Chronological archive
June 2021
The 79 news items published by Hands Off Cain in June 2021, in chronological order.
IRAN - Mohammad Taher Soleimani executed in Mahabad Prison on June 30
For drugs
- JUNE 30, 2021IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Azim Karimizayi executed in Mashhad Prison on June 30
For drugs
- JUNE 30, 2021IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - A man, identified only as A. A., executed in Mashhad Prison on June 30
For killing his wife
JUNE 30, 2021TexasDEATH PENALTYUSA - Texas. John Hummel was executed on June 30
In Huntsville, by lethal injection
JUNE 30, 2021EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: NINE EXECUTIONS CARRIED OUT IN CAIRO
Nine death sentences were carried out on 27 June 2021 at the Cairo appeals prison, a maximum security facility in Cairo known for holding prisoners on death row.
JUNE 30, 2021SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: 18 AL-SHABAAB CONVICTS EXECUTED IN PUNTLAND
A military court in Puntland on 27 June 2021 executed eighteen Al-Shabaab members by firing squad in the central town, Galkayo.
JUNE 30, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Death row juvenile offender Ali Arjangi pays diya
Escapes execution
JUNE 30, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - A man, identified only as “M.”, executed in Mashhad Prison on June 30
For murder
JUNE 29, 2021NevadaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Nevada. Hikma Phamaceuticals sues Nevada Department of Corrections
For 'Surreptitiously’ Obtaining Lethal Drug
JUNE 29, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Urgent Action To Save Hossein Kheiri
A Political Prisoner Sentenced To Death
JUNE 28, 2021Myanmar (Burma)DEATH PENALTYMYANMAR: AT LEAST 64 PROTESTERS, TWO OF THEM UNDERAGE, SENTENCED TO DEATH BY MILITARY COURTS
At least 64 Myanmar citizens detained in protests against the country’s Feb. 1 military coup have been sentenced to death by junta courts.
JUNE 28, 2021TexasDEATH PENALTYUSA - Texas. Resounding record of suspicious of the death penalty
Even in the most deadly state
- JUNE 26, 2021IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Abdulhamid Ghanbarzehi and another man executed in Zahedan Prison on June 26
For murder
JUNE 26, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Raisi must be held accountable for torturing prisoners
On the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture
JUNE 26, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ayatollah Khamenei grants clemency to 5,100 prisoners
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei
JUNE 26, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hashem Torabi executed in Zahedan Prison on June 26
For murder
JUNE 25, 2021Sri LankaDEATH PENALTYSRI LANKA: DEATH ROW INMATES PROTEST EX-LAWMAKER'S PARDON
About 150 death row inmates were on a hunger strike on 25 June 2021 to demand their sentences be commuted after Sri Lanka’s president pardoned a former lawmaker who had been condemned for an election-related killing.
JUNE 25, 2021EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: EIGHT PRISONERS EXECUTED
The Egyptian government executed eight people on 21 June 2021 bringing the total number of people hanged this year alone to 57, according to the NGO Reprieve.
JUNE 25, 2021JapanDEATH PENALTYJAPAN: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DRIVING TRUCK INTO ROAD CLEANERS IN FUKUSHIMA
A man convicted of killing two road cleaners in the Fukushima Prefecture town of Miharu in May last year by ramming into them with a truck was sentenced to death at the Koriyama branch of the Fukushima District Court on 24 June 2021.
JUNE 25, 2021IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: MAN WHO MURDERED KURDISH FAMILY IN BAGHDAD SENTENCED TO DEATH
A man who killed a Kurdish family of three in Baghdad was sentenced to death on 8 June 2021, a lawyer told Rudaw.
JUNE 25, 2021United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - 'Capital Punishment 2019' Reports Number on Death Row Down
Average Time on Death Row Approaches 19 Years
JUNE 25, 2021United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Pittsburgh synagogue requests no death penalty for Robert Bowers
Killer of 11 of its members
JUNE 24, 2021EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: COURT SENTENCES TWO MEN TO DEATH FOR MURDER OF WIFE IN MANSOURA
A criminal court sentenced two men to death on 22 June 2021 for the killing of the wife of one of the perpetrators in Mansoura city last year.
