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- APRIL 14, 2020YemenDEATH PENALTY
CPJ CALLS ON HOUTHIS TO REVERSE DEATH SENTENCE AGAINST YEMENI JOURNALISTS, RELEASE THEM FROM CUSTODY
The Committee to Protect Journalists on 11 April 2020 expressed alarm at a decision by the Ansar Allah group, known as the Houthis, to sentence Abdulkhaleq Amran, Akram al-Waleedi, Hareth Hameed, and Tawfiq al-Mansouri to death, and urged the Houthis to r
APRIL 14, 2020PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: 29 YEARS ON DEATH ROW, WOMAN SUFFERS MENTAL ILLNESS
Kanizan Bibi was 16 when she was charged with murdering her employer’s wife and five children. The police said she was having an affair with her employer, who was also arrested and later hanged.
APRIL 14, 2020DEATH PENALTYIRAN: POLITICAL PRISONER MOSTAFA SALIMI EXECUTED
Political prisoner Mostafa Salimi was executed at Saqqez prison, Iranian province of Kurdistan, on 11 April 2020.
- APRIL 13, 2020DEATH BY PUNISHMENT
PRISON: CORONAVIRUS, PROCEDIMENTAL CLASS ACTION FOR RESPECTING HYGIENIC AND SANITARY MEASURES IN BARI PRISON
The Hands off Cain-Spes contra spem association sponsors the procedural class action for compliance with sanitary measures in the Bari prison promoted by lawyers Luigi Paccione and Alessio Carlucci and hopes that similar actions will be taken for prisons
APRIL 13, 2020ZambiaDEATH PENALTYZAMBIA: 2 COPS SENTENCED TO DEATH
Two police officers of Choma have been sentenced to death by hanging for causing the death of a suspected thief, The Daily Mail reported on 10 April 2020.
APRIL 13, 2020BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: BANGABANDHU’S KILLER MAJED HANGED
The self-confessed and convicted killer of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Abdul Majed was hanged on 12 April 2020 at Keraniganj Dhaka Central Jail amid tight security.
APRIL 12, 2020YemenDEATH PENALTYYEMEN: HOUTHI REBELS SENTENCE 4 REPORTERS TO DEATH
A court run by Yemen's Houthi rebels on 11 April 2020 sentenced four journalists to death after their conviction on spying charges, their defense lawyer said.
APRIL 12, 2020United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Military. David Bruck Is Selected for Guantánamo’s 9/11 Trial
USA - Military. David Bruck Is Selected for Guantánamo’s 9/11 Trial
- APRIL 11, 2020VietnamDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM TO SUSPEND LETHAL INJECTION EXECUTION AFTER THREE FAILED ATTEMPTS
Convicts will have their executions suspended temporarily if they are still alive after three doses of the lethal cocktail have been administered, a new decree says.
- APRIL 11, 2020IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Political prisoner Mostafa Salimi was executed at Saqqez prison on April 11, 2020.
IRAN - Political prisoner Mostafa Salimi was executed at Saqqez prison on April 11, 2020.
APRIL 11, 2020PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: SHC UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE OF TWO BROTHERS IN PIDC BLAST CASE
The Sindh High Court on 9 April 2020 upheld the death sentence of two brothers and overturned the death penalty of a co-accused in the Pakistan Industrial Development Corporation (PIDC) bomb blast case in Karachi.
- APRIL 11, 2020DEATH PENALTY
USA - Virginia. New law reduces secrecy in executions.
SB 270 signed by governor Ralph Northam.