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- SEPTEMBER 23, 2021IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Hrana received reports regarding mass executions
in Taybad, Torbat-e Jam, and Mashhad prisons
- SEPTEMBER 23, 2021IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mass executions in prisons in the north of the country in September
- SEPTEMBER 23, 2021AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Alabama. Marcus Williams' death sentence overturned
- SEPTEMBER 22, 2021BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS DEATH PENALTY OF TWO FOR THE RAPE AND MURDER OF A CHILD
The Supreme Court on 21 September 2021 upheld the death sentence of two persons convicted for the abduction, rape and murder of Tania, a child from Patuakhali.
- SEPTEMBER 22, 2021VietnamDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR SMUGGLING ECSTASY FROM EUROPE TO VIETNAM
A Da Nang City court on 20 September 2021 sentenced to death the kingpin of a gang that smuggled thousands of ecstasy pills into Vietnam last year.
- SEPTEMBER 22, 2021IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: SEVEN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DOCTOR’S MURDER IN TAMIL NADU
More than seven years after the killing of popular Chennai based neurosurgeon Dr S D Subbaiah the First Additional Sessions Court on 4 August 2021 sentenced seven of the ten accused to death sentences and two others to double life terms.
- SEPTEMBER 22, 2021IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Ahmad Forouhid executed in Boroujerd Prison on September 22
For murder
- SEPTEMBER 22, 2021IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Unidentified man executed in Karaj Prison on September 22
for murder during a robbery
- SEPTEMBER 22, 2021United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Homicides increased by 29% in 2020, the year of Covid, but also of Black Lives Matter.
2021 still increasing
SEPTEMBER 22, 2021TexasDEATH PENALTYUSA - Texas. Appeals Court Vacates Conviction of Clinton Young
SEPTEMBER 22, 2021CaliforniaDEATH PENALTYUSA - California. Scott Peterson will be sentenced to LWOP in November
SEPTEMBER 22, 2021United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - In the Extreme: Women Serving Life Without Parole and Death Sentences
A report by the Alice Project
- SEPTEMBER 21, 2021ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: MAN WHO KILLED HIS PREGNANT WIFE SENTENCED TO DEATH
Yan Haojie, the man who killed his pregnant wife after she refused to help him repay his gambling debts, has been sentenced to death, the Shanghai No.1 Intermediate People's Court announced on 30 July 2021.
- SEPTEMBER 21, 2021Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA: EGYPTIAN EXECUTED FOR KILLING WOMAN, BURNING HER BODY
An Egyptian man was executed on 15 September 2021 in Saudi Arabia for killing a woman and burning her body in Medina.
- SEPTEMBER 21, 2021IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Shahin Naseri Dies in Custody Under Suspicious Circumstances
Witness to Navid Afkari’s Torture
- SEPTEMBER 21, 2021IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mostafa Shafiei executed in Rajai Shahr Prison on September 22
For murder
SEPTEMBER 21, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Abed Khodaverdi and Arshad Jodat executed in Zanjan Prison on September 21
For drugs
SEPTEMBER 21, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Arshad Javdat Rabat (Javdatian) executed in Zanjan Prison on September 21
For drugs
- SEPTEMBER 20, 2021YemenDEATH PENALTY
YEMEN: HOUTHIS EXECUTE NINE MEN FOR INVOLVEMENT IN SAMAD DEATH
Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthi movement said on 18 September 2021 that authorities had executed nine men who were convicted of involvement in the 2018 killing of Saleh al-Samad, then the armed group's top civilian leader.
SEPTEMBER 20, 2021TexasDEATH PENALTYUSA - Texas. Albert James Turner sentenced to life in prison
After retrial for double homicide
SEPTEMBER 20, 2021Trinidad & TobagoDEATH PENALTYTRINIDAD AND TOBAGO: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDERING TEENAGERS
A Tobago man on 28 July 2021 was sentenced to hang for the 2009 double murder of two teenage boys whose bodies were found close to each other at French Fort, Scarborough.
SEPTEMBER 20, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Unidentified Afghan man executed in Taybad Prison on September 20
At least 75 executed on drug-related charges in Iran in 2021
SEPTEMBER 20, 2021United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Appeals Panel Overturns Army Judge’s Ruling on Torture
At the Guantánamo war cour
- SEPTEMBER 19, 2021IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
INDONESIAN REPATRIATED AFTER MALAYSIAN COURT OVERTURNS DEATH PENALTY
Indonesian Consul General in Kuching Yonny Tri Prayitno on 8 September 2021 confirmed the consulate offered legal and repatriation assistance to Indonesian Ical Samerin, 36, whose death penalty verdict was overturned in Malaysia.
- SEPTEMBER 19, 2021EgyptDEATH PENALTY
EGYPT: COURT SENTENCES HISHAM ASHMAWY’S TOP AIDE, TWO OTHERS TO DEATH
An Egyptian court on 27 July 2021 sentenced three persons to death, including the senior aide of Hisham Al-Ashmawy who was executed last year, after finding them guilty of terrorism charges.
- SEPTEMBER 19, 2021MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: NIGERIAN MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING NURSE
A Nigerian, Alowonle Oluwajuwon Gilbert, was sentenced to death on 4 August 2021 in Malaysia over the death of a nurse.
- SEPTEMBER 16, 2021South SudanDEATH PENALTY
SOUTH SUDAN: 42 KILLED IN EXTRAJUDICIAL KILLINGS
The United Nations on 26 July 2021 demanded an end to extrajudicial killings in South Sudan after the execution of at least 42 people, including boys, in lawless parts of the country.
- SEPTEMBER 16, 2021ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: WOMAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR SERIES OF KILLINGS
A woman was sentenced to death on 9 September 2021 by a court in east China for a series of murders, robbery and kidnappings which caused seven deaths and shocked the nation.
SEPTEMBER 16, 2021NevadaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Nevada. Samuel Howard ruled ineligible for execution
On death row for 38 years
- SEPTEMBER 15, 2021TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. Another Execution Delayed After Claiming Violation Of Religious Freedom
Ruben Gutierrez