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MAY 14, 2020NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: TWO TO DIE BY HANGING FOR RITUAL KILLING IN RIVERS
A High Court in Port Harcourt has sentenced a second-year student of Physics department, University of Port Harcourt, Ifeanyi Dike and one Ugochukwu Nwamiro to death by hanging over the murder of an eight-year-old girl, Victory Chikamso Nmezuwuba, Biorepo
MAY 14, 2020UgandaDEATH PENALTYUGANDA: SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCES FOR FOUR PEOPLE
The Ugandan Supreme Court has confirmed the death sentence of four people from Kamuli District, who are accused of disarming Police and lynched to death four people suspected of poisoning Paul Kigoli, Pml Daily reported on 12 May 2020.
- MAY 14, 2020TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. Cesar Fierro was released and returned to Mexico.
USA - Texas. Cesar Fierro was released and returned to Mexico.
MAY 13, 2020UgandaDEATH PENALTYUGANDA: SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCES FOR 82-YEAR OLD
The Ugandan Supreme Court has dismissed an appeal by Clement Wandubire, 82, who was sentenced to death for the murder of three people including two Police Officers and a Civilian old man, Pml Daily reported on 12 May 2020.
MAY 13, 2020DEATH PENALTYIRAN: HUMAN RIGHTS LAWYER SOHEILA HEJAB SENTENCED TO 18 YEARS IN PRISON
According to the report received by Hengaw Organization for Human Rights, Soheyla Hijab, the lawyer and civil activist from Kermanshah, on 18 March 2020 was sentenced to 18 years imprisonment by Tehran revolutionary court presided by judge Maghiseh.
MAY 13, 2020VietnamDEATH PENALTYVIETNAM: CHINESE MAN GETS DEATH FOR KILLING VIETNAMESE MOTHER-IN-LAW
A Chinese man was sentenced to death on 12 May 2020 in the southern province of Tay Ninh for murdering his Vietnamese mother-in-law.
MAY 12, 2020NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: FOUR PERSONS TO DIE BY HANGING FOR KILLING PENSIONER IN EKITI
An Ekiti State High Court in Ado Ekiti on 11 May 2020 sentenced two men and two women to death by hanging after finding them guilty of murder.
MAY 12, 2020DEATH PENALTYIRAN: HUMAN RIGHTS LAWYER SENTENCED TO PRISON
Payam Derafshan, a lawyer, is sentenced to two years prison terms and two years ban from practicing as a lawyer, at a court of the first instance for “insulting the Supreme Leader” in a private chat, Iran Human Rights reported on 9 May 2020.
MAY 12, 2020North KoreaDEATH PENALTYNORTH KOREA: BUSINESSMAN EXECUTED FOR REFUSING TO BUY GOV’T BONDS
The owner of mine shafts in a suburban area of Pyongyang who refused to buy government bonds was recently arrested and quietly executed, Daily NK has learned.
- MAY 11, 2020North KoreaDEATH PENALTY
DEATH PENALTY PREVAILS IN NORTH KOREA, WHITE PAPER SAYS
Capital punishment is still widespread in North Korea, but public executions and other forms of severe punishment could be receding, according to a South Korean report.
MAY 11, 2020DEATH PENALTYIRAN: 320 NEW ARRESTS FOR ‘SPREADING RUMORS ABOUT THE CORONAVIRUS’
The Commander of Police on 9 May 2020 said his forces have identified and dealt with 1,300 websites and arrested 320 individuals for "spreading rumors" about the spread of Coronavirus on social media.
MAY 11, 2020DEATH PENALTYIRAN: YOUNG WOMAN SENTENCED TO HAVE EYES GOUGED OUT
A young woman was sentenced to have her eyes gouged out in northeastern Iran, Women’s Committee of Iran NCRI reported on 9 May 2020.
