Chronological archive
July 2021
The 100 news items published by Hands Off Cain in July 2021, in chronological order.
IRAN - Four unidentified men executed in Rajai Shahr Prison on July 31
For murder
- JULY 30, 2021IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Massoud Esfandiari executed on June 30 in Kermanshah Prison
For murder
JULY 30, 2021OhioDEATH PENALTYUSA - Utah. Court reinstates death penalty conviction of Von Lester Taylor
JULY 28, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Esmail Fatehi, Mansour Mohammadi and Mozafar ... executed in Qazvin Prison on July 28
For drug-related charges
JULY 28, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Vahid Raisi executed at Jiroft Prison on July 28
For murder
- JULY 27, 2021IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mohandes ... executed on July 27 at Karaj Prison
For murder
- JULY 25, 2021IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Cousins Amir and Sohrab Heydari executed in Yazd Prison on July 25
For drug-related crimes
- JULY 25, 2021IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Unidentified man executed on July 25 at Isfahan Prison
Crime not known
- JULY 25, 2021IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Ebrahim Shehbakhsh executed in Isfahan Prison on July 25
For drug-related crimes
- JULY 25, 2021IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Bakhtiar Salemi executed in Shirvan Prison on July 25
For murder
- JULY 25, 2021IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Akbar Abedanpour executed on July 25 at Isfahan Prison
For drug related crimes
JULY 22, 2021VietnamDEATH PENALTYVIETNAM: HCMC DEATH ROW ESCAPEE RECAPTURED
The HCMC police recaptured on 16 July 2021 morning a death row inmate infected with Covid-19 who had escaped from a high-security prison, the police said.
JULY 22, 2021NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING HIS BOSS’S WIFE
A 37-year-old man, Adeyemi Morenikeji, on 16 July 2021 was sentenced to death in Oyo State for the killing of Mrs Racheal Ayanwale, his boss’s wife.
- JULY 21, 2021OhioDEATH PENALTY
USA - Ohio. George Brinkman’s conviction overturned
- JULY 21, 2021DEATH PENALTY
USA - Chief Guantánamo Prosecutor Retires
JULY 21, 2021Sierra LeoneDEATH PENALTYSIERRA LEONE: PARLIAMENT DEBATES BILL TO ABOLISH THE DEATH PENALTY
Sierra Leone Telegraph on 20 July 2021 reported that MPs last week debated new laws that will abolish the death penalty.
JULY 21, 2021Myanmar (Burma)DEATH PENALTYMYANMAR: JUNTA TRIBUNALS IMPOSE 65 DEATH SENTENCES
The Myanmar junta’s military tribunals have sentenced 65 people to death following unjust trials since the military coup on 1 February 2021, Human Rights Watch said on 21 July 2021.
JULY 20, 2021GambiaDEATH PENALTYGAMBIA: EX-JUNTA MEMBER SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
Justice Ebrima Jaiteh of the Banjul High Court on 14 July 2021 sentenced Yankuba Touray, a former Minister of Local Government and Lands to death by hanging.
JULY 20, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Police use extreme force to quell Khuzestan water shortage protests
JULY 20, 2021ThailandDEATH PENALTYTHAILAND: DEATH PENALTY UPHELD FOR GOLD-HEIST SCHOOLMASTER
A Thai Appeal Court on 20 July 2021 upheld the death sentence for former schoolmaster Prasittichai Khaokaew, who shot dead three people, one a child, and wounded four others while robbing a gold shop in Lop Buri province early last year.
JULY 20, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hossein Abdollahzadeh executed in Shiraz Prison on July 20
For murder
JULY 19, 2021NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: TWO POLICEMEN, THREE OTHERS TO DIE FOR KIDNAPPING
Akwa Ibom State High Court sitting in Ikot Ekpene Local Government Area of the state on 16 July 2021 sentenced two police officers and three other persons to death for kidnapping in the state.
JULY 19, 2021NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH BY HANGING FOR ARMED ROBBERY
A High Court in Abeokuta, on 16 July 2021 sentenced a 44-year-old man, Tosin Shodunke to death by hanging for armed robbery.
JULY 19, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hossein Sadeghi executed in Isfahan Prison on July 19
For drug-related charges
JULY 18, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Babak Aslani and Mohsen Asl-Hosseini executed in Urmia Prison on July 18
For murder
JULY 18, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hossein Mohammadi executed in Zanjan Prison on July 18
At least 174 executions since the beginning of the year in Iran
- JULY 18, 2021IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 4 men executed in Isfahan Central Prison on July 18
Ali Bandeh Parvizi, Javad Karimian, Nasir Ahmad Baluch and Mehrdad Golshani
JULY 18, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Shahbaz Jadidi executed in Yasuj Prison on July 18
For murder
- JULY 17, 2021IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Unidentified man executed in a Tehran prison on July 17
For murder
JULY 17, 2021ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING PANDEMIC CONTROL VOLUNTEER
A man in the northeast China city of Harbin was sentenced to death on 15 July 2021 for killing a pandemic control volunteer who stopped him from leaving a residential complex under lockdown, a court said.
