Chronological archive
September 2021
The 99 news items published by Hands Off Cain in September 2021, in chronological order.
USA - Mississippi. Sherwood Brown Exonerated
186th Death-Row Exoneration Since 1973
SEPTEMBER 30, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mashallah Sabzi Executed
Based on Qassameh Testimony
SEPTEMBER 30, 2021BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: BUS SUPERVISOR GETS DEATH PENALTY IN DRUG CASE IN GAIBANDHA
A Gaibandha court on 17 August 2021 morning sentenced a man to death in a case over his involvement in smuggling heroin.
SEPTEMBER 30, 2021TanzaniaDEATH PENALTYTANZANIA: TRIO SENTENCED TO DEATH IN MURDER CASE
Three people have been sentenced to death after they were found guilty of killing four people, Daily News reported on 29 September 2021.
- SEPTEMBER 29, 2021IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Amirhossein Hatemi died under torture on September 23
At the Greater Tehran Penitentiary
SEPTEMBER 29, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Yasin Abdullahi executed in Zahedan Prison on September 29
For murder
SEPTEMBER 29, 2021TexasDEATH PENALTYUSA - Texas. Rick Rhoades, 57, White, was executed
6th execution of the year in the US, never so few (due to the covid)
SEPTEMBER 29, 2021LouisianaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Louisiana death row: Inmates get time, daily meal together
SEPTEMBER 29, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Abbasgholi Salehi, Hamid Shahsanayi and Mohammad Barahouyi executed in Isfahan on September 29
81 executions for drug related crimes
SEPTEMBER 29, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Farhad Salehi-Jabehdar executed in Karaj Prison on September 29
On rape charges
SEPTEMBER 29, 2021IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: 26-YEAR-OLD MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR RAPE-MURDER OF MINOR GIRL
A 26-year-old man was on 27 September 2021 awarded a death sentence in the Indian state of Rajasthan for raping an eight-year-old child and strangling her.
SEPTEMBER 29, 2021PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: THREE GET DEATH FOR GANG RAPE IN KASUR
A gender-based violence court in Kasur on 5 August 2021 awarded death sentence to three people in the gang rape of a mentally-challenged minor girl.
SEPTEMBER 28, 2021JordanDEATH PENALTYJORDAN: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH BY HANGING FOR KILLING MOTHER
The Grand Criminal Court on 27 September 2021 sentenced a man to death by hanging for killing his mother with the help of his brother.
SEPTEMBER 28, 2021PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: WOMAN AWARDED DEATH SENTENCE FOR CLAIMING TO BE PROPHET
A Lahore district court on 27 September 2021 awarded death sentence to a woman for claiming to be a prophet.
SEPTEMBER 28, 2021IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: THREE MEN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER IN IRAQI KURDISTAN
A court in Erbil, the capital of Iraqi Kurdistan, on 2 August 2021 sentenced three people to death for the murder of a leader of the Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan (DPIK).
SEPTEMBER 27, 2021NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: MAN TO DIE BY HANGING FOR KILLING WIFE IN JIGAWA
A Jigawa State High Court sitting in Gumel on 5 August 2021 sentenced a 40-year-old man Rabi’u Mamman to death by hanging for killing his wife.
SEPTEMBER 27, 2021PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: MQM ACTIVIST’S KILLER SENTENCED TO DEATH
Hyderabad model criminal trial court-I judge Ahsan Durrani on 20 September 2021 awarded capital punishment to a suspect in murder case of an activist of Muttahida Qaumi Movement.
SEPTEMBER 27, 2021Papua New GuineaDEATH PENALTYPAPUA NEW GUINEA: COURT RULING CLEARS WAY FOR FIRST EXECUTIONS IN NEARLY 70 YEARS
A ruling by Papua New Guinea’s Supreme Court on 30 July 2021 cleared the way for the country’s first executions in almost 70 years.
SEPTEMBER 26, 2021PortugalDEATH PENALTYPORTUGAL: SUSPECT LINKED TO INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM FEARS DEATH PENALTY IF EXTRADITED
Indian citizen Iqbal Singh is in preventive custody in Lisbon following SEF’s execution of an international arrest warrant for connections to and the financing of terrorism, Portugal Resident reported on 9 September 2021.
SEPTEMBER 26, 2021Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: ISIS MEMBER EXECUTED IN JAZAN
The Saudi Interior Ministry announced on 29 July 2021 that it had carried out the death penalty against a member of the ISIS terror group in Jazan city.
