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SEPTEMBER 15, 2016IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: PRISONER EXECUTED ON DRUG RELATED CHARGES
A prisoner who was executed on drug related charges has been identified. 34-year-old Kamran Maleki was
- SEPTEMBER 14, 2016CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - California. A jury has recommended the death penalty for Michael Thomas
USA - California. A jury has recommended the death penalty for Michael Thomas
- SEPTEMBER 14, 2016TogoDEATH PENALTY
Togo officially accessed to the 1989 Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and
Togo officially accessed to the 1989 Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and
- SEPTEMBER 14, 2016OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Oklahoma. Oklahoma will have at least a 2-year delay in lethal injections
USA - Oklahoma. Oklahoma will have at least a 2-year delay in lethal injections
- SEPTEMBER 13, 2016TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. The Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has upheld the costitutionality of lethal injection protocol
USA - Texas. The Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has upheld the costitutionality of lethal injection protocol
SEPTEMBER 13, 2016EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: YOUTH SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING HIS FATHER IN GIZA
Giza criminal court has sentenced a young man to death for killing his father.
SEPTEMBER 13, 2016JapanDEATH PENALTYJAPAN: DEATH SENTENCE UPHELD FOR KILLER OF FIVE
The Hiroshima High Court upheld the death penalty for a 66-year-old man convicted of killing five neighbors and setting fire to two of their homes in a remote community in Yamaguchi Prefecture in 2013.
SEPTEMBER 13, 2016IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: THREE PRISONERS HANGED AT SHIRAZ'S ADEL ABAD PRISON
Two prisoners sentenced to death for armed robbery and one prisoner sentenced to death for rape were
SEPTEMBER 13, 2016DEATH PENALTYOKLAHOMA (USA): EXECUTIONS STAYED UNTIL AGREEMENT REACHED ON NEW PROCEDURES
Oklahoma will have a two-year delay in lethal injections after the government board of the prison system declined to consider new execution procedures.
- SEPTEMBER 12, 2016DEATH PENALTY
DELAWARE (USA): LONGTIME DEATH ROW INMATE JERMAINE WRIGHT SET FREE
Jermaine Wright, who spent more than 20 years on death row, walked out of prison a free man today after
SEPTEMBER 12, 2016TanzaniaDEATH PENALTYTANZANIA: 21 CONVICTED, CONDEMNED TO DEATH OVER ALBINO KILLING
Over 21 people have been convicted of killing people with albinism in Tanzania and sentenced to death.
SEPTEMBER 12, 2016VietnamDEATH PENALTYVIETNAM: 2 MEN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR TRAFFICKING 7 KILOS OF HEROIN
A court in the central province of Nghe An sentenced two people to death and another to life in prison for
- SEPTEMBER 12, 2016DelawareDEATH PENALTY
USA - Delaware. Jermaine Wright, who spent more than 20 years on death row, walked out of prison a free man today
USA - Delaware. Jermaine Wright, who spent more than 20 years on death row, walked out of prison a free man today
SEPTEMBER 12, 2016ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA 'STRICTLY CONTROLS DEATH PENALTY' - WHITE PAPER
China strictly controls the death penalty and employs it with prudence, said a white paper on judical protection of human rights released by the State Council Information Office of China.
SEPTEMBER 11, 2016IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: A PRISONER HANGED IN MASHHAD
According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency in Iran (HRANA), a prisoner from
SEPTEMBER 11, 2016IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: 17 PRISONERS HANGED AT VAKILABAD PRISON
17 prisoners sentenced to death on drug related charges were reportedly hanged at Mashhad's Vakilabad Prison (Razavi Khorasan province, northwestern Iran).
SEPTEMBER 10, 2016IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: 7 PRISONERS EXECUTED ON DRUG RELATED CHARGES
Seven prisoners were executed at Bandar Abbas Central Prison (Hormozgan province, southern Iran) on
- SEPTEMBER 9, 2016MissouriDEATH PENALTY
USA - Missouri. The Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit has issued a stay of its prior order requiring the state to disclose the identity of drug supplier,
USA - Missouri. The Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit has issued a stay of its prior order requiring the state to disclose the identity of drug supplier,
SEPTEMBER 9, 2016CyprusDEATH PENALTYCYPRUS: PARLIAMENT REVOKES CONSTITUTIONAL PROVISION ALLOWING CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
The plenary of the House of Representatives approved a constitutional amendment to strike out a provision in the country`s supreme law that enabled the imposition of the death penalty.
SEPTEMBER 8, 2016IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: PALESTINIAN YOUTH EXECUTED
Iraqi authorities executed a Palestinian youth after accusing him of collaborating with armed groups in Iraq,
SEPTEMBER 8, 2016IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: ANKUR PANWAR SENTENCED TO DEATH IN PREETI RATHI ACID ATTACK AND MURDER CASE
A special women's court sentenced a 25-year-old man to death for murdering a Delhi resident by hurling acid at Bandra Terminus in 2013.
- SEPTEMBER 8, 2016Sierra LeoneDEATH PENALTY
SIERRA LEONE: DEATH SENTENCE FOR LAC & G-FAG
Baimba Moi Foray (alias LA Chocolate) and Foday Amara Kamara (alias G-Fag) were sentenced to death
- SEPTEMBER 8, 2016FloridaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Florida. The Florida Supreme Court has ruled that Freddie Lee Hall has proven that he has Intellectual Disability
USA - Florida. The Florida Supreme Court has ruled that Freddie Lee Hall has proven that he has Intellectual Disability
- SEPTEMBER 8, 2016CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - California. The Supreme Court of California overturned the death sentence of Daniel Sanchez Covarrubias
USA - California. The Supreme Court of California overturned the death sentence of Daniel Sanchez Covarrubias
SEPTEMBER 7, 2016ThailandDEATH PENALTYTHAILAND: DEATH SENTENCE FOR THREE MEN INVOLVED IN MURDER OF EX-MAYOR OF SONGKHLA MUNICIPALITY
The Supreme Court has upheld the death sentence for three men found guilty of murdering the former mayor
SEPTEMBER 6, 2016SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: AL-SHABAAB BEHEADS TWO ELDERS FOR 'SUPPORTING THE GOVERNMENT'
Two Somali elders have been beheaded by jihadist group Al-Shabaab after they were abducted from their
- SEPTEMBER 4, 2016EgyptDEATH PENALTY
EGYPT: 4 SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DAESH LINKS
An Egyptian court sentenced four people to death for alleged links with the Daesh militant group.
SEPTEMBER 3, 2016BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: GAZIPUR COURT ORDERS DEATH SENTENCE FOR FIVE PERSONS IN 2008 MURDER
A Gazipur court found six people guilty in the 2008 murder of a man at the district’s Joydebpur.
- SEPTEMBER 3, 2016IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: UNIDENTIFIED PRISONER HANGED FOR MURDER
The death sentence for an unidentified 22-year-old prisoner, who was charged with the murder of a
SEPTEMBER 3, 2016BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: ISLAMIST MIR QUASEM ALI HANGED FOR 1971 WAR CRIMES
A leader and financial backer of the biggest Islamist party in Bangladesh was executed for war crimes committed during the war of independence from Pakistan in 1971.