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- JULY 5, 2021IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 2 men, not identified, executed on July 5 in Maragheh Prison
For sexual relation with married woman
JULY 5, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 16-year-old girl Shakiba Bakhtiar Murdered by Father in Honour Killing
By law, this will be considered a "minor offense"
JULY 5, 2021JapanDEATH PENALTYJAPAN: TOP COURT UPHOLDS DEATH PENALTY FOR 'BLACK WIDOW' SERIAL KILLER
The Supreme Court on 29 June 2021 upheld the death sentence given to a 74-year-old woman dubbed the “black widow” for murdering her husband and two common-law partners with poison in western Japan between 2012 and 2013 to inherit money and escape debt.
JULY 5, 2021SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: AL-SHABAAB EXECUTES SIX ALLEGED SPIES
Al-Shabaab terrorist group on 27 June 2021 publicly executed six people accused of spying for the American intelligence agency, the CIA, in southern Somalia.
JULY 5, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Edris Gargij (Arbabzehi) executed in Zahedan Prison on July 5
For murder
JULY 5, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ali P. executed in Mashhad Prison on July 5
crime unknown
- JULY 4, 2021IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Khezr Ghavidel acquitted after execution
Relatives always insisted on the irregularities of the trial
JULY 4, 2021IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: NINE SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER 2014 SPEICHER MASSACRE
The Iraqi Central Criminal Court on 27 June 2021 issued death sentences against nine convicts involved in the Camp Speicher massacre in Saladin, in 2014.
JULY 4, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Anvar Abdollahi, Baha-oddin and Davood Ghasemzadeh executed in Urmia
On July 4, for murder
JULY 4, 2021Myanmar (Burma)DEATH PENALTYMYANMAR: AT LEAST 883 CIVILIANS KILLED, 126 SENTENCED TO DEATH SINCE COUP
At least 883 unarmed civilians have been killed by security forces in Myanmar since the military seizure of power in early February and 126 have been sentenced to death.
JULY 4, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 2 men executed in Shiraz prison on July 4th
One of them identified as "Jahani"
- JULY 3, 2021VirginiaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Virginia. Death row emptied
the only 2 prisoners moved off
- JULY 3, 2021IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - The trial of Ali Younesi and Amir Hossein Moradi was held on July 3
Young scientists accused of links with the opposition
JULY 3, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Nasser Azmoudeh and Shahriar Amiri executed in Urmia on July 3
For drugs
JULY 2, 2021ArizonaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Arizona. Danny Lee Jones’ death sentence overturned
- JULY 1, 2021United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - DPIC 2021 Mid-Year Review
Continuing Record-Low Death Penalty Usage in First Half of Year
- JULY 1, 2021SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
SOMALIA: THREE EXECUTED IN PUNTLAND FOR TERRORISM
Authorities in the regional state of Puntland on 27 June 2021 executed three men in Garowe and Qardho town, regional police commander Colonel Mumi Abdi Shire told the media.
JULY 1, 2021EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR SLAYING TEEN SON WITH SCALPEL
An Egyptian court has convicted a father of killing his teenage son with a scalpel and sentenced him to death, Gulf News reported on 29 June 2021.
JULY 1, 2021Sri LankaDEATH PENALTYSRI LANKA: DEATH ROW PRISONERS END HUNGER STRIKE
Death row prisoners in Sri Lanka, who were on a hunger strike demanding commutation of their sentences, similar to the Presidential pardon extended to a former parliamentarian facing capital punishment earlier in the week, have ended their protest after o
JULY 1, 2021United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Attorney General Merrick Garland suspends federal executions
"Not enough"
JULY 1, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Khamenei Appoints Mohseni-Eje’i as Judiciary Chief
Had a direct role in almost all crimes and executions in the past 42 years
JULY 1, 2021OklahomaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Oklahoma. Death row inmate Nicholas Davis dies after contracting COVID-19
Davis is 1 of 56 inmates who have died of COVID-19 in Oklahoma
- JULY 1, 2021CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - California. Douglas Harris sentenced to death
- JULY 1, 2021FloridaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Florida. Supreme Court strikes down Christian Cruz’s death sentence
- JUNE 30, 2021IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mohammad Taher Soleimani executed in Mahabad Prison on June 30
For drugs
- JUNE 30, 2021IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Azim Karimizayi executed in Mashhad Prison on June 30
For drugs
- JUNE 30, 2021IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - A man, identified only as A. A., executed in Mashhad Prison on June 30
For killing his wife
JUNE 30, 2021TexasDEATH PENALTYUSA - Texas. John Hummel was executed on June 30
In Huntsville, by lethal injection
JUNE 30, 2021EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: NINE EXECUTIONS CARRIED OUT IN CAIRO
Nine death sentences were carried out on 27 June 2021 at the Cairo appeals prison, a maximum security facility in Cairo known for holding prisoners on death row.
JUNE 30, 2021SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: 18 AL-SHABAAB CONVICTS EXECUTED IN PUNTLAND
A military court in Puntland on 27 June 2021 executed eighteen Al-Shabaab members by firing squad in the central town, Galkayo.