- SEPTEMBER 25, 2021IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Sohrab Naji and Vahab Samadi executed in Shiraz on September 25
Naji for drugs, Samadi for murder
- SEPTEMBER 23, 2021AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Alabama. Marcus Williams' death sentence overturned
SEPTEMBER 23, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mass executions in prisons in the north of the country in September
SEPTEMBER 23, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hrana received reports regarding mass executions
in Taybad, Torbat-e Jam, and Mashhad prisons
SEPTEMBER 23, 2021JapanDEATH PENALTYJAPAN: EX-COP'S DEATH PENALTY UPHELD OVER MURDER OF WIFE, CHILDREN
A high court denied on 15 September 2021 an appeal lodged by the defense of a former policeman who a lower court ruled should be put to death for the murder of his wife and 2 children at their southwestern Japan home in June 2017.
SEPTEMBER 23, 2021VietnamDEATH PENALTYVIETNAM: THREE LAOTIAN DRUG MULES SENTENCED TO DEATH
A court in central Vietnam on 16 August 2021 handed out death penalties to three Laotian men for transporting heroin and other narcotics.
SEPTEMBER 22, 2021TexasDEATH PENALTYUSA - Texas. Appeals Court Vacates Conviction of Clinton Young
SEPTEMBER 22, 2021CaliforniaDEATH PENALTYUSA - California. Scott Peterson will be sentenced to LWOP in November
SEPTEMBER 22, 2021United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - In the Extreme: Women Serving Life Without Parole and Death Sentences
A report by the Alice Project
SEPTEMBER 22, 2021IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: SEVEN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DOCTOR’S MURDER IN TAMIL NADU
More than seven years after the killing of popular Chennai based neurosurgeon Dr S D Subbaiah the First Additional Sessions Court on 4 August 2021 sentenced seven of the ten accused to death sentences and two others to double life terms.
SEPTEMBER 22, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ahmad Forouhid executed in Boroujerd Prison on September 22
For murder
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SEPTEMBER 22, 2021BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS DEATH PENALTY OF TWO FOR THE RAPE AND MURDER OF A CHILD
The Supreme Court on 21 September 2021 upheld the death sentence of two persons convicted for the abduction, rape and murder of Tania, a child from Patuakhali.
- SEPTEMBER 22, 2021IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Unidentified man executed in Karaj Prison on September 22
for murder during a robbery
SEPTEMBER 22, 2021VietnamDEATH PENALTYVIETNAM: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR SMUGGLING ECSTASY FROM EUROPE TO VIETNAM
A Da Nang City court on 20 September 2021 sentenced to death the kingpin of a gang that smuggled thousands of ecstasy pills into Vietnam last year.
SEPTEMBER 22, 2021United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Homicides increased by 29% in 2020, the year of Covid, but also of Black Lives Matter.
2021 still increasing
- SEPTEMBER 21, 2021IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Shahin Naseri Dies in Custody Under Suspicious Circumstances
Witness to Navid Afkari’s Torture
SEPTEMBER 21, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Abed Khodaverdi and Arshad Jodat executed in Zanjan Prison on September 21
For drugs
SEPTEMBER 21, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Arshad Javdat Rabat (Javdatian) executed in Zanjan Prison on September 21
For drugs
SEPTEMBER 21, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mostafa Shafiei executed in Rajai Shahr Prison on September 22
For murder
SEPTEMBER 21, 2021Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: EGYPTIAN EXECUTED FOR KILLING WOMAN, BURNING HER BODY
An Egyptian man was executed on 15 September 2021 in Saudi Arabia for killing a woman and burning her body in Medina.
SEPTEMBER 21, 2021ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: MAN WHO KILLED HIS PREGNANT WIFE SENTENCED TO DEATH
Yan Haojie, the man who killed his pregnant wife after she refused to help him repay his gambling debts, has been sentenced to death, the Shanghai No.1 Intermediate People's Court announced on 30 July 2021.
- SEPTEMBER 20, 2021YemenDEATH PENALTY
YEMEN: HOUTHIS EXECUTE NINE MEN FOR INVOLVEMENT IN SAMAD DEATH
Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthi movement said on 18 September 2021 that authorities had executed nine men who were convicted of involvement in the 2018 killing of Saleh al-Samad, then the armed group's top civilian leader.
