2021

IRAN - Amir and Akbar Jalilifar executed in Isfahan Prison on July 10

On drug charges

MYANMAR: 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.

IRAN - Mehdi Ghanbari executed in Rajai Shahr Prison on July 10

160th execution in Iran since the beginning of the year

IRAN - Unknown prisoner executed on July 10 at Rajai Shahr Prison

For drug related crimes

IRAN - Mehdi Sarhadi executed in Isfahan -Prison om July 10

For drug related charges

JAPAN: 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.

JORDAN: 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.

VIETNAM: 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.

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.

IRAN - Faizollah Ahmadzadeh executed in Qom on July 7

For drug-related charges

IRAN - 'Mehdi' sentenced to death on 7 July

on charges of killing police officer

IRAN - Man sentenced to death on a charge of Moharebeh

For extortion

NIGERIA: 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.

PAKISTAN: 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.

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.

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.

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.

USA - Alabama. Jury recommends death penalty for Christopher Henderson

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.

IRAN - Mehdi G. executed in Mashhad Prison on July 5

For murder

IRAN - 2 men, not identified, executed on July 5 in Maragheh Prison

For sexual relation with married woman

IRAN - 16-year-old girl Shakiba Bakhtiar Murdered by Father in Honour Killing

By law, this will be considered a "minor offense"

JAPAN: 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.

SOMALIA: 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.

IRAN - Edris Gargij (Arbabzehi) executed in Zahedan Prison on July 5

For murder

IRAN - Ali P. executed in Mashhad Prison on July 5

crime unknown

IRAN - Khezr Ghavidel acquitted after execution

Relatives always insisted on the irregularities of the trial

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.

IRAN - Anvar Abdollahi, Baha-oddin and Davood Ghasemzadeh executed in Urmia

On July 4, for murder

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.