2021

IRAN - 2 men executed in Shiraz prison on July 4th

One of them identified as "Jahani"

USA - Virginia. Death row emptied

the only 2 prisoners moved off

IRAN - The trial of Ali Younesi and Amir Hossein Moradi was held on July 3

Young scientists accused of links with the opposition

IRAN - Nasser Azmoudeh and Shahriar Amiri executed in Urmia on July 3

For drugs

USA - Arizona. Danny Lee Jones’ death sentence overturned

USA - DPIC 2021 Mid-Year Review

Continuing Record-Low Death Penalty Usage in First Half of Year

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.

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.

SRI 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

USA - Attorney General Merrick Garland suspends federal executions

"Not enough"

IRAN - Khamenei Appoints Mohseni-Eje’i as Judiciary Chief

Had a direct role in almost all crimes and executions in the past 42 years

USA - 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

USA - California. Douglas Harris sentenced to death

USA - Florida. Supreme Court strikes down Christian Cruz’s death sentence

IRAN - Mohammad Taher Soleimani executed in Mahabad Prison on June 30

For drugs

IRAN - Azim Karimizayi executed in Mashhad Prison on June 30

For drugs

IRAN - A man, identified only as A. A., executed in Mashhad Prison on June 30

For killing his wife

USA - Texas. John Hummel was executed on June 30

In Huntsville, by lethal injection

EGYPT: 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.

SOMALIA: 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.

IRAN - Death row juvenile offender Ali Arjangi pays diya

Escapes execution

IRAN - A man, identified only as “M.”, executed in Mashhad Prison on June 30

For murder

USA - Nevada. Hikma Phamaceuticals sues Nevada Department of Corrections

For 'Surreptitiously’ Obtaining Lethal Drug

IRAN - Urgent Action To Save Hossein Kheiri

A Political Prisoner Sentenced To Death

MYANMAR: 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.

USA - Texas. Resounding record of suspicious of the death penalty

Even in the most deadly state

IRAN - Abdulhamid Ghanbarzehi and another man executed in Zahedan Prison on June 26

For murder

IRAN - Raisi must be held accountable for torturing prisoners

On the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture

IRAN - Ayatollah Khamenei grants clemency to 5,100 prisoners

Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei

IRAN - Hashem Torabi executed in Zahedan Prison on June 26

For murder