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SEPTEMBER 3, 2019Sri LankaDEATH PENALTYSRI LANKA: THREE SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER MURDER IN MORATUWA
The Panadura High Court on 3 September 2019 sentenced to death three persons who were found guilty over hacking to death of a person in 2009 at Egoda Uyana Junction in Moratuwa.
SEPTEMBER 2, 2019IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: 11 IS JIHADISTS SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR INVOLVEMENT IN KILLING SECURITY FORCES
An Iraqi court has sentenced 11 members of the so-called Islamic State terrorist group to death by hanging for their involvement in the killing of three security forces in Babil governorate in 2014, the media center of the Supreme Judicial Council said in
SEPTEMBER 2, 2019EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: THREE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR 2016 KILLING OF FOUR POLICEMEN
An Egyptian criminal court has sentenced three men to death for killing four policemen in Qalioubiya in 2016, ahram.org reported on 17 August 2019.
SEPTEMBER 2, 2019DEATH PENALTYUSA: TRIAL FOR MEN CHARGED WITH PLOTTING SEPT. 11 ATTACKS IS SET FOR 2021
A military judge on Friday set Jan. 11, 2021, as the start of the joint death-penalty trial at Guantánamo Bay of Khalid Shaikh Mohammed and four men charged as plotters of the attacks that killed 2,976 people in New York, Washington and a Pennsylvania fie
SEPTEMBER 2, 2019VietnamDEATH PENALTYVIETNAM: LAOTIAN MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR METH SMUGGLING
The Quang Binh Provincial People's Court on 28 August 2019 gave a death sentence to a Laotian man for involving in the smuggling of over 300 kilos of meth.
- AUGUST 30, 2019TennesseeDEATH PENALTY
USA - Tennessee. Death sentence of Abu-Ali Abdur’Rahman vacated
USA - Tennessee. Death sentence of Abu-Ali Abdur’Rahman vacated
- AUGUST 30, 2019United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Trial for Men Charged With Plotting Sept. 11 Attacks Is Set for 2021.
USA - Trial for Men Charged With Plotting Sept. 11 Attacks Is Set for 2021.
- AUGUST 30, 2019CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - California. Judge Anthony Villalobos sentenced John Hernandez Felix to death
USA - California. Judge Anthony Villalobos sentenced John Hernandez Felix to death
- AUGUST 29, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 8 executions in Raja’i Shahr Prison on August 29.
IRAN - 8 executions in Raja’i Shahr Prison on August 29.
- AUGUST 29, 2019MississippiDEATH PENALTY
USA - Mississippi. The Mississippi Supreme Court threw out the murder conviction of Curtis Flowers.
USA - Mississippi. The Mississippi Supreme Court threw out the murder conviction of Curtis Flowers.
- AUGUST 28, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Hamid Reza Derakhshandeh was executed on August 28 in public in the city of Kazeroun.
IRAN - Hamid Reza Derakhshandeh was executed on August 28 in public in the city of Kazeroun.
- AUGUST 28, 2019ConnecticutDEATH PENALTY
USA - Connecticut. The extensive use of solitary confinement is unconstitutional, federal judge rules.
USA - Connecticut. The extensive use of solitary confinement is unconstitutional, federal judge rules.
- AUGUST 27, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Reza Moti, was executed at Tabriz Central Prison on August 27.
IRAN - Reza Moti, was executed at Tabriz Central Prison on August 27.
- AUGUST 27, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Zabihollah Zakari and Valid Ahmad were hanged at Tohid Prison in Bandar Abbas on August 27.
IRAN - Zabihollah Zakari and Valid Ahmad were hanged at Tohid Prison in Bandar Abbas on August 27.
- AUGUST 27, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 20-year-old civil rights activist Saba Kord-Afshari sentenced to 24 years.
IRAN - 20-year-old civil rights activist Saba Kord-Afshari sentenced to 24 years.
- AUGUST 26, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - A man, identified only as H., was hanged in public on August 26.
IRAN - A man, identified only as H., was hanged in public on August 26.
- AUGUST 26, 2019OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Oklahoma. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit has granted habeas relief to Roderick L. Smith
USA - Oklahoma. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit has granted habeas relief to Roderick L. Smith
- AUGUST 25, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Hojatollah Assadian was hanged on August 25 in Mazandaran province.
IRAN - Hojatollah Assadian was hanged on August 25 in Mazandaran province.
- AUGUST 25, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - A man idenfied only as Houshang was hanged on August 25 in Bandar Abbas
IRAN - A man idenfied only as Houshang was hanged on August 25 in Bandar Abbas
- AUGUST 25, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - An unidentified woman was hanged on August 25, 2019 in the Central Prison of Mashhad (Vakilabad)
IRAN - An unidentified woman was hanged on August 25, 2019 in the Central Prison of Mashhad (Vakilabad)
- AUGUST 24, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Civil activists face a new wave of repression
IRAN - Civil activists face a new wave of repression
- AUGUST 23, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 200 Imprisoned Women Protest Inhumane Conditions of Qarchak Prison
IRAN - 200 Imprisoned Women Protest Inhumane Conditions of Qarchak Prison
- AUGUST 22, 2019FloridaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Florida. Gary Ray Bowles, 57, White, was executed.
USA - Florida. Gary Ray Bowles, 57, White, was executed.
- AUGUST 21, 2019TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. Larry Ray Swearingen, 48, White, was executed
USA - Texas. Larry Ray Swearingen, 48, White, was executed
- AUGUST 21, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Morad Shahsavari was hanged at the prison of Shirvan city on August 21.
IRAN - Morad Shahsavari was hanged at the prison of Shirvan city on August 21.
- AUGUST 21, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Abolhassan Ghorbani was hanged at a prison in the city of Sari on August 21.
IRAN - Abolhassan Ghorbani was hanged at a prison in the city of Sari on August 21.
- AUGUST 21, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on the case of scientist Ahmad Reza Djalali
IRAN - Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on the case of scientist Ahmad Reza Djalali
AUGUST 21, 2019NevadaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Nevada. Paul Browning released after 33 years on death row.
USA - Nevada. Paul Browning released after 33 years on death row.
- AUGUST 18, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Amin Zanganeh was executed at Shiraz prison on August 18.
IRAN - Amin Zanganeh was executed at Shiraz prison on August 18.
- AUGUST 16, 2019United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Jewish Congregations Ask Not to Seek Death Penalty in Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooting.
USA - Jewish Congregations Ask Not to Seek Death Penalty in Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooting.