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NOVEMBER 28, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ebrahim Narouyi executed in Mashhad on November 28
For drugs
- NOVEMBER 27, 2021IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Majid Sargolzayi executed in Zahedan on November 27
For drugs
- NOVEMBER 25, 2021IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Abdolsattar Shehbakhsh and Khan Mohmmad Rahmatzehi executed in Kerman on November 25
On drug-related charges
NOVEMBER 25, 2021PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: MAN RECEIVES DEATH PENALTY FOR RAPING DAUGHTER
A local court in the Hafizabad District of Punjab on 24 November 2021 sentenced a man to capital punishment for raping his own daughter.
NOVEMBER 25, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - A woman, Maryam Khakpour, executed in Isfahan Central Prison on November 25
NOVEMBER 25, 2021IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: MUMBAI'S HIGH COURT COMMUTES DEATH SENTENCES IN RAPE CASE
Mumbai's High Court on 25 November 2021 commuted the death sentences of three men convicted in a rape case that heightened public outrage over women's safety in India.
NOVEMBER 25, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Heidar Ghaljayi executed Kerman Central Prison on November 25
For drugs
NOVEMBER 25, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - UN human rights experts condemned the execution of Arman Abdolali
Over 85 juvenile offenders on death row in Iran
- NOVEMBER 24, 2021IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mohammad Safari executed in Rajai Shahr Prison on November 24
For murder
- NOVEMBER 24, 2021North KoreaDEATH PENALTY
NORTH KOREAN SENTENCED TO DEATH AFTER STUDENTS CAUGHT WATCHING SQUID GAME
North Korea has sentenced to death a man who smuggled and sold copies of the Netflix series “Squid Game”.
NOVEMBER 24, 2021SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: PUNTLAND COURT SENTENCES TWO AL-SHABAAB FIGHTERS TO DEATH FOR BOSSASO PRISON ATTACK
A military court in Puntland sentenced two Al-Shabaab members to death on 21 November 2021 for their role in a prison attack in Bossaso in March.
NOVEMBER 24, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Juvenile offender Arman Abdolali executed
In Rajai Shahr Prison on November 24
NOVEMBER 24, 2021BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: APEX COURT UPHOLDS DEATH PENALTY OF JMB MILITANT SALEHIN
The Supreme Court of Bangladesh on 23 November 2021 upheld the death penalty of Salauddin Salehin, a dreaded militant from the banned JMB, who was convicted in the killing of Goni Gomez of Jamalpur 17 years ago.
NOVEMBER 24, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Juvenile Offender Arman Abdolali Buried in Tehran
- NOVEMBER 23, 2021IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Unnamed couple executed in Yasuj
For murder
NOVEMBER 23, 2021PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: CHRISTIAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR BLASPHEMY ACQUITTED
A Christian in Pakistan incarcerated for nearly 10 years on a blasphemy conviction was released from prison on 9 November 2021 after a high court acquitted him.
NOVEMBER 23, 2021TennesseeDEATH PENALTYUSA - Tennessee. Judge vacates 2 death sentences of Pervis Payne
- NOVEMBER 22, 2021IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Over 9700 girls 10-14 married in Iran in spring 2021
In Iran, 100 marriages of children under 15 are registered every 24 hours
NOVEMBER 22, 2021YemenDEATH PENALTYYEMEN: RAY OF HOPE FOR KERALITE NIMISHA PRIYA DEATH ROW
An Appeal Court in Yemen has allowed Keralite Nimisha Priya to employ a translator during the trial proceedings over the case pertaining to the murder of a Yemeni national, Manorama News reported on 22 November 2021.
- NOVEMBER 21, 2021DEATH PENALTY
OKLAHOMA (USA): GOVERNOR GRANTS CLEMENCY, SPARES JULIUS JONES’ LIFE
Oklahoma’s governor spared the life of Julius Jones on 18 November 2021, just hours before his scheduled execution that had drawn widespread outcry and protests over doubts about his guilt in the slaying of a businessman more than 20 years ago.
- NOVEMBER 21, 2021DEATH PENALTY
MISSISSIPPI (USA): DAVID COX EXECUTED
A Mississippi man who shot his estranged wife to death and sexually assaulted his stepdaughter during an eight-hour 2010 standoff with police was put to death on 17 November 2021, local media reported.
- NOVEMBER 21, 2021MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: 2 SENTENCED TO DEATH FREED OVER IDENTITY DOUBTS
A storekeeper and a forklift operator escaped the gallows for murder in Malaysia as two prosecution witnesses were unable to identify the assailants, Free Malaysia Today reported on 18 November 2021.
- NOVEMBER 18, 2021IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mostafa Pourahmad and Mojtaba Bagheri executed in Rasht on November 18
Both sentenced for murder
- NOVEMBER 18, 2021IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Shamsedin Ghaljayi executed in Kerman on November 18
For drug-related offences
NOVEMBER 18, 2021IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: UTTAR PRADESH MAN TO BE HANGED FOR KILLING HIS 3 DAUGHTERS
An alcoholic man in Lalitpur district (Uttar Pradesh), who had killed his three daughters out of five three years ago, was sentenced to death by additional district and sessions judge Nirbhay Prakash on 12 November 2021.
NOVEMBER 18, 2021NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING HIS FATHER IN AKWA IBOM
A 36-year-old man, Victor Obit, on 10 November 2021 was sentenced to death by hanging by the Akwa Ibom State High Court for killing his father.
NOVEMBER 18, 2021VietnamDEATH PENALTYVIETNAM: TWO EX-CONVICTS SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Two Vietnamese men on 10 November 2021 were sentenced to death for drug trafficking after they had just finished their previous jail terms.
NOVEMBER 18, 2021OklahomaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Oklahoma. Governor Grants Clemency to Julius Jones
- NOVEMBER 18, 2021TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. Tyrone Jamaal Williams sentenced to death
- NOVEMBER 17, 2021IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Sobhan Molayi executed in Qazvin on November 17
For murder