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APRIL 15, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Djalali moved out of solitary
Says Amnesty
- APRIL 14, 2021IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Arsalan Moradi executed on April 13 in Birjand Prison
For drugs
- APRIL 14, 2021TennesseeDEATH PENALTY
USA - Tennessee. Legislative Committees Approve Intellectual Disability Bill
House Bill 1062 and Senate Bill 1349
APRIL 14, 2021Myanmar (Burma)DEATH PENALTYMYANMAR: SEVEN MORE PEOPLE SENTENCED TO DEATH BY COURT-MARTIAL
Myanmar's state-run television reported on 13 April 2021 that seven people had been sentenced to death by court-martial for their roles in the killing of a woman who purportedly cooperated with the military.
APRIL 14, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Death sentence of Arsalan Khodkam commuted to life imprisonment
A Kurdish political prisoner
APRIL 14, 2021United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTYUAE: MURDERER SENTENCED TO DEATH PARDONED BY VICTIM'S FAMILY
The Sharjah Court of Appeal has reduced a sentence of death issued against a 34-year-old Asian accused of killing his roommate to seven years in prison, Khaleej Times reported on 14 April 2021.
- APRIL 14, 2021TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. Death sentence of Humberto Garza vacated
APRIL 14, 2021TexasDEATH PENALTYUSA - Texas. Death sentence of Raymond Riles vacated
State’s longest-serving death row inmate
- APRIL 13, 2021NevadaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Nevada. House repeals death penalty
Sends AB395 to Senate
- APRIL 13, 2021IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Sohrab Masgari executed on April 13
In Gonbad Kavous Prison, for murder
APRIL 13, 2021VietnamDEATH PENALTYVIETNAM: NIGERIAN DRUG TRANSPORTER SENTENCED TO DEATH
The People’s Court of the southwestern province of Tay Ninh on 13 April 2021 sentenced Unachukwu Chiluba Paulinus, a Nigerian man born in 1996, to death for illegally transporting narcotic substances under Clause 4, Article 250 of the 2015 Penal Code.
APRIL 13, 2021PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: MAN, SON SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER MURDER
A Mardan court on 1 April 2021 awarded a death sentence to a man and his son for stabbing to death his wife.
- APRIL 12, 2021IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Council of the EU prolongs and extends sanctions
For gross and systematic violations of human rights
- APRIL 12, 2021IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 3 men executed on April 12
One of them was Ghorban Karimi
- APRIL 12, 2021IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 3 men executed at Karaj Central Prison on April 12
Merhdad Jalali, Mohsen Madavian and Ramezan Ali Shahroodi
- APRIL 12, 2021IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Hossein Ramezani executed on April 12
In Qazvin Prison, for murder
APRIL 12, 2021Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: 80% OF PEOPLE SENTENCED TO DEATH AS MINORS STILL FACE EXECUTION
Anti-death penalty group Reprieve said on 9 April 2021 that 80% of those sentenced to death for crimes in Saudi Arabia while minors still face execution despite reforms announced in 2020.
APRIL 12, 2021IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: ISIS LEADER HANDED DEATH SENTENCE FOR 2014 ANBAR MASSACRE
An Iraqi court sentenced an Islamic State(ISIS) leader to death on 12 April 2021 for committing a massacre against a Sunni tribe in Anbar province in 2014.
APRIL 12, 2021Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: 3 SOLDIERS EXECUTED FOR 'HIGH TREASON’
Saudi Arabia executed three soldiers on 10 April 2021 it accused of committing “high treason,” without elaborating on which enemy the kingdom believed the men aided.
APRIL 12, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Arsalan Zare executed at Shiraz Prison on April 12
For murder
APRIL 12, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mohsen Mahdavian executed at Karaj Prison on April 12, 2021
For murder
- APRIL 11, 2021IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Morteza Kabiri executed in Isfahan Prison on April 11
Convicted of drug charges
- APRIL 11, 2021IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Amnesty International has called on Iran to halt the execution of Farhad Salehi Jabehdar
Aentenced to death for the rape of a minor
- APRIL 10, 2021Myanmar (Burma)DEATH PENALTY
MYANMAR: 19 SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING ASSOCIATE OF OFFICER
Nineteen people have been sentenced to death in Myanmar for killing an associate of an army captain in a district of Yangon, the military owned Myawaddy television station said on 9 April 2021.
APRIL 10, 2021IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: MAN GETS DEATH PENALTY FOR KILLING PREGNANT WIFE
Mahila Sessions Court Judge G. Prathibha Devi on 8 April 2021 awarded the death penalty to Bathula Nambiar alias Sujith, who killed his wife, Sailaja (29) by setting her ablaze.
APRIL 10, 2021North KoreaDEATH PENALTYNORTH KOREA: AUTHORITIES EXECUTE CHAIRMAN OF ‘DISTANCE EDUCATION ACT’ COMMISSION
Daily NK learned on 9 April 2021 that following an Organization and Guidance Department (OGD) investigation into the Ministry of Higher Education’s “non-standing commission for the implementation of the Distance Education Act,” North Korean authorities la
APRIL 10, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Bayazid Rashidi executed in Orumiyeh Prison on April 10
For drug related charges
- APRIL 9, 2021IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 4 men executed in Urmia prison on April 9
They were identified as Mahmoud Bayazid, Ali Mohammadzadeh, Arshad Heydari, and Hamid Najmi.
- APRIL 9, 2021United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Republican-led states secretly spending huge sums on execution drugs
In Arizona, Tennessee and Missouri
APRIL 9, 2021OhioDEATH PENALTYUSA - Ohio. Governor DeWine pushes back 3 more executions
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