Death penalty

D R CONGO: TWO MORE SOLDIERS SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR FLEEING BATTLE

Two more solders have been sentenced to death in the Democratic Republic of Congo after they fled battles in conflict-torn North Kivu province, a military court said on July 5, 2024

BANGLADESH: FOUR GET DEATH, 10 LIFE SENTENCES FOR 2012 MURDER OF BRAHMANBARIA AL LEADER IQBAL AZAD

A tribunal has sentenced four people to death and 10 to life in prison for the 2012 murder of Sarail Upazila Awami League leader Iqbal Azad in Brahmanbaria.

IRAN - Mohammad Ghorbani executed in Qazvin on July 9

CÔTE D’IVOIRE ACCEDES TO THE SECOND OPTIONAL PROTOCOL TO THE ICCPR

Côte d’Ivoire has acceded to the Second Optional Protocol to the ICCPR, which is the UN treaty aiming at the abolition of the death penalty, on 3 May 2024.

EGYPT: NINE SENTENCED TO DEATH BY HANGING FOR OPERATIONS SUPPORTING ‘TERRORIST’ MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD

A court sentenced nine people to death by hanging on July 6, 2024 as part of its verdict on 43 defendants in total accused of affiliation with the Muslim Brotherhood.

MALAYSIA: DEATH SENTENCE FOR INDONESIAN CLEANER’S MURDERER COMMUTED TO 35 YEARS JAIL

The Court of Appeal of Putrajaya on June 24, 2024 commuted the death sentence imposed on a 41-year-old man to 35 years in jail for murdering an Indonesian house cleaner in 2017 after she allegedly badmouthed him.

DR CONGO: 25 SOLDIERS SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR FLEEING BATTLE

Twenty-five soldiers have been sentenced to death by a military tribunal in the Democratic Republic of Congo for fleeing battles against M23 rebels and theft, their lawyer and an army spokesman said on July 4, 2024.

JAPAN: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER MURDER-ROBBERY

A 39-year-old man was sentenced to death on July 2, 2024 for murdering an elderly woman and her son and robbing them at her residence in Oita Prefecture, southwestern Japan, in 2020.

IRAN - Mojtaba Karami executed in Shiraz on July 7

IRAN - Mostafa Hosseini and Hatam Shahidi Executed in Gorgan on July 7

IRAN - Ali Ezati (Ezzati) Executed in Zanjan on July 6

SWEDEN SAYS THREE CITIZENS GIVEN DEATH SENTENCES IN IRAQ OVER SHOOTING

Three Swedish citizens have been sentenced to death in Iraq over their involvement in a shooting and a fourth may also face the same punishment over a separate crime, the Swedish foreign ministry said on July 4, 2024.

IRAN - Urgent Action for Sharifeh Mohammadi

Kurdish labor activist sentenced to death

NIGERIA: FIVE TO DIE BY HANGING FOR HERDER’S KILLING IN OSUN

Five men standing trial for the abduction and murder of a Fulani herder, Ibrahim Adamu, who until his death was selling cows at Owode-Ede, Osun State, were on July 2, 2024 sentenced to death by hanging by an Osun State High Court.

IRAN - Sharifeh Mohammadi Sentenced to Death

PAKISTAN: TWO GET DEATH SENTENCE IN BOMBING CASE

Two men on July 1, 2024 were sentenced to death and three times life imprisonment in the Ganjmandi police station bomb blast case by verdict of Judge Malik Ijaz Asif of the Special Anti-Terrorism Court of Rawalpindi.

IRAQ: ANOTHER SWEDISH CITIZEN SENTENCED TO DEATH

Another Swedish citizen has been sentenced to death in Iraq by a court decision, Report News Agency informed on July 2, 2024 referring to the Dagens Nyheter newspaper citing the press service of the Swedish Foreign Ministry.

SAUDI ARABIA: RIYADH COURT SCRAPS KERALA MAN'S DEATH PENALTY, TO BE RELEASED FROM JAIL SOON

The death penalty of Kozhikode native Abdul Rahim who is currently jailed in Saudi Arabia has been officially scrapped, Mathrubhumi web site reported on July 2, 2024.

IRAN . 3 men executed in Tabriz on July 2

Reza Ahmadzadeh, Bahram Moharrami, and Mansour …

THAILAND: SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE AGAINST FORMER DEPUTY MINISTER BANYIN

The Supreme Court on June 27, 2024 upheld the death sentence issued against former deputy commerce minister Banyin Tangpakorn by the lower courts for premeditated murder of a construction businessman back in 2015.

NIGERIA: SUPREME COURT FREES SOLDIER ON DEATH ROW AFTER 12 YEARS

The Supreme Court on June 28, 2024 discharged and acquitted a Nigerian Army Sergeant, Akawu Bala from the death sentence imposed on him by the General Court Martial of the Nigerian Army.

KUWAIT: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR WIFE’S MURDER AND DISMEMBERMENT

The Court of Appeal on June 30, 2024 rendered a verdict to execute a Kuwaiti citizen convicted of murdering his wife and dismembering her body after she revealed she was pregnant by him.

EGYPT: TERRORISM CRIMINAL COURT AWARDS DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDERING OFFICER

The Egyptian Terrorism Criminal Court has sentenced to death a man for murdering a police officer in Shibin Al-Qanater and attempting to kill others, the Committee for Justice (CFJ) reported on June 27, 2024.

USA - California. Larry Roberts Becomes the 200th Person Exonerated from Death Row

USA - DPIC Releases Report on Politicization of the Death Penalty

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IRAN - 4 men executed in Mashhad on June 30

Yaser Ghafoorian, Mohammad Hooshyar Alizadeh + 2 Unk

IRAN - Habib Shojaei executed in Sari on June 30

IRAN - Ali-Allah Bakhsh and Afzal-Allah Bakhsh executed in Shiraz on June 30