SEPTEMBER 20, 2021TexasDEATH PENALTYUSA - Texas. Albert James Turner sentenced to life in prison
After retrial for double homicide
SEPTEMBER 20, 2021Trinidad & TobagoDEATH PENALTYTRINIDAD AND TOBAGO: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDERING TEENAGERS
A Tobago man on 28 July 2021 was sentenced to hang for the 2009 double murder of two teenage boys whose bodies were found close to each other at French Fort, Scarborough.
- SEPTEMBER 20, 2021IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Unidentified Afghan man executed in Taybad Prison on September 20
At least 75 executed on drug-related charges in Iran in 2021
SEPTEMBER 20, 2021United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Appeals Panel Overturns Army Judge’s Ruling on Torture
At the Guantánamo war cour
SEPTEMBER 19, 2021MalaysiaDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA: NIGERIAN MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING NURSE
A Nigerian, Alowonle Oluwajuwon Gilbert, was sentenced to death on 4 August 2021 in Malaysia over the death of a nurse.
SEPTEMBER 19, 2021EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: COURT SENTENCES HISHAM ASHMAWY’S TOP AIDE, TWO OTHERS TO DEATH
An Egyptian court on 27 July 2021 sentenced three persons to death, including the senior aide of Hisham Al-Ashmawy who was executed last year, after finding them guilty of terrorism charges.
SEPTEMBER 19, 2021MalaysiaDEATH PENALTYINDONESIAN REPATRIATED AFTER MALAYSIAN COURT OVERTURNS DEATH PENALTY
Indonesian Consul General in Kuching Yonny Tri Prayitno on 8 September 2021 confirmed the consulate offered legal and repatriation assistance to Indonesian Ical Samerin, 36, whose death penalty verdict was overturned in Malaysia.
SEPTEMBER 16, 2021NevadaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Nevada. Samuel Howard ruled ineligible for execution
On death row for 38 years
SEPTEMBER 16, 2021South SudanDEATH PENALTYSOUTH SUDAN: 42 KILLED IN EXTRAJUDICIAL KILLINGS
The United Nations on 26 July 2021 demanded an end to extrajudicial killings in South Sudan after the execution of at least 42 people, including boys, in lawless parts of the country.
SEPTEMBER 16, 2021ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: WOMAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR SERIES OF KILLINGS
A woman was sentenced to death on 9 September 2021 by a court in east China for a series of murders, robbery and kidnappings which caused seven deaths and shocked the nation.
SEPTEMBER 15, 2021EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: 24 MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD MEMBERS SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER ATTACKING POLICE
A Beheira criminal court on 29 July 2021 sentenced 24 Muslim Brotherhood members to death for the killing of police officers in two separate cases, a judicial source said.
SEPTEMBER 15, 2021SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: AL-SHABAAB EXECUTE MAN FOR BLASPHEMY
Al-Shabaab militant group has executed an 83-year-old man accused of blasphemy in in central Somalia, the militant court confirmed on 5 August 2021.
- SEPTEMBER 15, 2021IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 5 Men Executed in Rajai Shahr Prison on September 15
Unidentified
SEPTEMBER 15, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Farshid Rakhshanirad Executed in Birjand on September 15
For drug-related charges
SEPTEMBER 15, 2021TexasDEATH PENALTYUSA - Texas. Another Execution Delayed After Claiming Violation Of Religious Freedom
Ruben Gutierrez
SEPTEMBER 14, 2021UtahDEATH PENALTYUSA - Utah. Four Prosecutors Urge Legislature to Repeal Death Penalty
SEPTEMBER 14, 2021EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: FOUR PEOPLE SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER 2013 POLICE STATION ATTACK
A Minya Criminal court on 13 September 2021 sentenced four people to death by hanging and 22 others to life in prison for raiding and torching a police station, which resulted in the death of two policemen.
SEPTEMBER 14, 2021United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTYUAE: DRUG ADDICT, WHO STABBED FATHER 36 TIMES, GETS DEATH SENTENCE
An Emirati drug addict in Al Ain has been sentenced to death for killing his father after the victim allegedly refused to give him money to buy drugs, Khaleej Times reported on 13 September 2021.
- SEPTEMBER 14, 2021BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: SC COMMUTES DEATH PENALTY OF 3 CONVICTS TO LIFE-TERM IMPRISONMENT
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh on 18 August 2021 upheld death sentence of an adult man and commuted three other youths’ death sentence to life-term imprisonment finding them guilty of raping and killing a girl.
