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JUNE 19, 2021NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: 22-YEAR-OLD MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER ARMED ROBBERY IN EKITI
A High Court in Ado Ekiti on 17 June 2021 sentenced a 22-year-old man, Kehinde Olajide, to death by hanging for armed robbery.
JUNE 17, 2021PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: TWO CLERICS SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KIDNAPPING AND MURDERING STUDENT
An anti-terrorism court (ATC) in Pakistan on 14 June 2021 sentenced two clerics to death after finding them guilty of kidnapping a 15-year-old student for ransom and later murdering him.
JUNE 17, 2021Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: YOUNG MAN ACCUSED OF PARTICIPATING IN REBELLION EXECUTED
Saudi Arabia on 15 June 2021 executed a young man who was convicted on charges stemming from his alleged participation in an anti-government rebellion by minority Shiites.
- JUNE 17, 2021OhioDEATH PENALTY
USA - Ohio. New trial to August Cassano
JUNE 16, 2021SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: 17 AL-SHABAAB MEMBERS SENTENCED TO DEATH IN PUNTLAND
The military Supreme Court in the semi-autonomous Somali regional state of Puntland on 13 June 2021 sentenced 17 men to death in Galkayo.
JUNE 16, 2021IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: AL-QAEDA MEMBER SENTENCED TO DEATH
An Iraqi criminal court handed down two death sentences to a senior al-Qaeda religious leader member, the Supreme Judicial Council announced on 14 June 2021.
JUNE 16, 2021North CarolinaDEATH PENALTYUSA - South Carolina. Supreme Court Halts Executions of Brad Sigmon and Freddie Owens
Scheduled for June 16 and 25
JUNE 16, 2021North CarolinaDEATH PENALTYUSA - North Carolina. Governor pardons ex-death row inmate Charles Ray Finch
Who spent more than 40 years in prison
JUNE 16, 2021North CarolinaDEATH PENALTYUSA - North Carolina. Judge frees Michael Wayne Sherrill from death row
Sentenced to death 12 years ago
- JUNE 16, 2021United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - White House Reasserts Opposition to Death Penalty
After the controversy over the Tsarnaev case
- JUNE 15, 2021United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA Most atheists and agnostics oppose the death penalty
Unlike other U.S. religious groups
JUNE 15, 2021IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: 10 AWARDED DEATH FOR 2018 MURDER OF BIHAR BUSINESSMAN
A session court in Bihar on 14 June 2021 sentenced 10 persons to death for the murder of a local businessman for extortion in 2018.
JUNE 15, 2021EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: DEATH PENALTY UPHELD FOR 12 BROTHERHOOD MEMBERS
An Egyptian court on 14 June 2021 upheld death sentences for 12 Muslim Brotherhood members, concluding a trial linked to a 2013 mass killing by security forces at an Islamist sit-in, a judicial official said.
JUNE 15, 2021AlabamaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Alabama. "Almost ready to execute with nitrogen"
Declares the Attorney General
JUNE 15, 2021United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Biden’s Death Penalty Reversal in the Boston Bomber Case
Follows in Trump's footsteps
JUNE 14, 2021BelarusDEATH PENALTYBELARUS: DEATH ROW PRISONER VIKTAR PAULAU ‘MOST LIKELY EXECUTED’, CONVICT’S SISTER SAID
Death row inmate Viktar Paulau was ‘most likely executed’, the convict’s sister Raisa told Andrey Paluda, coordinator of the campaign ‘Human Rights Defenders against the Death Penalty in Belarus’.
JUNE 14, 2021BotswanaDEATH PENALTYBOTSWANA: MAN EXECUTED OVER 2011 MURDERS OF HIS GIRLFRIEND AND CHILD
Botswana on 11 June 2021 carried out the execution of a man who murdered his girlfriend and young son in 2011.
JUNE 13, 2021United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTYINDIA: LULU JOB OFFER FOR EXPAT SAVED FROM DEATH ROW IN UAE
An Indian expat on death row in the UAE returned home on 9 June 2021 after languishing in jail for almost nine years in a road accident case.
JUNE 13, 2021EthiopiaDEATH PENALTYETHIOPIA: BOY PUBLICLY EXECUTED IN OROMIA
Ethiopian government forces summarily executed a 17-year-old boy in Ethiopia’s Oromia region in broad daylight, Human Rights Watch said on 10 June 2021.
JUNE 10, 2021EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: MAN GETS DEATH SENTENCE FOR RAPING MENTALLY ILL GIRL
An Egyptian court had sentenced a man to death by hanging after convicting him of raping a mentally challenged girl in his house, the Gulf News reported on 8 June 2021.
JUNE 10, 2021Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTYGAZA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
The Khan Younis Court of First Instance issued a death sentence against the citizen (A.M.) for the charge of premeditated murder, Human Rights and Democracy Media Center “SHAMS” reported on 8 June 2021.
- JUNE 9, 2021IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Bill Targeting Citizen Journalists Passed Parliamentary Judiciary Commission
Spreading inforrmation seen as "espionage"
JUNE 9, 2021United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Gerald Marshall's second message
From Texas' death row
JUNE 9, 2021TexasDEATH PENALTYUSA - Texas. Raymond Riles resentenced to life
After 45 years on death row
JUNE 9, 2021TunisiaDEATH PENALTYTUNISIA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR THE MURDER OF POLICE OFFICER IN 2017
A court in Tunisia sentenced to death a takfiri for the murder of Commandant Riadh Barrouta killed in a stabbing attack back in 2017 at Bardo Museum in capital Tunis.
JUNE 9, 2021NebraskaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Nebraska. Aubrey Trail sentenced to death
JUNE 9, 2021ZambiaDEATH PENALTYZAMBIA: HIGH COURT SENTENCES TEACHER WHO SHOT DEAD HIS EX-WIFE TO DEATH
The Lusaka High Court has sentenced Kenneth Makina, a teacher, to death by hanging for the murder of his ex-wife Charity Jikubi, The Mast reported on 9 June 2021.
JUNE 9, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Unidentified man hanged on June 9
In Rajai Shahr Prison, for murder
- JUNE 8, 2021Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
UNITED KINGDOM: FOREIGN SECRETARY URGED TO INTERVENE IN SAUDI ARABIA DEATH PENALTY CASES
The relatives of two men awaiting execution in Saudi Arabia on 7 June 2021 asked British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab to press for their release while he visits the kingdom.
JUNE 8, 2021North KoreaDEATH PENALTYNORTH KOREA: KIM JONG-UN WAGING WAR ON SLANG, JEANS AND FOREIGN FILMS
North Korea has recently introduced a sweeping new law which seeks to stamp out any kind of foreign influence - harshly punishing anyone caught with foreign films, clothing or even using slang, BBC reported on 7 June 2021.