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OCTOBER 4, 2021IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: UP MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR THE RAPE AND MURDER OF HIS 5-MONTH-OLD NIECE
A man in Lucknow, in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, on 29 September 2021 was sentenced to death by the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) court for the rape and murder of his five-month-and-thirteen-days-old niece.
OCTOBER 4, 2021EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: 3 MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD MEMBERS SENTENCED TO DEATH
An Egyptian court on 28 September 2021 sentenced three members of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood to death and nine to life in prison over killing a policeman and a civilian, state-run MENA news agency reported.
- OCTOBER 3, 2021IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: TWO RAPISTS GET LIFE AS BOMBAY HC COMMUTES DEATH PENALTY
Two convicts who were handed out death penalty for raping a minor girl got life in jail, without remission, on 7 September 2021 as the Nagpur bench of the Bombay high court rejected their appeals but commuted the capital punishment to life term.
- OCTOBER 3, 2021ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: FORMER PRESTIGIOUS COLLEGE ALUMNI SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR BRUTALLY KILLING HIS MOTHER
A young man who murdered his mother in 2015, a high-profile case as he was a student at the prestigious Peking University, was sentenced to death by a court in Fuzhou, East China's Fujian Province, on 26 August 2021.
OCTOBER 3, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Father and son executed in Yazd Prison on October 3
Hossein and Ramin Dadzadeh
OCTOBER 2, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hossein Hedayati executed in Amol Prison on October 2
For murder
OCTOBER 1, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 4 inmates executed in Adelabad Prison in Shiraz on October 1
At least 277 executions in Iran so far in 2021
- SEPTEMBER 30, 2021TanzaniaDEATH PENALTY
TANZANIA: TRIO SENTENCED TO DEATH IN MURDER CASE
Three people have been sentenced to death after they were found guilty of killing four people, Daily News reported on 29 September 2021.
- SEPTEMBER 30, 2021BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: BUS SUPERVISOR GETS DEATH PENALTY IN DRUG CASE IN GAIBANDHA
A Gaibandha court on 17 August 2021 morning sentenced a man to death in a case over his involvement in smuggling heroin.
SEPTEMBER 30, 2021MississippiDEATH PENALTYUSA - Mississippi. Sherwood Brown Exonerated
186th Death-Row Exoneration Since 1973
SEPTEMBER 30, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mashallah Sabzi Executed
Based on Qassameh Testimony
- SEPTEMBER 29, 2021IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: 26-YEAR-OLD MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR RAPE-MURDER OF MINOR GIRL
A 26-year-old man was on 27 September 2021 awarded a death sentence in the Indian state of Rajasthan for raping an eight-year-old child and strangling her.
- SEPTEMBER 29, 2021IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Amirhossein Hatemi died under torture on September 23
At the Greater Tehran Penitentiary
- SEPTEMBER 29, 2021PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: THREE GET DEATH FOR GANG RAPE IN KASUR
A gender-based violence court in Kasur on 5 August 2021 awarded death sentence to three people in the gang rape of a mentally-challenged minor girl.
SEPTEMBER 29, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Yasin Abdullahi executed in Zahedan Prison on September 29
For murder
SEPTEMBER 29, 2021TexasDEATH PENALTYUSA - Texas. Rick Rhoades, 57, White, was executed
6th execution of the year in the US, never so few (due to the covid)
SEPTEMBER 29, 2021LouisianaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Louisiana death row: Inmates get time, daily meal together
SEPTEMBER 29, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Abbasgholi Salehi, Hamid Shahsanayi and Mohammad Barahouyi executed in Isfahan on September 29
81 executions for drug related crimes
SEPTEMBER 29, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Farhad Salehi-Jabehdar executed in Karaj Prison on September 29
On rape charges
- SEPTEMBER 28, 2021PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: WOMAN AWARDED DEATH SENTENCE FOR CLAIMING TO BE PROPHET
A Lahore district court on 27 September 2021 awarded death sentence to a woman for claiming to be a prophet.
- SEPTEMBER 28, 2021IraqDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ: THREE MEN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER IN IRAQI KURDISTAN
A court in Erbil, the capital of Iraqi Kurdistan, on 2 August 2021 sentenced three people to death for the murder of a leader of the Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan (DPIK).
SEPTEMBER 28, 2021JordanDEATH PENALTYJORDAN: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH BY HANGING FOR KILLING MOTHER
The Grand Criminal Court on 27 September 2021 sentenced a man to death by hanging for killing his mother with the help of his brother.
- SEPTEMBER 27, 2021PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MQM ACTIVIST’S KILLER SENTENCED TO DEATH
Hyderabad model criminal trial court-I judge Ahsan Durrani on 20 September 2021 awarded capital punishment to a suspect in murder case of an activist of Muttahida Qaumi Movement.
- SEPTEMBER 27, 2021Papua New GuineaDEATH PENALTY
PAPUA NEW GUINEA: COURT RULING CLEARS WAY FOR FIRST EXECUTIONS IN NEARLY 70 YEARS
A ruling by Papua New Guinea’s Supreme Court on 30 July 2021 cleared the way for the country’s first executions in almost 70 years.
SEPTEMBER 27, 2021NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: MAN TO DIE BY HANGING FOR KILLING WIFE IN JIGAWA
A Jigawa State High Court sitting in Gumel on 5 August 2021 sentenced a 40-year-old man Rabi’u Mamman to death by hanging for killing his wife.
- SEPTEMBER 26, 2021Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA: ISIS MEMBER EXECUTED IN JAZAN
The Saudi Interior Ministry announced on 29 July 2021 that it had carried out the death penalty against a member of the ISIS terror group in Jazan city.
- SEPTEMBER 26, 2021PortugalDEATH PENALTY
PORTUGAL: SUSPECT LINKED TO INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM FEARS DEATH PENALTY IF EXTRADITED
Indian citizen Iqbal Singh is in preventive custody in Lisbon following SEF’s execution of an international arrest warrant for connections to and the financing of terrorism, Portugal Resident reported on 9 September 2021.
- SEPTEMBER 25, 2021IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Sohrab Naji and Vahab Samadi executed in Shiraz on September 25
Naji for drugs, Samadi for murder
- SEPTEMBER 23, 2021VietnamDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM: THREE LAOTIAN DRUG MULES SENTENCED TO DEATH
A court in central Vietnam on 16 August 2021 handed out death penalties to three Laotian men for transporting heroin and other narcotics.
- SEPTEMBER 23, 2021JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN: EX-COP'S DEATH PENALTY UPHELD OVER MURDER OF WIFE, CHILDREN
A high court denied on 15 September 2021 an appeal lodged by the defense of a former policeman who a lower court ruled should be put to death for the murder of his wife and 2 children at their southwestern Japan home in June 2017.
