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- JUNE 7, 2021North KoreaDEATH PENALTY
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.
JUNE 7, 2021North KoreaDEATH PENALTYNORTH 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.
JUNE 7, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Political Prisoner Sasan Niknafas died in custody
IHR Holds Islamic Republic Leaders Responsible
- JUNE 6, 2021VietnamDEATH PENALTY
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.
JUNE 6, 2021PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: 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.
JUNE 6, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Shahin Mirkhani executed in Shirvan Prison on June 6
For drugs
JUNE 4, 2021TexasDEATH PENALTYUSA - Texas. Noah Espada sentenced to life imprisonment
Death sentence overturned because of perjured testimony by sheriff’s deputy
- JUNE 3, 2021United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
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
JUNE 2, 2021OklahomaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Pew Poll: Support for Death Penalty Declining
But Much Higher in Internet Polling than Phone Polling
JUNE 2, 2021United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Oklahoma. Jury Hands Down Death Penalty For William Reece
JUNE 2, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ebrahim Ahmadi executed on 2 June in Tabriz Prison
For murder
JUNE 1, 2021ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: DEATH PENALTY FOR TEACHER WHO RAPED MULTIPLE STUDENTS
A Chinese teacher at an elementary school has been sentenced to death in August 2020 for raping several students from 2001 to 2020, the Supreme People's Prosecutor's Office of China said on 31 May 2021 at a press conference.
JUNE 1, 2021PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: TWO MURDERERS AWARDED DEATH SENTENCE BY PINDI COURT
The Rawalpindi District Session Court on 31 May 2021 awarded a death sentence to two accused in a murder case.
MAY 31, 2021North KoreaDEATH PENALTYNORTH KOREA: MAN EXECUTED FOR ILLEGALLY SELLING CDS AND USBS WITH S. KOREAN MOVIES, DRAMAS AND MUSIC VIDEOS
In late April, North Korean authorities publicly executed a man living in Wonsan (Gangwon Province) who illegally sold CDs and USBs filled with South Korean movies, dramas, and music videos.
MAY 31, 2021Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: FATHER PARDONS SON’S KILLER MINUTES BEFORE EXECUTION
A convicted killer was “pardoned” by the Saudi father of his victim on 24 May 2021 morning, minutes before he was due to be executed.
MAY 31, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Sexual abuse and harassment systematically to break the will of incarcerated women
May 27 group discussion on the Clubhouse social-media app
MAY 30, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - French tourist Benjamin Berier indicted on espionage charges
Another iranian case of hostage taking
MAY 30, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Yousef and Shamsi Pirostovan (Pir-Ostovan) executed in Qazvin Prison on May 30
118th woman executed during Rouhani’s tenure
MAY 29, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 6 Baluch men executed in Birjand prison have been identified
Probably hanged on May 25, not on April 24
- MAY 28, 2021ZimbabweDEATH PENALTY
ZIMBABWE UNVEILS SCULPTURE OF WOMAN HANGED FOR OPPOSING COLONIAL RULE
Zimbabwe’s president on 25 May 2021 unveiled a towering bronze statue in the centre of Harare, the capital, honouring a 19th-century black anti-colonialist heroine who was hanged for leading a rebellion against white occupation.
MAY 28, 2021ArizonaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Arizona. Gas chamber refurbished
Arizona plans to use hydrogen cyanide, the gas used by the Nazis at Auschwitz
- MAY 27, 2021EgyptDEATH PENALTY
EGYPT: MAN GETS DEATH SENTENCE FOR SLAYING BROTHER
An Egyptian court has sentenced a local man to death after convicting him of fatally stabbing his younger brother, Gulf News reported on 26 May 2021.
MAY 27, 2021VietnamDEATH PENALTYVIETNAM: NIGERIAN RECEIVES DEATH FOR SMUGGLING METH
A Nigerian man was sentenced to death on 25 May 2021 for smuggling nearly six kilos of methamphetamine from Cambodia to Vietnam.
MAY 27, 2021NevadaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Nevada. Supreme Court overturns death sentence of Tracy Petrocelli
For 2nd time
- MAY 26, 2021Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA: SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS DEATH PENALTY FOR ‘DAMMAM KIDNAPPER’
Saudi Arabia’s Supreme Court on 24 May 2021 upheld the verdict issued by a criminal court in Dammam in September 2020, awarding the death penalty to a Saudi woman known in the media as the “Dammam kidnapper,” and jail terms for three other defendants, loc
MAY 26, 2021TaiwanDEATH PENALTYTAIWAN: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR SCOOTER STABBING
A Taiwanese court on 26 May 2021 sentenced a man to death for killing a scooter driver in a random knife attack.
- MAY 25, 2021CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - California. Committee Recommends Repeal of Death Penalty
The state holds 1/3 of death row detainees of US
- MAY 25, 2021IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Balochistan is no less than Palestine
But no international reaction
- MAY 25, 2021SudanDEATH PENALTY
SUDAN: OFFICER SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING PROTESTER
A Sudanese court sentenced to death on 24 May 2021 a paramilitary officer charged with killing a demonstrator during a deadly breakup of a protest camp in the capital, Khartoum, two years ago.
MAY 25, 2021FloridaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Florida. Billy Wells sentenced to death
After his seventh murder conviction