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SEPTEMBER 13, 2021JapanDEATH PENALTYJAPAN: GANG BOSS SENTENCED TO DEATH AFTER GROUP MEMBERS ATTACKED CIVILIANS
A district court in Japan on 24 August 2021 sentenced the head of a gangster organization to death after its members killed one civilian and injured three others.
SEPTEMBER 13, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Yasser Mangouri is confirmed to have died in custody
A Kurdish political prisoner
SEPTEMBER 13, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hossein Gholampour executed in Qom Prison on September 13
Execution n. 240 since the beginning of the year
SEPTEMBER 13, 2021OklahomaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Oklahoma. Another step forward for Julius Jones
A death row inmate whose case has raised a lot of attention
SEPTEMBER 13, 2021AlabamaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Alabama. Alabama allows death row inmate to hold hands with pastor during lethal injection
Willie Smith case
- SEPTEMBER 13, 2021IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - A man named Jafar was recently executed in Rajai Shahr Prison
AKA Gohardasht Central Prison, in Gohardasht, near Karaj
- SEPTEMBER 12, 2021SudanDEATH PENALTY
SUDAN: DEATH SENTENCES FOR SIX PARAMILITARIES FOR THE KILLING OF PROTESTERS IN 2019
Six members of a Sudanese paramilitary force were sentenced to death on 5 August 2021 by a court in the central city of Al-Obeid for the deaths of six protesters in 2019, including four school children.
SEPTEMBER 12, 2021North KoreaDEATH PENALTYNORTH KOREAN OFFICIALS INVOLVED IN MURDER, TORTURE, AND POSSIBLE CHRISTIAN GENOCIDE: REPORT
Officials in North Korea carried out murder, torture, and acts that could constitute genocide against certain groups of people, including Christians, a report released last week revealed.
- SEPTEMBER 11, 2021IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Adham Maksani executed in Iranshahr Prison on September 11
For murder
SEPTEMBER 10, 2021OhioDEATH PENALTYUSA - Ohio. De facto moratorium confirmed
Governor DeWine Reschedules Four More Executions
SEPTEMBER 9, 2021BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: SIX SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING LGBTQ ACTIVISTS
A court in Bangladesh on 31 August 2021 sentenced six members of a banned group to death and acquitted two others in connection with the murder of two LGBTQ rights activists five years ago.
SEPTEMBER 9, 2021CameroonDEATH PENALTYCAMEROON: FOUR MEN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR SHOOTING ATTACK ON SCHOOL
A court in Cameroon has sentenced four people to death for their roles in a shooting attack on a school last year that killed seven children and wounded 12 others, according to a court document seen by Reuters on 8 September 2021.
SEPTEMBER 9, 2021IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: HC ACQUITS MAN ON DEATH ROW, SAYS COPS DIDN’T VISIT CRIME SPOT
The Patna High Court on 23 July 2021 acquitted a man, who was sentenced to death for allegedly raping and killing a 16-year-old girl under Barhara police station in Bhojpur district of Bihar.
SEPTEMBER 8, 2021NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: MINISTER OF INTERIOR ASKS GOVERNORS TO SIGN DEATH WARRANTS OF 3,000
The Nigerian Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, on 23 July 2021 urged state governors to sign the death warrants of the 3,008 condemned criminals in the country waiting for execution.
SEPTEMBER 8, 2021YemenDEATH PENALTYYEMEN: EXECUTION OF THE KILLERS OF YOUNG MAN AL-AGHBARI AMID STRICT SECURITY MEASURES
A court under the control of the Houthi militia in Sanaa on 6 September 2021 executed four convicts for the murder of Abdullah Al-Aghbari, 19.
- SEPTEMBER 8, 2021Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA: SAUDI MAN EXECUTED OVER TERRORISM CHARGES
A Saudi man was executed in Dammam on 6 September 2021 on charges of terrorism and weapons smuggling, the interior ministry said.
- SEPTEMBER 8, 2021IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Three men executed in Rajai Shahr Prison on September 8
For murder
SEPTEMBER 8, 2021EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: 10 DEFENDANTS SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR SMUGGLING HEROIN
A court in Egypt on 5 September 2021 sentenced seven Pakistanis, two Egyptians and an Iranian citizen to death on charges of smuggling in over two tonnes of heroin by sea, a judicial source said.
