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JULY 8, 2019Sri LankaDEATH PENALTYSRI LANKA: SUPREME COURT ISSUES INTERIM INJUNCTION ON IMPLEMENTING DEATH PENALTY UNTIL OCTOBER 30
Sri Lanka's Supreme Court on 5 July 2019 issued an interim order staying the implementation of the death penalty until October 30.
- JULY 8, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mostafa Shiri hanged at Zanjan prison on July 8.
IRAN - Mostafa Shiri hanged at Zanjan prison on July 8.
- JULY 7, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Iran to Sell Organs of Death Row Inmates.
IRAN - Iran to Sell Organs of Death Row Inmates.
- JULY 5, 2019SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
SOMALIA: AL-SHABAAB EXECUTED MAN ACCUSED OF BLACK MAGIC
Al-Shabaab militants on 5 July 2019 executed a man, 35-year old Ali Haaney Ahmed Kaytoy, in Buale town of Middle Shabelle Region after accusing him of practising black magic.
JULY 5, 2019VietnamDEATH PENALTYVIETNAM: TWO DRUG TRADERS SENTENCED TO DEATH
A central Vietnam court sentenced two men to death on 1 July 2019 for trading over 4.8 kilos of narcotics last year.
JULY 4, 2019BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: NINE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR 1994 ATTACK ON PM HASINA
A Bangladesh court on 3 July 2019 sentenced nine members of the main opposition party to death and handed life terms to another 25 for attempting to kill Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina 25 years ago, a government lawyer said.
- JULY 4, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - A man (unidentified) was executed at Birjand prison on July 4.
IRAN - A man (unidentified) was executed at Birjand prison on July 4.
JULY 4, 2019IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: AT LEAST 110 EXECUTED AT THE FIRST HALF OF 2019
According to the Iran Human Rights statistic department, at least 110 people have been executed between January 1 and June 30, 2019, in Iran.
JULY 4, 2019ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: FATHER SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING HIS BABY'S DOCTOR IN HOSPITAL IN A REVENGE ATTACK AFTER THE GIRL DIED OF AN ILLNESS
A Chinese was sentenced to death on 4 July 2019 for killing a doctor in the hospital in a revenge attack after his three-day-old daughter died of an illness.
JULY 4, 2019VietnamDEATH PENALTYVIETNAM: 4 DRUG TRAFFICKERS GET DEATH SENTENCE
Four Vietnamese people on 3 July 2019 were sentenced to death and two others got jail terms of 18 years and 20 years respectively for trafficking over 3.4 kg of heroin.
JULY 3, 2019NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: TARABA STATE ASSEMBLY ADOPTS DEATH PENALTY FOR KIDNAPPERS
The Taraba House of Assembly on 2 July 2019 amended the state Kidnapping and Abduction Prohibition Act 2010, to introduce death penalty and life imprisonment for offenders.
JULY 3, 2019Sri LankaDEATH PENALTYSRI LANKA: CARRYING OUT DEATH PENALTY WILL CAUSE LOSS OF GSP+ SAYS JVP
President Maithripala Sirisena’s decision to carry out the death penalty will lead Sri Lanka to lose GSP+ benefits received from the European Union as well as set the stage for an anti-Sri Lanka campaigns across the world, the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (J
- JULY 3, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mehdi Assadi and Hassan Baradaran hanged at Rajai-Shahr prison on July 3.
IRAN - Mehdi Assadi and Hassan Baradaran hanged at Rajai-Shahr prison on July 3.
- JULY 3, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Majid Sadr was hanged at Kashan prison on July 3.
IRAN - Majid Sadr was hanged at Kashan prison on July 3.
- JULY 3, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: TWO PRISONERS HANGED AT RAJAI-SHAHR PRISON FOR MURDER
Mehdi Assadi and Hassan Baradaran were hanged at Rajai-Shahr prison on 3 July 2019.
JULY 3, 2019United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA: DEATH PENALTY ABOLITIONISTS FASTING AT SUPREME COURT
As Death Penalty Use Declines, Highly Visible Anti-Death Penalty Activists from AAC (Abolitionist Action Committee) Continue Four Day Fast and Vigil at U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, DC.
JULY 2, 2019IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: MAN HANGED IN BANDAR ABBAS FOR MURDER
According to IHR sources, on the early morning of 30 June 2019 a man was hanged at Tohid Prison in Bandar Abbas.
JULY 2, 2019Sri LankaDEATH PENALTYSRI LANKA: PRIME MINISTER SAYS HE AND HIS PARTY OPPOSE REINSTATING DEATH PENALTY
Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said on 30 June 2019 he and the United National Party (UNP) do not agree to implementing the death penalty ending a 43-year moratorium and many political parties including the opposition are against it.
JULY 2, 2019Myanmar (Burma)DEATH PENALTYMYANMAR: GUNMAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR ARMED ROBBERY IN MANDALAY
Mandalay District Court on 27 June 2019 sentenced a man to death for an armed robbery that resulted in the death of a woman in Chan Mya Tharsi township in Mandalay Region.
- JULY 2, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - At Least 110 Executed at the First Half of 2019.
IRAN - At Least 110 Executed at the First Half of 2019.
- JULY 1, 2019Sri LankaDEATH PENALTY
EU SAYS PLANNED SRI LANKA EXECUTIONS CONTRADICT COMMITMENTS
The European Union on 27 June 2019 criticized Sri Lanka’s move to resume executions, saying it would directly contradict the country’s commitment to maintain a 43-year moratorium on death penalty at the U.N. General Assembly last year.
- JULY 1, 2019SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
SOMALIA: PUNTLAND COURT OKS DEATH SENTENCES AGAINST 3 RAPED 12-YEAR-OLD GIRL
A high court in Somalia's northeastern regional state on 30 June 2019 upheld the death sentence of three men convicted of raping, mutilating and killing of a teenager early this year.
JULY 1, 2019IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: SOGHRA KHALILI, MOTHER OF 4-YEAR-OLD SON, SENTENCED TO DEATH IN SANANDAJ
The death penalty of Soghra Khalil was upheld on 24 June 2019.
- JULY 1, 2019United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - 26th Annual Fast & Vigil to Abolish the Death Penalty on the sidewalk in front of the US Supreme Court.
USA - 26th Annual Fast & Vigil to Abolish the Death Penalty on the sidewalk in front of the US Supreme Court.
JULY 1, 2019Sri LankaDEATH PENALTYSRI LANKA HIRES FIRST TWO HANGMEN IN 43 YEARS
Sri Lanka has recruited two hangmen as it prepares to carry out four executions - the first in 43 years.
- JUNE 30, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Sohrab Tajmehr hanged at Bandar Abbas prison on June 30.
IRAN - Sohrab Tajmehr hanged at Bandar Abbas prison on June 30.
- JUNE 29, 2019OregonDEATH PENALTY
USA - Oregon. The Senate passed SB 1013 to restrict capital punishment.
USA - Oregon. The Senate passed SB 1013 to restrict capital punishment.
JUNE 28, 2019IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: DAESH MEMBER SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KIDNAPPING, KILLING YAZIDIS
The Niniveh Criminal Court in northern Iraq has sentenced one person to death for belonging to Daesh and taking part in the kidnapping and murder of Iraqi citizens from the Yazidi religious minority.
- JUNE 28, 2019New MexicoDEATH PENALTY
USA - New Mexico. New Mexico sets aside final 2 death sentences.
USA - New Mexico. New Mexico sets aside final 2 death sentences.
JUNE 28, 2019IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: FIVE MEN HANGED IN RAJA’I SHAHR PRISON
Five men were hanged at Rajai-Shahr prison on 26 June 2019.