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MAY 11, 2021PakistanDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA TO RELEASE 1,100 PAKISTANI PRISONERS
Pakistan on 10 May 2021 said that 1,100 of its nationals imprisoned in Saudi Arabia will return to the country soon after agreements were reached with Riyadh on the release of inmates.
MAY 10, 2021ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH WITH A SUSPENDED DEATH SENTENCE FOR INTENTIONAL HOMICIDE
Nanchong Intermediate People’s Court recently sentenced to death a man for intentional homicide, with a two-year reprieve depriving him of political rights for life, China News reported on 7 May 2021.
MAY 10, 2021EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: MONK EXECUTED FOR MURDER OF BISHOP AT MONASTERY
The Egypt Prison Authority carried out the death penalty on a monk who killed the abbot of his monastery in 2018, a lawyer and the monk's brother told Reuters on 9 May 2021.
MAY 10, 2021Sierra LeoneDEATH PENALTYSIERRA LEONE: YOUNG MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH AMID DEBATE TO ABOLISH DEATH PENALTY
Sierra Leone’s High Court Resident Judge in the Kailahun District of the country – Justice Francis Banks-Kamara, on 7 May 2021 sentenced a young man – Kholie Tamba to death by hanging, after he was found guilty of murder.
MAY 9, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Sivan Hosseini will be executed at the end of Ramadan
(also written Hossein Sivan)
MAY 8, 2021IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: MAN AWARDED DEATH PENALTY FOR MURDERING WIFE, RAPING DAUGHTER
In the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, The Pudukkottai Mahila Court on 6 May 2021 awarded death penalty to a man for murdering his wife and sexually assaulting his daughter.
MAY 8, 2021GuyanaDEATH PENALTYGUYANA: COURT UPHOLDS WIFE KILLER’S CONVICTION BUT SETS ASIDE DEATH SENTENCE
The Guyana Court of Appeal on 7 May 2021 upheld the conviction of Rupert Browne for the 2011 murder of his common-law wife, Seema Singh, but set aside the death sentence imposed upon him.
MAY 6, 2021OklahomaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Oklahoma. Miles Sterling Bench’s death sentence overturned
for McGirt
MAY 6, 2021UgandaDEATH PENALTYUGANDA: PARLIAMENT PASSES NEW HOMOPHOBIC BILL
The Ugandan Parliament on 3 May 2021 passed the Sexual Offences Bill 2019, further outlawing “unnatural” same-sex relations and doubling down on laws criminalising the LGBT community.
MAY 6, 2021Sierra LeoneDEATH PENALTYSIERRA LEONE MAY SOON ABOLISH THE DEATH PENALTY
The President of the Sierra Leone Bar Association, Eddinia Michaela Swallow, last week took part in a roundtable discussion on the abolition of the death penalty in Sierra Leone.
MAY 5, 2021BelarusDEATH PENALTYBELARUS: SUPREME COURT CONFIRMS DEATH SENTENCE FOR VIKTAR SKRUNDZIK
The Judicial Chamber on Criminal Case of the Supreme Court of Belarus has dismissed an appeal filed by death row prisoner Viktar Skrundzik, Human Rights Center "Viasna" reported on 4 May 2021.
MAY 5, 2021South CarolinaDEATH PENALTYUSA - South Carolina. House adds firing squad and electrocution to execution methods