JUNE 24, 2021IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: 13 PEOPLE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR TERRORISM BY BAGHDAD COURT
Thirteen people have been sentenced to death in Iraq after confessing to their association with the Islamic State (ISIS), according to a statement from the Supreme Judicial Council.
- JUNE 23, 2021DEATH PENALTY
USA - Ohio. David Braden Becomes Taken Off Death Row Under New Mental Illness Law
- JUNE 23, 2021IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - UN High Commissioner for Human Rights severely criticises Iran
Michelle Bachelet at a session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva
JUNE 23, 2021BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: MAN EXECUTED FOR KILLING HIS WIFE 17 YEARS AGO
A 55-year-old man was executed on 17 June 2021 for the killing of his wife over a family feud 17 years ago, jail authorities said.
JUNE 23, 2021YemenDEATH PENALTYYEMEN: HOUTHIS SENTENCE TWO ACTIVISTS TO DEATH
A Houthi-run court on 15 June 2021 ordered that Zafaran Zaid, a Yemeni human rights activist and lawyer, and her husband and fellow activist Fuad Al-Mansouri be executed by firing squad.
- JUNE 23, 2021FloridaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Florida. J. W. Campbell sentenced to life without parole
Sentenced to death in 2013
JUNE 23, 2021FloridaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Florida. Prosecutors agreed to drop death against Brandon Bradley
For the murder of a Deputy Sheriff
- JUNE 22, 2021IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Tehran slams UN report on human rights violations.
Blames US for inspiring it
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JUNE 22, 2021BahrainDEATH PENALTYBAHRAIN REJECTS UN CALL TO RELEASE TWO ANTI-REGIME POLITICAL ACTIVISTS FACING DEATH PENALTY
Bahrain on 20 June 2021 rejected a call by the United Nations rights watchdog to release and compensate two anti-regime political activists facing death sentences.
JUNE 22, 2021IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: PATNA HC ACQUITS MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDERING WIFE
The Patna High Court on 21 June 2021 acquitted a man, who was given the death penalty by a court in Bihar's Gopalganj district for murdering his wife for dowry in 2007, for lack of evidence.
JUNE 21, 2021YemenDEATH PENALTYYEMEN: HOUTHI MILITANTS PUBLICLY EXECUTE 3 FOR RAPE AND MURDER
Hundreds of people gathered in Yemen's rebel-held capital on 16 June 2021 to watch the execution of three men -- two convicted of child rape and murder, and one of killing his daughters.
JUNE 21, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Habib Rezaei executed in Salmas Prison on June 21
For murder
JUNE 20, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ramin Saadat-Beiglou executed in Qazvin Prison on June 20
For murder
JUNE 19, 2021NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: 22-YEAR-OLD MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER ARMED ROBBERY IN EKITI
A High Court in Ado Ekiti on 17 June 2021 sentenced a 22-year-old man, Kehinde Olajide, to death by hanging for armed robbery.
JUNE 17, 2021PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: TWO CLERICS SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KIDNAPPING AND MURDERING STUDENT
An anti-terrorism court (ATC) in Pakistan on 14 June 2021 sentenced two clerics to death after finding them guilty of kidnapping a 15-year-old student for ransom and later murdering him.
JUNE 17, 2021Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: YOUNG MAN ACCUSED OF PARTICIPATING IN REBELLION EXECUTED
Saudi Arabia on 15 June 2021 executed a young man who was convicted on charges stemming from his alleged participation in an anti-government rebellion by minority Shiites.
- JUNE 17, 2021OhioDEATH PENALTY
USA - Ohio. New trial to August Cassano
- JUNE 16, 2021SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
SOMALIA: 17 AL-SHABAAB MEMBERS SENTENCED TO DEATH IN PUNTLAND
The military Supreme Court in the semi-autonomous Somali regional state of Puntland on 13 June 2021 sentenced 17 men to death in Galkayo.
- JUNE 16, 2021IraqDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ: AL-QAEDA MEMBER SENTENCED TO DEATH
An Iraqi criminal court handed down two death sentences to a senior al-Qaeda religious leader member, the Supreme Judicial Council announced on 14 June 2021.
