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AUGUST 15, 2026PakistanDEATH PENALTYPakistan: SC upholds death sentence in ex-wife’s murder
AUGUST 14, 2026AfghanistanDEATH PENALTYAfghanistan: UN experts warn against normalizing Taliban rule, urge action on human rights
AUGUST 13, 2026UgandaDEATH PENALTYUganda: Court in Kampala sentences Ndiga clan chief killers to death
AUGUST 12, 2026IraqDEATH PENALTYIraq: Al-Sulaymaniyah reformatory holds 14 women on death row
AUGUST 11, 2026SyriaDEATH PENALTYSyria: Former President Assad sentenced to death in absentia
AUGUST 11, 2026LebanonDEATH PENALTYLebanon becomes first Middle Eastern country to abolish the death penalty
AUGUST 11, 2026ChinaDEATH PENALTYChina: Former Nanjing senior official sentenced to death with reprieve
AUGUST 9, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mostafa Bikas hanged in Meshgin Shahr on August 9
- AUGUST 6, 2026BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING 4-YR-OLD GIRL IN SYLHET
- AUGUST 5, 2026UgandaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA: TWO SENTENCED TO DEATH, SEVEN JAILED FOR LIFE OVER SUSAN MAGARA MURDER
AUGUST 2, 2026IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: DEATH SENTENCE ISSUED OVER KILLING OF BASRA ANTI-CRIME OFFICER
AUGUST 2, 2026SudanDEATH PENALTYSUDAN: SIX POLICE OFFICERS SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER DETAINEE’S TORTURE DEATH
AUGUST 2, 2026EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT EXECUTES CONVICTED KILLER OF COPTIC ORTHODOX PRIEST
JULY 31, 2026MalaysiaDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA: EX-MILITARY DOCTOR FAILS IN BID TO REVIEW CONVICTION FOR KEVIN MORAIS’S MURDER
JULY 31, 2026Sri LankaDEATH PENALTYSRI LANKA: TWO EX OFFICIALS SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER 2019 EASTER BOMBINGS
- JULY 31, 2026Sri LankaDEATH PENALTY
SRI LANKA: TWO EX-OFFICIALS SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER 2019 EASTER BOMBINGS
JULY 30, 2026NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: BRIDE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING HUSBAND NINE DAYS AFTER WEDDING IN KANO
JULY 29, 2026BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: DRIVER SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING WOMAN IN DHAKA’S BADDA
JULY 28, 2026Myanmar (Burma)DEATH PENALTYMYANMAR APPROVES DEATH SENTENCE FOR CYBERSCAM OFFENCES
JULY 27, 2026Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: FIVE ETHIOPIAN MIGRANTS EXECUTED
JULY 23, 2026IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR SEXUAL ASSAULT, MURDER OF 7-YEAR-OLD BOY IN UP
- JULY 22, 2026SyriaDEATH PENALTY
SYRIA’S PROSECUTION SEEKS DEATH PENALTY FOR WASSIM AL-ASSAD
JULY 21, 2026BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: MAN GETS DEATH SENTENCE 9 YEARS AFTER KILLING WIFE
JULY 21, 2026IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: SUPREME COURT SETS ASIDE DEATH PENALTY IN 1996 SAMLETI BUS BLAST CASE, ORDERS FRESH TRIAL
JULY 17, 2026BangladeshDEATH PENALTYCHINESE EMBASSY IN BANGLADESH WARNS CITIZENS BUYING BRIDES RISK DEATH PENALTY
JULY 12, 2026SudanDEATH PENALTYSUDAN COURT SENTENCES RSF LEADER HEMETTI TO DEATH OVER WEST DARFUR KILLINGS
- JULY 12, 2026SudanDEATH PENALTY
SUDAN COURT SENTENCES RSF LEADER HEMETTI TO DEATH OVER WEST DARFUR KILLINGS
JULY 12, 2026North KoreaDEATH PENALTYNORTH KOREA: MILITARY OFFICER EXECUTED FOR STEALING RESERVE GRAIN
JULY 11, 2026South AfricaDEATH PENALTYSOUTH AFRICA: CALLS TO RESTORE DEATH PENALTY WOULD RETURN SA TO ‘BARBARISM’
JULY 9, 2026NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: LAGOS MAN GETS DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDER OVER WOMAN DISPUTE