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JANUARY 21, 2019EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: COURT SENTENCES ONE MAN TO DEATH, ANOTHER TO 15 YEARS OVER TODDLER RAPE
A Cairo criminal court sentenced on 16 January 2019 one man to death and another to 15 years in prison over the rape and attempted murder of a toddler.
JANUARY 21, 2019SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: MILITARY COURT SENTENCES ARMY OFFICER TO DEATH
Somali military court on 17 January 2019 sentenced military army officer to death after finding him guilty of murdering a police officer in Mogadishu on 6 October 2018, officials said.
JANUARY 21, 2019IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: MAN PUBLICLY EXECUTED ON SODOMY CHARGES
A man was hanged by Iran on 10 January 2019 in the southwestern city of Kazeroon, the state-run ISNA news agency reported.
JANUARY 18, 2019IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: MAN HANGED IN PUBLIC, CHILDREN WATCHED
A prisoner on 15 January 2019 was hanged in Public at a square in Falavarjan City, Isfahan Province, in Iran. He was sentenced to death for murder and rape charges.
JANUARY 18, 2019NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: EIGHT PEOPLE SENTENCED TO DEATH BY HANGING ATTACK JOURNALISTS IN ADAMAWA COURT
Some journalists were on 17 January 2019 attacked by eight people condemned to death by hanging by a Yola High Cour.
JANUARY 18, 2019MalaysiaDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA: THREE MURDERERS TO HANG AFTER FINAL APPEALS DISMISSED
Three men lost their final appeals against their death sentences for murder convictions at the Federal Court in Kota Kinabalu on 15 January 2019.
JANUARY 17, 2019ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: CANADIAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DRUG SMUGGLING
A Chinese court on 14 January 2019 upped Robert Lloyd Schellenberg’s sentence from 15 years in prison to execution after he appealed against the court’s December verdict.
JANUARY 17, 2019Sri LankaDEATH PENALTYSRI LANKA: TWO SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER SIX MURDERS IN 1999
Two persons on 10 January 2019 were sentenced to death by the Colombo High Court after being found guilty of murdering six persons.
JANUARY 17, 2019VietnamDEATH PENALTYVIETNAM: SCHOOL TEACHER GETS DEATH SENTENCE FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
A school teacher in northern Vietnam has received the death penalty for drug trafficking, state media reported on 15 January 2019.
- JANUARY 17, 2019VirginiaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Virginia. Senate passes bill to bar death penalty for seriously mentally ill.
USA - Virginia. Senate passes bill to bar death penalty for seriously mentally ill.
JANUARY 17, 2019NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: 5 TO HANG OVER OSUN ROBBERY
Five men - Ifedayo Adebiyi, Semiu Taofeek, Afolabi Ogunwale, Oyeleke Mukaila and Ogunbayo Joshua – on 14 January 2019 were convicted by the Osun State High Court sitting in Iwo and sentenced to death by hanging.
JANUARY 16, 2019VietnamDEATH PENALTYVIETNAM: DEATH PENALTY HANDED TO TWO HEROIN TRANSPORTERS
The Hanoi People’s Court pronounced the death penalty for two defendants charged with the illegal transportation of drugs at the first instance trial on 10 January 2019.
JANUARY 16, 2019NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: 22-YEAR-OLD TO BE HANGED IN EKITI FOR ARMED ROBBERY
An Ado-Ekiti high court on 9 January 2019 sentenced one Alonge Ajayi, 22, to death by hanging for armed robbery.
- JANUARY 16, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: MAN HANGED IN PUBLIC
A prisoner was hanged in Public at a square in the southern Iranian city of Kazerun, Iran Human Rights reported on 10 January 2019.
- JANUARY 16, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - An unidentified man was hanghed on Jan. 16 at Mati Kola Prison
IRAN - An unidentified man was hanghed on Jan. 16 at Mati Kola Prison
- JANUARY 15, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: THREE MEN PUBLICLY EXECUTED FOR ARMED ROBBERY
Iran on 13 January 2019 hanged three men sentenced to death for armed robbery, all of them executed in public in front of a crowd of onlookers, Iranian judiciary’s website Mizan reported.
