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MARCH 17, 2021IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: ARIZ KHAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER OF INSPECTOR MOHAN CHAND SHARMA
A Delhi court on 15 March 2021 awarded the death penalty to convict Ariz Khan for the murder of inspector Mohan Chand Sharma in the 2008 Batla House encounter case.
MARCH 17, 2021PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: SHC COMMUTES DEATH SENTENCE INTO LIFE TERM IN A MURDER CASE
The Sindh High Court (SHC) on 17 March 2021 commuted the death sentence of accused Farhan Ahmed to life imprisonment in alleged murder case.
MARCH 16, 2021PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: CLERIC SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR RAPING MINOR IN PESHAWAR
A Pakistani court on 13 March 2021 sentenced a cleric to death for sexually assaulting an eight-year-old girl in Peshawar city two years ago, the Dawn reported.
MARCH 16, 2021AfghanistanDEATH PENALTYAFGHANISTAN: TWO SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KABUL UNIVERSITY ATTACK
An appellate court in Parwan on 3 March 2021 sentenced to death two suspects accused of plotting the November 2020 attack on Kabul University.
MARCH 15, 2021BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: TWO GET DEATH PENALTY FOR KILLING KHULNA COLLEGE TEACHER
A Khulna court sentenced two accused to death on 15 March 2021 for killing a teacher of Shahid Abul Kashem Degree College in 2017.
MARCH 15, 2021PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: CHRISTIAN SERVING LIFE FOR BLASPHEMY GETS DEATH SENTENCE
A Pakistani court has given the death sentence to a Christian previously jailed for life after being convicted of sending text messages defaming Prophet Muhammad, UCA News reported on 12 March 2021.
MARCH 15, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Four men executed in Mashhad Prison on March 15
For gang-raping a woman
- MARCH 14, 2021DEATH PENALTY
USA - Oklahoma. Conviction of Shaun Bosse overturned
for murders in a reservation
MARCH 14, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - New trial for Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe
Charges of “propaganda against the system”
MARCH 14, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Nasser Valizadeh executed at Urmia Prison on March 14
For murder
MARCH 14, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Nafiseh Pakmehr, a woman, executed in the Prison of Taybad on March 14
116th woman hanged since Hassan Rouhani became president
MARCH 14, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hossein Akchin executed in Ardabil Prison on March 14
For murder
MARCH 14, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Alireza Ghorbani executed in Shiraz Central Prison on March 14
For murder
- MARCH 14, 2021IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Arash Waresi executed at Zanjan prison on March 14
For murder
- MARCH 13, 2021VietnamDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM UPHOLDS FARMERS' DEATH PENALTY OVER LAND CLASH
A court in Hanoi on 9 March 2021 rejected the appeals of two brothers sentenced to death for their part in a bloody confrontation with police over land rights.
MARCH 13, 2021North KoreaDEATH PENALTYNORTH KOREA: FOUR PUBLICLY EXECUTED IN PYONGYANG ON CHARGES OF DISTRIBUTING ‘ILLEGAL VIDEO MATERIALS’
Four North Koreans were publicly executed in Pyongyang recently on charges of distributing “illegal video materials,” Daily NK has learned.
MARCH 13, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Woman Hanged; Daughter Carried Out the Execution
Maryam Karimi executed in Rasht Prison on March 13
MARCH 11, 2021BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: 9 SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING MAN IN CTG
A Chattogram (Chittagong) court on 8 March 2021 sentenced nine people to death in a case filed over killing a man at Fatikchhari upazila 17 years ago.
MARCH 11, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ss of March 10, 2021, the death toll from Coronavirus exceeded 229,600
According to PMOI / MEK
MARCH 11, 2021IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: MIGRANT WORKER SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR 2018 RAPE & MURDER CASE IN KERALA
A migrant worker from Assam on 8 March 2021 was sentenced to death in Kerala by the District and Sessions Court for raping and murdering a 60-year-old woman at Puthenvelikkara in 2018.
MARCH 11, 2021Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: 5 DAESH MEMBERS SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR ASSASSINATING OFFICER, BLOWING UP MOSQUES
A preliminary death sentence was issued on 11 March 2021 in Saudi Arabia against five members of a cell affiliated with the terrorist group Daesh.
- MARCH 10, 2021Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
DR CONGO: AUTHORITIES SHOULD QUASH WHISTLEBLOWERS’ DEATH SENTENCES
Authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo should quash the death sentences imposed in absentia on two whistleblowers who provided information on corruption, Human Rights Watch declared on 9 March 2021.
MARCH 10, 2021Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTYDR CONGO: 16 SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING EBOLA MEDIC
Sixteen people, including a doctor, have been sentenced to death in absentia for the murder of a Cameroonian Ebola expert, lawyers said on 9 March 2021.
MARCH 9, 2021PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: DEATH SENTENCE OF WALI BABAR’S KILLERS QUASHED
A double bench of the Sindh High Court, Larkana, on 4 March 2021, accepting the appeal of convicted accused in journalist Wali Babar case, quashed the sentence passed by the ATC Court, Kandhkot.
MARCH 9, 2021IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: UTTARAKHAND MAN GETS DEATH PENALTY FOR SODOMISING AND MURDERING 5-YEAR OLD
A Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (Pocso) court of Uttarakhand on 6 March 2021 awarded death penalty to a man for sodomising and murdering a 5-year-old child in US Nagar. His parents were also sent to prison for concealing the crime, said an o
MARCH 9, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - UN Report: women second hand citizens
Javaid Rehman, UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in Iran
- MARCH 8, 2021ArizonaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Arizona. Department of Corrections Says It Is Ready to Resume Executions
with compounded pentobarbital
- MARCH 8, 2021Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
DRC: TWO WHISTLEBLOWERS SENTENCED TO DEATH IN ABSENTIA
Two whistleblowers Gradi Koko Lobanga and Navy Malela were sentenced to death in absentia in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in September 2020, the PPLAAF said on 4 March 2021.
MARCH 8, 2021PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: MAN WHO RAPED FIVE-YEAR-OLD GIRL GETS DEATH SENTENCE
Rawalpindi Additional District and Sessions Judge Jehangir Gondal awarded a death sentence and imposed a fine of Rs500,000 on a man convicted of raping a five-year-old girl.
MARCH 8, 2021OklahomaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Oklahoma. Julius Jones’ commutation request passes first hurdle
Pardon and Parole Board voted 3-1 to advance the case