JUNE 16, 2021North CarolinaDEATH PENALTYUSA - South Carolina. Supreme Court Halts Executions of Brad Sigmon and Freddie Owens
Scheduled for June 16 and 25
JUNE 16, 2021North CarolinaDEATH PENALTYUSA - North Carolina. Governor pardons ex-death row inmate Charles Ray Finch
Who spent more than 40 years in prison
JUNE 16, 2021North CarolinaDEATH PENALTYUSA - North Carolina. Judge frees Michael Wayne Sherrill from death row
Sentenced to death 12 years ago
- JUNE 16, 2021United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - White House Reasserts Opposition to Death Penalty
After the controversy over the Tsarnaev case
- JUNE 15, 2021United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA Most atheists and agnostics oppose the death penalty
Unlike other U.S. religious groups
JUNE 15, 2021IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: 10 AWARDED DEATH FOR 2018 MURDER OF BIHAR BUSINESSMAN
A session court in Bihar on 14 June 2021 sentenced 10 persons to death for the murder of a local businessman for extortion in 2018.
JUNE 15, 2021EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: DEATH PENALTY UPHELD FOR 12 BROTHERHOOD MEMBERS
An Egyptian court on 14 June 2021 upheld death sentences for 12 Muslim Brotherhood members, concluding a trial linked to a 2013 mass killing by security forces at an Islamist sit-in, a judicial official said.
JUNE 15, 2021AlabamaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Alabama. "Almost ready to execute with nitrogen"
Declares the Attorney General
JUNE 15, 2021United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Biden’s Death Penalty Reversal in the Boston Bomber Case
Follows in Trump's footsteps
JUNE 14, 2021BelarusDEATH PENALTYBELARUS: DEATH ROW PRISONER VIKTAR PAULAU ‘MOST LIKELY EXECUTED’, CONVICT’S SISTER SAID
Death row inmate Viktar Paulau was ‘most likely executed’, the convict’s sister Raisa told Andrey Paluda, coordinator of the campaign ‘Human Rights Defenders against the Death Penalty in Belarus’.
JUNE 14, 2021BotswanaDEATH PENALTYBOTSWANA: MAN EXECUTED OVER 2011 MURDERS OF HIS GIRLFRIEND AND CHILD
Botswana on 11 June 2021 carried out the execution of a man who murdered his girlfriend and young son in 2011.
JUNE 13, 2021United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTYINDIA: LULU JOB OFFER FOR EXPAT SAVED FROM DEATH ROW IN UAE
An Indian expat on death row in the UAE returned home on 9 June 2021 after languishing in jail for almost nine years in a road accident case.
JUNE 13, 2021EthiopiaDEATH PENALTYETHIOPIA: BOY PUBLICLY EXECUTED IN OROMIA
Ethiopian government forces summarily executed a 17-year-old boy in Ethiopia’s Oromia region in broad daylight, Human Rights Watch said on 10 June 2021.
JUNE 10, 2021EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: MAN GETS DEATH SENTENCE FOR RAPING MENTALLY ILL GIRL
An Egyptian court had sentenced a man to death by hanging after convicting him of raping a mentally challenged girl in his house, the Gulf News reported on 8 June 2021.
JUNE 10, 2021Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTYGAZA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
The Khan Younis Court of First Instance issued a death sentence against the citizen (A.M.) for the charge of premeditated murder, Human Rights and Democracy Media Center “SHAMS” reported on 8 June 2021.
- JUNE 9, 2021IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Bill Targeting Citizen Journalists Passed Parliamentary Judiciary Commission
Spreading inforrmation seen as "espionage"
JUNE 9, 2021United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Gerald Marshall's second message
From Texas' death row
JUNE 9, 2021TexasDEATH PENALTYUSA - Texas. Raymond Riles resentenced to life
After 45 years on death row
JUNE 9, 2021TunisiaDEATH PENALTYTUNISIA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR THE MURDER OF POLICE OFFICER IN 2017
A court in Tunisia sentenced to death a takfiri for the murder of Commandant Riadh Barrouta killed in a stabbing attack back in 2017 at Bardo Museum in capital Tunis.