MAY 10, 2020VietnamDEATH PENALTYVIETNAM: SUPREME PEOPLE’S COURT UPHOLDS VERDICT AND DEATH PENALTY FOR HỒ DUY HẢI
The Vietnamese Supreme People’s Court on 8 May 2020 rejected the request of the Supreme People’s Procuracy to re-investigate Hồ Duy Hải’s case.
- MAY 10, 2020IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - According to PMOI / MEK, on May 10, 2020, the Coronavirus death toll is 40,500.
IRAN - According to PMOI / MEK, on May 10, 2020, the Coronavirus death toll is 40,500.
MAY 10, 2020IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Kurdish political prisoner Saman Karimi sentenced to death.
IRAN - Kurdish political prisoner Saman Karimi sentenced to death.
MAY 10, 2020IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Iran Says Ready For Prisoners Swap With US
IRAN - Iran Says Ready For Prisoners Swap With US
MAY 10, 2020South CarolinaDEATH PENALTYUSA - South Carolina. Jerry Buck Inman to get new sentence.
USA - South Carolina. Jerry Buck Inman to get new sentence.
MAY 9, 2020ThailandDEATH PENALTYTHAILAND: 3 GET DEATH FOR MURDER OF WOMAN
Two soldiers and one policeman on 7 May 2020 were sentenced to death in Thailand for the murder of a woman in Kanchanaburi in 2016.
MAY 9, 2020North KoreaDEATH PENALTYNORTH KOREA: CHAGANG PROVINCE FORESTRY OFFICIAL EXECUTED FOR ILLEGAL CORN FARM
The head of a local forest management office in Chagang Province was recently executed for removing saplings from state-owned land and planting corn in their place, Daily NK reported on 16 April 2020.
- MAY 9, 2020IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Official death numbers.
IRAN - Official death numbers.
- MAY 9, 2020IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 320 new arrests for "Spreading Rumors about the coronavirus".
IRAN - 320 new arrests for "Spreading Rumors about the coronavirus".
- MAY 9, 2020IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 2 Afghan lawmakers say 45 migrants drowned by Iranian guards (see HoC May 2)
IRAN - 2 Afghan lawmakers say 45 migrants drowned by Iranian guards (see HoC May 2)
MAY 9, 2020IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Young woman sentenced to have eyes gouged out.
IRAN - Young woman sentenced to have eyes gouged out.
- MAY 9, 2020IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Payam Derafshan, a lawyer, is sentenced to two years
IRAN - Payam Derafshan, a lawyer, is sentenced to two years
MAY 8, 2020IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - The body of Ali Ajami, Iranian human rights activist, found in Texas on May 6, 2020.
IRAN - The body of Ali Ajami, Iranian human rights activist, found in Texas on May 6, 2020.
MAY 8, 2020TexasDEATH PENALTYUSA - Texas. Appeals Court Declines to Review Death Sentence Based Upon Hypnotically Assisted Identification Testimony
USA - Texas. Appeals Court Declines to Review Death Sentence Based Upon Hypnotically Assisted Identification Testimony
- MAY 7, 2020DEATH PENALTY
APPEAL FOR IRANIAN STUDENTS ALI YOUNESI AND AMIR HOSSEIN MORADI
To the UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres, to the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet
MAY 7, 2020DEATH PENALTYIRAN: MAN HANGED IN GOLESTAN PROVINCE
According to Iranian semi-official Fars News Agency, a man, whose name was not mentioned, was hanged at a prison in Gonbad Kavus city, Golestan province, on 5 May 2020.
- MAY 7, 2020IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - More information on Majid Esmaeilzadeh, the juvenile offender executed on April 18, 2020
IRAN - More information on Majid Esmaeilzadeh, the juvenile offender executed on April 18, 2020
MAY 7, 2020DEATH PENALTYIRAN: PRESSURE INCREASES ON PROMINENT RIGHTS DEFENDER IN PRISON
The Islamic Republic intelligence agents have tightened restrictions on a prominent Iranian human rights advocate as she begins her sixth year in prison, Radio Farda reported on 5 May 2020.