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MAY 29, 2024ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: FORMER CHINA HUARONG INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS LIMITED GENERAL MANAGER SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR TAKING BRIBES
Bai Tianhui, former general manager of China Huarong International Holdings Limited, was sentenced to death for taking huge amounts of bribes by a court in Tianjin on May 28, 2024.
MAY 29, 2024IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: UTTARAKHAND HC COMMUTES DEATH SENTENCE OF MAN WHO RAPED HIS 5 YEAR OLD COUSIN SISTER MULTIPLE TIMES
The Uttarakhand High Court has commuted the death sentence of a man convicted of repeatedly raping his five-year-old orphaned cousin, Lawbeat reported on May 28, 2024.
- MAY 28, 2024United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Guantánamo prosecutors accused of “outrageous” misconduct
For trying to use torture testimony
MAY 28, 2024MalaysiaDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA: FOUR JOHOREANS SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING IN SABAH
Four Johoreans have been given the death penalty in Malaysia after they were found guilty of trafficking 34, 282.3 grams of drugs while travelling into Sandakan in 2020, The Star reported on May 9, 2024.
MAY 28, 2024NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: TWO TO DIE BY HANGING FOR STEALING N105,000, PHONES, OTHERS IN EKITI
An Ekiti State High Court, Ado Ekiti division, on May 23, 2024 sentenced two persons, Benjamin Joseph (32), and Stephen Orban (25), to death by hanging for robbing two persons of cash and valuable items.
MAY 28, 2024IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: THREE ISIS FIGHTERS EXECUTED
The Iraqi Supreme Judicial Council announced on May 28, 2024 the execution of three ISIS fighters.
- MAY 27, 2024MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: WOMAN'S DEATH SENTENCE COMMUTED TO 33 YEARS IN JAIL FOR MURDER
The Federal Court on May 20, 2024 commuted the death sentence of a woman who murdered her close friend by stabbing her seven times to 33 years in jail.
MAY 27, 2024IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: THREE, INCLUDING MOTHER, SON, SENTENCED TO DEATH IN KERALA FOR MURDERING 71-YEAR-OLD NEIGHBOUR
A Kerala court on May 22, 2024 sentenced three accused, including a mother and her son, to death for murdering their 71-year-old neighbour near Vizhinjam in Thiruvananthapuram in 2022.
MAY 26, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Samir Saeedi Rad executed in Qom on May 26
261 executions in Iran in 2024
MAY 26, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Alireza Arezoomandi and Samir Saeedirad executed in Qom on May 26
MAY 24, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Appeal of Jewish death row inmate Arvin Ghahremani dismissed
MAY 23, 2024SyriaDEATH PENALTYSYRIA: THREE DEATH SENTENCES IN ALEPPO COUNTRYSIDE FOR THE MURDER OF ABU GHANNOUM AND HIS WIFE
A military criminal court in the town of al-Rai in Aleppo’s countryside on May 22, 2024 issued a death sentence against the suspects involved in the assassination of activist Mohammed Abdul Latif (Abu Ghannoum) and his pregnant wife, about a year and a ha
MAY 23, 2024SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: PUNTLAND MILITARY COURT SENTENCES FOUR AL-SHABAB AFFILIATES TO DEATH AND PRISON TERMS
A Puntland military court sentenced four defendants to death and prison terms on May 21, 2024 for their links to the al-Shabab militant group.
MAY 23, 2024TexasDEATH PENALTYUSA - Texas. Retired Detective Says There Was No Crime in Robert Roberson’s Case
MAY 23, 2024EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: TEACHER SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER OF HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT
The Mansoura Criminal Court sentenced on May 21, 2024 a physics teacher to death for the premeditated murder of a high school student in Daqahliya governorate last February.
MAY 22, 2024MalaysiaDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA: SIBU MAN HAS DEATH SENTENCE COMMUTED TO 40 YEARS’ JAIL IN 2013 TRIPLE MURDER
A 54-year-old man was spared the gallows on May 13, 2024 after the Federal Court commuted his death sentence for the 2013 murders of his wife and two children in Sibu to 40 years in prison.
MAY 22, 2024BahrainDEATH PENALTYBAHRAIN: KING TAKES ACTIVISTS BY SURPRISE WITH PARDON FOR AT LEAST 1,500 PRISONERS
Bahrain has unconditionally released more than 1,500 prisoners, including political detainees, in the biggest royal pardon since the 2011 Arab spring uprising, The Guardian reported on April 9, 2024.
MAY 21, 2024BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: TWO TO BE HANGED FOR KILLING SHOP EMPLOYEE IN RAJSHAHI
A Rajshahi court on May 15, 2024 sentenced two persons to death for killing an employee of a mobile phone shop in the district in 2021.
- MAY 20, 2024United StatesDEATH PENALTY
May 20, 2024 . United Kingdom. Assange wins right to challenge US extradition
- MAY 20, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Dissident Expresses Joy Amid Mourning for President Raisi
Saeed Afkari, brother of the executed wrestler Navid Afkari
- MAY 20, 2024DEATH PENALTY
USA - Death Row USA Fall 2023 Report
As of October 1, 2023: Continued Decline of Death Row Population
MAY 20, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Raisi's death does not mean the closure of the case on his crimes
Ebrahim Raisi, the president of the Islamic Republic and a member of the "Death Committee"
MAY 20, 2024SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: MILITARY COURT RELEASES SIX MOROCCANS SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR REPATRIATION
A military court in Somalia has released the six Moroccan nationals who were recently sentenced to death by a military court in northern Somalia in late February.
MAY 20, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - NCRI: Raisi’s Death Delivers Strategic Blow to Khamenei
Sparking Crises and Youth Rebellion in Iran
MAY 20, 2024AlabamaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Alabama. District Attorney Files Amicus Brief in Support of Toforest Johnson
MAY 20, 2024IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: NEARLY 100 DEATH SENTENCES, LIFE SENTENCES IN DRUG TRAFFICKING CRACKDOWN
Nearly 100 individuals – both Iraqi citizens and foreign nationals – were sentenced to death or life imprisonment on drug trafficking charges between 2023 and 2024, a spokesperson to the Interior Ministry said on May 15, 2024.
- MAY 19, 2024Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA: SHIITE MAN EXECUTED FOR THREATENING NATIONAL SECURITY
Saudi Arabia on May 13, 2024 executed a shiite man for threatening national security by financing terrorism and associating with terrorist elements.
MAY 19, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Fardin Musazadeh and Mehdi Khadem executed in Ardebil on May 19
MAY 19, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hatem Ozdemir sentenced to death once again
Kurdish Political Prisoner
- MAY 19, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 4 men executed in Shiraz on May 19
Mojtaba Jouyandeh, Mostafa Aghaei, Nader Ghorbani + unidentified Afghan