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- OCTOBER 9, 2021Sierra LeoneDEATH PENALTY
SIERRA LEONE FORMALLY ABOLISHES ‘INHUMANE’ DEATH PENALTY
Sierra Leone on 8 October 2021 formally abolished the death penalty, becoming the 23rd African country to repeal capital punishment.
- OCTOBER 9, 2021BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: MAN GETS DEATH OVER 2017 COCAINE HAUL IN KHULNA
A Khulna court on 8 October 2021 awarded the death penalty unto a man in a 2017 narcotics case filed over the recovery of contraband cocaine worth around Tk22 crore.
OCTOBER 8, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Women and the Death Penalty in Iran
A 12 Year Analysis
- OCTOBER 7, 2021DEATH PENALTY
GLOBAL - More than 150 global business leaders call for end of death penalty
Campaign launched by Sir Richard Branson
OCTOBER 7, 2021United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTYUAE: FIVE MEN GIVEN DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDER OF BUSINESSMAN IN AJMAN
The Ajman Criminal Court on 4 October 2021 sentenced five Asians to death for the premeditated murder of an Asian businessman and for stealing Dh109,000 from his apartment in Ajman.
OCTOBER 7, 2021SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: AL-SHABAAB PUBLICLY EXECUTES TWO IN JAMAME
Al-Shabaab militants executed two men in a public square on 5 October 2021 in the Lower Jubba's Jamame district, accusing one of the men of being a sorcerer and the other a Somali government soldier.
OCTOBER 7, 2021DEATH PENALTYUSA - Oregon. David Ray Bartol’s Death Sentence Overturned
Decision Could Clear the State’s Entire Death Row
- OCTOBER 6, 2021IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mojtaba Shaker Executed in Yazd on 6 October 2021
The news was reported by IHR on February 21, 2022
OCTOBER 6, 2021NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: GOVERNOR AKEREDOLU PARDONS 18 CONVICTED INMATES IN ONDO
The Ondo state governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, has granted state pardons to 18 convicts in celebration of Nigeria’s 61st independence anniversary.
OCTOBER 6, 2021BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: RAPE, MURDER CONVICTS EXECUTED AT JESSORE CENTRAL JAIL
Two death-row convicts in a case filed for killing two women after raping them in Alamdanga upazila of Chuadanga district were executed on 4 October 2001 night.
OCTOBER 6, 2021DEATH PENALTYUSA - Oregon. New trial for Jesse Lee Johnson
Who has been on death row since 2004
- OCTOBER 5, 2021PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN CHURCH HOSTS CAMPAIGN AGAINST DEATH PENALTY
The Saviour’s Church in Lahore played host to a street play highlighting the plight of families of death row prisoners, kick-starting the awareness campaign for the World Day Against the Death Penalty observed every Oct. 10.