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- JUNE 1, 2020IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Unidentified prisoner hanged on June 1 at the central prison of Mashhad city.
IRAN - Unidentified prisoner hanged on June 1 at the central prison of Mashhad city.
- JUNE 1, 2020DEATH PENALTY
PENNSYLVANIA (USA): FEDERAL JUDGE CHRISTOPHER CONNER OVERTURNED THE MURDER CONVICTION OF SAMUEL RANDOLPH
U.S. Middle District Chief Judge Christopher Conner on 27 May 2020 overturned the murder convictions of Samuel Randolph, now 48, Black.
- JUNE 1, 2020IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - A prisoner, identified as Sepideh Dam, was reportedly hanged on June 1
IRAN - A prisoner, identified as Sepideh Dam, was reportedly hanged on June 1
JUNE 1, 2020NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: BADEH'S AIDES MAY FACE DEATH PENALTY
Six Nigerian Air Force personnel detailed to provide security for the late Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Air Chief Marshal Alex Badeh, may face the death penalty following the guilty verdict pronounced on them by the General Court Martial (GCM) constitute
JUNE 1, 2020NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: MAN GETS DEATH SENTENCE FOR KILLING OWN FATHER
An Ikeja Special Offences Court on 1st June 2020 sentenced Rasak Abiona to death for beating his 62-year-old father to death with a metal rod during a dispute over property in Lagos.
JUNE 1, 2020CanadaDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Canada Continues Pressure On Iran To Hand Over Black Boxes Of Downed Airliner.
IRAN - Canada Continues Pressure On Iran To Hand Over Black Boxes Of Downed Airliner.
MAY 31, 2020SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: PUNTLAND MARTIAL COURT EXECUTES A SOLDIER CONVICTED OF MURDER
Puntland Martial Court on 28 May 2020 oversaw the execution of Ahmed Adan Mohammed, who was found guilty of intentionally killing Hassan Shire Amaan, the former commander in charge of Bosaso Airport security.
MAY 31, 2020DEATH PENALTYIRAN: ROUHANI CALLS FOR STRICTER LAWS ON 'HONOR KILLINGS' AFTER KILLING OF 13-YEAR-OLD GIRL
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has called for harsher laws to tackle so-called "honor killings" after the particularly shocking slaying of a teenage girl, allegedly by her father, prompted a nationwide outcry.
MAY 31, 2020NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: PASTOR SENTENCED TO DEATH BY HANGING FOR COMMITTING MURDER IN ONDO
Samson Kolawole, a pastor with a Pentecostal church in Ondo State, on 29 May 2020 was sentenced to death for committing murder.
MAY 30, 2020IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Interior Minister Minimizes Number of November Uprising Martyrs.
IRAN - Interior Minister Minimizes Number of November Uprising Martyrs.
- MAY 28, 2020DEATH PENALTY
NEBRASKA (USA): STATE SUPREME COURT ORDERS RELEASE OF LETHAL-INJECTION DRUG RECORDS
In a major victory for media outlets and prisoner advocates, the Nebraska Supreme Court has ordered the state’s Department of Correctional Services (DCS) to release public records related to the procurement of drugs used in the 2018 execution of Carey Dea
MAY 28, 2020PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: YOUNAS MASIH, ASIA BIBI’S BROTHER-IN-LAW, KILLED IN SHEIKHUPURA
Younas Masih, 50, father of two children and Asia Bibi’s brother-in-law, was found dead on 25 May 2020 in fields near Sheikhupura, Punjab.
MAY 28, 2020IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Central Prison of Karaj: A humanitarian catastrophe in the making.
IRAN - Central Prison of Karaj: A humanitarian catastrophe in the making.
MAY 27, 2020PennsylvaniaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Pennsylvania. Federal Judge Christopher Conner overturned the murder conviction of Samuel Randolph
USA - Pennsylvania. Federal Judge Christopher Conner overturned the murder conviction of Samuel Randolph
- MAY 27, 2020IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Rouhani Calls For Stricter Laws On 'Honor Killings' After Killing Of 13-Year-Old Romina Ashrafi
IRAN - Rouhani Calls For Stricter Laws On 'Honor Killings' After Killing Of 13-Year-Old Romina Ashrafi
- MAY 26, 2020DEATH PENALTY
TEXAS (USA): RONALD PRIBLE COULD GO FREE WITHIN A MATTER OF MONTHS
A federal judge on 20 May 2020 ordered prosecutors to either bring new proceedings against a Texas death row inmate or release him from prison.
