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APRIL 24, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 6 men executed in Birjand Prison on April 24
Baluch men sentenced on drug-related charges
- APRIL 22, 2021IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Two men sentenced to death for insulting the Prophet Muhammad
Only one of the men has been identified: Yousef Mehrad
APRIL 22, 2021SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: PUNTLAND MILITARY COURT HANDS DOWN DEATH SENTENCE TO FIVE SHABAB MEMBERS
Court of the Armed forces of the Puntland State of Somalia on 21 April 2021 handed down death sentence to five Shabab members who were found guilty in what the court said a series of assassinations and planting landmines in Galkacyo and some parts of the
APRIL 22, 2021IndonesiaDEATH PENALTYINDONESIA: SIX TERRORISTS GET DEATH PENALTY FOR DEADLY RIOT
The East Jakarta district court on 21 April 2021 sentenced to death six terrorists responsible for the deadly riot at a detention center outside Jakarta in May 2018.
- APRIL 21, 2021DEATH PENALTY
DEATH PENALTY IN 2020: EXECUTIONS DOWN A QUARTER – AMNESTY’S NEW REPORT
The number of executions recorded by Amnesty International during 2020 fell by a quarter compared to the previous year - one of the findings of the organisation’s authoritative annual overview of capital punishment across the world, published on 21 April
APRIL 21, 2021NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: DETAINED WITHOUT CHARGES, RENOWNED ATHEIST STILL IN PRISON
The self-proclaimed atheist Mubarak Bala is still in detention in northern Nigeria after he was arrested by the police and taken to an unknown destination, according to his family and human rights organizations, Afp reported on 20 April 2021.
APRIL 21, 2021DEATH PENALTYUSA - Texas. TDCJ Revises Execution Protocol
To Permit Spiritual Advisers in Death Chamber
- APRIL 20, 2021IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Iran at the bottom of reporters’ freedom
According to Reporters Sans Frontières Iran ranks 174 amid 180
APRIL 20, 2021IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: APPEALS COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE FOR SULAIMANI MAN WHO KILLED WIFE AND CHILDREN
Erbil’s Court of Appeals has upheld a death sentence for a man who burned his wife and three children to death in December 2018 in Sulaimani province, the victims’ lawyer told Rudaw on 19 April 2021.
APRIL 20, 2021IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: TRAIN BLAST CONVICT DIES OF COVID-19
Kamal Ansari (51), a death row convict of 2006 Mumbai serial train blast case, died of Covid-19 in a Nagpur hospital on 19 April 2021.
- APRIL 19, 2021DEATH PENALTY
GLOBAL DEATH PENALTY REPORT: EXECUTIONS FOR DRUG OFFENSES DOWN 75% WORLDWIDE
Executions for drug offenses plummeted worldwide during 2020, according to a new report by the global drug-policy monitor Harm Reduction International (HRI).
APRIL 19, 2021MalaysiaDEATH PENALTYSINGAPORE: NGO RELEASES SONG PENNED BY MALAYSIAN DEATH ROW INMATE TO SPREAD AWARENESS
A new Malaysian NGO, Sebaran Kasih has embarked on producing a song written by an inmate, Pannir Selvam Pranthaman, who is in the Changi Prison in Singapore awaiting execution, the New Straits Times reported on 17 April 2021.