The news from the three battles.

UNITED KINGDOM: FOREIGN SECRETARY URGED TO INTERVENE IN SAUDI ARABIA DEATH PENALTY CASES

The relatives of two men awaiting execution in Saudi Arabia on 7 June 2021 asked British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab to press for their release while he visits the kingdom.

NORTH KOREA: KIM JONG-UN WAGING WAR ON SLANG, JEANS AND FOREIGN FILMS

North Korea has recently introduced a sweeping new law which seeks to stamp out any kind of foreign influence - harshly punishing anyone caught with foreign films, clothing or even using slang, BBC reported on 7 June 2021.

SAUDI ARABIA: CITIZEN EXECUTED FOR KILLING 10-YEAR-OLD SON

Saudi authorities on 1st June 2021 executed a citizen for murdering his 10-year-old son.

NORTH KOREA: OFFICIALS SCARED AFTER SISTER OF KIM JONG UN HAS THEIR COLLEAGUES EXECUTED

Government officials in North Korea are living in fear after a series of executions of their colleagues on the orders of leader Kim Jong Un’s powerful sister, Kim Yo Jong, two officials told RFA.

IRAN - Political Prisoner Sasan Niknafas died in custody

IHR Holds Islamic Republic Leaders Responsible

VIETNAM: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDERING, RAPING 13-YEAR-OLD GIRL

The People’s Court in the south-central Vietnamese province of Phu Yen on 31 May 2021 condemned a 19-year-old man to death for raping and murdering a 13-year-old girl last year.

PAKISTAN: COURT ACQUITS CHRISTIAN COUPLE OF ‘BLASPHEMY’

A Pakistani court on 3 June 2021 acquitted a Christian couple who have spent seven years on death row for alleged blasphemy, their lawyer says, in a case that rights groups have long singled out for fair trial issues.

IRAN - Shahin Mirkhani executed in Shirvan Prison on June 6

For drugs

USA - Texas. Noah Espada sentenced to life imprisonment

Death sentence overturned because of perjured testimony by sheriff’s deputy

UAE: INDIAN BUSINESSMAN PAYS ‘BLOOD MONEY’ TO SAVE MAN ON DEATH ROW

A Keralite who was awaiting capital execution in the United Arab Emirates for causing the death of a young boy got a new lease of life as NRI tycoon M A Yusuff Ali extended a helping hand by paying a compensation (blood money) of Rs 10 million (500,000 di

USA - Pew Poll: Support for Death Penalty Declining

But Much Higher in Internet Polling than Phone Polling

USA - Oklahoma. Jury Hands Down Death Penalty For William Reece