JULY 17, 2021BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: ISLAMIST EXTREMIST EXECUTED FOR 2005 BOMB ATTACK
Bangladesh has executed a hardline Islamist for a 2005 bomb attack in which eight people died.
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JULY 16, 2021CaliforniaDEATH PENALTYUSA - California. Judge Fidler sentenced Michael Gargiulo to death
Gargiulo is considered a serial killer
- JULY 15, 2021MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: YEMENI ESCAPES GALLOWS AFTER COURT RULES HE HAD AN ‘INCOMPETENT LAWYER’
A Yemeni national on 13 July 2021 escaped the gallows in Malaysia for a charge of trafficking 1.8kg of methamphetamine following his successful bid to quash a verdict of retrial from the Court of Appeal.
JULY 15, 2021SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: MAN EXECUTED BY FIRING SQUAD FOR RAPING THREE-YEAR-OLD STEPDAUGHTER
A man sentenced to death for raping his three-year-old stepdaughter was executed by firing squad on 15 July 2021 in southern Somalia’s Jubaland state.
JULY 15, 2021YemenDEATH PENALTYYEMEN: HOUTHI COURT SENTENCES MAN TO DEATH BY CRUCIFIXION, ORDERS HIS BODY TO BE PUT ON DISPLAY FOR 2 DAYS
The Sana’a Criminal Court, affiliated to Al Houthi militia, sentenced a Yemeni man to death by crucifixion and has ordered that his body be put on public display for assassinating the Al Houthi representative to the National Dialogue conference in 2014.
JULY 14, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Afshin Gheidar executed in Rajai Shahr Prison on July 14
161st execution in Iran since the beginning of the year
JULY 14, 2021Equatorial GuineaDEATH PENALTYEQUATORIAL GUINEA: NEW PENAL CODE WITH NO DEATH PENALTY ‘VERY SOON’ – AMBASSADOR
The ambassador of Equatorial Guinea in Lisbon said on 13 July 2021 that his country will “very soon” finalise a new Penal Code, eliminating the death penalty.
JULY 14, 2021PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: REALTOR SENTENCED TO DEATH IN BUSINESSMAN’S MURDER CASE
A Karachi model court on 14 July 2021 awarded death sentence to a real estate agent for murdering a businessman over a personal dispute.
JULY 14, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Farzan Masoumzadeh and Omid Yari executed in Rasht Prison on July 14
For murders
JULY 14, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Iran At Risk Of COVID-19 Fifth Wave As Homegrown Vaccine Campaign Stalls
Iran is the worst hit by Covid 19 in the region
JULY 14, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mohammad Abdolrahim executed in Rajai Shahr Prison July 14
For murder
JULY 13, 2021NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: 24-YEAR-OLD SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR STEALING PHONES, CASH IN EKITI
An Ekiti State High Court on 29 June 2021 sentenced a 24-year-old man, Sola Jegede, to death by hanging for robbing three men of their phones and money.
JULY 13, 2021PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: ANTI-TERROR COURT GIVES DEATH TO GUARD FOR KILLING BANK MANAGER OVER BLASPHEMY ALLEGATIONS
An anti-terrorism court in Pakistan on 30 June 2021 sentenced to death a former security guard for killing his bank’s manager over blasphemy allegations in the country’s eastern Punjab province last year.
JULY 13, 2021IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MOTHER'S GRUESOME KILLING
A local court in Maharashtra's Kolhapur on 8 July 2021 awarded death penalty to a 35-year-old man, who was convicted of killing his mother, ripping open her body and removing her organs.
- JULY 13, 2021IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Raouf Rezaeifar, Mohammad Farokhi and Hashem Bavarmand executed in Isfahan on July 13
At least 48 executed on drug-related charges in Iran in 2021
- JULY 13, 2021IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Ali Mohammadi was executed in Jiroft Prison on July 13
- JULY 13, 2021IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Execution of three prisoners in Isfahan Prison on July 13
Other sources gave, for the same day and place, completely different names
- JULY 12, 2021IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Prisoner Released from Gallows After Forgiveness from Parents
Which are partly of him too
JULY 12, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Farhad Najafi and Ali Ahmadi executed in Maragheh Prison on July 5
JULY 12, 2021SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: A MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH BY A PUNTLAND COURT ESCAPES JAIL
A prisoner who was sentenced to death by a court in Puntland for the murder of a man in Lasanod several years ago on 6 July 2021 escaped the main prison in the town of Gardo.
