2019

One Syrian executed for drug

13 March 2019: Ahmad Abdulrahman Abdul Razak, a Syrian national, was executed for smuggling a quantity of amphetamine pills

A Pakistani executed for drug

18 March 2019: Tur Khan Khawshal Khan (or Taur Khan Khushal Khan), a Pakistani national, was executed for smuggling heroin into his womb.

A Saudi executed for murder

12 March 2019: Omer bin Salem bin Manae al-Qahtani, a Saudi national, was executed for murdering anoter Saudi,

A Saudi executed for drug

13 March 2019: Khaled bin Halal bin Abdul Qader Sulaimani, a Saudi national, was executed for traffiking cannabis

A Saudi executed for murder

14 March 2019: Nayef bin Asaf bin Asaf al-Dariri (or Nayef bin Assaf bin Assaf al-Dossari), a Saudi national, was executed for murder

A Pakistani executed for drug

27 March 2019: Khalid Khan Muhbet Khan, a Pakistani national, was executed for smuggling heroin.

USA - New Hampshire. The Senate Judiciary Committee passed HB 455 to repeal the state's death penalty.

USA - New Hampshire. The Senate Judiciary Committee passed HB 455 to repeal the state's death penalty.

SOMALIA: AL-SHABAB SAYS IT EXECUTED 4 ACCUSED SPIES

Somalia's al-Shabab Islamic extremist group says it has executed four men accused of spying for the British, Djibouti and Somali intelligence agencies.

ZIMBABWE: 61% AGAINST AND 41% FOR THE DEATH PENALTY

The Mass Public Opinion Institute’s study revealed lack of consensus among Zimbabweans on the death penalty issue.

SAUDI ARABIA: FOUR PEOPLE EXECUTED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING

Saudi Arabia's interior ministry said four people were executed on 1 April 2019 for drug trafficking, including one woman.

USA - Colorado. Proponents of death-penalty repeal bill SB 19-182 withdraw the bill

USA - Colorado. Proponents of death-penalty repeal bill SB 19-182 withdraw the bill

USA - Arkansas. House Judiciary Committee passed SB 464, an execution drug secrecy bill.

USA - Arkansas. House Judiciary Committee passed SB 464, an execution drug secrecy bill.

USA - Arkansas. Hikma and Fresenius Kabi object to execution secrecy measure.

USA - Arkansas. Hikma and Fresenius Kabi object to execution secrecy measure.

USA - Missouri. The Missouri Supreme Court has overturned the death sentence of Marvin Rice

USA - Missouri. The Missouri Supreme Court has overturned the death sentence of Marvin Rice

FLORIDA (USA): MAN AND NEPHEW WHO SPENT 42 YEARS IN PRISON CLEARED OF MURDER

After 43 years in prison, including 4 on death row, Clifford Williams has become Florida's 29th Death Row exoneration

PAKISTAN SCRAPS TRIALS BEFORE MILITARY COURTS AFTER 4 YEARS

Pakistan scrapped terrorism trials before special military courts after the tribunals' mandate expired on 1 April 2019, ending a measure that had been in place for over four years to help authorities curb militant attacks, a government minister said.

USA - Missouri. The U.S. Supreme Court has denied Russell Bucklew's challenge to Missouri's lethal-injection protocol

USA - Missouri. The U.S. Supreme Court has denied Russell Bucklew's challenge to Missouri's lethal-injection protocol

NIGERIA: COURT SENTENCES FOUR TO DEATH BY HANGING IN DELTA

A four-man syndicate that specialised in robbing, kidnapping and snatching exotic cars in Asaba and its environs have been sentenced to death by hanging by a High Court in Asaba, the Delta State capital.

USA - Washington. The House Judiciary Committee passed SB 5339 to abolish the death penalty

USA - Washington. The House Judiciary Committee passed SB 5339 to abolish the death penalty

BRUNEI TO PUNISH GAY SEX AND ADULTERY WITH DEATH BY STONING

A new law which comes into effect from next week will punish homosexual sex and adultery with death in the small southeast Asian kingdom of Brunei.

BANGLADESH: FIVE SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER WAR CRIMES IN NETROKONA

A court in Netrokona has sentenced to death five fugitives on charges of torture, abduction, murder and rape during the Liberation War in 1971 in Purbodhala.

TAIWAN: PREMIER APPROVES DEATH PENALTY FOR DRUNK DRIVING

Premier Su Tseng-chang on 28 March 2019 approved draft amendments to the Criminal Code that could see drunk drivers deemed to have caused fatalities with murderous intent sentenced to death.

USA - Arkansas. Governor Asa Hutchinson signed HB 1792 (now Act 615) into law.

USA - Arkansas. Governor Asa Hutchinson signed HB 1792 (now Act 615) into law.

BELARUS - Two executed

In mid-May, two executions, of Viktar Liotau and Alyaksey Mikhalenia, have reportedly taken place in secret.

IRAN: FATHER, SON EXECUTED ON DRUG RELATED CHARGES

IRAN - Jalaluddin Mosala Nezhad was publically hanged in Jahrom

A prisoner - Jalaluddin Mosala Nezhad – on 14 March 2019 was publically hanged in Jahrom

USA - Florida. Clifford Williams exonerated.

USA - Florida. Clifford Williams exonerated.

PAKISTAN: SHC ANNULS DEATH PENALTY

The Sindh High Court (SHC) on 21 March 2019 annulled the death sentence of two accused and released them in the case of firing on a police vehicle.

USA - Texas. The U.S. Supreme Court has issued a stay of execution to Patrick Murphy for "religious reasons"

USA - Texas. The U.S. Supreme Court has issued a stay of execution to Patrick Murphy for "religious reasons"

USA - Pennsylvania. A jury sentence Jacob Sullivan, 46, White, to death.

USA - Pennsylvania. A jury sentence Jacob Sullivan, 46, White, to death.