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JUNE 9, 2021NebraskaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Nebraska. Aubrey Trail sentenced to death
JUNE 9, 2021ZambiaDEATH PENALTYZAMBIA: HIGH COURT SENTENCES TEACHER WHO SHOT DEAD HIS EX-WIFE TO DEATH
The Lusaka High Court has sentenced Kenneth Makina, a teacher, to death by hanging for the murder of his ex-wife Charity Jikubi, The Mast reported on 9 June 2021.
JUNE 9, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Unidentified man hanged on June 9
In Rajai Shahr Prison, for murder
- JUNE 8, 2021Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
UNITED KINGDOM: FOREIGN SECRETARY URGED TO INTERVENE IN SAUDI ARABIA DEATH PENALTY CASES
The relatives of two men awaiting execution in Saudi Arabia on 7 June 2021 asked British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab to press for their release while he visits the kingdom.
JUNE 8, 2021North KoreaDEATH PENALTYNORTH KOREA: KIM JONG-UN WAGING WAR ON SLANG, JEANS AND FOREIGN FILMS
North Korea has recently introduced a sweeping new law which seeks to stamp out any kind of foreign influence - harshly punishing anyone caught with foreign films, clothing or even using slang, BBC reported on 7 June 2021.
- JUNE 7, 2021North KoreaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA: CITIZEN EXECUTED FOR KILLING 10-YEAR-OLD SON
Saudi authorities on 1st June 2021 executed a citizen for murdering his 10-year-old son.
JUNE 7, 2021North KoreaDEATH PENALTYNORTH KOREA: OFFICIALS SCARED AFTER SISTER OF KIM JONG UN HAS THEIR COLLEAGUES EXECUTED
Government officials in North Korea are living in fear after a series of executions of their colleagues on the orders of leader Kim Jong Un’s powerful sister, Kim Yo Jong, two officials told RFA.
JUNE 7, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Political Prisoner Sasan Niknafas died in custody
IHR Holds Islamic Republic Leaders Responsible
- JUNE 6, 2021VietnamDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDERING, RAPING 13-YEAR-OLD GIRL
The People’s Court in the south-central Vietnamese province of Phu Yen on 31 May 2021 condemned a 19-year-old man to death for raping and murdering a 13-year-old girl last year.
JUNE 6, 2021PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: COURT ACQUITS CHRISTIAN COUPLE OF ‘BLASPHEMY’
A Pakistani court on 3 June 2021 acquitted a Christian couple who have spent seven years on death row for alleged blasphemy, their lawyer says, in a case that rights groups have long singled out for fair trial issues.
JUNE 6, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Shahin Mirkhani executed in Shirvan Prison on June 6
For drugs
JUNE 4, 2021TexasDEATH PENALTYUSA - Texas. Noah Espada sentenced to life imprisonment
Death sentence overturned because of perjured testimony by sheriff’s deputy
- JUNE 3, 2021United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UAE: INDIAN BUSINESSMAN PAYS ‘BLOOD MONEY’ TO SAVE MAN ON DEATH ROW
A Keralite who was awaiting capital execution in the United Arab Emirates for causing the death of a young boy got a new lease of life as NRI tycoon M A Yusuff Ali extended a helping hand by paying a compensation (blood money) of Rs 10 million (500,000 di
JUNE 2, 2021OklahomaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Pew Poll: Support for Death Penalty Declining
But Much Higher in Internet Polling than Phone Polling
JUNE 2, 2021United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Oklahoma. Jury Hands Down Death Penalty For William Reece
JUNE 2, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ebrahim Ahmadi executed on 2 June in Tabriz Prison
For murder
JUNE 1, 2021ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: DEATH PENALTY FOR TEACHER WHO RAPED MULTIPLE STUDENTS
A Chinese teacher at an elementary school has been sentenced to death in August 2020 for raping several students from 2001 to 2020, the Supreme People's Prosecutor's Office of China said on 31 May 2021 at a press conference.
- JUNE 1, 2021PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: TWO MURDERERS AWARDED DEATH SENTENCE BY PINDI COURT
The Rawalpindi District Session Court on 31 May 2021 awarded a death sentence to two accused in a murder case.