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DECEMBER 31, 2019ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: DEATH SENTENCE UPHELD FOR SHANGHAI MAN FOR KILLING STUDENTS
Shanghai Municipal Higher People's Court on 30 December 2019 upheld the death sentence for a man who stabbed and killed two school children outside a primary school in Shanghai last year.
DECEMBER 31, 2019ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: DEATH PENALTY UPHELD FOR GANG LEADER IN RAPE CASES
Twenty-one years after being sentenced to death for rapes and other crimes, Sun Xiaoguo had his death penalty upheld by the Yunnan High People's Court on 23 December 2019.
DECEMBER 31, 2019VietnamDEATH PENALTYVIETNAM: 6 MEN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR RAPING, KILLING STUDENT
A court in north-western Vietnam on 29 December 2019 sentenced six men to death for raping and murdering 22-year-old student Cao My Duyen in a case that shocked the country earlier this year.
DECEMBER 31, 2019IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: 102 DEATH SENTENCES IN 2019
Trial courts in India delivered 102 death sentences in 2019, over 60% fewer than the 162 death sentences passed in 2018.
DECEMBER 30, 2019PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: DEATH SENTENCE COMMUTED IN BROTHER-IN-LAW’S MURDER CASE
The Sindh High Court has commuted the death sentence of a man to life in prison in a murder case, the Dawn reported on 29 December 2019.
DECEMBER 30, 2019SudanDEATH PENALTYSUDAN: 27 INTELLIGENCE AGENTS SENTENCED TO HANG FOR TEACHER'S KILLING
A Sudanese court sentenced 27 members of the national intelligence service to death by hanging on 30 December 2019 over the killing of a teacher in detention in February during protests that led to the overthrow of former president Omar al-Bashir.
DECEMBER 30, 2019Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: RIYADH CONCERT STABBER SENTENCED TO DEATH
A Saudi Arabian court on 29 December 2019 sentenced to death a man accused of stabbing three performers at a live show in the capital Riyadh in November, state television said.
- DECEMBER 29, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - As of December 29, 615 victims of the "November riots" identified
IRAN - As of December 29, 615 victims of the "November riots" identified
- DECEMBER 29, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - The age of sex workers in Iran reached 12-year-olds.
IRAN - The age of sex workers in Iran reached 12-year-olds.
DECEMBER 29, 2019IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Kurd political prisoner Houshmand Alipour sentenced to death
IRAN - Kurd political prisoner Houshmand Alipour sentenced to death
DECEMBER 27, 2019BelarusDEATH PENALTYBELARUS: LUKASHENKO ON PROSPECTS FOR ABOLISHING DEATH PENALTY
Retaining the death penalty helps maintain stability in the country and prevent the spread of banditry, Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko said as he gave an interview to editor-in-chief of the Ekho Moskvy radio station Aleksei Venediktov in Minsk on
- DECEMBER 27, 2019JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN: CHINESE MAN HANGED OVER MURDER OF FAMILY OF FOUR
Japan on 26 December 2019 hanged a Chinese man convicted of the murder of a family of four whose bodies were found handcuffed and weighted down with dumbbells in a bay, the justice minister said.