- MAY 26, 2020YemenDEATH PENALTY
YEMEN: INTERNATIONAL OUTCRY OVER YEMENI JOURNALISTS FACING DEATH PENALTY
More than 150 human rights and press freedom groups have appealed to the United Nations to help overturn the death penalty to four journalists in Yemen, Aljazeera reported on 18 May 2020.
- MAY 25, 2020North KoreaDEATH PENALTY
NORTH KOREA: COUPLE EXECUTED FOR TRYING TO ESCAPE TO SOUTH DURING COVID-19 EMERGENCY
North Korean authorities earlier this month executed a husband and wife for attempting to flee the country during the COVID-19 national emergency quarantine, sources in the country told RFA.
MAY 25, 2020DEATH PENALTYUSA: ZACARIAS MOUSSAOUI SAYS HE IS RENOUNCING TERRORISM, AL-QAIDA AND THE ISLAMIC STATE
Zacarias Moussaoui, the only man ever convicted in a U.S. court for a role in the Sept. 11 attacks, now says he is renouncing terrorism, al-Qaida and the Islamic State.
MAY 25, 2020QatarDEATH PENALTYQATAR: NEPALI MAN SHOT TO DEATH AS PUNISHMENT FOR MURDER
Qatar has executed a Nepali migrant worker named Anil Chaudhary from Mahottari district, The Himalayan Times reported on 21 May 2020.
MAY 24, 2020IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - According to PMOI / MEK, on May 24, 2020, the Coronavirus death toll has exceeded 44,000.
IRAN - According to PMOI / MEK, on May 24, 2020, the Coronavirus death toll has exceeded 44,000.
- MAY 24, 2020IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Ali Khamenei pardoned 3,721 convicts
IRAN - Ali Khamenei pardoned 3,721 convicts
MAY 23, 2020Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: KHASHOGGI'S SONS FORGIVE SAUDI KILLERS, SPARING 5 EXECUTION
The family of slain Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi announced on 22 May 2020 they have forgiven his Saudi killers, giving legal reprieve to the five government agents who'd been sentenced to death for an operation that cast a cloud of suspicion
MAY 23, 2020VietnamDEATH PENALTYVIETNAM: SEVEN DRUG TRAFFICKERS SENTENCED TO DEATH
An appeal court in Vietnam's southern Ho Chi Minh City has handed down the capital punishment to seven drug traffickers for smuggling nearly 400 heroin cakes from Laos to the country, local media reported on 22 May 2020.
MAY 23, 2020IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: UP COURT SENTENCES MAN TO DEATH FOR KILLING SIX PEOPLE
A court in Uttar Pradesh on 21 May 2020 awarded death sentence to a person in connection with the murder of six members of a family seven years ago over a property dispute.
MAY 23, 2020United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Hannah Cox, of Conservatives Concerned About the Death Penalty: “Death Penalty is Now a GOP Fringe Position”
USA - Hannah Cox, of Conservatives Concerned About the Death Penalty: “Death Penalty is Now a GOP Fringe Position”
MAY 22, 2020IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - The husband of Nasrin Sotoudeh Criticizes Iran’s Refusal to Furlough Her.
IRAN - The husband of Nasrin Sotoudeh Criticizes Iran’s Refusal to Furlough Her.
- MAY 21, 2020DEATH PENALTY
OREGON (USA): DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS IS CLOSING DEATH ROW
Oregon Department of Corrections officials said on 15 May 2020 the agency will eliminate the state’s death row area of incarceration.
MAY 21, 2020VietnamDEATH PENALTYVIETNAM: TWO MEN WERE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING IN HANOI
A Hanoi court sentenced two men to death and a woman to life in prison on 20 May 2020 for drug trafficking.
MAY 21, 2020DEATH PENALTYIRAN: FRENCH-IRANIAN ACADEMIC FARIBA ADELKHAH SENTENCED TO SIX YEARS IN PRISON
Iran has sentenced French-Iranian academic Fariba Adelkhah to six years in prison on national security charges, her lawyer said on 16 May 2020.