SEPTEMBER 8, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ali Mardan Boland Gerami was executed in Yasuj Prison on September 8
Sentenced for murder through a qassameh ceremony
SEPTEMBER 8, 2021United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Texas. U.S. Supreme Court Stays Texas Execution of John Henry Ramirez
Agrees to Review Contours of the Right to Religious Exercise in the Execution Chamber
SEPTEMBER 8, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 3 women hanged in Gohardasht Prison on September 8
121 women executed in Iran since 2013
- SEPTEMBER 8, 2021IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Ali Morad and Heibat Rouzbi executed on September 8 in Taybad Prison
For drug-related charges
SEPTEMBER 8, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 5 Death Sentences Commuted to Prison Terms
For drug-related charges
SEPTEMBER 7, 2021IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: COURT AWARDS DEATH PENALTY TO 24-YR-OLD MAN FOR RAPE, MURDER OF MINOR GIRL
A 24-year-old man from Madhya Pradesh on 23 July 2021 was awarded the death penalty for killing and raping a minor girl, more than two years ago.
- SEPTEMBER 7, 2021IraqDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ: 7,900 PRISON INMATES SENTENCED TO DEATH, MP REVEALS
The head of the Parliamentary Strategic Planning and Government Program Monitoring Committee, Hazem Majid Al-Khalidi, called on the Presidency of the Republic to abide by the constitution to implement death sentences against terrorists whose sentences wer
- SEPTEMBER 7, 2021IraqDEATH PENALTY
IRAQI: DEATH PENALTY HANDED TO CONVICTED KILLER OF LOCAL KARBALA OFFICIAL
An Iraqi court on 21 August 2021 sentenced the recently convicted killer of the Mayor of the central city of Karbala to the death penalty.
SEPTEMBER 6, 2021Sierra LeoneDEATH PENALTYSIERRA LEONE: DEATH PENALTY ABOLISHED
Sierra Leonean lawmakers voted to abolish the death penalty on 23 July 2021, becoming the latest African country to move toward banning capital punishment.
SEPTEMBER 5, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Prisoner only named as Nouramad executed in Mashhad Prison on September 5
For murder
SEPTEMBER 5, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Karamat executed in Vakilabad Prison on September 5
For murder
SEPTEMBER 4, 2021SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: AL-SHABAAB PUBLICLY EXECUTE WOMAN IN HIIRAAN
Residents in Shaw village in the Hiiraan region say that an Al-Shabaab court sentenced a woman to death for allegedly being a soldier in the Hirshabelle Security Forces, Hiiraan Online reported on 1 September 2021.
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SEPTEMBER 4, 2021IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: SIX IRAQIS ON DEATH ROW EXECUTED, THREE FOR 'TERRORISM'
Six Iraqis sentenced to death, three for "terrorism", were hanged on 30 August 2021 in a prison in southern Iraq, a medical source told AFP.
SEPTEMBER 1, 2021United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Published the latest edition of "Death Row USA" updated to January 1, 2021
2,528 people on death rows
SEPTEMBER 1, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Yasin Rezaeipour, 70th Person Executed on Drug Charges in 2021
SEPTEMBER 1, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mohammad Sadeghzadeh executed in Ardabil Prison on September 1
For murder
SEPTEMBER 1, 2021AfghanistanDEATH PENALTYAFGHANISTAN: TALIBAN ISSUE DEATH SENTENCE FOR BROTHER OF TRANSLATOR WHO HELPED US TROOPS
The Taliban have sentenced the brother of an Afghan translator to death, according to letters obtained by CNN, accusing him of helping the US and providing security to his brother, who served as an interpreter to American troops.
SEPTEMBER 1, 2021MalawiDEATH PENALTYMALAWI: SUPREME COURT REVERSES DEATH PENALTY BAN
The Malawi Supreme Court of Appeals on 20 August 2021 issued a ruling reversing its prior judgement that had declared the death penalty unconstitutional.
SEPTEMBER 1, 2021United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Massachusetts 8th Graders Push to Exonerate Woman Sentenced to Death
In 1683, in Salem Witchcraft Hysteria
SEPTEMBER 1, 2021AlbaniaDEATH PENALTYALBANIA REFUSES TO EXTRADITE MAN FACING EGYPT DEATH SENTENCE
A court in Albania refused on 20 August 2021 to extradite an Egyptian man who faces a death sentence in his country.