- JULY 12, 2021PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: TWO BROTHERS SENTENCED TO DEATH IN MURDER CASE
A Dunyapur court on 5 July 2021 sentenced to death the two brothers involved in a double murder case in Lodhran.
- JULY 12, 2021YemenDEATH PENALTY
YEMEN: HOUTHI COURT SENTENCES FIVE TO DEATH FOR SPYING FOR UK
A Houthi court sentenced five people to death on 6 July 2021 after finding them guilty of spying for the United Kingdom.
JULY 11, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mohammad Hassan Taheri Haghighi executed in Adelabad Prison on July 11
For murder
- JULY 11, 2021IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Hassan Nemati and Mohammad Hassan Taheri executed in Shiraz prison on 11 July
For murder
- JULY 11, 2021IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mohammad Ali Sharifi executed in Jiroft prison on 11 July
For murder
JULY 10, 2021KuwaitDEATH PENALTYKUWAIT: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER OF MOTHER OF TWO
A Kuwaiti court on 6 July 2021 sentenced a man to death after convicting him of the kidnap and murder of a mother of two, a crime that shocked the emirate.
JULY 10, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Amir and Akbar Jalilifar executed in Isfahan Prison on July 10
On drug charges
JULY 10, 2021Myanmar (Burma)DEATH PENALTYMYANMAR: MILITARY JUNTA SENTENCES 16 TO DEATH FOR MURDER OF ALLEGED INFORMANT, SONS
Myanmar’s military junta has sentenced 16 people to death for murdering an alleged informant and his two sons in the capital Yangon, local media reported late on 28 June 2021.
- JULY 10, 2021IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mehdi Ghanbari executed in Rajai Shahr Prison on July 10
160th execution in Iran since the beginning of the year
- JULY 10, 2021IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Unknown prisoner executed on July 10 at Rajai Shahr Prison
For drug related crimes
- JULY 10, 2021IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mehdi Sarhadi executed in Isfahan -Prison om July 10
For drug related charges
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JULY 8, 2021JapanDEATH PENALTYJAPAN: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER OF WIFE AND 5 KIDS
A 36-year-old man on 30 June 2021 was sentenced to death in Japan for killing his wife and five children at their home in Hitachi, Ibaraki Prefecture, in 2017.
JULY 8, 2021JordanDEATH PENALTYJORDAN: MAN GETS DEATH SENTENCE FOR BURNING WIFE TO DEATH
A man has been sentenced to death by hanging in Jordan for burning his wife to death, Gulf News reported on 2 July 2021.
JULY 8, 2021VietnamDEATH PENALTYVIETNAM: CHINESE MURDERER SENTENCED TO DEATH
The Da Nang People’s Court has sentenced a Chinese man to death for strangling his compatriot to death and butchering her body for disposal, VNA reported on 2 July 2021.
- JULY 7, 2021IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
INDONESIA: MORE INDONESIANS OPPOSE DEATH PENALTY
While the majority of the Indonesian people are in favor of death penalty, their support for it declines as they learn more about the scope of judicial killing or are shown with specific circumstances such as unfair trials.
- JULY 7, 2021IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Faizollah Ahmadzadeh executed in Qom on July 7
For drug-related charges
- JULY 7, 2021IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 'Mehdi' sentenced to death on 7 July
on charges of killing police officer
- JULY 7, 2021IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Man sentenced to death on a charge of Moharebeh
For extortion
JULY 7, 2021NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: KIDNAPPER SENTENCED TO DEATH IN BAYELSA
An Ogbia High Court sitting in Yenagoa on 28 June 2021 sentenced to death by firing squad a 39-year old man, Charles Nikson, for his involvement in the November 2020 thwarted abduction of Mrs. Vivian Okoye.
JULY 7, 2021PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: FIVE CONVICTS GET DEATH OVER MURDER CHARGES
Two sessions courts of Rawalpindi on 30 June 2021 sentenced five convicts to death and awarded longer jail sentences to two in separate murder cases.
- JULY 6, 2021EgyptDEATH PENALTY
EGYPT EXECUTES STUDENT WHO WAS 'TORTURED TO CONFESS' TO ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION OF SENIOR OFFICER
Egyptian authorities on 4 July 2021 carried out the death penalty against a university student after his conviction in the case of the assassination of a high-ranking police officer in Alexandria in 2018.
- JULY 6, 2021Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
US INSTITUTE REPORTS FORMER SAUDI COMMANDER IN YEMEN SENTENCED TO DEATH
Saudi Arabia's former commander in charge of the coalition war in Yemen has been sentenced to death following a military trial, according to a 27 June 2021 report by the Washington DC-based Institute for Gulf Affairs.
- JULY 6, 2021SudanDEATH PENALTY
SUDAN: FORMER SECURITY AGENT SENTENCED TO HANG FOR STUDENT’S MURDER
The Special Court convened to try the perpetrators of crimes related to the Sudanese revolution on 27 June 2021 sentenced a former member of the defunct National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS) to death by hanging, for murder.
