The news from the three battles.

SINGAPORE: MAN HANGED FOR TRAFFICKING 1KG OF CANNABIS

Singapore on April 26, 2023 hanged 46-year-old Indian-origin Tangaraju Suppiah who was found guilty in 2018 of trafficking more than 1kg (2.2 pounds) of cannabis, despite last-minute appeals for clemency from his family and activists.

YEMEN: FOUR JOURNALISTS ON DEATH ROW RELEASED IN PRISONER EXCHANGE

Journalists Tawfiq Al-Mansoori, Abdul Khaleq Amran, Akram Al-Waleedi and Hareth Humaid, who had been sentenced to death for their journalistic work, have been released as part of a prisoner exchange on 16 April 2023, they had spent eight years behind bars

IRAN - Jamshid Sharmahd’s death sentence confirmed by the Supreme Court

German-Iranian citizen

IRAN - Plea to Save Ahmadreza Djalali

Iranian-Swedish Scholar in Death Row

IRAN - Mohammad Chahargosheh executed in Gohardasht on April 24

IRAN - Ahmad Nikouyi executed in Gohardasht on April 24

CHINA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR PLOUGHING CAR INTO PEDESTRIANS, KILLING 5

A driver who killed five and injured 13 others by ploughing his car into pedestrians in China in January has been sentenced to death, a Guangzhou court said on April 18, 2023.

USA - Washington. The state officially abolishes death penalty

USA - Florida. DeSantis Signs Law Lowering Death Penalty Threshold

IRAQ: 8 SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR ISIS ACTIVITY IN JAIL

A court in Baghdad on 18 April 2023 sentenced eight people to death for attempting to organize the Islamic State (ISIS) in prison.

NIGERIA: 3298 INMATES ON DEATH ROW - GOVERNORS HESITANT TO SIGN DEATH WARRANTS (NCOS)

The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) says 3,298 inmates across custodial centres in Nigeria are on death row.

USA - Texas. House Approves Bill Limiting Death Penalty in ‘Law of Parties’ Cases

HB 1736 by Jeff Leach (R)