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IRAN - Edris Jamshidzahi executed in Zahedan on July 18

KUWAIT: COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE FOR BEDOUN MAN FOR FATHER’S MURDER

Kuwait Court of Appeal, led by Counselor Abdullah Al-Othman, on July 15, 2024 affirmed the death sentence for a young Bedoun man convicted of killing his father.

USA - Alabama. Keith Edmund Gavin was executed on July 18

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IRAN - Mohammad Javad Teklo executed in Baft on July 18

SAUDI ARABIA: DEATH PENALTY FOR CITIZEN WHO COMMITTED MULTIPLE ACTS OF TERROR

A Saudi national was given a death penalty on July 11, 2024 after committing multiple acts of terror, as per the country's Ministry of Interior.

NIGERIA: TWO TO DIE BY HANGING FOR MURDER, RAPE IN DELTA

A Delta State High Court sitting at Ibusa, Oshimili North Local Government Area on July 1st, 2024 sentenced two men, Mr Ojerbo Solomon and Mr Ola Babatunde, to death after eight years of trials.

USA - Florida. Judge James H. Daniel sentenced Patrick McDowell to death

SOMALIA: AL-SHABAAB FIGHTERS EXECUTED BY FIRING SQUAD

Five al-Shabaab militants on July 16, 2024 were executed by authorities in Somalia.

IRAN - Taher Sadeghi executed in Rasht on July 17

SAUDI ARABIA: 100 EXECUTIONS SINCE THE BEGINNING OF 2024

Saudi Arabia has executed 100 people from the beginning of 2024 to July 15th, representing almost one execution every two days.

SOMALIA: AL-SHABAAB EXECUTES 5 MEN FOR ALLEGEDLY SPYING FOR U.S., SOMALIA AND KENYA

The militant group Al-Shabaab on July 13, 2024 executed five men accused of spying for the U.S., Kenya, and the Somali government.

USA - California. 3 death sentences reduced

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PAKISTAN: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR TORCHING WIFE

Special Judge of the Anti-Terrorism Court in Sahiwal, Ziaullah Khan, has sentenced Tariq Sheikh to two death penalties and imposed a fine of Rs1 million for burning his wife, Shazia, alive, The Tribune reported on June 30, 2024.

NORTH KOREA: MAN EXECUTED FOR DISTRIBUTING K-POP, REPORT FROM DEFECTORS SHOWS

A 22-year-old North Korean was publicly executed in 2022 for watching and sharing South Korean films and music, a new report claims.

SAUDI ARABIA: MAN EXECUTED AFTER BEING SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER

Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Interior issued a statement on July 13, 2024 informing citizens and residents of the execution of a retribution death sentence against an offender in the Eastern Province.

IRAQI COURT SENTENCES WIDOW OF FORMER ISIS LEADER AL-BAGHDADI TO DEATH

An Iraqi court on July 10, 2024 sentenced the widow of former longtime Islamic State (ISIS) leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi to death for enslaving kidnapped Yazidi women, state media reported.

PAKISTAN: YOUNG CHRISTIAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR BLASPHEMY

The Anti-Terrorism Court in Sahiwal has sentenced the young Christian Ehsan Shan to death for allegedly sharing a blasphemous post on social media, considered the cause of the violence in Jaranwala on August 16, 2023.

BANGLADESH: SIX TO BE HANGED IN MURDER CASE IN CUMILLA

A Cumilla court has sentenced six people to death and 10 others to life term imprisonment for killing a man named Nurul Haque over land dispute in Brahmanpara upazila of the district in 2011.

USA - Florida. Julio Rivera sentenced to death

MALAYSIA: FEDERAL COURT COMMUTES MAN'S DEATH SENTENCE TO 38 YEARS JAIL FOR MURDERING TRANSVESTITE

A former scrap metal dealer’s death sentence for killing a transvestite 15 years ago has been commuted to 38 years in jail by the Federal Court, Bernama reported on July 4, 2024.

IRAQ: ISIS SUSPECT SENTENCED TO DEATH

An Iraqi court on July 9, 2024 handed a death sentence to a suspected Islamic State (ISIS) member in Salahaddin province, state media reported.

PAKISTAN: TWO MURDER CONVICTS SENTENCED TO DEATH IN DIFFERENT MURDER CASES

An Attock court has awarded capital punishment to two convicts on charges of killing two persons in two different murder cases registered against them in Jand and Bassal Police stations respectively, the Associated Press of Pakistan reported on July 3, 20

USA - California. Alexis Daniel Rosas sentenced to death

USA - Texas. Supplier of Execution Drugs Has Multiple DEA Violations

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EGYPT: NINE SENTENCED TO DEATH BY HANGING FOR OPERATIONS SUPPORTING ‘TERRORIST’ MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD

A court sentenced nine people to death by hanging on July 6, 2024 as part of its verdict on 43 defendants in total accused of affiliation with the Muslim Brotherhood.

CÔTE D’IVOIRE ACCEDES TO THE SECOND OPTIONAL PROTOCOL TO THE ICCPR

Côte d’Ivoire has acceded to the Second Optional Protocol to the ICCPR, which is the UN treaty aiming at the abolition of the death penalty, on 3 May 2024.

D R CONGO: TWO MORE SOLDIERS SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR FLEEING BATTLE

Two more solders have been sentenced to death in the Democratic Republic of Congo after they fled battles in conflict-torn North Kivu province, a military court said on July 5, 2024

BANGLADESH: FOUR GET DEATH, 10 LIFE SENTENCES FOR 2012 MURDER OF BRAHMANBARIA AL LEADER IQBAL AZAD

A tribunal has sentenced four people to death and 10 to life in prison for the 2012 murder of Sarail Upazila Awami League leader Iqbal Azad in Brahmanbaria.

IRAN - Mohammad Ghorbani executed in Qazvin on July 9

JAPAN: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER MURDER-ROBBERY

A 39-year-old man was sentenced to death on July 2, 2024 for murdering an elderly woman and her son and robbing them at her residence in Oita Prefecture, southwestern Japan, in 2020.