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- DECEMBER 28, 2018DEATH PENALTY
GAZA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
The Court of First Instance of Khan Younis inflicted death by handing upon the citizen Mahmoud Mohammed Khalifa 55 years old from Rafah city, Human Rights and Democracy Media Center “SHAMS” reported.
- DECEMBER 28, 2018ItalyDEATH PENALTY
INTERNATIONAL COMMISSION AGAINST THE DEATH PENALTY MEETS POPE FRANCIS AND HANDS OFF CAIN
On the day of the vote of the UN General Assembly on the Resolution for the moratorium on capital punishment, the International Commission against the Death Penalty went to Italy where it met Pope Francis and Hands Off Cain.
- DECEMBER 28, 2018DEATH PENALTY
USA - Ohio. George Brinkman formally sentenced
USA - Ohio. George Brinkman formally sentenced
- DECEMBER 28, 2018United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - More from the DPIC 2018 Year End Report
USA - More from the DPIC 2018 Year End Report
DECEMBER 28, 2018EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: ISIS-AFFILIATED MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING CHRISTIAN DOCTOR
The Cairo Criminal Court handed a death sentence to an ISIS-affiliated man who killed a christian doctor in his clinic in Shubra, Asharq Al-Awsat reported on 23 December 2018.
DECEMBER 28, 2018PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: ARMY CHIEF SIGNS DEATH WARRANTS OF 14 TERRORISTS
Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa on 21 December 2018 confirmed the death sentence awarded to 14 hardcore terrorists involved in heinous acts of terrorism.
DECEMBER 28, 2018JordanDEATH PENALTYJORDAN: LIBYAN NATIONAL SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
The Criminal Court on 23 December 2018 convicted and sentenced a Libyan man to death for murdering a fellow national in Amman in July of 2017.
- DECEMBER 27, 2018SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
SOMALI MILITARY COURT EXECUTES DEATH SENTENCE
The mastermind of militant car bombs that killed 26 people and injured nearly 40 others in Mogadishu in 2017 was executed in Somalia 24 December 2018, the prosecutor of the military court said.
- DECEMBER 27, 2018JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN: 2 DEATH ROW INMATES HANGED, BRINGING 2018 EXECUTIONS TO 15
Japan hanged two men convicted of murder on 27 December 2018, the justice minister said, bringing the number of executions this year to 15 -- tied for the highest amount on record.
DECEMBER 27, 2018IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: HAMID BAGHERI DERMANI EXECUTED FOR ECONOMIC CORRUPTION
Hamid Bagheri Dermani, a businessman known by the State-run Iranian media as the "Sultan of Bitumen", was executed on 22 December 2018 on alleged economic corruption charges.
DECEMBER 27, 2018EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: AT LEAST 581 SENTENCED TO DEATH, 32 EXECUTED IN FIRST 11 MONTHS OF 2018
Over 30 people were executed and nearly 600 death sentences were issued in Egypt in the first 11 months of 2018, according to a report issued on 22 December 2018 by the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR).
- DECEMBER 24, 2018North KoreaDEATH PENALTY
NORTH KOREA: FORTUNE TELLER EXECUTED BY FIRING SQUAD
The North Korean authorities have recently focused on cracking down on “acts of superstition” leading to the execution of a fortune teller in the Chongjin and the arrest of other fortune tellers in Onsong and Hoeryong who are awaiting trial, the Daily NK