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OCTOBER 18, 2021JordanDEATH PENALTYJORDAN: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING SISTER IN NAME OF ‘FAMILY HONOUR’
The Court of Cassation on 17 October 2021 upheld a June Criminal Court ruling, sentencing a man to death after convicting him of murdering his married sister in the Jordan Valley in October 2019.
OCTOBER 18, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Musa Sheh-bakhsh executed in Zahedan Prison on October 18
At least 293 executions in 2021
- OCTOBER 17, 2021AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
AFGHANISTAN: TALIBAN ASK OFFICIALS NOT TO CARRY OUT PUBLIC EXECUTIONS UNLESS DIRECTED BY APEX COURT
The Taliban government in Afghanistan has directed local officials to avoid carrying out punishments in public unless the country's top court issues the order for public execution.
OCTOBER 14, 2021ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: DEATH SENTENCE FOR MAN WHO SET FIRE ON LIVESTREAMING EX-WIFE
A man was sentenced to death by a court in southwest China on 14 October 2021 for dousing his ex-wife with gasoline and setting her on fire after she refused to get back with him.
OCTOBER 14, 2021IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: JHAJJAR MAN GETS DEATH PENALTY FOR HONOUR KILLING
A court in the Indian state of Haryana on 12 October 2021 awarded death sentence to a man for the murder of three members of his sister-in-law’s family for ‘honour’ in 2016 in Kharkhoda of Sonepat.
OCTOBER 14, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - EU Representative Visited Iran Despite Iran’s Brutal Human Rights Abuses
Enrique Mora traveled to Iran on October 14
- OCTOBER 13, 2021IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Hamed Jafar-Zadeh, Soheil Hojjat-Far, and Yunes (last name unknown) executed in Zanjan on October 13
For drugs
OCTOBER 13, 2021NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: KANO MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH BY HANGING FOR KILLING WIFE
A Kano State High Court on 12 October 2021 sentenced a man, Aminu Inuwa, to death by hanging for killing his wife Safara’u Mamman.
OCTOBER 13, 2021SingaporeDEATH PENALTYSINGAPORE: MAN TO BE HANGED FOR BRINGING 1 KILOGRAM OF CANNABIS
Singapore's highest court on 12 October 2021 denied an appeal against a man's conviction and death sentence for allegedly smuggling cannabis weighing at least 1kg into the city-state from neighbouring Malaysia.
OCTOBER 13, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ali Omar Amrolelahi and Unknown Man Executed in Qom on October 13
For murder
- OCTOBER 12, 2021YemenDEATH PENALTY
EU CALLS ON HOUTHIS' TO REVOKE DEATH SENTENCES AGAINST JOURNALISTS
The European Union on 10 October 2021 called for death sentences issued against Yemeni journalists and activists to be revoked.
- OCTOBER 12, 2021IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: MAN GETS DEATH SENTENCE FOR BEHEADING MOM
A court in Pudukottai, in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, on 1st October 2021 sentenced a man to death for beheading his mother over a family dispute.