- JULY 6, 2021AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Alabama. Jury recommends death penalty for Christopher Henderson
- JULY 5, 2021EgyptDEATH PENALTY
INTERNATIONAL GROUP TO ABOLISH DEATH SENTENCE IN ARAB COUNTRIES ESTABLISHED
An International Committee for the abolition of the death penalty in Arab countries was established on 25 June 2021 under the leadership of former Tunisian President Moncef Marzouki.
- JULY 5, 2021IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mehdi G. executed in Mashhad Prison on July 5
For murder
- JULY 5, 2021IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 2 men, not identified, executed on July 5 in Maragheh Prison
For sexual relation with married woman
JULY 5, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 16-year-old girl Shakiba Bakhtiar Murdered by Father in Honour Killing
By law, this will be considered a "minor offense"
JULY 5, 2021JapanDEATH PENALTYJAPAN: TOP COURT UPHOLDS DEATH PENALTY FOR 'BLACK WIDOW' SERIAL KILLER
The Supreme Court on 29 June 2021 upheld the death sentence given to a 74-year-old woman dubbed the “black widow” for murdering her husband and two common-law partners with poison in western Japan between 2012 and 2013 to inherit money and escape debt.
JULY 5, 2021SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: AL-SHABAAB EXECUTES SIX ALLEGED SPIES
Al-Shabaab terrorist group on 27 June 2021 publicly executed six people accused of spying for the American intelligence agency, the CIA, in southern Somalia.
JULY 5, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Edris Gargij (Arbabzehi) executed in Zahedan Prison on July 5
For murder
JULY 5, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ali P. executed in Mashhad Prison on July 5
crime unknown
- JULY 4, 2021IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Khezr Ghavidel acquitted after execution
Relatives always insisted on the irregularities of the trial
- JULY 4, 2021IraqDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ: NINE SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER 2014 SPEICHER MASSACRE
The Iraqi Central Criminal Court on 27 June 2021 issued death sentences against nine convicts involved in the Camp Speicher massacre in Saladin, in 2014.
JULY 4, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Anvar Abdollahi, Baha-oddin and Davood Ghasemzadeh executed in Urmia
On July 4, for murder
- JULY 4, 2021Myanmar (Burma)DEATH PENALTY
MYANMAR: AT LEAST 883 CIVILIANS KILLED, 126 SENTENCED TO DEATH SINCE COUP
At least 883 unarmed civilians have been killed by security forces in Myanmar since the military seizure of power in early February and 126 have been sentenced to death.
- JULY 4, 2021IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 2 men executed in Shiraz prison on July 4th
One of them identified as "Jahani"
- JULY 3, 2021VirginiaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Virginia. Death row emptied
the only 2 prisoners moved off
- JULY 3, 2021IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - The trial of Ali Younesi and Amir Hossein Moradi was held on July 3
Young scientists accused of links with the opposition
JULY 3, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Nasser Azmoudeh and Shahriar Amiri executed in Urmia on July 3
For drugs
JULY 2, 2021ArizonaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Arizona. Danny Lee Jones’ death sentence overturned
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- JULY 1, 2021United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - DPIC 2021 Mid-Year Review
Continuing Record-Low Death Penalty Usage in First Half of Year
- JULY 1, 2021SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
SOMALIA: THREE EXECUTED IN PUNTLAND FOR TERRORISM
Authorities in the regional state of Puntland on 27 June 2021 executed three men in Garowe and Qardho town, regional police commander Colonel Mumi Abdi Shire told the media.
- JULY 1, 2021EgyptDEATH PENALTY
EGYPT: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR SLAYING TEEN SON WITH SCALPEL
An Egyptian court has convicted a father of killing his teenage son with a scalpel and sentenced him to death, Gulf News reported on 29 June 2021.
JULY 1, 2021Sri LankaDEATH PENALTYSRI LANKA: DEATH ROW PRISONERS END HUNGER STRIKE
Death row prisoners in Sri Lanka, who were on a hunger strike demanding commutation of their sentences, similar to the Presidential pardon extended to a former parliamentarian facing capital punishment earlier in the week, have ended their protest after o
JULY 1, 2021United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Attorney General Merrick Garland suspends federal executions
"Not enough"
JULY 1, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Khamenei Appoints Mohseni-Eje’i as Judiciary Chief
Had a direct role in almost all crimes and executions in the past 42 years
JULY 1, 2021OklahomaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Oklahoma. Death row inmate Nicholas Davis dies after contracting COVID-19
Davis is 1 of 56 inmates who have died of COVID-19 in Oklahoma
- JULY 1, 2021CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - California. Douglas Harris sentenced to death
- JULY 1, 2021FloridaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Florida. Supreme Court strikes down Christian Cruz’s death sentence