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JUNE 5, 2024PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: MURDER CONVICT SENTENCED TO DEATH IN ATTOCK
In a landmark verdict handed down on June 3, 2024, a murder convict was sentenced to death by the Attock judiciary for his involvement in a murder case dating back to 2021.
JUNE 5, 2024SudanDEATH PENALTYSUDAN: MAN AND WOMAN SENTENCED TO DEATH
Ed Damazin Court in Blue Nile region issued a death sentence against civil servant El Habib Eisa on June 3, 2024, after he was accused of “undermining the constitutional order.”
JUNE 5, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Nader Khosrawi and Nasrollah Ayoubi executed in Zanjan on June 5
JUNE 4, 2024AfghanistanDEATH PENALTYAFGHANISTAN: TALIBAN PUBLICLY FLOGS 30 INDIVIDUALS, INCLUDING A WOMAN, IN THE PAST FOUR DAYS
The Taliban has publicly flogged 30 individuals, including a woman, on multiple charges in the provinces of Ghor, Paktika, Ghazni, Khost, and Kunduz in the last four days, kabulnow.com reported on June 4, 2024.
JUNE 4, 2024IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: NAGPUR MAN GETS DEATH SENTENCE FOR RAPING, MURDERING GIRL, 5, IN 2019
A man was sentenced to death on June 3, 2024 by a Nagpur court for raping and murdering a 5-year-old girl in 2019.
JUNE 4, 2024BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: FIVE GET DEATH PENALTY IN JASHORE MURDER CASE
A court in Jashore on May 20, 2024 sentenced five people to death for killing an easy-bike driver at Sadar upazila of the district in 2011.
JUNE 4, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Havel Prize Awarded to Toomaj Salehi
Dissident Iranian Rapper
JUNE 3, 2024TongaDEATH PENALTYTONGA: LEGISLATORS REJECT DEATH PENALTY FOR DRUG CRIMES
A public debate in Parliament this week rejected a suggestion that the death penalty be used to deter drug offenders, RNZ reported on May 31, 2024.
JUNE 3, 2024YemenDEATH PENALTYYEMEN: HOUTHIS SENTENCE 44 TO DEATH ON CHARGES OF COLLABORATION WITH A SAUDI-LED COALITION
A court run by Yemen's Houthi rebels on June 1st, 2024 sentenced 44 people to death, including a businessman working with aid groups, on spying charges, a defense lawyer said.
JUNE 2, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Iman Rezaiepour executed in Neyshabur on June 2
JUNE 2, 2024IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ HANGS EIGHT CONVICTED OF 'TERRORISM'
Iraq executed eight people convicted of "terrorism", a security source and health official said on May 31, 2024, the third such group put to death in the country in little over a month.
JUNE 1, 2024IdahoDEATH PENALTYUSA - Idaho. Chad Daybell, 55, White, sentenced to death on June 1
- JUNE 1, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 3 men executed in Shiraz on June 1
Mahmoud Qaedi, Hassan Ne'matollahi, and Mohammad Saeed Zohrabi
MAY 31, 2024PennsylvaniaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Pennsylvania. State Supreme Court reinstates death penalty for Kevin Dowling
65, White
MAY 30, 2024DEATH PENALTYAMNESTY INTERNATIONAL GLOBAL REPORT: DEATH SENTENCES AND EXECUTIONS 2023
Executions soared to their highest number in almost a decade in 2023 with a sharp rise across the Middle East, Amnesty International said today as it released its annual report on the global use of the death penalty.
MAY 30, 2024AlabamaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Alabama. Jamie Mills, 50, White, was executed on May 30
MAY 30, 2024MalaysiaDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA: JAPANESE HAS DEATH SENTENCE REDUCED TO 30-YEAR PRISON TERM
Malaysia's top court commuted the death sentence imposed on a Japanese woman for drug trafficking to 30 years in prison on May 29, 2024, following a judicial reform that eliminated mandatory capital punishment for illicit drug trade and several other seri
MAY 30, 2024ArizonaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Arizona. US Supreme Court reinstates death penalty for Danny Lee Jones
MAY 29, 2024BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: BOTSWANA NATIONAL GETS DEATH PENALTY IN NARCOTICS CASE
A Dhaka court on May 27, 2024 awarded death penalty to Botswana national Lesedi Molapisi in a narcotics case filled over drug smuggling.
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, 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 28, 2024United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Guantánamo prosecutors accused of “outrageous” misconduct
For trying to use torture testimony
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 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 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