- JANUARY 15, 2019DEATH PENALTY
FLORIDA (USA): WITH BACKING OF NEW GOVERNOR, CLEMENCY BOARD POSTHUMOUSLY PARDONS THE ‘GROVELAND FOUR’
The Florida Clemency Board on 11 January 2019 unanimously granted posthumous pardons to the “Groveland Four,” four young African-American men falsely accused of raping a young white woman in Lake County, Florida in 1949.
JANUARY 15, 2019ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: MAN COMPENSATED FOR WRONGFUL CONVICTION
A man who was acquitted after spending 25 years in prison in northeast China's Jilin Province was offered compensation from the state on 7 January 2019.
JANUARY 15, 2019NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: TWO SENTENCED TO DEATH IN ONDO FOR ARMED ROBBERY
An Ondo State High Court sitting in Olokuta, Akure, the state capital, has sentenced two persons, Tobechukwu Aguonu and Uche Igwe, to death by hanging after finding them guilty of armed robbery, Punchng reported on 5 January 2019.
- JANUARY 15, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Farhard Akbari was executed on January 15, 2019 at the Ilam Central Prison.
IRAN - Farhard Akbari was executed on January 15, 2019 at the Ilam Central Prison.
- JANUARY 15, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Massoud Nazeri was executed on January 15 at the Ilam Central Prison.
IRAN - Massoud Nazeri was executed on January 15 at the Ilam Central Prison.
JANUARY 14, 2019TunisiaDEATH PENALTYTUNISIA: 41 SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER 2014 ATTACK ON ARMY
A Tunisian court has sentenced 41 jihadists to death over an attack that killed 15 soldiers on the border with Algeria in 2014, prosecutors said on 12 January 2019.
JANUARY 14, 2019MoroccoDEATH PENALTYMOROCCO: KING MOHAMMED VI PARDONS 783 PRISONERS
The Ministry of Justice in Rabat on 13 January 2019 has announced that King Mohammed VI has graciously pardoned 783 prisoners as part of the celebrations for the 75th Anniversary of the Manifesto of Independence.
- JANUARY 14, 2019SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
SOMALIA: SOMALI SOLDIER GIVEN DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDERING CIVILIAN
Somali military court on 12 January 2019 sentenced an army officer to the death penalty after he was found guilty of intentionally killing a civilian identified as Dayah Iman Hassan on 21st October last year near Seybiyano locality in Hodan district, Moga
JANUARY 14, 2019IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: 12 MEN HANGED FOR MURDER CHARGES
According to the IHR sources, on the morning of 9 January 2019 at least 12 prisoners were executed at Karaj city’s Rajai Shahr prison for murder charges.
- JANUARY 14, 2019KentuckyDEATH PENALTY
USA - Kentucky. U.S. Supreme Court Reverses Case of Larry Lamont White
USA - Kentucky. U.S. Supreme Court Reverses Case of Larry Lamont White
- JANUARY 11, 2019Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
A Pakistani executed for drug
29 January 2018: Mohammed Imran Falak Sher, a Pakistani citizen, was beheaded for smuggling heroin.
JANUARY 11, 2019ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: MAN EXECUTED FOR KINDERGARTEN KNIFE ATTACK
A court in southern China has put a man to death after he injured 12 children in a knife attack at a kindergarten, the state broadcaster said on 7 January 2019.
- JANUARY 11, 2019United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Chaos Continues in Guantánamo Death-Penalty Trial
USA - Chaos Continues in Guantánamo Death-Penalty Trial
JANUARY 11, 2019Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYARABIA: PAKISTANI NATIONAL EXECUTED IN DAMMAM FOR BEATING TO DEATH A SAUDI MAN
A Pakistani national on 9 January 2019 was executed in Saudi Arabia’s Dammam for beating to death a Saudi national.