2021

ZAMBIA: SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE ON LUWINGU MAN

The Supreme Court of Zambia has upheld a death sentence slapped on a man of Mporokoso who was convicted of robbing a family of money, the Daily Mail reported on 13 May 2021.

USA - Texas. Carnell Petetan’s death sentence vacated

MYANMAR STILL IN TURMOIL 100 DAYS SINCE MILITARY COUP

At least 783 people have been killed by the Myanmar military as of 11 May since a February coup, according to the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP).

ZAMBIA: CHIPATA HIGH COURT SENTENCES THREE TO DEATH

The Chipata High Court has sentenced three people to death by hanging, in two different cases, the Mast reported on 12 May 2021.

USA - South Carolina. Senate re-approved firing squad and elettrocution

the law now goes to Governor

USA - Texas. Carnell Petetan' death sentence overturned

For intellectual disability

SAUDI ARABIA TO RELEASE 1,100 PAKISTANI PRISONERS

Pakistan on 10 May 2021 said that 1,100 of its nationals imprisoned in Saudi Arabia will return to the country soon after agreements were reached with Riyadh on the release of inmates.

USA - Tennessee. Governor signed law that prohibits execution of intellectually disabled

NORTH KOREA: KIM JONG UN HAD CONDUCTOR EXECUTED BY FIRING SQUAD FOLLOWING CELEBRATION, SOUTH KOREAN PAPER SAYS

A recent report from a South Korean newspaper said that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un ordered the execution of a choir conductor, who was allegedly shot 90 times in front of members of the public.

CHINA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH WITH A SUSPENDED DEATH SENTENCE FOR INTENTIONAL HOMICIDE

Nanchong Intermediate People’s Court recently sentenced to death a man for intentional homicide, with a two-year reprieve depriving him of political rights for life, China News reported on 7 May 2021.

EGYPT: MONK EXECUTED FOR MURDER OF BISHOP AT MONASTERY

The Egypt Prison Authority carried out the death penalty on a monk who killed the abbot of his monastery in 2018, a lawyer and the monk's brother told Reuters on 9 May 2021.

SIERRA LEONE: YOUNG MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH AMID DEBATE TO ABOLISH DEATH PENALTY

Sierra Leone’s High Court Resident Judge in the Kailahun District of the country – Justice Francis Banks-Kamara, on 7 May 2021 sentenced a young man – Kholie Tamba to death by hanging, after he was found guilty of murder.

IRAN - Sivan Hosseini will be executed at the end of Ramadan

(also written Hossein Sivan)

INDIA: MAN AWARDED DEATH PENALTY FOR MURDERING WIFE, RAPING DAUGHTER

In the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, The Pudukkottai Mahila Court on 6 May 2021 awarded death penalty to a man for murdering his wife and sexually assaulting his daughter.

GUYANA: COURT UPHOLDS WIFE KILLER’S CONVICTION BUT SETS ASIDE DEATH SENTENCE

The Guyana Court of Appeal on 7 May 2021 upheld the conviction of Rupert Browne for the 2011 murder of his common-law wife, Seema Singh, but set aside the death sentence imposed upon him.

SIERRA LEONE MAY SOON ABOLISH THE DEATH PENALTY

The President of the Sierra Leone Bar Association, Eddinia Michaela Swallow, last week took part in a roundtable discussion on the abolition of the death penalty in Sierra Leone.

USA - Oklahoma. Miles Sterling Bench’s death sentence overturned

for McGirt

UGANDA: PARLIAMENT PASSES NEW HOMOPHOBIC BILL

The Ugandan Parliament on 3 May 2021 passed the Sexual Offences Bill 2019, further outlawing “unnatural” same-sex relations and doubling down on laws criminalising the LGBT community.

BELARUS: SUPREME COURT CONFIRMS DEATH SENTENCE FOR VIKTAR SKRUNDZIK

The Judicial Chamber on Criminal Case of the Supreme Court of Belarus has dismissed an appeal filed by death row prisoner Viktar Skrundzik, Human Rights Center "Viasna" reported on 4 May 2021.

USA - South Carolina. House adds firing squad and electrocution to execution methods

EGYPT: MAN GETS DEATH SENTENCE FOR SLAYING DENTIST

According to legal sources, an Egyptian court has convicted a man on fatally stabbing a dentist and sentenced him to death, the Gulf News reported on 5 May 2021.

USA - Idaho. Idaho will execute an Italian American with terminal cancer: Gerald Ross Pizzuto

On June 2

PAKISTAN DECRIES EU PARLIAMENT’S MOVE ON BLASPHEMY LAWS

Pakistan on 30 April 2021 decried a move by the European Parliament, which a day earlier adopted a resolution demanding Islamabad allow freedom for religious minorities.

ZAMBIA: POLICE OFFICER SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER

A police officer on 4 May 2021 was sentenced to death by hanging for shooting dead a Zambia Air Force employee at Zambia Revenue Authority (ZRA) offices in Chipata in 2019.

USA - Texas. House votes to end 'law of parties' in death penalty cases

HB 1340 passed 139-4

USA - Arkansas. DNA tests cast doubt on the guilt of Ledell Lee

Executed 4 years ago.

IRAN - Alireza Monfared beheaded by his family

because of his sexual orientation

USA - Alabama. Jury recommends death sentence for Michael Anthony Powell

NORTH KOREA: KIM JONG UN 'HAS OFFICIAL EXECUTED FOR IMPORTING CHEAP CHINESE MEDICAL EQUIPMENT’

North Korea has executed a party official after he defied Kim Jong-un in the hope of getting an empty showpiece hospital opened to patients, South Korea's Daily NK newspaper reported on 23 April 2021.

BELARUS: LUKASHENKO PARDONS 2 BROTHERS SENTENCED TO DEATH

Illya Kostseu (21) and Stanislau Kostseu (19), who were sentenced to death in January 2020, have been pardoned, human rights centre Viasna reported on 30 April 2021 with reference to the family.