2017

SUDAN: DEATH SENTENCE FOR RAPE, MURDER OF GIRL IN SOUTH DARFUR CITY

The Children's Court in Nyala sentenced the rapist and killer of a six-year-old girl to death by hanging. The victim was found tied-down in his shop, and was suffocated with napkins and biscuits.

CHINA: LIU ZHIJUN, EX-RAILWAY MINISTER, SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR CORRUPTION

China handed down a suspended death sentence on a former railways minister for corruption, state media said, a case seen as a test of President Xi Jinping’s resolve to crack down on pervasive graft.

USA - Arizona. Arizona publishes new lethal injection rules.

USA - Arizona. Arizona publishes new lethal injection rules.

Morocco: murderer of the Jewish couple sentenced to death

29 May 2017: The Criminal Chamber at Casablanca Court of First Instance announced that it would demand the death penalty against the gardener named Mustapha R, accused of the murder of two Moroccan citizens of Jewish confession a year ago, reports the Ara

An unidentified prisoner sentenced to death on rape charges was reportedly hanged in public in Shiraz in front of a crowd of people.

An unidentified prisoner sentenced to death on rape charges was reportedly hanged in public in Shiraz in front of a crowd of people.

SAUDI ARABIA: DEATH SENTENCE UPHELD FOR DISABLED MAN ‘TORTURED FOR CONFESSION’

Saudi Arabia has upheld a death sentence for a disabled man, arrested in 2012 on suspicion of taking part in protests and then tortured until he signed a “false confession,” according to a rights group.

MALAYSIA: KENYAN WOMAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING

A Kenyan woman was sentenced to death by a Malaysian court after she was found guilty of trafficking in methamphetamine four years ago.

KUWAIT: MAN WHO KILLED POLICE OFFICER SENTENCED TO DEATH

A court in Kuwait has sentenced a Kuwaiti to death for killing one police officer and wounding five others.

SOMALIA: AL SHABAAB STONE A MAN TO DEATH FOR ADULTERY

Al Shabaab fighters in Somalia stoned a man to death as a punishment for committing adultery.

SOMALIA: 5 INSURGENTS SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR ATTEMPTED BOMBINGS

A Somali court sentenced five men to death after they were caught with a vehicle laden with explosives, a court official said, a rare successful prosecution in a country where bombings by the Islamist insurgency are increasing.

SAUDI ARABIA: DEATH SENTENCE OF 14 ACTIVISTS CONFIRMED

ALABAMA (USA): TOMMY ARTHUR, 75, EXECUTED

Tommy Arthur, 75, White, was pronounced dead at 12:15 a.m. local time Friday after a lethal injection, authorities said.

PROTOCOL TO CONTAIN THE DEATH PENALTY SIGNED BY HOC AND CNF

"Containing the death penalty in time war on terrorism in Egypt, Somalia and Tunisia."

A prisoner was reportedly hanged at Khorramabad's Parsilon Prison on the charge of possession and trafficking 850 grams of heroin.

A prisoner was reportedly hanged at Khorramabad's Parsilon Prison on the charge of possession and trafficking 850 grams of heroin.

The Criminal Court has sentenced a 35-year-old Kuwaiti woman to death by hanging f

The Criminal Court has sentenced a 35-year-old Kuwaiti woman to death by hanging f

USA - Alabama. Tommy Arthur, 75, White, was executed.

USA - Alabama. Tommy Arthur, 75, White, was executed.

USA - Alabama. Governor Signs Law Shortening Death-Penalty Appeals.

USA - Alabama. Governor Signs Law Shortening Death-Penalty Appeals.

IRAN: THREE PRISONERS HANGED ON DRUG CHARGES

The Iranian authorities reportedly hanged three prisoners on drug related charges in the morning.

PAKISTAN: MAN AWARDED DEATH PENALTY FOR MURDERING RELATIVE

A court ruled death sentence to an accused involved in a murder case in Sargodha the other day. The verdict was announced by Additional District and Sessions Judge Javed Iqbal Ranjha.

INDIA: FIVE MAOISTS SENTENCED TO DEATH BY MUNGER COURT IN BIHAR

A Munger court awarded death sentence to five Maoists after convicting them of murder of two CRPF jawans in an ambush during the 2014 Lok Sabha elections in Bihar.

PAKISTAN: PHC UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE OF 35 MILITANTS

The Peshawar High Court (PHC) upheld the death sentence to 35 militants and life imprisonment to two others awarded by the military courts.

GAZA: HAMAS RULERS PUT TO DEATH 3 ACCUSED OF KILLING MEMBER

Hamas said it put to death three men it had accused of killing a senior member of the militant Islamic group that rules Gaza in March.

IRAN: PROMINENT WRESTLER EXECUTED ON VAGUE CHARGES

A prominent wrestler in Iran was reportedly hanged at Kermanshah's Dizel Abad Prison in the morning on vague charges.

USA - Texas. Appeals Court Rules State Must Disclose Identity of 2014 Execution Drug Supplier.

USA - Texas. Appeals Court Rules State Must Disclose Identity of 2014 Execution Drug Supplier.

KENYA: ITEN MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER, ROBBERY WITH VIOLENCE

A man was sentenced to death by an Iten court after he was found guilty of murder and robbery with violence.

PAKISTAN: TWO TERRORISTS EXECUTED FOR INVOLVEMENT IN APS ATTACK, OTHER INCIDENTS

Another two terrorists tried by military courts have been executed, the Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) said in a press release.

MALAYSIA: TWO MEN HANGED IN SECRETIVE EXECUTIONS

Two men were executed at 5.30 am at Sungai Buloh Prison in Selangor, Malaysia - a Chinese Malaysian and Yong Kar Mun, 48.

IRAN: JUVENILE OFFENDER HANGED

A juvenile offender was hanged in the Central Prison of Karaj in the morning.

USA - Pennsylvania. David Allen Sattazahn was resentenced to life without parole.

USA - Pennsylvania. David Allen Sattazahn was resentenced to life without parole.

IRAN: SIX PRISONERS EXECUTED

Six prisoners were executed in two different Iranian prisons early in the morning,