad Lukman, who was sentenced for possessing, processing and distributing medical marijuana (cannabis oil), The Star reported on 12 October 2018.
OCTOBER 16, 2018VietnamDEATH PENALTYVIETNAM: SOUTH AFRICAN DRUG SMUGGLER SENTENCED TO DEATH
A Vietnamese court has sentenced a South African man to death for smuggling cocaine from Brazil into the Southeast Asian country, state media reported on 28 August 2018.
OCTOBER 16, 2018IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: PRISONER EXECUTED AT TABRIZ CENTRAL PRISON
According to HRANA, in the morning of 17 April 2018 a prisoner was executed at Tabriz Central Prison on murder charges. The prisoner was identified as Hossein Tal’ati, 31.
OCTOBER 16, 2018EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: 3 SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING POLICEMEN
A court in Egypt on 14 October 2018 sentences three people to death for their involvement in the killing of 10 policemen and for belonging to an extremist group, a judicial source said.
OCTOBER 16, 2018South KoreaDEATH PENALTYSOUTH KOREA: 7 IN 10 OPPOSE DEATH PENALTY
The majority of South Koreans agree that the death penalty should be abolished and replaced with alternative forms of punishment, the state-run human rights body announced on 10 October 2018.
- OCTOBER 15, 2018Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Pakistani national beheaded in Jeddah
15 October 2018: Rauf Ahmed Mohamed Manour executed for drugs smuggle